Ranger Matt Atkinson leads a winter lecture talk on Confederate cavalry commander, Earl Van Dorn. Ranger Atkinson and the NPS hold the rights to the notes and lecture.
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@dougkidwell71424 жыл бұрын
Matt Atkinson just gets better and better.
@N2Dressage0014 жыл бұрын
Ditto!
@janellekerns64854 жыл бұрын
Hear, hear!
@johnphillips47082 жыл бұрын
Agree
@dylanowens50362 жыл бұрын
👍
@hectorgomez98252 жыл бұрын
Matt Atkinson the GOAT 5-Stars
@scrowley05423 жыл бұрын
Hey stuffwriter. Thank you very much for this work. So many of us have throughly enjoyed the product of your efforts.
@paulstan98284 жыл бұрын
Great!! Was looking forward to a new lecture video. Matt is my favorite, keeps it fun. Before you know it you leaned something.
@brianx26404 жыл бұрын
Stuff writer is back with Matt the dynamic duo!
@stevehalling8164 жыл бұрын
Great to see you back stuffwriter, the go to guy for gettysburg videos
@zettle23454 жыл бұрын
Dang StuffWriter, been wondering where you went haha Thanks for the work and effort you all put in for us.
@paulvivrett70294 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing! And thank you to Matt for another great presentation!
@zulu74414 жыл бұрын
Matt, i was a sergeant major instructor for over 20yrs and have givern hundreds of lectures in my days. I have watched your lectures for a number of years now and not one of your lectures have been the same. With out a dout you are the most enjoyable person i have watched and listern to. Your method of instruction is top class. For my years i recieved the British empire medal. I think its about time someone presented you with an award. Keep up the good work mate. Uk Veteran
@jeffcurrey87654 жыл бұрын
For Matt, it is enough being a rock star.
@thegoodfooddude73953 жыл бұрын
Matt the Legend Atkinson the most enjoyable Civil War lectures I have ever found on some of the most obscure and interesting characters that many other historians tend to skip or gloss over to a certain degree. No not Ranger Matt who I feel enjoys the more obscure figures of the Civil War as much as the ones that everyone talks about....Grant, Lee, Davis, Jackson. also just to awnser your engaging question near the end of your presentation ....I came for the Glory, but I stayed for the Scandal. The entire presentation was enthralling as usual but his secret familys and affairs well they were legendary and scandalous in any time. If only we could know everything that actually happened but you do a great job filling in those empty spaces with your studious and dedicated work well done sir, Well done indeed.
@BradWatsonMiami3 жыл бұрын
On July 4 (7/4), 1863, the Battle of Gettysburg was over. A hard rain began later in the day that lasted for days and Gen. Lee began a very organized retreat back to Northern Virginia. Also on 7/4, Vicksburg surrendered to Gen. Grant after a 47-day siege. And on that afternoon, President Abraham Lincoln gave an Independence Day speech from the White House balcony where he said, "Eighty odd years since, upon the Fourth day of July". In writing his Gettysburg Address, 'Father Abraham' realized he could say, "4 score and 7 years ago, our fathers" as a reference to going back 87 years to 7/4/1776 and as a reference to Genasis 16:16 when "Abram (Abraham) was 4 score and 6 years old when the slave girl Hagar gave birth to Ishmael ('Is he male?')". This is the first use of "score" in the King James Bible. Besides Gen 16:16, Lincoln was the 16th p(16)resident at 1600 Pennsylvania Av. President Andrew Johnson declared the Civil War officially over 16 months after Lee surrendered. Abraham Lincoln II - the only grandson of the 16th president - died at age 16. He and his father Robert Todd Lincoln are entombed in Arlington National Cemetery - the former Lee-Custis Plantation. This is part of Seal #2: GOD=7_4 or FOD=6_4 (on Planet Nestor); see 7seals.blogspot.com . Only the returned Christ, Benjamin Franklin, Abraham Lincoln, and Albert Einstein reincarnated could produce this. This fulfillment of the prophecy of Rev 5:1 has triggered The Apocalypse/Revelation which is not the 'end of the world' - it's the 2nd Coming.
@marymoriarity25554 жыл бұрын
Always happy to see Stufferiter back with videos.
@fateagle4life4 жыл бұрын
Nothing like listening to Matt while down here in Mississippi
@Arran-GaelicDruid18614 жыл бұрын
Hope your doing well Matt with the situation with the national parks .
@artrogue41504 жыл бұрын
Always time for another ranger Matt lecture
@altonbunnjr3 жыл бұрын
I love Matt’s lectures, I can’t wait until I can go back to Gettysburg and do one of his field tours. As for the body looking preserved after thirty years, discounting poetic license he may have been embalmed with arsenic. I read of a grave robbery in Tennessee where the body was left out and during an examination the doctor thought the guy had been dead a year when in fact he had died in the 1860s and embalmed with arsenic and then buried in a metal coffin.
@jalspach92154 жыл бұрын
van Dorn was 5'5"!! Makes the account of the saber confrontation with N.B. Forrest (6'2") all the more amazing. Honey Badger vs Lion
@mrsarcastic764 жыл бұрын
I miss these lectures on the gettysburg youtube channel
@johnmccullough99323 жыл бұрын
23K views but only 367 thumbs up??? Come on folks!! It helps a lot to "like" these videos
@rifleman7.624 жыл бұрын
I was just driving through holly springs Mississippi, and down through abbeville and oxford Mississippi while listening to the part about Van Dorns holly springs raid.
