It would be at 5000 speed.

I rarely laugh out loud, but this comment made me do it

It would end in 1861

It would be over in the blink of an eye.

top 5 fastest wars in history

And yet still not enough, looking at how fake they look.

to be fair the facial hair from that time looked impossible to begin with, like I have no idea how those men ate without smearing food everywhere

@@springyslinky2190 with class good sir!

@@springyslinky2190 As a fellow bearded and moustache fellow, I concur ! I believe the clean shaven look only gained prominence after ww1, when soldiers had to shave their facial hair in order for their gas masks to make proper seal with their faces.

Longstreet’s never fails to get a chuckle out of me

A good guy!

He’s been known to do that. I can’t remember the movie, but he once threatened to quit because of how the gaffers were being treated.

No it didn’t stfu

You’re the reason our generation sucks

I know. That was just amazing to hear.

We were in Gettysburg on the 3 and 4 of July. The place was full of reenactors , their tents, their gear and their shops. It was almost like being there in 1863.

@@TheDogGoesWoof69 Yeah, the freedom to own other human beings

And don't forget sideburns are literally named for one of the generals, Burnside.

It was, shall I say, the absolute epitome of testosterone displays. On the face and on the battlefield.

Did you notice the higher your rank the more facial hair a race to promotion?

@@nora22000 Yeah but how does that explain all the gimps with beardy wierds walking around at the moment. Not 3 micro grams of Testosterone between them.....

@@stephenvince9994 You, my friend, are absolutely spot-on! Looks like all their testosterone went into producing the beards. Could it have been as bad with the war dudes?

THANK YOU for your dedication to this pivotal time in American History. I've been to Gettysburg on multiple occasions; as well as, other Am. Civil War battlefields. Perhaps I should keep quiet but you are indeed correct about battle carnage...and often what happened to human corpses at night AFTER such battles. Pretty grisly.

but a gorefest wouldnt have had the dignity this does. no one thinks a cannonbal ripping men apart is a clean thing, and the music adds emotional weight too. this helps keep it more about the moral side, and less about the red mist.

Is the story true of the re enactors taking a break after filming on Little Round top and being approached by an old soldier who appeared to be dressed in genuine civil war union uniform, had a sulphurous smell about him, and gave the re enactors two rounds of genuine 1863 era ammunition, then disappeared in front of them? I've heard the tale, but would love to know the REAL story.

Ridley Scott would have known how to portray that.

To be fair the lack of blood was probably due to rules in place by the national park Spilling fake blood over this preserved battlefield would be a big no no.

The South doesn't like the war is over or that they lost. They still honor traitors.

Martin Sheen was too small for the part.

I laughed WAY too hard at this.

Ha

Yup ^^, Lee was used to let Jackson fight his thing as he saw it, so his replacement Ewell wasn't used to Lee's extremely vague and changing orders, which were given orally and not by writing.

@@listenchump4041 Lee: General Jackson, do the thing! Jackson: Yes sir! [kicks ass] Post-Chancellorsville... Lee: General Ewell, do the thing! Ewell: What thing? Lee: THE THING!

@@strategicgamingwithaacorns2874 Haha! If you are interested in the subject, I recommend JCF Fuller's book ''Grant and Lee, a study in personality and generalship'', or Ed Bonekemper's books on the Civil War. Lee was a profoundly good man, profoundly Christian who sometimes open thought that things happening were the making of God. He cared tremendously for his men. This being said, he was often overly agressive and his army sustained extreme casualties that they could not sustain. He was lucky to have some men like Jackson and Longstreet. Often, he was saved by Northern general's incompetence. Hooker froze at Chancellorsville, McClellan was good at organizing but not at attacking. Lee only had to remain on the defensive on his own ground and with short supply lines, so the Confederacy could try and hold until the North grew tired, but he tried to invade the North, and that cost him dearly. Lee was a product of previous times, sometimes forgetting the new state of weaponry with increased accuracy and power.

This is great

"My powers doubbled since the last time we met" - Christopher Lee

Good. Twice the pride, double the fall

I love Starwars

*Star Wars

Agreed!

Jeff Daniel’s Chamberlain was wonderful. Everyone in Gettysburg was perfect. We went to Gettysburg a few years ago. It was truly amazing.

Jeff Daniels as Chamberland was always the stand out character.

there's more to Chamberlain's story then what was depicted in these two films in which played a key role@@Ken-fh4jc

I’m reading the books first, also you’ve seen Gods and Generals right?

Someone else wrote this.

@@nulle.k 1. learn to spell 2. how would i have known this when i havent even seen the comments

@@jk5496 1. I already know how to spell and don't know what just happened there but I fixed it. 2. You aren't supposed to know, that's why I'm telling you.

@@nulle.k well i dont think that person 1. Cares and 2. Knows because this has 3 likes and there probaly has hundreds

Lmao

The orders you give to an intelligent and experienced person can leave room for judgment. The orders you give to a person of lesser intelligence and experience had better be as specific as possible.

I think the word was "practicable". Different meaning (i.e."...take the hill...if it is possible").

