"He is of the opinion that withdrawing from Gettysburg and giving it back to the enemy would be very bad for morale." You know what else is bad for morale is everybody dying.

I don’t know why but I like all the background sounds. All the sounds of when they walk too, swords rattling etc.

Tom Berenger was amazing as Longsteet

Since this movie has been out, people sometimes troll the Gettysburg park ranger giving the tour of the area where the Mississippi units fought by asking the ranger "Is Mississippi ready for this day?" when the ranger asks if there are any questions.

Apparently during this scene, Martin Sheen was having a hard time with his lines. So while they were taking a break between the takes for this scene, he wrote "And Hill will support" on the corner of the map to help him remember the line.

I m a Civil War re-enactor and have seen this movie countless times and never get tired of it .The man that portrays Gen A P Hill is our good friend Pat Falci . He has shared many a story behind the scenes . Once I asked him( my not knowing) when they did the scene at The Cashtown Inn with Martin (Lee) was he asking if he wanted to go for coffee later or was there actually a scripted dialogue. You couldn’t hear what was said. Pat laughed, said dialogue, we might not here it but cameras do and in case they needed it later, which they didn’t.

Ive read many of the comments below and am impressed with the respect, knowledge and thoughtfulness of most. Thank you. As for me, my late grandfather, Willard M. Wallace, PhD, Prof of History at Wesleyan Univ in CT wrote...The Soul of the Lion...a biography of J.L. Chamberlain. So, I grew up visiting battlefields... incl Gettysburg. That noted, I dont recall Gramps ever criticizing Lee or Longstreet. I suspect the following variables formed Lee's decision to attack rather than re-deploy: 1.Until that battle, Lee's Army had never been defeated. 2. Lee knew he had no consistent supply train of weaponry and other necessities 3. Lee knew that if the battle was won Lincoln was likely to sign a peace treaty with Jefferson Davis. 4. Lee could not have known that a 'Tipping Point' had been reached within the Union Army. What had once been a group of poorly trained and resentful soldiers - had evolved into and extremely effective fighting force comparable to his own. Ground troops had become more experienced and Commanders, like Hancock + Chamberlain had risen to positions where they could make a difference. 5. Lee knew General Meade - and based on that understanding - he made a calculated decision: Meade would be cautious (which in fact he was - as demonstrated by Meade's choice not to pursue Lee after Pickets charge). 6. Lee probably should have listened to Longstreet... but it was Lee who was dealing with pressure from Jefferson Davis and ultimately I suspect Lee believed fate was on his side. 7. And of course there were other variables involved... The absence of Jeb Stuart's Calvary, Longstreet's potentially purposeful delay to attack... and so many more... Some we know and others we don't. Ultimately the battle was incredibly tragic and I am always haunted yet amazed by the bravery and commitment of the soldiers on both sides.

This movie never gets old for me. I really need to grab a blue ray disk and watch it on a 4K tv

I walked Picketts charge many times, but i can't imagine it under fire. Gen. Lee was brilliant, but he made a mistake that day.

I like the way the officers address each other with noble civility. As Hood settles on his horse he respectfully seeks leave from Longstreet by say "With your permission sir". He salutes him and Longstreet returns the salute graciously granting the leave sought. Even in battle when sending a message back to Lee one his general prefaces his report with words "General X sends his compliments and reports....". Wonderful turns of expression. The 19th century could teach us all lessons of respect, honour and grace. I am from Australia. Such dialogue has never really been part of our culture. More's the pity.

