Opening the Battle of Gettysburg at the Railroad Cut: Gettysburg 158 Live!

Opening the Battle of Gettysburg north of the Railroad Cut on the Day 1 portion of the battlefield. Tune in for Cutler versus Davis and more. A little rain is not going to stop us! Special guests include Troy Harman, Doug Douds and Anne Mitchell from Ancestry.com!
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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[@timmylee41]

One day before I die, im going to be at Gettysburg on my birthday... July 2nd 1963

[@frankcasey7423]

I love Col. Douds energy and presentation! I could listen all day to his explanation. Great job guy’s! Keep up the great work you all do!!

[@jasonroberts6080]

Doug Douds does such a good job speaking loud to hear him, and uses his hands very efficiently. Well done all you guys.

[@petercolichidas7484]

All the presenters are great. I'm having a blast watching and learning, again!

[@oceantree5000]

These are so great. Making a point to watch them in timely fashion. As a native Kentuckian, with a father resting in a military cemetery in PA very near where Washington crossed the Delaware, I have ancestors who fought on both sides of the war; as such these videos mean a lot. Thanks so much for making them.

[@tenther5019]

Proud descendant of a 26th NC Co. A soldier, "Covered in Glory" for eternity.

[@jerrybuongiorno4765]

I read the book twice great book.And I’m a descendant of the 95th New York volunteers regiment that fought At the rail road cut.

[@tenther5019]

@@jerrybuongiorno4765Salute. An age of iron men.

[@tenther5019]

​@Terry Weinhold Hail fellow Tarheel descendant! A grand heritage to be proud of and passed on in perpetuity.

[@timmylee41]

Our boy Troy! Good to see ya!

[@aerofpv2109]

You guys should get together and form a Rock band called "The Burg" because you guys ROCK!

[@Nighthawk1966]

Adelman and company are absolutely wonderful. What a simply awesome series !

[@machinistmikethetinkerer4827]

Love these guys their knowledge and enthusiasm is contagious.

[@suzsimmons]

You guys are amazing! Such passion for what you do. Thank you!

[@volkerwestphal3746]

You mates are terrific. Enjoying this very, very much. Greets from Germany!

[@needmorecowbell6460]

Im a proud descendant to a great great grandfather and 4 great great uncles who served in the 53rd Penn.Vol. Inf. Co.I.

[@VanishingPoint]

My GG Grandfather fought and was wounded at Gettysburg . Served with the 69th NY Irish brigade.

[@b.r.holmes6365]

Dang. Legendary.

[@Macklyn3232]

Absolutely LOVE all of you. Thank you for this.

[@chancewebster7953]

Still learning so much from these videos

[@ranger053]

I,m too old but I hope we will have wonderful people coming up with the same love of Gettysburg like we see here, wonderful video.

[@joslynscott466]

Garry, your energy and passion are so enjoyable. I wish u could introduce me every time I walk into a building.

[@chikntaco7988]

Loving these videos. Hope to keep see em coming out. Thanks for all you guys do

[@joannecarolyn1595]

Greetings from Singapore 😊 I really appreciate all the knowledge from everybody in this video! It's so interesting to note how there was competition between the different brigades. I've not been to any of these Civil War sites, but I'm super interested in the history of it! It's not taught in Singapore schools of course, so I have to depend on these awesome videos the American Battle Trust puts out for history fans like me ❤️ Thank you so much 😊

[@GhostofSicklesleg]

Ummmm , Bernie I am going to need those tps reports ASAP. Get out my cubicle Lumburg , it’s the 158th Gettysburg Battle Anniversary, and I am trying to watch Gary and his compatriots Great videos and thanks to all for you passion and interesting info.

[@eldonhagen1257]

All you LBGs are awesome and contagiously enthusiastic, I'm now hopelessly hooked on Gettysburg & civil war, and y'all are the 'gateway drug' ...the enablers. Keep it up, can't get enough lol!

[@AmericanBattlefieldTrust]

Haha, and welcome!

[@scottythetrex5197]

I have to say all of the presenters do an outstanding job. They are very knowledgeable and they really bring the battle to life.

