A really good speaker. Excellent presentation.

Remember Matt back in those days slaves were looked at as livestock nothing more you can't look at then and compare it to today's standards no more than you can judge how women were treated at that time we learned from our past hopefully for the better 😊

Yes this Park ranger is the best that I've ever seen Great Job Matthew 😊😊😊

Matt is no doubt the best. Hope to catch one of his lectures before he retires.

Im interested to find out why he wasn't executed. He was a traitor to his country and his military. I understand pardoning the soldiers and citizens of the confederacy. But not him. Him trying to reconcile anything is a joke imo and he is lucky grant went to west point as well and lincoln was a bit of a softy postbellum

My God Has the army been dissolved General Robert E Lee

We have so much we can learn from the past, especially those who may have fought for a cause that we do not believe in. To take our modern mindset and try and judge those of the past is inappropriate and not right. In the fashion of classic liberalism, we must learn from our past, we must understand our past, and we must understand what makes people work. It is true that people we venerate within our national history have blemishes tied to them that we today do not agree with. However, we have to look through their eyes and understand the times they were in. That is how we understand our history and to learn how we can apply it to issues we face today.

My 6X great-grandfather was Joel Buffington, who once owned Buffington Island and for whom it is named. Also, there is a wonderful trail that follows Morgan's raid across southern Ohio, with the highlight being the Buffington Island battlefield site.

Jesus is coming soon be ready time is running out ❤

Jesus is coming soon be ready

Jesus is coming soon be ready time is running out ❤❤❤❤❤❤

My ggggrandfather was wounded here. In the Union army for the whole war and this was the only time he was hit.

Why in the heck are we not seeing the slides!??!?!??!

I met Dan when I volunteered at Antietam. He is very good.

As a student of the Civil War, I've to the Gettysburg battlefield 3 years in a row in 1994. 1995 and 1996. My ancestors fought with NC units. Visiting the site was a dream of mine as a kid. Being an old boomer now , It still remains one of my most cherished memories of my life.

I thought that he was going to talk about what happened at Appomattox but here were so many rabbit trails I lost count. He obviously likes being poetic but he lost track of the subject matter. I have never seen an NPS person give a talk that praised or respectful of General Grant or Sherman. They always bow to the great General Lee or some other confederate commander that has become so idolized by this government agency. So sad.

Why does this channel give such high respect to Southern officers but gives no honor to Northen officers, especially Grant and Sherman. Is this being politically correct? Grant and Sherman did what had to be done. No one else would do it. The war would not have dragged on for so long if Lincoln had generals like Sherman and Grant from the beginning instead of the many West Point dandies and politically appointed officers that were afraid to fight. As Sherman said, “war is hell.” At least fight and get it over with as quickly as possible instead of dragging it out while slaughtering thousands of soldiers over several years of fighting.

I never received a copy of the presentation? Please advise?

Man, that is really cool. these guys really bring history to life.

Honoring men who fought for keeping slavery. What a shame. And the fight continues against these fascist today.

Matt, your framing is always so distorted and tinted with lost cause sentiments. For those who don’t know their history, I fear it to be deeply misleading. I know you know better, but many don’t and as the more informed party, the responsibility for misunderstanding rests on your shoulder.

Logistics may seem boring but this ranger explained succinctly how the North used railroads and steamboats to defeat the Confederacy. Lee had no such logistics and his army was ragged and starving. Excellent presentation.

Makes you wonder how Meade would have run operations if he , not Grant was responsible for driving Lee back into Virginia. Fewer Union casualties but a longer war ?

The guy coughing so much should be ashamed of himself. At a certain point just leave! Disgusting.

I love this tour guide he speaks loud and clear and you learn alot thanks flook

Union won😮😢😅.

I live next to the Monocacy just south of Worthington's farm and drive through the battlefield occasionally when coming home from Frederick. But I never know Grant was there. I assumed he assigned Sheridan from his HQ in Petersburg. I assume he went up after the battle. Marylanders were ticked off. But the people of Frederick were ticked off when Gen Braddock came through expecting wagons of supplies for his campaign against the French and sent his red coats to appropriate them. Thankfully Benjamin Franklin came out and sorted things out. Braddock had teamsters like Daniel Boone. Going down 85 from Frederick I pass Arcadia which is where Meade was at when he was given command of the Army of the Potomac on the eve of the battle of Gettysburg. Hooker was relieved of command at Prospect Hall which was used as a hospital after the battle of the Monocacy. Five miles from my house is Landon House in Urbana which hosted a Roses and Sabers ball for JEB Stuart in 1862.

I would really like to know what was so funny about the picture at 5:04. I'm sitting here wondering "Is it George Gordon Meade in drag or something? Rocky Horror Picture Show with Meade as Dr. Frank-N-Furter?"

9 Yeats after posting and I'm still enjoying these. The NPS is sincerely the greatest treasure our country has given us. Keep it up guys!

Fascinating stuff this man is an excellent historian

Please don’t forget that people actually died here

This is probably the most delusional disrespectful thing I’ve ever seen

Not one of you has been in a real fight

You do an honest disservice to anyone who has shed blood

Weirdos

One thing about this that screams farb is it’s fuckn hot and it’s not a pot luck

I believe enriches didn’t best he could with what he had. Meade should have taken greater care. But more importantly, I am reminded that with Lincoln’s death full reconstruction was not allowed. How different things would have been.

It was said , anyone who heard the rebel yell and wasn’t scared had never heard the rebel yell

This is great to hear about the handicapped accessible places on Little Roundtop. I'm in a wheelchair and I really miss being able to get up there. Thanks to all the park personnel for making this happen. Great work everyone!!!

My great great grandfather was in the 1st Battalion (sharpshooters)

I think if Lee and Grant had seen the nation today, they would join together in booting out the United Nations.

Lee was brilliant, General, but the South did have an industrial base like North and North had railroads .

I'd love to get this rangers take on the ghost hunters..

Why they would present a Confederate flag at his memorial. He wanted to forget and disassociate himself with that part of his life. He died an honorable American.

Amazing job Ranger!

Excellent briefing. Mick from London.

2:40 "I JUST WANTED A PICTURE! YOU CAN'T DISAPPOINT A PICTURE!" -Troy Barnes

Fantastic talk

he could have supported johnson, but he didn't.... he supported himself for president ... and kind of betrayed johnson.... look into it

but he did, research the history.....don't rewrite it