Children of U.S. Civil War Vets Reminisce About Fathers | National Geographic

[@dustythibodaux]

These two lovely people look really really young for 92 and 93.

[@davecrupel2817]

No kidding! Some healthy folk there!!

[@tilethio]

Aint you know the phrase " A person will be born as an infant, very beautiful, cheerful and lovely, He/she will again become young, cheerful, and lovely during a very senior age." This two peoples were very adorable and lovely like a very young child.

[@JoshuaFatman]

It's amazing these guys made children late in life to carry their stories. God bless them all both sides

[@aisthpaoitht]

This is unbelievable. I mean it really doesn't even sound real, it's so incredible. I have chills. We need to TREASURE them and get as many interviews as we can! This is unbelievable history!!!

[@Jon3830]

gumbo the grandchildren of the 10th president are still alive, president john Tyler took office in 1841 and his grandsons are still kicking.

[@ArtyCraftZ]

Best president of all time.

[@rodneycraig3118]

+Jon3830 To think 3 generations lived to see all the President of the United States 1789-2016 amazing.

[@matthewgoodwin6295]

you sound like you really like history, i don't blame you

[@aisthpaoitht]

That's crazy!!!!!!!

[@robroy4058]

these folks a looking great for 90+ yrs old

[@AmazingStoryDewd]

Not sure what you expect them to look like.

[@Bukubands223]

Yeah they do

[@Goldrunner1169]

@@AmazingStoryDewd Egyptian mummies

[@sgr1888]

They have less plastic and burgers in their diet

[@terminallumbago6465]

Both of them have since died. Iris died on August 20, 2017. Fred died on December 30, 2018. Irene Triplett is the last person still receiving a Civil War pension, and very likely the last one in general

[@xaimeglez74]

Thank you for that information. This whole KZbin video was incredible! How shocking to know that the children of Civil War veterans were until recently still on this earth. Simply amazing!

[@terminallumbago6465]

xaime glez Irene Tripplet also passed away recently. She died on June 3 of this year at the age of 90.

[@terminallumbago6465]

xaime glez Another fun fact: Former President John Tyler, who was born in 1790, served as president from 1843 until 1845, and died in 1862, still has a living grandson. His name is Harrison Ruffin Tyler and he is 91 or 92 (depending on when his birthday is this year). John Tyler also had another grandson, Lyon Gardiner Tyler Jr., who just passed away a few weeks ago at the age of 95.

[@xaimeglez74]

@@terminallumbago6465 are you kidding me? That's pretty cool, I'll have to look that up! I'm just wondering if anyone is going to say that Adam and Eve was their grandparents! Hey, once again thank you for sharing this. I've always had a fascination with this great country's history, God bless our nation!

[@tank3143]

@@terminallumbago6465 yeah Harrison Tyler even still lives in his grandfathers house and also had uncle's that fought in the civil war.

[@christophergould8715]

My father,a veteran of the second world war has just passed away at 100.All gone now.God bless them all.

[@whitequeen96]

It's touching that Iris still gets emotional about her father dying more than 80 years later. You can see her as a little girl at that moment, with all the love and sorrow she had then and now. You know she really wanted to be a good girl for her Daddy.

[@johnhearn5043]

I'm 70, and I had met some civil war people as a young boy. And My father was raised by them. What I find amazing is how little They had, and had to live on. Rock hard country people. And They flat out dislike city people.

[@mrd6591]

I meet and talk to World War II veterans and their experiences. I would have loved to have talked to a civil war veteran.

[@MrAlepedroza]

@really sore knee It's centennial, not centurion, and its not impossible although still very unlikely.

[@itzrudy872]

@@juan6326 No the last one died the in the late 1950s

[@tilethio]

I am sure those peoples are very generous in welcoming any one for tea than those greedy rich peoples who has every thing. Because that's the way they are raised and lived....their childs will learn the same.

[@neilreynolds3858]

I was in a war a century later. I hate cities too. If you live in one, there has to be something wrong with you.

[@Luceloupgarou]

Her dad died right in between WWI and WWII... what an incredible span of history right there.

[@garrett9307]

I’m a descendant of 6 Confederate veterans, and one Federal veteran. I have a great great aunt who remembers in great detail one of my gggg grandfathers who passed away just shy of his 98th birthday in 1945. She’s told me so many stories about him. It’s amazing to me that I’ve been able to hear them from her. It was almost as if he was talking through her.

