Civil War 1863 - Gettysburg July 1st - Defense of McPherson's Ridge

[@retiredguyadventures6211]

Cool video. My 2nd great grandfather fought on McPherson's Ridge with the 149th PA Bucktails and survived that battle, and the rest of the war...

[@craigsmith4438]

My great grandfather's uncle fought with the 140th Penna. Survived the Wheatfield, the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Petersburg, Appomatox, marched in the Grand Review down Pennsylvania Avenue. Died on the family farm 15 years later.

[@rc59191]

I think my 3rd great grandpa might of known yours lol.

[@DiaperGranny11]

Most people think of the second and third day of fighting at Gettysburg as the most brutal. There was some desperate fighting on day one, especially once the 1 Corps arrived trying to hold their ground until the rest of the Union army got there. Reynolds understood Buford's and saw an opportunity. The Union troops were fighting on home turf and knew they had to win here. After visiting Gettysburg for a second time as an adult, it was eye-opening how brutal the first day's fighting was on its own. Compared to the other two days, sure not as massive on a scale of numbers of men fighting, but desperate fighting nonetheless

[@Defender78]

I was hoping that Sam Elliot would show up in this film reprising his role as Buford, and say something cool like “we’re going to control the high ground!!”

[@mikevanroy9733]

And with Lee saying "You underestimate my power!"

[@stewartmcfarlane2008]

Yes, Sam Elliot was excellent in the movie "Gettysburg" as the war weary officer, doing his duty. In fact I have never seen him perform badly in any role. He always seems to catch the spirit of the character and the intent of the movie.

[@kevindecoteau3186]

"the high ground"

[@Perkelenaattori]

Sam Elliott is the only actor who doesn't have to go through makeup or hair department to act.

[@CastOfCons]

Love what you’re doing with these snip bits of history

[@Defender78]

Lol but snip bits looks funny

[@donschmidt8203]

There was not a finer example of courage and conviction in the civil war than that of Joshua Chamberlain. Anti slavery ( could any real Christian profess otherwise) Chamberlain's bayonet charge at little round top saved the union flank and perhaps the northern army. Had the south won at Gettysburg the entire course of history would have been changed. A man of honor fighting for the REAL just cause. Ten statues of Robert E. Lee and Jefferson Davis will never match what this man stood for.

[@armorsmith43]

I spent many of my younger years in Maine and I still miss the taste of Moxie, but the 1st Minnesota does out-class the 20th Maine for valor on that day. Go watch the Atun-Shei films videos about fixing Gettysburg.

[@andrewboldt9021]

My four times great grandfather was in the 8th Illinois under Buford. Keep up the good work on these videos

[@fightingbear8537]

God bless the men of both sides that fought in this war.

[@jhgust]

General Steven D. Lee 5683 Why would you bless the traitors of this country who defended slavery? Shame on you!!!

[@spartanwarrior1]

He obviously blessed the Union.

[@MrJoeyBoombotz]

@@jhgust They were more heathens than traitors. They didn't know any better.

[@donaldsherman5913]

@@jhgust the average soldier in the south didn't fight for slavery they fought to defend there home and state. A lot of the compared them selfs to what we did during the revolution (we betrayed the crown and committed treason by doing that) so before you go commenting about do more research the the North was good and South was bad because it was a lot more complex then that.

@grodhagen At least you limited your criticism to the man's grammar. People who take pride in regurgitating their indoctrination make me sad for our species.

[@nickchoporis5901]

Didn't seem to be much information in this video.

[@WarReport.]

How many Civil War reanactors are there? Can one join and be an officer if they have all requires or so you have to start as private

[@mikevanroy9733]

OK, you can be an officer. But you are shot in the first hour and have to lay on the ground for 3 days.

[@TheConfederate1863]

Where did they found this actual footage of the battle?

[@hihowareyou6122]

No this is a Reenactment

[@Qbus245]

Please make a film about Poles in the Confederate army and union, thank you greetings from Poland.

[@carloschu7127]

I though there were Brits, Germans and Irish descendants, but Polish ?

[@bronxboy1829]

Well done. Thank you for your work.

[@bronxboy1829]

Would like to add that in many ways--costumes, camera angles, composition, attention to detail--this surpasses the full-length "Gettysburg" film in authenticity.

[@kevindecoteau3186]

good to see that they wear hearing protection. They do take these enactments serious.

[@jamesdarnell8568]

Shooting black powder but no balls or bullets = a lot of smoke but no recoil when you fire. It looked like they were shooting cap guns.

