The Slaughter at Devil's Den (Gettysburg) | History Traveler Episode 132

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3 жыл бұрын

Part 7 of the Gettysburg series.
One of bloodiest and most sinister looking parts of the Gettysburg battlefield has to be the rocky area known as Devil's Den. It was here that Confederates from Hood's division attacked the Union left flank on July 2, 1863 which resulted in some of the most brutal fighting during the entire 3 day battle. We're taking a look at Devil's Den the way that few have before by getting off of the beaten path and walking the ground in the same way that the men who fought there did. Much to see and learn here!
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@TheHistoryUnderground 3 жыл бұрын

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@maryexton7929 3 жыл бұрын

My great grandfather, Henry Smith (born 03 Jul 1846 in Hempfield Twp., Westmoreland Co., PA-- died 14 Feb 1920 in Hempfield Twp.) was a young Infantry soldier in Co. I 11th Reg., GAR. and was at the battle of Gettysburg. His name is on the Pennsylvania monument. Also, there is a statue dedicated to Co. I 11th Reg. at Gettysburg that features the regiment's mascot, a dog named Sally. I would like to hear you tell the story of this regiment. I believe they were a reserve unit(?). Or, perhaps, you could include in one of your videos some information about the animals involved in the battle, horses, mules, and mascots that belonged to key players or regiments. Some may question "great grandfather", but, yes. Henry Smith's son, my grandfather, Lloyd Smith, was born in 1877. Lloyd Smith's son Robert Smith, who was my father, was born in 1919. And I was born in 1954. A matter of youngest son, youngest son, youngest daughter. You are doing a great job with these videos. I have been to Gettysburg several times, but never knew half of the topics that you have covered thus far. Thank you for bringing a much needed light to this horrific event in our history. Blessings.

@michaelewert8310 3 жыл бұрын

Have all of the confederate statues been taken down? If so, it's too bad this place has succumbed to cancel culture.

@barryrickert6544 3 жыл бұрын

@@michaelewert8310 screw ball, none of them have been taken down, get wit the picture.

@hiramnoone 2 жыл бұрын

@@barryrickert6544 yet

@spin5084 2 жыл бұрын

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@carlsanders4680 2 жыл бұрын

I agree with you about the trash. Those that do not respect those hallowed grounds do not deserve to be walking on them. Love your channel and thank you for showing us so much history. How does the quote go. If you do not learn from history, you are bound to make the same mistakes. Thank you for all you do !!!!!!!

@carywest9256 2 ай бұрын

More than likely, leftist were the culprits leaving their refuse. DA's

@patrickfairchild2330 3 жыл бұрын

I knew an old English man who said 'you don't have MUCH history , but you certainly make the most of it' - truly a haunted land.

@billd.iniowa2263 3 жыл бұрын

I have a couple of Brit Facebook friends. I'm always amazed at their deep, rich history. There's so much of it I cant keep all the kings straight. If they have a roman numeral behind their name I'm completely lost, lol. But we here in the U.S. do keep our history alive as best we can. But you'd never know it by the crummy TV these days. There used to be American history docs on.

@dbach1025 3 жыл бұрын

@@billd.iniowa2263 they stopped teaching it in schools properly and are rewriting it at college level now too

@billd.iniowa2263 3 жыл бұрын

@@dbach1025 There is a push on to make everything politically correct. Even history. Instead of teach new versions of it, they should be teaching HOW to learn history and HOW to keep it in context. These days just saying "Those were different times and you can't apply today's values to historical decision making" can get you denounced as a racist. -- Ultimately, history is the study of ourselves. If we can't look at ourselves objectively then we are just lying to ourselves, and short-changing our children's education.

@dbach1025 3 жыл бұрын

@@billd.iniowa2263 agree. That's why destroying signs of history is dangerous. I dont like Confederate historical figures. They were traitors and should have all been hung as such. But we need to remember history or, like the cliche, we are bound to repeat it. If we rid the land of all reminders of evil and the like, without teaching critical thought and learning, definitely will be repeated.

@WalkenDead 3 жыл бұрын

@@dbach1025 Traitors are just failed revolutionaries. We always call it the civil war, but it does not fit the definition of "civil war" It was a failed revolution.

@johnstevenson9956 3 жыл бұрын

It's hard to imagine the kind of pig who would just drop their garbage in a place like that.

@patton303 2 жыл бұрын

I felt the same thing.

@lennychorn147 2 жыл бұрын

Those maskes were most likely lost, not thrown away or intentionally abandoned. If we were seeing generaltrash, I'd be upset as well.

@hiramnoone 2 жыл бұрын

Probably the same folks responsible for the fast food wrappers, beer cans and cigarette butts I find on my lawn.

@Weshopwizard 2 жыл бұрын

We are packed to the brim with jerkoffs.

@kingdingaling2469 2 жыл бұрын

I’m pretty sure people are not leaving their trash masks laying around on purpose They fall out of pockets and get dropped. %99.9 of the time thats what it is. Then like yourself, we don’t want to pick up someone else’s masks during a time like this with a risk like this , but I’d think while @ place like that it would be the easiest time to pick up after someone else. Which I sure hope someone like yourself did so.

@jimmyhorton8297 3 жыл бұрын

Makes me absolutely furious when people do that, it’s just complete disrespect. I actually picked up trash at the American cemetery in Normandy, made me so angry. Love the content, I did the same thing where Chamberlain made his stand; walked down the hill to see what the confederate soldiers would have seen.

