Gettysburg: Sharpshooters & Secessionists at The Peach Orchard

Gettysburg: Sharpshooters & Secessionists at The Peach Orchard | History Traveler Episode 221

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2 жыл бұрын

The Battle of Gettysburg stands out as one of the most titanic engagements in U.S. history. In this episode, we're building on a previous visit to the battlefield to look at the fighting at The Peach Orchard from a different angle. Helping us to get a deeper understanding of what happened here are the guys from The Battle of Gettysburg Podcast and the Addressing Gettysburg podcast. So much to see and learn here!
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@TheHistoryUnderground 2 жыл бұрын

If you've watched a few episodes and feel like I've earned it, be sure to subscribe so that you don't miss any new content when it comes out. Also be sure to check out The Gettysburg Museum of History and their store at gettysburgmuseumofhistory.com. Thanks!!!

@saucejohnson9862 Жыл бұрын

Can you cover the 1st Minnesota? They're literally over looked in every single Civil War video.

@TheHistoryUnderground Жыл бұрын

@@saucejohnson9862 - I have some future plans.

@MrOrdgar 2 жыл бұрын

My Great Great Great Grandfather was on the skirmish line from 5am to 4pm with the 63rd Pennsylvania at the Peach Orchard. They ran out of ammunition and withdrew before the attack, which spared them many losses.

@TheHistoryUnderground 2 жыл бұрын

Pretty crazy day.

@stefaniesteffey272 Жыл бұрын

My ggg grandfather also fought in the 63rd. He was Co G.

@christopherhughes3381 Жыл бұрын

Awesome

@dbach1025 2 жыл бұрын

JD, agreed about the walking tours being so crucial to understanding the tactics and consequent decisions before and mid battle. thank you for sharing. As a double amputee with limited range on my prosthetics, I am not able to do all that walking at one time at this point in my life. So I am ever grateful for your channels second to none content and others like American Battlefield Trust, and your pal Chris' Vlogging Through History. Your content is a Godsend for folks like me who love history. I still love to check out the battlefields. But some are understandably not completely ADA accessible. God bless and Happy Indeoendence Day.

@TheHistoryUnderground 2 жыл бұрын

That really does mean a lot to me. Thank you for watching. Glad to share the experiences and learn a bit more myself.

@michaelmcdonald6722 2 жыл бұрын

Your videos are stunningly beautiful. Music is excellent. And then there is the actual content - which is superb. One would suspect 1-million subscribers by next July. And good for you.😊

@TheHistoryUnderground 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! A million by next year would be something else. Hopefully people are sharing the channel out. 🙂

@joemabry9643 2 жыл бұрын

Still amazes me. Thank you.

@TheHistoryUnderground 2 жыл бұрын

👍🏻

@corbinbacon9043 2 жыл бұрын

Don't get me wrong, I have huge respect for the other men with all of their knowledge, and am thankful they are here to teach people, but I gotta say, JD I enjoy your videos the most. Peace and respect to all of you teachers and historians, and thank you for spreading knowledge instead of hate, or other nonsense like so much of the world seems to do these days!

@barrydysert2974 2 жыл бұрын

AGREED !:-) 💜🙏⚡️

@TheHistoryUnderground 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks. I enjoy having other people on who actually know what they’re talking about. Always learning!

@milepost465historyhobbies4 2 жыл бұрын

One of the best interpretations of the Peach Orchard I’ve seen. The walk from Seminary Ridge was telling and often gets bypassed. Between JD (and friends) and Gary (with the ABT and friends) the history here is well explained and well taught. Congrats guys for keeping history (and the ground in which it happened) alive and thriving!

@TheHistoryUnderground 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Those guys really know their stuff.

@jayleigh4642 2 жыл бұрын

Really enjoyed this. Watching from the U.K. -Thank you

@TheHistoryUnderground 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@brianford8493 2 жыл бұрын

It would have been nuts lining up and going at it like that.

@TheHistoryUnderground 2 жыл бұрын

Seems crazy by today’s standards.

@scobun 2 жыл бұрын

Just amazing. Now I want to go learn more about Berdans Sharpshooters who I was aware of previously. You always send me down good rabbit holes.