The problem with the entire battle plan was that it was based on an early morning reconnaissance by one of Lee's engineer officers. He claimed to have ridden all the way to the base of Big Round Top and not seen any US forces. Lee wanted Longstreet to attack with his two divisions up the Chambersburg road with a division on each side. Lee thought the Army of the Potomac's line ended at the southern end of Cemetery Ridge. Even had Longstreet been able to position his troops where Lee wanted WITHOUT being seen by the Army of the Potomac, it would have been after 1200 before the attack could have begun. This was not a case of simply marching across the wheatfields and through the Peach Orchard. Lee wanted Longstreet south of those points and adjacent to the Round Tops when he began his attack. Had Longstreet marched at daybreak, something that was physically impossible given the bivouac locations of his two divisions as they arrived behind Seminary Ridge between midnight and early morning that very day. By the time Longstreet could have stepped off on his attack, Sickle's III Corps was now on his right flank, arrayed between the end of Cemetery Ridge and Big Round Top, where Army of the Potomac signal troops had established an observation and signal point. Sykes' V Corps was closing on Sickle's rear. At this point in time, Sickle's had yet to advance into his salient. Sickle's could have attacked Longstreet's right as he was assembling for his attack or during his attack, which would have swung Longstreet's axis from the Chambersburg Road to the area between south Cemetery Ridge and the Round Tops with Hood's division in the lead and McLaws' division to the rear. While Longstreet would still have savaged III Corps, Hood would have been attacking straight into III and V Corps and with I and II Corps troops on his left. Hood would have been fought out, McLaws would pass through Hood and he would get fought out attacking V Corps. Without Picket or support from Hill's corps, Longstreet would have been unable to exploit any success on the southern end of Meade's line as Sedgewick's VI Corps was arriving on the battlefield. Ewell's earlier attack on Culp's Hill was a failure and would have remained a failure as he faced troops from I, II, VI, XI and XII Corps even if perfectly coordinated with Longstreet, a near impossibility in the days before reliable portable radios. Lee was not infallible. He should have gone forward with Longstreet and he should have committed Anderson's Division from Hill's corps on Longstreet's left when he realized what was happening. He didn't. Which meant that whether Longstreet had gone at 1200 or 1600, he still would have failed. As Pickett supposedly pointed out, the Yankees had something to do with it. Under Meade during the Gettysburg campaign, the Army of the Potomac marched and fought harder and smarter than it ever did before or after. The US cavalry fought Stuart and won a number of tactical victories and came out with a draw for the campaign. I Corps by itself reduced Hill's corps (minus Anderson) to combat ineffectiveness for the rest of the battle. XII Corps stopped Ewell in his tracks on the second day and anticipated his attack on the third day. V Corps redeemed Sickle's failure and stopped Longstreet, while II Corps stopped Lee's attack on the third day. Both sides made mistakes. Meade made fewer mistakes than Lee. Lee did not LOSE the battle, he was fought out by Meade and the officers and men of the Army of the Potomac.

General Longstreet: "mmm-hmmm...we got beaucoup movement."

My annual viewing of this film is in four days

Maybe the real confederacy was the friends we made along the way?

Thank you very much for all the hard work downloading this movie. Great job.

The first day ended up being the decisive standpoint of the next engagements in Gettysburg. Union Army withdraws to more advantageous ground, civilians hurriedly flee from Gettysburg which only allowed the A of NV access to a small town that is anchored by 2 hills. The foliage in those days was also much more dense, so it allowed for the Union Army to recon with impunity, and establish guns at elevation. Firing down.

John Bell Hood was only 33 years old at Gettysburg. They portrayed him as an old man.

Lee should have simply called in an airstrike.

Tom Berenger looked fantastically regal and imposing in his portrayal of Longstreet. The uniform, the hat, the beard, everything was perfectly placed.

You know they were sweating balls with those uniforms on in our good ol hi humidity.

the battle is not what is important in life, it's the cities we burn along the way

Been to Gettysburg many times, including in early July. I can't imagine wearing those heavy wool uniforms in that heat.

I reenact a Regular Army regiment, the one that garrisoned my home state out West. The Civil War has been called 'brother against brother' and it is no more so than within the professional officer corps of both armies. There were less than 2000 professional officers in 1860, a **very** small club. After two or three postings, an officer would know every single other officer if only by reputation and mess gossip. These men were a small fraternity of war... the godfathers of each other's children and the in-laws of each other's sons and daughters. The movie 'Gettysburg' did a wonderful job in portraying that brotherhood. You notice this in how fellow professionals address each other by first name, but how the 'temporary hired hands' of the volunteers were addressed by rank.

“I’ll wait as long as I can” some historians say he waited to long, others say he got his divisions lost on the way to his positions from not knowing the layout of the ground and roads. I think some blame on Gettysburg falls on Longstreet just as much as Lee. If I remember right it wasn’t till mid day till Longstreet’s divisions engaged. Other historians say General Stickle’s may have created a diversion by moving off the line toward the confederate position. But that’s history. We can analyze every position over 150yrs later. Still love the civil war and it’s history.

infalide fire means cannon& gun fire from the side flanks

The real General Hood was a whole lot younger, better looking, and was one of the more reckless and incompetent generals in the Civil War, albeit brave. They make him seem almost grandfatherly and wise in this film.