Jackson had been dead for about a month by that point. I suppose it was an old habit of Lee's to be a little understated like that, but he did screw up by not explicitly ordering Ewell to take Culp's Hill.

@@badguy1481 that is my recall also, and it is a blunder not caught here.

Lee’s communication style was terrible. He was very gentile and indirect. For the early part of the war, he had guys like Stonewall Jackson who understood his idiosyncrasies. Ewell was in his first battle as corps commander. When he served under Jackson, Jackson gave him very direct orders. Therefore, he was not used to this communication style by Lee. The lesson here is if you have something specific you want, be specific. If you want a leader to use their initiative, let them do that and live or die with whatever decision they make. Communicate so that you are not misunderstood.

I think the siege of Vicksburg is a better example of the trench warfare you see in WWI.

Longstreet believed that a defensive, digging-in method of warfare was a better choice. Almost everyone else around him thought it was a horrible idea, so he pretty much pretty much predicted how war would change 50 years later.

@@solinvictus39 I'm gonna have to look up the siege of vicksburg now. Edit: I agree with you, the siege of Vicksburg is very much like WW1.

Dan Carlin ftw

Hubert Cumberdale that was what the Civil War was

I saw a comment years ago that went something like this: "that face when you realize bayonets were invented to bring a knife to a gun fight". Now i know that's not actually true, but it still makes me laugh.

Yes. First time I watched this I didn’t have a very favourable opinion of him portraying Lee. Just wasn’t someone that came to mind to play that role. He did such a good job that I actually now think his performance is better than Robert Duvall’s in Gods & Generals. Strange as Duvall was one that did come to mind who I thought should of been in Gettysburg.

I don’t like the dumb southern accent he used. It sounds almost cartoonish.

can i have some thigh slapping to concur! (preferably your own)

His book is well worth reading, too! :) He meets all the great generals: Bragg, Johnston, Beauregard, Longstreet, Lee.

And naturally, he does so, with a cup of tea in hand and wearing a bright red uniform, so everyone can see him from a mile out

Thekais Tzar War and combat is no excuse for not drinking tea properly! ;) lol

European powers were intensely interested in the American Civil War and the new technology like trains, telegraph signals and rifled muskets and artillery being used in warfare for the first time. The Prussians especially made a lot of notes in their copy book then used what they had learned against the French.

Great stuff. As a newer viewer to HB, I had thought about suggesting both Gettysburg as well as Gods and Generals for your consideration. You beat me to the punch. A couple small points. First, the word Lee uses is "practicable", not "practical". It's certainly what he says in the movie, and I believe it is the word used in Longstreet's memoirs. The other point has to do with the root causes of Lee's miscalculations in engaging the Union troops entrenched on the high ground. I've read that he was suffering from severe dysentery (the "runs") leading up to and during the battle. This would have dehydrated him, made him physically weakened, and most likely adversely affected his judgment. Lee may have also suffered a a all stroke or heart attack in the days or weeks leading up to the battle. (Don't recall the source, and this may not have been proven.) In any event, he effectively and explicitly let go of the rope when he told Longstreet on the morning of the second day of battle (if memory serves) that "it is in God's hands now". Dereliction of duty much? As a fan of historically accurate movies, I was delighted to have found HB, and will be donating to your work. Keep your reviews coming!

As a Brit, let me assure you that we are always able to conjure up tea in a crisis.

If you ever get the chance, read Freemantle's book "Three Months in the Southern States" he is REALLY like that. The only thing they got wrong was that he looked like a hobo by the time he joined Longstreet's camp, he was wearing a borrowed brown dusty coat and no one believed he was British til he spoke and showed his credentials.

As far as I read, Director Ronald Maxwell made the choice so there was no confusion on screen at all that Col. Arthur Fremantle was foreign. In one of the deleted scenes, which is in the extended version, Col. Fremantle is shown in the Confederate camp dressed more like he described himself to be during the Battle of Gettysburg.

"the British Empire was built on cups of tea." Lock,Stock and Two Smoking Barrels

Question is: would have he won if he decided to flank the enemy instead, and go for washington instead of fighting in Gettysburg?

As well-defended as Washington itself may have been, how long could those defenses have held to a constant siege or war of attrition, should supply lines have been cut off or routed. If the Confederate Army entrenched around Washington and received consistent resupply convoys (likely requiring another force to intercept any convoys bound for Washington) could they have held out, even if strongly defended?