@TheHistoryUnderground 2 жыл бұрын

Ha! I hear you.

@charlesmcclellan1095 2 жыл бұрын

You are correct in saying that looking at flat maps and reading descriptions are only so helpful; one needs to walk the land to bet a better sense of what happened. Thank you for another great video. Keep it up.

@TheHistoryUnderground 2 жыл бұрын

👍🏻

@pigybak 2 жыл бұрын

Learn something new on every anniversary.

@TheHistoryUnderground 2 жыл бұрын

Me too!

@bords3838 Жыл бұрын

Thanks again for the great tour, it was a pleasure to be able to take part in it. Keep up the great work J.D. Thanks for keeping history alive as always. And thanks for signing my photo of us. Safe travels where ever you may go.

@patrickangotti8880 2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic 22nd Anniversary gift from my wife! Enjoyed seeing the family at 12:06 and learning about the fighting at the Peach Orchard. It was great to meet you JD! Keep up the great work!

@TheHistoryUnderground 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! It was great meeting you as well.

@johnstup4479 Жыл бұрын

Well, I just spent the last three days binge watching this series of Gettysburg. This series had me glued to the screen taking in all the information and stories that you told us JD. You brought a lot of the personal side of the war showing the effect it had not only on the soldiers, but the civilians too. All those tid-bits of info were so fascinating. Growing up I lived 45 minutes south of Gettysburg and of course there were several school field trips to Gettysburg. Though those field trips covered some of the battle fields and a few landmark locations, your videos have shown me so much more than I could have ever imagined. Back in the 90's, I caught the Civil War history bug from Ken Burns book "The Civil War" which later was presented on PBS. Spent some time visiting Sharpsburg, Harpers Ferry, and Manassas. My first time back to Gettysburg, since the school field trips of the 70's, was in 2010. Visited a few more locations that year. This series and the one you did of Sharpsburg, have rekindled that fire for learning civil war history once again. Since I now only live 30 minutes away from Gettysburg, I am planning on some spring and summer trips this year to visit as many as the places you have been JD and walk those battle fields too! Thanks for the inspiration!

@BigLisaFan 2 жыл бұрын

The bronze sculptures are incredible. One gets the impression they could speak they seem so life-like. Hard to imagine that those tranquil fields 159 years ago were the scenes of such devastation and the sounds of battle It's always special to walk in the exact footsteps of history and stand safely where you wouldn't have been able to back then. Great video, JD, looking forward to the next one.

@TheHistoryUnderground 2 жыл бұрын

Agreed on all points.

@mikenixon2401 2 жыл бұрын

Just a suggestion. Look into the history of St. Charles, MO. It was a supply stop for Lewis an Clark when they were going onto the Missouri River after exiting the Mississippi River north of St. Louis. St. Charles was also the state's first capital building still stands). And as a personal interest my grandfather had a pharmacy in the old downtown area (in 1990s the St. Louis Bread Company occupied that old building.) Lots of history there. I'd be interested in your take.

@TheHistoryUnderground 2 жыл бұрын

On the list. Thanks!

@chrisbrixius9450 2 жыл бұрын

Hey, my family and I made the video at 12:20! Thanks for organizing this meetup/tour. See you again next time you swing through, which no doubt you will.

@TheHistoryUnderground 2 жыл бұрын

Ha! Awesome. It was great meeting you all.

@jimwiskus8862 2 жыл бұрын

What a great video! To think, that 159 years ago today the Union & Confederate forces were engaged in so many battles. Such a tremendous tremendous loss of life! I also imagine when the battle was over the citizens of Gettysburg and the surrounding hamlets were so relieved. They intern had to, pardon the expression, clean things up or help the solders do so.

@TheHistoryUnderground 2 жыл бұрын

👍🏻

@jeffreydieselshank8421 2 жыл бұрын

Well done. Years ago I had the privilege of hearing Ed Bearss speak at Gettysburg, and gained much from an afternoon walk with him as a guide. My Parents respected history, and took my brother and I to the 100th in 1963, and I attended the 125th in 1988, and the 150th in 2013. If the Lord tarries, and I am still here, I will attend the 175th in 2038.