[@garylawson5381]

I have ancestral loved ones buried in Confederate graves in Arkansas. I have been there once and left with pictures of their graves. I hope to return there again one day.

[@Boats_N_Hoez]

My ggg yankee grandpa wrote a letter to his confederate brother saying he better watch out. Brothers killed brothers back then in the name or morality. I’m sure I might have had a confederate but I have found so many revolutionary and civil war people it’s hard to keep track. They all just went to war..

[@darryladams519]

Would love to hear some of those stories

[@streetdeetmalone1091]

When Iris talked about her dad dying and his last words were be a good girl I cried a little

[@elizabethlinsay9193]

What lovely, down-to-earth people. Very few left like that.

[@InformationIsTheEdge]

I always get choked up at the description of a bedside good-bye. It is the right and proper way to end a life well lived, surrounded by loved ones but it still hurts.

[@joychris154]

im 65. my great grandfather,1845-1927 fought in the civil war.

[@jeffmorse645]

I'm 58 and so did mine. Kind of blows my mind. He was 20 in 1863 and 50 when my grandpa was born. My grandpa was in his 70s when I was born. Weird to be so close in generations to the war.

[@dubaiedge]

WOW!

[@aaronmccall3849]

My great uncle just passed away a few years ago, his father was Col. W.H.H. Cowles of the 1st NC Cavalry who rode with Jeb Stuart. It was crazy to just know someone who's father fought in the Civil War.

[@StickPeopleAndPuff]

I have third great uncles who fought for NC as well

[@turdferguson1603]

My family was originally from Rockingham NC and fought in the Revolutionary War, and then the family moved to Georgia, and they fought in the Civil War. My great grandfather left Georgia for Texas because he was going to jail for bootlegging. American history is facinating.

[@staclynn72]

Incredible. I wish more young people would get interested in American history. Thank God they were interviewed or their stories would be lost to history.

[@garymorris1856]

+S. Palmer Well put. Couldn't agree more.

[@jamesnicholson5179]

I feel insulted because I actually ADD facts to my teachers talks in Social Studies.

[@Luke-hb9fn]

I do the same thing.

[@109367]

I too wish people would take the time to educate themselves on these matters instead of reacting violently and tearing down Confederate war relics. A lot of the people who fought weren't even fighting to keep slavery, in fact a good majority of them didn't even have a say in the matter and were drafted. As she said, the Northerners were the same as the Southerners, no animosity, they were all the same, they were all away from home.

[@jerrytheracecardriver1100]

I'm 17 and I love history! I am hoping to eventually get a degree for history in university.

[@sandymcclay9739]

My great grandfather fought for Iowa in this war. I own letters he wrote during the war to his wife....this gives me chills.

[@dubaiedge]

Which Reg't? Mine was in the 28th

[@adamkpetty]

In 2011, when I was in high school, I went and visited my grandfather’s cousin to find out more about our family. She was 10 years old when my third great grandfather passed away. He was a Confederate veteran. I was so amazed that I was talking to someone who personally knew a Civil War veteran. Not many people my age could say they’ve had that experience.

[@mwblackbelt]

@adamkpetty That is so undescribably cool!

[@nocturnalrecluse1216]

My great-grandmother was born in 1892. She died in 1993, and i was 12 yro in her passing. I remember the night she died that aurora borealis was in the night sky, and everyone in the family thought it was her soul passing into heaven. I will never forget that.

[@jebangelacox9279]

What's really more amazing is Harrison Ruffin Tyler. He's alive and well. He is the Grandson of President John Tyler who was born in 1790! That is almost 230 years ago.

[@Not_The_FBI_1992]

This video reminded me of the very person you speak of. A couple of years ago, I read about the grandson of a president in the 1700's still alive, but couldn't remember which president. I was just about to look it up, until I came across your comment. Thank you Angela for sharing such a wonderful nugget of history!

[@JET7C0]

Well, it's a rare situation to have men in two successive generations of old men having children with women half their age: one in his mid-60s and his son in his mid-_70s._ John Tyler was born in 1790, but his son Lyon was born when he was 63 in 1853, and Lyon's son Harrison was born when he was _75_ in 1928. His dad was older than most people's grandparents are when they're born. What's kind of sad about it is he obviously had no chance of meeting his grandfather since he was born 138 years earlier, and barely got to know his own dad, since he died when he was just 7 in 1935.

