"Gettysburg: Darkest Days & Finest Hours" Complete Civil War Docu-Drama

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Commemorating the anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg - this docudrama tells the story of the 145th anniversary re-enactment and the 1863 battle from the soldier's point-of-view. Featuring nearly 15,000 re-enactors.
More than 100 cast and crew worked on the movie to create scenes involving recreations of the death of Colonel Burgwyn and the 26th North Carolina, Colonel Jeffords and the 4th Michigan, the 11th Mississippi fighting around the Bryan Barn, authentic and graphic hospital scenes, the actions of the 19th Massachusetts at the Angle, and the story of the Berkeley brothers of the 8th Virginia during Pickett’s Charge.
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[@valeriewilliams7104]

That took an extreme amt of filming. Thank you so much. It is so real.

[@BradWatsonMiami]

On July 4 (7/4), 1863, the Battle of Gettysburg had ended. A hard rain began that afternoon that lasted for days and Gen. Lee began a very organized retreat back to Northern Virginia. Also on 7/4, Vicksburg surrendered to Gen. Grant after a 47-day siege. Also on that afternoon, President Abraham Lincoln gave an Independence Day speech from the White House balcony where he said, "Eighty odd years since, upon the Fourth day of July". In writing his Gettysburg Address, 'Father Abraham' realized he could say, "4 score and 7 years ago, our fathers" as a reference to going back 87 years to 7/4/1776 and as a reference to Genasis 16:16 when "Abram (Abraham) was 4 score and 6 years old when the slave girl Hagar gave birth to Ishmael ('Is he male?')". This is the first use of "score" in the King James Bible. Besides Gen 16:16, Lincoln was the 16th p(16)resident at 1600 Pennsylvania Av. President Andrew Johnson declared the Civil War officially over 16 months after Lee surrendered. Abraham Lincoln II - the only grandson of the 16th president - died at age 16. He and his father Robert Todd Lincoln are entombed in Arlington National Cemetery - the former Lee-Custis Plantation. This is part of Seal #2: GOD=7_4 or FOD=6_4 (on Planet Nestor); see 7seals.blogspot.com . Only the returned Christ, Benjamin Franklin, Abraham Lincoln, and Albert Einstein reincarnated could produce this. This fulfillment of the prophecy of Rev 5:1 has triggered The Apocalypse/Revelation which is not the 'end of the world' - it's the 2nd Coming.

[@danajoelbogdanski2042]

President John Adams was the first resident at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue; thus, Lincoln may have been the 15th resident, but not the 16th.

[@fxitfastah]

Real my green ass.The horrors of war are far more vivid, while the dust obscures the real carnage. No endless screams, no mud or dirt. And do you realize it's 75 cal. A musket ball does not only penetrate, it shatters bone, spraying te shards to the men around them. It literary knocks someone down by the sheer impact. Volleys are easy to film, one side fires(all centered left), next shot a line of men are dropping(all centered left), you tried it several times , but the shots could also be into the air for the viewers sake. Movies also have a "read direction" you totally failed to grasp. Shacking the god damned camera like an amateur, cause it gives such a Blair witch I am there feeling, does not work in a documentary, it annoying to watch. Your task is to keep it steady, such trivial things are done in a studio and then with measurement. This time I won't complain about the children, no we have plenty of over acting in this field by grown-ups. Yes I know they are volunteers, does not mean they can act. Using the smoke and dust is a perfect use to obscure this errors, besides the obvious lady on the horse. What is your purpose, view it as a witness/documentary or a filming volunteers. This movie misses a lot of after production, the computer animations about troop movement could have better be used for this...

[@fxitfastah]

And stop putting the camera in peoples faces!

[@RResidentAlienNN]

Yeah we know this but we understand its free so we dont complain about it. Anyone who is watching this is at Least somewhat learned on the civil war and most likely knows that this does not encapsulate wars entire horrors. Its better then most I've seen and I give the creator credit. This wasn't easy to put together.

[@RiskyRanger75]

I was in this film, 4:35 I’m the kid tossing the button to the women that we were just taking food from. I was around 14 years old around the filming for this. Was doing civil war reenacting for few years before this

[@StephenMorreale]

thats pretty cool man...

[@michaelvaughn8864]

Damn. That is awesome, sir😊👍

[@Dgjdhnb]

at least both sides love the USA.

