Fixing Gettysburg: The First Day

In this three-part series, I review a classic Ron Maxwell film about a little known historical event that no one talks about called the Battle of Gettysburg. I also present an abbreviated and oversimplified history of the battle, while simultaneously criticizing the movie for presenting an abbreviated and oversimplified history of the battle.

In this first episode, I discuss the first day of fighting on July 1, 1863 – including Buford's cavalry, the Iron Brigade, the Railroad Cut, and John Burns.

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~REFERENCES~

[1] “General John Buford’s Report of his Cavalry’s Action at Gettysburg (2015).” Iron Brigader https://ironbrigader.com/2015/06/22/general-john-bufords-report-cavalrys-action-gettysburg/2/

[2] W.C. Storrick: The Battle of Gettysburg (1931). J Horace McFarland Company, Page 11

[3] “The First Day at Gettysburg: Then and Now.” American Battlefield Trust https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/first-day-gettysburg-then-now

[4] “Lt. Colonel Rufus Dawes Describes the Fighting of the 6th Wisconsin Infantry at Gettysburg (2013). Iron Brigader https://ironbrigader.com/2013/06/13/lt-col-rufus-dawes-describes-fighting-6th-wisconsin-infantry-gettysburg/

[5] “Civilian John Burns at the Battle of Gettysburg (2018).” C-Span https://www.c-span.org/video/?447809-4/civilian-john-burns-battle-gettysburg

[5 1/2] Allen C. Redwood: “The Confederate in the Field.” Civil War Home https://www.civilwarhome.com/confederatesoldier.html

[6] Codie Eash: “The Wounded Wisconsinite Who Witnessed Pickett’s Charge (2018).” National Museum of Civil War Medicine https://www.civilwarmed.org/reed/?fbclid=IwAR1YT2PzALSP5XmCBZnK3_qLJkafzksExkk9uCB7JX9BufOkJUEzgK3mREw#_ftn3

[7] Cooper Wingert: “The Confederate ‘Slave Hunt’ and the Gettysburg Campaign (2020).” Emerging Civil War https://emergingcivilwar.com/2020/05/06/the-confederate-slave-hunt-and-the-gettysburg-campaign/

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