[@xaimeglez74]

@@JET7C0 thank you for sharing that!!! Simply amazing!

[@nuplanner5345]

As of June 1, 2024, he is still alive. Extraordinary!

[@dubaiedge]

Yeah, that's insane. I think about this once in a while. Truly amazing!

[@bobreavis1]

This absolutely broke my heart.

[@Suave121]

@@ORGANICsoulJAZZ you must be at peace with your life

[@adhdmonster1369]

Seeing old ladies cry tears my heart apart every time.

[@realdaughtersclubpresident3990]

Miss Iris is one of nine living Real Daughters. I met Miss Iris in May 2015. She is an amazing lady and dearly loved by her friends and family.

[@stevenwatson7668]

Over 800,000 lives we're lost, so tragically in a war that was monumental.

[@conorgibson7301]

This is one of the reasons why I help to preserve battlefields.

[@ThemissouriTraveler]

Rest in peace to these fine men, womenand children of a terrible war.

[@chrisruthford4492]

I loved listening to my great grandmother tell stories of her grandparents. Some of them born in the early 1800s.

[@carolynwells4892]

I had the most amazing history teacher at Roxana high school in Illinois. My teachers name was Jeff Welker and he's gone now but his whole teaching career was about the Civil War but also brought in gold star mothers from Vietnam. He made teaching wonderful and I will always respect Mr Welker and love him very much. There should be more teachers that make learning exciting. I respect you and miss you and now that I'm 53 and not 16 I can still see your loving enjoyment in life for teaching. Sure wish there were more like him to change the world for kids with the truth.

[@neilreynolds3858]

1985. There weren't a lot of people who cared about the Vietnam war or the veterans by then. He probably couldn't find veterans who were willing to talk about it. People wouldn't believe what we had to say. They should have. It would have saved the country a lot of pain.

[@catdaddy3302]

I knew one son of a Confederate veteran, Mr. Jim Ed Bobo of Gunnison, Mississippi. He was over 80 when I knew him in the 1980s.He was a nice man. He'd do anything for his neighbors.

[@valetudo1974]

I'm so honored to have watched this, Thank you very much for sharing...👍

[@tammyguerrero7184]

I agree! I kept picturing getting to sit down with these folks and just listening to their stories. Amazing.

[@patriciacoburn6345]

This should be required viewing for students.

[@aisthpaoitht]

+Patricia Coburn Sadly, schools and society is whitewashing the war and trying to remove traces of it.

[@smittywerbenjaegermanjense2350]

+gumbo They would rather talk about gender equality and social media related bull shit instead of useful things like this.

[@YSLRD]

@@aisthpaoitht The information controllers want to tell the story on their terms. Facts are just a stumbling block.

[@ScreamingPatriot]

You look at the faces of these people and there you have the faces of their fathers

[@elizabethkendall2755]

I'm just 13 and ill remember this video and tell everybody my story and other storys. In history

[@AaronTheGreat________]

God bless these two and there fathers living history Looking at them I would have thought they were mid 70’s they look great

[@barbkeen1221]

What a great story. Imagine the stories you could've heard from these two people!! May they RIP!

[@whatever1942]

Wow...I'm in awe. The children of Lee Gay Jordan and the children of Fred Upham can say their Grandfather fought in the civil war...astounding!

[@jamesnicholson5179]

I can say my Great Grandfather was a marine at Pearl Harbor. I can also say another Great Grandfather was at Pearl Harbor.

[@ajmage5319]

My son can say his paternal grandfather fought at the Battle of Milne Bay. He can also say his maternal great grandfather fought at Stalingrad. I hope he can never tell his children about any wars he fought in.

[@shiprek2011]

whatever my daughter can say she's descended from Aaron Burr. My grandmother's maiden name is Burr and we settled in Roxbury around 1630. The Burr family were noted abolitionists. Burr tied Jefferson in the popular vote and congress decided who would be president. Imagine if they had chosen an abolitionist over a man who fornicated with his slaves as our third president. That would have pissed the south off and maybe we could have fought the war a generation sooner. Oh, well. Plus he capped the daddy of all Evil Banksters, Hamilton.