The answer is NO. Nothing would have changed. Washington was the Capital, as it is today, which made it important....what is more in important is that when the US attacked Canada and kicked of a war with them and Britain, the Canadians DID get to Washington, and burned the Whitehouse down. Ultimately, the US can be considered to have lost that one. Canada was not brought in the Union, and Washington was sacked. It would beggar belief if the Union left Washington, the Capital, which had suffered once before in War, undefended save their Eastern army.....it would be thoroughly unbelievable in the extreme in fact. We do not, however, have to believe it.... because Lee and his army seemed to be the only ones who DID... as it was NOT THE CASE. Had they fallen back and redeployed to Washington, they'd have found formidable force. Obviously the Union Army at Gettysburg would indeed chase them, and then the Confederates would have nowhere to go, and no hope of anything but immediate surrender, or destruction. They'd have Union forces in front of them, in Washington, and they'd have Union forces behind them, chasing from Gettysburg. The advice to redeploy was based on the same belief that caused Lee to stay and fight.... that the Union had no other forces, this was it, Washington was undefended. Thus, one could argue, on one hand, stay, fight, break the Union Army, and the path to Washington is open, and on the other, withdraw, redeploy, and circumvent Gettysburg, march on Washington, and ambush the chasing Union. When Washington is actually heavily defended, and there is significant Union presence in the city, that plan fails. You force the Union Army at Gettysburg to chase you, in the hopes of getting far enough ahead, you can entrench and ambush as they ride in to your trap.....your back is exposed to the Union forces in Washington, who march out and slaughter you from behind. You forget the Union forces at Gettysburg, march on Washington and find it not so undefended and lay siege, the Union Army at Gettysburg is now at your back and they roll on you from behind and slaughter you. The whole thing fails. In actuality, there was really nothing Lee could have hoped for in that sense to win. Even had he won Gettysburg, his army would have been savaged and depleted. It would be an army which might, MIGHT, be able to take a relatively undefended Washington DC......but it would be in no position to fight another Gettysburg on the outskirts of the city due to it being actually far more heavily defended than he anticipated. Had he NOT fought Gettysburg, the above pincer would happen. No need to say had he fought Gettysburg he'd lose, for fought it he did, and indeed de he lose. Even retreating would have spelt doom, as what Grant was doing in the West, the Union could use this Army to do in the East, and in this case, the whole Confederacy would essentially be in a giant Union pincer. For this campaign by Lee to have saved the Confederacy, either Grant would have had to be losing, and the Mississippi not at risk of falling to Union Control, allowing much greater planning, and much greater presence of Confederate forces, including materiale and reserves, OR Washington be truly undefended, and he circumvent Gettysburg. With those things not being so, and this being a last roll of the dice move, put together as desperate gamble, in a sense, there is not much which could have changed the outcome.

@Paul Thomas Well... to be fair to Hannibal, he was denied reinforcements. Also the rules of war a the time demanded that after so many decisive defeats, Rome should have surrendered. But they didn't. Hannibal didn't anticipate such and occurrence, nor Carthage abandoning him.

@@k1productions87 Lee would have found himself pinned between Washington's defences and Meade's larger army in his rear. Disaster. Longstreet's plan was actually to sidestep towards Washington then fight a tactically advantageous defensive battle on ground of their choosing in order to defeat Meade. However, not sure the latter would have taken the bait, even then. He just had to keep his force in being and Lee would be forced either to commit to battle (as he did) or, eventually, retreat. The biggest danger for the Union would then be political pressure forcing Meade to fight at a time and place he didn't want to.

It's much more sinister. They take those cannon out and have SHOOTING MATCHES against each other with them (GOOGLE the North, South Skirmish Association). Black powder, Civil War-era cannon are not the only ones either. GOOGLE D-Day Conneaut Ohio and look at the images of all the guns that attend that FREE [to attend] reenactment every year. The German 88mm and Russian 76mm are FULLY FUNCTIONAL guns (as are all the 37mm AT guns)!

>Own a musket for home defense, since that's what the founding fathers intended. >Four ruffians break into my house. >"What the devil?" As I grab my powdered wig and Kentucky rifle. >Blow a golf ball sized hole through the first man, he's dead on the spot. >Draw my pistol on the second man, miss him entirely because it's smoothbore and nails the neighbors dog. >I have to resort to the cannon mounted at the top of the stairs loaded with grape shot. >"Tally ho lads" the grape shot shreds two men in the blast, the sound and extra shrapnel set off car alarms. >Fix bayonet and charge the last terrified rapscallion. >He Bleeds out waiting on the police to arrive since triangular bayonet wounds are impossible to stitch up. >Just as the founding fathers intended.

Although it slightly predates the Civil war, Cassius Marcellus Clay, a politician from Kentucky, who published an Anti-Slavery newspaper, DID have two four-pounders in his office, and stated: "I purchased two brass four‐pounder cannons...and placed them, loaded with shot and nails, on a table breast high; had folding doors secured with a chain, which could open upon the mob, and give play to my cannon...I furnished my office with Mexican lances, and a limited number of guns"

Bryce Van Velson how does this comment not have more likes

darn concealed-carry bump stock muskets with high capacity magazine clips

Well, there is a reason why it's the most common military advantage of all, and why Lucas put it there in Episode 3.

old ben ? that u

He is the senate

Impressive. Most impressive.

Bragg at Chattanooga: "It's over, Grant! I have the high ground!" Grant: "Hold that whiskey my critics keep saying I've been drinking." ;)

'Im fatting for my rats' you mean? 😁. Great job man. Great scene!

Hey congrats man!

Hey, I saw this movie for the first time last week and the first thing I googled is if you were the guy from Jericho and Band of Brothers. Love your work man!

What did that line mean, "I'm fighting for my rats?" Did he mean, children? Sorry, not an American here, so didn't quite get the meaning of this line.

