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Podcast: Addressing Gettysburg
Episode: Ask A Gettysburg Guide #86- Brigadier General John Gibbon with LBG Chris Army
Description: LBG Chris Army is back to talk about Brigadier General John Gibbon of the II Corps, Army of the Potomac. From Gettysburg Daily: "John Gibbon was born in the Holmesburg section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the fourth of ten children born to Dr. John Heysham Gibbon and Catharine Lardner Gibbon. When Gibbon was 11 years old the family moved near Charlotte, North Carolina, because Dr. Gibbon took a position as chief assayer at the U.S. Mint. John Gibbon graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1847 and was commissioned a brevet second lieutenant in the 3rd U...