@TheHistoryUnderground 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, the mask trash is awful.

@tomcarl8021 Жыл бұрын

That's nothing. I saw with my own eyes the graffiti on both Grant's Tomb and the Soldier and Sailors Monument in Riverside Park in NYC. A 'certain demographic', if you know what I mean, were responsible for it. It was both ironic and infuriating. I will never forgive 'them' for it, and from that day, any sympathy I ever had for their plight was gone forever.

@jimmyhorton8297 Жыл бұрын

@@tomcarl8021 , watch the videos JD did about the military camp where Easy Company trained before going to war. Part of it is on public access land and he had to raise money to have it cleaned up because there was so much graffiti. That will make your blood boil.

@doyouseewhatisee3183 Жыл бұрын

I always keep those doggy pickup bags on me at all times with refills when I go to work and also on my free time. One day I had a homeless man give me a nod after he had seen me snatch up a few articles of trash on my way into a store. I been noticing that businesses are now starting to bring their outdoor trash cans indoor. A while backI was at a library needing the use of their rest room and their were no paper towels and hand soap. It turns out that people are stealing these items now. Now I have to carry everything but the kitchen sink. Like I said, It's now so bad that a man down on his luck gave me a nod in thanks.

@michaelvaughn8864 Жыл бұрын

The ppl who pollute it with trash are human trash themselves, Mr. Horton

@hollyalida6070 3 жыл бұрын

I've been to Gettysburg in the spring and summer when everything is green, which intellectually you realize is what the battlefield looked like color-wise. But this is chilling because it matches the sepia-tone of the Brady photos. Thanks, guys.

@TheHistoryUnderground 3 жыл бұрын

Much appreciated!

@sandramosley2801 2 жыл бұрын

Very perceptive.

@HistoricScents 3 жыл бұрын

You are criminally under subscribed to, love the channel brother, great info and story telling, keep it up.

@TheHistoryUnderground 3 жыл бұрын

Ha! Thank you. I appreciate that. Hopefully people are sharing it out here and there 🙂

@HistoricScents 3 жыл бұрын

@@TheHistoryUnderground I know I do :)

@rickymeadows5176 Ай бұрын

Not hard to believe really. Young generations have demonized the entire history of the WBTS ! They have already taken down our beloved monuments in the South, renamed schools, streets, parks & military bases taken away our cherished anthem. Sadly, it's only a matter of time until they start demonizing the North also and all this battleground is bulldozed for condominiums, housing developments & shopping malls & highways.😰

@jacknichols766 2 жыл бұрын

This man is a real teacher!

@TheHistoryUnderground 2 жыл бұрын

🙏🏼

@broadpath 2 жыл бұрын

Climbing in the Slaughter Pen brought me to tears. The horror still hangs in the air.

@pjdemario1328 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah! I was hoping you’d post the Devil’s Den episode today. I was just there four days ago and had it all to myself. Got there early in the morning, and was able to just sit there in silence. I also swear that I heard Civil War guns off in the distance! It was pretty surreal.

@johnnicatra570 3 жыл бұрын

Hope you picked up your mask.Just kidding.

@pjdemario1328 3 жыл бұрын

@@johnnicatra570 haha 😛 . I was actually disgusted to see that people had dropped plastic cups and straws into some of the crevasses of the rocks. The laziness of some people is just appalling. Totally disrespectful to the soldiers who fought and died there.

@TheHistoryUnderground 3 жыл бұрын

Definitely had to do the den :)

@tennesseeridgerunner5992 3 жыл бұрын

I hear ya brother. If you want even more surreal---do what I have done on more than one occasion. Go to Chickamauga Battlefield and walk deep into the forest on the north of Winfrey Field (one example) at dusk and stand still. It will raise the hairs on your arm man, I swear it will. The woods there are just as tangled and thick as they were in Sept '63 and it is so quiet. That is until unfortunately a jet may fly over headed to or from that Satanic Mecca known as Atlanta and its world's busiest airport. But, that doesn't happen too often. Or early one morning at sunrise walk north along the Glenn-Kelly Road thru the Dyer Field towards Horseshoe Ridge. There, where some of the most vicious fighting of the War took place including where Gen. Hood was hit (again!), you can see herds of deer quietly observe your presence as they eat their breakfast among the mist that reverently shrouds that hallowed ground. You WILL feel it in your soul man. All those young men and boys fighting and dying for what they thought was right and spilling their life blood all over where you yourself are standing. You will swear you can hear them, see them, and smell the smoke in the air. I get it PJ, I do.

@pjdemario1328 3 жыл бұрын

@@tennesseeridgerunner5992 That does sound very surreal! I personally believe that rocks, trees, and the earth can hold those energies from big events like the Civil War, and then the energy can be released almost in the form of a recording. Your experiences do sound like they would give someone the heebie jeebies.

@justinweaver8787 3 жыл бұрын

Love how u find the spots where some of the actual wartime pictures were taken.

@NorthGeorgiaAudit 2 жыл бұрын

I can’t believe this channel doesn’t have 1mil+ subs. I found him 2 days ago and learned more in 2 days than I did in 12 years of school. Of course I went to school in Ga and never paid much attention. But it’s the fact that he grabs my attention and points out the small details that most would overlook. Great job bud. Keep up the amazing work.

