Battle of New Market | Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1864

[@culmo80]

I charged across that field twice my rat year at VMI. Once at the end of hell week and once again on our second day of breakout. Both were emotional, but the second one included cannon fire after we'd marched around 19 miles. I was fortunate to be at VMI before the school attempted to distance itself from its own history.

[@johndubose1395]

you have no idea. Class of '69

[@culmo80]

@@johndubose1395 '03

[@frankofva8803]

Sarah has done an outstanding job presenting the history of this famous engagement. Bravo!

[@JeffreyLang-j5i]

Great job Sarah! APPRECIATE YOU!!

[@lyndalavorini3656]

You are an outstanding story teller. You know your facts and present them in such an engaging way!

[@joecolflesh7700]

HUZZAH for Sarah! Thanks for taking the time to show us the Valley of 1864! Give her a raise!

[@delrayshaffer6376]

I am impressed with Sarah's knowledge and memory! Excellent command of the facts.

[@terryeustice5399]

Thank you Sarah! I have been to New Market. You are shinning today. Thank you American Battle Field Trust 💯👊👍

[@atg323bc]

Really well done Sarah. Really good.

[@leoren2685]

Sarah is a great story-teller and has a great presentation!!

[@texmexfla]

Thanks American Battlefield Trust for this video and efforts to save hallowed ground!

[@Bowhead31]

Nice to see Sarah get some screen time. Great job Sarah!

[@JeffL-rj1xq]

Thank you ABT for this series! Proud to be a longtime member! Looking forward to learning more about this important campaign!

[@Cully4x4]

I really enjoy Sarah’s presentations. She knows her stuff, and is excellent in presenting it to viewers. Congratulations, Sarah!

[@tomsassa9013]

Excellent educational tour Sarah! Great job! Thank you!

[@ionrileysbirdwatching7126]

Outstanding job presenting this video Sarah! Really informative and excellent delivery.

[@DeclanConnor-y1j]

I always wanted full coverage of new market.

[@russharbaugh2028]

Well done !!!!!! a wonderful, extemporaneous overview of the battle. Turn her loose on other fields !!!

[@vickistevens423]

Very informative video. Great job, Sarah Kay Bierle. Your command of facts is incredible.

[@tarheelz1224]

Thank you! My g g grandfather was with the 62nd VA. They went up the Union center, then fought at Cold Harbor and Lynchburg.

[@robertvirtue]

Great job Sarah. Thanks for sharing.

[@princeofmoskova]

My parents and I lived at Court Manor, just a few miles South of New Market on the Old Valley Pike (No I-81 back then) back in 1970. That battlefield is what drew me into my fascination with the American Civil War. Thank you for this excellent video Sarah.

[@P4hs]

Very thorough! You obviously researched a lot, and have incredible narration memory.

[@carywest9256]

Stopped at Battle Site in '08, coming from the 145th anniversary Gettsyburg Battle. I participated in the reenactment portraying 5th.Louisiana lnfantry Regement. New Market has a AM radio frequency that can be picked up on l-81 before you ever exit the freeway, being an actual loop is cool. It was hot that day, but l was use to it being made and raised in Texas but born on the bayou in Caddo Parish Louisiana. So l walked around after listening to the tape. Those youngsters gave the blue horde hell that day! DEO VINDICE

[@michelehumphrey852]

Beautiful country. So happy to see it preserved.😊

[@jimbeale1412]

Well done Sarah, looking forward to the other upcoming videos on the Valley Campaign. As a Virginian, I say thank you!

[@davidbailey4264]

Well Done Sarah. Outstanding presentation. Thank you.

[@edouardrobert160]

Thanks for the great work

[@michaelhoffman5348]

Very nice job Sarah - thank you!

[@JB0143RP]

Great museum to tour as well

[@SandraParker-dw2bf]

Here's to the battlefield trust. And here's to Sarah. Thanks to all the info, you do. And save , and ask to save. Keeping our history alive. And it's alive through our ancestors to us all. ❤ Many thanks to you . And here's to all the commenters of their input . That is an individual (s) of us one and all Involved in this .

[@AdamBechtol]

Nice Sarah & Andy.

[@chasechristophermurraydola9314]

I really loved this place and I have only visited once but when I went there I was so amazed and impressed with the names of the cadets of the Virginia military institute who died on the field of honor during the battle of new market.

[@orangecat5622]

This was very well done. Kudos.

[@bottomlesspit7]

I visited New Market this year for the first time! What a beautiful and scenic battlefield!

[@drpeterc12]

For those of us who don't have the opportunity to visit the Valley, all we can do is read about and imagine the rich agricultural land of this important resource to the confederacy. But your video now can show us all the lie of the land in the Valley, and we can appreciate so much better the significance of the campaign to hold its control. The battlefield trust is an invaluable asset to everyone interested in this pivotal conflicit in the 19 century, and the immensity of the struggle, with all it's rights and misunderstandings.

[@joeblow2183]

Great narration!

