Home video brings 1938 Civil War reunion to life

[@grayfoxx3]

This gives you an idea of how young our nation really is. That a man living today shook hands with Civil War veterans who, when they were young children, could have shaken the hands of veterans of the American Revolution.

[@leod-sigefast]

That is the mind blowing thing about this. There were certainly Revolutionary veterans alive at the time of the civil war (there are some photos of some of the oldest). Just two steps and you have this gentleman alive to tell the tale! As you say, these civil war veterans might have shook hands with a revolutionary veteran and this man shook hands with the civil war veterans, quite mind blowing!

[@itrthho]

A 1812 war veteran fought in Gettysburg Battle in the local Gettysburg militia.

[@inlovewithi]

Well, there's still is a daughter of a civil war veteran who is alive today, and receiving his monthly pension.

[@stubs1227]

RetroGuy76 there are two children left one lives in Wisconsin his father fought for the union. The other is a woman that lives in my State Florida. He was in a Florida regiment. Both I believe are ninety three now. Their fathers were in there seventies when they were born.

[@marbleman52]

Wow...the Fathers were over 70 yrs. old when they had children...wow...I wonder how old the wives were ? I guess that proves that even old people can still have fun..!!

[@kristov29]

Take your children and grandchildren to meet a WWII veteran. Time is running out.

[@supererdoc]

Even the youngest WW2 veteran is 90 so not many years as these men in their 90s will be gone in a few years based on time and nature.

[@smittywerbenjagermanjensen3648]

I actually knew one personally, an older man from church, and he was among those who raided Hitler's private aboad in the very last part of the war. He died when I was 12, at the age of 98. I suppose years from now when the last of them are long dead it will be interesting to say I got to meet one, just like this man got to see Civil War vets.

[@germanshepherd13]

Less than half a million out of 16 million left and about 1k did each day and that grows more and more each day as they get older

[@2steelshells]

My dad 92, great memory still,tells me new stuff all the time,I have his souvanier Jap type 99 rifle,and sword.he got on board his ship uss St paul.he was AA Gunner mate quad 40.shot at kamakazis,and came ashore after surrender.the civilians angrily pointed out the damage to Tokyo,they thought we started war.captain of ship ok'ed rifles after firing pin was broken off.

[@flowerpower6216]

the vetereans weren't the (only) heroes during the war..the civilians also fought the good fight..in the underground resistance, helping jews..my grandfather, afraid of blood, father of 13 children saw an english soldier shot outside his house, by a german soldier...my grandfather went outside to help hide the soldier in one of the ice bunkers. his neighbours risking their lives also helped him..just in time because the jerry's approached..the soldier was nursed and taken care of until he was well enough to move on...the grandson of the soldier contacted my father in the 80s to thank him...

[@henerymag]

I'm proud to have known and met soldiers of WW1. All have gone now.

[@chrisj197438]

henerymag When I was young my neighbor was a WWI veteran. He was in his 80’s then but I still remember him inviting my dad and I in to show us the things he still had from his time at war. I wish I had hung with him more.

[@henerymag]

The good thing is you had the honor to have met him.

[@christinakaur8766]

Same here

[@noifurze6397]

yes a couple of nieghbours I knew when I was young were w1 veterans

[@Kube_Dog]

Bill O'Reilly is still around.

[@KM-oi9ks]

There is just something about watching old people interact with very young people....that little salute, and the old man saluting back....warms my heart.

[@michaelargenta3856]

2021 -- law says we have to ask to salute a vet ? Shit...

[@georgeprendergast8305]

Once a man twice a child..

[@lpdog82]

To reach your hand across the gulf of time and shake hands with a living civil war vet , beyond amazing

[@wizardofahhhs759]

"Shaking hands with history", I couldn't have summed it up better myself.

[@bracken1000]

At this reunion in 1938, a lot of the Civil War veterans are in their 80's or 90's but during the Civil War they were only around 17 or 18. Amazing.

[@bowlofrice8]

Jason Smedley people age over time who would have thought

[@Ganpignanus]

all slim, well dressed and polite. as is everyone in the video.

[@neinnein9306]

Imagine some of them still lived when jet fighters were introduced into war or maybe even the atomic bomb :O

[@Gablesman888]

Some a little younger than that, especially on the confederate side.

[@iamgeorge376]

@@Ganpignanus wouldn't be that way today

[@Bumper776]

Today WWII vets are about the same age as these men in this film.

[@alohalivin556]

Not to be disagreeable, but most wwii vets are gone, these men were younger than the wwii vets today (there are virtually none now)

[@Chief-Solarize]

My grandfather was 19 when he was sent to North Africa. Fought for 350 some odd days without being relieved. The most consecutive days of combat in American history for a unit. Atleast it was still that way a few yrs ago. He was artillery for a SCNG unit in Sumter. The 108th FA I believe.

[@r.french4415]

Bumper776 I’m 60 my dad on the bar when I was a little kid and so many of the guys that used to come in the bar war world war two veterans and all those guys are gone now I won’t be long they’ll all be gone

[@jcstides]

AlohaLivin not true. There are still about 200,000 of them left

[@r.french4415]

StupidEditsGuy We lose about 300 World War II veterans a day there were 389,000 left in 2019 each day that goes by we lose more it won’t be that long they’ll go the same way as the Civil War and World War I veterans

[@Lovememore231]

This gentleman has recently passed but what an amazing video! So glad he shared it. Rip Ron

[@fiddlemusik]

RIP Ron Crimm; 3/11/35 - 8/25/22. We share a birthday, different years. I am sorry to have never met the man who shook the hands of CW veterans. What a moving video; a national treasure.

[@clintwalls5217]

this is Great!!

[@tikitavi7120]

I am 60 now, and knew a veteran of the Spanish American war.

[@sackitt16]

Awesome, sir! My Great-grandfather was a WWI vet and my favorite president is Theodore Roosevelt! As a Texan who loves to study the gilded age and progressive era, I have nothing but the highest respect for those men of those times. Faith in God, chivalry, horses, and trains, they lived in an exciting era. God bless them all.

