Tuesday, April 13

[Eric Wittenberg]

Gang,

On Wednesday, April 13, I will be the guest on Gerry Prokopiwicz's fine CivilWarTalk Radio program, from 7-8:00 PM EDT. I hope some of you will check it out.

Civil War Talk Radio

Each week since October 2004, host Gerald Prokopowicz and a guest discuss the various aspects of Civil War History. Each show consists of an hour long conversation with guests from the very well

www.voiceamerica.com

 

[MaryDee]

Oops, I have two calendars that say April 13 is Wednesday!

 

[Eric Wittenberg]

You're right. Sorry. I'll be at a Springsteen concert on Tuesday, the 12th.

 

[JerseyBart]

Gang,

On Wednesday, April 13, I will be the guest on Gerry Prokopiwicz's fine CivilWarTalk Radio program, from 7-8:00 PM EDT. I hope some of you will check it out.

http://www.voiceamerica.com/show/2205/civil-war-talk-radio

I cannot wait to listen in!!!

 

[Booner]

I hope some of you will check it out.

I wouldn't miss you or Civilwartalk for the world.

 

[Bee]

Gang,

On Wednesday, April 13, I will be the guest on Gerry Prokopiwicz's fine CivilWarTalk Radio program, from 7-8:00 PM EDT. I hope some of you will check it out.

http://www.voiceamerica.com/show/2205/civil-war-talk-radio

Poor, beleaguered assistant is going to haul out our laptop and phone boost so that we can hook-up to your talk whilst out in the field, tomorrow

 

[War Horse]

You're right. Sorry. I'll be at a Springsteen concert on Tuesday, the 12th.

That's awesome.

 

[Eric Wittenberg]

That's awesome.

And it was. 3 hours and 40 minutes of nonstop rocking. This was my ninth time seeing him since 1978. I saw him on the original River tour in December 1980, so this was closing the circle for me in a lot of ways.

A reminder that tonight is the broadcast.

 

[Bee]

Enjoyable interview, @Eric Wittenberg. I was delighted that Dirty Dan made an entrance there at the end! I had not remembered of the chain of events that further thrust Sickles into his doomed position. Pleasonton recalled Buford and sent him elsewhere? That plays into the Mead articles that I was reading that suggested that Pleasonton was not designed for the dual command of assisting Mead and running the Cavalry.

Where was the Cavlary? (Stuart) ALmost fell off the chair on that one: a total can of worms, indeed.

Videt: a new word for me.

I had heard the rumour of the Sharps rifles being present in the cavalry, but it was nice to have that rumour laid to rest once and for all.

I hope that you alert us in the future for any more interviews. Thank you for more information in the notebook

 

[Eric Wittenberg]

Enjoyable interview, @Eric Wittenberg. I was delighted that Dirty Dan made an entrance there at the end! I had not remembered of the chain of events that further thrust Sickles into his doomed position. Pleasonton recalled Buford and sent him elsewhere? That plays into the Mead articles that I was reading that suggested that Pleasonton was not designed for the dual command of assisting Mead and running the Cavalry.

In fairness, I don't think anyone would have had the horsepower to command a corps and act as a staff officer to Meade. But Alfie definitely didn't.

The failure to timely send cavalry to replace Buford is soundly on Pleasanton's shoulders, and it had far-reaching implications.

Where was the Cavlary? (Stuart) ALmost fell off the chair on that one: a total can of worms, indeed.

I wasn't expecting that one.

Videt: a new word for me.

Vedette, actually. It can also be spelled vidette. I've seen it both ways. As I pointed out, it's a French word that means a mounted sentry placed in front of an army.

My ancient 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee, which has 204,000 miles on it, has a license plate that says VIDETTE. I can't tell you how many times I've been asked what that means over the years.

I had heard the rumour of the Sharps rifles being present in the cavalry, but it was nice to have that rumour laid to rest once and for all.

About 65% of Buford's troopers had them at Gettysburg.

I hope that you alert us in the future for any more interviews. Thank you for more information in the notebook

Will do!

I'm glad you enjoyed it.

 

[Bee]

About 65% of Buford's troopers had them at Gettysburg.

I was trying to edit this before you could answer: I meant Spencer repeaters. As you write, they were outfitted with Sharps (sometimes fingers just don't connect to brain)

Vedette....like it!

I did enjoy -- especially because there was some overlap from last night's reading.

 

[bdtex]

Rats. Missed it.

 

[Jamieva]

They put up a podcast of it usually by Friday that is how i listen to it