[@c12ptbk]

Thanks for taking about the 147th NY my great great uncle was in the 147th and was killed there on Day 1

[@jasonroberts6080]

God bless his brave soul!

[@wornellgregory7246]

GGG grandfather was part of the 55th North Carolina. He was killed running towards the railroad cut and buried on the battlefield. I’ve never been to Gettysburg but i plan to.

[@deckerbob]

Man!!! Douds no joke!! Talk about enthusiasm!!! I’d love to have him as a Battlefield guide!! 👍

[@michaelfloyd4578]

Keep up the great work! The stories are awesome!

[@mch12311969]

Excellent explanation of the Railroad Cut action, which I have never fully understood despite actually having stood there.

[@blukeblue1235]

Love these videos! I know no one cares but I had a relative in the 14th Tennessee, company E, Archers Brigade. He kind of had a crummy day thanks to the ol Iron Brigade.

[@carolcraig2580]

I am a bit partial to the Rebs so I care...😊👍.

[@pamelaoliver8442]

As long as you're not a "lost cause" reb its cool. I'm proud of my family but I acknowledge I have ancestors I would have nothing in common with today ❤

[@robertspecht1911]

Thank you for all your input on this piece of the Battlefield on the day of the first. Seeing the area adds a lot to knowing why it happened as it did. Bob Specht, Geologist and historian. I

[@lawrencebittke8478]

The steady rainfall didn’t dampen the spirits of those people giving us the presentation of what happened that first day of the Battle of Gettysburg. Great job folks!!!

[@astridgalactic9336]

I can't believe that you all went out and did this in the rain. That takes dedication! Thank you.

[@andrewhoward9870]

These presentations are so interesting and informative! Salutes!

[@ImageProMultimedia]

This must be supported. Thank you.

[@timmylee41]

You all are great, I could watch for hours

[@hiddencharges]

Im learning so much from you guys!

[@mr.billofcourse.2893]

I visit Gettysburg about 3-4 a year and always learn something new. My father took us there for the first time when I was around 10 years old. I am 66 years old now. I have been a Civil War buff ever since. Try to visit other battlefields also. Hope to visit Savannah, Georgia after Labor Day. Going to Gettysburg next week I hope. My favorite time of the year is early November up at the park. Thanks for the video.

[@JamesBray-qm8gr-q3w]

ABT, you guys are heroes for what you do to preserve our history !!! What a great team !

[@mainerusnr]

Awesome job boys and lady!

[@bigchills7194]

Visited back in 1998 and would love to visit again. I remember back then at 27 how humbling and inspiring it was. Now at 50 and a pretty major history buff I'm sure it would be even greater. Especially the view from the observation tower !

[@N2Dressage001]

Troy & Matt - the best!!! 🇺🇲

[@cynthiacronin2794]

Garry is getting soaked! He is so focused, he doesn't seem to know! 😆👍🌧️☔

[@pamelaoliver8442]

I've learned so much from him. His excitement is contagious

[@rgerca1593]

This is great fun! Hope the weather lets up later on!

[@savatorefronio9212]

Great work guys!

[@dadsongs]

Hello from Shaker Heights, Ohio! Love what you do! Todays question: How much coffee do you guys consume before you do these videos? :) Keep it up!

[@pamelaoliver8442]

The same amount it takes to type a snarky comment :) Howdy from Cincinnati

[@dadsongs]

@@pamelaoliver8442 Knowing how rough my mornings are, I'm hoping they are not similarly challenged.

[@Shawnroberts1980]

Garry, I absolutely love the content and wish more people were as excited about history as you and my buddy JD from "The History Underground" However, you got to invest in a camera with at least 1080p resolution, if not 1440p. That would really help the video quality.

[@rgerca1593]

I agree but on the other hand... this gives me the feel im there with my own crappy camera! So its also a perk! ;-)

[@AmericanBattlefieldTrust]

I’d like to see an example of that on a live video streamed through Facebook’s platform. That kills the res. GA.

[@rgerca1593]

@@AmericanBattlefieldTrust you guys are doing a fantastic job! If it was 8 bit.... I'd still watch!!

[@derekrupert2013]

14th Brooklyn doesn’t get enough love.