[@nunyabiznez6381]

I am 60 as well and have also known vets of the Spanish American War and I have also met a former slave when I was five.

[@hellenicboi14]

@@nunyabiznez6381 The last confirmed slave died in 1951, so possibly.

[@christinmarshall7267]

I would've loved to listen to them! Sooo lucky you are

[@andystuckey2561]

I’m 63. My grandfather was in the Spanish American War. My Ggrandfather fought at Gettysburg.

[@retiredguyadventures6211]

The veteran at 4:11 is wearing a deer tail on his hat indicating he was a member of the Pennsylvania Bucktail Brigade that consisted of the 143, 149 and 150th PVI. My grandfather served with the 149th Pennsylvania Bucktails and fought at Gettysburg and possibly knew this gentleman...

RetiredGuy Adventures : An absolute hero....today, it's always the Confederates that get the recognition!...The Union forever!

[@chrisj197438]

Small world isn’t it?

[@GawgaCracka]

Very cool..

[@chadwickmacarthur4760]

My great great grandfather fought with the 5th Confederat Calvary in Gettysburg.. lol maybe our families paths crossed my friend

[@mikedee1286]

Hero!! I have nothing but respect for American soldiers. Traitors (or "confederates" as they are called) don't deserve a shred of recognition. They were either white supremacists or too stupid to realize they were being pawns for white supremacy. So happy the scraps of metal that bare the traitors' resemblance were removed :)

[@PaulJordan318]

Wow. Shaking hands of a Civil War Veteran🇺🇸is amazing to hear in 2018.

[@ziblot1235]

ink they are wrong tho. In the 60s there were still confederate vets around. I think they were drummer boys and flag carriers. I had 5 members of my family that fought with the CSA, my direct grandfather, was a Warrant officer in the NAvy when he was invalided out in Portsmouth NH. He wastoo old to join the southern forces even if he had wanted to. When he came home after the war, his neighbors were glad that. they had a friend from up North who would vouch for them, and he had a pension.! Good for him. But Im proud of all of them. I was a member of "Sons of Confederate Vets". We no longer get a license plate. It is so easy to pass judgemnt, when you werent there.

[@CTeale1]

No matter what his father did, from that day forward, he was a great dad! What a gift to leave for your child.

[@Rustebadge]

What his father did? Sir, fighting for the Confederacy was not a shameful not racist act as it is portrayed today.

[@859hunter]

@@Rustebadge his father didn't fight in the civil war whatsoever?

[@kdm187]

@@Rustebadge you don't know how to read, I wish I could have a first grade education like you.

[@danschneider9921]

I'm so glad when I was a kid I spent so much time hanging out at the VFW post with my grandfather. Got to meet great WW2, Korea and being this was 25ish years ago, even a few WW1 veterans. They saw so much and gave so much. God bless them

[@patrickbush9526]

I recently buried my father he's a World War II veteran. He was 14 years old when he went to war everybody lied about it their age in those days to get off the farm. He told me so many stories about the old Civil War veterans living in the streets begging for food or shelter. So many of these Brave Lads froze to death in the winter in their final years.

[@Lovememore231]

That's awful. They didn't get pensions?

[@georgie9303]

@@Lovememore231 Based on the video and OP’s comment, I imagine those who lived to 1938, were unable to live adequately because of the Great Depression.

[@mikerichard6962]

That's terrible... Seems our veterans were abused and mistreated then as now 😥

[@leod-sigefast]

Beautiful footage. That a living man has actually shook hands with soldiers from 155 years ago is mind blowing. It really highlights the connectivity idea of history. I wish my grandparents were alive longer so that I could have asked them about their lives and about their grandparents, and what they might have told them about their grandparents, and on and on..

[@nunyabiznez6381]

I have hugged a former slave. Top that.

[@pauleypavillion6088]

@@nunyabiznez6381 and that slave was sold by other Africans decades prior.

[@nunyabiznez6381]

@@pauleypavillion6088 No that particular slave was owned by a white plantation owner in the south, I can't remember the state though she did say that she had lived in Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia and Virginia before moving to Boston in the 1920's. She only told me about her parents and grandparents all born slaves. Presumably it was her ancestors some time before that who were sold into slavery though it is difficult to tell how far back that actually happened. If your point is that at some point it was an African who sold them all into slavery, that is about half correct. The exact numbers are not known but probably about half to two thirds of all slaves imported to America from Africa had been sold to Europeans by Africans. A smaller portion had been captured by Europeans who found it more economical to send armed men into villages to capture slaves. Another common practice was to make deals with local tribal leaders. They would assist them by capturing their enemies. Unfortunately that sometimes backfired and they would end up also being captured. Roughly half of the Africans who did sell slaves to Europeans were north African Muslims genetically related to Egyptians and/or Arabs who had set up slaving businesses along the north and west coast of Africa. The issue of slavery was not as simple as most people believe. Within Africa, everyone was either buying or selling slaves or they were slaves.

[@roslyncrane4213]

It does blow your mind away, I have a photo copy of a letter my great uncle wrote while he was in the trenches on the Western Front in WW1. He was only 23 and died few days later. I wish I could sit down and here what it was like back then.

[@Lovememore231]

It's funny, so many older people I know wish they would have asked more qestions when young.

[@ericwilliams2317]

A wonderful bit of film. As the generations fade away its always the case of "If only I'd asked them questions about their youth". I was brought up by my grandfather - a WW1 veteran, who passed away when I was 16 (1976). When he very rarely mentioned the war I just wasn't at all interested - I didn't care, then a few years later, after he'd gone, I tried to find out things about his time in the trenches....and it was too damn late. If you are now an old timer and want your life to be remembered, try talking to kids, and if they're not bothered then just write it all down. There will be a time when they are interested but you won't be around to tell them.

