Did the Battle of Gettysburg Really Begin as a Search for Shoes?

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Marking the Confederacy’s last stab at a major offensive in a northern state, the three brutal days of fighting in July of 1863 around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania mark the bloodiest battle of the American Civil War. Situated at the junction of 10 roads at a time when most places were served by one or two, and only about 30 miles from two key Union supply routes, it shouldn’t be surprising that Union and Confederate troops ran into each other there. What is surprising, however, is that many historians believe the battle played out the way it did because of a strong Confederate desire for new shoes.
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[@LeatherNeck1833]

It's unfortunate that Lincoln's 2 minute long 10 sentence speech wasn't a format that caught on with Presidents.

[@temseti0]

He had the best words.

[@robertt9342]

temseti0 . The best most perfect words. No one can use words as greatly. Better than any other at using the best words.

[@micahphilson]

It's also unfortunate that very few presidents since him have had such a way with words that they can afford to make such a short speech while still capturing such a complex and powerful feeling of the time.

[@LeatherNeck1833]

@@micahphilson That's probably due to the fact that presidents don't write their own speeches any longer. What they say these days are teleprompter words from their writer. However, Twitter is a different story. Lol

[@ridanann]

@otto skorzeny meanwhile in the uk replace black with irish an see just how stupid people where back then saddly elitism is not only a racial issue... remember dont be gay lol kiss phill lynotte to rebel

[@ronaldfinkelstein6335]

Simon keeps saying "June", when he should say "July"

[@AbrahamLincoln4]

Ikr

[@erickbush1167]

Side note: Everett praised the speech and Lincoln saying Lincoln accomplished in a few words what he had failed to do in two hours.

[@_Abjuranax_]

During the Civil War the North had a free press which accused him of every unspeakable carnality possible under the Sun. To cheer himself up, Lincoln liked to read about what the South was saying about Jefferson Davis; We had a free press as well, lol.

[@drgkelvin]

The Greatest Natural Disaster in US history, The Galveston hurricane of 1900. Could you explore this incident in a video? Your channel is awesome keep up the amazing work.

[@ItsEllaBella]

Going to Gettysburg is an amazing experience that everyone who enjoys history should definitely go and visit

[@jumpkickman1993]

I have been in 2004. Me and my father traveled to Virginia and visited multiple historical places. We stayed in Arlington, Roanoke, and the DelMarVa Peninsula.

[@MrEvanfriend]

I was just going to say this exact same thing. A good tip would be not to bother with the stupid audio tour - it's worthless. And take at least an entire day so that you can see everything (or as close to everything as possible). It's worth every second.

[@MrEvanfriend]

@@jumpkickman1993 I live in Arlington. It's nothing special.

[@MrEvanfriend]

@Major woody Gettysburg is special. Arlington, Virginia is not. The Cemetery is, the Pentagon is, but overall it's just an overly urbanized suburb and I wish I wasn't so close to DC.

[@Urbby78]

TeamGlobalhawk agreed!

[@SkylerKing]

...last

[@usapatriot4163]

3:27 Should be JULY 1st, 1863......

[@dougholck4276]

Yeah he keeps saying June... shows up a couple times

[@Idahoguy10157]

Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address were closing remarks. Not a formal speech. President Lincoln was at the dedication of national cemetery to show respect for the fallen Union soldiers.

[@benzomanic2972]

Bits of the Columbia bridge are still there. The Union troops that guarded and burned the bridge where African American. They save a clear path to Philadelphia.

[@nora22000]

Kudos for correct pronunciations of "Gettysburg" "Schuylkill" and "Ewell" all difficult to get just right.

[@greenman8]

Pennsylvania native here. LOL at Pronunciation of Harrisburg and Susquehanna.

[@jonnunn4196]

His "Harrisburg" sounded close to "Generic American Accent" pronunciation after adjusting for the tallness of UK vowels.

[@brianfew7468]

Also, it's "Heeth" as in teeth. And locals burned the Columbia Wrightsville bridge . Incendentally the longest covered bridge in the world at the time.

