Gettysburg's Deadliest Acres - Artifacts from The Wheatfield: Gettysburg 158 Live!

Join us for this deep-dive into some of the most intense fighting during the entirety of the American Civil War. Guests include Wayne Motts, Anne Mitchell, David Malgee and a special appearance from American Battlefield Trust President David Duncan.
This video is part of our battlefield tour series commemorating the 158th Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg. You can view the entirety of the playlist here: • 158th Anniversary of G...
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[@mikeswert7182]

I served with the 4th artillery in Vietnam, our unit crest has a fishhook around a stand of wheat for the wheat field at Gettysburg.

[@trishmccarthydavis3425]

My uncle was in Vietnam, but the history of your unit carries a big weight. I'm aussie and he was only a couple of years older than me. I hope you doing doing well mate.

[@BAKER83]

Thank you for your service Sir....

[@robertwork3471]

My 2great uncle Thomas work fought in the 62nd pa . He was wounded in that engagement. I'm lucky enough to have his 3 section telescope that he carried.

[@beckysnow-baker3927]

They mentioned Richard Roberts who is buried here in my hometown. To this day I plant flowers on his family plot. 🇺🇸❤️

[@pkell7315]

@@arthurbradshaw7035 western pa 👍 👍

[@tee1up785]

Awesome!

[@LeesTexan]

More soldiers were buried on the Rose Farm than any other place on the battlefield. The map of the dead burials will make your jaw drop. Easy to hear the numbers. But until you see the Gettysburg and Antietam burial maps it never really sinks in !!

[@issiahbernaiche6897]

I looked....

[@colino5056]

Thanks PT

[@monumentstosuffering2995]

Huzzah for Garry and his boundless enthusiasm and knowledge, which is always entertaining and profound.

[@TimoThomas]

The sheer energy and enthusiasm of these guys is beyond inspiring.

[@FrankBroughtonNY]

I agree.... honesty I chocked up in tears several times.... right now even as I am typing this.

[@thanegrauel]

This is a great virtual tour. In old-fashioned terms, I'd say the guide's mind moves at 78 rpm, his mouth at 45, and the rest us are lucky to keep up at 33 rpm.

[@LanceisLawson]

I am always in awe of the energy and dedication the American Battlefield Trust invests in their fine videos!

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

My favorite spot on the battlefield.

[@cleverusername9369]

Just watched the video from your Gettysburg series about the Wheatfield today. What a horror show that must've been, the expert's description and your storytelling ability really painted a picture of how terrible that conflict was.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

@@cleverusername9369 Thanks!

[@disneydad6749]

This series of videos is the one of the best thing I’ve ever watched on Gettysburg. With the tactical details and the relics on hand right there. This is a goldmine. Thank you so much!!!

[@tomr1630]

My My great great grandfather, James VanOrden was in the 8th NJ, And fought in the Wheatfield at Gettysburg.

[@paparude7724]

I love how Gary can't stand still! Love that guy!! 😆 he gets so excited about history, and so do I. Thanks guys!

[@johnnystir9796]

Really appreciate the artifacts that saw the battle that day or shortly after. Remarkable.

[@lanemeyer9350]

The 1:13 transition had WWF tag-team level enthusiasm hahaha! I love these guys

[@alanwatkins5782]

as an english reb, i just love these vidios. thank you

[@FrankBroughtonNY]

My 2nd Great Great Uncle fought here with the 145th PA Vol Infantry, He survived. "The One Hundred and Forty-fifth held the extreme right of the brigade in this terrible encounter, and suffered severely. It entered the engagement two hundred strong, and lost in killed and wounded, upwards of eighty. Captain George Griswold, and Lieutenants Horatio F. Lewis, and George H. Finch, were mortally wounded, and Colonel Brown, Major Reynolds, Adjutant John D. Black, and Captain John C. Hilton, were severely wounded, the latter losing a leg." His brother fighting that same time near Culp's Hill with the 111th PA. He ended up dying at Dallas GA later in the war. I can only imagine what their father (my 3rd great grandfather) Jonah Richards Broughton Sr was thinking at this time. He himself a volunteer with the 111th. He was discharged medically before Gettysburg.

[@gregholt]

What a beautiful place. So sad it was a place of such death. From Australia.

[@bamalifecooperative5969]

This is so amazing! I am such a civil war history nut! I could just hang with you guys all day!!

[@robertcunningham6476]

So happy. I had the “time” to watch this video. EXCELLENT!