[@frankrobinson6841]

Its same story every generation You didn't ask l got photos Of my great uncles who died In first German war some Bits of boys l could cry looking at their young faces germans Have a lot to answer for

[@Betterifitsfree]

I'm guessing that a lot of the horrors he saw in WWI he didn't want to talk about.

[@robgnisir4672]

I had a great uncle who was a ww1 veteran and when he was old he moved into our basement that was finished like an apartment. Id go down and visit but didn't know what to talk about. I wish he had told me about his days in ww1, but if it wasnt for my mom telling me i wouldnt even know he was in it.

[@danielcooper4700]

"I'm thrilled to say I shook hands with men who fought in the civil war." Mind blown 🤯. What a snapshot of history!

[@MYTMIC]

And have the video to prove it....

[@rongendron8705]

My name is also Ron & I'm 77 & have had my own Kodak 8mm camera since age 13! My grandfather was a Spanish- American War, Naval veteran (1898-1904), who served with a few Civil War veterans, still on active duty, then! I have home movies of him in the late 50's & watched him march in the Armistice Day Parade, in 1953, with dozens of his fellow "Span-Am" vets, still alive! This video shows how relatively a short time ago, these Wars were! R.I.P. to them!

[@fiveofever2971]

This was awesome! One day in the near future some 85 year old man will say "I shook the hand of a man who fought in WW2"

[@brandonbentley4677]

I played music with men wounded in ww 2

[@janedoe5829]

FIVEOFEVER you could do this (not saying you're 85). Go out and meet them before they're all gone.

[@country928]

My uncle Wint POW of WWII died ten years ago. Loved him and he told me many stories about his life. I can tell you some if you are Interested.

[@Ganpignanus]

we had a relative, now deceased, who fought in WW2. he told us stories and had pictures of his fellow soliders, many of whom never survived the war, and some who died right in front of him, all young men. one of the nicest relatives we had, very special man. sadly missed. and his wife also, gone but not forgotten.

[@chuckufarley8513]

most of the men in my family of my grandfather's generation, including both my grandfathers, served in WWII … they were giants to me … & I'm immensely proud of them all

[@alswann2702]

My great great grandfather was with Pickett's division and went up the hill at Gettysburg. Being only five feet saved his life. He always said the damn Yankees were shooting to high. He had thirteen daughters, all married to Confederate soldiers and all widows at the end of the war. As was common at the time, he married a young woman in his old age. There were simply no men left in the South and a Confederate Army pension was a gold mine for a young woman. My great aunt tracked her down in 1959 she was still collecting his pension.

[@williamsteele1296]

thing is back then 5 foot would not look to out of place average was 5 foot to 5 foot 5

[@williamsteele1296]

you were banned from the cavalry if you were tall

[@JokahFACE]

Even today, most special forces soldiers are actually relatively short (or at least of average height).

[@JokahFACE]

Although I don't know about men being "banned" from being cavalry troops if they were of above average height. Being tall was actually a prerequisite for entrance into things like Grenadier units in the Napoleonic wars. And there were mounted grenadiers too.

[@alpha-omega2362]

that's interesting but what is the history of a confederate army pension? where did the money come from? since it was a defeated enemy and confederate money was no good... maybe I'll do a search and get back to you... initially the individual states provided the pension , and if they served in the union army prior or after than the federal govt would provide... then apparently in the 1930's the federal govt completely took over paying the pensions...so your ancestor was a very kind gentleman to provide that far after his death....

[@nedaCFilms]

The sadest thing for me is that the civil war isn't being taught in schools like it was even in thr 1980s or even 1990s.

[@nedaCFilms]

Tessie i agree totally, but schools don't cover the civil war like they did when I was in school through the 70s and 80s.

[@steveberlack]

What kind of BS Civil War era statement was THAT? Are you a Christian? Is that what Jesus taught us? Let's move FORWARD, shall we?

[@steveberlack]

What are your thoughts on how the pedagogy has changed regarding the Civil War?

[@nunyabiihz8922]

Steve Berlack Leave this conversation

[@steveberlack]

Andrew Klenk No. Now what? Why are you so scared?

[@frankielin2]

I wonder what those men would say about how the country seems to be dividing all over again? Probably could offer some useful advise.

[@davidb2206]

They didn't waste time on "advice" and words. They took up a musket. The put their LIFE on the line, for their state and family and future. My great-great-grandfather died in 1863 at Chancellorsville just a few feet from General Stonewall Jackson. Though he left his home in Georgia, he is buried there. He never owned any slaves.

[@frankielin2]

@@davidb2206, my point was, those that don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it. We seem to be heading in that direction. Its a dead issue.

[@thesailjunkie]

@@frankielin2 And what makes you think that those left wing nutjobs would listen? They would just shout them down.

[@frankielin2]

@@thesailjunkie It was a hypothetical question. Just like, what if the leftwing nut jobs would listen to what they had to say 🤔

[@bonkersmcgee4356]

Soldiers on both sides saw each other as brothers in the years after the war. They'd all probably tell people who have co-opted their war into their 21st century political squabbles to shut the fuck up.

[@chrissy54ful]

Wonderful video ! My uncle was a WWII vet; he passed 5 years ago at age 92. My dad is a Korean War vet, age 87 and still with us. Not very many from both wars left.

[@jpavlvs]

That is an AWSOME film. THANK you for sharing this!

[@midwest1346]

I’ve had the fortune of being able to visit Gettysburg, it’s absolutely unreal how many men risked their lives and how much blood has been shed upon that land. My ancestors fought on both sides if only I could have a few conversations with those great people that are no longer with us.

[@RanivusCh]

just imagine it all... Dad buys rare 1930's video camera > documents the event > entrusts the USPS to ship the film to Rochester > Develops the film > Sends back the film via USPS > film is forgotten through time until it's rediscovered in storage about 80 years later > film is still in good enough condition to format it to a modern state (DVD or VHS or whatever) > now it's preserved forever on the internet So many opportunities this film could have been lost forever but truly an amazing 80 year journey... I hope the original film is stored in the Library of Congress or at the very least the Smithsonian institute.

