Ask a Historian: Gettysburg, July 1, 1863

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Adams County Historical Society at Gettysburg

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Another installment of "Ask a Historian!" Tim Smith and Andrew Dalton will answer your questions about the First Day's Battlefield at Gettysburg - the farms, families, soldiers, monuments - you name it, we'll give you our best answer!
This program was recorded on July 22, 2021.

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@justinspurgeon1589 3 жыл бұрын

Tim- I was introduced to you thru American Battlefield Trust videos. Now I am subscribed to Adams County Historical Society. Please live for another 30 years! The wealth of knowledge has to be passed down. Who will carry the torch?

@retiredguyadventures6211 3 жыл бұрын

My 2nd great grandfather, Milton S Lawhead went down in history fighting with the 149th PA Bucktails on July 1st 1863. He survived the battle and fought with the 149th until the end of the war and mustered out in 1865...

@gerardjoseph17 3 жыл бұрын

Always really enjoy these Civil War programs, and I could listen to Tim Smith all day, he's awesome!

@markduffy6124 3 жыл бұрын

This was a wonderful program. Tim Smith is my historical hero.

@michaelvaughn8864 Жыл бұрын

His presentation is 2nd to none, Mr. Duffy👍

@krich3914 3 жыл бұрын

You guys do amazing work....bringing history to households not able to get to Gettysburg......Kudos to Tim Smith .....for his wealth of knowledge on the battle.....and to Andrew Dalton...of the Adams County Historical Society...for your every day commitment..... Thank you......

@AdamsCountyHistoricalSociety 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your kind words!

@kennethsherfy9442 2 жыл бұрын

My great great great grandpa Joseph sherfy owed a farm when the battle took place

@michaelvaughn8864 Жыл бұрын

@@kennethsherfy9442 I've heard the name mentioned, Mr. Sherfy. If I may ask, sir, where's the farm located in town??

@kennethsherfy9442 Жыл бұрын

@@michaelvaughn8864 a great great great grandpa Sparm is located in Gettysburg Pennsylvania

@michaelvaughn8864 Жыл бұрын

@@kennethsherfy9442 Thanks, Mr. Sherfy. I wasn't expecting a reply that fast🙂

@vernonsanders371 2 жыл бұрын

Tim Smith s. knowledge of this battle an how he disects down all parts of battle field is 💯. To me it makes him a national treasure 👍

@jasonroberts6080 3 жыл бұрын

You can go to this historic place and see something new every time.

@michaelvaughn8864 3 жыл бұрын

That's very true, Mr. Roberts. I've been there 4 times over the past neatly 20 years and go view another part of the battlefield and town. It's quite picturesque👌

@michaelvaughn8864 3 жыл бұрын

Sorry...nearly

@vidman9691 3 жыл бұрын

You are doing your organization a big credit. I love these videos. I have a suggestion (not criticism). Tim and other speakers need to be "mic'd" up with wireless/ blue tooth microphones. This will keep the background and vehicle noises to a minimum. Great jobs and info.

@fredlist7091 3 жыл бұрын

I loved this. Tim never ceases to amaze me with his knowledge of all things Gettysburg. Please do this again. Subscribed!

@noelp4916 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks. Well done. From Australia. 🇦🇺

@markh1665 3 жыл бұрын

Another excellent presentation. For viewers that have a copy of Adkin’s The Gettysburg Companion, there is a map showing many of the farms on page 316. Keep up the great work!

@thomashinkelman108 3 жыл бұрын

Smith is AWESOME! I love all this History! THANK YOU ACH!

@stevenpatriquin4640 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks. Always learning a complicated battle through you and others. 👍

@battack56 2 жыл бұрын

I’m a little late in watching this, but I’m so glad that I did! Thanks for a great presentation!

@jlamont2367 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, please do more of these videos!

@snakerivers2345 3 жыл бұрын

This type of video presentation hits the mark. Entertaining and informative.