Another thing to keep in mind is that Pickett's division was without the brigades of Corse and Jenkins. These had been left behind in Virginia, and there were several other formations that could have gone to Pennsylvania with the Army of Northern Virginia that were kept to protect Richmond. It's estimated that Lee could have had nearly 12,000 additional troops for the campaign[roughly two additional divisional equivalents], which despite the logistical burden it would have brought, would have increased the fighting power of the Confederate Army.

“This little rocky hill, the unoccupied one”...

I have studied the Civil War since I was a young boy. And I was motivated in my study by the 23 ancestors that were boys in gray. I had 3 great great great grandfathers in Heth’s Div. marching up the Chambersburg Pike Road on the first day. One of the things about this epic movie, is each time the generals on both sides had a chance they would refer to each other by their first names. “ Sam, you take care of yourself... You too Pete!” But NEVER EVER would you hear Gen. Lee involved in it. He was a loan figure.

Gettysbeard!

Both father and son of my ancestors fought on the same day for the Union at Gettysburg. Though, the father fought the first two days and the son for the next two.

The acting in the last part of this clip is A+. Theres not one sign that was even scripted. Amazing. Thats what makes this movie, though it be 4 1/2 hrs long, so re-watchable.

Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson, was indeed a rare man, I don't think he could have been replaced. His tactac's are still being studied in war colleges today.He may have been hard on his men, but he was brillant at what he did. Jackson graduated from West Point in a class which was to furnish twenty four general officers to the United States and Confederate armies between 1861 & 1865. He resigned his comission to become an instructor at Virginia Military Institute (VMI) he is buried there.

The actor playing General Hood, Patrick Gorman, was 59 years old at the time of this movie. The real age of John Bell Hood at Gettysburg? 32

Great movie! Martin Sheen does a great job as Robert E. Lee.

A never ending conversation. What if? And most background shows that episodes such as this were an indication of how close it was. It was no "blowout". It was a very marginal victory for Meade's army, even though they had the advantage in numbers and defensive terrain all 3 days overall. It was a close victory for Meade's army, and a crippling loss for Lee's army, based upon numbers lost versus the replenishing forces available on each side after the battle. If this were a battle of David vs Goliath, it is clear that David's missile glanced Goliath's head, and Goliath recovered quickly to squash David's shoulders, arms, and fingers as he retreated.

What honor both armies had. Leadership was second to none.

Man, I wish briefings as a Tank Commander in the Marines were this short...

The greatest wisdom I have read on KZfaq.

Thank you for the info, Zappiss. Always great to learn something new about the war. Like I said, I only have general knowledge (no pun intended) about the war. I pretty much knew that someone more well informed would eventually tell me something I did not know before. BTW, thanks for uploading this scene from this most incredible movie. :-)

Interesting scene, because literally everything said went the opposite of how it should, including Hood taking care of himself.

The first modern war fought with Napoleonic Tatics. The Rifled Muskets useing Minnie Balls were Effective in volley fire at a 1,000 yard's, accurate for a trained sharpshooter at 800 yard's, for the average shooter at 300 yard's compared to the smoothbore volley fire at a 120 yard's and aimed fire at 80 yards. The rifled cannon had ranges of 3 to 7 miles compared to the Napoleon 12 pounder range of one mile. Against the older Weapons Pickett's Charge would have succeeded, coming under cannon fire at 3 quaters of a mile with solid shot and Musket fire at 120 yard's giveing 3 volleys in the time to cross the distance. Pickett's Men came under cannon fire as soon as they started, at the fence half a mile from the Union Line under Volley fire and the aimed fire of sharpshooters. In the 4 to 5 minutes to cross to the Union Lines they were hit by 12 to 15 volleys of increasing more accurate fire as they got closer to the Union Line, in the last 100 yard's the rapid fire Spencer's and Henry's added to the Carnage as did the canister shot from the cannons. The few who made it to the Union Lines were quickly overwhelmed. You see the French and British charge German trenches and Heavy Machineguns the same way in the First World War, with far greater losses. Old Tatics against new weapons technologies result in mass causalities. For the British, 20,000 killed and 30,000 wounded in just a few hours. They had telegraph lines strung behind them and very fast communication for the time, extensive use of the railroads to move men and supplies, balloons with telegraph lines for surveillance of enemy movements and to shift Artillery Fire onto enemy formations. Gatteling guns which weren't used much because of the amounts of Ammunition they consumed. The weapons were mass produced with interchangeable part's, something new in warfare. Still, the Officers clung to the old Tatics they had learned to use in the War with Mexico, horribly outdated by this time.

