I am a Civil War Re-enactor, and though a female, take the field and serve as a man. Public education is one of our main goals; I have served Union and Confederate Infantry, and now serve Union and Confederate Navy. Our hobby is based on love of history and the research we do for our persona is something we all love to share.

I was at Gettysburg July 2nd 2003 the 140 year anniversary, but I can say for sure 20 years later it's 100 times better representation. Thank you for showing all the great action.

I took part in the 145th anniversary reenactment in 2008 and quickly learned that Pennsylvania can be just as hot and humid in July as North Carolina.

I am so lucky to live within 2 hours of Gettysburg and visit often. It is a must visit in Pennsylvania.

Being the horse person that I am, the matched team they had pulling the cannon was just beautiful. I love the re-enactments they bring history alive and totally love doing it. Thank you for yet another one of your awesome videos.👍😁🐴

It was really good to have met you, JD. I was the old marine you met between the bleachers who was on the way to New York. Enjoyed our discussion and knowing you would be presenting another presentation of very important history. God speed.

What a great time you must have had....... My hat's off to all of those involved that are keeping American History alive.....

I reenacted for about 15 years, through the 1990's into the early 2000's. Our unit, The Georgia Division of Reenactors Association, or GDRA, was very active, and I was lucky enough to have participated in most of the 130th and 135th anniversary events. The 135th Gettysburg was HUGE! As I understand we had close to 20,000 reenactors and about 50,000 spectators. Thanks for posting this, it brings back a lot of good memories!

It’s cool to see Civil war re-enactments and impressions still going on. I thought ACW re-enactments were becoming all too rare. Great seeing this. Being a retired (WWII) reenactor myself I still think re-enactments are such an awesome medium and tool for education and generating interest in history!

The reenactors devote much time and expense in their pursuit of preserving this vital period of history. I was privileged to be a member of the Billy Yank committee in Hackettstown, NJ which raised funds to replace the Billy Yank monument which was destroyed by NJDOT in the early 20th century. The replica monument now stands on a donated piece of ground by the 5 points intersection of US Route 46. This was a fantastic video of the 160th Gettysburg anniversary. Thank you for your time and devotion with all of your videos. Take care and God be with you.😎

105th pa co.e member here, glad you enjoyed it.

That's pretty cool they still do the reenactment. My parents took me to Gettysburg in the 80s and we stayed at a campground that unknown to us, they were going to have a reenactment. It was a great experience. Never forgot that. They are great people that do these.

I've been all over the USA from my home Boston but I really want to visit Gettysburg before I die, hallowed ground for all of us Americans. 🇺🇸🙏

Omg that fife & drum band was LIT. No sarcasm: they were on fire. 🔥🔥🔥

The cannon firing sequence was so interesting and informative. It took so much team work to fire artillery. Love the carbine! I have always wondered what one looked like up close and how they worked.

I was there for 3 days with my Son and Grandson and seen all the Battles and Demos.... Excellent Event 🇺🇸 The Reenactors put their Heart and Soul into their Roles and we appreciate what they do.💗

This was one of the coolest trips "we've" taken on this channel The time and care put in by the reenactors is incredible!! Thank you to all ❤

My neighbor was in the movie gettysburg! He is actually thinking about selling his springfield to me! Fingers crossed he does!

My family rented a motorhome and took me on a 70th birthday trip. We stopped at Gettysburg on way back to Penn. Thanks to your videos, I knew what I wanted to see and knew I’d be back repeatedly to see the rest. Thank you!

The reenactors helped me get into history so much when I was a little kid, they’re so important!

That was so cool! Wish I was able to experience it myself. Thanks for bringing it to me!

Even though I live close to Gettysburg I've never been to the reenactments. I think now, with the heat and humidity and all the people there, I really wouldn't be able to stay long enough to enjoy it. Thank you for bringing it to us!!

You offer the best coverage of Gettysburg160 during this important anniversary. I love your perspectives. Thank you!

Boy I really appreciated that artillery demonstration. I was a gunner on the 155mm triple 7 in the 101st and 1st AD. I can't believe how much of their procedure is the same as ours to this day. Really the only thing that's changed is the primers and well we can send rounds about 20 miles now haha. Thank you!

