Tour Stop 26: Hell's Half Acre at Stones River (Murfreesboro)

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2 жыл бұрын

From 10 a.m. in the morning until sunset, General William B. Hazen and his men held the Union line at Stones River against four separate Confederate attacks. Chief Ranger Jim Lewis, Dr. Chris Mackowski and Garry Adelman tell us more. #StonesRiverBattlefieldTour #MurfreesboroBattlefieldTour
This video is part of our Battlefield Tour Series covering Civil War Tennessee and Mississippi. View the full playlist here: • Civil War Tennessee/Mi...
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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@buckeyeranger6438 2 жыл бұрын

Outstanding Gentleman 🇺🇸🦅

@bobreaderman5542 2 жыл бұрын

These chief rangers at these battlefield sites are terrific. Thanks for the videos. Well done.

@buckjohnson135 2 жыл бұрын

I'm watching this at 6am and already getting choked up from the ending of this video. Wow. Just tremendous work. Absolutely loving this trip. So happy to be a member of such an amazing organization.

@jimwind7589 2 жыл бұрын

This battle must have meant a lot to the 2 CT veterans who are buried here.

@marquismonroe4009 2 жыл бұрын

My jaw hit the floor when he said it's okay to be lost in a battlefield because most soldiers were wow

@danielphillips486 2 жыл бұрын

Ranger Lewis absolutely hits it out of the park with that last story. Great video

@earlyriser8998 2 жыл бұрын

Jim Lewis, the story at the end of slaves craving freedom...means it was all worth it

@jonathanjenkins6727 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, worth it all

@bigsarge2085 2 жыл бұрын

What a area of such dense personal histories!

@maricalamari832 2 жыл бұрын

Ay I love 10 min down the road from stones river. It’s an absolute amazing site and rich with history. It’s nice to have something important in history so close and accessible. Quite a beautiful story as well

@fryuppe 2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant!

@Decadent36 2 жыл бұрын

The enthusiasm of these guys is infectious. I can only imagine how entertaining an evening sitting around listening to their tales would be. Although my own personal passion is in the conflicts of the 20th century, I certainly hope they continue their preservation and education for many years to come.

@GloriasHubby 2 жыл бұрын

As with the Times back then. The two Cemetery Plots which were the two Coloured Fellas didn’t make it into the Cemetery where the White Soldiers were Buried. Glad things have changed.

@thomasmartin8202 2 жыл бұрын

And their regiment dug graves...what an awful, lowest-level task that would've been.

@missourimole 2 жыл бұрын

Every American needs to see this and Ranger Jim’s story, amazing stuff!

@benjaminrush4443 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. Another great tale that is seldom mentioned about the many battles during our Civil War.

@margospringer9082 2 жыл бұрын

This video is definitely at the top as one of my favorites that the American Battlefield Trust has done. Thank you to all.

@outdoorlife5396 2 жыл бұрын

I always heard of Stones River, but never really looked it up. Funny thing is a couple of yrs ago I went to Franklin and was close to Stones River and didn't know it now

@Jeremyramone 2 жыл бұрын

Powerful message at the end about what it’s really all about. Thanks you

@theSB39 2 жыл бұрын

fantastic history

@JBryanHughes 2 жыл бұрын

Interesting to hear Garry mention the 4th dimension. Thanks to Battlefield preservation, there are sacred places where, nothing but time, separates one's self from the Battle that happened there. "On great fields, something stays. Forms change and pass; bodies disappear; but spirits linger, to consecrate ground for the vision-place of souls"- Chamberlain

@upptowne 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, my Gr Uncle was wounded there 2 Jan. 35th Indiana Infantry

@CreatorsKid 2 жыл бұрын

I went to Google maps earlier, and I noticed the river changed a bit from those days in the Civil War. I noticed Stones river was coming off the Cumberland river, the armies were actually kind of close a large reservoir. I'm guessing the reservoir was probably just a lake in those days? If the Confederates won at Stones river, it would have been odd for the Union to continue holding on to Nashville, I suppose.

@kentkippes5773 2 жыл бұрын

There was no lake then. That's just Corps of Engineers damming the Stones river

@interceptor9210 2 жыл бұрын

good job guys greets from POland the land of Kościuszko and Puławski

@timmylee41 Жыл бұрын

Leaving for Shiloh battlefield this weekend, definitely making the trip to Murfreesboro on my way back ( Cincinnati guy) love the history, love the presentation from Gary and these knowledgeable park rangers.