[@christianwuttke1629]

Read George catlin😂

[@cjm2968]

Lee lost at Gettysburg because Joe Hooker’s words were true to the letter. The AOP destroyed most of the leadership of the ANV at Chancellorsville. We don’t have to continue to copy and paste Lost Cause mistruths anymore and continue to say that Lee was victorious at Chancellorsville. Hooker, before Chancellorsville, “May God have mercy on General Lee, for I will have none.” At the conclusion of Chancellorsville, a quote from Lee, “We had really accomplished nothing; we had not gained a foot of ground, and I knew the enemy could easily replace the men he had lost. At Chancellorsville we gained another victory; our people were wild with delight-I, on the contrary, was more depressed.” There should be no doubt in anyone’s mind that the army that Lee faced at Gettysburg was none other than Fightin’ Joe Hooker’s AOP., the same one that Hooker had been perfecting since his appointment as commander on January 26 of that year. The same army that made Lee cry to Pickett “It’s all my fault” . And the same army that beat Lee so badly that he wrote a letter of resignation to Confederate president Davis . Here are the words of a broken Robert E. Lee to Davis on August 8, 1863 “I cannot even accomplish what I myself desire. How can I fulfill the expectations of others? In addition, I sensibly feel the growing failure of my bodily strength. I have not yet recovered from the attack I experienced the past spring. I am becoming more and more incapable of exertion, and am thus prevented from making the personal examinations and giving the personal supervision to the operations of the field which I feel to be necessary. I am so dull that in making use of the eyes of others I am frequently misled.” Joe Hooker showed no mercy and a broken Lee was trying to quit the game. Meade was not the victor at Gettysburg , Joe Hooker’s army beat Lee. And it certainly wasn't the shambles of an army that Hooker inherited from Burnside. No, Lee was beaten twice by Hooker, once at Chancellorsville and again at Gettysburg. Hooker was assigned command of the AOP on January 26, 1863.At his own request, he was relieved of command on June 28, 1863. Hooker asked Lincoln and Halleck for the additional troops from Harper’s Ferry to fight at Gettysburg and was refused, thus his resignation. Lincoln installs Meade, and assigns the Harper’s Ferry troops as well to Meade. Let’s not make the same mistake of others and think that Meade had some sort of magic fairy dust that made the AOP victorious at Gettysburg . It was Hooker’s army at Gettysburg So the battle was Hooker vs Lee again, with Hooker as the victor. I don't think the ANV ever did "night recon" after Jackson's folly (rhymes with volley) The claim that dividing the ANV as brilliant does not surface at Gettysburg because all that did at Chancellorsville was to make Jackson's 2nd corps extremely vulnerable and thus suffered the lion's share of casualties on May 3. A good read for the doubters/Lost Cause folks is the Order of Battle at Chancellorsville. Please pay close attention to letters (K) killed and (MW) on the ANV rolls. Professor DePue needs to get up to speed on the Doubleday take on Hooker losing his nerve. . It was proved wrong because they were never closer than 50 miles during that time. The closer I study Chancellorsville the more I can see the failings of Robert E. Lee and Jackson's hubris driven foolishness of night attack with troops that haven't slept, eaten, and have been on a forced march of 15 miles.

[@clarezigner6028]

LionHeart: You ought to make a film about Tillie Pierce based on her book What A Girl Saw. This is one aspect of Gettysburg which does not get covered. Imagine a 15 year old girl witnessing this battle, a simple farm girl.

[@mrfugazi6713]

Clare you have a very valid point in what you have said, to be totally honest with you, it was only yesterday that I learnt about Tillie Pierce. She was in a relationship with a soldier and she was watching the battle and she was hit in the head with by a stray bullet apparently the poor girl, but you are right Clare I’ve watched quite a few documentaries about Gettysburg and the civil war because I’m a very spiritual person and I like watching documentaries about the paranormal and like I said yesterday was time that she had been mentioned so you are right more about her should be documented, I certainly think so anyway. Take care of yourself Clare from Stevie boy in Britain

[@OneLastHitB4IGo]

Can you imagine what that battlefield must have smelled like on July 3rd after 80-90 deg temperatures for 3 days? Re-enactments can only go so far, the reality of any battle like that is incomprehensible to us.

[@georgelevy1189]

How true. What you see are a bunch of actors with a bad script.

[@willoutlaw4971]

The Confederste dead and most of their wounded were left on the battlefield. They were eaten by feral hogs and wild dogs. Their remains were excreted on the battlefield.

[@ronnyrono782]

It probably smelled better than 3 days after the battle

[@rebelscumspeedshop]

That's Why the cemetery was dedicated in November. It was much cooler, but there was still an obvious odor.

[@OneLastHitB4IGo]

@@rebelscumspeedshop I would have waited until late January when everything was well frozen. I was part of a search team looking for 2 girls who'd been murdered and left in their car out in the country in late June for over a week. A farmer reported a "strong odor" from his field. Temps had been in the high 80's to low 90's for that week. We found the girls almost 1/2 mile from his house in that field, in their car, windows rolled up. I'll skip the condition the bodies were in only to say the recovery team had to wear haz mat suits with gas masks to recover them and they still said they could smell it and had been puking their guts up. I'm 70 y/o now. This was over 50 yrs ago and I have yet to smell anything worse than what that smelled like...from 1/2 mile away!