[@darthredbeard2421]

I was at Gettysburg a few years ago for a college class and did a report on the 14th at their statue about the regiments formation, nickname, and their charge at the RR cut on that first day to them retreating through town to their spot on the right flank of the Union army.

[@rc59191]

Those uniforms though were beautiful.

[@ross.c.cutler4925]

Yeah include the 95thNY in that.

[@ippolitius]

Went to the cemetery on July 3rd the gravity of the battle field sets in standing behind the guns on the ridge line.

[@garycousino4016]

Awesome as always

[@badguy1481]

Great presentation..BUT....I wish I didn't have to watch you guys get soaked by the rain...for giving me all this great information.

[@jorgemartinpaez4376]

Iron brigade forward forward!!!! Hurrah!!! They shout as they charged forward to shop the Carolinians

[@timp1051]

American Battlefield Trust is an awesome organization. Was glad to hear Garry mention Jim Schmick from the Harrisburg area. Check out the Camp Curtin Historical Society which Jim founded.

[@larryfranks3819]

Now that is dedication to the job

[@stevenmc56]

I went to Gettysburg and came face to face with my own family name .

[@TermiteUSA]

Excellent videos

[@pamelaoliver8442]

It is interesting to reckon with your heritage. So many of us have ancestors on both sides. I think it is important to honor them..while acknowledging we wouldn't have much in common with some...and that's ok.

[@michaelpatterson2955]

Great to see Troy back again! All of you are informed, coherent, and inspiring. A rare example of tax dollars well spent!

[@derekrupert2013]

My GGGgrandpa was a part of the 172nd who I believe attached to chase Lee to Williamsport MD.

[@DanSpotYT]

Very nice! I've done a few videos on Civil War topics in Knoxville, TN. Fort Dickerson, Jonathan Dickerson (fort named after him) and a redan recently (last decade or so) found in Knoxville.

[@erikolson4056]

Ole Troy Harmon! One of my faves! "Can ya see that?"

[@krisweinschenker598]

I've been there a coupla times. Hoping to get there sometime this year

[@Alex-ej4wm]

More videos, more videos, more videos!

[@davidlawson170]

Ranger Harman, please show Ranger Atkinson how to wear his campaign hat, lol

[@jdcunnington]

Found out my ex-wife's great grandfather Henry Schildt (6th WI) was wounded in the RR cut, shot through the chest. He returned to battle some months later, was made Captain, and was wounded again at Petersburg. He died in 1911. I learned this from the book "In the Bloody Railroad Cut".

[@Janetsfear]

You need to check out Lance Herdegen and Bill Beaudot 's "In The Bloody Railroad Cut." Their works on the Iron Brigade and particularly the 6th WI are phenomenal.

[@Janetsfear]

Oops didn't click read more! Glad you found it!

[@rgerca1593]

Im not from the states so most of the unit names and numbers dont tell me anything about them being confedered and union. So i feel equally with and for the men on both sides and thats not at all bad considering it was a tragic war for both sides right? This is fantastic stuff People!

[@tomgreen1721]

I always wanted to sleep on that very battlefield during a rain storm

[@TheStrategyWargamer]

Great video 👍👍

[@sadeaton]

Not sure about anyone else when visiting Gettysburg, but something feels different when out on the battlefield. The way it has been preserved has a strange quietness that is hard to explain. In certain parts there are no businesses, no roads and very oddly the air feels different.

[@arthurvarady7258]

I think Garry is leaking caffeine with the rain, Ha Ha… you are a wealth of information Garry and the rest of your crew…..

[@samiam619]

But I love his Slouch Hat! Might have to ask Santa to bring me one…

[@mwalker.81]

I have such a difficult time wrapping my head around the first day. I know allot about it I just lack the ability to visualize it on a map like I can the second and third.

[@barrymcclaughry9229]

How did they keep the gunpowder dry?

[@PrinceChaloner]

Hope Gettysburg Reenactments comes back next year...

[@bcask61]

Troy Harmon is simply the best Gettysburg historian in the business. He seemed a little out of sorts in this video I think because of the hyperactive pace that Garry Adelman does these videos. I get it, on the internets you have to keep it fast and loud to keep people and their short attention spans engaged. But I have to say that I enjoyed the original Battlewalks series presented by Troy Harmon and Matt Atkinson and the other rangers.