[@SaraMakesArt]

I never knew any of that about the Gettysburg address. It's very interesting and Bliss is a great name.

[@Framer_Mike]

Battle for the Bliss farm :)

[@burnpups]

I live in gettysburg, can confirm very lovely historic town to be in and around.

[@MrEvanfriend]

I went there a couple years ago. I just drove through the town, didn't spend any time there, but it seems that virtually every business in town is capitalizing on the battle.

[@kennbiggs9311]

You’re very fortunate to live there, it’s a beautiful town! From Warsaw, IN.

[@MrEvanfriend]

@Gary Daniel It's just weird to the point of being ridiculous. Yeah, you expect there to be some souvenir shops and maybe a couple of restaurants and bars or whatever calling themselves the "battle inn" or some shit, but they just take it to absurd levels. I guarantee that it won't cost you any business to call your deli "Joe's deli" or whatever instead of "battle deli", and your barbershop, which is designed to serve locals who know that there was a battle there already, doesn't need to reflect that fact. I think the town would be a lot nicer if it was more "this is a small town in Pennsylvania...and we had a battle here once" as opposed to "hey, did you know we had a battle here? Because we totally had a battle here. Now buy some battle of Gettysburg memorabilia!". That's just tacky. That being said, the battlefield itself in 100% worth visiting. I was surprised by how moving it was to walk the places that the men who fought there walked, to stand where they stood and look out on what they would have seen. The kitschy town doesn't take away from the battlefield itself, but it's still ridiculous.

[@MrEvanfriend]

@Gary Daniel I was there in 2017. I think it's safe to assume that it got worse over 40 years. I'd like to go back. At the time I lived in a different part of PA, and I was driving back from visiting a Marine Corps buddy of mine in Arkansas, and I realized that it was only about an hour out of my way and I wasn't in any rush to get home. I only had an afternoon to walk around the battlefield, and I got the impression that it should really take a couple of days. Anyway, you ever get so engrossed with what you're doing that you forget to eat? That was what happened to me. By the time I left, the sun was going down, and I realized that I hadn't eaten anything since breakfast and that I was quite hungry. The kitsch in Gettysburg itself was bad enough that I decided to wait until I was out of town to stop and grab something to eat.

[@MrEvanfriend]

@Gary Daniel I liked the clever ER name. I've never been to Manassas, although I live in Northern Virginia now and drive by it sometimes, I've never actually gotten around to going.

[@killraven123]

The real northernmost battle of the Civil War was the Battle of Schrute Farms

[@paulcarmi8130]

Was it as brutal as the great Emu war?

[@kennbiggs9311]

MICHEAL!

[@MrShowbags]

Paul Carmi As an Australian I can guarantee nothing was as brutal as the Emu war...

[@mp2bill]

The Battle of Schrute Farms was code for a place where dandies and dreamers could put on plays and sing tender ballads and dance in the moonlight.

[@pohldriver]

The Columbia Bridge that was burned, was quite a bridge. It was a covered Railroad and Road Bridge. As far as I know, there was only ever one photo taken of it. The pillars of that bridge still stand in the Susquehanna, and can be seen just north of the old u.s. 30 Bridge and south of the new US 30 Bridge.

[@tyronecomblast1078]

It’s kinda weird when he’s talking about where you live o_O

[@wisemankugelmemicus1701]

Tyrone Comblast I mean, Gettysburg is the Stalingrad of North America.

[@WoodHughes]

My great Grandfather was in the 13th Alabama and was captured by Reynolds men on July 1 along with General Archer while marching into Gettysburg. His unit went on to take their objective on July 3 which was at the Angle, but had to withdraw because nobody else could make their objectives.

[@Gitarzan66]

Now I want to watch the movie, right after "Gods And Generals" of course. I sure wish Ted Turner had made the third movie.

[@frankenzion0001]

It's kind of jarring, watching Gettysburg, and then Gods And Generals, and seeing Stephen Lange playing two completely different Confederate generals (Pickett & Jackson).

