The Importance of Spotsylvania Court House | Overland 160 Bonus Episode

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16 күн бұрын

Garry Adelman is joined by special guest Gary Gallagher to talk about the importance and legacy of the fight for the Bloody Angle at Spotsylvania Court House. This video was filmed in 2022 and is being released as a "bonus episode" for our Overland 160 series.
This video is part of our series commemorating the 160th Anniversary of The Overland Campaign. You can view the full series here: • The Overland Campaign ... #spotsylvaniacourthousetour
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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@AmericanBattlefieldTrust 14 күн бұрын

This concludes the first part of our Overland 160 coverage. We'll be back on May 25 from North Anna. See you then!

@vmimid09 13 күн бұрын

I’m a simple man, I see Gary Gallagher I click like.

@Tomatohater64 14 күн бұрын

Dr. Gallagher had a great idea. Take one regiment that fought here and make a movie about it. Great idea. 👍👍

@craigcolandro2781 14 күн бұрын

@Tomatohater64 Not one Unit, a Unit from each side would make a far better miniseries in my opinion. Especially here at Spotsylvania where both sides experience and saw absolute horror.

@Tomatohater64 13 күн бұрын

@@craigcolandro2781 Or two.

@TheHistoryUnderground 13 күн бұрын

Love this. The very Civil War battlefield that I visited was right there at Spotsylvania. The man leading the tour: Gary Gallagher.

@frankofva8803 14 күн бұрын

Gary Gallagher is a treasure to students of the Civil War. I would encourage all to watch his Darden Leadership classes on KZfaq discussing leadership during the Battle of Gettysburg.

@vmimid09 13 күн бұрын

I had the good fortune to take that class. It was awesome!

@TheIrishvolunteer 14 күн бұрын

I just wanted to say, as a young person an entire ocean away from the Americas, that I love this channel! Some people have comfort shows like friends, but I have this! Your work is fantastic, informative and entertaining. I sincerely hope one day I shall be able to visit many of the astoundingly well preserved battlefields you have conserved.

@jima3345 14 күн бұрын

America also had in its armies "The Gallant Irishman" Captain Miles Keough. I wish you a warm welcome should you make it here.

@Chiller11 14 күн бұрын

And the Confederacy had Major General Patrick Cleburne, one of the finest military commanders on either side of the conflict.

@jimstanko9352 8 күн бұрын

I just visited Spotsylvania earlier this month. I just left in total awe of the bravery of these men Keep up the great work battlefield trust

@MrBBaron 14 күн бұрын

I wish to thank all those involved in the production of this series for overland 160th anniversary videos. As a long time civil war student I always learn more with each video. Salute to all involved.

@user-tv3id2nf5o 13 күн бұрын

Both of you need to do more together!!! REALLY ENJOY THE EXPERTISE!!

@richardfish3650 14 күн бұрын

Wow, Garry and Gary! What a bonus!

@peterdefabio9470 13 күн бұрын

This was a wonderful discussion on a solemn battlefield with two legends of Civil War knowledge.

@Chiller11 14 күн бұрын

Gary Gallagher is my favourite American Civil War historian. He integrates impeccable scholarship with the ability to effectively communicate with a lay audience better than anyone Ive encountered.

@terryeustice5399 14 күн бұрын

Thanks for sharing Garry Adelman and your guest Gary. For insight into this battle. Thanks for sharing. 💯👊👍💕

@annmcgehee1728 14 күн бұрын

Great video- the movie needs to happen!👍

@jankovarik9714 12 күн бұрын

Garry and Gary...don't get much better'n that!

@bottomlesspit7 13 күн бұрын

I'll have to get that book. And I'm for that as a movie!!!!

@dennisquelch588 13 күн бұрын

Two of my favorite people. Thank you for the bonus episode in this tremendous series!

@beerye9331 14 күн бұрын

Thank you for this Bonus Episode. It was worth the wait!

@jankovarik9714 13 күн бұрын

Garry makes a salient point. We visit battlefields for an hour, maybe two (or three...or all day for we diehards), but the men who fought there spent whole days, sometimes more, holding a position, firing, redeploying, firing, amid chaos that really cannot be imagined when you stand on that ground, with quietude surrounding you.

@keithhuotari2571 13 күн бұрын

Another awesome video. You guys make the confusing sound a lot less confusing!! :)

@shealey9763 10 күн бұрын

Just received my copy of Wilkinson, looking forward to the read.

@NickyB0718 14 күн бұрын

A movie would be great, a follow up to Gettysburg, the last full measure would be great.

@ricopaulson1 13 күн бұрын

Isn't the civil war "a social justice" story? Or are the "woke" people in the room with you now? BOO! GTFO out of here dude.

@ronyantz7349 14 күн бұрын

Outstanding work! Team Trust

@cinaedmacseamas2978 7 күн бұрын

At least two of my paternal ancestors were at this battle for the Army of Northern Virginia. My direct paternal ancestor, my 2d Great grandfather, was part of the unit ordered by Lee to stem the breach of the mule shoe salient. He survived the fighting that day, and would survive the war. He was one of Lee's "scarecrows" as they came to call themselves, because the army couldn't get resupplied regularly.

