Gettysburg, PA: Exploring The Massive Battlefield, Site Of The Bloodiest Battle Of The Civil War

[@FordMustangry-wu7mh]

Im a oklahoman born and bread, i have started to watch your videos and picked up on you being originally from Oklahoma. I have been to Gettysburg 6 times i am student of history particularly civil war history, i have visted almost every major battlefield of the war, being from oklahoma you dont see many from our region visit gettysburg, honestly the best time to visit is when everything is green to get a better idea of the weather, the growth, of what the soldiers dealt with, one of the major factors that affected both armies was the lack of good water sources, these men were wearing long sleeve wool uniforms, plus the wounded would beg for water from the wounds. Only about 10,000 men died at gettysburg, casulties during the war was counted together killed, wounded, missing, the total was close to 53,000. Lincoln gave the adress while they were still finding and exhuming union soldiers and moving the to the national cemetery, the confederat soldiers for the most part stayed were they were burried until the 1870's then they were shipped down south. I hope you enjoyed your expierence but to truly take it in i would say you should give yourself atleast three days, because of the vast scale of the battle. One place i wished you would have stopped would be the eternal piece memoral, it is said when JFK and Mrs. Kennedy visited Gettysburg just a few months before Dallas that Jaquline Kennedy had a great interest in the peace memorial and people think she got the idea of the flame at JFK burial site, she did use the same funeral as lincoln had just FYI, thought maybe that info could help you learn and take it in even more. I hope you enjoyed your visit, hopefully youll stop at Antietam/Sharpsburg. Your tavels are great, like i mentioned i love history.

[@sjtv1000]

Driving through Gettysburg late at night is bone chilling. Its like you can feel the dark energy of war still lingering in the atmosphere.

[@BigGator5]

Battle Of Antietam (or Battle Of Sharpsburg) actually logged the single most bloodiest day in the Civil War with wounded, dead, and missing in action estimated at 22,717. However the Battle Of Gettysburg lasted three days with wounded, dead, and missing in action estimated at just under 59,000. Fun Fact: The Amish can and will use modern electric tools, as long as they don't own it. They can still own modern tools, as long as it's not electric.

[@JoeandNicsRoadTrip]

Interesting. I did not know any of that.

[@BigGator5]

Lord Spoda ...Sort of a Civil War history buff, if I do say so myself. I know this of the Amish, because they have to be able to work in the modern world (like a store or factory or for a contractor). I'm glad that I was able to add some context to your Pennsylvania trip! 👍

[@seagoddess524]

Interesting. I looked thru Congressional records and Congress NEVER declared war. I 've looked thru the papers and Lincoln only talks and writes about a rebellion-down South. There are no declaration of war in the 1860s.🤔 Hmmm, another historical lie?

[@hirameberhardt8643]

Some Amish businessmen will have electronic devices like fax machines, laptops, and cell phones but are separated from the houses. The gentleman was in the business of building homes.

[@twozerouk]

I hired a car and drove over to Gettysburg after arriving by sea at Baltimore. Well worth the drive but the battlefield is too big for a one day visit. I visited the excellent information centre and booked an very knowledgable guide which saved time finding the important locations on the field. As an impartial UK visitor it seems to me that Lee was forced to fight on ground not of his choosing?

[@alexbog2010Spb]

Спасибо.

[@Atpost334]

I’ve been to all the major Civil War battlefields several times. The main thing about Gettysburg is just how big and complex the battlefield is. Amazing place to visit.

[@nickmerrick18]

Great when you both show such passion towards a location that made such a mark on history such as this! What a holy and iconic place!

[@jonathonhansen6005]

Keep up the great work Sir Spoda and Nicole. Have a wonderful day

[@JoeandNicsRoadTrip]

Thank you for that, Jonathon. :)

[@WCWThunderRosa]

The Amish are known for living in Lancaster County but they actually have a growing community in the area surrounding Gettysburg as well. They used to live in the area and moved out around the 70s/80s, but are now moving back

[@TheNinjaPicker]

Nice video, we were just there over the summer. So much to see but you visited the good parts. Funny thing is we went there 30 years ago and I bought a musket ball from General Lee's HQ which was a gift shop at the time. I have yet to get to Culps Hill but walked many of the other sites.

[@JoeandNicsRoadTrip]

Cool, NP! It was a cool place. I’ve since seen a short film of the battle that put things in a lot more perspective. Wish I would have seen it before I did the video. I may revisit and do another, more thorough video.