[@BCaldwell]

shiprek2011 Using "whatever" to kick your comment off suggested that you were trying to one-up someone. How petty. My grandfather was the inventor of the modern automobile and also discovered penicillin just for fun. His wife broke the glass ceiling while simultaneously blowing up the first nuclear device known to man. I'm just a UN embassador but... Whatever

[@whatever1942]

The comment was for me. Everyone here is having a nice dialog about the video above...except for you.

[@bakerelkins469]

God bless the men on both sides.

[@donaldbarnett655]

I had two great grandfathers who fought in the civil war and lived through it. I watch many of these civil war documentaries and read the blogs and it appears to me that to days generations have more animosity toward each other, north and south than these old vegetarians who fought it had after the war was just over.

[@neilreynolds3858]

Wars are between politicians who are never in danger. The guy you're shooting at is more like you than they are.

[@adunn5173]

This video is a national treasure. Thank you for sharing it. 🙌🏻🙏🏻❤️

[@alswann2702]

My father served in WWII and lots of old Confederate were around in his chidhood. Hi great grandfather was in Picketts division and went up the hill at Gettysburg. He had 13 daughters all married to Confederate soldiers and all widowed at the end of the war. His widow was still collecting his Confederate Army pension in the late 1950's.

[@michaelrudloff8227]

Al Swann pp

[@tammyguerrero7184]

Wow. Amazing....how interesting to try to imagine getting to sit down and hear some of these stories. Thank you for sharing!!!

[@josecarranza7555]

There was no confederate pension cause they were traitors.

[@Luke-bj8mr]

Many Different Things good comment

[@robertsettle2590]

@@josecarranza7555 you don't know what you're talking about.

[@jshepard152]

My great, great grandfather fought in the 44th Tennessee infantry. He survived the war and passed away in 1909. Rest in peace, Jesse.

[@doobtubes]

I wish people my age cared about history. This was eye opening.

[@samstiglitz8008]

Go to any history department at a respectable university...Filled with young minds...

[@Stevie8654]

@@samstiglitz8008 yeah, but that’s hit and miss. A large portion of university history departments serve modern narratives rather than history. The balance between historicism and presentism is rare these days.

[@ddoubleu170]

@@Stevie8654 - no, it’s really not.

[@ShaddySoldier]

"He never felt any animosity to the confederate people after the war" Man if only that stayed true to today

[@spartanwarrior1]

ShaddyCrunchum yeah because in the end uncle sam prevailed

[@jeremy0440]

Cap America anddddd you proved his point

[@UndeadSushi-rk6vp]

Liberals hate southerners.

[@jdm2626]

We're so stuck and focused on ourselves and our political views that we don't even stop and think that we all have families and friends. Despite our differences we shouldn't have any animosity towards each other. We're so divided today.

[@pedroantonio8506]

@@jdm2626 good

[@Chris-ut6eq]

Amazing. I had one great grandfather who enlisted during WW1 and any stories he shared were always fascinating to me as a 5-8year old boy. On the other side of the family, we have had relatives involved from the revolutionary war up to Vietnam. Luckily, I was in the US Marines during peace time and not called into combat. Much respect for anyone who served and fought for our country.

[@markadkins4680]

When I was a child in 1970, I knew an old Mississippi man who was born in 1879. His father had fought in the Civil War, and his father's two brothers died in the war: one killed in the Battle of Malvern Hill, and one died in a hospital. I asked him questions about the war, and he said that his sister had inherited their father's war memorabilia. He died a few years later.

[@Legoairborne101]

How many degrees of separation is between that man and Lincoln? One, two? Absolutely insane. Just completely amazing. I am speechless

[@ScreamingPatriot]

My grandpa was a Marine who stood at the end of the last CSA veteran's casket.

[@ebogar42]

I didn't know our military supported terrorists and traitors. Makes no sense.

[@given-namesurname5740]

@@ebogar42 you must not know about Saudi Arabia then

[@TF-ui9fz]

Eric Bogar they werent terrorists or traitors. Bugger off. You missed the entire point.

[@frigglebiscuit7484]

@@ebogar42 the military was originally full of traitors. the founding fathers and revolutionists.

[@ebogar42]

@@frigglebiscuit7484 A militia isn't the military

[@bestbro1018]

Fredrick upham is my great grandfather, I love the fact there is a video that shows his legacy

[@MrZola1234]

Not sure what I was more amazed by, the stories about their father's or how healthy 2 people in their 90's were.