[@omenk1296]

Maybe in a future clip do an update on the "3 cigars" that led to the battle as they were dropped by a southern general wrapped with the battle plans and picked up by the North (source 1998 history channel info between adds)

[@SgtMjr]

That was the battle of Antietam. McClelland failed to fully exploit the intel and the subsequent battle although a Union victory could have destroyed the AoNV rather than the pyrric victory that ensued.

[@tomburson9312]

The 3 cigars battle plans you refer to relate to the Battle of Antietam, in Sept., 1862, not Gettysburg. Special Orders 191

[@snbeast9545]

@Gary Daniel And at that, not even a real person?

[@eldorados_lost_searcher]

@@SgtMjr To be fair to McClellan, the orders were a few days old, and a lot could have happened in the meantime. Also, the Army of the Potomac was recovering from a mauling at the Second Battle of Bull Run. However, it definitely doesn't excuse his inability to coordinate a coherent battle plan at Antietam.

@Gary Daniel In the spring of 1944 off the coast of Devonshire Operation Tiger was a series of amphibious landing practices at Slapton Sands by LST's.They were surprised by a flotilla of German E-boats operating from Cherbourg.749 men from the VII Corp died in the chaos,some bodies were not recovered-one was a colonel from Major General J.Lawton Collin's VII Corps staff illegally carrying a copy of the plans.The Germans fished his body out of the water From "If the Allies Had Fallen" 2010 Skyhorse Publishing p153

[@Chelanwechel]

I keep picturing Confederate soldiers wearing Jordans.

[@DaidriveCJ]

"Don't go getting my J's dirty!"

[@DaidriveCJ]

@Warren Shiflett True!

[@johndonaldson3619]

LINCOLN - 150 yrs later - TRUMP.......oh, how America has slipped in standards...

[@MendTheWorld]

John Donaldson The concept of "falling off a cliff into the bowels of hell" is not adequately captured in the word "slipped".

[@johndonaldson3619]

@Gary Daniel Is that right. Johnny Reb

[@SenorGrub]

One of the things that is majorly forgotten is the town of Hanover, PA that is between Gettysburg and York. Hanover is/was a food capital and also was famous for shoe manufacturing.

[@jakeplayz3422]

Good video

[@ThrottleKitty]

You know what's not a silly thing for constantly marching soldiers to fight over? Shoes. Nothing like a crap pair of shoes to ruin your day of marching.

[@ThrottleKitty]

@Sue Taft reread my post, I'm pointing out it's NOT a silly thing to fight over. I like to hike, a good pair of boots is important!

[@fatlacesthedon]

Jubil Early goes sneaker shopping with Complex

[@annettefournier9655]

I'm all for the short speech option. Short, sweet and to the point. ADD. Also why I liked summer semester classes.

[@neildennis7294]

His name pronounced like “Heath”, but I get the mistake given the spelling.

[@BuckBreaker]

The War of Northern Aggression.

[@scar3fr3ak]

☝Look everybody! I found a Johnny Reb! Ya stinkin' greyback! 😉jk💙

[@Thumbsupurbum]

160+ years later and you losers still trying to play the victim card. It didn't work then, and it ain't working now. Find a new excuse already.

[@MendTheWorld]

Robert Johnson The War Maintain Slavery. That's quite a noble cause. So honorable. Truly something to be proud of. 700,000 Americans lay dead in a war to protect the right to own other human beings as property.

[@Expat47]

If you can find it, the 1993 movie "Gettysburg" is a pretty good retelling of that battle.

[@Aramis419]

God love ya, Simon! Your pronunciation of Pennsylvania place names is hilarious! It's "sus-qwuh-hanna", not "seskahanna" river, and it's "Heeeth" not "Heth" ;-)

[@Simonsvids]

We Brits are just getting you back over your pronunciation of Worcestershire, Durham Chiswick and Marlborough!

[@remalm3670]

... WWWHHHAAT? ... It wasn't over a game of Rock-Paper-Sissors? 😉 ...

