I became a Civil War buff when I found a newspaper clipping of my great great uncles from Pennsylvania fought in the war with the Union

Have been to Gettysburg on 3 occasions over the years. It is absolutely chilling to walk that ground and imagine the carnage, no matter your birthplace or heritage. The reenactors add another dimension in this telling. Thank you.

Probably one of the best produced videos because of the reenactors

The greatest sacrifice of the War was made by the 1st Minnesota who gave their lives and future at a terrible cost in the Wheatfield. Their courage in the face of overwhelming odds saved the Union and should never be forgotten.

I can’t wait to visit Gettysburg this spring!

A very nicely done documentary. I liked hearing the insights of the reenactors.

This was excellent ! Thank You.

One bone to pick. Stuart out joy riding is a myth. Meade figured out fairly quickly what Stuart was up to and issued march orders to try and isolate and capture him if possible. Meade for the most part managed to get between Lee and Stuart for several days.

There was no shoe factory in Gettysburg. The rebels of Johnson's brigade had captured a large group of local Pennsylvania militia in the week before Gettysburg battle, they ended up letting them go instead of taking them along as prisoners...but before they left them walking, they confiscated their boots, and gear. That is the only instance of rebel shoe acquisition that I know about, during the Gettysburg campaign. Jubal Early blew through Gettysburg on the 26th of June. If there was a supply of shoes in town, they would have discovered that on their 'shopping spree'.

There's a well known stereoslide of William Waud, one of the newspaper artists who covered the battle. His family came from South Wales and I've met one of his distant relatives who lived in Barry, near Cardiff, and introced himself when I was doing a talk about the battle. I thought this was a great video of the battle.

Great video! Thank you! I looks awesome in 3D on my Leia Lume Pad 2.

My great grandfather served in the 13th Mississippi. He was shout in the mouth during the Battle Of The Peach Orchard.

Makes me miss the old days of reenacting. Just the size of it was spectacular.

I would to visit Gettysburg one day

Respect from Ireland 🇮🇪 👏

Another superb production though potted very informative well done.

Everyone talks about Lee‘s tactical miscalculations at Gettysburg but it‘s just as important to note just how badly his invasion strategy had backfired and proven to be either completely naive or poorly executed. Let‘s consider what this Invasion of Pennsylvania was supposed to accomplish: take the fight to the enemy and force the Federals into an engagement on Lee‘s terms where he had the advantage and could whip them the way he did at Fredericksburg, or failing that, at least put them onto the defensive for as long as possible while being able to live off the land and making the Union suffer without taking too many losses of their own. That was the thinking, as far as I can tell, behind Lee‘s invasion. But in reality, the opposite of all of that happened, pretty much immediately: within less than 3 Weeks, Lee was brought to bay by the pursuing Army of the Potomac and brought to a general engagement *on Meade‘s terms* in which he himself had no tactical advantage and which cost him almost a third of his army. He then retreated without gaining any other success to show for his effort. It has been said that Lee had no choice but to seek battle quickly, in part due to the supply situation but the fact remains that doing so defeated his entire strategy the entire invasion was pointless if it didn‘t lead to Lee fighting on his terms. And wasn‘t he expecting to ease his supply troubles by invading Pennsylvania? Well that turned out to be the exact opposite of what happened, as well. One can make a good case that at Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville (not to mention Second Manassas), Lee‘s opponents did him the favor of falling into his trap and basically doing exactly what he wanted them to. But when it came to invading the North, Lee seems to have reckoned without the host entirely. Not only does his entire strategy seem like wishful thinking, his own operational execution during the campaign immediately contradicted all of it and instead just played into Meade‘s plan. I guess in some way this might also be a symptom of the deteriorating strategic situation the Confederacy operated under: they were increasingly losing the war and had to do something *anything* to get an advantage; which pushed them into making moves that weren‘t ever likely to work, out of desperation.

You guys do some really cool stuff :) Best Wishes from Germany

Cool 😎 vid. Real down to earth 🌍 folks❤

Although couple perpetuated myths... upgraded to above very good! Great job

For all individuals who try to erase the history of this great country. Blame your own ancestors for their brothers and sisters journey. Then realize many,many thousands of our ancestors died for them.

Awesome

There isn't a shoe store there NOW. Let alone 1863. I know Heth wrote about shoes. But maybe it was Skuttlebutt. . And they must have known that Gordon's men had already made procurements days before. I'm sure there were plenty of men on both sides with footwear issues. Those Brogans fell apart as well.

