Shiloh: Early Confederate Attack and Mass Confederate Burial Trench

[@CaptainHarlock-kv4zt]

A tragic, yet so fascinating epoch! Greetings from Greece.

[@SuperPhester]

My great grandfather was wounded this day! Took a bullet to his leg whilst defending under McClernand, Iowa 11th Infantry K. Thank you Great Grandfather Bennett Fluharty!

[@kirkwilson10]

No place like it... Grew up 4 miles the way the crow flies across the river. Been blessed to have led 27 field trips there with my history students. Thank you for keeping it alive!

[@noelp4916]

I cannot praise all of you gentlemen enough, for bringing this wonderful series of Civil War videos to us. Especially appreciated, as I live in Perth, Australia. So can't get there. Many thanks. 🇦🇺

[@dupeesfashionconsultant4204]

This series has been incredible, I hope they do this for every battlefield of the war, I'd watch every second of them . I've loved the civil war since I was a kid but they're sharing so many things about every battlefield they go to that I'd never heard before

[@Mag_Aoidh]

Rhea Field is near and dear to my heart. I’ve slept there several times in the old 53rd Ohio camps when we filmed the NPS movie on Shiloh. My 3rd G-Uncle in the 22nd TN was more than likely killed in that area on the 1st day and still lies buried in a mass burial trench. We’ll never know exactly where but Rest In Peace Uncle Frank. Thank you everyone for making it that much more special.

[@kevinr3935]

Excellent Video...very informative....Keep up the good work Gentleman........It is much appreciated by those us unable to travel to these battlefields...... all the extra details you guys furnish are "Gems".....Kevin Rich

[@mike990]

Excellent! Informative! Love Parker's commentary.

[@vevitier]

He is the reason I like this channel now. Listen to him all day. Wow.

[@barrymcclaughry9229]

Thanks guys

[@eds7033]

Well done presentation! You are improving your videography. Your experts are top notch

[@beaklein4513]

I love this! Planning a huge trip to Shiloh in March. Cant wait!

[@exposethenwo6491]

I visited last April. Check out the 1950's style diner off the highway as you go through town.

[@exposethenwo6491]

Buford Pusser home is another stop

[@blukeblue1235]

My Grandma grew up near the battlefield and said that as a kid she remembered a cannonball stuck in a tree. Many years later she claimed she saw the same tree limb in the museum on the battlefield.

[@MegaFlipWilson]

McClernand: good combat commander. I didn't realize this was a comedy. Parker Hills with the jokes! :D

[@jonathanbaggs4275]

What you have to remember is all union commanders at shiloh were under strict orders not to bring on an engagement. Peabody 400-man reconnaissance in force was not authorized. But this is also a lesson in command - had Peabody not violated orders the union "surprise" would have been worse. Most importantly though Peabody bought time for the union. From 4:55 am first shots to 7:10 am when the first cannon from the southern forces opened (this shot is what grant heard at the cherry mansion) Peabody has bought 2 hours time. The southern forces took that long to begin their forward advance while the union had all that time to prepare. Most people forget about these "lost" 2 hours during the initial attacks.

[@joemabry9643]

Thank you!

[@astaboy]

Where my GGG Grandfather, Elias York, fought.

[@jimminshall7449]

General Parker Hills is awesome.

[@2DSTORMS]

Great video, but better and more sensitive mic. Love this episode!

[@jonathanjenkins6727]

Canister sounds like a "covey of quail at mach one"

[@alanbarthelette7386]

Awesome series

[@jasontaylor7403]

The 53rd Ohio did not completely retreat after the 2 volleys with Col. Appler. Companies A and F, consisting of mostly Pike County Ohio boys stayed on the field the entire time. Either they ignored or didn’t hear Applers order to retreat is not known. Great video!

[@davewallace8219]

good work, great interaction

[@The_PaleHorseman]

I'm praying to see something on the 59th OVI on Day 2, my great great uncle Jacob Altman died and my Great great grandfather Theodore C. Altman was wounded on day 2, all around the bloody pond. I have a diary from my great great grandfather about it and he speaks of the counter attack

[@earlyriser8998]

powerfulk story as always

[@Odin029]

The comment about both armies learning how to handle the large amount of dead after these battles comes up again 50 years later during WW1. The French, British, and Germans all had different systems for dealing with the tremendous amounts of dead during WW1. When the Americans join, they're all surprised that the US has a very orderly, accurate, and efficient system of identifying their dead, and processing them for either return to the US or more often for burial in France. The beginnings of that very efficient system of dealing with war dead is starting up at places like Shiloh in 1862.

[@coleparker]

One of my ancestors, Thomas C. Hindman was a brigadier general in the Confederate Army at the battle. I just recently found that out.

[@The_PaleHorseman]

Awesome video!

[@stacyvonn8036]

Gary had a great depiction of that initial advancing movement the "Confederate Juggernaut"....❤️💯❤️💯❤️

[@emintey]

Grant and Sherman: Lesson learned.

[@craiggleason8386]

One of the biggest what ifs of the war, imagine if Sherman was killed instead of his aide.

[@jorgemartinpaez4376]

The infamous confederate surprise attack in the morning...

[@jorgemartinpaez4376]

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[@teamfet3248]

I have never heard a canister shot, however, I have had my teeth rattled by a covey of quail erupting around me. I think it is a good analogy.

[@horizon42q]

Good one

[@gsimon4173]

The Fraley Field at Shiloh seemed neatly mowed and well kept. While at Gettysburg I notice the fields are still farmed and maybe a little unkempt. There may be a conscious effort to make the Gettysburg battlefield appear as it did during the battle (i.e. Culps Hill). Does ABT have a policy or preference on this at the various Civil War Battlefields?

[@jonathanbaggs4275]

Nps owns most of, if not all of the core battlefield at shiloh and has for a very long time. Not so at gettysburg whose farms continued to be in private hands and farmed. Shiloh continues to be somewhat remote and until recently, there were less residents in shiloh area today than when the battle occurred. It is ranked as one of if not the most pristine civil war battlefield in existence.

[@stacyvonn8036]

The Irony of Shiloh meaning place of Peace... And people getting Dysentery from the Spring Water and Belligerence Waging War with Extreme Violence....

[@PeterOkeefe54]

cant seem to find Parker Hill's military history...where when did he serve? 3RD CAG USMC 70-71 with the yards and defending the knut

[@RusselHarding]

Could you incorporate drones into these talks?

[@bryanmaloy4797]

Are you going to mention the 5 OH regiments that held Rebs most of the 1st morning.

[@jamescahalin9096]

The joy in which this good ol' boy recounts our traitors to the south is a firm reminder that this war isnt over

[@americanmade3100]

Except for the 71st Ohio..

[@nimitz1739]

Imagine if they killed Sherman this early in the war. That would’ve been a big game changer