[@OdeeOz]

Lionheart does History a great service. Worked for/with Kevin Herschberger too on a couple films, and he is TOPS in the field. 👍👍& 10⭐

[@morenofranco9235]

What an incredible production. This Is ART! Thank you, LionHeart

[@stevenbeatty37]

I'm not a scholar or even much of a student. But at times I got to almost imagine what it looked like, what it sounded like, and what it was like. Closest I'll ever come. Thank you LionHeart.

[@stevenbeatty37]

@Walter Dumbrowski It's possible that the odor of spent gunpowder and blood took precedence. I don't know. I wasn't there.

[@carolutley6523]

Loving these historical films! The History Channel has mostly 'reality' shows

[@jefjef947comarmstrong5]

Well Eye wish eye was in the land. Of. C. O. T. T. O. N carol

[@carywest9256]

You call "Ancient Aliens" reality?

[@michaelvaughn8864]

They're always riveting to watch, Ms. Utley

[@michaelvaughn8864]

Simply put....INCREDIBLE!!👍 Outstanding film docudrama. Hats off to all involved with its production and other aspects

[@alwilson3204]

Brilliant piece of work

[@michaelvaughn8864]

@@alwilson3204 Indeed, it was, Mr. Wilson👍

[@genesis2936]

This is like saving private Ryan of the civil war ! MUST WATCH !

[@dianawingate8887]

I understand that tactics had not caught up with weapons & this was what's West Point taught......but it boggles my mind that men could not figure out that marchingong lines of men at one another was pure, unadulterated idiocy.

[@KeithRCmafia1967]

Excellent Work! I really have no words to describe what I saw here. You did the battle real justice! Thank You!

[@peterneijs387]

ha ha

[@karifredrikson8492]

How did they get all those Civil War Reenacters together? That’s a Story in itself. Looks like 1000’s!

[@3rdgr2t11]

It’s Filmed at the yearly Gettysburg reenactment re-enactors from all over the us go

[@MarkWYoung-ky4uc]

I participated as a member of the 26th N.C, Infantry and we had reenactors there from around the world. The annual Gettysburg reenactment is the main event for Civil War reenactors and a lot of reenactors plan their year around it. I think we had around 12,000 plus that year.

[@earlwright9715]

The info about this says 15000

[@jim7627]

God bless the victims, families and friends of this and all wars ...

[@michaelvaughn8864]

Their sufferings are immeasurable😕

[@jodycarrithers6160]

@Jim 762 And to think, our current generations seem more than willing to throw all the sacrifices these men and the men of many other wars made into the garbage can of "equity", feigned "virtue signaling", one sided censorship and, apparently, the right to have drag queens read a story to or perform a show for our elementary school aged children. The word ungrateful doesn't even BEGIN to describe the insanity. Very sad state this country is in.

[@garrybrooks4451]

Simply breathtaking! Thank you

[@badguy5554]

Wow! What a DETAILED examination of this battle! Many thanks to the THOUSANDS of re-enactors! I enjoyed the Hollywood production of "Gettysburg"....BUT for historical accuracy and realistic detail...this surpassed it!

[@jamescrabtree8453]

When you really think of it this war is not taught anymore in our schools , but the brave men who fought the civil war really are hero's , just as much as WW1 , WW2, Korea , Vietnam and all other wars . Just think about it , imagine standing face to face with the enemy and shooting each other not more than 30 yards apart . Brave and fearless were both sides among the slaughter .

[@mikeamico6763]

It's as if their trying to erase it from history which can't be done .very important part of history our history must be taught

[@texasjoe557]

Thank you. I completely appreciate what was accomplished with this film

[@rayward3630]

I think the most important battle of the Civil War. Things could have gone differently with a Union loss in the north and fairly close to Washington DC. I don't know if the Union could have regrouped and saved us from the Confederacy. Their morale may have been destroyed and the country may very well have given up and demanded a negotiated peace.

[@rayoeler3055]

Being today is July 3rd ,2020 ! I watched this with a clear mind of the importance the day was in 1863 ! ! But you must think of all that who died on both sides shall never be forgotten !

[@shirleyhannel5795]

The thing is that the Civil War was about State's rights vs Federal Government power over the States slavery was a little part of the hole thing history of the south is very important Rebel history is our history and it should not be forgotten or banded for history books. We ended slavery but States lost their power to govern them self

[@redpilledsupak9979]

And the importance of 1683

[@travisjthompson2]

@@shirleyhannel5795 you are being a lost cause revisionist. Slavery was the major cause of the war.