@TheHistoryUnderground 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Feel free to share the channel out and encourage others to subscribe :)

@leonardfrazier8449 Жыл бұрын

people just don't care about history anymore which is why our young kids are such idiots

@shellydehart8217 3 жыл бұрын

I got goose pumps seeing Devils Den. I can’t imagine what I would feel if I was right there seeing it all. What a ugly n sad war it was. To imagine seeing all these soldiers laying on the ground does catch my breath. To find some comfort in all of this is knowing n seeing that it’s still there n not been touched. Your doing a fantastic job JD in presenting all of this to the viewers. Thank you for that. ( I’m with you on the mask ordeal. Everywhere you go you find masks on the ground. I do pick them up, take them home n cut em n through away. I’ve seen pictures of birds getting caught in them.) ♥️♥️😊👍👍👍

@TheHistoryUnderground 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, the masks have been a bit of an ecological mess.

@ottomatic3123 2 жыл бұрын

The pictures with numerous bodies strewn on the boulders were staged and were not corpses. Just thought I'd mention it.

@Nick-wn1xw 2 жыл бұрын

@@ottomatic3123 source?

@ottomatic3123 2 жыл бұрын

@@Nick-wn1xwIf you're doubting the authenticity of my comment it's fairly easy to find on the internet. I looked into it at the time, but I'm not going to dig up any now.

@Sevenigma777 Жыл бұрын

This whole series has been amazing and just like all of your vids everything is always so well produced that it rivals anything ever seen on television.

@TheHistoryUnderground Жыл бұрын

Thanks!!!

@Cookie-gn4qk 3 жыл бұрын

Wow. You have been a wonderful guide. It is so sad that the efforts of all these people who died for the freedom, are somehow forgotten by so many Americans. War is horrific anywhere, but here in our own country, the pain of it is still fresh . How primitive were their supplies compared to now.

@TheHistoryUnderground 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Hoping that people share these to help keep the history alive.

@BigLisaFan 3 жыл бұрын

I have walked those same steps. Brings back fond memories of better times. Surprised in this day of suing everyone for one's stupidity, there's no barriers and you can still stand next to the edge. It is the way it should be of course, but you know people. Near there is a small brook/stream/creek. There is a picture of some people on the flat rock in the middle of it. Fascinating to look at the picture and see the same marks on the rock and see where those people were. Go back in a time machine and they are still there. Glad you mentioned the sharpshooter picture was staged. There is a parks signboard near that site and in it you can identify the same dead soldier in another picture. Wonder how many other pictures were staged and that also brings into question the authenticity of other battlefield pictures. As for discarded masks, some people have no respect for the sanctity of that ground or anywhere else for that matter.

@jodyhoffman1405 2 жыл бұрын

All photographers were guilty of staging the photos of the dead from the war. This isn't as obvious as others.

@kathycuster1714 2 ай бұрын

Some of those pics have to have been staged as some.of the bodies look like they are still in rigor from somewhere else by the position of their limbs.

@anibalbabilonia1867 2 жыл бұрын

Man! If them rocks can talk! Imagine the horrors stories that they could tell us all! Those are sacred grounds man! And im glad that they haven't been touched or removed by humans with machinery! And it should always be protected for future generations to understand what when on in that land and rocks! 🙏great job my friend and thanks for sharing this great piece of history. 🙏

@IndyRickHikes 3 жыл бұрын

A very solemn place. Soaked in courage, pain and tragedy. Thanks for including Eric in the videos. He’s great. Your styles blend together very nicely. 👏👏👏

@TheHistoryUnderground 3 жыл бұрын

Eric is the man!

@christinavigorandmoxie 3 жыл бұрын

The pictures at the end were so powerful. So amazing to think what men and women went through during this battle is nothing short of amazing.

@brightly9318 2 жыл бұрын

The photo at 11 min, and the other angles of the same picture, were staged, those were live men posing as dead men sometime after the battle

@michaelvaughn8864 Жыл бұрын

It's an incredibly amazing experience to walk thru Gettysburg National Military Park and survey the terrain at all the battleground locations, Ms. Powers. If you've never been there in person, and you live within a few hundred miles of it, ma'am, I'd highly recommend you travel to it someday.

@marvwatkins7029 Жыл бұрын

Littering a battlefield is more disrespectful and thoughtless than a regular national park or any park and is as despicable as littering in a cemetery. Heroes died there!

@Halcyon1861 2 жыл бұрын

I've been intrigued about the civil war since I was 16. I read whole library's civil war books. I went to Gettysburg and laid where the "sniper" laid. I try and look at the pictures and find me in them and them in us from that time period, the pictures of the dead and of the living. I wish so much to grasp more than we can of the time period. We are stuck with standing on the same rocks. Why cant I have been there? I have gleaned every picture of the dead for how they died. It puts it in perspective every time for me. There's a picture at devils den where the soldier eyes are hazed over. He has been struck in the head and his brains are laying next to him on the ground. If I was there I would have wished to be anywhere else I'm sure.

@luke8349 2 жыл бұрын

I laid in the same spot !

@blukeblue1235 3 жыл бұрын

I agree with what you said about Devil's Den being such a defensible place and yet the Confederates took it. The terrain broke up the formations and communication. I can imagine Federals firing in one direction and turning around to find Rebs behind them. It was Hell for both sides.

