Pickett's Charge Real Life Location & 3rd Day of Battle Explained

Pickett's Charge Real Life Location & 3rd Day of Battle Explained | Battlefields of Gettysburg

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27 күн бұрын

Welcome to the real life lcoation of Pickett's charge where the 3rd and final day of the battle of Gettysburg took place! Join us as we walk the battlefields and discuss exactly what happened on that hot summer day in July.
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Pickett's Charge (July 3, 1863), also known as the Pickett-Pettigrew-Trimble Charge, was an infantry assault ordered by Confederate General Robert E. Lee against Major General George G. Meade's Union positions on the last day of the Battle of Gettysburg in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania during the Civil War. Confederate troops made a frontal assault towards the center of Union lines, ultimately being repulsed with heavy casualties. Suffering from a lack of preparation and problems from the onset, the attack was a costly mistake that decisively ended Lee's invasion of the north and forced a retreat back to Virginia. The charge is popularly named after Major General George Pickett, one of three Confederate generals (all under the command of Lieutenant General James Longstreet) who led the assault. Pickett's Charge was part of Lee's "general plan"[2] to take Cemetery Hill and the network of roads it commanded. His military secretary, Armistead Lindsay Long, described Lee's thinking: There was ... a weak point ... where [Cemetery Ridge], sloping westward, formed the depression through which the Emmitsburg road passes. Perceiving that by forcing the Federal lines at that point and turning toward Cemetery Hill [Hays' Division] would be taken in flank and the remainder would be neutralized. ... Lee determined to attack at that point, and the execution was assigned to Longstreet.
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@TravelswithNick 25 күн бұрын

Smash that 👍 button

@nem525 25 күн бұрын

Great video Nick!

@Texasman1964 25 күн бұрын

Awesome vid mate! You out together a great Gettysburg series. I love them all. I hope to see it all someday. Thanks 🎉

@TravelswithNick 25 күн бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! I hope you can check it out someday! 😎✌️

@javierdealba6868 25 күн бұрын

great work 🙌🙌🙌🤟

@TravelswithNick 25 күн бұрын

Thank you 🙌

@TravelswithNick 25 күн бұрын

Thanks you sir 😊✌️

@BIGGER_RED 25 күн бұрын

Random question… where did they bury all of those soldiers if they dropped that many people so fast?

@TravelswithNick 25 күн бұрын

Days after the battle they were buried in mass graves right there on site. Later on majority of the bodies were removed and then relocated in proper cemeteries. People say there is a possibility that there could still be a few soldiers who were missed and still remain buried in the battlefields

@rhondaz356 25 күн бұрын

This was so interesting. It's too bad for the Confederate side, that it didn't listen to General Longstreet. It must have given you such an eerie, surreal feeling, as you walked the very fields, where so much blood was shed so long ago. You certainly clarified any hazy memories for me. **Excellent coverage throughout. It's obvious being there affected you, Nick.

@TravelswithNick 25 күн бұрын

The outcome of that day would’ve been different if they did listen to him. I guess it wasn’t meant to be. This was a personal bucket list item checked off for me Rhonda so it was very special to be there. Thanks as always 🫶😎

@nanabutner 25 күн бұрын

I am no military strategist, but even I can tell that charging across an unprotected field is a suicide mission. I understand that other than the cannons-rifles and other personal weapons had a short range of accuracy, but ---.

@TravelswithNick 25 күн бұрын

I think it was just the time in history and how battle was conducted. I agree it doesn’t make sense today. Thanks for watching 😎✌️