Rally on the Colors Podcast The Gettysburg Guard

The "Rally on the Colors" Podcast returns with another episode from the ORs but with something significant and special. The ROTC Podcast welcomes it's first ever special guest. And guest #1 of 1 is none other than the man, the myth, and the legend; Jim Hessler. One cannot have a conversation about Major General Dan Sickles at Gettysburg without referencing Jim's extraordinary life work on the topic and Bill and Steve were honored to have Jim as the ROTC Podcast's first ever special guest. In ...

The ORs have returned with another episode, this episode focusing on the gunfight that occurs in Pitzer's Woods in the late morning / early afternoon of July 2, 1863 at the battle of Gettysburg. In this episode Bill and Steve give some brief biographical information on the founder of the 1st and 2nd US Sharpshooters, Hiram Berdan. The requirements for those units gets discussed before the episode turns into a play-by-play account of what occurs between approximately 1100 hours and 1230 hours ...

The "Rally on the Colors" Podcast returns with another episode from the ORs, this one specifically focusing on the prisoner of war process. In this episode, Bill and Steve, deep dive the process that Civil War soldiers faced from the time they were captured on the battlefield until they were incarcerated at a prisoner of war camp. In this episode you will find information specific to the Army of the Potomac and how the Provost Guard and Provost Marshal acted within their roles. The episode al...

The ORs return with Part 2 of the Lincoln Assassination. In this episode, Bill, Ty and Steve further discuss the Lincoln Assassination in more detail. In this episode, the link between all of the conspirators is discussed to include the March 1865 failed attempt to kidnap Lincoln. Other unsolved attempts to assassinate Lincoln are also highlighted in this episode before your taken on a chronological timeline journey as the investigation unfolds leading to the apprehension of the all of ...

The "Rally on the Colors" Podcast returns with yet another episode from the ORs, this one focusing on the events surrounding April 14th, 1865 and how they pertain to the events in and around Washington D.C. Bill and Steve deep dive the assassination plot carried out by John Wilkes Booth, Lewis Powell, David Herold and George Atzerodt as they attempt to dismantle the leadership within the US government as they plan to kill President Abraham Lincoln, Secretary of State William Seward and Vice P...

The ORs have returned for yet another episode, this one centering around General Ulysses Grant, the future 18th President of the United States. In this episode Bill, Ty and Steve first start out with some biographical background information about Grant leading into the start of the Civil War. Grant's war record in the west is then discussed before the deep dives occur about the always debated topic of Grant vs Lee. The episode gets a unique look at the myth of "Grant the Butcher." The myth is...