The video fails to mention that Lee kept about half of his cavalry force when Stuart rode around the Union army with the remainder.

Longstreet tried his best to do the right thing.

I’m trying to figure out why a guy holding bags of ice is being interviewed at the beginning.

The ranking system, at the beginning of the civil war, was according to who, what and the soldier’s state, county and community they where born and grew. A member of a society that owned a good horse, the equipment need to survive and sword-rifle-pistol that a lot of money.

I can't help but wonder how ferociously Northern troops would've fought had they known how we'd squander everything they fought for.

There was no shoe factory in Gettysburg

They thought every battle was the decisive battle of the war.

I hope these re-enactment groups are still going strong in America. Its the ultimate remembrance

The biggest mistake the South did was to fight a defensive war. The North had destroyed all the rail line centers. So when the South went on the offensive, it had no reinforcements and the North still had all it supply lines intact. South could never have won this war or any battle on Northern soil even though Lee thought so in Gettysburg.

isn't the search for boots considered a myth these days ?

Unbelievable that you forgot the important action by the Vermont Brigade that swung out and hit Pickett's troops on the flank with several volleys! Bad history! "On the left of the Federal line on the ridge, Brig. Gen. George Jerrison Stannard and three weary regiments of his inexperienced 2nd Vermont Brigade anxiously awaited the Confederate assault. The Rebels struck farther up the line, directly to the right of the Vermonters. Stannard, seeing this, wheeled two of his regiments around the Confederates’ exposed flank. From their forward position, the nearly 1,500 men of the 13th and 16th Vermont regiments poured devastating point-blank fire into the enemy ranks. Inflicting terrible casualties and ravaging the Confederate flank, the Vermonters helped turn the tide of the battle and of the war itself. Stannard’s performance that day was the high point of his distinguished career."

There was no shoe factory in GBurg..................

Jackson rode out with part of his command force to see if it would be able to make an night action…..a new regiment was brought up to support that sector and didn’t get the memo he and his staff were out there,the regiment open fire not a lone sentry,2 killed and 4 wounded along with Jackson ….read the book “I rode with Jackson” great book explaining what happened

Pickett’s Charge reminds us of how pointless much war is.

There is No evidence a sniper took out reynolds

I gave up on this when I saw the Union soldier with the modern foam earplugs in his ears.

Hood was overly aggressive and had no plan B .

The wagon train with the dead and wounded and supplies of the Union was 17 Miles long

Very good doc. "Longstreet eellent defensive general ahead of his time." NO Predominant Myth IM Professional opinion. One of few very Best corps commanders of the entire war? YES! Maybe top 3 in theory, but ahead of his time.. no.

1993 was great.

Lee threw Longstreet to the dogs in Gettysburg.

The Rebels did not go in to Gettysburg for shoes. That is an old story that has been disproven many times.

Meade was good. Regardless of the criticism. I do not remember the setting, but Otis Howard stated Meade should have been the Lieutenant General not Grant. I do not know what prompted Howard to hold that opinion, but apparently he did. I would find it hard to imagine anyone except Grant as General of the Army.

It is criminal, to tear down our history, so sad

General Lee looks like Alec Guinness obbi one from star wars

believe Morgan's raiders made the farthest confederate advance north...of course, it did not end well for them...the survivors spending the rest of the war in a Pittsburgh prison...there is a small monument in Wintersville, Ohio to mark this event.....

This was Robert E Lee's biggest mistake in my opinion..Although he had few alternatives..But the confederates did not really view the battle as a defeat..

Would also side with the South

Did the Confederate soldiers ever get their shoes ?

Multiple inaccuracies including the shoe myth

And do not forget Longstreet is Langstraat is een Een Zeeuw is Hollands by god he was right .., one off are best

51:53 -52:52 What with the guys in his under drawers surrounded by men and singing with thumb in mouth? There was another guy in his under drawers in the group singing? WTF 😒?? Is this some kind of weird Johnny Reb ritual? Very extremely strange!!!! All years I have been reenacting in the hobby I ever seen anything that weird, is this Reb thing? I love the Civil Balls and the dancing the period dances.

I thought Hooker said Bobby Lee not General Lee

Gettysburg having a shoe factory is a myth.

