Mystery Solved! Civil War Photo Location Discovered after 154 Years

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Ай бұрын

After 154 years, John Cummings discovered the mystery location known as "Minor's Hill" where a photo of George B. McClellan was copyrighted by Matthew Brady on January 6, 1862. You can check out John's blog here: spotsylvaniacw.blogspot.com/2...
Watch as Garry Adelman makes his first visit to the site in 2024!
The American Battlefield Trust preserves America’s hallowed battlegrounds and educates the public about what happened there and why it matters. We permanently protect these battlefields for future generations as a lasting and tangible memorial to the brave soldiers who fought in the American Revolution, the War of 1812, and the Civil War.

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@user-nh9ii5ru4r Ай бұрын

Awesome to watch these Videos! Thank you Garry for helping preserve History. And to all of the trust, thank you so for these amazing and educational videos.

@ehayes5217 Ай бұрын

That is absolutely amazing detective work, Wow!😲 (& congratulations)!👍😃🇺🇸

@CosmosJack Ай бұрын

I grew up in Central PA and in 5th grade students would visit Gettysburg. I remember exploring Devil's Den and coming across the stone wall from the "Dead Confederate Sharpshooter" photograph, and recognized it immediately from books we had in the classroom. It made the Civil War feel palpable. At the time there was no marker, but now it's surrounded by informative signs.

@71avalon36 Ай бұрын

Fascinating video! It breaks my heart that they tore the house down though. 😢

@debbiegipson4512 Ай бұрын

My gg grandparents, William Cicero Phillips and Martha Smith Phillips built a beautiful house at Oak Level in Henry Co. Virginia around 1840. There is a photo of it in a book about our family genealogy I lovingly refer to as the 'begat' book. Several years ago as I was scanning the internet for old properties in Virginia when I came across a beautiful old white house situated on a rolling green hill. It had recently sold and there were numerous photos available. I instantly knew that I had stumbled upon my old family home. After comparing size, windows, clapboard siding and most importantly the bricks in the double fireplaces, I discovered that it was, indeed, the original Phillips home...I was able to find the owner and confirmed my discovery. So you see why I admire your tenacity. There are treasures reserved for those who quite simply, not only look but see what others do not. Cheers!!!

@thomradice8680 Ай бұрын

Well done Gary! Great detective work!

@NoelG702 Ай бұрын

The Civil War photo locations with Garry are the best!

@user-vi8vf2lc6k Ай бұрын

Thank you for all you do, Garry. This is awesome.

@Alex-ej4wm Ай бұрын

History can not hide from the eyes of G-dawg

@Plimothrock Ай бұрын

Great job-Please keep up the good work!

@frankofva8803 Ай бұрын

How awesome! Thank you so much for this.

@TacoTot Ай бұрын

Another relic of history erased by a northern VA McMansion suburb.

@johnwalsh5767 Ай бұрын

Northern Virginia is the poster child for destroying and cheapening everything that matters and overinflating everything that doesn't. Shallow plastic people who have no appreciation for the most richly historic state in the country.

@kingjoe3rd 22 күн бұрын

All so that questionably rich government lobbyists can have a place to store their hearts while they are at work.

@cynthiaclarke3979 11 күн бұрын

Exactly..Rip up the ghettos in D.C. and build all the McMansions they want..

@j.j.guerrieri5257 Ай бұрын

Nothing is sacred to real estate developers

@Sedici-Competizione Ай бұрын

The only thing sacred to them is 💵

@kingjoe3rd 22 күн бұрын

That's why it's important to get these places identified and designated as a historical landmark so that it's literally illegal for them to destroy it.

@terryeustice5399 Ай бұрын

Thank you Gary. Great video on finding the location of the photo. Very cool 😎 💯👍👊

@davidclark4414 Ай бұрын

Awesome video!! I wish they had not torn the original house down.

@judyn6639 Ай бұрын

Amazing work, thank you!

@dadsongs Ай бұрын

Wow! Sad that it's gone.

@jefftarwood4594 Ай бұрын

You can’t defeat the desire for a McMansion.

@JustPlainSteve5372 Ай бұрын

Thank You for doing all that work & research for us

@andrewhoward9870 Ай бұрын

Well done!