@TheHistoryUnderground 3 жыл бұрын

Can't even imagine.....

@snappers_antique_firearms 3 жыл бұрын

I have 2 relatives who both fought at gettysburg. One is gen john Bell hood. And I have the other relatives colt 1851 navy. That He used in the war

@derek89273 3 жыл бұрын

Great piece of History, thanks for sharing.

@TheHistoryUnderground 3 жыл бұрын

Wow!

@davidking909 3 жыл бұрын

I have 2 relatives that fought at Gettysburg myself. Both were members of 147th ny. They were both seriously wounded the first day,, serious enough they didn't fight the rest of the war. God Bless both sides,Americans all

@snappers_antique_firearms 3 жыл бұрын

@@davidking909 well said David. god bless

@nmelkhunter1 3 жыл бұрын

That is interesting and the Colt should be cherished. It may be a good idea to get it appraised for insurance purposes and keep it in a gun safe.

@mikedandurand3548 2 жыл бұрын

Some of us watch these videos with goose bumps and a lump in the throat. Others who are actually there throw their trash on this hallowed ground and walk away.

@TheHistoryUnderground 2 жыл бұрын

True story. We have to do better.

@IndyRickHikes 10 ай бұрын

A shoutout to Eric from an Arkansas Superfan. A Bowie-knife salute! Great to see you!

@epfan4life1 3 жыл бұрын

I so appreciate you going off the beaten path to bring this battle to life. Thank you!

@TheHistoryUnderground 3 жыл бұрын

👍🏻

@wayneswoods8824 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, thank you, thank you. I went to Gettysburg for the 150th but only had a long weekend, not nearly enough time. You getting off the beaten path is an eye opener for me, and I've studied the battle. You can't understand what they saw unless you see it. That's the way I was when I crossed the field for Pickett's charge. I've got to get back up there and spend a lot more time. Keep up the great work.

@TonyRomearound 2 жыл бұрын

You look like a reenactor thank you sir the South will rise again

@wayneswoods8824 2 жыл бұрын

@@TonyRomearound Living history events mostly. Too old and broke down for reenacting. Thank you.

@TonyRomearound 2 жыл бұрын

@@wayneswoods8824 I'm very interested in becoming a reenactor. For the Confederate side though. How do I get involved?

@wayneswoods8824 2 жыл бұрын

@@TonyRomearound Find a unit a talk to one of the members. Just search civil war reenactment units in your area. They are all over the country.

@patriciayohn6136 Жыл бұрын

I am from Lancaster, PA and my Husband and I just retuned from a road trip to Charleston, SC. On our way there I wanted to visit the Fort Fisher Museum NC because my 3X Great Grandfather, John Hambleton Styer from Lancaster, PA fought for the Union in the 203rd PA Voluntery Infantry at the 2nd campaign battle on January 15th, 1865, he was wounded during the battle and died the next day. He was buried there. It ment a lot to go there and see where my Great Grandmother's Grandfather died. We also visited Fort Sumpter, we got to see where the Civil War started and ended for all intentions after the fall of Fort Fisher which was the Confederate Army's main Port, once lost they no longer had a means of receiving supplies to continue the war. It would be a great place to do a video on. Thank you, great video👍

@StabbinJoeScarborough 3 жыл бұрын

Army Vet, 20 years , spent lots of time at Fort Riley Kansas , 1st BDE 1st Infantry Division , the best place to catch chow at ? The Devils Den , Great Vid man !

@jimschuman9926 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your service sir, it is well appreciated!

@geekazoid1983 3 жыл бұрын

Wow! Even from a topology map I didn't realize until this video (just because I've never visited yet) just how close Devils Den was to the round tops. Practically on top of each other.

@TheHistoryUnderground 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, they're right there together. Imagine how chaotic it was that day.

@johnnyfred2125 2 жыл бұрын

Having the high ground was critical.

@bullhead900 3 жыл бұрын

As a history nut, I really enjoy your videos. I have been to Gettysburg several times, and it is a special feeling to walk on that hallowed ground.

@TheHistoryUnderground 3 жыл бұрын

Glad you like them!

@williambrodala8144 3 жыл бұрын

Needless to say I've been to Gettysburg countless times and it's my favorite place on earth, but the best time I had was hanging out at devil's den after the park had closed, it was eerie and surrealistic! I hope I can do it again

@richsnyder8015 Жыл бұрын

My ancestor Sgt David Alva Barnett - Company B of the 99th PA fought at Devil’s Den. It’s a special place. Thank you for this presentation video and the music.

@mortymorty7903 Жыл бұрын

Thank you Watching From Australia

@cridgeway666 3 жыл бұрын

When I went on my couple field trips during high school we were not allowed to walk on devils den. We a couple kids who decided to break the rules & climb on them anyway & were caught by the chaperone & ended up receiving 2 days in school suspension & the ringleader was given 3 days out of school suspension.

@TheHistoryUnderground 3 жыл бұрын

Dang!

@Headstoneman 3 жыл бұрын

Woohoo! I’ve been waiting all day for this!

@Headstoneman 3 жыл бұрын

Well all morning! Lol

@TheHistoryUnderground 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Thanks!