[@neilreynolds3858]

Iris' dad had 13 children and fathered the last of them at 82. People were tougher back then.

[@Forgotten_Lemon]

My great great grandfather fought for the Union army in Tennessee when he was just a teenager, and no family records mentioned him even once, it took some serious research to find the only piece of info I could, which was his obituary from 1910, he was the last Union veteran in Potomac county, Oklahoma (he moved there after the war), my grandfather (his grandson) moved to Kansas, and then California after that, and my father moved to Idaho. To think that my ancestor fought in that war and I could barely find a shred of information, and yet these people’s parents fought in it and they have firsthand stories from them, it’s truly something to behold

[@alexstokowsky6360]

I don't think it would have been easy being a Union Veteran and living in the South. They are bitter to this day.

[@danielcrowe9324]

​@@alexstokowsky6360 A lot of the bitterness that exists to this day is because of the atrocities that were committed by Union soldiers during Sherman's march to the sea and Sheridan's burning the Shenandoah Valley.

[@dubaiedge]

If anyone wrote a Reg't history, he may get mention in that. You could also look him up in the national archives, & also try & send away for his enlistment record. Local churches if he attended may have records, as well, + genealogy websites where you can look up the branches of his family tree to see who's living who may have info. passed down. CivilWarTalk is a website where ppl would show you resources more than this if you're interested in hunting down more info. Best of luck!

[@wallacesheckells9280]

The stories these children of Civil War Vets could tell us is incredible. A whole different period in time. Awsome!

[@martinthompson4707]

Utterly remarkable. I'm astounded to see this.

[@garylawson5381]

Rest in peace and thank you for your service on both sides.

[@davidnash1220]

Truly amazing Godbless that Great Country

[@billlombard9911]

All surviving children of these veterans need to be recorded. Actual living history

[@codereddew1539]

RIP Fred and Irene, you've regained the presence of your loved ones. I'm sure your reunion was wonderful.

[@charlesmaximus9161]

This is especially amazing for me, as I worked at and volunteered at Fort Delaware for a while. It’s incredible to me how much the older woman’s story puts things into perspective; it really was not all that long ago.

[@cyndimalone1769]

What a treasure. Thank goodness these oral histories exist.

[@deanpapadopoulos3314]

🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼…It’s so important to remember, to show respect, and to be grateful to the people who came before us.

[@billcarpenter5145]

I'm 75 my great grandfather , Thomas Carpenter , and my great uncle his brother Milton fought with General Sherman , on his March to the sea . They also fought at Chickamauga , Lookout mountain and a number of other battles ..They both were wounded , and my uncle was a pow for several months , at Johnsonville NC . I just returned yesterday from another visit to Gettysburg , battle field . History is so Important to , all of us let us never forget the price that was paid by the veterans

[@01Mary02]

Wow! Incredible when you think about it: People alive today personally knew someone who had fought in the American Civil War.......didn't think any of them would still be alive.

[@koko4u2luv]

+Mary The last confirmed US Civil War Veteran died August 2, 1956. Not really that long ago

[@bdcochran01]

+Iafiv Iv My father knew people who remembered the revolutionary war. I remember a relative born before the War Between the States.

[@badguy1481]

Amazing!

[@GreenCR21]

+bd C how old are you?

[@bobreavis1]

I have touched the hand of a woman who was alive at the Battle of Vicksburg when I was 12 years old in Vicksburg. The battlefield was eerily quiet. God rest those souls on both sides. Most were young men who should never have had to fight that war....and I'll be damned if it doesn't look like we might have to do it again.

[@1024det]

Its 2019 and we can still get war stories from the civil war. This is amazing!

[@scottishsoutherner34]

My great great great grandfather, Charles R. Rankin, fought in the Confederacy. He was a private Co. H 6th MS Infantry. He raised my great grandmother, who was born in 1910 and he would tell her stories of the war which she would pass on to me.

[@ArchangelExile]

It's mind-boggling that the children of American Civil War veterans are still alive today. I never would have expected that. Wow, is all that I can say.

[@LucasHorst-zi3rl]

Many of the Civil War veterans had children at an advanced age; Iris Lee Gray's father, Lewis F. Gray, was already 82 years old when she was born.

[@rlredifer410]

I know a fellow that is 100 years old. He told me about his grand father who fought with the 2nd Wisconsin. His stories are wonderful. Because of his age he often repeats himself. The stories are always the same though.