[@Crazyjn]

I was born in York Pennsylvania. Every time I tell someone that they’ll immediately say, New York? I’m like No, York PA!! 😅 Gettysburg is quite an interesting trip. A lot of interesting stories to be told. Like the only civilian killed, (Mary Wade’s) home.

[@Framer_Mike]

Virginia :)

[@malo9792]

Hearing Simon talking about my hometown is surreal

[@aaronberta3958]

Hey how did people get updated about the stock market before computers?

[@chriscovington11]

Aaron Berta ticker tape machine

[@miken4591]

At one stage pigeons were used to carry news. The Rothchilds made a lot of $$ from early news of Waterloo. Before that horse messengers, and before that running teams.

[@sammiejopeters8848]

Also news papers

[@mackenzieblair8135]

To save you from watching the video: no, it didn’t start over looking for shoes. They also weren’t ordered to destroy the bridge at Wrightsville. They were ordered to capture it... the local militia and emergency reserves burned the bridge to deprive it from the enemy. This prevented the confederates from pushing over the Susquehanna River and further east.

[@billseitz4748]

Wrightsville bridge at Columbia***

[@potatomatop9326]

Yeah. Jordans.

[@grmpEqweer]

New Balance.

[@JoeMotionVideos82]

Can you blame them for wanting shoes? The got word that Jordan's were arriving in town.

[@Framer_Mike]

It was gettysburg not Philadelphia

[@kirkmorrison6131]

A lot of men are still on the field mostly CSA. Birdneck Ewell did have the same understanding as Jackson and Lee. Jackson would have taken Culpa Hill. Ewell was more cautious he was claimed to had said so to Lee later.

[@highlanderknight]

The Confederate Army generally paid for all the supplies etc that they took from areas they passed thru. The problem for the Northeners however, was that the Confederate Army paid in Confederate dollars.

[@erickbush1167]

So if I carjack you at gunpoint, but leave you an IOU then I'm suddenly a better class of criminal. It was war. Let's leave it at that.

[@highlanderknight]

Just stating facts.

[@erickbush1167]

Yes and you had a valid point. I was crudely pointing out that one sides intent and another sides perception seldom match when no choice in the matter is given. I wouldn't have viewed the Confederate actions poorly even if they had burned everything in their path. War has different rules.

[@MCRideout]

Is Antietam no longer considered the bloodiest battle of the Civil War? Also Gettysburg happened in JULY not June.

[@NefariousKoel]

Antietam had the single bloodiest day of the war. Gettysburg happened over a longer period.

[@RyuDragon529]

Shoes Shoes Oh my god. Shoes

[@Tazman55x]

These shoes suck!

[@jamesletendre6456]

These shoes rule!

[@Tazman55x]

I'm so glad other people remember shoes...

[@Denpachii]

Sascahana river? Please tell me you can do better than that. Sus. Qua. Hana. Look up the video How To Say Susquehanna, that is correct way, and as a life long resident on a small town on that river my ears bled a little when I heard that.

[@Denpachii]

@Gary Daniel We are sensitive that way. This could start another Yank / Limey war. A box of Walkers Assorted Shortbread should be enough to keep us at bay.

[@erickbush1167]

Suggestion: if your going to describe a campaign use maps. Otherwise your description results in confusion since it basically comes across as a list of names. Lots of soldiers names, lots of town names, lots of road names, lots of states, lots of units (especially bad in us civil war since units were most often militias of states: 54th Massachusetts, 11th Illinois, etc) So instead if putting up a photo of some general put up a map. By the way, another great job another interesting video.

[@coffilover]

Love you videos keep them up

[@LordKarronz]

First

[@endoetz]

humanity really needs alien invasion so we're not killing each others.. oh, wait.. we still kill each others even if there's an alien invasion..

[@sirdeadlock]

Were any of those guys over 30 years old?

[@mosquitobight]

Probably the South more than the North, as they were running out of young men.