@davidwilhelm3431 14 күн бұрын

Absolutely outstanding.

@philipryan25 13 күн бұрын

Always interesting, Thank you 👏

@NicoRusconi49 14 күн бұрын

The Garys and Stephen Kotkin are my favorite historians to listen to.

@Shawnroberts1980 14 күн бұрын

Wait. Did I just get a history lecture from TWO Garry's? lol. Thanks to the both of you.

@briantaylor7307 14 күн бұрын

Very good to know Dr. Gallagher is is in good health. Great historian and s nice guy

@BlueEyedColonizer 14 күн бұрын

Thank you Gentlemen

@ricopaulson1 13 күн бұрын

My ancestor Francis Bishop received his Medal Of Honor at the angle. Aged 17 he captured the enemy colors. It's been described to me passed on by my grandmother that every man who took the flag fell almost instantly. My teenage great grandfather x5 took it and kept it. I grew up looking at the medal.

@Bodiddley788 14 күн бұрын

Awesome bonus!

@jima3345 14 күн бұрын

A man's breakdown is a forever life changing event.

@michaelzacharko5097 12 күн бұрын

The slaughter at this battle was so great that a union officer wrote the Melodie for “TAPS “ that evening and had it played by bugle for the first time, that evening, to honor the masses of fallen.

@bigsarge2085 14 күн бұрын

👍👍

@enduringhope6859 14 күн бұрын

My GGGrandfather fell at Spotsylvania Courthouse on May 12th.Washington Worrell signed his death paperwork. My GG Grandfather was in D Company 99 Pennsylvania l. Where are the bodies buried in those mass graves?

@b.pullin574 13 күн бұрын

44th Georgia was there. My people.

@daviddifonzo7938 14 күн бұрын

Bonus!

@jima3345 14 күн бұрын

Looking at the men on the cover of Warren Wilkinson's book, it's no wonder I've heard of Massachusetts referred to as bad a** Mass.

@colinwolf9730 13 күн бұрын

Maybe it's time to put the last full measure into a Band of Brothers styled documentary- just so long as it's not approached like Gods and Generals, I think we can do it justice. Maybe even bring Jeff Daniels back for Chamberlains final visit to Little round top in 1913.

@cmdrflake 14 күн бұрын

Success here was not a matter of possession of the field. Rather, Grants goal was to wear down the Confederate forces. He was successful even if he “lost” a battle.

@johnmassoud930 14 күн бұрын

Cold Harbor excepted of course.

@runtoth3abyss 13 күн бұрын

Can anyone place where the famous Smithsonian tree shot in two was located on the battlefield? Now that is some Civil War nerd knowledge! ABT I hope someone has tried to answer this!

@vmimid09 13 күн бұрын

There’s a plaque at the spot where the tree stood so it’s well marked

@wes2262 13 күн бұрын

Overland campaign movie: people just dying. It would be too depressing

@flintlockhomestead460 14 күн бұрын

For a movie from the Wilderness to Petersburg following one regiment, pick one from Lane's brigade; 7th, 18th, 28th, 33rd, or 37th North Carolina. God bless Jeff Davis and the Southern Confederacy. Tear down their monuments. Rename their schools and buildings. Directly because the union won that war Minnesota has become Somalia.

@craigcolandro2781 14 күн бұрын

@flintlockhomestead460 I think a miniseries using a unit from both sides would be great, more drama, more scenes better overall than following just one Unit.

@jadedvinos2229 13 күн бұрын

10 th Mass is my choice

@crippledcrow2384 14 күн бұрын

How about a double unit in the movie, one Union, one Confederate. And tell the truth and not try to make heros of the righteous Union troops. Gary A. is too Union to pick an outfit.

@craigcolandro2781 14 күн бұрын

@crippledcrow2384 A Unit from both sides would be better, more drama, more scenes and perspectives, etc... all around it would be better following a Unit from both sides.

@davidlavin3492 13 күн бұрын

A movie wouldn’t be able to do justice to how gruesome the fighting was here

@TermiteUSA 14 күн бұрын

A movie would be great if they don't turn it into a social justice seminar.

@KYPopskull 14 күн бұрын

And there’s the catch, Hollywood says “how are we going to insert a warrior princess into the fight?”

@clarkbuckner4900 14 күн бұрын

You know they would, look at pretty much everything, movies, sports,.....

@user-st3vd5bf6g 14 күн бұрын

It must be exhausting constantly thinking about how you can insert your dislike for “social justice and/or DEI” into unrelated KZfaq videos. Just relax and enjoy the video.

@Chiller11 14 күн бұрын

Oddly enough “Social Justice” was a major etiology of the American Civil War. I guess it was considered more of a priority back then.

@wes2262 13 күн бұрын

Grant would be a women. Lee would be black. Ewell would be Chinese.