I appreciate the older generations grasp of the English language. Imagine how effectively you can communicate just with the knowledge of the right words, without having to pause and search for them too often. Also, the grace that was allowed for people to speak and not be interrupted so much. These are things I wish we had a little more of today. I don't blame anyone for things being different today, But I can certainly see some room for improvement by referring to some older virtues. The good, healthier ones, that is.

I have so many more rights in my state than in others. I'm grateful for all the freedoms protected here. I doubt I'll ever leave

Guys, these are Confederate traitors. Stop praising them. We can appreciate how amazing it is that we can watch videos from this time, but people are calling them "patriotic" in the comments and it's just dumb as hell lol

It's hard to imagine how tough and hardened the men from that war must have been. They really don't make people like they used to anymore.

Brother killing brother because of difference belief and way of life.

Whenever I start thinking my life is hard I think it people like this man and my ancestors who came west in the 1840’a on the wagon trains. My life is easy.

Speaks better than Bidum

BACK IN MY DAY WE DIDNT HAVE NO RADIO

He fell down whilst trying to diddle a little boy after luring him with licorice sticks

Super cool

Amazing men with clear minds

Democrats going against Republicans hasn't changed much.

Leyden jars, not lightning jars.

I find Elihu so relatable. I feel I would have gotten on well with him.

500 years from now* Historians consider the loss of seven men unlikely and it was probably much higher. And the destruction of over 250 Dutchmen is probably an exaggeration. *sigh* I’d rather live in 1865 than 2024

Get a job old man!!! Kidding. He'd laugh I think.

The hidden humour about the Russian ambassador comment was Golden

Godspeed gentlemen.

You *were

Cappin before cappin was a thing

The American Revolution did not end in 1781 it ended in 1783 with the treaty of Paris

He was 94 in 1929, so he was born in 1835... he should tell some things about his grandfather... to reach 1700+...

It's crazy to think that in 2024 we're less than 200 years away from when the civil war

This man was 98, and Biden is only 81. LOL.

No offense but them boys in hell lol i mean cmon Nat Turner is too lol

My ggg grandfather was a Civil War veteran and was still living at the time this wonderful footage was taken. He was one of the last veterans known to have been living in Indiana when he died. He was an Englishmen who was the only one of his family who came to America. He fought in the Battle of the Wilderness and was taken prisoner. He was consequently one of the last people who personally experienced that horrible camp that died.

I, Jeff Miller, spoke with a man who interviewed with Thomas Edison in 1922 -- of course, this was no Zoom call but an in-person interview. Yardley Chittick had graduated from MIT and passed some IQ-like test prior to speaking with him. I called Chiitick in 2004 or 2005 and he was born in 1900 and lived until almost 108. He turned the Wizard of Menlo Park down and worked for a golf club manufacturer. Humphrey bogart was an older prep-school class mate who apparently bullied Chiitick. Chittick told me to walk for exercise. I had called him after hearing him on NPR.

Seems like a real long time ago. But I'd it really. The United States is a very young Country compared to Countries in Europe. In the Middle East.

There's an error in the transcription. It's not "lightning jars". What he said was "Leyden jars".

Sounds embellished...

It seems to me that he saw so much more technological change in his 102 years than has someone who is 102 now. Mid-1800s to mid-1900s was a huge leap.

Absolutely amazing

Now compare to our elderly that can barely speak. Pharma conspiracy is real people. It is real

Back when america spoke proper English

Babe Ruth being called black or mixed was started by Ty Cobb because Cobb didn't like him and would call him that . Babe was not all or part black. This seems like another attempt by black radical's to claim this to say any great athlete is at least part black which is nonsense.

His voice reminds me of senator Strom Thurmond. Im from Edgefield County and he spoke at my graduation STHS in 1992.

“Oh cool an actual video of civil war vets-“ ‘I fought for the War of Rebellion-‘ “Oh nevermind I thought they were vets not traitors”

The Dutch ? Why were they called Dutch if they were Americans?

They probably punched him in the face when he said I’m not gonna go on TV and lie

"I'm 94 years old" "That's a good age for a young man" Damn sir...i'm 28 in 5 days and the guy that was 84 looks sharper than most of my friends How the hell ?

He sounds like the kid who says "apparently" in Ellen.

I didn't even exist in 1947 but this man was 101yrs old in 1948.Amazing how I can see and hear him at my old age of 54 in 2024! 70 something years later I see him on KZfaq time machine.

There's no more humans born from 1899 alive today in 2024.The last female born 1899 died at age 117yrs old on April 5, 2017.The last man that died at age 116yr in 2013 was born 1897.

All it took was 100 years for humanity to be so different. Let’s have peace. Once and for all. Forever

The way these men talk, it’s like a story. Strong minded men for sure. Serious people in what they are and do. My friend is very similar, he’s 71 and probably a slight genius

I guess the US Civil War then was the equivalent today of the Vietnam war today.

Every war is engineered to benefit the people that will never fight in it.

Amazing

hello from 2024! ... this is incredible!

Your message at the end made me laugh. These two men fought against their country