@GhostofSicklesleg Жыл бұрын

Walking devils den and peach orchard today!!!! April 17, 2023 while listening to JD👍🏻

@terricarey8437 Жыл бұрын

I love watching you and watching KZfaq and it's not like television because you're walking along given this great description and all of a sudden you say and I got a throne in my knee. I'm dying thank you.

@TheHistoryUnderground Жыл бұрын

👍🏻

@samuelvansteen4138 3 жыл бұрын

Man, I am from The Netherlands (always welcome by the way) and I also hate people just dropping masks. Thank you for mentioning it.

@TheHistoryUnderground 3 жыл бұрын

Definitely hoping to get there at some point. Thanks!

@donnaripp6453 3 жыл бұрын

I remember standing at Devil’s Den when I was 12 years old in the 1960s while on a family vacation. I was fascinated by being there. There began my love of history. Thanks for taking me back there!

@TheHistoryUnderground 3 жыл бұрын

My pleasure!

@speedracer1945 3 жыл бұрын

You go to the wax museum that shown the battle in the 60s ? Dunno if they still have the display

@donnaripp6453 3 жыл бұрын

@@speedracer1945 I don’t remember if we went to see that. It was a long time ago!

@markgorhk Жыл бұрын

Have been following you for some time.... you do a great job... especially for non-Americans who are trying to learn something of the history without the time to get into the deep details!

@TheHistoryUnderground Жыл бұрын

I appreciate that!

@markgorhk Жыл бұрын

@@TheHistoryUnderground also... your WW2 stuff is great... that's where I found you... as an amateur historian, I envy your time to be able to visit all these places!! but really appreciate what you do!

@EireHammer 22 күн бұрын

When I was a child, my father and I visited Gettysburg and when we arrived at devils den we were greeted by children playing all over the rock which I quickly joined in on now. Looking back besides the fun I had playing and the memories I share with my father from that trip, what would a veteran of Gettysburg think of children playing where they had fought and lost so much...what would those who died there say, would they be happy?!? That's what I like to think may not have played out in their favor but they are remembered and the future now makes joy where such suffering occurred.

@JSOKOL1626 3 жыл бұрын

Devil's Den and the slope to Little Round Top are without a doubt two of the most memorable and impressive locations, among many, to be found on a Civil War battlefield. Your video portrays the area well, but I think you might agree it's difficult to grasp just how unusual those rock formations appear unless visited in person. Another great job!

@clancywoodard310 3 жыл бұрын

The state of Texas lost 597 men trying to take devil's den

@billd.iniowa2263 3 жыл бұрын

Thats amazing! That little patch of ground? Hard to imagine that many men occupying it. And there were many many more besides. Must have looked like a vision of hell.

@carywest9256 3 жыл бұрын

It's amazing to me personally that my great grandfathers nephews and brother- in- laws made it back to Texas. Great grampa had five sisters, so that many b-i-l's and numerous nephews fought in the 4 th TX.Co. K. Great grampa scrapped with the bluebellies in Arkansas and Louisiana for the 15th TX.Co. F. His only brother lost a leg at the Battle of Galveston 1-1-1863, served in 13th T.V.I.R.

@andrea6421 3 жыл бұрын

Those pictures say 1000 words, thanks for another great video

@TheHistoryUnderground 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@williamaustin1 Жыл бұрын

Nice visit to a very haunting and hallowed location.

@dawndickson2156 3 жыл бұрын

Fantastic video! Enjoying the series so much. Thank you for having Eric on. And for sending we history buffs in the direction of the Adams County Historical Society. So much great information.

@TheHistoryUnderground 3 жыл бұрын

Our pleasure!

@bradleyc8414 3 жыл бұрын

Howdy JD! Thanks for sharing. 🙏🏼 There’s a scene in the movie Gettysburg where a badly wounded Hood describes to Lee that the ground you’re walking in the video as “The worst ground I ever saw!”

@TheHistoryUnderground 3 жыл бұрын

He was right :)

@stephenthomas6475 2 жыл бұрын

Hello from County Durham in England. I have had an interest in the American Civil War since it was covered while I was at was school many years ago. Your video's are educational and I thoroughly enjoy them. One day I hope to visit the states and visit some of these sites. Thank you

@coreyirwin8258 3 жыл бұрын

Great Video and I enjoy it. Always been fascinated about Gettysburg and so much History there.

@TheHistoryUnderground 3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

@sandramosley2801 3 жыл бұрын

Bravo! It gets you in the pit of your stomach to imagine trying to get anything done in such a place, even just to walk across it, while all the time you’re aware any moment can be your last. Your approach today brings the individual’s experience into frightening clarity. As a viewer, we can’t be distracted by trying to keep up with a description of regimental or corps movements; you are in touch with being one person trying to think clearly while under fire.

@Cookie-gn4qk 3 жыл бұрын

Very well said.

@TheHistoryUnderground 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for those words.

@randybullington4492 3 жыл бұрын

One story is a big ol black snake was frequently seen in around the boulders, and made his home in there.... and it was often said to be careful getting in the rocks, because the "devil may be in his den!" Now weather or not that's the true story of how the name came about, who knows....but that's the story I like! 😉

@ryanedwards4512 2 жыл бұрын

I heard a similar story

@theofficialdiamondlou2418 2 жыл бұрын

It was said to be over 20’ long. When locals went to killing large numbers of the snakes , they couldn’t get the big one. And it disappeared into its den , never to seen again. Thus the name Devils den. For the giant old devil of a snake. Here’s the story from a historian. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/kMBhmpuW1p-tfqM.html

@ryanedwards4512 2 жыл бұрын

@@theofficialdiamondlou2418 Thank you

@FuzzyWuzzy75 Жыл бұрын

You fellows deserve a whole lot of credit and thanks for the work you do.

