Gainesville Alabama Pop 200: You Won't Believe What I Found under this Civil War House

[@jasonhemphill3216]

You should go to Gainesville, Al on Memorial Day weekend. They have a WBTS reenactment there on Saturday and Sunday.

[@thomasm.longiii3752]

My dad lives in that town. Also, that store that says antiques was built by my great aunt and great uncle (it was a business store back in the day). Also, the new construction next to my great aunts store is the new dollar general. That town is amazing!!!!

[@lawrenjh]

Thanks for the trip. I had not realize Forrest surrendered in Alabama.

[@jillybean9329]

Cool lil town! Loved the stove.....wanna get in that antique store STAT. Quickly followed by frolicking in that forest. With a detector 😎👍

[@michellephoenix8183]

I literally was doing the hand motion of how to open that gate as if I was with you and you could see me 😂😂. Anyway pretty awesome area, thanks for taking us along for the ride.

[@Jeff_Reed]

You missed the cool houses and Civil War cemetery.

[@kuntryproper34]

I was born and raised there. There is a Confederate Cemetery not far from where you are. There's a Civil War re-enactment there every year that's done by the McGough Family. There's also the Best BBQ in the south at a restuarant called Alabama Rib Shack. The town and history is definitely worth the visit.

[@MNpicker]

Little towns are so cool😎

[@tuneafishgarage6264]

I bet that store has some good eats! Chicken gizzards and livers some catfish... man you have to go back and see inside the general store!

[@snarky_user]

Proud home of Gains•burgers!

[@johnlawrence9957]

Nice little town and a great monument.

[@mike2400]

Nice old town. thank you.

[@lisauptagrafft2010]

My granny had a water pump like that, we used it to take bathes. It was in her yard, she had a toilet in the house but no bath tub or shower. Weird. And yes, her house was in Alabama, Andalusia, where I still have a cousin who lives there.

[@TheSWolfe]

My Mississippi grandma had one in her front yard Cousin Peanut & I played horsie on. As a toddler, I'd bounce around on my sproingy plastic horse w/aluminum frame & Grandpa would say, "She's a champeen rider!" They had a small home in Greenville w/an outhouse - biggest spider I ever almost touched was waiting on the tp roll for me one summer morn. Nothing like the sound of screaming kindergartner to get u up in the a.m!

[@soniaibarra1926]

Hello watching your videos from Texas!!🙂🙂 Wow that's a nice and small town!!

[@oldveteran8931]

Love the videos. I live in Haleyville Alabama where 911 began . It started in February 16 1968. Proud to live in Alabama. We are also close to Nature Bridge Alabama. We are also called the free state of Winston . Maybe you can come visit this part of the state.

[@ExploringAlabama]

I will be there soon. My horse struggles climbing over the Bankhead Nat'l Forest

[@ALABAMAHEADHUNTER]

I've been on that road . There is one of those towns over there that has skinny 2 lane bridge and just before you get to the Western side the bridge makes a hard left turn . Scary bridge . May be gone nowadays .

[@GamingWith_OF]

You were in my town lol

[@ExploringAlabama]

awesome, thanks for watching

[@GamingWith_OF]

@@ExploringAlabama np

[@georgeroyston1867]

Love your videos EA

[@MichaelSwan66]

Great video Thanks :) hope you and the family have a great Christmas :)

[@sharonbeckett721]

Pretty little town. I should imagine that the population is made up considerably of older/retired people. I would love to live somewhere like that 😊

[@nickgurre1987]

That was not a house that was the post office,

[@mikelovin7]

That wood stove looks like a Ben Franklin, Google it.

[@TheNimshew]

SOLDIERS: "By an agreement made between Liet.-Gen. Taylor, commanding the Department of Alabama. Mississippi, and East Louisiana, and Major-Gen. Canby, commanding United States forces, the troops of this department have been surrendered. I do not think it proper or necessary at this time to refer to causes which have reduced us to this extremity; nor is it now a matter of material consequence to us how such results were brought about. That we are BEATEN is a self-evident fact, and any further resistance on our part would justly be regarded as the very height of folly and rashness. The armies of Generals LEE and JOHNSON having surrendered. You are the last of all the troops of the Confederate States Army east of the Mississippi River to lay down your arms. The Cause for which you have so long and so manfully struggled, and for which you have braved dangers, endured privations, and sufferings, and made so many sacrifices, is today hopeless. The government which we sought to establish and perpetuate, is at an end. Reason dictates and humanity demands that no more blood be shed. Fully realizing and feeling that such is the case, it is your duty and mine to lay down our arms -- submit to the “powers that be” -- and to aid in restoring peace and establishing law and order throughout the land. The terms upon which you were surrendered are favorable, and should be satisfactory and acceptable to all. They manifest a spirit of magnanimity and liberality, on the part of the Federal authorities, which should be met, on our part, by a faithful compliance with all the stipulations and conditions therein expressed. As your Commander, I sincerely hope that every officer and soldier of my command will cheerfully obey the orders given, and carry out in good faith all the terms of the cartel. Those who neglect the terms and refuse to be paroled, may assuredly expect, when arrested, to be sent North and imprisoned. Let those who are absent from their commands, from whatever cause, report at once to this place, or to Jackson, Miss.; or, if too remote from either, to the nearest United States post or garrison, for parole. Civil war, such as you have just passed through naturally engenders feelings of animosity, hatred, and revenge. It is our duty to divest ourselves of all such feelings; and as far as it is in our power to do so, to cultivate friendly feelings towards those with whom we have so long contended, and heretofore so widely, but honestly, differed. Neighborhood feuds, personal animosities, and private differences should be blotted out; and, when you return home, a manly, straightforward course of conduct will secure the respect of your enemies. Whatever your responsibilities may be to Government, to society, or to individuals meet them like men. The attempt made to establish a separate and independent Confederation has failed; but the consciousness of having done your duty faithfully, and to the end, will, in some measure, repay for the hardships you have undergone. In bidding you farewell, rest assured that you carry with you my best wishes for your future welfare and happiness. Without, in any way, referring to the merits of the Cause in which we have been engaged, your courage and determination, as exhibited on many hard-fought fields, has elicited the respect and admiration of friend and foe. And I now cheerfully and gratefully acknowledge my indebtedness to the officers and men of my command whose zeal, fidelity and unflinching bravery have been the great source of my past success in arms. I have never, on the field of battle, sent you where I was unwilling to go myself; nor would I now advise you to a course which I felt myself unwilling to pursue. You have been good soldiers, you can be good citizens. Obey the laws, preserve your honor, and the Government to which you have surrendered can afford to be, and will be, magnanimous."

[@ExploringAlabama]

those are some powerful words, thanks

[@kayp.7757]

That is a beautiful speech. Thanks for posting.

[@sbcruiser2]

Church pews smell funny in Alabama???

[@RandolphRelicRecovery]

Silly, everyone knows Gainesville is in Florida! Pashaw, Pashaw!

[@lisauptagrafft2010]

Randolph Relic Recovery go gators!

[@RandolphRelicRecovery]

@@lisauptagrafft2010 Chomp, chomp, chomp🐊

[@lynnerodgers4461]

I live 12 miles from Gainesville. VA

[@RandolphRelicRecovery]

@@lynnerodgers4461 Good morning Lynne! There does seem to be a lot of towns with that name. Merry Christmas to you and yours🎆⛄🎅🎄

[@smurf_mammma2401]

Clickbait cmon man

[@ExploringAlabama]

I'm gonna need more info

[@smurf_mammma2401]

Exploring Alabama you made it seem like you found something yourself , it’s owned by the government