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Podcast: Addressing Gettysburg
Episode: Battle of Gettysburg FREE Tour- July 17- #GetOutOfTheCar- Farnsworth's Charge
Description: "Farnsworth, if you don't charge that battery, I will" On Day 3 of the Battle of Gettysburg, as the Confederates made their way back towards Seminary Ridge after failing to breach the Union line, the armies had not seen the last of combat before nightfall. Ordered by his commander, Hugh Judson "Kill-Cavalry_ Kilpatrick, Elon Farnsworth led his own fatal charge against the Confederates, although of a very different nature than that of General Pickett. Join us as we examine this action and some of the ground which helped make it folly. Bring your tick spray! Â Come o...