Civil War series - Episode 3 - Forgotten Battlegrounds, The Civil War in Southwest Virginia

[@garneroutlaw1]

This is a history time capsule in and of itself - i.e. a snapshot of Civil War history in the 90s. The Lost Cause in Civil War history has faded so much since then for the betterment of Civil War history. Thank you Tony Horwitz.

[@roberthamilton-om4pb]

I’m Australian and love these episodes and in particular the late great Dr Robertson. I have had one or two great lecturers throughout my university studies and this gentleman is wonderful to listen to. Wonderful production value too. Thank you!

[@BlueRidgeStreaming]

Glad you like them!

[@monumentstosuffering2995]

What a wonderful accent Professor Robertson has.

[@daltonrowe1660]

This has to be one of the best history series I’ve ever seen. Honestly though, get this guy to make history lectures like this for all areas of American history and make students watch them in exchange for k-12 history class and I guarantee you the historical knowledge of students will triple after 3 videos.

[@BlueRidgeStreaming]

Thank you so very much. We really enjoyed making these documentaries.

[@galndixie]

This is Dr. James I. Robertson Jr, he was a history professor at VT. He's written many great books on the War Between The States, he is an accurate and unbiased historian. Since his death, VT's history department has gone to hell.

[@garneroutlaw1]

@@galndixie He was a great historian, but he was definitely biased. He was a Virginian.

[@RetreatfarmFarmvilleVirginia]

I Live in the middle of the Cumberland church battlefield in Farmville Virginia with breastworks in my front and backyard and the "Traitors hanging tree" in my woods behind the house where spies and deserters were hanged and buried in a trench that rain fall occasionally washes bodies to the surface. This area is mostly referred to as south central Virginia but is steeped with important history.

[@alanaadams7440]

Thank you for sharing your story

[@stevepenney2073]

My families farm was at Cloyd's Mountain.My great great-grandfather Godbey was sent to retrieve the family cow so the troops wouldnt eat it.Whlie retrieving the cow he saw a decapitated healed roll down the hill as they were fighting above.

[@valeriegriner5644]

Excellent! Thank you.

[@peterschief9778]

This is a fantastic series thanx

[@BlueRidgeStreaming]

you are so welcome

[@stephenhughes1329]

Excellent series!

[@BlueRidgeStreaming]

Thank you

[@richardboli482]

I like his teachings and voice like my VA and southern ancestry

[@stubaker2574]

This fellow oration is exellent and he goes alittle deeper than most who skim the surface like so many before them and this embellish's the narrative and gives it a human feel not a cold and distant reflection. Ive enjoyed several already...Ive been a war between the states digger since youth..Ive often wondered how could you get so many to march into battle and endure the cannon's and rifle fire and keep doing it for years...dedication? something not exposed in history books the victorious got to write or edit..Im in east TN near VA and NC alotta mixed emotion's and outlaws saltville not far..

[@toddlough5278]

Thank you.

[@SandraParker-dw2bf]

I like the music &- all the rest of history information this gave . Four brothers alburt , Charles , Jacob, Samuel Parker fought for the confederacy. From nc. Jake &- sam in Richmond . Charles nc. Alburt unknown . Said up there . Expected nc. And commenters say of their own information . Thank God I'm interested in such. Thank God for you all as well. And the folks that made this possible as the professor and the rest.

[@mnpd3]

I couldn't point the place on a map, but my Great-Grandfather was wounded at Saltville. He was a member of Jeff Davis' cavalry escort captured in Georgia at the end of the War.

[@alanaadams7440]

Thank you for sharing your story

[@archdornan1722]

My great great great grandfather served with the 9th Tennessee Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A), he and the regiment captured and destroyed the salt works at Saltville.

[@avenaoat]

Funny but the most unionist areas in Tenneesse were in East Tennessee next to South West Virginia. George Thomas (an Unionist Virginian) first triumph in Mill Springs (Kentucky) near to Cumberland gap two East Tennessee regiments helped.

[@shanebell2514]

0:08:18 😂

[@thelastaustralian7583]

You did a great Job. But you got calling it a Civil War wrong !