@TheHistoryUnderground Жыл бұрын

🙏🏼

@lawrencestrabala6146 9 ай бұрын

Excellent video as always JD. I can’t even imagine the horrendous smell around that battlefield with thousands of dead soldier’s and horses lying about. The residents of Gettysburg had to have thought they’d woken up in hell after the armies retreated.

@Wreckdiver59 3 жыл бұрын

I started listening to Eric and Jim's podcast this week. Very detailed and informative. I'm in the middle of the peach orchard right now. Thanks for pointing it out. I'm really enjoying this series. Thanks for the video 👍.

@TheHistoryUnderground 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Their stuff is great. I've learned a lot.

@LizzieWestBathandBody 3 жыл бұрын

I have yet to see Gettysburg in person but I am basically obsessed with it because it is one of the most active as well as haunted and hallow places in American history. I have watched other videos where you can hear invisible cannons and Ghost hunters with their equipment can communicate with the residual as well as the intelligent spirits. At marker 848 there is what appears to be a mirror reflection something that you would do to identify your location in the field I'm not sure if that's a spirit because I know that that was one of their gear or is that just a reflection of the rocks? I love love this Channel!

@dianaartdent1592 3 жыл бұрын

I am so with you and Agree with you. It is a well-known active hot spot. I am afraid to say even now that the war is still continuing even to this very day in many ways. More ways than one, that includes this mask that he pointed out. That mask is also like the confederate flag. Be that as it may, it is Symbolic and not just trash so him saying that mask on the ground is just trash and throw it away after your done is kind of dissing the reason he is there in the first place. Take masks off and stop. Realize that little cloth is a symbolic confederate, soviet, or china flag waving in our country. The Haunted places are being more active because of this Human REaction, in our country. A human Response to some God-given nature thing called a virus. Glad he, History Underground is informing us again of what this country was dealing with and what transpired. We, as Americans are forgetting that what these people in the Civil War had to deal with and yet we just think this peony mask is going to protect and be our saving grace. Wake up people and realize this Civil War isn't with Guns but with words and so much more. Yes, I ranted and raving but can't people see that this land that he walked is more sacred than that mask. That is why; either that person put it there was just unaware, or very smart.

@mrDCunningham 3 жыл бұрын

@@dianaartdent1592 i agree with alot of what you said. But JD was talking about littering in general. No matter your view point. Throw your trash in a trash can.

@dianaartdent1592 3 жыл бұрын

@@mrDCunningham, I am with you and thank you. Yes, Throw your trash in a trash can. I would say keep the trash til you can find a trash can.

@jstephenallington8431 Жыл бұрын

I grew up in Richmond, Va. and lived in the Hampton Roads / Newport News for many years. Both were figured prominently in Revolutionary War as well as Civil War history, so I spent much time walking through many of the trails, trenches and earthworks that: fill the landscape of Virginia Your calm, thoughtful narrative is just a much enjoyed part of my world. Thank you!

@dalebechtel8904 6 күн бұрын

Planning on going to Gettysburg this summer. Can’t wait.

@bradbalderson8172 3 жыл бұрын

Walked that same ground several times JD, unfathomable of how this ground lays with the boulders and getting through it and firing as you go.

@TheHistoryUnderground 3 жыл бұрын

Can't even imagine.

@williambrodala8144 3 жыл бұрын

I did the same! Glad I wasn't there back then

@mysteriousyoungman 3 жыл бұрын

Good job. I love Gettysburg and have been there a few times. I remember seeing the sharpshooter's nest for the first time. Wow! I had seen that picture hundreds of times and it was so eerie seeing it in person. If you can find a copy, I think it's out of print, A Strange and Blighted Land is an excellent book on the aftermath of the battle and what happened with all of the dead.

@BAKER83 3 жыл бұрын

Cant say enough how much I appreciate your content.....Civil War History is the best. Thank you again my Friend!

@TheHistoryUnderground 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@ronhaller3141 Жыл бұрын

You do a tremendous job with these videos. Please continue, it’s great education.

@chrisbarber3658 3 жыл бұрын

I totally enjoy your videos and this series on Gettysburg especially so. You might consider doing one on Chancellorsville, the battle about a month before Gettysburg where Stonewall Jackson was shot. Also, like you, I am really tired of finding masks, and other trash, laying on the ground. Pick up your trash and properly dispose of it people!

@tennesse_courier 3 жыл бұрын

A another amazing history video, I keep learning more and more with each video. Fantastic job!

@TheHistoryUnderground 3 жыл бұрын

I've been learning a lot too! Thanks!

@scottcollins7180 2 жыл бұрын

i absolutely love civil war history! thank you for all the Gettysburg videos! I'm enjoying them very much

@TheHistoryUnderground 2 жыл бұрын

👍🏻

@yorkcpa 3 жыл бұрын

I love this series and am subscribed and supporting with money. Wish I could give more! I am trying to get my grandson to watch; you are doing great work!