@@klientproby He’s trying to say “rights”, it’s just his accent is so thick it sounds like “rats”….which confuses the Union guy at first too.

Jay Barker that isn’t actually true, casualties are different from death. 9 thousand(probably MANY more after due to wounds) died at Gettysburg while 50k something around that died at nam

It made me laugh.

God bless those boys, confederate and yankee alike. Too many lives lost.

@@BradWatsonMiami 😑you high cause he didn't even come close to what you said

@@power966 I'm sure you did😐

Chadberlian

He ended up winning the Medal of Honor for the charge at Little Round Top, and became the governor of Maine shortly after the war

@@taurusreborn2571 Pretty sure he was also the president of the college he worked at at some point as well.

@@Marsproject11 Bowdoin College

I’m sorry, I should probably know because I’m only 30 but what’s a “Chad”

I was mad that his character in Speed got killed off.

Fighting for the slavers was dumb and dumber

I saw Gettysburg first, so I was very surprised watching Dumb and Dumber.

@@nowthisnamestaken SMH!

@Gayle Elizabeth Oh yeah I do. I get the feeling that Jeff Daniels isn't the man in the little picture wearing all that rebel gear... oops

@@WhiteCamry FTA

Pelpington I believe in the movie he actually did walk around with a cup of tea just watching stuff.

@@tobyoneil1969 During my cadet years, one of my peers/friend did a report on the 'Killer Angels'.

People did that. They'd go out for a carriage ride with a picnic lunch and stop on a bluff above the battle site and just watched.

@@annieoakley2925 in the beginning of it. Things got more tense as the war progressed

@@misanthropicservitorofmars2116 wouldn't have known if you didn't say.

A good primer was any previous battles they'd been in which were mostly gory. An extra boldness comes when thinking of what the Rebels could do to them, like at Fredericksburg.

I generally have to make a wide stride myself.

It helped that they were going down hill.

I'm no expert, but I assume gravity may have helped considering the direction they were running in.

"You Underestimate our power!"

Charlie Theanteater WE HATE YOU!

I AM the confederacy!

P.S. May the constitution be with you.

This is a historical channel. The high ground is not a joke.

Excellent insight. My high school teacher was a reenactor in Andersonville. I could totally see myself getting into reenactment. I just wish it wasn't a hobby so devoid of women. I have too many hobbies as is that only guys get into.

verdatum It is a tragedy that women are left out of historical reenactment, but we have to keep a level of realism in those types of events

@Robert Norman -- Congratulations. Sounds like the opportunity of a lifetime. Although I did see many re-enactors at the 150th anniversary of the first Battle of Bull Run. They did not look too excited to be marching in wool uniforms in 103F heat. That was brutal. I never looked up the weather for the 21st of July 1861, but as awful as the battle was (Gettysburg too), I was hoping it wasn't 103F.

Thank you for your contribution and spirited involvement. I reenacted once in a generic, 3-day event in a ferry in northern California. I happen to be a person of color, so, it wasn't exactly 'historically accurate', hahaha, but, I'm glad to have tasted the life of an American Civil War soldier. It was an experience to die for.

stellvia hoenheim stellvia hoenheim I was there at the 150th, I started chanting for Robert E Lee in the aftermath, and the crowd of us started thereafter, ‘LEE, LEE, LEE LEE’, it wasn’t any different then nor now. I ‘took a hit’ at the wall, and saw what became of our ‘army’ in 2013, it was awe inspiring and made me realize the dedication we take in our craft to portray these men. As long as we remember what we are here for, there will always be a remembrance for this battle, and the others, in history. I pray that the future generations will at least look to us or read about what happened that fateful and somber day on both sides. History took a true shade of crimson that day if anything

Gettyseption?

Wait are you watching the movie Gettysburg because it’s my favorite movie of all time

Did you also insert a Gettysburg up and in your Gettysburg?

Were you born in Gettysburg at the Gettysburg Hospital, by a Gettysburg born-bred Nurse/Doctor?

@@chasemurraychristopherdola7108 i own the DVD its damn amazing. My favorite historical movie ever

and it actually went that way. Longstreet just nodded his head and couldn't bring himself to give the foolhardy order directly. The nice parallel in this film is how Buford in the beginning explains the futility of some military operations where he could already see the outcome, put had to participate ("make it fail" he says). But this time, it is Longstreet who must do that; he sees the folly but must participate. The other great performance is how Stephen Lang as Pickett goes from jolly gentlemen's club bon vivant, all up for the glory of war, to devasted commander who learns the grim reality. War is all hell, and there is no reforming it.

He knew that it was going to be the Rebel version of Fredericksburg slaughter

damn now i'm jealous, must be awesome to say that you own a cannon from that era

Awesome !! Wish I could have been in the movie as a extra.

Is that meant to say reenactor or is a resonator something else?

Cpt Napkin that's cool! No farb right?

Cpt Napkin Is it a real XIX century cannon?

Seems unlikely.... longstreet was a very capable general, stonewall would have gotten to both round tops and had the yanks in full retreat...a.p.hill beast... Forrest,mosbey,jeb stewart.... the south was stacked with great leadership... that confederate dollar wasn't worth dogshit....the north was scared to death.....beauragard should have attacked washington Early.... lincoln wanted Peace...at any cost

@@erikwilson2682 Wooosh

@@erikwilson2682 why......do people type.....like this....