@TheHistoryUnderground 2 жыл бұрын

Oh man. Hearing Bearss would have been something else.

@markapgar8788 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you JD for all that you do. I especially appreciate this detail about Sherfy's farm and Peach Orchard. I have just over 100 relatives in the family tree that served in the Civil War, and I've spent time drilling down on the history of one in particular... Cpl Naum Apgar, 110th PA Inf, Co B. If my research is correct, that Company was part of Sickles' Corp during Gettysburg, and the main action for him was situated near the ravine just east of the Rose farm, south of Sherfy's and the Peach Orchard, and next to Stony Hill.... part of de Trobriand's brigade. Fighting was intense. When they were relieved by brigades from 5th Corp, they retired west and joined the 17th Maine to fight in the Wheatfield. That was tough as well. They were relieved by units from 2nd Corp with ammunition running low, and I believe moved to the south end of Cemetery Ridge near Little Round Top for the night. On July 3 they supported the artillery batteries at that end of Cemetery Ridge. Naum survived Gettysburg, and survived for another year, but was KIA at Deep Bottom late July of 1864. Hopefully I am piecing all of his history together correctly. Again, appreciate all that you do as it certainly does add a tremendous amount of knowledge to help understand what happened and what they experienced.

@lynnmorgan6144 2 жыл бұрын

I'm constantly amazed at how those men were able to withstand the heat while wearing wool uniforms, and carrying all of that equipment. We know just running across those fields in the face of withering artillery fire and bullets coming your way was difficult enough, but doing it while fighting that heat and carrying so much? Unfathomable. Thanks for another great video.

@TheHistoryUnderground 2 жыл бұрын

Hard to imagine.

@boondocker7964 2 жыл бұрын

@@TheHistoryUnderground People were more physically active back in those days, they were tough birds. they did not lead sedentary lives.

@tugboat25 Жыл бұрын

More excellent Civil War content! Such great stuff. I hope you hit more battlefields in your travels. Keep going, J.D.!

@TheHistoryUnderground Жыл бұрын

👍🏻

@peterpiper_203 2 жыл бұрын

Did the walking tour when I was a young man Obviously not in the company you kept to today Thanks so much for your time and bringing us along today

@TheHistoryUnderground 2 жыл бұрын

Glad to share the experience!

@americanschweitzer45 2 жыл бұрын

With Jim Hessler I listen to their podcast at work and when he started I recognized his voice immediately!

@TheHistoryUnderground 2 жыл бұрын

Their podcast is excellent.

@americanschweitzer45 2 жыл бұрын

@@TheHistoryUnderground yes as well as Addressing Gettysburg!

@mamab4211 Жыл бұрын

What an educational tour thank You so much for taking us along! 🥰👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

@bethgiesey9405 Жыл бұрын

I enjoy your videos so much. The Civil War has always fascinated me. My interests come from my 8th grade history teacher. She was one of a kind & I loved her class

@scottperry67 2 жыл бұрын

So very well done. Thank you for dedicating your time to keep this history alive.

@TheHistoryUnderground 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks 🙏🏼

@jeffsquires6620 2 жыл бұрын

It's incredible to know this site is protected. The Gettysburg BBQ is awesome, are any for sale.

@TheHistoryUnderground 2 жыл бұрын

😅

@EstellaBeard 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks JD my husband and I enjoyed watching the video 📸 you made of the tour we were able join, with you!

@TheHistoryUnderground 2 жыл бұрын

It was great meeting you all!

@tanker335 2 жыл бұрын

As a former tanker I can understand why they wanted to pack light. I rarely had water in my canteen. It was weight. Weight sucks.

@TheHistoryUnderground 2 жыл бұрын

I hear you. But dang. Being thirsty might be worse on a hot day.

@mikeparker3865 2 жыл бұрын

Great video JD. It is amazing to look back 159 years and study and imagine what was happening at Gettysburg!

@TheHistoryUnderground 2 жыл бұрын

100%

@GhostofSicklesleg 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, another video and chance to learn! JD I love Gettysburg as much as you. And can’t wait to return there next fall! Thanks for the content. Love all the Gettysburg podcasts, especial Eric and Jims as well as Matt’s. You have put together a Gettysburg dream team, your like the Dr.X of this group🤔

@TheHistoryUnderground 2 жыл бұрын

Ha! Thanks. Had a lot of fun with that crew.