@TheHistoryUnderground 3 жыл бұрын

I really do appreciate that! Thank you!

@Archerfish1977 3 жыл бұрын

These videos have been absolutely amazing. I cannot wait to visit Gettysburg later on this year.

@TheHistoryUnderground 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Hope these are helping you to prepare a bit :)

@josephmessina4020 2 жыл бұрын

We just returned home from Gettysburg today and we visited devils den and both round tops as well as the wheatfield ,the peach orchard, plum run and the rest of the battlefield and when I faced little round top I imagined it must have rained lead just the same at the Wheatfield...I was on the verge of tears for two days ...EVERY American should visit this Hallowed ground and visitors center ...thanks for this video...well done

@manuelkong10 2 жыл бұрын

Your videos are MAGIC sir....your delivery, your thoughts....the music....smartly done

@kbhistoryquest9675 3 жыл бұрын

Devils Den was one of my favorite places while we were there. Amazing job on the video and am looking forward to the next.

@TheHistoryUnderground 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Thank you!

@mattstrevig287 3 жыл бұрын

Another great episode. A great place to visit and imagine what it was like. Can't wait to get back out and look around more. Brother you are doing a fantastic job.

@niteriderband4713 2 жыл бұрын

I been to Devil's Den many times. With it being so small an area it is very hard to imagine large scale fighting there.

@SandervkHistory 3 жыл бұрын

Love this series! Great work again! I am beginning to see the whole battle form up 👍

@TheHistoryUnderground 3 жыл бұрын

👊🏻

@jackhogan5792 3 жыл бұрын

I’ve been hoping you would do a video of Devil’s Den, it’s my favorite part of the Gettysburg Battlefield. I highly recommend that anyone touring Gettysburg get a copy of William Frassanito’s book, “Gettysburg: A Journey in Time.” Frassanito identified many of the exact locations of the original post battle photos and took contemporary shots of the same spot. It was a bit overwhelming at times to realize what had happened at the exact spot you were standing. Great job on this video and the whole Gettysburg series!

@TheHistoryUnderground 3 жыл бұрын

I'll check that out! Thanks!

@planetpapa2085 2 жыл бұрын

just came back from Gettysburg today. The area around Devil’s Den and Little Roundtop are my favorite parts of the battlefield.

@topthrilldragster20 Ай бұрын

Wife and I where just here the same week as the Film festival. We where staying in DC. I was gonna go drive up when our plane landed. But we where exhausted.

@DETECTIVE34016 3 жыл бұрын

Devils Den was named prior to the battle by a group of kids who came across a large black rat snake which they named the devil. The rocks where it lived was his den. Henceforth called the Devils Den.

@TheHistoryUnderground 3 жыл бұрын

Interesting.

@timothymarshall8623 Жыл бұрын

Sounds totally legit.

@johnmarlin4661 3 жыл бұрын

Tour that same area in 1988 ! The triangle field where 1st Texas Inf attacked I walked up the rock wall next to the tree line . Very spooky place ! There be boulders there also !!

@TheHistoryUnderground 3 жыл бұрын

Need to go back and do the triangle field at some point.

@gubbylee 3 жыл бұрын

@@TheHistoryUnderground I was hoping you did the triangle field and where General Hood was shot and about his idea on flaking to the right ...

@mikehawthorne3374 3 жыл бұрын

What a terrific series this is!

@TheHistoryUnderground 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@blaketerry4779 2 ай бұрын

This video gives me chills. Ive been to gettysburg but never got to tour what i wanted. I wanna go back!

@panzerwolf494 3 жыл бұрын

Also keep in mind as the troops moved through there, where you were pointing out your work boots being made for it. The typical army shoes of the day were just bare leather soles with a sort of horseshoe shaped cleat on the heel. So while it might have been a struggle for you, it was a disastrous mess for soldiers of the period who would be slipping all over these rocks, and for southerners that didn't have the best of footwear, even worse as any brambles would hurt their feet

@TheHistoryUnderground 3 жыл бұрын

Ugh. Hadn't even thought of that.

@luke8349 2 жыл бұрын

You are correct they are horrible ! One of the worst part of reenacting was wearing those boots

@uboofer5466 3 жыл бұрын

After the Gettysburg series you need to do something on Valley Forge.

@TheHistoryUnderground 3 жыл бұрын

That's on the list :)

@philipfreeman2863 3 жыл бұрын

I hope you'll do something on black troops who fought during the civil war. After all they had the most invested in that war than anyone. And it would be interesting to see were they served and died. And as I live in Petersburg Virginia. The battle of the crater and the changes made to Burnsides plans by General Mesde out spite for Burnsides supposedly failing to support Meade in a frontal assault that probably never should never been made. Snd how Mead msde changes that caused the attack to fail. And caused a defeat that should never have happened. And how Mead placed all the blame on Burnside. And how Grant who basically knew why the attack failed relived Burnside who was sent home never to fully recover his reputation. It would be a interesting story to tell.

@FRANKLIN-nu6wo Жыл бұрын

I appreciate your efforts in this coverage, wish you would of told a little more in how many men were lost in their efforts on this one battle and maybe some individual stories of the battle. Keep up the good work!

@budbowl77 2 жыл бұрын

Visited there in 2020. What a moving experience for me.

@Saycomeoutkeegan 3 жыл бұрын

Hello, what is that song playing at the end? Its lovely!