@@Byerly2k20 That went so far over you need a plane to shoot it down.

@@aperson325 it creates more of a space between,than a single period. sorry to annoy you with that...I'll work on it...........

It's like wars of any "civilized" time period. Many of them are fought by people that are not directly affected by what they are supposedly fighting for. It's rich people that decide they want something and get many poor people killed. You can see the stupidity of the "common man" who feels honored to reinact where his kin fought. It is so easy for a few to control so many because they are idiots. Lee seems really stupid to not just go to DC.

Also keep in mind that in those days, especially in the South, people never walked too far away from their homes. Mostly knew only their native small town, neighouring towns, probably some big city closer to them, and only a few, the "elite" of that small town knew something about their state capital city. Other states look as foreign to them as any other foreign country. (- Where are you from? - Tennessee. And you? - Maine. I've never been in Tennessee. - Nor I ever been in Maine.). And "Yankees are coming!" sound as scary as "Redcoats are coming!" Only after the Civil War, they all got some sense of being part of something larger than their own state: The United States of America.

+ Chris Walker Just "going to DC" was a bit more complicated than you make it sound. The Confederates had the same problem the Union had had for over 2 years. The terrain in the region between the two capitals was heavily traversed by rivers and mountains, which channel armies into bottlenecks which were easily defended by entrenched armies. Lee was pretty much obligated to approach Washington in an oblique manner.

Great perspective, one question though, I understand that most weren't slave owner but almost every farmer at least rented slaves during harvest season and I don't think this is any better...

Harper Sanchez they were so poor and illiterate that they couldn't even read or write. That is of course if you ignore the thousands and thousands of letters home, journals and diaries the men wrote, much of which has been published. These are some of the richest sources of insight into why men on both sides fought. Thank God they wrote or else we would have to rely on Gettysburg and people like you romanticizing the war and guessing what people's motivations were without reading anything from the period itself. A "non-biased" approach is exactly what is wrong with so much. People pass off memories of the war as history, the two are different.

Awesome history in your family. You should be proud and never forget it.

I would be pretty proud of that.

That’s So Dope.

Wow, that's something; I know that bridge in Philly.

@@samuelalzate8573 00000⁰000

Sexiest man alive at any age. And nobody sits a horse like that man.

P.s. I didn't sign up for it, I was volunteered, so I really wasn't up on things already.

safe to say his movie career is dead?

At Gettysburg I think the tour guides were talking about how correct some of the stuff in the movie was, but how incorrect Gods and Generals was.

@@chrissinclair4442 theres scene in "Gettysburg" where a white van passes by in the background (its been edited out since but it was in the original release)

@@izzimichaels2892 life happens.

@@chrissinclair4442 Gettysburg is a fantastic movie, but Gods and Generals is essentially neo-Confederate propaganda without a lick of truthfulness in its delivery.

Yes! I just finished "The Killer Angels" a couple of days ago. Incredible book. It's pretty clear that the History Buff hasn't read the book from his comments regarding the slave. If he had, he would have realized that that scene was about Chamberlain's reaction to the slave rather than about slavery itself.

one hell of a geometry book, that Killer Angles.

I had seen the movie countless times, so when I finally read the book, I was suprised at how faithfully they adapted it.

It's a great book. Michael Shaara was a literature professor i think, and his goal was to write a history similar to what Shakespeare did with his history plays. It is a fantastic book.

I was a reenactor in this movie in 1992. They gave us T-shirts that read "The Killer Angels" which I still have. They changed the title because they thought fewer people would watch the movie with the original title.

This film and review are so incredibly biased. Why don't you try reading the Confederate CONSTITUTION

A great movie.

I remember a friend of my mom at the time was a re-enactor with her husband. He was part of this production and I heard was invited (uniformed, as a part of themeing) to the premiere.

It's a shame not many reenactments are found in other settings. I would love for a world war 1 or 2 reenactment group.

Agreed! It really helps spread the accuracy load out - a ton more eyes to catch slips.

Except they are all cleaner, fatter and older than the average soldier.

John Hughes The dixie flag was the national flag as of 1863...It's both

John Hughes Agreed. Most people think that the Dixie flag was the flag of the CSA, which always grinded my gears.

Thank you CGP gray.

Corentin Bellanger CGP Grey said it was pretty much the flag in everything but name

*the original confederate flag. The latter was adopted shortly before the Battle of Gettysburg. At least that's what Wikipedia tells me.

Just started the book two days ago. So far I'm impressed at the author's effort to give those insights to various leaders. His writing style is perfect for it, and it shows just how much research he had to have done to achieve it. I'm not even finished with it and already can't recommend it enough.

The novel should get the majority of the credit for how good the movie was since they took most of the dialogue verbatim from the book and even translated internal monologue into onscreen dialogue. Combine that with the amazing score and you have a masterpiece.

​@@Cyber_NootI'll have to check it out, got any other book recommendations?

A great novel!