[@craigversetti5700]

Took my family to Gettysburg just last weekend and it was truly something marvelous that we all loved & learned from & have every intention on going again so we can see & learn more about it . Its about 4 hours from us and part of all our history and it is something that everyone especially Pennsylvanians should see and experience , I for one can't express how meaningful it was for me . Was left speechless and in complete aw !!!! Can't imagine being 3 years old and being as grown at 3 as this man was !!!

[@krakon6565]

I feel honored to say that when I was a tiny boy there were still a few Civil War vets alive on this earth with me. It's wild to think about.

[@richardt875]

What year was you born?

[@thankyoucaptainobvious7707]

@@richardt875 you’re too late

[@vintagepipesnightmares]

I don’t see the appeal. This were young men killing each other. I don’t see the honor in that. Why are you all so honored by this. It’s a nice document but ..

[@The_Conspiracy_Analyst]

@@vintagepipesnightmares wow you are a colossally ignorant coward

[@TheNightWatcher1385]

@@vintagepipesnightmares It an honor to be able to have that connection to such a momentous point in history. No one is saying they love war.

[@T8Hants]

The one thing that this delightful video proclaims is respect! Respect of the former enemies for each other, blue and grey, respect for the generations the old to the young and vice versa. How long before the hissing and spitting starts in the comments and spoils everything this video stands for. Respect from the UK, and thank you for the privilege of seeing your home movie.

[@pwnyou2295]

Wow this derailed fast. I'm glad to see someone outside the US acknowledging a very important chapter of our history that should be remembered forever. If the men who fought the war themselves can make peace, surely their descendants can. If we choose to reignite the conflict, in a sense, did it ever really end? Not very well known is that many men from the UK also fought in the Civil War, so in a sense, it's part of your guys' history too.

[@briteness]

T8Hants Gee. For somebody advocating respect, ya don't seem to have much of it for Americans of the present day.

[@flowerpower6216]

+calihartley2010 where do you see jews fucking?

[@vemmaguy1977]

I am a proud Sons of Confederate Veterans member and I respect certain Northern Leaders, Joshua Chamberlain from Maine comes to mind and then there were scumbags like Sherman and Custer along with the criminal politician Lincoln who cared nothing of the slaves and fought this war over taxes and tariffs!

[@blackiechong4344]

Lets start it now. Fuck the civil war who cares anymore as the Democraps are causing another one. Hillary needs to be laid who will do it?

[@kenclements3001]

And now the Boy Scouts are gone also. Seeing the pride those young boys had in being a Scout and being involved in such a grand celebration of history and meeting the actual soldiers themselves must have been a lifetime highlight. Too many good things about America have been changed.

[@matthewjones1119]

Ken Clements I wonder if they were selling popcorn to the vets back then? 🤔

[@zang9147]

The Boy Scouts are still thriving in some towns, like mine. I think you're just seeing a cycle. They'll come back nationally.

[@bigd9260]

The real truth is the young are now being taught liberal ideals in school. The county is changing into the very thing our forefathers did not want. A carbon copy of post feudalistic Europe. Its where all the liberal ideals will take us. Most of them are to brain washed, angry, low IQ, or young to see any other way. They also come off like the type of people who like the smell of there own farts.... hollywierd types. They want everybody to be equal.... which will never ever, ever, ever happen. At least in capitalism there is a chance to move up.

[@henryosborne7052]

Clem Cornpone Man, are you disillusioned. You really need some help,

[@billweldon2434]

@Clem Cornpone your a fool

[@kevinrby1982]

I'm 36 years old. My Grandmother passed away in 2013 at the age of 99. She was born and raised in the same working class neighborhood of Boston her whole life. I loved listening to her stories. Her first memory was being taken by a horse drawn ambulance from her house during the Spanish Flu Pandemic. She remembered going over a wood and straw planked bridge that spanned the Charles River in Waltham Mass to get to the Hospital. Sadly, her future husbands father, my great grandfather died that same year from the Spanish Flu. About 5 years before she passed I began driving her to run errands during the day, because her eyesight deteriorated enough to keep her from having a license. On one occasion in the supermarket she bumped into a lifelong friend of hers. While driving home she told me about her friends little brother. He died in a B-17 over Germany and was not known to be dead or alive till wars end. The most intriguing of them all was about her paternal grandfather, Coleman Connolly. Coleman left Ireland in the wake of the Great Hunger and settled in Boston Massachusetts. Upon the outbreak of war Coleman enlisted into the Union Army at a camp in Sommerville Massachusetts. Somehow and I've been trying to find out why, he ended up in a Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment, I forget the number off the top of my head. His Regiment fought at Fort Donelson and a multitude of actions as part of Grants Push down the Mississippi. At Shiloh, his regiment along with other Iowa Regiments, dug in and made a stand in what became known as The Hornets Nest. The bravery and courage those Union Soldiers displayed, foiled the Confederate momentum on the first day at Shiloh. Coleman was taken prisoner along with the survivng veterans of the Hornets Nest. He was paroled 6 months later. He returned to Boston, became a teamster and started a family. My sister just moved to Mississippi due to her husbands career in law enforcement. We are both looking forward to visiting Shiloh and walk the ground my Grandmother revealed to us to be hallowed.

[@dianestafford6968]

therascalking Thank you so much for sharing. I love history!

[@garyfuiten5126]

Two years ago I visited TN from WI and after seeing Buford Pussers place and Jack Daniels Distillery I thought why not check out Shiloh. I've never toured a Battlefield before and didn't expect much but I was in awe of what I saw and learned. I walked through the cemetary, walked along the river near the landing and drove what I couldn't walk. Read as many plaques as I could. Unbelievable what they have there. It was free and I spent hours there and I'd love to go down there again. I was there in November and it was so peaceful at that time. But the monuments and cannons and informational signs all over really bring back what took place in the fields, woods and swamps in and around that area.

