American Civil War: Gettysburg (TRIH ep 202, part 3)

1863 · Resource

This episode of The Rest Is History features hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook interviewing Professor Adam Smith (Oxford) about Gettysburg and the wider American Civil War. They open with a William Faulkner passage evoking Pickett's Charge, then walk listeners through Gettysburg’s three days (July 1–3, 1863): terrain, commanders, the artillery duel, and the failed Confederate assault.