The Gettysburg Lessons Trilogy, Book 1

By Paul Lloyd Hemphill

Gettysburg is not a battle, but a phenomenal teaching tool to discover who you are, what you are capable of, and of what you can accomplish. The main theme is leadership, which these stories prove is in your DNA. You don't have to look to military or business schools for proof. It's all here. You're already a leader, and you're going to find out why.

Book 1 contains twenty-seven short stories. The book answers one simple and self-centered question: "How can I benefit from what this person did at Gettysburg?” It also proves the book's subtitle: "What Worked Then Works Now." This is learning history SELFISHLY.

The book forces history, particularly the Gettysburg battle, to inspire and motivate the reader to succeed personally and professionally.

Another unique feature of Book 1 is the inclusion of videos you can access that demonstrate the stories and lessons learned.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Paul Lloyd Hemphill
• Release date: Jul 3, 2019
• ISBN: 9781732197855

Paul Lloyd Hemphill

As a popular TV guest, author, and marketing strategist, Paul Lloyd Hemphill recently converted one of his books to video as a leadership and character development program for middle and high schools, companies, and organizations across America. All based on the most famous Civil War battle, the Battle of Gettysburg. He has written 5 books, is an accomplished videographer, and has produced 3 audiobooks. He earned a degree in philosophy, received the coveted Bronze Star Medal and the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry while in the US Army, and returned home for a life-long career in marketing and writing. His first book, How To Win The College Game, reveals his many secrets to get into and to afford college. His second book, Why You're Already A Leader, uses known and unknown leaders at Gettysburg to prove, with 88 short stories, that leadership is in your DNA and that success is within your grasp. This is the book which the author has converted to video as a leadership and character development program. His third book, Gettysburg Lessons in the Digital Age, answers one question: "How can I benefit from what this person did at Gettysburg?" Gettysburg leadership is a metaphor for who and what we are. Hemphill's fourth book, Planning For College, says one reviewer, is "endearing and hilarious." His 5th book, INSPIRATION FOR TEENS, was published in January 2019.

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The Gettysburg

Lessons

Trilogy

Here are short stories from the

Battle of Gettysburg

that inspire leadership recognition,

character development, and everyday success

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By

Paul Lloyd Hemphill

Copyright 2019 by Paul Lloyd Hemphill. All rights reserved. SmashWords Edition

Copyright 2019 by Paul Lloyd Hemphill

All rights reserved, including the right of reproduction in any form.

This non-fiction book, along with its video and audio versions, may be purchased for educational, business or promotional use. For more information, contact the author by email: [e-mail]

Manufactured in the United States of America

Cover Design by Angie Alaya

Published by One White’s Pond Press

Published previously under the title, Why You’re Already A Leader (ISBN: 978-0-9785482-9-2)

eBook ISBN: 978-1-7321978-5-5

1. Leadership

2. Character

3. Self-help

4. Life-lessons

5. History - Gettysburg, Battle of

First Edition: July 2019

Praise for Paul Lloyd Hemphill’s

The Gettysburg Lessons Trilogy

(Published previously under the title, Why You’re Already A Leader)

Hemphill's writing style is lucid and succinct, with rapid-fire, short bursts of information, examples, and applications. The book can be read in daily journal format, with one or two stories at a time to challenge the reader to excel and emulate the example.

Scott Mingus

Civil War Author

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I find the style very simple, easy to read and enjoyable. I find the ‘lessons’ to be right on target.

Richard White

Richard White Exec VP, Bayer Corporation

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"This is a really interesting and useful book…. While military and civilian technologies have changed dramatically, human nature hasn’t.

Nick Perna

Economist & frequent guest on PBS’s The News Hour

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…useful lessons about addressing a variety of problems and challenges in life…excellent examples and explained well…will assist the general layperson’s appreciation of the battle.

Gary Gallagher

Civil War historian, University of Virginia

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…a great job in showing that there is a spark of greatness in each of us. [This book] shows a lot of sparks and the enormous influence that each of those sparks, in action, can have.

Brace E. Barber

Author of No Excuse Leadership

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In addition to the mainstream appeal of this book, I think every history class should use this book as a tool to teach about this important battle.

Cynthia Kersey

Author of Unstoppable and motivational speaker

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Overall I found it interesting and very readable. I liked the use of short vignettes that could easily be read by a busy manager as part of a continuing professional/personal development program.