[@basshuntet1455]

@@garyfuiten5126 hello gary,one thing you can say about southerners,as much as the Hollywood liberals love to insult, denigrate and demean them,they have a love for their land and heritage that is incredibly powerful

[@virginiaoflaherty2983]

@@garyfuiten5126 I feel the same. I am lucky and live in Maryland and my daughter lives in Georgia. So I have had the opportunity to visit almost all the battlefields in VA, MD, Pa, some in TN, and many in GA. I have spent a lot of time at Civil War battlefields and have read much history. One of the important lessons I learned is to respect the soldiers of both sides. My ancestors were from the north and the south. One of my fathers side starved to death at Andersonville, it is hard to visit his grave there. Two of my southern ancestors (brothers) were rich slave owners and were able to pay other men to fight for them, not one time but two! Two others from NC fought on 5 or 6 of the same battlefields as my fathers ancestor.

[@garyfuiten5126]

@@virginiaoflaherty2983 You've got an interesting story Virginia. The 1st time I learned, and you mentioned it, that if you were a rich person back in the day you could PAY SOMEONE ELSE to take your place in a War. That still blows my mind.

[@ppena4128]

3:07 "I was shaking hands with history." What an awesome thing to be able to say...

[@jasonchappina8319]

What a terrific video ! Thank you so much for posting. Just unreal to have been able to speak to someone who served in the Civil War. The shot of that group of Boy Scouts, who looked to be mostly in their early and mid teens when this was filmed in 1938. Wonder how many would go to war themselves just a few yrs later, and how many wouldn't come home.

[@coachfive9656]

Wow amazing to see , I love how the young boy is saluting the civil war vets

[@frankrobinson6841]

Yes old men and children have Something lam old man now His just come from heaven and You are going there

[@benwicker5820]

My dad said he had a great aunt that sent 13 son's off to fight for the south an none returned. I think what a horrible thing for a mother to go threw . Great video thank u very much .

[@libertygiveme1987]

Ben - That's NOT ALLOWED now! And yes, it's UNTHINKABLE that a mother could endure something like that!!!!

[@brandonbentley4677]

God bless them they fit on the right side

[@shanghunter7697]

@@brandonbentley4677 And due to the fact that the south lost the war, HATRED HAS been passed down from each southern generation until this very time. As you said :they fit ?? Good Lord.

[@mariohall8357]

I remember looking at a picture of about 50 confederate from the same area, all 50 died. I was glad they did.

[@westpointsnell4167]

Goes to show how deadly that war really was...

[@haukepowers8491]

this was so uplifting..to be able to greet and meet survivors of such a era...wow...kudos to you..pass this on to your kids and grandkids..amazing slice of history..

[@beebop9808]

No words can do justice to the sight of those men coming together. God bless them all.

[@sekmetb]

My dad was born in 1931, passed away a few years ago. He told me as a child he remembers seeing Civil War veterans in the Philadelphia Veterans Day Parade. Some missing limbs.

[@scottedmondson2182]

Thank you for posting this video. It was a pleasure to watch.

[@libertygiveme1987]

Thank-You for sharing this footage!!!! Just INCREDIBLE to have lived to have been in the same company as these BRAVE MEN, and President Lincoln!!!! ABSOLUTELY ASTOUNDING!!!!

[@francisbusa1074]

I've seen this film several times over the years, but always wondered who filmed it. Priceless.

[@bananaking2782]

That was beautiful to be living and say you shook hands with civil war veterans! What an honor. That is why I always take the time to speak with WW2 veterans. The history the stories. Can't get that from a book or a film no matter how hard you try. I could sit all day and listen to the history they lived but I have only read about. I wonder how many WW2 veterans talked to Civil War veterans

[@2377865]

Thank you for sharing your two minutes of living history from 1938. I was eight years old in 1956, when the last Civil War veteran passed on. Now I am watching the last 400,000 thousand American vets. of WWII, pass away very quickly. I am a Viet Nam vet, 71 years old and my time is not too far away on the horizon.

[@markfiore3538]

Those brave,patriotic men are our greatest generation of our country. God bless all of our nations warriors and heroes. Never forget

[@kvarnerinfoTV]

Patriotism is responsible for wars, deaths, murders, crimes... Do you think God loves warriors? The same God that said: Thou shalt not kill. Turn the other cheek Love your enemies Etc. You are all hypocrites who will cry for forgiveness of your crimes. Well, don't do it in the first fucking place. You all deserved your place in warm, hot place. Modern Roman Empire asking blessing from the God hahahaha...you are insane!

[@MountainGyspy]

@@kvarnerinfoTV it's, thou shalt not murder. There's a difference.

[@MountainGyspy]

@@kvarnerinfoTV judge ye not yet ye be judged.

[@rayzas4885]

Linus Magnus God also allowed his chosen people to kill the inhabitants of Israel before they established the kingdom of Judah. Clearly you need to take a more in-depth look at the Bible.

[@TOMDHARLEYJKD]

Mark Fiore never forget the south fought solely to preserve slavery as they were too lazy to work the stolen land on which they had squatted. Conservative WHITE makes...today we call them MAGATARDS

[@johnwhite5306]

Those boy scouts at 2:27 hope things went well for them during WW2.

[@JohnDoe-fu6zt]

My father was one of the many boy scouts who helped out at the reunion, as I posted elsewhere. He did serve in WWII of course, guarding German POWs at Camp Forrest in Tennessee, as well as on harvest crews up and down the Great Plains.

[@perfection4749]

I think most were still too young for the war since this was 1938, some served I imagine, the older of the group.

[@doesnotexist305]

World War II broke out only a year later. America got involved 3 years after this. Those boys would hardly be any older

[@doesnotexist305]

World War II broke out only a year later. America got involved 3 years after this. Those boys would hardly be any older

@@perfection4749 well, Korea then.