[@Northtide]

@@travisjthompson2 No it wasn't. The North invaded the South. The Federal government was trying to force more control over the states. Slavery was the straw that broke the camels back. It was not the primary cause of the secession.

[@erichonecker1010]

The north invaded the south after the south started the war. Yes it was slavery that was main cause of the war. I would say read all the articles of succession by the succeeding states as proof but I doubt you lost cause neo confederate racists can read..

[@garrybrooks4451]

Lee, being the master of movement, splitting his army and forced marches must have at least considered a night movement flanking the Union left in a wide loop the night of the Second. I have heard that it was proposed to him. To me, it will always be a mystery why he didn't try, preferring the ill fated frontal assualt instead.

[@allandavis8201]

The English civil war was brutal, bloody, and cost tens of thousands of lives, but the American civil war took those horrendous acts to a hole new level, but both wars were decidedly UNCIVIL. This offering from the re-enactors is a fantastic production and must have taken as much planning, if not more, than the original battles and skirmishes, thanks very much, it was a very interesting and informative production. 😀👍🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 P.S The sunset on the segment heralding the 2nd of July was beautiful, one of the nicest I have seen in my 50+ years, if it was that nice on tv then in person it must have been as sight to behold, lucky lucky people.

[@jamesrichardson3322]

720,000 lives were lost during the America Civil War 1861 - 1865

[@ronnyrono782]

Free the slaves, states rights preserve the Union. These were just some of the reasons men of the south and the north fought. The main reason men fought in the civil war was the draft. Put simply you fought or you went to prison.

[@tonybarbre2743]

to make it look more real , it would be nice to see someone use a ramrod every now and then. To make it look like you actually put a bullet in the muzzle

[@johnclarke9498]

Reenactment at its amazing best, From London uk

[@wctrain]

Thank you so much!

[@Northtide]

Great production. Thank you.

[@johnstewart6243]

the norths generals left a lot to be desired ,till mead and grant came on the secene

[@billb0313]

Oliver Howard's XI Corp gets a bad rap. Yes, they broke at Chancellorsville. They were almost completely enveloped but, they were stubborn, very stubborn, on Mcpherson's ridge and fighting through the town as they fell back. If not for the XI Corp Ewell would have walked through the town and occupied Culp's and Cemetery Hill by noon and well before the XII, V, III, and II Corp arrived. Union Corps would have been decimated piecemeal trying to take those hills back after a forced march. One could argue that Howard is the true hero at Gettysburg.

[@georgelevy1189]

The XI Corps debacle had no effect on the outcome at Chancellorsville. 3rd Corps took up blocking positions at Chancellor"s and fought Lee's army to a standstill, inflicting enormous casualties to the tune of 10,000 Confederate dead, wounded, and missing. The brilliant Lee was in a trap, with the fighting 3rd Corps in front and 45,000 fresh Union Troops on his right flank. Lee had also lost Fredericksburg, with his entire force there wiped out to the tune of 3,000 more. Then the neurotic Gen. Hooker had a nervous breakdown and called for a retreat

[@jamesrichardson3322]

Oliver Howard lead the 17th Corp this best corp in the Western Theater and the whole Union Army. He lead them well at the Atlanta Campaign and the March in the Carolinas campaigns. General Hooker should have lead a Corp not the Army of Potomac, was a idiot. Sherman hated Hooker with fiery passion, I don't what lead to their feud?

[@jamesrichardson3322]

This awesome!! Damn i wish my unit would done this film!!

[@auditoneusa747]

24th Michigan with 500 strong lost 400 soldiers July 1st in Gettysburg. No mention?

[@joelmcgrath8219]

World war I world war 2 to many good AMERICANS during so that those could live free my uncle's and grandparent were apart of world war 2

[@GloriaSchneider-rw4ef]

It was a great movie in the way that it truly made you feel like you were there. Not like current shows that couldn't really happen but you felt like they were. My heart goes out to all the families really touched by this battle. Also though for all of the people involved in trying to make something so terrible look accurate. Thank you for all your work.

[@joegagnon2268]

Good lord that’s bravery valorous timeless remarkable point of history I feel it beaming inside

[@rockinbillyboy]

Truly brilliant!...bravo to all concerned.

[@timswope8423]

During the battle the lines moved back and forth. The wounded and dead could not be removed during the battle. This was farm country. Farm animals, pigs, roamed freely after fences were knocked down. The wounded and death were eaten by pigs at night. Image the horror.