@fredschildkamp7256 2 жыл бұрын

No disappointment as you're content is always good. I take pride in my knowledge of history. Watching your videos always educate me.

@TheHistoryUnderground 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@americanschweitzer45 2 жыл бұрын

JD marches all the way from Mississippi only to be taken out by a tree branch at Gettysburg! Haha

@TheHistoryUnderground 2 жыл бұрын

People vastly underestimate the role of Yankee foliage in the defeat of the Army of Northern Virginia.

@joannamcpeak7531 Жыл бұрын

Are you a helicopter pilot?

@cyndiebill6631 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you again for another great video from Gettysburg. I love it when you go there. I hope you do more from there. Totally enjoyed😁👍! I am getting Eric’s book on the Peach Orchard it sounds awesome.

@TheHistoryUnderground 2 жыл бұрын

It really is. Outstanding book.

@homercook1953 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing what these people had to go through at Gettysburg seeing you walk this whole area of Gettysburg is amazing and thank you for another excellent video on Gettysburg may God bless your family and you take care until we see you again

@TheHistoryUnderground 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@stephenrrose 2 жыл бұрын

Loved this video! And YOU ARE NOT AN IDIOT!!! Your words! You are a very smart man, maybe sometimes to smart for your own good!!! 🙃 And that’s some skill, walking backwards and filming at the same time! Humbling the battles and loss of life! Thank you to all of you keeping history alive!

@TheHistoryUnderground 2 жыл бұрын

Ha! Thank you. Appreciate that.

@bradmiller3367 2 жыл бұрын

How I wish I could have made it to Gettysburg this year to ‘follow in the footsteps’! The wondrous economy put paid to that, but watching what many have posted on KZfaq helps, some. JD, I wish I had children so I could have you teach them!! Another grand, glorious and educational tour!

@TheHistoryUnderground 2 жыл бұрын

Glad that I could share the experience!

@jfuller4133 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent as always. Mr. Hesslers book on the Peach Orchard I’d great. Have read it twice and recommend it to anyone as the definitive authority on that battle.

@TheHistoryUnderground 2 жыл бұрын

Hessler is the man. He does good work.

@scobun 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks again for putting this together and making such awesome memories for Wyatt and I. Happy Independence Day, JD.

@TheHistoryUnderground 2 жыл бұрын

👊🏻🇺🇸

@keithrayeski6417 2 жыл бұрын

I have so many “favorites” when it comes to battlefields. Lexington and Concord, Yorktown are amazing. Fredericksburg, Sharpsburg, Manassas, certainly Gettysburg…I appreciate the preservation efforts of so many whose passion is reflected in their commitment to these sites.

@TheHistoryUnderground 2 жыл бұрын

👍🏻

@fryuppe 2 жыл бұрын

Greetings from Scotland. Wonderful and engaging content, as usual. Thank you.

@TheHistoryUnderground 2 жыл бұрын

👍🏻🙏🏼

@rugerboy58 2 жыл бұрын

JD, Great video of our fantastic day in Gettysburg and following the Barksdale charge with you, Jim, Eric, Matt, and Eric! Rodney and I thoroughly enjoyed the time spent listening and learning as always. My Great great Grandfather fought in Gettysburg with the 18th Pennsylvania Cavalry so it's always an honor to return to learn at Gettysburg. Thanks again, Ed from Johnstown, PA PS. If you do get a chance to come to Johnstown to do the 1889 Flood I would be more than happy to show you around the area.

@TheHistoryUnderground 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! It was great meeting you all!

@thehistoryexplorer 2 жыл бұрын

Always wanted to visit, what a great series of videos!

@TheHistoryUnderground 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks 🙏🏼

@silentwitness247 2 жыл бұрын

I was interested in history at school but was put off by poor teaching. If i had been inspired by someone like you, my interest would have been sparked in my teens rather than my 40s! Please keep it up, keep it inspirational, keep it going!

