Radio War Nerd EP #386: The US Civil War, Part 15: Gettysburg Aftermath, Six Million Pounds of Rotting Meat (Patreon)

Recorded: July 6, 2023

The War Nerd takes a pause from Civil War battles to look at the grim aftermath of Gettysburg: thousands of rotting corpses...

Maps & Images

*Gettysburg Campaign

*Meade's fishhook on Day 3

*Rotting horse corpses

THE US CIVIL WAR SERIES:

EP #295: The US Civil War, Part 1: Count Adam Gurowski

EP #297: The US Civil War, Part 2: Bleeding Kansas

EP #300: The US Civil War, Part 3: First Battle of Bull Run

EP #303: The US Civil War, Part 4: McClellan, Treason & The Battle of Antietam

EP #307: The US Civil War, Part 5: Vicksburg

EP #311: The US Civil War, Part 6: Buchanan's Treason & The Mormon War

EP #315: The US Civil War, Part 7: German '48ers, with Matt Christman

EP #323: The US Civil War, Part 8: Thomas, Hood & Southern Honor

EP #327: The US Civil War, Part 9: War on the Water

EP #335: The US Civil War, Part 10: Battle of Shiloh 

EP #340: The US Civil War, Part 11: The Culture Wars (Live in Brooklyn)

EP #352: The US Civil War, Part 12: Gen. John Pope & Second Battle of Manassas

EP #362: The US Civil War, Part 13: Civil War Movies, feat. Eileen Jones

EP #378: The US Civil War, Part 14: The USCT (US Colored Troops)

Total time: 1:15:25

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