Peach Orchard to The Trostle Farm | Gettysburg 161

Join us as we walk from the Peach Orchard to the Trostle Farm as our Gettysburg 161 coverage continues.
This video is part of our series commemorating the 161st Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg. View all of the videos here: • Gettysburg | 161st Ann...
The American Battlefield Trust preserves America’s hallowed battlegrounds and educates the public about what happened there and why it matters. We permanently protect these battlefields for future generations as a lasting and tangible memorial to the brave soldiers who fought in the American Revolution, the War of 1812, and the Civil War.

[@mjmonnerat6]

Love the manner in which you are showing more of the battlefield by “walking” the actions of each day!! I really feel like I am there.

[@anthonygreen1132]

Makes me remember one of my high school teachers he taught a civil war class he was so cool think he wrote a book or two. David Hinzes was his name

[@housecat5202]

Nice to hear from Sarah today. I like her harvest of death reference in the wheatfield

[@CrossTrain]

I absolutely LOVE this format Garry, Kris and Sarah (and guests). I feel like it does a much better job of telling the story when we can see the topographic changes and undulations of the ground. And I love all the overlays of maps for orientation to the field as well as the picture overlays. Really extraordinarily done all!

[@user-tv3id2nf5o]

APPRECIATE YOU ABT!! Great to see that the park has mowed some grass paths so people can access different parts of the battlefield to appreciate troop movement.

[@rayparker7496]

Love seeing new different places on the battlefield

[@cathyc899]

Hats off to ABT for helping to preserve this beautiful battlefield!

[@tomjones2202]

I'm looking at the map you are using during this episode and I just cannot believe what this place must have been like on THAT day!! Men doing the unthinkable, holding their lines, ON BOTH SIDES! And yes, I've been there but not with guides or historians like you are giving us here! What you are doing is amazing for so many people!! I can't stop watching! :) And yes, I love reading but this is so much fun watching it LIVE from my recliner! lol,,, Thanks so much!! Tomorrow!! day 3!! Can't wait!!

[@jimgrove3853]

Saw you guys filming the last two days! You guys are part of the reason I have such love of history, Gettysburg in particular. Thanks so much!

[@sharonbloss4757]

Thank you so much for this video. I find the story of Bigelow’s battery fascinating and I really appreciate seeing the route they took that day. The format of showing the contours of the landscape is so helpful in gaining an understanding of what the men were up against that day.

[@seeerr5570]

I really enjoyed this video... great to walk that trail and get these different views. Thanks for all you do and please keep this format going.

[@tomdynia9951]

Great video guys. I really appreciate the format of walking the terrain while commenting on it and I love everyone's enthusiasm. Having just read Hessler and Isenberg's book on the Peach Orchard it's especially interesting to see the field.

[@henryrichards1542]

Thanks everyone - these have been great!

[@JP-eg6gz]

Thanks for taking us there. Really enjoy all the videos.

[@mwdjr3158]

Fantastic content!

[@HighVelocityRips]

Thanx for all you do!!

[@aaronbyers1391]

Thank you for all your work, passion and effort!

[@ronyantz7349]

Great work team Trust !

[@rayparker7496]

Love the content

[@michaelwyman5794]

Excellent video and some fantastic views of the battlefield. For someone like me, who has never visited and also unlikely to visit in the future, seeing the terrain and hearing about how it was in 1863, is invaluable. Brilliantly narrated. Mick - England.

[@mikeeivins2712]

Yes, I enjoy the new format

[@Stew-kv8nw]

“So I still have a job?” “Yeah you do.” Outstanding. I’m so proud to be a member of the ABT.

[@tjmunros]

I love the walk and talk. My only concern is Gary marshalling as you cross the roads 😂

[@robosledger5158]

Great job! I love this format. Thanks so much.