@mynamedoesntmatter8652 Жыл бұрын

I was fortunate to have had a wonderful teacher in college who sparked my interest in history, and his main interest was the Civil War. I made the highest grades in the class so needless to say he and I got along famously. I’ll never forget him and what he inspired in me. My interests went to WWII because my father served and I grew up in the shadow of that war, but I’m beginning to circle back around to the war in which my ancestors fought on our home soil (may that never happen again). I have a T-shirt with a group photo of civil war generals that I lovingly call my ‘dead relatives’ T-shirt. Better late than never when it comes to learning. Our schools may fail us in many regards, but only we can fail ourselves, I say.

@lizlittle1641 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks JD for sharing the Peach Orchard. I feel like it doesn't get enough coverage. I love learning more!

@TheHistoryUnderground 2 жыл бұрын

Agreed. Way too overlooked but one of the spots that decided the battle.

@glenmartin2437 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I visited Gettysburg as a high school student. Thank you for refreshing my memory on events there.

@TheHistoryUnderground 2 жыл бұрын

👍🏻

@eddiecail-ka4lec561 2 жыл бұрын

I've done a lot of research on Gettysburg. I will never understand why Lee didn't allow Longstreet to move around the right. Or why there wasn't more of a push to occupy the Round Tops. It must have been agonizing to Lee's junior officers..

@TheHistoryUnderground 2 жыл бұрын

Probably bad news if Hood moves around to the right. They likely would have slammed right into the 6th Corps. As far as the Round Tops, it’s one thing to occupy them. It’s another to hold them. The best that Lee could have done was withdraw and fight another day.

@joannecarolyn5018 2 жыл бұрын

Hey JD 😊 I thoroughly enjoyed your Gettysburg series, and this 159th anniversary of the battle episodes are marvellous! 🥰😍❤️❤️❤️ I learnt a lot from this episode alone, as it's so different actually walking the route the soldiers took and not just looking at a map trying to imagine it 😊👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻 Can't wait for more episodes! Thank you for your hard work and dedication. I ❤️ your channel! Joanne from Singapore 😊🇸🇬

@terryeustice5399 2 жыл бұрын

I always learn a little more than I did about Gettysburg. Every time I watch. And thank you for your video and dedication to this battle.

@TheHistoryUnderground 2 жыл бұрын

👍🏻

@Sheilamarie2 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for posting, great video/Gettysburg History!

@TheHistoryUnderground 2 жыл бұрын

👍🏻

@jetsons101 2 жыл бұрын

Outstanding video..... JD, your passion for history and the telling shows in everyone of your videos. Is seems that Barksdale would be a poor neighbor to have. Thanks again for your time and work, no Erik?

@TheHistoryUnderground 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Erik was holding down the fort at the museum during the tour.

@jetsons101 2 жыл бұрын

@@TheHistoryUnderground Would love to be a decent for Erik.....

@laura55987 2 жыл бұрын

Found your channel recently and so glad I did! I will get there 1 day. I'm surprised the Shervey(sp) farm survived.. My great, great grandfather fought for Wisconsin and lost his life at the Battle of Hatcher's Creek...Ill watch Gettysburg tonight.

@TheHistoryUnderground 2 жыл бұрын

Oh wow! Very interesting. And yeah, you need to hit Gettysburg at some point. Amazing place.

@jeffgiambrone3730 Жыл бұрын

Excellent episode! General Barksdale's body was returned to Mississippi in January 1867 and lay in state at the capitol building in Jackson before being buried at Greenwood Cemetery.

@terryeustice5399 Жыл бұрын

Thank you JD for your narrative on the Gettysburg Peach Orchard. Love the history! Merry Christmas 🎁🎄

@mikehawthorne3374 2 жыл бұрын

Another great one J.D. I would love to visit some of these places someday, Thanks, Mike.

@TheHistoryUnderground 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@stevenm3823 2 жыл бұрын

The Peach Orchard part of the battlefield is where you can spend half a day studying the terrain and the savage combat that occurred there....don't be discouraged by the long closings of Little Round Top and Devil's Den....there is just so much more to see besides those two features....I go to Gettysburg several times a year and I hike all around the battlefield, that's the best way to see it if you are physically able to...spend as much time away from the "tourist trap" areas and explore the overall battlefield....you'll learn something new every time...I do.