[@skymagruder5270]

This man's father was in the 2d Wisconsin fighting under Sherman at Bull Run. The 2d Wisconsin ended up being brigaded with the 6th and 7th Wisconsin along with the 19th Indiana. They became the Iron Brigade, the best fighting unit in the AoP. That's incredible.

[@donnag4940]

This is amazing to see.☺ My Great Grandfather Frederick Gilhousen fought and was wounded at Gettysburg and later died from his injuries.

[@rogerhoke9725]

RIP Frederick M. Upham. December 30, 2018 - aged 97.

[@themaestro3034]

My dad was born in ‘26 and told me his earliest memory was seeing civil war vets… and their poverty and missing limbs.

[@neilreynolds3858]

Yeah, the government always claims they take care of veterans. I'm here to tell you they didn't and still don't.

[@zazasnruntz7505]

Did he tell you about his racism and hatred for non whites?

[@kathrynludrick4821]

Yeah, my dad who was born in 1921 told me the same. He said in Clarksville Texas civil war vets would get together in town and tl their stories. One had lost an arm in the civil war and worked for the newspaper, typing his stories with one hand.

[@FredDrury-r4t]

Incredible americans. My heart full of emotion goes out to them. Good bless and thank you

[@johnsoncuiChina]

Gosh This is like time traveling! wish I could meet one of them.. incredible..

[@user-vd2jk7dl3p]

Omg this is amazing! I just want to hear every story they have to tell about their parents and life.

[@_leksar6662]

yep

[@jeffreydotson4842]

Seeing this doesn't make the Civil War seem so long ago does it?

[@user-vd2jk7dl3p]

Jeffrey Dotson exactly

[@metal6566]

+Jeffrey Dotson it really wasn't but look at all in the world that has changed since then wow.

[@TheKerryzzz]

I want to know how that man stayed healthy enough to possibly father a child in is mid eighties.. thats amazing. Wonder what his diet was..

[@jshepard152]

Cody McCullin - And corn dodgers.

[@erichotz5088]

Sex. A diet of sex.

[@thisislaflaretv5250]

food without additives

[@plunderpunk2]

1800's census records show male ancestors of mine commonly having children well into their 50s. People were sturdy back then!

[@cougarhunter33]

They didn't have TV, so what else were you going to do at night?

[@brianjoiner1299]

Thank God we are gifted with videos such as this... even though our country is somewhat dysfunctional at present time we can remember these people from the past and honor them.... history should never be forgotten but learnt from

[@neilreynolds3858]

We can't learn from history when the historians and politicians lie about it.

[@pryncezzzshreck7550]

beautiful stories. What an honor to find and watch this.

[@MEMORIA1316]

This is fascinating! Ms Iris choking up remaining her father💕. It is so poignant that they both said their dads harbored no animosity.

[@wade43671]

What a fantastic video and what great testimonies of their fathers. Just like the comments the other people have written, who would have thought there would be people alive who were 2d generation from the Civil War. This was truly amazing.

[@mykkie100]

When my father was born, the civil war had just ended 39 years before. I am now 58 years old. My father was born in 1904, and my mother was born in 1911. Both of my Grandfathers were alive during the civil war. In fact when my paternal grandparents were married, James Wallingford was 40. My grandmother, Stella, was 13. She was 15 when she had my father in 1904. i was very young, but i remember Grandma Stella, very well. i am glad for videos like this. It jolts the reality of the connection of time, in all our lives.

[@neilreynolds3858]

The Civil War is only 2 or 3 long generations back. The Revolutionary War is only 3 or 4.

[@carlos31302]

This history should never be forgotten and the monuments to these Americans should never be desecrated or torn down. They are all heroes and honorable men. God bless them all.

[@maineiac8106]

Nah some are racist pos

[@MrAlepedroza]

The men who fought for slavery do not deserve any remembrance nor honour. They were traitors.

[@PMMagro]

Civil wars are always the worst.

[@Martin-tn5lm]

This testimony is invaluable. It gives us unique insight into the great courage of these inexperienced men fighting on the battlefields of the American Civil War. Greatful thanks from Ireland to the posters of these interviews.

[@Elmaestrodemusica]

Beautiful video. No animosity, you fought for your beliefs, and accepted victory and defeat with dignity and grace. God Bless them all.