[@rls1662]

Preach on, Mr. Duncan! Preach on! I tried to bang the drum, sound the alarm and blow the trumpet about the border wars of Kansas-Missouri to those in Arkansas and Missouri as many of Quantrill's men and many Kansas Jayhawkers went south, but it fell on deaf, flat ears. It seems like the only people that care about these battles and battlefields, no matter how large or small, are groups like yours and the Civil War "fans." No one outside of that realm cares, knows much and doesn't want to care or know. The Civil and Revolutionary wars are dying a slow death!

[@carlmannino6360]

Great series of videos.

[@MichaelConley-p7p]

Love this format! I had hopes you'd talk about the 7th NJ as their Co. A was recruited in my home County of Cape May. Keep up the great work.

[@johnhayward-bl4id]

The 7ths colonel was Co A first commander Col Louis Francine was killed July 2 The 7ths monument is located where he was killed

[@MichaelConley-p7p]

@@johnhayward-bl4id thanks! I was aware of that.

[@johnstrong283]

If you walk the copse of trees on July 3rd . Please mention the 7th Michigan.

[@travisbayles870]

My great great great uncle Captain Wesley Mellard Co H 13th Mississippi Infantry Barksdales brigade CSA fought at the Peach Orchard and the Trostle Farm July 2 1863 near Gettysburg A sad and a terrible day for both sides 😢

[@ronniedurie7752]

I can't even imagine what my Gr-Gr-Grandpa who was in the 7th New Jersey Volunteers saw and was trying to make some sense of all of that bullets and cannon fire at him and others! To survive that must have been unbelievable later to think about! But his unit were in some hellacious battles and was wounded at Seven Pines/Fair Oaks and also at Williamsburg. He survived and served 3yrs and 10 months and mustered out in Oct of 1864 and rejoined the US Volunteer's in March of 1865 and finished his one year hitch. I've got his discharge papers and mustering out paper from NJ Vol. But I hope to get his from the US Vol maybe one day. Thanks so much to all of you for ALL ya'll do to keep us GLUED to our laptops in all the historical events at ALL battlefields! Much respect to all!

[@johnhayward-bl4id]

What was his name? My gr he grandfather was in Co K and other was the color bearer of the regiment

[@6thmichcav262]

You can see the 7th NJ monument in the middle of the frame (somewhat blurry) at 4:15. It is shaped like a bullet.

[@ronniedurie7752]

@@johnhayward-bl4id Mr. Hayward Are you the the Author of the book, Give it to them Jersey Blues!? If so my Grandpa's name is in your book he was 19 His name was Charles W. Durie and was in several companies. But he was in company H and one time in artilleries also I believe? I just LOVE having the book and seeing his name in it!

[@ronniedurie7752]

@@6thmichcav262 Yes! I got to sit there and take a picture of me and having a talk in spirit to Grandpa and his fellow soldiers there that day fighting for our flag and our Union!!!

[@johnhayward-bl4id]

Yes that’s my book Glad you liked it

[@smoothrenunciation]

There are many people that cannot even tell you the years the conflict took place in. It's sad.

[@Suppercamper]

Wheat is also not pleasant to walk through. Great video!

[@leonidaslantz5249]

Everyone watching this video should join the American Battlefield Trust, or even just send them $1. It all helps!

[@JohnLight1]

Sarah and Kris always do a great video.

[@soothsayer2406]

awesome!!! Please have a drone operator provide B shots to help illustrate the movement of troops..it would help tremendously

[@AmericanBattlefieldTrust]

We wish but drone flying in national military parks is not allowed.

[@HappyEndingPodShow]

Gary, can anyone walk the trails you are taking through the battlefield?

[@AmericanBattlefieldTrust]

Yup

[@ebrim5013]

Great question. I’m planning my first trip to Gettysburg in August and I was getting a little concerned that I was seeing so many cars and so few people walking. I want to be like out there.

[@AmericanBattlefieldTrust]

@@ebrim5013 you can park and walk around pretty much anywhere you like.

[@HappyEndingPodShow]

@ebrim5013 you'll love it. We go up once a year and always find something new to do and now that I know you can walk the cut outs on the field we'll be prepared to hike.