@SilverFox-fq7xi 2 жыл бұрын

I enjoyed this so much I watched it twice! Very well done!

@kingsethos5108 Жыл бұрын

I had the privilege of visiting there one hot Summer day in August of 1993...everything looks much more cleaned up now then how I remember it. Great vids!

@jumpmaster82nd. 3 жыл бұрын

The first day is mostly overlooked and absolutely the most interesting day. We need a definitive book on it. Dive deep into the minutiae. Pfanz is good but it isn't quite it. Are you hearing this Scott Hartwig? I think it's you! Good show as usual Andrew and Tim!

@kennethsutter6248 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome presentation by some of the best public historians around.

@timsmeltzer1727 3 жыл бұрын

thanks guys ,this was very interesting...keep up the good work

@gordonwilson4750 3 жыл бұрын

Fascinating as always Tim and Andrew--Can't wait for the next video !!!

@michaeleverett7247 3 жыл бұрын

Enjoyed this greatly 👍

@GhostofSicklesleg 3 жыл бұрын

Another great video, needed to get me my Tim fix since the great coverage of battle this year. Between your channel and ABT and The History Underground Gettysburg 158 was epic and thanks to all who made it happen.

@mshapiro64 3 жыл бұрын

Great video. I always learn something new watching your channel.

@johnmcclish2735 3 жыл бұрын

This was great!

@rarrbc 3 жыл бұрын

Great video enjoyed the format, would love to visit there one day, keep up the good work keeping history alive

@olerasmussen72 Жыл бұрын

Greetings here from Denmark, In 1864, my great-great-grandfather Hans Petersen fought in the 2nd Schleswig War against Prussia and Bismarck almost at the same time as the American Civil War

@davidhanson8826 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@peachbottomparanormal3587 3 жыл бұрын

I love this 😍😎

@Sheilamarie2 2 жыл бұрын

Always fascinating History, great video presentation. I'm very impressed with the detailed knowledge you all have, amazing. Thank you!

@terryeustice5399 Жыл бұрын

I always enjoy your content. And always never show the Confederatesin a bad light. But, I agree the War was dumb. And glad we have the country that we live in. So, not a Southern sympathizer. But, I found some of my people were there. You men do a fine Job. Thank you for sharing!

@davestein4162 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent presentation. Will look forward to more of these. Interesting that Tim Smith feels Ewell was willing to be aggressive on day 1 and Lee wanted to be cautious. I always thought it was the other way around.

@ryanwiersema7251 Жыл бұрын

Watched this stream today. Can't wait to visit your facility!!

@midnitemike 10 ай бұрын

I didn’t watch this live but it was fantastic

@KatzenjammerKid61 Жыл бұрын

Slight correction to how the Tapeworm Railroad got its nickname (in addition to all the sunk costs that were never recovered - from Wikipedia): The Tapeworm Railroad (Gettysburg Railroad) was a railway line planned by Congressman Thaddeus Stevens and nicknamed by opponents ridiculing a lengthy serpentine section around the Green Ridge of South Mountain after an orator compared the path to a tapeworm depiction on a product's packaging.

@mattfoley6896 10 ай бұрын

Great video!!

@AndrCoog1 3 жыл бұрын

@ 53:00 minutes in there's gunshots and sounds of battle

@peachbottomparanormal3587 3 жыл бұрын

They never aknowledge it either and it's so obvious! Maybe they heard it later after viewing what they filmed lol, I hear this almost every time I go, along with fife and drum, especially when speaking about the battle while there, going back weekend of August 6th, can't wait 💯🧐

@AndrCoog1 3 жыл бұрын

@@peachbottomparanormal3587 that is some pretty heavy firing going on in the background from 53:00 onwards

@peachbottomparanormal3587 3 жыл бұрын

@@AndrCoog1 yeah it is

@BellesDreams 3 жыл бұрын

Odd that they wouldn’t address it..that was wild!!

