Pretty soon it won't even be fun to travel down to Virginia to visit the Civil War sites. Just crazy development. Glad I am the age that I am and got to see these battlefields when I did back in the 70s through the early 2000s. You need a few billionaires on your side. Maybe you already have them, but you need more of them now.

Not exactly what happened!!!!

Thank you for the tour. Colonel Borman and his wife Susan were recently interned, and I hope to pay my respects at their gravesite one day. We miss you both more every day.

Keep the faith. Thank you for your efforts. 💯👍

Always curious on how it looks . Wish one day I can make it to at least one battle field.

What people didn't realize then was Gettysburg and Vicksburg were the beginning of the end for the Confederacy!

Been there. Took a tour. Educational and exciting

I remember making my brother stand so I could take his picture. He jumped up and yelled , he whispered in my ear “ move soldier. “ He was not the same , he looked white. It was raining we were the only ones there. I didn’t find out till decades later how haunted it is. Ironically He did become an Army soldier 1 yr later 🤔 at 18

Just found out my 4x great grandfather David O Matthew’s from Ireland served with Marion as a general!

calm down...just calm down...its going to be ok...

I've been a member since 1999, when all I could do was make $2 and $5 donations (I would literally write a check for $2...). Now I am part of the Honor Guard and the Color Bearers. It has been such a privilege to be part of this endeavor and to help in the efforts to not only preserve our unique American history, but also to promote education. Every year, all we need to do is grab a few students' attention so that they join us, and ensure that ABT will continue on. I'm well-satisfied that my dollars are making that happen.

Shame on old Texas

Keep up the important work...1LT, AF KC-135A pilot veteran

Is that a browning pistol

Thanks!

Honored to have a small part in this big picture. I am proud to be involved with the Trust! Thank you, Dave!

I’ve been a member since the Civil War Trust days in the early 90s (when I was just a young teen obsessed with the American Civil War). It’s an incredible feeling to now be taking my young son to all of these battlefields and they’re even better preserved and larger than they were when I was a kid thanks in no small part to the work you do. In just the last half of 2024, I’ve been able to visit sites at Gettysburg, Fredericksburg, and Petersburg that the ABT made possible. These new preserved sites at existing battlefields literally didn’t exist in their current state 10-15 years ago! That’s remarkable! I will continue to donate and am proud that this will all be preserved for future generations. Best in 2025!

you know elvis presley went to army

I can’t heap enough praise on these videos. This might be the best one yet.

Been there cool place ❤

My membership goes back to The Association for the Preservation of Historic Civil War Battlefield Sites. Wonderful victories saving land in past efforts, but the development pressure remains intense.

These very short videos provide a lot of basic information that is not included in other sources.

Lot of Alabama boys gave their lives at lil round top led by a future governor of Alabama where they met the 6th? Maine ? Lots of ghost there my friend.

I’ve always heard it was from a big black snake called “the devil” I see one other commenter says the same thing so I’m glad I’m not the only one who heard that. Today it’s such a peaceful spot for all the horror it has seen And glad there isn’t a big snake there either lol Keep up the great work

The Ohio 63rd was there

I want to go see the battlefield. I have heard its one of the most haunted places in our Nation.

Geez, happy place!!!!! Think places keep energy? Good or bad?

Great work. Save our nation's history. Once they're gone, they're gone.

No way we want a solar farm or distribution center on an area of history

I live in PWC, VA, and believe me when I tell you that the residents are fighting tooth and nail to prevent the influx of all of these data centers destroying our neighborhoods, historic lands, and fragile environments. Thank you for fighting with us!

Thanks for the update. I hope my first visit to Manassas wont be ruined by a bunch of modern buildings in the background.

Long time member with a thought. Perhaps spend money earmarked for very well preserved sites like Gettysburg and Antietam- which are focused on to the umteenth degree-and use that to preserve completely vulnerable and unprotected sites on other locales.

There are portions of the Fort Blakeley Park in Alabama on surrounding farms in need of preservation.

Appreciate the work that you all do. 👊🏻

Sir, “they” will always stray from the literal truth. It’s what they do, corrupt history for money and new special effects.

Another High Ranking Union Officer Killed, Was Gen. John Reynolds, At Gettysburg, On July 1st 1864...

Great Video, Guy's...

He gained Chatanooga, so what's the problem? Although losing his army there meant Georgia's invasion would wait another year.

Well, who won???? Union kept pushing Confederates down the battlefield moving forward and advancing. However, Confederate s used a questionable strategy of battle then retreat and then stop and do battle. Confederate outnumbered as usual could not fight indefinitely. But, McCLLEN WAS TOO SLOW AND TOO CAUSIOUS. THUS, BIG STALEMATE.

Your there so 😂😂😂😂

That was amazing wish it was longer

17:25 lmao

This feels like Ww1 with civil war technology

Been to several Civil War battlefields, including Gettysburg. Live near Chickamauga. And I have heard cannon fire and voices on the Battlefield.

I have been there twice and it's really cool to stand on the Battlefield and walk it.

Other than the fact it was named "CSS Alabama", what did that ship specifically accomplish as a "significant contribution to Naval activities" for Alabama, as opposed to for the Confederate States of America that funded and commissioned it? And were there no contributions by Alabamians to the preservation of the Union?

I’m a redneck Texan and I know all you confederate flag wavers will love this, but…. I have always viewed secession as treason and I would have joined the Union Army to try and save our Texas. Most laymen southerners don’t seem to realize that the southern democrats caused this war, based on pure greed. They were as complicit in trying to destroy the country as the modern DNC are in today’s world. The democrat party needed to be stopped then just like they need to be stopped today. The politicians started it, the rich generals commanded it, and the poor whites were slaughtered in it. The southern elites used and abused the slaves and the soldiers who fought for them. And in the end, they caused their homeland to be destroyed and left in smoking ruins and the male population to be seriously depleted. General Houston tried to explain that to them but they refused to listen and demonized that great man. So whenever I see some idiot waving the confederate flag, I become amused at their ignorance. They have no idea….

There already so many people in that area it's sickening we loved from there and there's been homes built for decades and it is like Manassas and Fairfax already to late

Nobody learns from any mistakes if you make history disappear