[@nicollaney]

You said June several times instead of July when you were talking about the battle of Gettysburg.

[@swampk9]

So, is it June or July? Waitaminute, everybody knows the answer.

[@cuttwice3905]

@@RealCoolGuy One was just before Independence Day and the other over a month before July 4th. The month is memorable for that reason.

[@cuttwice3905]

@@RealCoolGuy That is called pointed redundancy.

[@kirbymarchbarcena]

Just imagine now if the soldiers were given Adidas or Nike and wonder what those shoes are for.

[@mcpossum]

Simon! ❤❤❤ you've been missed

[@MrWolfheart111]

I love Simon's videos... its good to get away from the worlds problems hong kong, china, wars, ect and learn about... well... wars, killing and mayhem... ya... I'm confused :)

[@georgegordon6630]

OK, wrong wrong, wrong...OK, when was the battle fought?..July 1-3, right?..WRONG..Lee Ordered Jubal Early into Pennsylvania ahead of the rest of the army. The governor of the state knew he was being invaded, of course, he called for help from the army. The timing was horrible for the Union, General Hooker had been relieved, there was nobody in command. The governor, knowing help was not coming, sent some militia..these guys had zero chance and were wiped out this was August 25. After the battle, Early's men did loot, including taking the dead men's much needed shoes, now when Harry Heath's corp was closing in.. Heath sent Pettigrew into Gettysburg, not Lee. John Reynold's ( Union 1st corp) decided he was going to fight at Gettysburg, Reynolds sent John Buford's cavalry to hold the town until he got there. Early that morning, Pettigrew encountered Buford, returned to corp, reported to Gen Heath that there was Union cavalry in Gettysburg. Heath was not sure, told Pettigrew to go back, but take 5,600 troops and artillery with them, this is the artillery that ended up on Oak's Hill and got the battle started. Lee heard the engagement, so wrote orders countering his previous oes, ordering the army to Gettysburg. The story is while he was writing the orders, another officer said "Tell them to go for the shoes "...so that's the actual story...if you want or care about being factual

[@motaboy8120]

I like his horrible pronunciation "SUSquehanna River". I grew up living a quarter mile from the river, its not how its pronounced. Ses-Que-Hanna, say it fast, almost 3 symbols, hanna said very fast

[@dhawthorne1634]

Susquehanna River is pronounced with a soft "q". Sus-kweh-HANNA. I live within walking distance of the Wrightsville bridge that the Union burned to stop the Confederate advance. The river along there is lined with Star Spangled Banners on one side and Dixie Flags on the other.

[@jameshorn270]

Actually, the Susquehanna Bridge at Wrightsville was burned by the mlitia to deny its use to cross the Susquehannah to attack Philadelphia (a reasonable assumption of Early's mission,, but whether that was in Lee's plans as a possibility. By the time Early got their the bridge was burning, and there were only a handful of the militia who got trapped on the west shore. The fire spread to Wrightsville itself, Early's troops save most of the town. I have no idea whether Early was to burn it or sieze it for crossing the river. My great great grandfather, Michael Jacobs, was professor of Math and Science at Gettysburg College. Within a couple of months he published Notes on the Rebel Invasion archive.org/search.php?query=michael%20jacobs%20battle%20/of%20gettysburg I have a letter which indicates a copy was sent to the White House in mid October and was cited by Edward Everett in his speech. Jacobs gave Everett a tour of the field before the ceremonies His son, my great grandfather Henry Eyster Jacobs, left several descriptions of the battle in his Memoirs of a Clergyman, and a little booklet Lincolns'Gettysburg World Message which includes his eyewitness account of the Gettysburg Address. archive.org/search.php?query=henry%20eyster%20jacobs%20lincoln%27s%20gettysburg%20world%20message

[@edschermer]