Wish you could have joined us the weekend before at Black Horse Tavern for the PCWA reenactment.. That was a sight to see!!. As someone who participated.. that weekend will forever be etched in my memory.

Gettysburg was not the first combat deployment of the Spencer, that was several weeks earlier at the Battle of Hoover's Gap, Tennessee, where John T. Wilder's "Lightning" Brigade had their first major combat with their newly issued Spencer Rifles.

A few years ago I had the privilege of visiting a re-enactment in Pigeon Forge TN. The main focus was in the medical treatment during the war. I enjoyed your video!

You know I seriously considered going to this 160th anniversary in Gettysburg but I didn’t. I’m only 60-65 miles away to the east. But I also know how very crowded and parked up Gberg can be as well. So Thank You So Much! Instead I went to the range and fired my 1851 Navy 36 cal. Pistol, my 1860 Army 44 cal., my 50 cal Hawkens and my original N. Starr Army issue 69 cal. 1829. Which most likely was used in the Civil War. I restored this gun which had been flintlock and converted to cap and ball by the military in later years. Firing these weapons makes you appreciate the effort to use them and those who received its fury. Amazing how anyone survived all the lead in the air. You have a Super and Very Well Appreciated Channel! Many Blessings and Safe Journeys! DaveyJO in Pennsylvania

Thank you for your videos of Gettysburg. I just recently found out that my that my Great great grandfather was in fact among those killed at Gettysburg . Don’t know why I was kept out of the loop on that bit of family history. I spent several days there in August 2021. I hope to visit again and walk the grounds once again.

I have a 1861 Sharps. It's a neat piece of art. Great video JD. Thank you.

This was beyond awesome! Thank you J.D. for another history lesson.

Glad to see you back at it JD! Always a thrill to see a new video from you, after your unfortunate mishap it's wonderful to see that your production quality is better than ever. Always love your Gettysburg content in particular.

One of the things that sticks out to me the most when I was there was physically feeling the thunder of the cannons in your chest. Couldn’t imagine a full charge going off in a real battle. Mind blowing! As always great stuff JD.

Another excellent video JD. Thank you for all you do to promote history and the lessons to be learned.

Thanks for this. I have always wanted to go to Gettysburg for a re-enactment. Really enjoying your content!

Thanks JD for filming this and putting it up for us to see! Hope to see this in person one day.

JD, this was AWESOME!! I especially appreciated the explanation of what each person's duty it was if you were assigned to an artillery battery. That was really cool. Wish I could have been there, but am planning for the 165th!!

Wow, that was awesome! Thanks JD for being the “reclusive” historian who brings the best content! Simply amazing! Keep doing your thing! Aloha Brother 🤙🏼🤙🏼🤙🏼

So glad to see you back in the field again! Man, it must have been awesome walking around there. Just put this on my bucket list of things to do!

This is a wonderful episode! Very interesting and very informative. I could have watched another 20 minutes easily. Thank you, JD!

My sister Brenda had a history professor named Dr David Davenport. One of his specialties was the Civil War. He used to go to Kerney Park for the Civil War Re-enactment every year. Dr Davenport had written several history books on several subjects. He passed away from Liver Cancer awhile back. Before he died he donated several of his books to the Fresno County Free Library.

I reenacted with the Holmes Brigade USV in the late 80s and early 90s. 130th Battle of Wilson's Creek was fantastic!

I was there for Gettysburg 150-so much to learn. I finally got a mental map of the 1st day’s battle. BTW, the correct pronunciation is “Gettissburg”. Thanks for the tour!

Went to do a Museum & Bus Tour earlier this Summer it was absolutely outstanding. My GF and I really enjoyed doing our own thing too, just driving around to see a lot of the Monuments and Devils Den. Unfortunately Little Round Top is closed for a preservation /renovation type of treatment, but that just goes to show how much TLC they put into such a wonderfully Historic place in U.S. History. A tip of my hat to all of those who put their hard work into making Gettysburg what it is today. At 45 years old I was so proud to come back to this and ashamed I haven't done so since High School. And I live 2 hours away!