I still hum the music that played during the Charge of the 20th Maine

@@ntfoperative9432 as you should

Listen too it often. Sadly it's getting harder to find on streaming services

Thant's really cool as I always wondered how they decided who died and who didn't.

Nice. Unlike other movies they actually has a system. In other movies like Waterloo they do just have random ppl fall at random intervals.

I'm curious how cannon fire can cause rain?

@@flaviomonteiro1414 it's due to the chemicals in gunpowder, similar to a process called cloud seeding

Thank you (and that teacher of yours) for sharing, amazing!

I have not watched waterloo because i cant find it anywhere but Gettysburg is damn awesome

@@mrvulture8981 Its on youtube

@@rogu658 waterloo is not in youtube

@@rogu658 oh never mind. I thought you mean as like you can buy it. Well thanks for telling now i know what i Will be watching today

@@mrvulture8981 Np. I hope it was the correct version. Its been ages since i watched it

@Chas Stack Yeah, the idiot protesters against him.

Why do you guys make everything political. Pathetic.

@@CocoaButtah Seriously.

@@CocoaButtah mainly the liberals i see in the comment section always wanting to include tRuMP in irrelevant places regarding him.

@@Robertz1986 Got a Trumptard here

Pickett never forgave Lee.

Same here bud

Tears of joy are always the best.

It should, and Lee should have been charged with war crimes. Am 4th generation Texan, for the record.

@@ogami1972 what war crime did he commit? all he did was lose a battle and made a mistake with wrong intel and the belief the union's forces weren't as strong as he thought and it would have been an easy fight. generals with wrong intel are responsible for mistakes. it would not be the first time a leader didn't listen to his advisers on a battle.

Confederate soldiers: "O_O"

Subordinates: "waitwut"

Alternatively... "Sir, we are out of ammunition, we must surrender!" "What do you think your bayonet is for, you idiot?! FIX BAYONETS!! CHARGE!!!"

Makes me proud to be a Mainer and see how brave my fellow Mainers were.

Would also be perfect for the Imperial Guard in 40K, though add a blam for the guy who suggested surrender.

JoelJames2 😂😂😂

@@Nocturnal85 yeah as a michigander our role at Little Round Top is pretty bad, the 16th Michigan (in the same Brigade as the 20th Maine) would become confused and 2/3rds of the regiment fell back and Colonel Strong Vincent the Brigade commander had to rally the regiment and loss his life as a result. At least we have the 24th Michigan basically almost sacrificing itself to cover the rest of the Army of the Potomac during the 1st day and Custer leading his Michigan Brigade against Stuart during the Cavalry battle the third day.

That's something you don't see these days. A superior office admitting and taking responsibility for his mistakes and decisions.

He was a leader. Something many leaders, most actually, lacked my experience. Accountability. A leader says “let’s do this” and leads from the front. If the mission is successful. A leader says “look what my people did” If the mission fails, a leader says, “I failed” Too many leaders, especially officers, I served with failed in that. Too many

Stonewall would have made it a different battle.

@Ethan Ramos he never spoke of ill of President Lincoln as well. It was Lincoln that secured Pickett's appointment to West Point.

And apparently his wife was his biggest supporter in history, which is why it became known a "Pickett's Charge"; despite there actually being three commanders involved in it, under Longstreet.

So, not every southerner adored Lee.

Picket said that to John S. Mosby, who is said to have replied, "But he [Lee] made you immortal."

Alabama Al even so Pickett still hasn’t forgave Lee for what he did

I regularly put it on at work when I need that push to get something done. Really gets you going.

Kevin King, interestingly enough, it was all recorded electronically without a live orchestra, which is pretty scary for professional musicians. But I do like the score, too!

+Kevin King It's so good. It was composed by Randy Edelman who also did the music for Angels in the Outfield.

No kidding !!

I completely agree. Holy cow

Lee literaly did a "But MoooOM..."

@Covert Puppytwo Fix Bayonets, FIX!

They’ve got us right where we want them

Doesn't matter how hard or how much fun . or how many speech lessons you have, no one can fake a southern accent.

@@frankielancaster7133 If you spend enough time in the south you get one for real

@@richhartnell6233 Some accents can really take you by surprise in that peculiar way, you'd be stating "I haven't got an accent !"... with that precise accent

A little TOO stereotypic. Nobody anywhere says rats for rights. The "a" is must softer, and sounds like the ice cream "i" instead of the phony rats sound. Ice cream rights instead of yankee rats.

Ar rats te ewn dem slevs!

@@Reiman33 And yes, he became over confident and made some really, really glaring mistakes. Even someone with one of the only impeccable records from West Point can fall into such traps. He was a brilliant commander, but the mistakes he made lost the war.

Alot of history buffs don't like Sheen's portrayal because of Sheen's off-screen persona, but I think Sheen did a better job than Robert Duval (who I like better as a person) did in Gods and Generals.