[@cweefy]

can't even imagine what those veterans went through

[@davidb2206]

So get out in the woods and join some patriot militia and start to learn what they went through.

[@pennicandy1611]

I have chills watching this video this is absolutely amazing. Here I am in the year 2022 watching civil war veterans I wish that I could hear what they were talking about.

[@riffdigger2133]

5 stars all the way. I slowed this KZbin video (3 dots) down to 0.75% to absorb the audio narrative details and to study the historical images of the faces and emotions in the old photos. Also imagine a 3 year old in this 8mm video meeting and shaking hands with the 90+ year old, surviving Civil War soldiers during the 1930’s. You did an excellent job on this and I commend you for what you have put together. Thank you.

[@jeffsmith2022]

God bless them all...

[@TOMDHARLEYJKD]

Jeff Smith well the north non-traitor half anyway

[@henryosborne7052]

NOOKEY69 Hard!! Aw, go wave a rainbow flag somewhere

[@frankrobinson6841]

Well said Jeff god bless them Everyone said tiny tim christmas Carol

[@aprilmay578]

WOW! He actually and literally shook hands with history. And to get it on film is beyond belief. His father was awesome to do this for him.

[@opensprings]

Robert E. Lee's father fought in the American Revolution. If any of these vets in the home reel shook hands with Mr. Lee, this living man would essentially be shaking the hand of a person who actually shook hands with the son of an American Revolutionary war vet. Imagine that!

[@davecooper9733]

Dad was born in 33 and remembered many civil war veterans in the VA hospital .

[@aaronlovell6026]

Right, wrong, or indifferent. Always respect your history, never forget it. You will never know where You're going. Unless you know where you've been. And my up most respect to these men. No matter the side they fought for.

[@JustPlainSteve5372]

Tell that to the liberals & progressives of today!

[@teejay9929]

Absolutely one of the greatest things I’ve ever watched....period!....🇺🇸🤙🏼

[@jerrysullivan8424]

I had the privilege to meet a few men in their Late 90s who were Born at the end of the Civil war. I also knew a few Grandchildren of men who were in the Civil war who had met their Grandparents.

[@jerrysullivan8424]

If I remember correctly I was between the age of age 6-7 in 1962-63 living next door to an old man who was 100 years old, I would talk to him on his porch swing and he would tell me stories of his boyhood living on the MO. river on a farm across from the State of Kansas. The only story that I remember, He would tell me that the Mo. river would freeze up in the winter and that his Father would have him walk across it to KS. to get moonshine and that his Father was a mean man. He did not like his Dad.

[@angelbou2951]

that was one of the coolest things I have ever seen history is awesome

[@shannonwittman950]

Well said, Angel Bou. I only wish that current generations paid it more attention. I mean, real history. Not the revisionist versions that the American tries to foist upon Americans who don't have the time to pay attention.

[@KimberlySays...]

A stunning composition and beautiful window into history. So glad to have watched this one. 😊👍

[@frankrobinson6841]

I love that song okie from muskogee you did your Duty

[@KimberlySays...]

@@frankrobinson6841 ????

[@warjunkie8242]

This is one of the most incredible things I've ever seen. I'm trying to collect my jaw off the floor

[@skyqueen1148]

The young Ron had a smart salute for the Veterans. Bravo!

[@janineharrison5186]

Wonderful, so glad his father was such a visionary!

[@thinkcivil1627]

We can't change history, but hopefully we can learn from it. An amazing video.

[@jamescasement6635]

We never learn from history it repeats it self shame

[@karenschwartz1146]

Much respect, SALUTE to you all !

[@tylertapp131]

Its so wild that guy got too shake hands with civil war soldiers and look them in the eyes, possibly even have shared words with some. He was just a kid and didnt realize how monumental or mind boggling that really is. Im am truly jealous but its very cool there are people that got the chances.

[@ceilconstante7813]

I feel privileged to have seen this footage. It must be preserved and shared.

[@kungpuk5186]

I shook hands with a German wwll vet. Listened to his storrys from the war, and tho he had been a nazi, he was the sweetest guy you could imagine. May he rest in peace..

[@JokahFACE]

If he was in the Wehrmacht, he probably wasn't a party member. Not every German soldier in WWII was a "Nazi" (a Jewish slur word for "National Socialist"). NSDAP members themselves only had what they thought was best for their country in mind. This Hollywood caricature of the callous goose-stepping fiend with no historical or cultural context given whatsoever is really quite cruel to the Germans of that generation.

[@freddyflintstoned913]

My moms dad was a German vet from both war. He was a great man. He passed in 1972.

[@Tonyx.yt.]

kung puk you must be american... There was conscription in germany, or you join the army or they shoot you, no much choice, large majority of soldiers didnt know anything of politic, they fight because was mandatory and for the fatherland.

[@Spiritualpath02]

Not every German in the military during WW2 was a Nazi.

[@buddharacing]

Amazing that he got to meet them and has video of it.

[@SamhainBe]

So many have lost respect for our history and we're a lesser people for it...Save the Confederate Statues and Memorials!

[@heru-deshet359]

Save American History!!

[@yashjoseph3544]

Confederate statues aren't history; they're political propaganda that reinforces the Lost Cause myth.

[@briancalifornia1]

These people who vandalize these monuments and disrespect these vets need a big severe ass beating

[@MGTOWPaladin]

@@yashjoseph3544 Unlike the four "False Causes" the Lincolnistas have spewed for 160 years, right?

[@yashjoseph3544]

@@MGTOWPaladin Four false causes? What? There was only one cause of the war. SLAVERY. The Confederates admitted it in their secession ordinances and speeches, and there are decades of history building up to the war proving it too.

[@JohnDoe-fu6zt]

My Father was there. His Boy Scout troop from nearby Lancaster was one of several which served at the reunion, mainly as helpers and aides to the elderly veterans. You can see some of the Scouts at about 2:20. When President Roosevelt arrived to dedicate the Peace Memorial, an honor guard of six Eagle Scouts rode on the running boards of the presidential limousine. My father was one of those Eagle Scouts.