[@Steve17010]

I'm impressed by how many reinactors are in this video

[@williamsteele1296]

you think the rebels would win some time at gettysburg 150 or more to practice ha ha ha

[@AudieHolland]

Damn, a good many reenactors almost makes you think they were shooting another movie.

[@Zoetropeification]

1:15 The few seconds of cavalry in a muddy little stream crossing is more realistic than anything I saw in Turner's movie except for Sam Elliot's uniform.

[@sail1999]

Enough of the shooting. I would like to see more of the strategy and thinking of the commanders.

[@brianwinters5434]

Buford and Chamberlain were two men who did the most with their forces.

[@brummel4606]

Good job Billy Yank.

[@Mike-je1bg]

Was this clip from a movie? ?

[@hihowareyou6122]

Again This is a reenactment

[@willboyd4607]

Lee knew he was going to lose. He thought he had a long shot at a draw. He was wrong.

[@SantomPh]

He felt that if he struck fast and hard enough Lincoln would sue for peace. Had he taken Longstreet's advice to quickly leave the field and head for DC (something he had advocated before himself previously) that might have something. He also did not realize Lincoln was more aggressive at this point and had actually become more coercive, in a drive to win the war and to shut the peace faction up. Lee was not facing the country lawyer from Nebraska any longer, he was facing a true Commander in Chief. Had Grant been at Gettysburg Lee would probably been taken prisoner or even killed.

[@robertsamson4610]

Both sides used really lame tactics During the Gettysburg fighting. Head-to-head fighting in mostly open terrain is not very bright. The South should have tried flanking maneuvers on the first night before the rest of the Union Army arrived to join in the battle or at least they should have withdrawn to higher ground where their cannons would have had longer range and been more effective.

[@pagongtagi6124]

@2:53 them slave owners.

[@MrJoebrooklyn1969]

Why don't we ever hear about the Army of southern Virginia?

[@trajan231]

You're joking right?

[@alphabravo3304]

It always surprises me how the confederate army is portrayed as the poor cousins with poorly supplied equipment and uniforms

[@SantomPh]

It was true.

[@AudieHolland]

Southern states had to rely on 'household industry' or seperate workshops trying to make all the uniforms and equipment for the whole army. They had far fewer people and virtually no industry (they had plantations). Northern states were very much industrialized so manufacturing uniforms and equipment by the ton was no problem for them.

[@alonsoalbertocatalanorrego8127]

Hellow, si con esta calidad recrearan el combate naval de hiquique de 1879,creanme,harian historia(chile)

[@celticpagan2265]

not a perfect direction

[@silentgroyper5069]

Wait, a rebel use the term "comrade"?

[@oldigger7060]

Karl Marx wasn't known in those days I suppose.

[@seanwalters1977]

Amazingly enough, comrade was a word back then.

[@mikevanroy9733]

What's with the Batman music?

[@MrJoeyBoombotz]

The rebel yell was very like the battle cries of Native American and Muslim heathens.

[@xavierwash98]

Your bigotry is showing.

[@MrJoeyBoombotz]

@@xavierwash98 Your deviant sexuality is showing.

[@xavierwash98]

@@MrJoeyBoombotz Why are you racist?

[@juliosanchez9645]

And Dothracki

[@xavierwash98]

@Oscar Trent01 I said bigotry not racism you idiot. You do know the difference right? Apparently not. How about you turn off the internet and go read some books on the Civil War and US History. It gets tiresome trying to explain the factual history to lazy, dumb people.

[@dons123111]

Both sides were fighting for rights, that's the travesty. The confusion over social contract theory started in 1789 with the new constitution that replaced the Articles Of Confederation for which we fought for in the revolution. The DOI was put into mothballs and the Yankees revived only part of it to make their case for abolition the part about equality. The South said sovereign rights but help the Yankees deny voting rights in the west. Frontiersman like my folk kept preaching the AOC and was driven out of the east. From time to time I visit the history of the Civil War but always come away with melancholy. The war will never end, it's just a temporary peace until we fully embrace the Revolution ideas, God's will not just cherry pick, like humans playing God. My patriotism lies in the Revolution battle cry, "Appeal to Heaven, " all others are man-made.

[@TINCANsquid]

video is meh

[@rickhigson3881]

The battle that made the United Stares of America despite liberals!

[@fluffy1931]

buttblasted incel detected.

[@patrickleahey4985]

We won, stupid

[@dons123111]

@@patrickleahey4985 You cannot claim ownership of the Christian abolitionists, you liberals started secular welfare and undermine what they fought for.

[@tomcockburn653]

@@patrickleahey4985 we?

[@patrickleahey4985]

@@dons123111 you are a sissy b*tch but it's ok. You can't help it. You were born and raised that way.