@jamess7576 Жыл бұрын

For those thinking of the general perception of the U.S. Cavalry actions on the first day, they can find in the actions of Minty's and Wilder's commands at Chickamauga. Seriously if you are a fan of Buford and his actions at Gettysburg, learn about that fight at Chickamauga.

@K_Type 6 ай бұрын

Holy crap, Tim was stumped 22:17

@denniscahill9683 3 жыл бұрын

More! Not just the Battle and battlefield. Eisenhower's Farm, Thaddeus Stevens, etc. And this from a total ivil War historian...

@AdamsCountyHistoricalSociety 3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it. More coming!

@stevenmay2937 6 ай бұрын

great vid. tim the goat !!!!

@briankesterson4365 3 жыл бұрын

First like! Please do something on the wounding of General Albert Jenkins and the John Majors' home.

@jumpmaster82nd. 3 жыл бұрын

I had a GG Grandfather, his 2 brothers and 3 nephews ride with Jenkins. (14th VA) GG Grandfather was in town earlier in the week of the battle foraging and lost his arm at the Rummel barn on the third. He named his son (my G Grandfather) Albert Jenkins Bailey.

@K_Type 6 ай бұрын

Please do a day 2 and 3 driving tour also in summer

@pamelaoliver8442 3 жыл бұрын

Aahh!! No! I'm late! Can I still ask Tim questions?

@rustysawyers5109 Жыл бұрын

Nugent and Knight.... In the civilian world, I agree. However, in the military world, I would equate Custer and George Patton.....

@stevewheatley243 11 ай бұрын

I dont understand why anyone would want to build on a civil war battlefield. History is more important than money.

@dennischristenson911 2 жыл бұрын

Are all the wooden fences from that era?

@Gitarzan66 11 ай бұрын

I'm surprised to hear you guy's (especially Tim) say "Willoughby's" and not Willoughby lol.🤘

@danielpacker9603 8 ай бұрын

In another video they addressed it. Reason is it was an unnamed run that crossed the Wiloughby property, so locally they considered it to be a possessive title for the identification of the run.

@Gitarzan66 8 ай бұрын

@@danielpacker9603 yessir, that's why I was joking about there. I saw the video too.

@michaelpatterson2955 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent work, but why so little information on Confederates? That seems to be a recurring issue in some of these otherwise well made videos. Please give info on BOTH sides.

@dwightcurrie8316 Жыл бұрын

It is often said that: "History is written by the victors" I had a Great Uncle killed there on July 1st, the first day of the battle, and there is a Dearth of info that I've tried to sift through, with no info gleaned. The Confederate Dead(Some left for 8 yrs where they fell, or where they were Piled after the Battle), as is mentioned in this video. The Same thing goes, or at least Went, when I was there, for the Antietam Battle and Battlefield. I spent a day at Antietam, back in the mid 70s. It was a Cold & Grey day and I had the battlefield all to myself. Georgians had fought there and I went in search of any info on where they were buried & in what manner of burial. I even went to several businesses in Sharpsburg, and spoke to as many residents as I could find and asked the "What happened to the Confederate Dead?". Not a single soul, even the Senior Citizens(Lifetime Residents) had the slightest idea of the answer to my questions. As a Southerner, I got used to this being the case, early in my "Budding" career as an Amateur Historian....Emphasis on Amateur

@rr8753 2 жыл бұрын

Why don't the park service rebuild the homes of those farms that the homes no longer standing

@dwightcurrie8316 Жыл бұрын

"Cavalry never Fought"???? You sure about that, Skippy? For reference, check out Nathan Bedford Forrest's Cavalry & the Many Battles his Cavalry Fought. Forrest even went so far as to make his men Dismount and fight as Infantry in a good many of the battles he and his men fought, many of them Victories for Men, "Who Didn't Fight". "Blanket Statements" often find a Fool wrapped up in them, Sir