[@2104dogface]

lived in Gburge back in early 2000 you drove by my old town house on the way to Lee's HQ. back then at the Lee HQ was a hotel & gift ect... recently the Battlefield Trust (?) bought the land tore down everything the rebuilt / restored it based on org pictures back to the way it was during the battle. going back this year for the 4th of July / Ann. of the battle and then in Sept for WW2 weekend at Ike's farm

[@peterparr3079]

I've visited Gettysburg. Thought it was well set out and informative what happened in each section. We are from the UK.

[@stevekelly8898]

A place I plan to visit in the future. Looks like it was a beautiful place to go and restore your faith in America after visiting Camden.

[@JoeandNicsRoadTrip]

Gettysburg was really nice, Steve. Also, Lancaster County PA, Amish country, was amazing to see. The farms, houses, businesses - all post card worthy beautiful. I plan on making a return trip there to spend several days exploring.

[@martinbradstreet5728]

Dear Joe, I just can't get enough of the VERY interesting, informative, engaging, and simply *eye-popping (*at times) tour you are conducting, with your lovely wife, of our beautiful, diverse, and bountiful (I can go on and on with description and superlatives of both our wonderful USA and the excellent travel documentary of this nation - and nothing I can write seems to do justice to praising/describing either; Joe, thank you so much!!!)!!!! You really go the extra mile for us; your curiosity, and young-at-heart sense of adventure that you possess is such a bonus. It's like i'm travelling in the car with you, oftentimes, and, I know myself, and many other lucky viewers really appreciate it. I have often lamented about how there is so much of the beautiful United States, my home, that I have not yet seen, and, I have to say, sharing this adventure with you as a viewer, through video after video, town after town, state after state...and more...is a close second to actually being there! And, further, I respect and enjoy your positive attitude, and good-hearted appreciation you have for all that's "good" (for lack of a better word!) and reverential in your travels. Even when you have assessed our nation's slums, the depressing & symbolic state of most of the former homes and infrastructure found within these dying areas, you make a concerted effort to STILL find and present the signs of life around it, to touch on whatever kind of hope that registers about the scope of that ailing area. That tells me something about you, that you can, and are willing to, find the upside (and there always is one), anywhere. And so much that comprises positive change, and betterment against all odds, starts with your kind of perspective & mindset. Thank you. I''d guess i'm in the majority of viewers from the towns/cities you've already covered in that i'm regretful I missed you during your stay in my "neck of the woods", provided that providence would've allowed that "per chance" meeting, and i'd had been at the right place & the right time to say "hello", and to thank you, and your wife, for all the great adventures, and much, much more! Anyways, that's the main value of the comments section, found here, - to correspond w/you since we can't all do so in person, obviously! And having said so, I thank you, sir, for your wonderful work; in fact, I thank you from the bottom of my heart! Thank you for the breathtaking and unique views, for the great knowledge & information found about our country, for the inspiration and beauty that often comes across during filming, and, all the while, for all the driving & sprawling miles you've endured en route to the aforementioned (and much more we see and absorb that's positive!)!! Finally, but not lastly, I wish for you and your wife continued safe travels & stays, everywhere you go. Stay safe! I know you have a lot of courage, but I also feel you possess good instincts in how to avoid danger before you find yourself in danger to begin with; that means, I believe, you wield good common sense! I think exploring was meant for you! You're an explorer from the modern day! And I have steadfast faith in that your uncanny instinct & smart thinking will continue to prevail. But, I'm telling you and yours to stay safe anyways! And, besides, you're a good guy - "someone's" looking out for you anyways! And may the/those Angel(s) ALWAYS do so! May God Bless you and yours, always!! Very Sincerely, Martin, Alla, & *Buggles (*my pet hedgehog :) Joe for President 2024

[@tasossaros8375]

Thanks guys 🙏

[@JoeandNicsRoadTrip]

Thank you for watching from Greece, Tasos!

[@tasossaros8375]

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[@blyt5046]

so cool i love seeing this stuff. i wonder if you’ve ever been to Batstoe , i went there once as a kid on a school trip still remember it. i’ve always loved seeing that historic land.

[@donalddees5503]

I've been to Intercourse. They have some very amusing bumper stickers and t shirts you can buy.