@jeanhutchinson6198 3 жыл бұрын

Agreed! I'd love to know who the artist is.

@Gitarzan66 3 жыл бұрын

That battle leading to the rocks through the triangle was insane. Another great vid JD.

@jamesupton143 3 жыл бұрын

My great great grandfather was at Gettysburg. He caught two union musket balls there. He walked home after the war. Charles Green was his name.

@davidhmurphy1619 2 жыл бұрын

"dang!" dadgum!" thanks for the awesome tour!

@TheHistoryUnderground 2 жыл бұрын

👊🏻

@chadanderson8692 3 жыл бұрын

Dying in that july heat on those would be hot Boulders..... Horrible!!!!

@TheHistoryUnderground 3 жыл бұрын

Man, the heat.....ugh.

@colinm8200 3 жыл бұрын

At 7:47, im a Confederate reenactor, and i took that same picture in the exact same pose when i visited. I kinda feel bad for doing it, but i even had my rifle propped up just like in the photo. I feel like his ghost/spirit was like "DONT MOCK ME!". But yep, i pretended to be dead in that exact same stop and same pose with my CSA uniform on.

@thIDthIRreenactor 3 жыл бұрын

Could you show us

@luke8349 2 жыл бұрын

I did the same thing it freaked one of the other renactors we had with us out pretty bad

@41magfan 3 жыл бұрын

One of your best episodes

@TheHistoryUnderground 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@clarkkoch4723 2 жыл бұрын

I have walked where you are walking. It is truly hallowed ground. You have hit another homerun. From the sunken train rail to the high water mark and finally, the cemetary I recall how I was constantly haunted by the number of men that died there over three days.

@michaelhoffman5348 Жыл бұрын

That picture at the Devils Den was definitely posed, and was known to have been for decades. Great piece of photo shopping on Gardner's part :).

@MikeDinCalera 2 жыл бұрын

My 3rd great grandfather was a 3rd corporal with Co. B, 44th Alabama. I visited Gettysburg about 20 years ago and walked the approximate route the regiment would have taken when they, along with the 48th Alabama, were detached from Law's Brigade and tasked with silencing the guns on Houck's Ridge which were pouring enfilade fire upon them as they approached the Round Tops. Much like you expressed in this video, it was a very sobering experience to approach those boulders of Devil's Den and imagine how perilous that assignment must have been. thanks for making and sharing these videos.

@stevestringer7351 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome video. My wife and I are leaving tomorrow headed to Gettysburg. I have always wanted to make a pilgrimage there. Thank you for sharing your videos and sort ofnpreparing me fornwhat to expect and look for. Again, great video!

@TheHistoryUnderground 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Be sure to check out the Shriver House! I promise that you won't be disappointed.

@joshjacobs3906 3 жыл бұрын

great vid....i live down the road from Harrisburg so been there many times......i can not describe the feeling one gets when you just stand still and touch the rocks......you can see where bullets and shells hit......of course 160 years of weather will erode some away but its there. LOL.....standing there, wandering if im standing in the very spot a soldier was killed. Theres a plaque somewhere right between Devils Den and the Slaughter Pit that has a quote from an officer he put into his journal...."The rocks.....those damned rocks!" As it kid, you just want to climb all over rocks but as an adult, you really gain an appreciation for what the fighting was like. Gettysburg is so fun!......not sure now, but when i was a kid there was still an old stone house on the outskirts of town that still had a ball lodged in it. All kinds of supposedly haunted places in town and on the battlefield.

@rayoeler3055 3 жыл бұрын

been there 3 times in my life ! iam a history nut and tis a must for any history buff ! You owe too yourself too go to Gettysburg !

@jimherron5540 2 жыл бұрын

Rough. Love the history, and the great information you convey in your dialogue. It’s appreciated 🙏🏼

@_Dave_S Жыл бұрын

I've only been to Gettysburg once, and unfortunately I only had a few hours while passing through. I spent that time early on a summer morning at Little Round Top and Devil's Den. It was shortly after the park had opened, so there was hardly anyone there. The air was heavy, and it was eerily quiet. Even if you didn't have all the monuments there to tell you what had happened, you could still feel it. It was a humbling place to visit, knowing all the lives that were lost there. Thank you for all your fantastic history videos, I thoroughly enjoy each and every one of them. As I get older I realize that I probably won't get to a lot of these places, so I appreciate getting to see them from the perspective of another person that shares a passion for history.

@klondike460 Жыл бұрын

The Devil's Den has always been a place that I sought to visit each time I am in Gettysburg (I was assigned to the Devil Brigade - 1st ID based out of Fort Riley, KS, and our Dining Facility was called the Devil's Den - then with my lack of knowledge about Gettysburg, never understood the full reasoning behind the name). I have been several times over the years, and to learn the (much more than) stories of the Battle through your videos has brought such clarity to the events that transpired and the lives that were lost on this sacred ground. Thank you for these videos - they have been most enlightening. I hope to visit the Battlefield again in the near future - the last time I went I took my whole family and taught them perhaps the greatest history lesson they will ever have. If these videos you have produced are still available, I'd like to show them to my children when they hit high school and have a better understanding of the meaning of the place and not just a cool place where there are a bunch of cannons (they are young right now and did not fully comprehend what was being discussed). Nevertheless, I want them to grow up with an appreciation for history.