Скачать или смотреть Monuments Monday with Tim Smith | The First Shot of the Battle of Gettysburg

Historian Timothy Smith shares the history behind a little-known but very important monument on the Gettysburg Battlefield: the first shot marker. It was from this spot that Marcellus Jones fired the first shot of what would become the Battle of Gettysburg. Learn about the Wisler property, the monument erected by the state of Illinois, and more in this episode.

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Historian: Timothy Smith
Camera operator/editor: Alanna Gillis
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