[@tommcdonald1873]

20 years ago, I travelled to Lancaster, NH and visited the Lancaster Historical Society. Edward Cross was a Lancaster native and many of his artifacts are in their possession including his field sword, used at the Wheatfield, and his service Navy Colt. They gave me the honor of handling with gloves both of these cherished witness pieces of the maelstrom of the Wheatfield and Rose's Woods.

[@deadlyoneable]

I love you guy’s enthusiasm. I live in Richmond and drive through Gettysburg often on my bimonthly trip to NJ. I really need to check this place out.

[@clifforddreaden3483]

Iim from Richmond ind

[@Timinator2K10]

Awesome production, guys and gal! Keep up the great work bringing history alive.

[@matthewwhitt9398]

What a great video to watch for those of us that live far away (Texas).

[@stephensmith6888]

Sheffield,england😉

[@victorianidetch]

Nicely done gentleman.

[@jesterboykins2899]

Great info. Love the energy. Always great. Thanks men.

[@blukeblue1235]

The Wheatfield chaos reminds me of the Cornfield at Antietam.

[@EternalLightJacquieS]

Love listening to the history and seeing artifacts found in the field.

[@thomasgentry9624]

Thanks for the content. My great-x3 grandfather was the captain of company L, 58th North Carolina. Have another triple great grandfather that was a private in the army of the Potomac. Both sides, we are all the same

[@LeesTexan]

Garry, keep it up! U guys do such great work ! Need your help with Malvern Hill as a huge farm on main part of battlefield is up for sale ! Malvern Hill is my favorite as it looks EXACTLY as it did during the battle. But the huge piece of land coming open for sale on the main part of the battlefield makes this at risk !

[@rman74VC]

Nice to see the 148th PVI monument behind you all. The left flank marker is in that thicket, probably covered with brush. I cleared it off on a couple of my visits (when I was single) 😂

[@TermiteUSA]

Sympathy from a kindred spirit with smile. They sometimes don't get it do they?

[@Baseballnfj]

I'll make sure it's always clear. I'm always there.

[@cynthiacronin2794]

Cool hat! Calvary hat?

[@AmericanBattlefieldTrust]

Pillbox officer hat, reshaped! GA

[@DanSpotYT]

Thank you to everyone involved in presenting this!

[@josephzug4726]

Gen Samuel Zook 2nd highest ranking union officer killed at Gettysburg is to offen forgotten.

[@aoac1]

These are terrific presentations, thank you so much.

[@Mark28644]

I've been watching these series of videos about the Battlefield of Gettysburg, these past couple of days. Absolutely fascinating & very informative. Thanks guys!!

[@johnniebgoode]

These are simply wonderful. Congrats.

[@andrewhoward9870]

Fantastic presentation. Thank you.

[@s.a.charles271]

Thank you so much!

[@blukeblue1235]

Another great video. Always captivating.

[@evanmyers100]

I'm really enjoying the last three days. Even though I've been Gettysburg 6 times and the coverage I've decide I'm coming back next fall. Also thinks to you I found underground history. Keep up the good work.

[@PennHoo]

Fabulous job to everyone involved with all these videos.

[@M4ttNet]

What a great video. Great artifacts too. Loved seeing the gun from the 11th Georgia in company C either as a Corporal or a Sergeant at this time. My ancestor served in the same regiment where within about 2 hours of Wheatfield fighting his regiment had nearly 65% casualties. He survived to later die about a year later at the Battle of Cold Harbor.

[@Patriot1777]

Really cool and informative. Thanks.

[@kaycox5555]

All the way from California, just love your shows ladies and gents!

[@gerardjoseph17]

Awesome videos folks...so much to take in, and learn more about. I was at Gettysburg re-enactment served in the 1st Virginia Infantry Militia, also a Vietnam era veteran, and most importantly a long time Civil War enthusiast. Wanted to ask Kristopher White when he walked thru the Wheatfieldy presentation - what book did you have that you were referencing? Gary, I enjoy your enthusiasm you bring to these, surely alot of long hours and hard work!! BTW...your hat where can I get one like that? Thanks.

[@AmericanBattlefieldTrust]

Dirty Billy’s Hats.

[@wendeln92]

It's been a while since you posted this Gerard Joseph, if you haven't figured it out yet, the bok Kristopher is referencing is "Don't Give an Inch: The Second Day at Gettysburg, July 2, 1863" from the Emerging Civil War series.