Ugh!!!! Aside from the small numbers of shoes demanded of the various towns by Confederate forces, the dare I say “myth” of the reason for shoes come from a report afterwards (possibly after the war was over as I recall) by one of the Confederate Generals (Heth?) that he suspected there to be a stockpile of shoes in Gettysburg. The Gettysburg area was never a manufacturing center like say York or Lancaster. I wish this whole show nonsense would go away! When studied, the real objective by Lee is seen to be an attack in Harrisburg in an attempt to create a popular upheaval for Lincoln that a state/commonwealth capital could be attacked. As was mentioned the confederate forces we widely dispersed (mostly on foraging efforts to sustain the army on enemy ground) and only when they realized the presence of the Union Army (we can discuss disconnect of Confederate Cavalry another time) once Lee was finally made aware of the Union force shadowing his movement Northward, then decision to consolidate at Gettysburg. Shoes had NOTHING to do with it!!! Please, please, PLEASE stop perpetuating this story!

[@DogWalkerBill]

You messed up your dates. You advised first contact was on June 1st. It would have been July 1st. Battle of Gettysburg was July 1 to 3, 1963.

[@irishjestyr4937]

Could you do a video about all of the references in the song American Pie by Don McLean

[@alexdaunoy9678]

I don't know if either have been mentioned but two interesting facts following the battle is that in August after the ANV was safely back inside Virginia, General Lee tendered his resignation to President Davis who quickly refused it and told Lee that nobody could do better or more than he. The second interesting fact is that Pickett never forgave General Lee for the Charge even until his dying day. A third, bonus fact, is that General Pettigrew, who was an author, died shortly after the battle around the time of a skirmish while his division was crossing the Potomac River.

[@dudeloverust]

Simon, love your content, but pro tip : you need to ask for the like at the beginnings of videos, waiting till the end is polite, but not effective. Watch a few philip defranco videos, he easily maintains a 10% like ratio, and it isn't forced or annoying.

[@JBB4118]

Heath wanted one thing..a fight.

[@dmj92002]

Says June several times...July 1 is start of battle, not June. Kind of a big oversight.

[@lynthornealder6735]

Situated at a union of 10 roads.... man, where'd they all go? Getting into Gettysburg now is like "take this farm road past the barn and then turn left."

[@sirloinofbeef2449]

Hey who’s from Chambersburg?!?

[@heikkijhautanen4576]

Well Ive started civilwars just cauz I could not find my lighter :/

[@stringgreens6387]

Moderen day loud concert with a mosh pit of humans desperate for excitement and entertainment. I can see how hopped up most people get after some coffee and nicotine in modern day. Cant imagine being around the same people, but with no a/c or video games...yikers

[@freewilliam93]

Its 4:20pm on my bday and im watching my almost everyday dosage of Simon!

[@robertneal4244]

Around the 4:00 mark you said "June the 2nd", but it should have been "July the 2nd".

[@CaptainFSU]

*Bloodiest battle ever in the Western Hemisphere

[@clubjed6276]

I live outside of york. Yup they wanted our shoes and money but had to leave before they could loot everyone. Also the pillars from the bridge are still there the whole way across the susquehanna river

[@ehrldawg]

Pop qiuz ; What was Lee doing in the north in the first place ??

[@chrisj197438]

The shoes must have been Jordan’s !!!!

[@beverlyanne5699]

Hightops for sure.....

[@insanemakaioshin]

Good lord! I thought I was Dumbo, until I saw our 16th president in a detailed photo

[@Holsp]

Could you make a video about how liars were detected in history and how the soft nose lie detection thing came to be?

[@NefariousKoel]

Ewell = " YOU-uhl " Wouldn't be a TIFO vid without mispronunciation.

[@Crazyjn]

NefariousKoel R/I Am Very Smart 😅😂🤣

[@Gitarzan66]

Also General HEETH.

[@darrylhamlin7475]

NefariousKoel It’s a bonus, you find out how things aren’t pronounced.

[@___LC___]

Better for studying other dialects.

[@lorddeuceington6043]

watch at .75 speed if you wanna see him looking kinda drunk.

[@jcksnghst]

Who knows what Lincoln's stepmother's maiden name was?

[@jcksnghst]

Who knows what Lincoln's stepmother's maiden name was?