Lee's was in the corp of engineers and knew the value of knowing the terrain yet in this most critical of battles he did not have good intelligence on the union's right flank. Really lost the battle on the 2nd day.

I’ve always enjoyed how, the higher the rank, the more often you hear the generals call each other by their first name; or even a shortened version like “You too Pete.” But no one, I mean NO ONE, would EVER call General Lee... Robert.

Lee fell victim to the same invincibility complex which was the downfall of the man who developed the tactics both armies were using - Napoleon. Its amazing that after 3 1/2 years of waiting for the election cycle to turn over, just months prior to what would have been a sure McClellan victory and armistice with the Confederacy, Lee in all his brilliance just blew it all on Gettysburg.

"George, can you take that ridge?"

The only way Lee could win at Gettysburg was if General Meade and the United States Army did not show up.

It was nice to see General Barkdale from Mississippi. We won't see him later in movie. He was shot on the 2nd day of battle. Left to die by his soliders that thought he was dead. But he would die a few days later at a Union field hospital.

Love how the map looks exactly like the ones in Grand Tactician Civil War.

15th Alabama: Nooooo you can't just charge into our flank like that! We were winning! 20th Maine: Haha bayonnet go brrrrr.

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Fun Fact, the 2 generals that commanded the opposite ends of the Confederate line, Hood in the south, Edward "Allegany" Johnson in the northeast, would be together in the Army of Tennessee a year later during the disastrous battles of Franklin and Nashville.

I like how Colonel Alexander, the Artillery Commander steps into the group behind Longstreet just as the briefingis over!I was expecting someone to ask Why are you late?

I love how Lee said he spoke to General Ewell. Because you can see that he was pretty much using what Ewell said to shore up his own argument. Given that Lee was heavily biased against Longstreet's idea, one wonders if he didn't paint a picture that made Ewell naturally agree that Longstreet's idea would be bad.

To all of you who say I didn't like this or that, you cast this movie, or shut up this was well done.

Longstreet delayed his attack until the rest of his beard had arrived...a fatal error.

You are right, most confederates did not own slaves. But the planters conditioned Southern culture, led the South out of the union and into war when there was no threat to state sovereignty or even to slavery. The rest followed. You might as well say that before Hitler took over, most Germans weren't Nazis. No, they weren't, but they went along easily enough.

@emfceql20 to the left of General Hood is General Heth with the bandaged head. To the right is General McLaw.

Martin Sheen from the show "The West Wing" as Robert E. Lee......awesome.

This entire attack plan was disrupted by General Sickles movement of his Third Corps up to the Emmitsburg Road and thus the fierce fighting around the Peach Orchard....Sickles move is still questioned today either as a terrible decision or as the right move to deny the Confederates suitable ground to place their artillery...it's an argument that will go on forever I guess.

When they made this movie, Im sure they did their best to make the uniforms, weapons, military life, everything both sides experienced during the war, and portray the historical figures. Martin Sheen Did his best to portray LEE. The others I know they acted their hearts out.