The Free Speech Zealot to be fair, Lee was given a bad hand from the start, Lee’s only hope for a victory would be to take the capital and gain as much Union ground as possible in the process. The South had only one advantage in the war, experienced and talented generals, the commanders of the Union were not quite as good and this left the Union in trouble for a while, hence why Lee had such an easy time in the beginning. However, the Union held every other advantage, they had more factories, they had more guns, they could replace lost equipment much faster then the South. Simply put, Lee’s only hope was taking a Hail Mary, the South only had one hope for a quick and easy war (which is the only war the South was in a position to win), which would be for Lee to not mess up once because recovery would be unlikely. Even though it may seem like the confederates were winning for a while, the truth is that they were never in a good position to win in the first place.

Lee was from Virginia so I imagine his accent was similar to Randolph Scott's. Nothing exaggerated , just a soft slur. So Sheen is likely doing it correctly.

Redbird7311 I think it was Shelby Foote who described the union as fighting with one hand behind its back. It was only a matter of time. I really think the only change of a confederate victory would have been Lincoln losing to McClellen and then agreeing to a negotiated peace. The chances of which were very high.

Acting out on the real ground must've been awesome. When I went there we kind of jokingly reenacted the Little Round Top part and even that was awesome.

A co-worker of mine was there on set, but his companies' scenes were cut. He said it was still an awesome experience, though.

The reenactment group i was part of was in it! (wayyyy before i joined) There's a shot somewhere that my own dad was in. It still gives me goosebumps seeing it.

I've met a few of them over the years at reenactments. One guy said he made it all the way to the stone wall in Pickett's charge. He said they randomly handed out papers telling them how far they would make it/where they would fall.

@@MMorbid The son of a friend of my Dad was a reenactor and one of Buford's cavalry -- he got paid IIRC $400 a day, because he had a horse and all his tack, etc. He said Sam Elliott was perfect as Buford and was very fun to hang out with on set...

While I do admit that Martin Sheen is a fine actor I think it is obvious that he was miscast in this movie. Gettysburg is one of my favorite films, the directing, writing and acting was fantastic... except for Martin Sheen. Lee had a commanding and imposing presence as recorded by everyone who talked about him; both by stature and by strength of character. Martin Sheen is only 5' 7" while Lee was about 6' 2"... quite tall for that age. Lee also carried himself with a straight back while in the presence of other officers and didn't slouch or mope about.

My one gripe is that his Southern gentlemen's accent sounds like a fucking cartoon.

The Abyssal Archivist Lol I know. its hilarious

The portrayal of Lee was the most inaccurate thing about the film. He was made to look like a loon, instead of a brilliant man who might very well have been right on Day 2. Longstreet pouted and delayed moving, and then got lost..and even so, nearly took Little Round Top. If Lee's orders had been properly carried out, the day would have been theirs.

And yet Lee approves all of his delays.

I remember reading some of the plaques at the battlefield with excerpts from people's letters and diaries saying some men on the Confederate firing side had internal bleeding and became permanently near deaf from the artillery's fire. Must've been truly terrifying to experience that.

@@TheLouisianan apparently it was so loud people in Hagerstown could just barely hear it

Louder than Trinity?

​@jamesalexander5623 "Up to that date". Trinity was 80 years later.

I'm betting it is one of those places where time stays still. Kinkda like the Grassy Knoll, 9-11 memorial, the 1985 Mexico City Earthquake, Stalingrad (volgograd) and many others. I definetly have to make this a bucket list item.

It is truly a moving place to visit. I am from Vicksburg, MS and grew up visiting the park there, but as it was a completely different kind of battle, it doesn't convey the scope of the armies and the epic nature of the fight. Everywhere you go you can see the actual terrain and put yourself into the fight on both sides. I've been to several other fields and none are preserved like this. Antietam is also a moving visit, but it lacks the terrain that is so much of the story of the Gettysburg battle.

Indeed. Gettysburg is a special place that everyone should see at least once. I can't get enough of it.

I made the trip for the first time. The town is amazingly cool. Many civil war era buildings that are in use today. The battlefields are shocking. They look larger than I expected in some places and smaller in others. I could feel a great somber sadness there. And a living testament to what the Federal Gov't will do to you when given the opportunity. The museum is propaganda filled. Put on headphones and look at the artifacts. They tell the story all by themselves.

Having also been, I concur. The battlefield has an eerie stillness and the air feels heavy. Almost as if the war never ended on that field. I went in 2007 and there were a lot of people there, but the whole field was silent. We visiting Pennsylvania and went to Gettysburg because I love history and wanted to see it. I was so excited to get there, but it was nothing like anyone would expect. The colors of the grass and the trees and the rocks were visible but dull and dingy. There was no wind. There were no bird calls nor the buzzing of flies, bees, and wasps. The temperature was in the mid 80s in the middle of June but you didn't feel hot. There was no joy nor smiles. It was cold and somber. Walking the field along Pickett's charge and walking up to the hills and both the Confederate and Union encampments you could almost feel the fear and the anxiety. It truly is a moving site. Every American needs to go see it and try and catch a glimpse at what it was like for these boys and what it's like for our current men and women in the military and veterans dealing with PTSD.

Awesome!

Lucky you!

I would love to see someone do an "Oral History of the Making of Gettysburg" and draw heavily (maybe exclusively) from the reenactors who were there, bringing this kind of experience and family history with them.