[@Lovememore231]

So cool!!

[@brianarmstrong4894]

This video along with the video of the man who was at Lincoln's assassination are historical treasures.

[@kathykardashian7750]

We need to remember our history, not erase it, as heartbreaking as it is to remember how many died and the grief this must have caused.

[@manuelgchapajr4472]

Teach your Children about our Nations History! No matter how Dark and Ugly it has been at Times. This is how we grow as a People, this is Who and most importantly Why We Are! May God Continue to Bless our Nation! May not be perfect but it is still Ours!!!

[@JokahFACE]

It's getting progressively more dark and ugly all the time. Our culture is corrupted, materialistic, and decrepit. Infected with degenerate shit and Marxism. Not to mention the average American is getting progressively worse from a genetic standpoint.

[@freddyflintstoned913]

Which history? The Yanks have spun the history in their favor with lies. Ask yourself this, why did the Emancipation Proclamation come 18 months after Lincoln invaded?

[@nunyabiznez6381]

Our country has a horrible dark evil past and occasionally present. Unfortunately all the other countries are worse. So the best thing to do is make do with what we have and try to learn from the past. I had amazing history teachers in school grade 7 to 12. Today they don't teach history any more, only very one sided social commentary that demonizes every historical figure that does not conform to their modern enlightened ideal.

[@Southeastreb3393]

What's so dark and ugly about it

[@g.immanuel3151]

@@nunyabiznez6381 You really need to study the true history of this nation. This country was formed as the first nation on earth that would be governed by the people and for the people. Every other nation at that time was either a monarchy or dictatorship. Start there. As for this horrible dark evil past you emphasize -- context, context, context -- please study the total picture.

[@johnmilonas7233]

"We can't change history itself". Thank you for everything.

[@jediknight131]

my grandmother was moving several years back, and the family and I were clearing out her belongs. As we sifted through nine decades of her life, we found a small medal with a red, white, and blue ribbion, it was a souvenir medal that commemorated the 75th anniversary, in 1938, of the Battle of Gettysburg. The Last Great Reunion of Blue and Grey.

[@Lovememore231]

Incredible!

[@cbear9263]

This is the coolest! To think those guys began to witness automobiles and moving pictures, telephones etc. after growing up with just horseback & carriage is amazing! 😎 To actually see civil war veterans on film is awesome too!

[@rafaelrodriguez-rm8ec]

just amazing living history to meet civil war vets.!!! alive!!

[@suzietrecallion1042]

rafael rodriguez agreed,I do ACW reenactment but how mind blowing would it hv been to hv met some of those guys.My son said it was more than awesome when he went to France with The Air Cadets n met WWII Vets.

[@jbkkkkk]

"We can try to make things different, but we can't change the history itself"

[@Memeposting]

poignant

[@Inkling777]

Fascinating, particular the film made of the event. His dad was a wise man. I once read that when Franklin Roosevelt was very young he met some elderly aunts of his who, when they were very young, had met George Washington. I just ran the numbers. Washington died in 1799 and FDR was born in 1882, so the historical gap between the two is 83 years, so that's certainly possible.

[@haroldrupert4957]

Thanks for sharing this moving video tribute .

[@sarahlimmericak1683]

this needs to be shown in the media more. What a beautiful piece of history!

[@todzzzzz]

7 people who watch The Kardashians voted thumbs down I don’t like this.

[@stemtostern7611]

Brainwashed Commies!

[@pauls.3400]

And Kapernek the flag hater

[@oveidasinclair982]

Yeah, that stupid ignorant number went up to 136 now, just goes to show how moronic some people are.

[@mini14head]

Guarantee their Bernie supporters.

[@pauls.3400]

@@mini14head Biden and Bernie were at Gettysburg Address

[@libertyann439]

How amazing. He really looked like a happy little biy in the video.

[@windyridge9591]

So amazing....Thank you for sharing your memories🌺

[@johndoran3274]

I remember drinking a beer in the American Legion with a WW 1 vet the day before leaving for the gulf in 1990. The stories from that man are still fresh in my mind.

[@Lovememore231]

That is awesome that you for sharing that 😀

[@StanSwan]

When I was 6 years old I got to meet a WW I Vet. He was in full uniform, a tall thin man who had not much to say but his kindness still is with me since 1975.

[@jelink22]

I remember a few years back being at a rare book auction that displayed a book with a daguerreotype of grizzled and toothless Revolutionary War veterans. Ordinarily, we competitive booksellers would avoid attracting attention to a book being auctioned, lest our brethren noticed and figured out that it was something unusual and valuable. Not then: five or six of us stood around the book marveling at seeing an actual image of people who fought back in the 1770's. I don't know who won the book, but we envied him.

[@Cryptocracy_Now]

And those men who fought in the Civil War, at one point or another in their life, shook hands with a Revolutionary War Veteran.

[@davidb2206]

Yes. And don't think any of that is over, yet, either. You better start thinking how YOU are going to survive with little food ... in the snow.

[@688guy8]

It's kinda sad to know that when I was born in '56 they were no longer around. I guess if I live long enough I could be one of the last Vietnam Era vets, since I joined young and at the tail end of it...

[@jimmymags6516]

Thank you for your service .

[@jimmymags6516]

@@tjbouxjohnson4287 Wrong and wrong , Charleston was the largest slave port in the US .