[@chasemurraychristopherdola7108]

One thing for sure if the real battle of Gettysburg happened this year the confederates would have marched past the house of my paternal grandmothers brothers house which straddles the chambersburg pike

[@phuoc-huutran6303]

I am sure, there should be a lot of .... haunted ... houses in and around Gettysburg ! 😱😱😱

[@stevesteadman666]

An astonishing piece of work

[@1339LARS]

Great reenactments!!!! //Lars

[@andrewkellers9275]

😕😕😕😕 I find it hard to believe that so many people went to their deaths In this fashion of battle.....stand in line taking pot shots at the opposition.....it's total lunacy

[@FirstLast-di5sr]

Hence the deployment of trench warefare towards the end of the war.

[@NewarkBay357]

But they did.

[@pauls.3400]

The same way it was done by Napoleon. Some people think old guns don't compare with modern ones. Wrong. Accuracy, range and damage to human body....

[@pamelaoliver8442]

Believe it or not, it was a thing for a long long time.

[@pauls.3400]

@@pamelaoliver8442 Popularized by Napoleon himself. Bravery without common sense..

[@scottexpatinthephilippines7449]

Thank you so very much lion heart for giving us the chance to see the American Civil War reenactments and movies of Andersonville prison and all the battles of the American Civil war thank you so very much Scott expat in the philippines 👍🇵🇭😎🇵🇭👍

[@willoutlaw4971]

Confederates were fighting to preserve and expand African American slavery. Read Confederate Vice President Alexander Stephen's "Cornerstone Speech" made in March of 1861.Thank you Generals Meade, Grant, Sherman and Sheridan and the Union armies for your excellent service in preserving the Union. Thank you also to the 200,000 African American soldiers (United States Colored Troops) (U.S.C.T.) who served in the Union Army and without whose service the Union may well have lost the Civil War.

[@leojablonski2309]

And never mentioned. Yup. Thanks

[@austincriswell8480]

😂😂😂😂 as i read this i thought the same?​@leojablonski2309

[@davidpitchford6510]

Excellent. Thank you for making and posting.

[@wvmontani]

No mention of Chamberlain's defense of Little Round Top? For shame!

[@jamesmurray3082]

This is very realistic.good job !!

[@michaelvaughn8864]

The sergeant stepping out of the line and in front of his regiment shaking his fist at the Confederates across the way was very foolhardy in the least😦 He made himself a perfect target to get shot, which is exactly and unfortunately what happened

[@emperorconstantine1.361]

If I had the choice, I would take the P53 Enfield, because at Half-cock, it was easier and faster to get the spent percussion cap on and off, plus it just has a nicer look than the Springfield. The Springfield is still a terrific platform, don’t get me wrong, but I want the finer details in reloading easier and quicker.

[@tawannayelton1840]

I've been a student of the War for 52 years. This is without a doubt one of the best docu-dramas I've ever seen. No "talking heads". You let the soldiers who took part in the battle speak for themselves! Few maps interrupting the narrative and few gaffs. Thank you for a quality production worth watching!

[@tedunseth3966]

Tawanna, I agree with you. I have almost 40 years studying the Civil War. I know at the end the total casualties were different. I always heard some say 28 thousand Confederate soldiers. I had read that was not the truth years back and the number was really 20 thousand. The truth is the Union lost more men at Gettysburg. I noticed this documentary showed the numbers I have debated on forums for a decade. Did you catch that in the end?

[@erichonecker1010]

No the union did not lose more at Gettysburg than the south, dipshit..

[@hvymettle]

@@tedunseth3966 The AoNV lost 28,000 men at Gettysburg, the AoP 23,000. Those are the generally accepted numbers.

[@hvymettle]

@@erichonecker1010 If you are a serious student then you can help others to learn better without the silly insults.

[@skullthumper8646]

@@tedunseth3966 You have way more knowledge on this subject than I have, My thinking on battle is. Lee made a fatal mistake on day one when he refused to listen to the pleas of longstreet and picket to take the high ground that was undefended at the time and ultimately cost him the battle. What are your thoughts on this?

[@alanaadams7440]

Lee's retreat of wagons and wounded and dying was 17 miles long

[@snake316171]

Another great production

[@tauceti8341]

I love how we got to follow the diary of someone who was there.

[@jefjef947comarmstrong5]

That's. Right

[@patriciaheil6811]

I grew up in Franklin county, west of Adams county where Gettysburg is. Every time they wanted to take us on an educational field trip, they would drag us to Gettysburg.

[@brucesegerdahl7892]

Well done shows the total insanity of the whole thing

[@Fireworxs2012]

*Well, THIS is crap...I've seen better acting at Middle School Christmas Plays* *Do you think they cram some more Ads in this?*

[@johnfd0210]

Very disappointed. Overweight soldiers (by this time, most Confederates were underfed, let alone having marched from the South), the "soldiers" were laughing and not even looking where the fired, and at 9:45...that is a woman. I am done and not even 15 minutes into it.

[@karencarman8336]

For a General that everyone thinks was so great. I have always wondered how could anybody be so stupid to send 15,000 n the open up hill for almost a mile and think it would work.

