Matt Atkinson and Daniel Sickles | Gettysburg Winter Lecture 2024 

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Great talk. The inclusion of Matt’s children in the program was fantastic.

Always love Matt's inclusion of children in his programs, whether on the walking tours, the amphitheater or in the lecture hall of the visitors center. Gets the children involved and leaving a memory and impression they won't soon forget. History is alive and well in the Atkinson home, thank the Lord.

Matt is a great guide and person! Love his programs!

You can tell Matt has a deep love for Dan Sickles. Love it when the experts get a topic they are passionate about.

Enjoying Matt's speech..... and his daughter. Watching from Arizona.

Always glad to hear Matt spinning the historical picture.

Ranger Matt! The legend! Always a treat and always terribly informative. Thanks again Matt and the NPS!

So glad to get to see another of the winter lectures. And especially fun to listen to Matt. Thanks.

What a good father. This is good for his children . They learn history, public speaking and, confidence.

So sorry I missed this in person! Matt is always a joy to listen to. I love the way he gets the kids involved. I have a history loving son because of him.!

I had the great pleasure of meeting Matt in 2016. drove up from Florida just to ask him some questions and he took the time to speak with me. will never forget it. appreciate what a great park Ranger Matt is.

Ole Miss Matt Atkinson! I Look forward to this winter lecture.

Aubrey and Emma you did great!! And you both looked beautiful!! And Ranger Matt fantastic as always. Arizona M

I love Matt Atkinson!

Matt Atkinson is the greatest of the Gettysburg Licensed National Park Service Park Service Rangers! Thank you for his continued service to us in the passionate history community

Matt is my favorite ranger, always seek out his tours and lectures when I am in town. Thanks to the “other” Matt for recording these winter lectures.

Beautiful presentation by Emma and Aubrey - the perfect way to get your girls excited and interested about history ! As for Lt Dan, as Shakespeare would’ve said - I think the Gentleman doth protest too much…. His egregious notion that he ‘saved’ the army is just ridiculous and absurd. He lost the majority of his men when he disobeyed direct orders from his Army Commander and paid dearly for it. He knew that he was wrong - innocent people don’t ram their stories down people’s throats for the rest of their lives, forward letters from former enemy generals condoning what they did and try to make up for their errors by putting an extraordinary number of monuments up to commemorate themselves alongside the dead soldiers they were responsible for. I have no doubt that Lt Dan’s actions held Longstreet up, but the outcome was predictably bad for the men underneath him, and his blatant refusal to acknowledge that is incredibly sad, and says more about his character than anything else….. I agree with Matt that he was more concerned with his legacy than he was about anything else in his life. It makes sense, he’d made a terrible error of judgment and spent the rest of his life trying to change the narrative, unfortunately with some degree of success. He outlived many of his counterparts, giving him the last voice available to spin his story… However, we can all be grateful to him for the work he did at Gettysburg, for the monuments and for the preservation.

❤ That was the “Matt-ist” winter lecture I could have imagined, and I gotta hear the rest of his “needed a woman about twice my weight, a lot of fun who packs a gun with all that other freight” story he started…. General Dan should feel proud Matt Atkinson told his story!❤

I've met Matt two or three times at Gettysburg and had the pleasure of talking with him each time - I even got my picture with him once! The closest I've ever come to meeting a celebrity! All of the rangers at Gettysburg keep me coming back, but Matt's sense of humor and knowledge of the Civil War are of the highest quality.

Great job Matt! Love your passion and presentations!

Your kids do a great job ! 🎉 🇺🇸 💥

GOOD TO SEE YA and give yours girls a pat on the back! I could and can't talk in front of people. Great to see you still at it. your the Best

One and a half hour. What a treat! I can see some well-known (and unknowns) from previous Matt A. Videos on the first row. It was funny and learned some facts I didn't know.

Matt!!! Another great discussion!! Always entertained and always learn when listening to you either on film or on the battlefield. Hope to see you in June when I return to the battlefield.

Apart from the early cameo from some guy doing the cameras, this was very enjoyable. Matt Atkinson tells a damn good story.

Matt is a great Father.

mat was great and his kids were very good wish he did more lectures.

Matt Makes people like me from Australia enjoy listening and watch American History, Well done to his Great Kids. Lucky Dad

P.S. Thanks to both Matt's.

Outstanding presentation! Kids speaking made it more enjoyable and kept interest in the subject. Lawyer shooting Lawyer....a win win. Well, almost. My apologies to Veronica. Thanks, Matt. Well done.