@TheHistoryUnderground 2 жыл бұрын

Agreed. Much to see and learn there.

@americanschweitzer45 2 жыл бұрын

Yes Steven I agree 100% with what you’re saying!

@johnp9402 2 жыл бұрын

I Really like your work man. I wonder if there could be any interesting Oregon trail spots to visit.

@TheHistoryUnderground 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Would love to hit the Oregon Trail someday.

@stephenweeks6401 2 жыл бұрын

Great job! Would you please do a story about Confederate sniper, Jack Hinson? Thank you and keep up the good work!

@TheHistoryUnderground 2 жыл бұрын

Might have to tackle that at some point. Thanks.

@philipcollins5440 2 жыл бұрын

Another fine video 👍, I love learning about all this. Keep up the good work 🤠

@scorpman300 Жыл бұрын

a few things many people forget is what these guys were wearing in that heat and that many of these battle fields were not the way they look today but were plowed and planted fields and if you have never walked in one maybe you should because it is no fun and not as easy as you would think and depending on what is planted and how tall it is that adds to the issues they faced. the men that fought in this war were some of the bravest of them all knowing what they faced as they advanced each time what they were walking in to and yet they did it, i dont care what side they fought on i have a lot of respect for all of them. i love all your videos, keep up the great work you all are doing.

@philbivins7133 Жыл бұрын

With this episode, I have completed the entire Gettysburg series, that JD has presented. What an incredible journey. Off to the next series. Well done JD.

@hooper4581 2 жыл бұрын

Why isn’t the sherfy bbq in Eric’s museum !!! Great job JD always a pleasure to watch

@TheHistoryUnderground 2 жыл бұрын

😅

@sethmaxfield6658 Ай бұрын

As a Civil War nut who is just getting to this point in the backlog of your awesome videos - this is the crossover event I didn't know I needed! 😂 Awesome to see you, Jim & Eric, and Matt & Eric the Producer all together for this

@markpalmer6760 2 жыл бұрын

Another fascinating video with a few comic moments, nice grill. I just can't imagine wearing a wool uniform in the summer that alone had to been miserable. I have a very old copy of the Gettysburg address that belonged to my parents on my wall it's not original but it's almost a hundred years old it's pretty cool. Enjoy your videos!

@barrydysert2974 2 жыл бұрын

That grill comment had me making Audible Sounds of Amusement !:-)💜🙏⚡️

@TheHistoryUnderground 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Quite the place.

@Chiller01 2 жыл бұрын

Fascinating episode. I have mixed feelings about Barksdale’s charge. The action certainly demonstrated courage from both leadership and the troops but that sort of fanaticism in the leadership can cloud judgement. It doesn’t help I suppose that Barksdale was so firmly on the wrong side of history. I’m ambivalent about describing the charge as magnificent. I respect Robert E Lee who, after Pickett’s charge, recognized his mistake in ordering a similarly “magnificent” charge and told the battered returning soldiers, “It’s all my fault.”

@garrettsabol5838 2 жыл бұрын

I agree with you, by the time that Barksdale was mortally wounded his brigade was exhausted, all of the juice that they had going into the peach orchard had dissolved. I wouldn’t call the charge magnificent because of the reasons you’ve stated before.

@TheHistoryUnderground 2 жыл бұрын

Lots to reflect on there.

@misterbaker9728 2 жыл бұрын

I’m in Cleveland. I’ve been to Antietam and couple other sites when I was very young. Never made it to Gettysburg. Found your channel about 6 to 8 months ago. Wow really really great!! I told my wife that I have to go whether she comes out or not. I know we talked about Origin in a video or 2 before but I wanted to go do the tour with Jocko so bad but damn it was really expensive.

@TheHistoryUnderground 2 жыл бұрын

Wouldn’t mind going on one of those Echelon Front tours myself.

@carywest9256 Жыл бұрын

Which Cleveland? There are more than one. And don't leave a smart-alecky remark!

@misterbaker9728 Жыл бұрын

@@carywest9256 Ohio….