[@housepianist]

This is great. A perspective on Veteran's Day that I never would have thought about. Well done.

[@matthines41]

Just an amazing story I’m speechless how amazing

[@lucylincoln2551]

What an extraordinary insight into a long past history. Beautiful.

[@12hinds]

wow... this was indeed mind-blowing.

[@williamward7226]

Bless both sides. And the men and there family. May we learn from our pass good to hear from the kids.

[@BigJon94]

Well, this is the most amazing thing I've seen lately.

[@dresqueda]

This is an incredible insight into the perspectives of those who fought and those who were children of Civil War combatants. It is amazing to have these interviews.

[@neilreynolds3858]

So many of the veterans of WW2 and Vietnam could never talk about what they saw. People didn't want to be reminded about Vietnam. Even the guys from WW2 wouldn't talk to anybody who wasn't a veteran because nobody cared or were judgmental or just didn't believe them. I was lucky - they'd talk to me. You really can't get an idea what it was like from history books. It went on every day, all day for years and it never left your soul.

[@angellacanfora]

This video deserves a million more views...

[@peterlee4682]

Great additions to the historical record...fascinating and informative! Thanks for posting!

[@verfed]

Amazing that they're still here! This was very well done.

[@terryernest6264]

These people should be remembered on both sides ...they say a person who looks to the passed is blind in one eye ...but a man that only looks to the future is blind in both eyes ...!

[@samhouston1673]

While my classmates in the 70s/80s talked about their Grandfathers who grew up in the Great Depression and Served in World War Two, I had amazed them with the same stories of my Father. A Dad is a Dad, no matter their age.

[@nemonemo6285]

Wow!!! Incredible. Thank you for making this film, an important part of history.

[@sarasanders5776]

This is wonderful I loved this interview wish there were more interviews and they were longer...I really enjoyed hearing their stories....

[@alisadorilma8055]

I’m happy that this video has been posted. Now people can see the civil war children talking, and also explaining what happen to there own fathers not great grandfather... Dads

[@smokiesteele]

i knew a woman whose father fought in the civil war on the union side this was back in the eighties in cork city Ireland i remember she had a photo of him in his blue uniform he was about 18 or 19 at the time of the war she would have been in her seventies then never gave it much thought back then as a young lad but since then i love all that period in American history so i reckon a lot of Irish came back home again

[@natrone23]

He was Irish and went back to Ireland

[@chrisj197438]

5:22 poor woman is still heartbroken over the loss of her father

[@wd6358]

PBS did a great documentary on the civil war. Most importantly, it depicted the decade prior to the war and what actually lead to the war. It will freak you out because a lot of that stuff is going on today with violent protests and riots. We are reliving history

[@RobbsHomemadeLife]

OK, so nobody's going to mention how cool it is that old guy had a daughter at 82.

[@FG-bn3qq]

clappin cheeks at 82

[@josephjennings2409]

I am a proud son of Confederate veterans. I am 66 years old in 2017 I am one of the the few people who can claim his grandfather and great grandfather both honorably served in the war, my great grandfather fought in the Battle of Hanover courthouse in 1862 where he was wounded and captured taken to Governor's Island New York where he died of his wounds as a POW. My grandfather who was born in 1844 mustered into the North Carolina 18th Infantry Regiment he fought in all major battles up to Petersburg where he was wounded and later mustered out because of wounds recieved his name was Elias Swafford Jennings his brothers, Peter, David and Grover fought with the North Carolina 27th Infantry Regiment David was grievously wounded at Gettysburg. After the war my Grandfather had three separate families with the last he began his last family at the age of 63 sireing my father in 1917, my Grandfather quietly passed away in his sleep in 1946 at the age of 102 holding on long enough to see his only son come home from the battlefields of Europe, a very proud family history, my Grandfather fought in the Civil War!!!

[@anthonywilson9108]

Fuck you and your traitorous family!

[@abejones9218]

@anthony survey says.... you're an idiot

[@shanedougherty3783]

Joseph Jennings that is awesome!!! It's crazy to think about all of the things your grandfather experienced in his life!!

[@tammyguerrero7184]

What an amazing family history you have! Thank you for sharing!!

[@bradcole1176]

That is so cool !!!

[@a.ruiz-perez7567]

wow, this is truly amazing, you need to get more interviews like this so our history is not forgotten, I would love to meet these people and I wish my generation was more into history like me, its really sad.