sheen should have been nominated for an oscar

The movie portrays Longstreet as being right in his desire to redeploy the army to force Mead to come to them, and Lee being wrong in his desire to assault the entrenched Union army on the ridges. That's probably the simplest way to convey how Gettysburg played out. But it was a bit more complicated than that. Lee did reject Longstreet's suggestion to redeploy the entire army or move his entire division on a flanking maneuver. But that does not mean that Lee forbade Longstreet to take any flanking action at all. Later, Hood asks Longstreet to let him move around to Big Round Top and command the heights to flank the Union line. Longstreet refuses claiming that Lee won't allow ANY flanking action. But Lee never actually said no flanking was allowed at all, and based on Lee's style of command, he probably would have been perfectly content if Longstreet had allowed a flanking movement up Big Round Top. Lee - like most good commanders - was willing to let his subordinates take the initiative and run with good ideas independently. He would have probably been OK with Longstreet sending some brigades up Big Round Top. The problem was, by the time Hood asked Longstreet to let him flank to the right, it was already late in the morning. Longstreet was sour about Lee's rejection of his suggestions and delayed the preparation of his Division some hours. If he'd deployed quicker, there probably would have been time for Hood to deploy a couple brigades to take Big Round Top. But due to the delay, by the time Hood is requesting the flanking movement, the time to conduct the frontal assault was already upon them and there wasn't time to redeploy. Longstreet therefore is able to truthfully tell Hood that he wouldn't have time to get a battery up on Big Round Top because he wouldn't even be in action until dark. But that was slightly disingenuous - because the reason there was no time was because of Longstreet's delay and his possible sulking - concluding that Lee had rejected ALL maneuver, when Lee actually had done no such thing - he'd just rejected the notion of redeploying the ENTIRE army of Northern Virginia. History more or less shows that Longstreet was right to want to redeploy the army. But that doesn't mean that Longstreet's grudging and possibly even deliberate delaying the morning of the second day didn't hurt the Confederate plan a lot. If Longstreet had moved quicker and independently decided to seize Big Round Top early in the morning, the battle of the second day would have gone quite differently.

Lee did not know the Union Army was repositiioning in strength on Little Round Top, his attack was on his enemies flank was his best offensive option at that time. Longstreet was slow in positioning for the attack which gave the Union the time to reinforce along Little Round Top. The attack on the second day was sound militarily and nearly succeeded, if it were not due to the brilliant leadership of Col. Joshua Chamberlain, the battle would have gone to Lee and his army.

Logic suggests it is Anderson near to Hill - he also has a likeness compared to photos of Anderson himself

After Gettysburg the Lee army is only defense. The mission now is protect Richmond.

Dee Criss Sound Mix in this film was amazing

Im not sure if that scene is in the movie, or if its another youre remembering, but if it was then it was probably in one of the camp scenes where Lee is speaking to Longstreet.

The best laid plans of mice and men.

Well, it looked good on paper. Lafayette McLaws, class of 42 West Point, the peach orchard and the wheat field at Gettysburg. Defending Maryes Heights Fredericksburg Virginia December 13th 1862. Augusta Georgia. 1, 15, 1821 ~ 7, 24, 1897 Savanna Georgia. 🇬🇪

If Hooker had just held his original assigned position.... one does wonder. Incredible bravery in that battle. It saved the Union for sure.

Another result of JEBStuart's absence was that Lee had no accurate map of the Gettysburg area, and based his plan on the report of some infantry officers sent out on foot to schout the roads. As a result, Longstreet;s Corps was sent out on an attempt to get around the Union left flank, covered by hills and trees and then emerge into the open and assault Little Round Top when it be already too late to send reinforcement there. Longstreet ambled down the road-and found the emergence point was in plain sight of a Union signal stationon his objective, hurriedly wig-wagging away. With Lee's plan gan aglee, Longstreet countermarched to get back to a better emergent point from which to launch his "surprise" attack. countermarched, adding a whole hour to the process, then paused to allow his men's canteens to be refilled, finally stepping off for the attack before the canteen party returned to their units. By this time, a full brigade, including the 20th Maine had beat feet up Round topped was improvising a defensive line. The Confederates who tried to make the originally planned attack bogged down in the bolder pile Devil's Demand later trying to break through the Union 6th Corps which had advanced without orders from the base of Round top exposing itself to to the oncoming CSA attack on disadvantageous ground. Sykes explained that there was higher ground in his front. His superior pointed out that would be the casein any position Sykes could reach "from here to the Allegeny mountains!"As a result, Longstreet's attack was remarkably feeble when it finally went in, long afterLee's attack on the Union right flank had fizzled out. Lee lost thousands of irreplaceable confederate veterans for no decisive result!

General Barksdale fell and was left for dead. Died the next day in the Hummelbaugh farmhouse.