[@williampagdon4822]

Tremendous video. Great Information and inspired story telling. The Details come fast but are all welcome. The Humanizing of the Individuals is something I have always appreciated in Battle Stories.

[@joemabry9643]

Thank you!

[@chrisheyes5531]

What a great video. Thanks for your efforts in providing such a detailed enthusiastic look at a very important time in your history. Living in the Uk I’ll probably never visit this area and learn as much as I have about Gettysburg. Thanks and good luck with the fundraising.

[@SDRFAB98]

Love the compaction and Patrion for all.

[@elli003]

Can you show a then and now look at the battlefield. Photos taken back then compared with video footage today. or even superimposed.

[@triumphofihm525]

Hi from York Springs

[@evangranville3475]

1) You folks are incredible 2) How does Kris keep a dry eye while reading some of those quotes(You cant make a drama better than Gettysburg) 3) When I share with people, one thing that would help them is an overview of the path you take. Maybe a simple a link to a map. Just a thought 4) Thank you!!!!!

[@drapievsky]

Wow. Some absolutely great stuff!

[@chriskelleher349]

A peach orchard in Pennsylvania ? I didn't know that was possible.

[@tessieoshea6904]

Good grief, of course it's very possible. Lots of farms have peach, apple, pear, persimmon and cherry orchards.

[@LittleAnastasia...]

I'm in ohio and have a peach tree. It's not only Georgia where peaches grow.

[@heynowls3058]

More good stuff. WTG

[@johndubose1395]

my great grandfather was in Co E of the 53rd Ga in Semmes Brigade. They were carrying the model 1842 Springfield .69 calibre. Fought on the Rose Farm and on toward the wheatfield. Are you award of any artifacts belonging to that regiment ?

[@LeesTexan]

So amazing the artifacts !! Garry these programs are so absolutely fantastic !! I have been a long time reader on the Civil War. But it is one thing to read, it is another thing to see the ground and listen to experts like your team and the Gettysburg NPS give walking tours. Day 2 was always too complicated for me to understand until I started watching these videos and those with by Park Rangers, particularly Matt Atkinson!

[@butchrubright1801]

just subscribed love the format

[@AmericanBattlefieldTrust]

Thanks!

[@samantharedden3906]

This was awesome!

[@blukeblue1235]

HEY GARY AND CHRIS! Have you thought about having two reenactors in one of your future videos dressed in period uniform and explain their uniform and equipment? Chris would be excellent at this. Preferably a rough FIELD/CAMPAIGN impression not a farb. Thanks gentleman I love your presentations.

[@roxanneeverett]

I was at Gettysburg and was walking through the cemetery. I by chance came across a Daniel Smith headstone. That is my dad's name. Then later I came across the same name on the pa monument saying he was in the 153rd in company A . On the drive home I googled it and it said they were from Northampton county...that is where we are from... I wonder if he is a great relative. Too many similarities...

[@llamadrama8856]

I can’t wait to go to Gettysburg and see the battlefield for myself. I recently went to see the prison camp at Andersonville since I live in Georgia. Gettysburg will definitely be a bucket list trip for me!

[@David-lu4gq]

I'm a young guy, so should hopefully be able to get to visit America some time soon, and really hope I can get the chance to visit Gettysburg if I get the chance. Fantastic content of this battle these past few days, keep it up!!!

[@greencoyoteTV]

I’ve watched A lot of these vids,this is the best! Kris was on FIRE! Wow

[@michaelhiggins7072]

Well done gents

[@erikanthes954]

Well done.

[@robertweber567]

More incredible relics with some cool people telling their story

[@matthewkeaneone]

just finished this book called "storming the wheat field". Good book

[@j1st633]

Very educational

[@robertdundas4593]

I realy enjoyed randy quaid, from lampoon xmas vacation interpretation of the wheat field.

[@BellesDreams]

Love Mr Mott..lol, an Ohio Buckeye who loves a UofM Michigan officer 😁 🇺🇸❤️

[@jimbuford4147]

I just recently discovered your channel and really enjoy it. General John Buford of Ky was a distant relative.