[@johnmartin7158]

Certainly a tragic mistake.

[@lobmibtanpiall7574]

Happy Independence Day July 4th United States of America 😅👌

[@baselbob8012]

We are such a killing species, especially of each other.

[@arsenal-slr9552]

Good shit! Thanks for uploading!

[@merlelove1795]

2023 will be 160 years since Gettysburg. Wow

[@highdesert-boy]

And since Vicksburg.

[@jamesrichardson3322]

@@highdesert-boy I hope go to the 2023 Vicksburg event, my Federal Unit 45th Illinios fought there!!

[@davehardwick4481]

This has been one of the best most intense I have seen for years. Thank you aaALL

[@chasemurraychristopherdola7108]

Just saying but Interesting fact a relative of colonel Burgywn fought alongside future confederate general Sterling Pap Price in the Mexican American war at the siege of Pueblo De Taos

[@brianbanks703]

yes so an incredible number of big children dressed up to play with their toys, some smiling or laughing even, expected to hear a mobile go off at any minute. And then they are sentimental about it!! Felt sorry for the poor horses and other wildlife that had no choice.

[@alanaadams7440]

There were 1-2 million mules and horses that died in the civil war

[@2serveand2protect]

VERY wel done - very well narrated. Extremely interesting. Big thanks for uploading this.

[@leonedethebes]

Better than the martin sheen and co film 1993

[@Renfield37]

some of us are in this. in few of the spots in the first half of this... when they shoed the cavalry.. i belive iut from the 149th or 150th gettysburg

[@davidhoughton2170]

Overall I think it a good retelling of the battle and it does a good job of showing the variety of places fought. My only question however is while I would agree the fighting at the Round Tops are overdone in some Productions, How can you leave them out completely?

[@ShawnBrady-fd8mk]

Totally agree! Chamberlains brilliant defense of little round top was pivotal in anchoring the union line

[@johnlecorchick2039]

[t is wrong to enslave.... it is wrong to deny the truth, however painful

[@carolbell8008]

Hi, agreed! That is the point!!

[@aman4peace]

No wonder paranormal plays the re en actment

[@dicklong6117]

Well done.

[@jamesthompson4148]

It’s a find docudrama , but I was disappointed no mention of Joseph Chamberlain and the20th Maine on little Round . A col.Ellis was mentioned on the 2nd leading a bayonet charge in movie Gettysburg Col Chamberlain had a officer named Ellis who was in the Bayonet charge Chamberlain ordered could this have been an error in this re-enactment?

[@KenWheelerWhistler]

That's the thing about movies and documents you can only fit so much in, Gettysburg was a HUGE battle there for a lot of things don't get mentioned sometimes.

[@indy_go_blue6048]

The afternoon battle lasted some 3 hours ("the best 3 hours of fighting anywhere."-Longstreet.) the Gettysburg Nat'l Park Service" has literally dozens of videos- talks, lectures, battlefield walks- about the 3 days of battle which includes Little Round Top and also dozens of sites some people haven't even heard of. To be repetitive, there are dozens (lol) of stories-and heroes- here you might've never heard of.

[@landolfladig9080]

Thank you!

[@kerrykestrowl6785]

Good production but what happened to little round top it would of been great

[@travisdavis6778]

How do you not mention little round top most important moment of day 2

[@localchair1870]

@@travisdavis6778 I think Longstreets countermarch that lasted all morning while trying to figure out where to start the attack from was vastly more important then the skirmish that took place on Little Round top- Basically the attack on the second day didn't start until somewhere between 3pm and 5pm and the rebels had gone on a long wild march during the day. Then there's the fact the union lines had shifted since the confederates had inspected the line at five that morning. the actual end of the union line for most of the day was devils den as sickles had led the third corps up to the peach orchard presumably to avoid another Hazel Grove situation. It wasn't until guvenor warren realized that the third corps had left the hill undefended that it became a big deal.

[@bobbym.1367]

this depiction is far better than most at showing what happened.

[@angelaw7193]

I love these great recreations and it seems one is right there. The only thing that bothers me is how these soldiers walked in lines towards their opponents, on both sides of the war. What a great waste of human lives.

[@eurostarnamastar3128]

Terrible strategy of standing or walking while shooting.....no horsemen and others encircling ....men just getting killed.... terrible!