[@jimwilson7824]

Visited the battlefield 11 years ago about this time. I was glad it was a state battlefield as the NMP’s were closed due to a govt shutdown. Enjoyed touring the park. The staff were very nice and helpful.

[@howardstotler616]

Another cool Valley battlefield. When you visit there, don't forget to stop in New Market at Southern Kitchen for the best fried chicken I've had in the valley.

[@AmericanBattlefieldTrust]

@@howardstotler616 we did just that!

[@howardstotler616]

@@AmericanBattlefieldTrust Great stuff there!

[@kirishima2370]

Sarah's developed into a fantastic presenter, walking in the footsteps of Gary and Chris

[@gaiseric22]

Great job Sarah!

[@1101millie97]

I like Sarah's narration. They ought to get her to speak more in front of the camera.

[@rastarabbit9784]

GREAT VIDEO!

[@virginiahunter1456]

Great job. My 2nd great grandfather was in the 23rd va cavalry and fought here dismounted as infantry.

[@topquarkbln]

Learning can be fun! Thanks for sharing this informative video 💯

[@edouardrobert160]

Good job Sara

[@michaellynnhardy]

Sarah provides an excellent summary. Unfortunately, it has been decades since I walked that ground. I wish I had the benefit of the explanation before I did. I hope to return soon.

[@fwenfwemer2145]

I'm glad that the Virginia Museum of the Civil War was able to preserve Moses Ezekiel's Confederate Memorial. I look forward to a visit to the museum and battlefield once it is installed.

[@smsears6743]

Pristine *except for the highway that cuts the battlefield in half*

[@AmericanBattlefieldTrust]

Unfortunately, many battlefields are in much worse shape.

[@user-mc4sq3fk5d]

As a very long time donor/supporter I vote that ABT entertain a series not just traversing a battlefield (please anything but Gettysburg) but goi g to sites that have been lost or currently in a bad way. This would help the casual viewer to the channel to appreciate the preservation struggle. Not everything has to be a feel good result video. A stark reminder is equally as important.

[@AmericanBattlefieldTrust]

@@user-mc4sq3fk5d that is an interesting idea, I'll add it to our list. Thanks.

[@richardglady3009]

Good description and great visuals for a complicated battle. I find it interesting that Grant and Lee are fighting in complex earthworks, this was a stand-up battle (aside from split rail fencing). One question I do have, if you visit the battlefield, do you have to use the outhouse? Thank you for this wonderful video. By the way, it is 99 today in Phoenix.

[@horizon42q]

Good one

[@newmarketslim]

My grandmother’s home place.

[@JefferyMckay-qy8tc]

Also have luray reptile ctr. Near there. And vmi

[@lawsonj39]

Sigel sounds a lot like McClellan, unable to unify his forces in the face of the enemy. Glad Sheridan got to take the helm.

[@crippledcrow2384]

If VMI does anything to commemorate the battle, it'll be on the individual cadet to do it. VMI is doing their best to down play the civil war. Political correctness has taken over VMI. Little Sorrel and the Cadets that are buried there are probably in danger of removal. A very disappointing institution, just like Washington and Lee University and the town of Lexington, VA.

[@ebrim5013]

I don’t know that we need to throw about “political correctness”. It’s never going to be a good look to celebrate armed rebellion against your country. At the same time the institution would be right to extol the sense of duty and the bravery of its cadets when called upon. There’s always going to be a tricky balance between those things and it’ll likely drift between the two at various times. As is often the case the best thing is to keep two things in our minds at once. The honor, duty, and bravery of the cadets but also the necessity to defeat the cause for which they were called to fight.

[@tristaneuritt9556]

​@ebrim5013 "it's never going to be a good look to celebrate armed rebellion against your country" tell that to all the people who celebrate July 4th 1776 haha

[@Knuckleheads1501]

Last summer my family and I toured VMI while on vacation. We came across what I assumed to be a VMI cadet giving a tour to an incoming freshman or maybe a young man interested in going there. When we got to the area where the cadets are burried, the young man asked the cadet who were these men? The cadet said,” I’m not sure, I think they died in some battle or something.” Being a civil war buff I asked that cadet if he was serious then informed that young man that these cadets died in the Battle of New Market. It’s a damn shame that cadet didn’t even know his schools history.

[@michaelvaughn8864]

​@@tristaneuritt9556Lol😂😂 You're absolutely right, Mr. Euritt💯👍 This country was founded on rebellion against The English Crown of His Majesty KG3

[@Jack_Lee66]

@@ebrim5013Fed , Fed …. Fed alert lol

[@fwenfwemer2145]

Among the VMI cadets killed was Thomas Jefferson's Great Grand Nephew, Thomas G. Jefferson.

[@cuatro5513]

I used to work here!

[@wildcolonialman]

Fabulous Girl.

[@dcash7018]

Tough battle as this is where an ancestor was killed.

[@StaurosPapadakis]

South army(Rebels)reach so close and in the year 1864? I thought Confederate army did well untill lates of 1863,but still i m not sure

[@toddincabo]

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