[@tjmunros]

Make sure you stay a few days, pick up some of the Ranger presentations in Peach Orchard, Reynolds Woods, etc. 👍🏿

[@TimDavis-gr5jn]

Some of the most beautiful farms in the world are located in Pennsylvania

[@Gitarzan66]

Out of all the people I know, friends and family included, I'm the only one that's into history. What Mr. Duncan said is very true unfortunately. People just dont care about history for the most part because they say it's boring. That goes double for the newcomers.

[@mikestacyemett5914]

Talking about dead horses and smell, Mark M. Smith’s Smell of Battle, Taste of Siege has a chapter on the smell of the Gettysburg between July and Lincoln’s address.

[@johnzajac9849]

At 24:35, near the vehicle, stands a possible ‘Witness Tree’. At 16:59, some observers contend that, for playful target practice, rebel artillerymen shot at the three symbols on the upper barn wall and left a still-visible shell hole.

[@MichaelHeal99]

Maybe a silly question, but what do they do with the peaches harvested from the Peach Orchard? Can you buy them somewhere?

[@mickknight2824]

After the battle were some of the crops able to be harvested? What did this battle cost the farm families in income?

[@maxshenkwrites]

I won't pretend to be able to answer this in detail but it points to something they mentioned in one of the Pickett's Charge videos: farmers put in claims to the government for crops that were lost due to battle damage, and that these claims have given historians an idea of what was planted where on certain farms (farmer put in a claim for lost rye crop, lost timothy crop, etc).

[@ImageProMultimedia]

Garry Adelman is a national treasure.

[@sidk4515]

Was there fighting on Eisenhowers farm?

[@bigsarge2085]

✌

[@sidk4515]

Have any of yinz guys (Kris will get that reference) take a horseback tour of the battlefield?

[@mykofreder1682]

The picture of the house and fence, they do not see that it has been shredded with bullets, the picture is not detailed enough to say much about the windows. The collection of horses like a collection of bodies make you think things were very bad, the condition of things that were static during and after the battle say it was not that bad.

[@haroldeckert7927]

❤🇺🇸🗽💯

[@tomgreen1721]

That was nice, wonder if snacks were served

[@njdevilku1340]

How was this place so empty on July 2nd???

[@maxshenkwrites]

That's one thing I love about Gettysburg: it's such a big place that you can go to a major section of the field on a busy day and still see very few people.

[@njdevilku1340]

@@maxshenkwrites I was there for the 150th. It was insanity.

[@maxshenkwrites]

Same here -- agreed! That may be the one time I recall that there was really no getting away from anyone, but it was great, because the energy was so awesome.

[@thundernuts9283]

at just past 11:50..someone clearly says Nerds ..lol love to know the context of that

[@CrossTrain]

I won't speak in any "official" capacity but I often hear Kris and Garry classifying themselves (and others with their level of interest in Gettysburg) as "Gettys-nerds". Perhaps that was the reference?

[@sidk4515]

These are not short distances for the soldiers to cover while fighting….. and for some while BAREFOOT!

[@HighVelocityRips]

Camera person just called Kris and Sarah nerds when Kris said that they talk about wheat fields all the time😂

[@IamNiggler]

They finally putting all that money 💰💰💰💰 to good use😂😂😂

[@bradfordrusso7480]

Please remember: 1. Gettysburg is THE Most decisive battle ever fought in the Western Hemisphere. Because it was the turning point of the whole war. In the same sense that Midway was the turning point of WW-2 in the Pacific. 2. Lincoln's Address is THE Greatest speech of all time. It explains the past, present, and future of America. Guess who is that "future"? YOU !!! Lincoln's speech challenges You to make your own contribution to advancing the American way. Get busy.

[@shawn_ten_toes]

Love the format. I know you're all excited, but there is no need to race through your commentary. Slow it down a bit.

[@rickyburdge3537]

Go do a dive into ABT vids. Very informative. Then keep going. History Underground, Vlogging Through History, Addressing Gettysburg and Stuff Writer.

[@infidel6608]

Sara must be camera shy.

[@pastuh]

interesting if you or your team helps to create game: War of Rights