[@mp2bill]

“Heath,” not “Heth,” even though it is spelled H-E-T-H.

[@outdoormanwheeler9753]

Why is timbuktu used as a euphemism for a far away place? Why is it so famous?

[@violinsessionswithsouro734]

so Johny Sins is a historian too...

[@Chef_PC]

That is a very dapper cardigan you got on there, Simon.

[@Aeturnalis]

0:53 that general looks identical to Robin Williams

[@randallporter9707]

"Shoes"" was also the slang for Union Militia troops by Confederate Forces. Often when CSA troops would meet green Union Militia forces in combat it was not pretty. The Militia in their new uniforms, weapons and "Shoes" would take one volley at the Rebs and run. The Militia troops would 'run' right out of their new shoes and throw down their weapons and gear. It was in the Confederate best interest to put on a good show and scare the be-jesus out of them. A run in with Union Militia would often mean...new 'Shoes". That is what General Heth was expecting when the went into Gettysburg. Even in the movie when wounded he is apoglising to Lee saying "We thougth there was only militia?". So that's what "shoes"means.

[@cplmpcocptcl6306]

Randall Porter Now Tell us the story of jack & the beanstalk.😉

[@saywhaaat8391]

Not June 1st, 2nd, and 3rd; but July 1st, 2nd, and 3rd.

[@blackjack2010]

An army marches on its stomach and i guess its footwear too, makes sense

[@Spamman4587]

Two quick items. 1. Pronunciation, Heth is pronounced like Heath, and 2. Your dates are off, you keep saying June when the battle started on July 1st.

[@butterflyqueen9260]

They were Nikes tho...

[@krismueller7988]

It was July 1863, not June 1863

[@conorgibson7301]

Nope! Started because of the roads!

[@northofnashira2575]

Nice attempt Simon, but it's pronounced sus-kwah-hannah for the river the bridge to Philadelphia was over. Native American words are pretty tricky.

[@MendTheWorld]

North Of Nashira Hmmmm I wonder. We Anglophones also pronounce the word "Quebec" as kwuh-beck, rather than the original Native American word kay-beck, which the French transliterated as Québec. So I want to know who came up with the transliteration "Susquehanna" (which I agree is pronounced like like the erroneous Anglo pronunciation of Quebec.)

[@northofnashira2575]

@@MendTheWorld Different tribes had different languages and often tribes would have different subsects with different dialects of that language. Quebec and Susquehanna come from two entirely different languages. The fact that the anglicized version of Quebec and the actual pronunciation of Susquehanna sound similar is simply a coincidence. Oddly enough the changed pronunciation of Quebec is interesting since typically land changes names, but bodies of water don't change names. The fact that only the pronunciation changed but not the name for an area of land is kind of interesting.

[@blakeweikert6633]

I live here Haha

[@AmericaLexicon]

It's what Lt. Columbo thought

[@jeffreymcfadden9403]

"foraging" was always a part time habit for troops of both sides. confederates were always ill-supplied. plus, northerners were much better supplied. so with the confederates in the north, they would be very eager to go exploring for goodies. in fact, a mcfadden family farm in eastern Ohio was raided by "morgans raiders"(confederates) on their way to Pittsburgh. these raiders took some food and some pigs on the hoof.

[@limalicious]

My family goes to Gettysburg every year for Father's Day, as my grandfather is buried in the military cemetery. On our last visit, we visited the house belonging to the family that ran the tannery. Also it should be noted that over history, the "positions" of the Democratic and Republican parties flipped along the way, so the Republicans of today are more similar in belief to Democrats of then.

[@steveconquest6684]

Some very expensive shoes indeed.

[@therealmarcher]

Connies want them Jordans

[@tristanwolfe119]

That's how the Battle of Foot Locker in Gaithersburg, Maryland started, too.

[@beagleissleeping5359]

Maybe nobody applauded because they were exhausted from the 2 hour speech?

[@larryhouneycutt5355]

this all happened in July