Could watch this type of content All day 😊

Thanks for the video 👍 I didn't go to the big reenactment, but I did get to a few areas around the battlefield where they were doing smaller demonstrations. I did get to see a cannon demonstration at Lee's headquarters. The talks, presentations and museums I went to were all excellent for an overall great weekend.

I am a history buff, mainly because of the interest that I took in high school history classes,which are fading away with lots of people monitoring and trying to erase it,but I believe that if people take interest in history and see what took place and why ,then these events won't repeat themselves,and because my grandmother use to tell me stories about my great aunts and her son's that died serving their cause for their southern government,also that because of these terrible events,the northern armies use to take supplies ,food and other things from the the southern states while they were invading southern territory,which my grandmother use to tell me that her great aunt use to poison the food that was stolen by those armies that foraged,these tearable events should never repeat themselves and poor people farmers were called to serve,when they were ask,just like any other military event and they had to serve,so people should stop trying to erase history and learn from it,statues were erected for those veterans who served,and they should be honored,without hatred or other reasons,to better their governments agenda for votes.to erect what I believe their own heritage and agenda,for someone that never served a cause which I don't celebrate those holidays because outsiders try to erase our my families heritage,also my dad's family had a two hundred fifty acre tobacco farm in Wilson county and he did own slaves for which after civil war he granted them deeds to some of the land,so the upper deep south is not like others portray,my family on my dads side was good to people,so people can keep try to destroy monuments and erasing history,it's not a good idea.

Thank you JD for all the coverage of the anniversary this year especially for all of us that couldn't make it to Gettysburg.

You video brought back fond memories. My son and I had the best time as part of Byrne’s Kentucky Battery in Louisville KY. It combined History, Camping, and good friends. What’s not to like!

That was flipping AWESOME! I wanted to be there so badly, but we couldn't make the trip. Thank you for sharing your experience!

Thanks for this. I was supposed to be there but last year proved unfruitful, and i even said to myself if i ran into you id make sure to shake your hand and say thanks in person. Never forget what happened there. Youre the man.

Loved your coverage and interviews of the reenactors at Gettysburg. I’ve never been able to attend so thank you JD for taking me along. ❤

I just moved to pa an I can’t wait to check out the historical sites. Love history 0:29

Absolutely one your best. You really took us to the commemoration!Thank you!

I went to the 160th so i didn't watch all the videos when they came out. Heck the day this was posted I was driving back from Gettysburg to Louisville KY. I stored probably 50 hours of videos in my watch later tab on KZfaq and I'm finally going back to watch this. Brings back such good memories, plus I didn't even get to the Daniel Leidy farm so this is so cool seeing what else was going on while I walked the battlefield with my dog. Such a great anniversary and great week for me!

Love your videos so educational and fun to watch the enactment of the battles.

Glad you enjoyed it! I was there participating with the Federal cavalry.

With the reenactors it gets more personal, it's a reminder to me that they were Americans fighting Americans and although it was 160 years ago, it is still relevant today.

Absolutely mindblown at the amount of spectators!! Don't think the troops fighting in 1863 ever figured 160 years later, there would be re-enactments with spectators!! Crazy cool!

What a wonderful experience the anniversary was! Thank you for sharing.

I went on the wrong day…I couldn’t even get to the battlefield so I am glad you got this so I could at least see something 😂

Another great video JD, thank you. Was great meeting up with you and Erik on the 2nd and talking to you again at the WWII American Experience museum.

The Dodge caught me off guard. Hilarious!

I saw an reanactment here in California and that was amazing. My favorite part of that was showing of mourning garb during the time period.

Hi JD, nice to see you back, living in the UK, I probably will never get to see Gettysburg, but thanks for transporting me there via your wonderful channel and videos.

Great video of 160 Anniversary...Thanks for your service in covering the battle....and trying the Orange Cream Soda!🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

I had going to Gettysburg on my bucket list. You just made me decide what time of year to go.

Very cool! Love watching reenactments. Very interesting about the canon and the people involved on the aiming and firing. 👍

I been there a few times but never got to see this in person. Great video.

