Addressing Gettysburg Book Club

FELLOW GETTYSNERDS!

I hope you are enjoying our dive back into the book “Gettysburg: Day Three” by Jeffery Wert! A few announcements to get out of the way.

• We still need discussion leaders for upcoming weeks. Please let me know if you are interested.

• Below the zoom link, I have posted the 160th Anniversary events that I have found so far. I will try to update as much as I can.

• Mark your calendars for August 2, Dr. Jen Murray will join us for a Q&A to discuss her book, “On a Great Battlefield.” Additionally, she can answer some of our Meade questions as she works to complete her upcoming book on General Meade.

• Also, looking ahead in our reading schedule I have a rough map out of the rest of the year, including Kent Masterson Brown’s Retreat from Gettysburg breakdown.

• Lastly, you will see our first book of 2024!!!

If you have any other questions, let me know! – Steve

Discussion Questions:

• How effective was Jeffry Wert in setting up the third day’s fighting in his prologue and opening chapters? Was anything left out? Stylistically, would you take a different approach?
• It’s 11 PM on July 2. You have the ability to “tweet” your true feelings on the impending fight coming the next day. Who are you and what are you tweeting?
• Besides Greene, who gets MVP of Culp’s Hill fighting?
• Besides Johnson’s ill-advised attack on Culp’s Hill, what other viable offensive options were available on the Confederate left?
• Who do you blame for the miscommunication/misinterpretation of orders involving Colgrove’s men near Spangler’s Spring?
• Most memorable quote from Chapters 3 & 4?
• How should we view Confederate officers in light of the failure to take Culp’s Hill?

Upcoming Schedule:

May 31: Wert, Gettysburg Day Three, Prologue thru Chapter 4: Evan Clapsaddle

June 7: Wert, Gettysburg Day Three: Jaimee Umstattd

June 14: Wert, Gettysburg Day Three, Chapters 8 thru 10: Casey Turben

June 21: Wert, Gettysburg Day Three, Chapters 11 thru Epilogue: Bob Daugherty

June 28: Murray, On This Great Battlefield, Introduction thru Chapter 2: Steven Byers

July 5: Recovering from 160th Battle Anniversary – No Book Club

July 12: Murray, On This Great Battlefield, Chapter 3 thru 5: Kevin Leahy

July 19: Murray, On This Great Battlefield, Chapter 6 thru 8: TBD

July 26: Murray, On This Great Battlefield, Chapter 9 thru Conclusion: TBD

August 2: Q&A with Historian, Jen Murray

August 9: Brown, Retreat From Gettysburg, Prologue thru Chapter 4: Steven Byers

August 16: Brown, Retreat From Gettysburg, Chapter 5 thru 8: TBD

August 23: Brown, Retreat From Gettysburg, Chapter 9 thru 12: TBD

August 30: Brown, Retreat From Gettysburg, Chapter 13 thru Epilogue: TBD

Looking Ahead:

September-October: The Colors of Courage: Gettysburg’s Forgotten History by Margaret S. Creighton

October-November: Gettysburg 1963 by Jill Titus

Holiday Break: TBD

First Book of 2024: Righting the Longstreet Record at Gettysburg by Cory Pfarr

Zoom Information:

Steven Byers is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: Addressing Gettysburg Book Club Zoom Meeting

Join Zoom Meeting: https://apposchooldistrict.zoom.us/j/87620596272?pwd=R2l4ajV1Q05rZzdhdDM5aE8ycVBkdz09

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160th Anniversary Events:

Adams County Historical Society

Gettysburg Foundation’s Sacred Trust

Seminary Ridge Museum