[@jesterboykins2899]

Awesome

[@YourHomeTorontoRealEstate]

Thanks for your nice Videos, it is very enlightening, Waiting for your latest update. this is really my Favourite Channel! Brookwell Park

[@timx9661]

Good video

[@arthurbradshaw7035]

Col. Richard Roberts is buried in our local cemetery, about a mile from my house.🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@timmrogers8363]

I learn alot from these video's, why don't we show these video's to our young people, and take them to Gettysburg on field trips and Sharpsburg (Antietam Creek,Md.) too! Thank you all for [Dedication]to Historical Education! [Lest we forget]

[@tonygriffin6049]

Had family in the 50th Georgia that fought there. An uncle was killed in that attack and a cousin lost a leg.

[@David-lu4gq]

A great uncle perhaps?

[@tonygriffin6049]

@@David-lu4gq 4th Great, stoll an uncle...Less typing.

[@markholbrook3949]

Why does Gary insist on walking through the camera shot? LOL

[@sloanchampion85]

The citizens of Gettysburg were treated far more better than the citizens of Fredricksburg, the treatment of the citizens of Fredricksburg by the federal soldiers set the tone of the war

[@carywest9256]

That's because before Gen. Lee crossed the Potomac, he had a written order that looting would not be tolerated. I reckon he thought that Southerners had a moral code to live up to. For he always referred to yankees as "Those people" and knew how they were by serving in the old Army before the dust-up betwixt the North & South.

[@Baseballnfj]

Also.... Gordon's Division literally saved the town of Wrightsville, PA on the Sesquehana after the Union set it ablaze.

[@clifforddreaden3483]

Indiana is proud of their brave men who served and lay resting in peace i pray.ty all who served or serve

[@AV8R_1]

Is this guy in the blue shirt talking about history or commentating a wrestling match? 😆 love the enthusiasm! Anyone comb these battle fields with metal detectors?

[@brave_dave]

I have the book.. it is an absolute Must Read for anyone interested in the Wheatfield. The Wheatfield doesn't get half the recognition it deserves because of the confusing nature of the fighting there. That book goes along way to solving that issue.

[@hhaupt1]

Can you tell us the book you referenced ? Thank You, very nice presentation of the Carnage at the Wheatfield....

[@larrylamonts1483]

Dan Sickles, man. If the ideas or orders weren't thought of or came from Dan Sickles, then Dan Sickles wasn't interested. It's a testament to how well the Union troops and Meade performed that they were able to stop the rebels advance despite Sickle's calamitous idea to move his troops forward instead of staying on the line and exposing the union flank.

[@Blues4Winter]

Amazing story re: 4th MI infantry and Harrison Jeffers, I am from SE Michigan and know those towns he was from well. Amazing story of him being bayonetted to death trying to save the flag according to his promise. He deserves to be remembered. 27:30.

[@dipdo7675]

That Goodrich artifact is stupendous!! I also wonder whether his father regretted till the end of his life getting his son back into the Army.

[@billms7448]

Great Video! Question, Did the 61st NY do anything noteworthy a the Wheatfield?

[@takyram96]

Wow. That grave marker. That story.

[@markholbrook3949]

The first and only time I saw the wheatfield I couldnt believe how small and narrow it looked!!!!

[@terrygp1]

These guy are great, so enthusiastic , but I wish they would just slow down a bit in their presentation It was a so hard to follow at that speed omg ! lol ..

[@garrettcarter6076]

As well as what recommendations can you make for the battle of lookout mountain and the battle of mobile bay/fort Blakely

[@richardglady3009]

As a person who is interested the the fighting in the Wheatfield, but who will never get the visit it, again; thank you. I would like to make a suggestion for a possible new style of video for the future. Video cameras that “easily” shoot 360 views are available. If you could shoot a video using this camera with a map as part of the file, complicated battles might be easier to understand. Just a thought, thank you for all you do.

[@tauceti8341]

15:00 comingaling ruining chain of command, very enlightening haden't thought about that

[@user-ks5cg5cd7m]

I would like to see a critique of the AP’s American History class college bound high school students take.

[@balexwogel]

Col. Jeffords needs to be awarded a posthumous Medal of Honor.

[@dcash7018]

I had 3 relatives at Gettysburg, 1 with the 27th Connecticut, Major James H. Coburn

[@s.a.charles271]

Wait! 28,000 small arms recovered and only 2 were revolvers?!

[@aerofpv2109]

Hi Wayne ... in your intro explaining the positions of the infantry lines, if you would have shown maps during the explanation with red & blue line in it, it would paint a far clearer picture of location & position. Please guys do that to really solidify your videos.

[@donsambo5488]

The Jeffords story is absolutely amazing. Just imagine thinking you've won the round of capture the flag when some mad as hornets men come sprinting after you.