@@jbotkin47 agreed to this! And if I am not mistaken, isn’t this summer the 30th anniversary of the movie’s release?

@Duncan MacQueen! Thank you for sharing your experience.

It's over Lee! I have the high ground!

missdarkeyes was he really saying that?

Juan Carlos he was saying "rights". It just sounded like "rats" 🤣

He sounded perfectly understandable to me. And southern accents are so charming, not like the nasal braying you get up north.

its pronounced rahts

The south tends to struggle with the English language.

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Practicable is like “possible” right?

@@Swoosh_015 Indeed. Practical would be "is it useful to take" and practicable is "is it possible to take."

That makes much more sense, thank you.

Yes, I agree with that, but still by Jackson’s reputation, he would’ve taken that hill, no matter what the cost no matter what the pronunciation

I was there and it has an eerie presence to it.

Yes, it is a stunningly beautiful place, and it does have an extremely eerie quality to it (I know it’s been considered for quite a long time the “most haunted” of battlefields, even more so than say the Somme or more contained battlefields like Culloden with its devastating losses and tragic effects for an entire culture). There is also an almost uncanny silence - even when lots of tourists are visiting and the sounds of the modern world drift by in general. I will never forget it.

Joshua Chamberlain's bravery is what saved the day.

@@cl5470 and Gen. Warren realizing that Little Round Top must be occupied and held

Well, when you think about it, when Grant traveled with the army of the Potomac, when he became General of all armies, he left mead in charge of the army although overtime, Meade became almost a figurehead

What Lee knew of Meade was accurate. Meade was unproven and this was his first major skirmish in command of the Army of the Potomac. Per Lee's strategic style, he typically fought where he knew he had the advantage, or he didn't engage. He also typically didn't sit back and wait for the fight to come to him, he exploited the Union weakness. What Lee did know of Meade is that he was the opposite and thus far had proven to be timid. Buford truly was the hero of Gettysburg and had given Meade the high ground, allowing him to dictate the terms of the battle.

Meade was known for his bookishness,...and I seem to remember he was called a damned google eyed snapping turtle. Mitch McConnells grandfather I could say.

Jim Fuge General Meade is no doubt spinning at his comparison in any manner to Moscow Mitch.

Jim Fuge “Mitch McConnell’s grandfather” LMAO

Trey Baker Lee had already told his officers that he was afraid that one day the Union would field a general he couldn’t beat.

@William Gambrel I agree with you about the lack of coverage of First Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiment. They were crucial to Union success on Day Two and Day Three (occupied space at/near The Angle, the focus of Pickett's Charge. In spite of loses suffered on D2, they countercharged when a breakthrough threatened). I disagree with you about Gettysburg being a great movie. As Siskel said, it is little more than Lost Cause Propaganda. Maybe not to the degree of Ted Turner's follow-up to this, Gods and Generals, but propaganda all the same. Why else leave out the defeat of two healthy rebel battalions at the hands of one depleted Union regiment of volunteers? if not to avoid tarnishing the golden aura of the soldiers of The Cause.

Have no idea why they are always overlooked, but they were sacrificed to buy some time to setup a line further back.

More important. The 20th Maine had reserves that would have drove the exhausted 15th Alabama. The 1st Minnesota were very important.

Michael Shaara couldn't cover everything in his book unfortunately, it would've been several volumes. I've always wished he'd included the East Cavalry Field fight. A depiction of George Custer leading charges against Stuart's Invincibles, as the Union cavalry gave them their first decisive defeat would've done a lot to correct the public's perception of Custer. He was truly a courageous hero.

Correct. Brave lads! I only wish Stonewall had been there.

Theodicist Eddie Traitors? Losing side perhaps, but fighting for your state can never make you a traitor. As Lee says: “There was always a higher duty to Virginia.”

Theodicist Eddie my guy, USS Grant freed his slaves the day of the 13 Amendment coming into action. Lee freed his own slaves before the war started. Both sides had slaves. Miss me w that bull

@@triggerme6144 Plus, US Congress passed a measure called the War Aims Resolution that stated the war was not about slavery, but to preserve the Union.

@@jtmumo The every non disputed union state had abolished slavery on a state level. Every Confederate declaration of secession named the preservation slavery as the main issue

@@rollo216 Fighting for your state, who is fighting for slavery, makes one a demented slaver. The confederacy is forfeit, as is the effort of all confederate soldiers .

Bottlekiller yes, bring back Escala’s “Palladio”! They probably wanted a little licensing money, but I think you can afford it now.

I agree

He most likely saved our nation from ruin on July 2, 1863. 🇺🇸💥 Can you imagine what would have happened if he hadn't held the left flank ? Unthinkable !

He was a badass. Highly educated and courageous.

He suffered from that wound the rest of his life but still carried on, a true hero!

Blackstar agreed he was indeed a brilliant officer. But my vote goes to Stonewall Jackson. If we think about it. The Union kinda dodged a bullet with the death of Gen. Jackson. Jackson’s tactics were swift and hard hitting. If Jackson were at Gettysburg lee would have gave him the same orders but with very different results.

Im really sorry for your loss

Me too