[@cookinbricks]

what an effin town

[@keyup2626]

Awesome video just love going to civil war battle fields. It must have been the most horrible death for those men. One fact that many don’t know is that over 50 thousand Canadians fought in the civil war most fought for the North. I remember walking through this same cemetery, it’s very sobering to see all those graves of young men who’s lives were cut short.

[@JoeandNicsRoadTrip]

Keyup, I didn't know that you had been there! Cool!

[@LesMorrisracing]

Just seen this what a great documentary Thank You 😾

[@6thmichcav262]

Thank you for the video and sights of locations. As a slight correction, the casualties on both sides were over 50,000, but not killed. Casualties included killed, wounded and missing.

[@dopeMike_]

Suprised Aussie Siri didnt say "Youre in Root Pennsylvania mate!"

[@jannzweitdraussen8000]

Very interesting! Hope to visit all those places too, including INTERCOURSE ;-)....Greetings from Germany.

[@JoeandNicsRoadTrip]

What a name for a town, right? 😃

[@jannzweitdraussen8000]

@@JoeandNicsRoadTrip You will remember it, thats for sure!

[@Markus_Andrew]

I enjoyed this outing very much, I've always wanted to visit Gettysburg National Military Park but as I'm on the other side of the world, it's a tad difficult for me to get to... My favourite part of the video was when you were on Little Round Top. It's the first time I've gotten a real-time view of the field from that perspective, looking out over Devil's Den, and it provided excellent visual context to the accounts I've read of the fight which took place there. This was where the pre-war professor, Colonel Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, earned his Medal of Honor for saving the Union left flank. After repeated attacks by Confederates, and with most of his troops either low on, or out of, ammunition, Chamberlain ordered a hastily improvised and unconventional "pivoting" bayonet charge. It was a singular maneuver, but it saved the day and may well have saved the entire Army of the Potomac. Should I ever get to visit Gettysburg, Little Round Top is one of the battlefield locations I would most like to see. This was the next best thing, thank you! The town of Gettysburg itself looks very picturesque. I've poked around in it a little on Google street view, seems to be lots of lovely old buildings there. I'd love to live in a town called "Intercourse", just so I'd get to say it if someone asked me where I most like to be 😄

[@dopeMike_]

Awesome video I love American history. They just dont teach it anymore.

[@brandonstraubel29]

Most decisive action on day 2 was Joshua Chamberlain on Little Round Top, defending against a Confederate charge with only bayonets left.

[@kevinlewallen4778]

Slight nitpick: at 21:40, you claim Lincoln pardoned Lee, but that never happened. Lincoln was dead just a few days after Lee's surrender. At Appomattox, Grant gave Lee and his Army of Northern Virginia a military parole, allowing them to return home after turning over their weapons. Lee's legal status after the war is quite complicated. He was indicted for treason but never arrested or tried. I've visited Gettysburg many times, it's a very interesting and moving place.

[@jackyblue67same10]

Which was the good 1's & which was the bad 1's fightin that war ?

[@ericsanger4408]

You missed the Wheatfield (insane casualty levels), Devil's Den and Little Roundtop??

[@beckymellon8135]

I’m curious where in phila your wife is from because she doesn’t seem to have an accent although I’m from phila so maybe I don’t hear it as well as if I wasn’t a Philadelphian 🤔

[@michellec.9852]

The more I learn about things the more I wish I was Amish.

[@CaptainHowdy1969]

Hey Spoda!...after seeing how much of a laugh you got out of the Amish town of intercourse I'll throw 3 more towns your direction that you'll get a few chuckles out of...in northern Minnesota there's a town called climax minnesota which isn't to far from the town of fertil Minnesota and in that same area of the state is Morehead Minnesota...so they're...no need to thank me now,you can thank me later when you visit these towns while chuckling the whole time your there...lol

[@JoeandNicsRoadTrip]

Thanks for the tip, Russell! :)

[@eddeddesc3717]

👍

[@lorettagriffin2098]

Intercourse, Alabama you know

[@ggirma9043]

Arriving at intercourse😂😂

[@jeffreyboyd2758]

What was your favorite part of Intercourse?

[@falchoon]

Aussie accent on the GPS sounds out of place.

[@conniecrawford5231]

My only complaint is that you skim over these towns and v cities and do superficial videos based on one day, often with lousy weather and then make a judgment based on that! Stay several days and get a more balanced opinion!You do a “ if this is Tuesday, it must be Belgium” type program! Sorry, but true! Intercourse ‘s old meaning was “ conversation”.

[@monkknom6919]

Good video