[@alanaadams7440]

Seems like suicide to us now

[@chasemurraychristopherdola7108]

One thing for sure in this movie they should have shown the First Pennsylvania reserves and the reason I am saying that is because out of all the companies of infantry Calvary and artillery only one fought in the battle of Gettysburg and that company was Company K of the First Pennsylvania reserves infantry regiment and within its ranks was my 4x great uncle named George E Kitzmiller who served valiantly in his company and during the battle of Gettysburg the 1st Pennsylvania reserves infantry regiment played an important role in the battle and what happened was after the confederates captured the wheat field they were going to attack little round top and between the wheat field and little round top there were no union troops but then from over the eastern slope of little round top came the Pennsylvania reserves and the men of the union 6th corps and they defeated 4 confederate brigades in an area that will forever be known as the Valley Of Death aka The Plum Run Valley

[@leonedethebes]

I believe lee had lost more men

[@pauls.3400]

Lionheart movies are the BEST. Quality, content, stories. Thanks for this 🇺🇸💖

[@Cryo837]

So in the heat of battle suddenly you have to poop...do these armies set up latrines, do you just squat and dump, or do you just go in your pants?

[@therealamerican99.76]

Combo of the last 2

[@alexdejesus62]

I watched this over and over. Well done

[@honestovillareal2549]

Actually, Gen James Longstreet was against the final charge at Gettysburgh, because he knows it will never succeed but he has no recourse except to obey orders since he was only second in command to Gen Robert E Lee who made the final and disastrous decision on the last day of the bàttle.

[@rayward3630]

This is one battle when the Union beat the Confederacy troops to the high ground. It seems General Lee was the master of that. I think that ended up being the difference for the Union. After the 2nd day though, the Rebels were still in a position to win. They had advanced and even broken the Yankees lines in some areas, but we're ultimately repulsed. So on the 3rd day, they were ordered to do the cannon barrage and Pickets charge. Of course, it was a disaster for the Rebels, as they were the ones marching thousands of men into an entrenched position instead of the Yankees. The reinactors need allot of praise. I like watching them replay battles. It gives a better sense of what both sides were up against and how they responded.

[@fearlessfosdick160]

Yeah, Lee's problem was that when the armies blundered into each other on the roads north and west of Gettysburg, he was in a terrible strategic situation and did not initially know what he was up against. His fear was that he would be engaged by the bulk of the Union Army while his army was still strung out on those roads. That's why he kept ordering his subordinate commanders to avoid doing anything that would start a general engagement. Heth gets a bad rap for "disobeying" those orders, but that is not exactly what happened. Heth was taking his division in the direction of Gettysburg along the Chambersburg Pike when one of his brigades bumped into Buford's cavalry brigade. Heth was suddenly being shot at by these cavalrymen, but it looked like it was no big deal. So he got a brigade in line an told them to drive the federal troops off. Instead of leaving the area as would be expected, Buford started to put up a real scrap, so Heth started putting more troops into the field to deal with them. Suddenly, federal infantry support shows up and before he knew it, he was engaged with elements of I Corps. What he didn't know yet was that II and XI Corps were coming up behind I Corps and would arrive shortly. The battle had developed while Lee was militarily blind, owing to Stuart's absence (He was up in Carlisle looking for the army, after doing what he had been ordered to do.) Lee managed a victory on the first day anyway, but it left the Union on the heights, digging in and getting ready for another fight. The reason that I say that Lee had put himself in a bad strategic position is that he ended up facing almost the entire Union army, which was deployed in a manner that threatened both his lines of communication and lines of retreat. He was therefore in a strategic position that virtually required him to attempt to fight it out, and frankly from the moment he entered Pennsylvania he was in a position that required him to engage the Union Army wherever he found it. It was just that by the circumstance of the armies blundering into each other piecemeal, Lee was deprived of the opportunity to choose his ground. On the second day, Lee was let down by some of his subordinate commanders, most notably Gen Mahone, who declined Gen Anderson's order to support Gen. Wright's breakthrough in the Union center on Cemetery Hill. The attacks on the flanks failed largely because they were not coordinated with one another. Had any of these assaults been conducted in the manner Lee had planned, the story of Gettysburg may well have been very different. That takes us to the third day, and while I have little patience with anyone who suggests that he understands what Lee was thinking, I am reasonably convinced that Lee was attempting to do with three divisions and artillery support what Wright's single brigade had done the day before. So was Lee being stupid? I don't think so. He definitely cocked it up, mostly by expecting too much initiative from his subordinate commanders, but the entire campaign was a desperate gamble on the part of the Confederacy in the first place, born of the fact that the Confederate leadership understood completely that they were not going to win a war of attrition against the United States.

[@jefjef947comarmstrong5]

Yes watching. This. Now. July. 1. 2021 had on my Shit. 4 months. Properly. The right time. Say. What. Live 2hrs from. The. Battlefield.

[@brizjayson8827]

They died with honor in the name of bravery

[@i.m.9918]

Not possible when you're fighting to enslave your fellow man, rape women, sell children, and compel others to do your own work. Bravery? Only in combat -- not in life. Honor? The honor of the degenerate to feel prideful about degeneracy.

