No it’s been stated that it was the ONLY important point …yes it’s important very … but if the union center would have fallen it would have been the same result 🤷🏻‍♂️ but no one likes to talk about that. ( second core saving third core’s ass)

LTR was certainly an important piece of real estate in its own right. Maybe not as important as Culp's & Cemetery Hills, but it was valuable high ground and commanded a sizable viewpoint of the Gettysburg battlefield

Sir I thoroughly enjoy all of your presentations- they are first class ! ... I can understand what you're saying (your diction and pronunciation is crystal clear ) !

I visited the Muleshoe a few years ago and the place felt haunted. The terror and cruelty unleashed there lingers to this day.

Fun fact they did not shoot it they had bombs on the tower

Mulligan McDuffers. The ABT owns that land now I believe

I travel from Utah to take Civil War Vacations with my son. Spotsylvania C.H. is one of my most favorite B.F. I have 25 ancestors that fought in the C.W. @ a 50/50 split for each side. I had 2 ancestors taken prisoner from Spotsylvania (father & son) confederate and an other son fighting there as a union soldier. All survived!!! Loved the video. P.S. the 2 confederates ended up at Camp Hoffman Point Lookout MD, one of many "Andersonvilles" of the Union.

No Navy should be 44 caliber period!!!!!!!!!!!

Joslyn part 2. JEB did confiscate all the food meant for the Union mules and horses. That's why Meade couldn't pursue Lee south. The horses were hungry!

Watching this for a second time a year later. Lol. Im trying to figure out why your southern accent is ssoooo much different from Ranger Matt's southern accent. And his is authentic! Most importantly, perhaps the Rebs could have won if Garfield would have knocked the Union cannon off the table instead of the booklet.

Thank you for this video. PVT James O. Hensley, Co. K (Alleghany Tigers), 37th North Carolina. He was wounded at Fredericksburg and Killed in Action on July 3, 1863 at Gettysburg.

They did a good job. They were unfortunate to be out numbered and in a pretty untenalbe position for their strength.

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Note: the line Sickles was holding , and the line he was supposed to hold, were both about 1.6 miles long. His cut up 2/3 size corps, after Chancellorsville, would not have reached LRT anyhow...even IF he had been on the ridge. A full division had been disbanded due to losses, and it's survivors reassigned to 1 and 2 divisions to make up numbers. Despite all that he was still about 30 % short of troops.

You ever seen William Paynes map in the national archives ? Drawn at Gen Meade's orders, shows a dramatically story to the offical narrative. See GNP's "Confounding of Dan Sickles". jump to the 1.03 mark. Real interesting that Gen Meade sent tracings out to corps commanders showing 3 and 6 corps on the left...

There was also a wooden tower on East Cemetery Hill. It was dedicated in 1878 and removed in 1895. The Hancock equestrian monument was placed in the exact location in 1896.

Top notch content. Keep up the good work

Thanks for the video Aaron. I definitely have to get out to that region and explore all those battlefields. Bold move on that Flank attack. Well done sir !!

Thanks, Aaron. Like yourself, Chancellorsville drew me in so much -- and for me, it was Hazel Grove -- that I missed out on seeing a lot of other places that were on my interary! I look forward to seeing more from you.

The official battle report of that engagement list no missing members from the 1st MN. Only Killed or Wounded. You should look into wearing a microphone. The audio is often masked by wind, passing traffic or just you turning away from the camera.

Thank you for your video. Yes sickle's was an emotional leader. His movement further to the front affected the battle in a large way. Not having adequate numbers of troops made things quite perilous and only while Longstreet's attack started did Meade see the true situation and used a large number of 5 other corps to stabilize the line. Sickle's claim that Meade wouldn't have moved if sickle's didn't advance is total hogwash. You are touching a few appropriate points but taking libraries to present it with your own spin.

Ehen i eas a kid ee wrnt to hetts nuth yhere was s cannon yhete that was do hot the barrelmelted. is that vannon still there ?

Not dure what is the difference

No fog tags for identification

Uou said your prayers snd yook uou place on lone and prayed snf put s note to uour family pr maybe uour name jope uou wouldn't get hitt to bad

I also became enthralled with the Civil War in 5th/6th grade. And I have a copy of "Echoes of Glory" from Ollies too!

There is a building in Winchester VA that says it was a medical college. Looks like a house. Apparently was where Hunter McGuire got his medical training.

Loved this video. Well done sir.

I bet that was a cool experience. Better than that traitor Lee had.

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One of the finest speeches ever written

Great job narrating, sir!

My G-G-Grandfather, John McCall enlisted as a private with Company H, 10th Georgia Infantry Regiment, Wilcox County Rifles, on 20 May, 1861. He was promoted to 4th Corporal on 15 June, 1861 and to First Lieutenant on 2 December, 1864. John W. McCall saw action in the following engagements: Seven Days Battle; Gettysburg; The Wilderness; Spotsylvania Court House; and the Shendandoah Valley Campaign.

"Overrated"? "Just a hole in the ground "? That's like saying Omaha Beach is just a stretch of sand.A silly and ignorant thing to say. Obviously, their passion for history is sadly lacking.

I'm from Minnesota. We must not have a second civil war.

I really wish I could take my metal detector there. Although it would be bogarted by the govt, still there's no way everything that fell there could have been harvested.

sounds like Howard Coselll narrating.

My great great grandfather was in the 14th Tennessee and was captured late in the war.

My GG grandfather and his 3 brothers entered the battle with the 1st SC Orr’s Rifles to plug the hole in the salient at the Bloody Angle. Somehow when they were given the order to withdraw, he and his 3 brothers all survived. Impossible to think about as I visited the battlefield and stood there trying to imagine the carnage.

My G-G-Grandfather, John McCall enlisted as a private with Company H, 10th Georgia Infantry Regiment, Wilcox County Rifles, on 20 May, 1861. He was promoted to 4th Corporal on 15 June, 1861 and to First Lieutenant on 2 December, 1864. John W. McCall saw action in the following engagements: Seven Days Battle; Gettysburg; The Wilderness; Spotsylvania Court House; and the Shendandoah Valley Campaign. He died in 1924.

I’ve always read it was concern that they would look bad in the North using black soldiers in the initial attack as cannon fodder as the reason for the last minute change rather than lack of belief in their abilities.

Thanks!

Victory in waging war has always been having the military industrial complex at your fighting force disposal, The distance form Richmond to Gettysburg was roughly 208 miles. Picture moving a large army with all of its needs over anextremely inhospitable terrain. Lee's logistics skill were amazing. Lee did not have the military industrial complex to help move The Army of Northern Virginia. Everything had to be carried. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia was awesome. Now the distance from Washington D.C.to Richmond is 108 miles.Despite having the military industrial complex at the Yankee's army disposal it took the Federal Government over four years to travel that distance and capture Richmond. Wow!

Thanks for the great video, now I have an addiction to my bucket list of sights to visit.

My uncle lives in the "lake of the woods" nearby. I think the lake is on a battlefield.

Thanks for the great detail around the botched opportunity the union had at the crater. Train troops to do a specific task only to not use them due to what the image could be then have to send those same troops into a slaughter trying to save the day from the original mistake. Such a debacle. Great job telling that story . Very insightful.

Nice! On my list of places to visit.

So many battlefields in that area I need to visit. Thanks for the preview of Cold Harbor

Salutations from Spruce Pine, NC. Great video! I was born in Boone. I plan to be at Gettysburg on the anniversary this year and this video helps me understand where the 37th was: thank you!

My Great Great Grandfather fought at that Bloody Angle with the 8th New Jersey Infantry.