A Season of War Podcast: The Gettysburg Campaign in Letters and Dispatches
A Season of War Podcast: The Gettysburg Campaign in Letters and Dispatches
Podcast Description
Welcome to "A Season of War: The Gettysburg Campaign in Letters and Dispatches." This podcast presents primary source materials from the Gettysburg Campaign of 1863. You will hear the complete text of letters, dispatches, and reports from soldiers and civilians.
The format of this podcast is chronological. Each episode will feature readings of original documents from a specific period of the campaign. The only contextual information provided will be the date and author of each source, placing it within the timeline of events. The selection of documents for each episode is based solely on their relevance to the unfolding events of the Gettysburg Campaign at that specific point in time. There will be no analysis, interpretation, but we will look at what is happening from the viewpoint of the authors of these documents and comment as such. Please feel free to discuss these Documents freely. We may stumble from time to time, but we encourage you to participate in a non-opinionated way to assist us in our journey to understand what happened to those who witnessed the Gettysburg Campaign Firsthand....
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The podcast focuses on the primary source materials related to the Gettysburg Campaign of 1863, featuring episodes such as Assessing the Losses and Burial Details where the letters detail the aftermath of the Battle of Chancellorsville. Each episode emphasizes specific categories like soldier experiences, civilian accounts, and logistical challenges during the campaign, illuminating the human aspects of war through direct, unfiltered testament.
Welcome to “A Season of War: The Gettysburg Campaign in Letters and Dispatches.” This podcast presents primary source materials from the Gettysburg Campaign of 1863. You will hear the complete text of letters, dispatches, and reports from soldiers and civilians.
The format of this podcast is chronological. Each episode will feature readings of original documents from a specific period of the campaign. The only contextual information provided will be the date and author of each source, placing it within the timeline of events. The selection of documents for each episode is based solely on their relevance to the unfolding events of the Gettysburg Campaign at that specific point in time. There will be no analysis, interpretation, but we will look at what is happening from the viewpoint of the authors of these documents and comment as such. Please feel free to discuss these Documents freely. We may stumble from time to time, but we encourage you to participate in a non-opinionated way to assist us in our journey to understand what happened to those who witnessed the Gettysburg Campaign Firsthand….
Our first season, “Aftermath and Reorganization,” continues to cover the immediate period following the Battle of Chancellorsville, as both armies assess their losses, tend to the wounded, and begin the complex process of regrouping and planning for the future. Beginning in early May, 1863
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