[@cynthiaclarke3979]

I had family on both sides fighting each other,fighting for both the Union and Confederate Armies.Guess war really was a bitch..

[@timkrouse345]

10:10 "Gentlemen, if you're running out of ammunition, find some from a wounded comrade....be sure to say 'please' and 'thank-you.'" 😆

[@BA-gn3qb]

What? Confederacy! Cancel culture says it didn't happen.

[@localchair1870]

They don’t- I think they just question the intelligence of those who fly the rebel flag proudly and say “heritage not hate” while an entire minority was enslaved by people under those colors.

[@localchair1870]

Your probably the type of person who would place a statue of Nathan Bedford Forrest in a minority neighborhood then cry foul if people tore it down. And say they don’t respect history.

[@TOFKAS01]

LOL...."Make something like Ken Burns did" just with more middle-aged-reenactors....

[@iamnoone5478]

So many different Uniform Colours at the Confederate Site.

[@tedunseth3966]

All the Confederate leaders had Gray Uniforms. Most of the army boiled there clothes for a butternut color. If you had no uniforms then the Confederate army forced you to make your clothes lighter. They took Union army outfits and boiled them as well making them look butternut(tan color).

[@localchair1870]

Ted is correct- it had a lot to do with the fact that dyes were scarce in the south at that time as well

[@SNP-1999]

At the start of the war, especially at First Bull Run (aka Battle of Manassas), the different coloured uniforms on both sides caused many friendly fire incidents, blue uniformed Confederate units being fired upon by other Condederates and grey uniformed Union troops receiving fire from friendly troops. The units wearing multi coloured Zouave uniforms on both sides compounded the confusion.

[@paulmorales3815]

Bill b you left out the VI corps

[@indy_go_blue6048]

VI Corp was in reserve and other than a fabulous forced march, didn't do anything here.

[@scriptorium-in-candelight]

I bet you wish you had cell phone to make the war make more sense....maybe you could have texted them at fredricksburg--hey freddy, your a nightmare man

[@42Akai]

Why was the bayonet charge of the 20th Maine from Little Round Top, not mentioned or filmed? Is it a lie?

[@ed9492]

It never happened. It's just a dramatic moment made up in that other movie.

[@TeamKuukiFoodGames]

@@ed9492 It did happen. lol other documentaries mention the legendary charge. Also, the film "Gettysburg" is actually quite detailed and accurate :)

[@indy_go_blue6048]

I suppose it's so overdone that LHFW decided to tell other parts of the story. And no, it didn't happen quite like "Killer Angels", "Gettysburg" or Burns' "Civil War" tells the story.

[@localchair1870]

because while it did happen- the leader of the 13th Alabama col oaks stated that by the time the "bayonet charge" happened his troops were exhausted and pretty much had given up at that point. Chamberlain after the war had become mayor of Maine and ironically Oaks became mayor of alabama and they did each talk at length about what happening. Most people seem to think Chamberlain was an opportunist who talked about how heroic he was there and many reports have stated that it was actually a lieutenant who suggested it and started to have his troops attach bayonets and by the time the charge was actually ordered it was a fait accompli. I think the truth is probably somewhere in the middle. If you ever get a chance to go to gettysburg you can go to the 20th Maine monument its actually behind what would have been the front of little round top and its more on a spur then a actual high point. You can imagine when seeing it that its no where near as grand as the movie makes it out to be and understand why Lionworks would probably not show it that much.

[@BambooBob]

The noise of battle must have been deafening! Would have been amazing to watch this production being filmed and a glimpse at the terror from the real thing.

[@fearlessfosdick160]

True. Unless you have fired a rifled musket yourself, you really can't imagine it. Then you have to imagine hundreds of them being fired all around you, not to mention the cannon, which are quite literally deafening. Even a small skirmish could be heard for many miles around. I would imagine that a battle like Gettysburg could be heard at a great distance. In fact, there are no fewer than half a dozen contemporary reports that the cannonade on the third day was heard in Lancaster, which is 52 miles from Gettysburg.

[@carywest9256]

At about the 4:58 minute mark or so, l happened to see a barbed wire fence in the background of a shot of yankee horsemen crossing a muddy ditch. Twernt gonna be any bobwahr fer another fifteen year or so. Who these bluebellies trying ta kid?

[@Mohsemsem]

Can someone tell me which side should i stand? I'm confused... Aren't both the americans. Which side is the commentator?

[@DanielLewis-pl1hk]

no lee throught that the real god was on his side but the most high built him up in the stead of pharoah to destroy him and his army and this battle was the beginning of his and theirs demise it was good for how can a man hold a nother man in bondage claiming this right under god its not over yet

[@nephite467]

By the way your casualties are wrong 51000 total not 43000