@TheHistoryUnderground Ай бұрын

Man, so sad that the house was torn down. Great video though. I’d like to place an order for 100 more just like it. 🙂

@AmericanBattlefieldTrust Ай бұрын

There’s at least 1-2 more coming!

@jonathanbaggs4275 Ай бұрын

Excellent. Just excellent.

@davidwilhelm3431 Ай бұрын

Fascinating stuff!

@richardglady3009 Ай бұрын

Neat story. Thank you.

@LawrenceSwiader Ай бұрын

Very cool. I Iove a good mystery (solved).

@primarysources Ай бұрын

I say it everyday - just last night at a genealogy meet-up... there is always new history to be found. We have to just keep looking!!!

@SpartansAndHeroes Ай бұрын

Great video!

@smizdeazy Ай бұрын

Great work. Gary, maybe you might reconsider John cummings proposed “harvest of death” location?

@susanthielen7211 Ай бұрын

Very cool

@adamfrank5183 Ай бұрын

American Battlefield Trust meets geoguessr?! My kind of video.

@annmcgehee1728 Ай бұрын

That is great the mystery was solved!!

@jasonmorin5209 Ай бұрын

Love it!

@bigsarge2085 Ай бұрын

Cool!

@sdc5683 Ай бұрын

I wonder if the owners of that new home realize the history that took place on their property

@russboatright2360 Ай бұрын

It has a 1950 facade now. A buddy lived across the street and we got to go in. The original kitchen was still intact. This was around 1968.

@jankovarik9714 Ай бұрын

This is the stuff that melts my butter...thanks, Garry!

@AmericanBattlefieldTrust Ай бұрын

Thanks for the donation!

@whathappenedtomyYThandle Ай бұрын

So tragic. Found out too late but at least solved.

@kevinhart8339 Ай бұрын

Gary... always out there doing the Lord's work.

@kennethcook2518 Ай бұрын

Gary how does it feel to discover a location like this? What are you feelings? Like a kid in a candy shop? This is a great video. Thank you

@AmericanBattlefieldTrust Ай бұрын

Well I didn’t discover this one but having done so with others I’d call it thrilling! GA

@dennissmith5807 Ай бұрын

awesome

@jeanah685 Ай бұрын

The monstrous house that is there now won't nearly as long as the beautiful old home that was there. They don't build solid houses like that anymore.

@rivaridge7211 Ай бұрын

Wow, great detective work! I always found it fascinating that General McClellan would run for President (against Lincoln's re-election) in 1864. At one point during that election, Lincoln's popularity was low due to a war weary nation - the president felt he was going to lose and started to prepare accordingly. Some key battlefield victories revived Lincoln's political fate and he easily romped over his former General (winning 212 electoral votes to 21 for McClellan, who managed to win three states - New Jersey, Delaware, and Kentucky). Sadly, Lincoln's "win" would lead to his own assassination in April 1865.

@rebelhorse1882 Ай бұрын

Nice ! Does Matthew Brady have a KZfaq page ?

@kevinsenior8155 Ай бұрын

What a shame it was pulled down. I don't understand how this historic house was not given any protection.

@exn641US Ай бұрын

If they had only known what they were really fighting for, all those great American men would have never slaughtered one another all those years ago.

@markserour9115 Ай бұрын

The house was razed. 😢

@daletrotter1087 Ай бұрын

I have to say, that's not the same house. The house that was torn down was a brick house, two story with windows on the second floor, but the one in the original photo is a clapboard house with only ground floor windows? Totally different roof pitch as well.

@trumanbentley9491 Ай бұрын

So sad. Those GAR soldiers. Everyone knows the Confederacy was nearly perfect in every way. Wholesome. The most wonderful. General Wirz was a great man.

@ProvisionalPatrioticAlliance Ай бұрын

So sad.... you should have warned us this video would make you mad....

@judgeaileencannon9607 Ай бұрын

Why do southern states’ rich codgers wt keep erasing all our monuments?

@Kentuckyhunter58 Ай бұрын

First

@redgreen4449 Ай бұрын

Sadly Yankees destroyed Virginia.

@imakedumbvideos8999 22 күн бұрын

Amazing

@californigirl Ай бұрын

Sidebar: I spent 2 years finding the streetcin Rome my grandad walked down in WW2. Found it exactly. Sad that I could locate the exact buildingvin a 1000 year old city, but a historic home from a couple hundred years ago in NoVa is razed for a mcmansion.