There was a man in my VFW post in St Louis named Tom who served in Patton's third army. Someone asked him what he thought of Patton and the only thing he said was "He got a lot of men killed".

Matt you’re the best!!

We love hearing you in Arizona Than you!that looks

Mr. Atkinson is always a please to listen to, learn from...(and he looks good with a beard)

Big fan of the 11th corpse 😂 ❤

Matt Atkinson for President

Matt is the Winfield Scott Hancock of Gettysburg rangers.

That Princess who fell under "Dan the Mans" spell. Her hat would likely have been from Paris or inspired by French Haute Culture.

Where do I sign up for a future tour from one of Matt's daughters? They are going to be incredible guides one day.

Check out that Matt Callery ovation! How long does Atkinson's beard have to get before we're allowed to start calling him "Colonel" Atkinson?

Is there a transcript of that Sickles speech available? If so, link please?

Nice one, Ranger Matt. Thank you!

So that's stuff writer, kool man.

1:28:58 - 1:29:33 yes!

Matt I’ve recently purchased the adjoining parcel to the Thompson home. I’ll be opening the WHERES STUART outreach center aimed at young families with children. It’ll be dedicated to bringing back the fun of the Gettysburg Battle. We’ll have a interactive arcade and rides for fun and education. Here’s what i’m thinking. Pickets Plunge water ride. The main concurse will be Long Street…get it!?! Genius i know. For a mascot & pictures we’ll have Loopey Lee. He’ll be a happy lovable loser type thats walks around asking Where’s Stewart!?! I don’t think Tom Arnold is doing anything these days. Heres the tie in w/your organization WHERES STEWART is perfect for the mueseum and you can provide the publicity!! Ok you better sit down here’s the hook…A haunted Volcano, Much better than a little rocky hill don’t u think? (fireworks I didn’t forget fireworks) we’ll call it Joshua’s Chamber of Secrets. Kinda a Xfiles meets Harry Potter vibe. Very popular with historical researchers these days. No worries, I’ve already have local mediums lined up to give lectures on the Ghosts of Gettysburg. Get this; the stage will be a outifitted with actual stones from the devils den with dead soldiers that suddenly rise up as Zombies! Ok i know by now you’re as excited as i am and want to get this moving. Please feel free to contact me with your financial participation. Bonus Features: (fee based) 1. Watch a live amputation! 2. Choose your own Kardasian inspired bedazzled blue or grey cap.

What is the relationship (if any) between the Addressing Gettysburg Podcast and the NPS?

Rumor has it, That his fellow rangers are to start a go fund me to commission a statue of Matt to be placed upon his passing. Along with a dozen Highly trained pigeons...

Gen. Dan should have been relieved of duty after the same action at Chancellorsville..General Meade's reported statement is classic..General, there is, in some respects, higher ground to your front, regarding your assigned position..however, if you continue to advance, you will encounter ever higher ground until you reach the mountain yonder....big paraphrase, but you get it😅

Matt is the GOAT !!!!!! IMO of course...... but Im right !!!!!!

Never did i ever image matt quoting the grateful dead. 🤣

1:18:27 is me

How are you going to feel when they come to remove all those statues and monuments in the name of equity. Remember West Point

Matt, you still at it with Sickles? He was nuts, certainly the dark side of the Union, study a real General

Parlaghy pronounciation was on point. Lwoff does not sound Hungarian at all.

Doesn’t Matt look different with a beard

HEY MATT , MY MAN. I JUST WANT TO SAY A COUPLE THINGS AND THEN ASK A QUESTION. FIRST , YOUR DAUGHTERS DID ONE HECK OF AN AMAZING JOB READING ON A STAGE IN A ROOM THAT WAS FULL OF PEOPLE . HONESTLY, IT WAS AWESOME.YOU MIST BE VERY PROUD. NOW MY QUESTION. YOU EXPLAIN HOW THE HAIR ON YOUR FACE BECAME THE COLOUR OF …..WELL…..WHITE ( OFF WHITE )….(GREY)…. ( DIRTY WHITE ) ….(GRAY)…..ETC…BUT YOU DIDNT EXPLAIN HOW THE TOP OF YOUR…..WELL…..HEAD HAS NO HAIR …MAYBE YOU DIDNT KNOW? WELL ITS YOUR LUCKY DAY BECAUSE IM HERE TO HELP…..YOU HAVE NO HAIR ON THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD. HOW COULD AND DID THE MYSTERIOUS DETAIL OF MISSING HAIR ON YOUR HEAD GET MISSED.. YOUR WELCOME I LIKE HELPING PEOPLE. YOUR FRIEND DONNIE FROM SUDBURY,ON