Major Benjamin Webb

West Point Instructor

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…extremely interesting… Putting information into such a concise form is really an art form. I can write anything in 4,000 words. Doing it in 400 takes incredible skill.

Edward Steers

Author and Lincoln scholar

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This book is like a massage for the soul. It reverberates to the heart of human nature and invigorates the hero in us all.

Andie Custer-Donahue

Gettysburg Licensed Battlefield Guide

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An enjoyable presentation... The author clearly has a strong grasp of the subject matter and applies it in a simple and readable format.

Steven Lipiner

CFO, Fleet Boston Financial, Europe

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…an enjoyable book to read…. allows one to read a few pages at a time and glean useful life lessons.

Jay Jorgensen

New Jersey Municipal Court Judge and Author

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…enjoyable and thought-provoking. A great read for leaders at all levels – at work, at home, or in your community.

Steven B. Wiley

President & Founder, The Lincoln Leadership Institute at Gettysburg

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BONUS: You can receive free video versions of several stories by going to the Elmina Spencer story toward the end of this ebook.

Also by Paul Lloyd Hemphill

Why You’re Already A Leader

Planning For College

How To Play The College Game

Inspiration For Teens

25 Top Secrets College Consultants Reveal

To Their Clients About College Admissions

We do not know until tried what we are capable of.

From the diary of Sarah Broadhead,

Gettysburg resident, 1863

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"…everyone has in him, slumbering somewhere,

the potencies of noble action, and on due occasion

these are likely to make themselves manifest and effective."

Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain

Gettysburg veteran, from a speech delivered in 1897

Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction

July 1 (Day 1)

The Battle Of Gettysburg: An Overview

Bibliography

Acknowledgements

Notes on a Discovery

Discussion Group Questions

About the Author

Preface

The primary purpose of this book is to prove that leadership is in your DNA. And the proof comes from a very unexpected source: a famous Civil War battle that took place in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania in 1863.

Why did I pick a historical event to demonstrate my proof? Because the teaching of history in America lacks connection and authenticity for those who are required to learn it. Connection comes from stories, and authenticity comes from what is learned from stories.

If American history is taught by stories, the next generation will embrace history as an experience that improves their lives and corrects history illiteracy. At present 88% of all American high school seniors have no proficiency in American history, which presents a national security issue: you cannot defend what you cannot define.

The secondary purpose of this book is to be the template by which the future of American history is taught. Teach by stories, and follow up with lessons that will enrich the lives of those who learn them.

In short, these stories and lessons are designed to trigger a genuine interest in the learning of American history.

Since middle and high school students prefer video as their primary source of information, this ebook makes available several videos based on the content.

Gettysburg is no longer a boring event that has to be learned for the next test in a classroom, nor is it the site of a famous Civil War battle, or a landscape collection of old cannons and monuments, but as demonstrated here, it’s a formula for discovering your own leadership ability and the ingredients of your own success.

Paul Lloyd Hemphill

Introduction

Here are twenty-seven stories from the Battle of Gettysburg that reveal how character is defined, how success is achieved, and why leadership is self-evident.

Which is why, as a marketing specialist whose career includes originating catchphrases and tag-lines for products and services, this author created a slogan that concludes each story in the video version of this book:

What worked then works now.

The what is our human nature, and the now means it never changes. Which is why this book works like an instruction manual on, say, how to drive a car, with special emphasis on why proper use of the steering wheel will get you to your destination. The steering wheel here is leadership, and the life-lessons are all of the other elements that constitute the entire car, without which the steering wheel would have no purpose; however, this steering wheel metaphor evaporates as you discover each element of the vehicle, each lesson, stands on its own, as human nature intends it.

Gettysburg offers a very simple two-word definition of leadership: to influence. Put another way, leadership is a verb, not a noun. You are active in generating an idea or an action that influences, or you are influenced by an idea or action. Your thinking, speaking or acting influences you or another person to act, or not to act. It is the power of suggestion. It is found in the behaviors at Gettysburg and in yours. Such behaviors remind us that influencing demonstrates our human nature. It defines who we are. It is what we do. This all-encompassing and uncomplicated definition is not advanced in business or military schools where often leadership is narrowly defined as a unique blending of personal traits and leadership elements to achieve specific results. From this book’s perspective, any form of influence achieves a result, be it positive or negative.

Each story, which is an illustrative exercise in proving our definition, implies a respectful demolition of American