Please. If the war wasn't about slavery then why was the CSA exclusively slave-holding (as many of the states referred to themselves in numerous articles of separation)? Why was the core issue that underpinned compromises in 1787, 1820 and 1850 that kept the union together slavery? Why was "States' Rats" suddenly not so important when it was Northern states' rights that was usurped by draconian federal overlords enforcing adherence to fugitive slave laws despite their strong opposition?

I enjoyed the video, its realistic and accurate ,and am sure civil war buffs will enjoy it

Heth was also cousin to Pickett! Both had something in common, they both graduated last of their classes at West Point.

Lee should have pulled out of Gettysburg as soon as the Union Army was occupying that hill. He could have easily pulled out of Gettysburg by giving orders for the army to pull out and threaten Washington DC. The Union Army would not have stayed on that hill with angry politicians calling him to protect the city. Would have given Lee the chance to chose where the fight takes place and causes the Union Army to rush to Lee to stop him tired and probably hungry, Lees force could have had a major advantage and probably would have won the war if the Union Army was defeated. So close to DC US Govt would have had no choice but to surrender and end the war

Gettysburg was a long shot. I believe Lee tried it because he realized that the South could not win a war of attrition. Also I think he was nervous about Grant's threatening Vicksburg.

It's funny, they make Hood look like he was way older than he actually was during gettysburg. He actually was in his late twenties when the war started and early thirties when it ended. Quite young to be a lieutenant general in the Confederate Army.

Historically this took place on the west side of Gettysburg at the Mary Thompson house on Chamberburg Pike. The movie filmed this in the Rose Farm near the wheat field not far from Little round top in the area the second days fight took place.

Jackson would have taken Little Round Top the first day then told Lee he did it.

00:56 "i combed my beard all night long"

Boys, lets head to them shining mountains. Beavers not prime,but it`s free!

Much has been said about Longstreet's idea to flank to the right. Yet no game I have found makes that option. The maps end too abruptly to the south. Some even stop right at the bottom of the roundtops. Does such a game exist that will allow us to try that strategy?

Lee's ego was his own undoing. He thought he was invincible due to his string of victories.

The most authentic aspect of Martin Sheen's portrayal of Robert E. Lee...was the hat.

@Shafeone - Excellent point

The one short coming of this movie, it does not cover General Stuarts part of General Lees' July 3rd attack on the Federal Army at Gettysburg. I believe General Stuart and his calvary were to move around and then come up from behind the Federal Army while the C> S. A. Corp under General Longsteet would mount a combined artillery and infantry attack on the center of the Federal Army's defensive positions at Cemetery Ridge.General Stuarts' part of the confederate army's plan that day was thwarted by a large Federal army calvary force.Had that part of the plan succeeded, then Pickets charge might have turned out differently. Oh well.

''General Barksdale is Mississippi ready for this day''

Lee let his ego take over and the men suffered for it.

When General Lee says "Demonstrate", what he means is to make a lot of noise with the Canons. Test shots. do you understand what I mean?

I don’t know why, maybe it’s because everyone involved is so passionate and committed to delivering 120%, but even non-actors like Barksdale and so many others knew this was a special occasion

Lee understood the risk but he also realized how much of a reward it would be to defeat the Union army in Pennsylvania. If they had force a Yankee retreat as they had done so many times before and continued to move north the whole aspect of the war would have changed. It would have been far greater than any victory the south achieved in the war

The Confederates lost many valuable generals this day, that would never be replaced. Barksdale was killed leading this charge, and Hood seriously wounded, was never the same.

Pete Longstreet, what a name!

such a great movie

Even if Lee won at Gettysburg & headed for Philadelphia or Washington; Vicksburg was about to fall. There would of been no peace.

1:37 Lee, you had every reason to move south now. The enemy army is to your north. The enemy capital is to your south. HOME is to your south. The enemy can set up all they want up north....but it will be meaningless for them if you pull out now. Longstreet was right....you should have listened to him...eule's decisions were influenced by his unfortunate string of defeats, and scars of excessive caution.

Lees biggest mistake was not listening to Longstreet. They should have moved around and just march on washington. Cause that Union position was basically impossible to beat.

Lee should not have listened to the opinion of General Ewell after he failed to take Culps hill on day 1 with little opposition.