The Irish brigade are true heroes and so was the 1st Minnesota.

Lol aww Pennsylvania didn't like the relatively passive army, well at least they didn't literally burn EVERYTHING along the way or strip the citizens of everything then burn their house down for spite and expect the to be loved, lol I love the new age narrator's

In these reenactors everyone wants to be a rebel.

you said they lived off the land then said they didn't pillage.

Think I may be a descendant of the fella who made the point about Texans and breastworks. No proof, just a hunch.

Where did they get their information? That shoe myth has been debunked for ever.

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Who won the American Civil War?

God bless the south

A poorly done documentary considering the fact that totally neglected the key role played by the 2nd Vermont Brigade in stopping Pickett's charge: "On the morning of July 3, members of the 16th regiment were stationed as pickets forward of Cemetery Hill. In the afternoon, after a two-hour artillery duel, Confederate General Robert E. Lee launched what has become known Pickett's Charge. The Vermont pickets were withdrawn, and as the Confederates approached Cemetery Hill, the three Vermont regiments flanked the Confederate troops first flanking Pickett's division by wheeling two units to the right and then doing the same to two detached Confederate brigades by wheeling two regiments to the left.[1] Stannard's brigade inflicted severe casualties on the advancing Confederate regiments and forcing some of Pickett's men to redeploy covering their right flank. History recalls this battle as the high-water mark of the Confederacy. Three years later, at St. Albans, Vermont, General George G. Meade, commanding the Army of the Potomac at Gettysburg, said "there was no individual body of men who rendered greater service at a critical moment than the comparatively raw troops commanded by General Stannard."[1]

It is shame that the presentation starts with she factory myth. That factory was at Hanover and the confeds knew it.

The British were never going to intervene in the war 1) They were too dependant on northern grain, 2) they had to much to lose.

If the Confederacy had won this battle and the whole civil war would the world be very different today ?

Napoleonic tactics with modern rifles. A dress rehearsal for WW1.

Like most of the inaccurate lost cause tinged narratives, this film also gets the truth about Gettysburg all wrong.. The fact was that Lee had learned all of the wrong lessons from the Mexican War and didn't understand that the 225 yard fatal range of minie ball firing muskets gave the advantage to the defense. Longstreet did understand this and tried to get Lee to go on the defensive.. But Lee was too stupid to understand this.. After Stonewall Jackson was fragged by his own troops- like would happen again in Vietnam- because conscripted troops don't want to fight.( most historical accounts completely fail to tell the truth about the poor quality southern troops) Stuart was not joyriding in the north he was fighting Union Cavalry which was thoroughly kicking his ass. Stuart took on Custer at Hanover and strapped by George Armstrong- due to the Michigan Brigades use of spencer repeating RIFLES- not carbines-. This blocked Stuart from reporting back to Lee. Also Lee still 3 brigades of Cavalry left to him for reporting on battlefield intelligence, these horsemen were under Grumble Jones who was basically- like many southern officers -incompetent- and apparently not able to figure out how to ride their horses in the direction of the yankees to find out where different kinds of troops and artillery were located.. The other thing this film does not do is tell the story of over 500 some odd Free Black people in Maryland who the Confederate Army kidnapped and sold back into slavery in the South.. The army of Northern Virginia also kidnapped Freed black people and sold them south during its earlier invasion of the North in the Antietam campaign.. So you can see that just asking basic Historians questions of the .' usual accounting,' of the battle of Gettysburg exposes the holes in the lost cause narrative, I could go on giving endless chapter and verse about the factual errors in reporting of the not only Gettysburg but also the entire civil war. best Bruce Peek

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The confederate army didnt go to gettysburg for shoes, that was a myth anyways the confederates were there on june 26th but left i believe early's men, then heth cam after.

You'll never see a drag queen story hour a reenactment

What is heartbreaking is to see the great great grandchildren of the men in blue being part of the assholes who stormed the Capitol on Jan 6th

There would be no United states

The song at 52:10 is so cringeworthy.

I'd side with the south even to this day.

I'm curious, this is now 2023 and with all of the Wokies and politically correct tearing down civil war statues, do you still get to do this anymore?

The shoe factory in Gettysburg is not true.

Love Live The Confederacy!! The South Shall Rise Again...

Union forever.🇺🇸

If Jackson had been there the union would NEVER have had the time to occupy those hills to begin with.

If only the Rebs had prevailed…

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