[@jaymzmetalone]

My great great grandfather was in 14th Tennessee

[@justin97410]

In a way though it was not a confederate victory the union did hold the more important ground at the end of the day

[@johnswanson4266]

Great videos! Still think Lee and the Confederates were making one last try to win the war. Lee was defeated by Stuart and his petty feuds with his officers.Stuart left Lee blind.

[@chuckruckus3648]

You guys are cool

[@samiam619]

My only complaint is that the map you show every now and then is TOO small. And I have a IPad. How about you show just a part of the map where you are and make it BIGGER!

[@larrydemaar409]

13:44 9th Illinois fired the first shot? There was no 9th Illinois at Gettysburg. I thought it was the 8th Illinois Cavalry, Lt. Marcellus Jones.

[@beardandfriends8227]

I go to the battlefields every other weekend we’re is that bridge ? By

[@bradforward850]

ON Wisconsin!

[@mdwaltner3]

Descendant of Aaron M. Garabrant 95th NY Infantry Co. F, wounded in this action.

[@inezsabajo4882]

Iam in Holland and a great fan of history about the usa😅

[@badguy1481]

I always wonder: WHY didn't they use bows and arrows. The weapons they used were slow to load and once shot, the ammunition could never be used again. I believe bowmen could fire AT LEAST.... 6 SHOTS... in a minute. Muskets could be loaded and fired at a max of 3 shots per minute. And after a battle, with bows and arrows, at least they could pick up their ammunition and use it again.

[@leza6288]

Good point. Seems like the musket/rifle is a terribly inefficient tool when the medieval bowman can fire off 6 or more same amount of time. Pretty much column warfare here too. Sure the artillery makes a huge difference but ~3 volleys a minute for infantry is very slow. Not much of a range difference either. Interesting comparison.

[@deckerbob]

Did Troy steal that umbrella from a kindergarten class..😂

[@deckerbob]

Soooo weird seeing Gary all smooth…. Musta still been in his teens….. 😏

[@ChuckG92]

No sooner does Gary warn of the dangers of hindsight--then Anne engages....

[@markholbrook3949]

Get a good defender case for that phone Gary!!

[@jorgemartinpaez4376]

It rained during parts of the March I heard interesting...

[@specialnewb9821]

How did the soldiers not keel over a die by the thousands from wearing wool uniforms in 90 degree heat+humidity?

[@blukeblue1235]

Hi! As an ex CW reenactor I can attest to the hot uniforms. However the wool is lined with muslin and soon it is saturated with sweat and seems like it insulates you. Its not cooling but its not as bad as it seems. I also think that people then didn't know anything different and were pretty tough. Cheers!

[@The_Not_So_Great_Cornholio]

Are they going to talk about the battle or just do a bunch of promos? I'm out.

[@jorgemartinpaez4376]

Jeff Davis nephew sobrino my... interesante verdad globally_educator dude your so right...

[@stevearchtoe7039]

They’re gonna lose one man (yay!)…..for every yard they advance (oof!).

[@samiam619]

Yeah, he kinda set a trap for us.

[@brianmoser260]

There is a lot more to this then what they are telling

[@Pwrcritter]

Chris white 👍

[@jorgemartinpaez4376]

Learning so much, wow civil war history boring?!! Not even.... Better than a telenovela!!

[@jamessocash3991]

CAValry…in Spanish…from caballo…horse…the ‘v’ and ‘b’ are pronounced the same cavallerie…horsemen…CALvary is incorrect

[@aloneranger3980]

8th South Carolina Volunteers Company D

[@marianmarek7299]

Why did they fight the Neapolitac way vs Gorilla type

[@blukeblue1235]

Hi! Because tactics hadn't changed much in 200 years and their weapons were mostly single shot muzzle loaders which are harder to load laying down or kneeling. The range of their muskets was generally speaking short but just before the CW most infantry firearms became rifled and range increased which proved even deadlier. It was a case of tactics not keeping up with technology.

[@jorgemartinpaez4376]

It's raining