[@huskybaby1988]

Wow That´s a BIG PICTURE of History....we can see REALY Civil war veterans on a Film ! Amazing ! Nice Regard from north Germany

[@experimenttryingtouploadst1204]

That's great he had a chance and his dad thought to take him to see that. I've always loved history & when I was 7 or 8, my barber mentioned a Spanish-American War vet lived int he area & came in. I asked him to let me know the next time he came in so I could meet him, I loved history even back then. sadly the gentleman died before I had the chance, he was probably close to 100... I did learn a lot about my great-grandpa and WW1 and my great-grandma's excitement at being able to vote in 1920 when she turned 21 and the Depression & WW2... but there are always things you wish you'd have asked later, like whether she'd met any Civil War, etc. veterans. (He died when I was 3... only memories are of him playing the organ in their home.) She did tell me President McKinley patted him on the head after one of his speeches in 1900. Only later through research did I learn my great grandpa's mom worked for a family who lived close to McKinley. So much I learned, but so much I could have asked!

[@CurlyQLink]

During the 1939 Academy Awards, the movie "Gone With The Wind" was nominated for an Best Picture Oscar. Since this movie setting was during the Civil War, the members of the Academy decided to invite all living Civil War veterans to the actual Academy Awards event. Many show up and this reunion was also captured on film.

[@suzietrecallion1042]

Curly Q. Link would love to see that!I once found a vid,soz,film, from the 30s showing a reb vet.reunion.The soldiers were asked if they could still do the reb yell,n they proved they surely could.I kept that story on my old phone but hv got new phone n so lost the film.Would love to find it again n wonder if u or anyone else has seen the clip,or got it on their devise.Dixie for ever!!

[@berzerker1100]

Suzie Trecallion You might be able to find it on KZbin SERIOUSLY !

[@mrdiplomat9018]

Suzie Trecallion YES, I’ve seen that on the internet

[@everforward8651]

Here, Suzie: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mZaYiKODYq-Aj8k

[@henryosborne7052]

Clem Cornpone You Are the most brainwashed ignorant fuck commenting on here. Your parents probably home schooled you and they need a hard kick in the ass If so.

[@nickelliot3679]

My girlfriend was born and raised in Georgia and she always referred to the American Civil War as the "War of Northern Aggression". I thought she was simply kidding around, but the reality is she was telling the truth. 'Civil war' is when two groups vie for control of government. This was not such a war. The southern states fought to be free of control by the wealthy northern states. It had nothing to do with slavery, but much to do with state sovereignty. And in retrospect, they were within their constitutional rights to do so. However, Washington would have nothing to do with a vassal state breaking off on their own. We also witness the same in how powerless the states are to confront Washington's corruption. For the truth about slavery and US history, I recommend Paul Craig Robert's 'A Conversation on Race'.

[@yosemite735]

Yes, I always found it odd that someone wanted me to believe that all those men were willing to die so that some men could have cheap labor. Most men are not willing to lose their limbs or life so that you can outdo them in the market place.

[@orbs1062]

That's what we've always called it. "The war if northern aggression." And I'm only 60.

[@yashjoseph3544]

All of you guys are so wrong. It wasn't a "War of Northern Aggression"; it was a War of Southern Sedition for them to preserve their slaves. It seems you all have been fooled by the Lost Cause.

[@davidblankenship4672]

If they could only see today what the country is like wow

[@johnnysins8353]

I’m sure the northern boys would’ve sided with Johnny reb

[@davidb2206]

Cry or commit suicide? "We wasted it all, on that lying bastard Lincoln."

[@jeffcolorado]

I'm 70 as I type this. My grandmother, who I knew well when I was young, was born in 1882. When she was a young woman, she knew a friend of her father (my great-grandfather, who I never met). That family friend had met and shook hands with Abraham Lincoln. It stunned me that I was only 3 steps from Lincoln, who I considered to be from distant, ancient history.

[@40ounce58]

Great film history! I’m glad I’ve met a lot of WW2 vets over the years.

[@dsolo3250]

Finally a civil war video that doesn't turn into a slave documentary. This was very interesting

[@mariohall8357]

d solo Are you embarrassed of that part of our country’s history?

[@mariohall8357]

willl 88 what was not about slavery? The war? I hope you don’t believe that.

[@mariohall8357]

Justin Yoder welcome for what?

[@heatherhillman1]

@@mariohall8357 No, the Civil War was not only about slavery. Yes, slavery was a hot button issue of the time, and Lincoln did bring the issue to the forefront with the Emancipation Proclamation. However, Lincoln did not make that speech until 1863.......three years after the start of the war. The states seceded over economic issues. At the time, the subject of slavery was only used as a scare tactic to solidify the south's resolve to secede. So.....pick up an actual history book and learn a little something before you open your trap.

[@mariohall8357]

Heather H I took a class college level course on the Civil War. I know what I am talking about. Slavery is what mattered, because it was what made the south. Why so salty.

[@ColinStuart]

My great-grandfather, (known to the family, as Captain Billy), b 1841 - d 1934. Was a Confederate cavalryman (as researchers have told me, he was a partisan), never wounded, and like I say, died in 1934.

[@ColinStuart]

2nd Reg. Kentucky Cavalry.

[@ColinStuart]

Researchers have told me that they cannot find him in the records, but the id number I gave them was paid to. They said "he may have been in a "partisan" unit".

[@ColinStuart]

William Harrison Harrell, #14992 Boone County Arkansas

[@ColinStuart]

I have no records of him in the Mexican War. My aunt even told me, "Capt. Billy was too young to fight in the Civil War, do you want to see his saber? He was born 01-18 1843, Boone County Kentucky (I was wrong thinking it was Arkansas). I DO have papers from Sons Of Confederate Veterans, but was turned off at being asked to give a fee! I am having trouble writing to the email address given.

[@freddyflintstoned913]

Be Proud that he stood up to the corrupt Federals.

[@tehArgento]

Average age of 94, wow they were able to survive the war and then live up to that age

[@Johnkoth]

They most likely lived out in the country and farmed. They did not get meat from city markets that was usually spoiled and that spoiled meat caused stomach cancer and killed people.

[@chantalgardner3157]

Oh wow!! This was truly an amazing thing to see. Thank you.

[@chad_b]

That's actually really nice that they met like that on the battlefield to shake hands and stuff. I love these amazing old videos and pictures