@SamZinski 2 жыл бұрын

Present in Hazen's Brigade was the 9th IN - perhaps the most storied Indiana regiment in the west. They were at Philippi and Cheat Mountain in 1861, Shiloh and Stones River in 1862, Chickamauga and the Chattanooga siege in 1863, and finally Atlanta and Nashville/Franklin in 1864. How many other regiments were at both the first and last battles of the war?

@5Mariner Жыл бұрын

Oldest Civil War monument on the original battlefield.

@roymay9758 8 ай бұрын

My 3rd Great Grandfather was wounded in this battle and died of his wounds 6 months later.

@niederhofertx5989 2 жыл бұрын

Gary, My great, great, great Grandfather was in the 16th Louisiana infantry and was wounded on December 31 at Murfreesboro, taken prisoner and died on January 8th. Any idea where he would have been buried?

@niederhofertx5989 2 жыл бұрын

....and don't say "in the ground " lol.

@Gitarzan66 2 жыл бұрын

The photographer must have run out of room on his SD card.🤘😁

@Jeremyramone 2 жыл бұрын

Round forest explanation could be that some scouts climbed trees to recon, maybe

@wesleywarren401 10 ай бұрын

I have relatives that died there...to me, this place is hallowed ground.

@user-pp5xj5ge3q Жыл бұрын

The ending of this video made me sad but inspired me so wrong those men were buried on the other side of the wall

@AnthonyBurrito1313 Жыл бұрын

I wonder where my GG Grandfather actually stood there. He was shot through the hand and captured. He fought with Mcdowells 60th NC Company K

@jesterboykins2899 8 ай бұрын

The fact volunteers bore the brunt of fighting during that war as supposed to regulars. I would say it’s hard to consider them “volunteers”. I mean, they did everything the regulars did. At the time of Gettysburg, the union only had 64k regulars in their army. Considering over 2 million men served for the union during the war, it’s hard to say they weren’t battle hardened and battle tested living and breathing actual “soldiers” yes volunteers. But performed well and above what they began as in the beginning of it all, which was just civilians. Citizen armies becoming the most powerful armies and forces of their age says a lot! Sam Watkins started as a citizen. By the end. He was a regular. No doubt about it.

@YTisAbunchOFfascists 2 жыл бұрын

If all the Men at this Battle could see what America has turned into, do you think a single one on either side would take up arms and scarfice themselves? I dont think they would think it was worth dying for.

@davidbowman4259 2 жыл бұрын

Especially with the scourge and plague known as Trumpism.

@YTisAbunchOFfascists 2 жыл бұрын

@@davidbowman4259 Democrats are always better off dead.

@gerrys4822 Жыл бұрын

This man has a good point. Their values were SO DIFFERENT from the DECADENT, MATERIALISTIC, NON-BELIEVING HEDONISTIC HEATHENS that comprise a good 1/3 of the country now. Think I'm wrong? Look at the enlistment rates now compared to say 1940s (WWII) or even 1968. (Vietnam). That souls tell the whole story. These men were BRAVE and PATRIOTIC and put their backsides out where their mouths were. In enemy fire. They took their country SERIOUSLY. BOTH SIDES! And for all those libtard PC Cumbaya revisionists....I can tell you, that I've spoken to MANY historians and people of different races, religions, and geographic origins, and they readily admit that the U.S. Civil War was about MUCH MORE than just slavery. The lintards only play that up to further divide us and to make whitey look more evil and bad. Fact is, both blacks and whites fought in all the big wars, and the whites (Irish, Scots, Germans, French etc. all had their own personal axes to grind and did so on the battlefield. Lincoln was not always the angel he was made out to be. His own writings show that he was conflicted and that he often contradicted himself on his philosophical and political views.

@gerrys4822 Жыл бұрын

From slavery to knavery in only 400 years. (Not all). Look at the crime numbers, incarceration numbers, and the amount of REVERSE discrimination going on now towards folks who had absolutely NOTHING TO DO with the slave trade. Yet....they want to punish and fleece us ALL with "reparations! Big JOKE! Civil War Pt II coming soon to xtheatre near you. That's exactly what the global elite want. They don't have to fight. Their money buys them protection.