{"id":58302,"date":"2020-07-02T06:00:41","date_gmt":"2020-07-02T10:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=58302"},"modified":"2020-07-04T09:41:22","modified_gmt":"2020-07-04T13:41:22","slug":"fixing-gettysburg-the-first-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2020\/07\/02\/fixing-gettysburg-the-first-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Fixing <em>Gettysburg<\/em>: The First Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tAL9J4VCt84\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Atun-Shei Films<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 1 Jul 2020<\/p>\n<p>In this three-part series, I review a classic Ron Maxwell film about a little known historical event that no one talks about called the Battle of Gettysburg. I also present an abbreviated and oversimplified history of the battle, while simultaneously criticizing the movie for presenting an abbreviated and oversimplified history of the battle.<\/p>\n<p>In this first episode, I discuss the first day of fighting on July 1, 1863 \u2013 including Buford&#8217;s cavalry, the Iron Brigade, the Railroad Cut, and John Burns.<\/p>\n<p>Support Atun-Shei Films on Patreon \u25ba <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/atunsheifilms\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/atunsheifilms<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Leave a Tip via Paypal \u25ba <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.me\/atunsheifilms\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.paypal.me\/atunsheifilms<\/a> (Between now and October, all donations made here will go toward the production of <em>The Sudbury Devil<\/em>, our historical feature film)<\/p>\n<p>#Gettysburg #CivilWar #VideoEssay<\/p>\n<p>Watch our film <em>ALIEN, BABY!<\/em> free with Prime \u25ba <a href=\"http:\/\/a.co\/d\/3QjqOWv\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/a.co\/d\/3QjqOWv<\/a><br \/>\nReddit \u25ba <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/atunsheifilms\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/atunsheifilms<\/a><br \/>\nTwitter \u25ba <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/atun_shei\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/atun_shei<\/a><br \/>\nInstagram \u25ba <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/atunsheifilms\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/atunsheifilms<\/a><br \/>\nMerch \u25ba <a href=\"https:\/\/atun-sheifilms.bandcamp.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/atun-sheifilms.bandcamp.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>~REFERENCES~<\/p>\n<p>[1] &#8220;General John Buford&#8217;s Report of his Cavalry&#8217;s Action at Gettysburg&#8221; (2015). <em>Iron Brigader<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?q=https%3A%2F%2Fironbrigader.com%2F2015%2F06%2F22%2Fgeneral-john-bufords-report-cavalrys-action-gettysburg%2F2%2F&#038;v=tAL9J4VCt84&#038;redir_token=qqr1EWx_z9xobqRbwFbCZFADwa18MTU5MzcxMTgxN0AxNTkzNjI1NDE3&#038;event=video_description\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/ironbrigader.com\/2015\/06\/22\/g&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[2] W.C. Storrick: <em>The Battle of Gettysburg<\/em> (1931). J Horace McFarland Company, Page 11<\/p>\n<p>[3] &#8220;The First Day at Gettysburg: Then and Now.&#8221; <em>American Battlefield Trust<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.battlefields.org%2Flearn%2Farticles%2Ffirst-day-gettysburg-then-now&#038;v=tAL9J4VCt84&#038;redir_token=qqr1EWx_z9xobqRbwFbCZFADwa18MTU5MzcxMTgxN0AxNTkzNjI1NDE3&#038;event=video_description\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.battlefields.org\/learn\/ar&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[4] &#8220;Lt. Colonel Rufus Dawes Describes the Fighting of the 6th Wisconsin Infantry at Gettysburg&#8221; (2013). <em>Iron Brigader<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?q=https%3A%2F%2Fironbrigader.com%2F2013%2F06%2F13%2Flt-col-rufus-dawes-describes-fighting-6th-wisconsin-infantry-gettysburg%2F&#038;v=tAL9J4VCt84&#038;redir_token=qqr1EWx_z9xobqRbwFbCZFADwa18MTU5MzcxMTgxN0AxNTkzNjI1NDE3&#038;event=video_description\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/ironbrigader.com\/2013\/06\/13\/l&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[5] &#8220;Civilian John Burns at the Battle of Gettysburg (2018)&#8221;. <em>C-Span<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.c-span.org%2Fvideo%2F%3F447809-4%2Fcivilian-john-burns-battle-gettysburg&#038;v=tAL9J4VCt84&#038;redir_token=qqr1EWx_z9xobqRbwFbCZFADwa18MTU5MzcxMTgxN0AxNTkzNjI1NDE3&#038;event=video_description\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.c-span.org\/video\/?447809-&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[5 1\/2] Allen C. Redwood: &#8220;The Confederate in the Field&#8221;. <em>Civil War Home<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.civilwarhome.com%2Fconfederatesoldier.html&#038;v=tAL9J4VCt84&#038;redir_token=qqr1EWx_z9xobqRbwFbCZFADwa18MTU5MzcxMTgxN0AxNTkzNjI1NDE3&#038;event=video_description\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.civilwarhome.com\/confeder&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[6] Codie Eash: &#8220;The Wounded Wisconsinite Who Witnessed Pickett&#8217;s Charge&#8221; (2018). <em>National Museum of Civil War Medicine<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.civilwarmed.org%2Freed%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR1YT2PzALSP5XmCBZnK3_qLJkafzksExkk9uCB7JX9BufOkJUEzgK3mREw%23_ftn3&#038;v=tAL9J4VCt84&#038;redir_token=qqr1EWx_z9xobqRbwFbCZFADwa18MTU5MzcxMTgxN0AxNTkzNjI1NDE3&#038;event=video_description\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.civilwarmed.org\/reed\/?fbc&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[7] Cooper Wingert: &#8220;The Confederate &#8216;Slave Hunt&#8217; and the Gettysburg Campaign&#8221; (2020). <em>Emerging Civil War<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?q=https%3A%2F%2Femergingcivilwar.com%2F2020%2F05%2F06%2Fthe-confederate-slave-hunt-and-the-gettysburg-campaign%2F&#038;v=tAL9J4VCt84&#038;redir_token=qqr1EWx_z9xobqRbwFbCZFADwa18MTU5MzcxMTgxN0AxNTkzNjI1NDE3&#038;event=video_description\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/emergingcivilwar.com\/2020\/05\/&#8230;<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Screenshot_2020-07-02-Fixing-Gettysburg-The-First-Day.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Screenshot_2020-07-02-Fixing-Gettysburg-The-First-Day-480x270.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-58304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Screenshot_2020-07-02-Fixing-Gettysburg-The-First-Day-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Screenshot_2020-07-02-Fixing-Gettysburg-The-First-Day-853x480.png 853w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Screenshot_2020-07-02-Fixing-Gettysburg-The-First-Day-150x84.png 150w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Screenshot_2020-07-02-Fixing-Gettysburg-The-First-Day-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Screenshot_2020-07-02-Fixing-Gettysburg-The-First-Day.png 930w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Atun-Shei Films Published 1 Jul 2020 In this three-part series, I review a classic Ron Maxwell film about a little known historical event that no one talks about called the Battle of Gettysburg. 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