@ridgerunner6211 2 жыл бұрын

I just can't get enough of your guys content 💕 love history and love your guys channels. Very well done.

@TheHistoryUnderground 2 жыл бұрын

🙏🏼

@Senor0Droolcup 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome video! I used to be in a reenactor group for the first US sharpshooters so this definitely got my attention!

@TheHistoryUnderground 2 жыл бұрын

Nice! Definitely want to learn more about them.

@IndyRickHikes 2 жыл бұрын

Love, Jim and Eric! Always learn something new. Thanks for taking us to the spot…very helpful to understanding a familiar story.

@TheHistoryUnderground 2 жыл бұрын

My pleasure!

@matthewmoneypit1558 2 жыл бұрын

I really really enjoyed this video JD. Stories I have never heard and places I haven't yet given enough attention to. Thank you again for your everything you do.

@TheHistoryUnderground 2 жыл бұрын

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@MBremer 2 жыл бұрын

That tree must be a fan and just jumped right out at you JD! 🤣 Another great episode, and one of the best at making you feel like you're there on the walk from Seminary Ridge to the Peach Orchard.

@TheHistoryUnderground 2 жыл бұрын

😅

@davemeeks8109 2 жыл бұрын

Glad we worked out some issue before we could fly in a forward motion. The air balloons gave a great example of early intelligence gathering of artillery adjustments.

@TheHistoryUnderground 2 жыл бұрын

👍🏻

@obizzil 2 жыл бұрын

Did anyone else think the guy riding a bike @7:35 was a ghost at first? Another great video and great content! Best subscription ever.🇺🇸

@TheHistoryUnderground 2 жыл бұрын

I’ve had several comments about things in the background on my Gettysburg videos. Thanks for watching and subscribing!

@obizzil 2 жыл бұрын

@@TheHistoryUnderground your very welcome,thank you for keeping history alive with great content and a first hand perspective.

@ronaldsinclair6837 2 жыл бұрын

Another great video JD. It's especially good for those of us who can't get to Gettysburg. Thank you

@TheHistoryUnderground 2 жыл бұрын

My pleasure!

@joelrooks389 2 жыл бұрын

Great video! Loved it! Thank you for all of your outstanding work.

@americankulak2294 Жыл бұрын

I can say, as the surviving great great grandson of General Barksdale, that I absolutely love your content and you need to do a video only on his charge at the Peach Orchard. Because he's still a legend in my house and his story is amazing. A congressman who gave it up, fought in the war, took seventeen bullets in the only CSA bright spot of Gettysburg (hell, of Lee's whole Second Invasion) and who's dying words were, "Tell my wife I'm dead, but we fought like hell". --Mike Barksdale

@TheHistoryUnderground Жыл бұрын

Thanks! That means a lot to me that you enjoyed it.

@anthonydm2947 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing to walk upon such historical footsteps. A question I should know but am drawing a blank. What is canister fire ?

@Chiller01 2 жыл бұрын

Canister fire turns an artillery piece into a giant shotgun. A cylindrical canister of appropriate diameter for the calibre of the canon is packed with lead balls or whatever metal detritus is available and often sawdust to aid cohesion. When fired from the canon the balls disperse and act like pellets from a shotgun. Canister is usually used against massed infantry to horrific effect. If the opposing artillery were firing canister at each other they were pretty close.

@anthonydm2947 2 жыл бұрын

@@Chiller01 ok thank you. Much appreciated.

@TheHistoryUnderground 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Looks like the canister question was answered. Nasty stuff.

@anthonydm2947 2 жыл бұрын

@@TheHistoryUnderground yes it was thank you. You have a smart following…. lol

@jjsadventures Жыл бұрын

Your videos on Gettysburg are wonderful. I really enjoy watching

@TheHistoryUnderground Жыл бұрын

Glad you like them!

@markahomer 2 жыл бұрын

Fascinating video(s) on this channel - watching and learning from across the Atlantic...

@TheHistoryUnderground 2 жыл бұрын

👍🏻

@Jerry-fn5nx 2 жыл бұрын

It's one thing to read about it. Another thing to actually see the terrain and experience what those soldiers went through on that hot July day. Thanks for sharing and giving us that experience. I hope to go and see it for myself one day

@TheHistoryUnderground 2 жыл бұрын

Completely agree. Glad to share the experience until you get there yourself.