I was there on the 108 anniversary for a reenactment. And had a neighbor who used to give horseback tours of the battlefield.

Those folks who braved sitting on those aluminum bleachers in the sun at the re-enactment are the real heroes!

This was amazing! Actually gave me goosebumps. Felt like i was there. Excellent video!

I love this! Please show more reenactments like this from your channel. Thank you for sharing "History" with us. Robert Burton

Thanks for providing the NEXT BEST THING! :) If we can't be there in person this sure brings a lot into our homes. Keep up the good work,, AND,, I hope you can feature some of the smaller battle fields in the coming months..

Nice camp and weapons demonstration 😁, and learned something new to me: That the first combat use of Spencer repeaters was at Gettysburg - by Custer’s cavalry, no less!

Great video glad you're back and things are getting better for you keep up the good work prayers for you and your family

I haven’t been to Gettysburg since the late 90’s. It remains one of the most affecting experiences of my life. There weren’t any re-enactments going on that visit, though I’ve seen them on other battlefields over the years. Just discovered your channel and am loving the content. 🙏🏻❤️

Going to Gettysburg and seeing a anniversary is on my bucket list. Many years ago I was a truck driver and went through there several times. I"ve wanted to spend a few weeks exploring. Same with the Brandywine battlefield. Thanks for this one! Was very interesting!

I would love to see you do a video about Sallie Ann Jarrett, who was the mascot of the 11th Pennsylvania. She was so loyal that she is one of, if not the only non-horse animal memorialized on a Gettysburg monument. I used to live in the town that the 11th Pa & Sallie mustered out of (Youngwood, Pa) which is approximately on hour south and east of Pittsburgh by vehicle.

Great video as usual! Hate you missed the more authentic and much larger event the weekend before.

Great video JD I appreciate the insight into this interesting time in history. I think this is outstanding.

This is awesome. I just arrived to Gettysburg. I hope they are still doing something.

ENVY! My uncle said there were thousands of people there for the anniversary, so that tempered me somewhat. How good are you? I recognized the bucktail on the fife player's hat! There is SO much upon which to remark, like you should have tried the birch beer (soda). It's like root beer, but better!

You have learned a lot in your visits to Gettysburg. You are right. The Confederates did not use Dodge. Typically, they used a modified, captured Chevy or Ford. Dodge is definitely post-war.

Great to see you doing what you do best JD! Plenty going on during an anniversary. Glad you enjoyed it. uk

I've been to Gettysburg several times but never during a reenactment. I have it on my bucket list but in the meantime, I truly appreciate your wonderful video! I learned a lot of new things...I did not know there were land mines!

Sadly the union didn’t have access to the Dodge pickup until the start of the Atlanta campaign, really turned the tide of the war

Awesome video, thanks for sharing. History on the Anniversary of a Epic Battle.

Thank you JD for sharing this with us.

Great video JD , it make's my Bucket list , keep them coming.

This was very cool I was waiting for your Gettysburg coverage!

love that Civil War history, it's good here in 2023 that we can still celebrate and hold a great respect to those men who were fighting for a just cause, even here in Gainesville Florida, held by the south largely during the war as a supply line route either by boat or by train during that time in which the North invaded and try to take back to which i attend the reenactments one here in town ,and the other in Olustee, and the last of the "COFEDERATE" gold was to said have been taken from here in Gainesville en-route back to Virginia at the end.

This is incredible! I love this episode-WOW!

Love your videos. You bring History alive. Keep up the good work. Marvin from Mon tana.

I was in the reenactment 2yrs ago. I loved it!

That was really cool, JD. I like things like that. I like going to the Fort Bridger Mountain Man Rendezvous in September. They fire off canons there too. They fire off a canon in Panquitch, Ut. on the 4th of July at 6AM. It wakes you up when you hear the BABOOM, BABOOM, over, and over again, and again. 🙂

Awesome job JD. As you know I love Gettysburg bro. Wish I was there with you.

Awesome video again jd. Love this part of the channel. Now i get a little bit of American history thanks to you

Love the re-enactors.

I love this video iam a big civil war buff . But I love all your videos I have learned alot more about all the wars we have been in .don't ever change want you do it's awesome .