@danwoodliefphotography871 2 жыл бұрын

So, that explains why the Confederate attacked petered out. Men stopped to grill. Very good presentation of the Peach Orchard sector.

@TheHistoryUnderground 2 жыл бұрын

Nailed it. 😅

@judyhill9281 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, I stumbled upon your channel, History Traveler, today for the first time and have watched a bunch of episodes about Gettysburg. I am a history nut!!! Fantastic videos!! Keep up the good work. You have a new subscriber!!

@TheHistoryUnderground 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I appreciate that. Feel free to share it out with a few others. 🙂

@zacharydizerega9459 2 жыл бұрын

JD as usual great show keep em coming

@susanbrown7898 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your time. I enjoyed it.

@luskimo1 2 жыл бұрын

knew exactly where you were after my visits in 2019..took a bunch of pictures from the woods

@Senor0Droolcup 2 жыл бұрын

Also, thanks for quoting from Mississippi's secession declaration. If you want to know why Southern states seceded in 1860-61, their secession conventions is the logical place to look. They wrote everything down and didn't hide their motivation. Every state made quite clear that its primary motivation was preserving slavery. Doesn't mean that every private who enlisted to fight for his state was evil. Far from it. It's crazy to judge 19th century people by 21st century morality. But history is what it is. Records matter. As a staunch Yankee, I'm glad the North won the war but that doesn't mean I have to view Barksdale and Robert E Lee as irretrievably evil people. Both men are worthy of study and even admiration. You could do a lot worse in life than having a little William Barksdale on your shoulder. Pretty amazing guy.

@barrydysert2974 2 жыл бұрын

AGREED !:-) 💜🙏⚡️

@TheHistoryUnderground 2 жыл бұрын

Pretty important that people have a fuller view. Thanks.

@larryburwell8550 2 жыл бұрын

Gen Longstreet was born here in South Carolina. Pride of our great state

@surfgod509 Жыл бұрын

Back on the 60s my Grandfather took me to Gettysburg, as a youth I was stunned... it was raining 🌧 that day and it seemed to still have the smell of gunpowder and bandages? When foggy it seems that ghost are surely hanging around 👻 ... but very peaceful in a church or library kind of way....? Thanks for the Memories...you should be a tour guide... excellent knowledge of military history 👏 👌... I terribly sad with the destruction of several statutes of Confederate Soldiers... one being General Lee's, very ignorant to destroyed and dismounted ... as I'm sure you know he was A West Point Graduate and performed Gallantly during the Mexican War, assistant in establishing the United States of America along side with Custer... I did email Gettysburg before the incidents and advocated for the statutes to be relocating to their Battlefields.... to preserve history but sadly this didn't happen ... Sincerely, JD

@howardclegg6497 Жыл бұрын

Awesome! Thank you.

@fredv7487 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks JD another great job.👍👍👍👍👍

@johnvinsevich5340 Жыл бұрын

J.D it was great to meet you at the Gettysburg museum of history ,, really sorry i could not join you on the walk it looks great

@TheHistoryUnderground Жыл бұрын

Great meeting you as well!

@ben-jammin1990 2 жыл бұрын

Another informative video J.D. You are correct that there is always something new to learn at Gettysburg. BTW., I learned that there is a replica of a barracks in Elmira which is where the Confederate prisoners were held in the prison camp. Also, there is a battlefield where General Sullivan fought during the American Revolution. Would love to see you come and explore some of the history of Upstate NY.

@TheHistoryUnderground 2 жыл бұрын

Definitely hope to get up that way at some point.

@darrellborland119 2 жыл бұрын

Very interesting,,,,,in light of "State's Rights"...and attendant "Issues". Thanks, and Civil War history is complex, and quite tragic. Thanks.

@andrewwarren3962 2 жыл бұрын

You should check out Stone Mountain Park in Stone Mountain, Ga. It’s the largest civil war memorial in the US. Lots of history to be learned there. Plus a great view from the top of the mountain. And a pretty cool laser show at night.