@gusbuckingham66636 ай бұрын
Aniston always makes me smile when I hear of that town. One of my favorite artists is from there though he offended someone and got run out on a rail. He had a few ancestors who fought too.
@onesmoothstone56802 жыл бұрын
Answer: Matt Atkinson. Question: Whom would I seek to emulate if I were a NPS Ranger.
@melodymakermark2 жыл бұрын
Ranger Matt Atkinson……..right there.
@cmphighpower4 жыл бұрын
Love Matt he’s great
@indy_go_blue60484 жыл бұрын
Without looking: Gustavus V. Smith was Johnston's senior corps commander at the time of Seven Pines. After Joe's wounding, GVS was placed in command but very soon became literally paralyzed (burden of command?) then on 6/1/62 was replaced by Lee and henceforth was called the Army of Northern Virginia.
@detsportsfan184 жыл бұрын
Great upload to watch. Thank you!
@CatherineLee30003 жыл бұрын
Nice profile picture!
@detsportsfan183 жыл бұрын
@@CatherineLee3000 Thanks! Sherman & Forrest have always been my favorites to learn about. 👍
@kimberlyhenshaw83684 жыл бұрын
Woo hoo! I greet you @StuffWriter! So glad that you were able to get to the park and record this!
@charleebrosh73313 жыл бұрын
I’m sorry for your loss
@owryan14 жыл бұрын
Yayyyyy, missed your uploads
@lronbutters56883 жыл бұрын
Good stuff!! Love listening!!
@marymoriarity25553 жыл бұрын
I miss Matt’s battle walks and lectures. Stuffwriter is Tge best
@rc591913 жыл бұрын
Did he quit?
@haikarate38762 жыл бұрын
great lecture
@48William4 жыл бұрын
Excellent
@andrewsilverstein6186 Жыл бұрын
Wonderful
@biblebeltbeauties88742 жыл бұрын
Were they steel or stone arrows?
@LittleLouieLagazza Жыл бұрын
Van Dorn was a cavalryman descended from diminished European royalty. As Joachim Murat was said to have engraved on his sword: " For Glory and Girls."
@LittleLouieLagazza Жыл бұрын
@Moose Watcher123 Yes, that's fair.
@james64954 жыл бұрын
It's amazing that the best ranger in the NPS was rejected multiple times.
@kimberlyhenshaw83684 жыл бұрын
James They almost passed on a gem in Ranger Atkinson. He once told me that his first posting was at Petersburg! I’d had no idea until he mentioned a reference to a local place and about made me lose it. I live very near Petersburg.
@indy_go_blue60484 жыл бұрын
Shame that to be in Congress or the Senate you only have to be 25 or 30 and not even born in the country. The NPS is more discerning because Matt eventually DID get hired and he's still working.
@alswann27024 жыл бұрын
Forrest vs. Van Dorn = Patton vs. Monty😆😆
@gsshyet3 ай бұрын
Officer in charge
@johnwayneeverett62634 жыл бұрын
YOUR BUDDY WAS A GOOD GUY .....LUCKY FRIEND .....
@forrestgreene11394 жыл бұрын
Clearly, Van Dorn failed to reconnoiter the room.
@marymoriarity25554 жыл бұрын
Odd remark about his former father in law !! However as he commented “ every good deed is punished “. This Van Dorn was a real Lothario . Playing the field and was killed
@scottriley19134 жыл бұрын
But, He was a military Officer that should be studied at West Point.
@rvz773 жыл бұрын
YOU DONT MOW ANOTHER MANS LAWN!! What else did he think would happen?
@willoutlaw49713 жыл бұрын
Earl Van Dorn should have stuck with bedding the widows of Confederate war dead.
@hislairdship89614 жыл бұрын
Van Dorn was also very ill during the Pea Ridge Campaign.
@willoutlaw49713 жыл бұрын
Probably had syphilis.
@LittleLouieLagazza Жыл бұрын
As I recall reading, Van Dorn was so ill that he entered the battle in the back of a wagon with Sterling Price's contingent. At the next day's rout, he and Price fled on horseback, abandoning their troops. Thereafter, Van Dorn was mocked as "Damn Dorn" by his his own men.
@gsshyet3 ай бұрын
First critical thinker
@jcksnghst4 жыл бұрын
Did Matt say, "He considered going."? Lol
@scottriley19134 жыл бұрын
Earl Van Doreen was a Dandy, He had all the the right stuff very loud in life He had so much. I’m sorry His star had to burn out way too quick., out of control hormones will and can end a star early.
@decimated5502 жыл бұрын
1:00:00 17 year old Alice Thompson, comma an amazing Civil War woman I would love to see a story or a video On her. She grabbed the fallen flag and wave it to rally the Arkansas men And then helped with wounded later in the battle
@gsshyet3 ай бұрын
September 17th
@scottriley19134 жыл бұрын
It is my opinion that N. Bedford Forrest one of the Greatest leader Commanders in all of world history, this was an Alpha male extraordinare.
@indy_go_blue60484 жыл бұрын
If you limit that to cavalry brigade commanders I'll agree.
@youvegotmysong Жыл бұрын
A pure badass MFer.
@bassmaster19532 жыл бұрын
VAN DORN'S GREAT GRANDFATHER FOUNDED NASHVILLE.(JOHN DONELSON) THE ANDREW JACKSON CONNECTION WAS RACHEL DONELSON, HIS WIFE.
@bassmaster19532 жыл бұрын
THE NAPOLEON COMPLEX.
@hvymettle4 жыл бұрын
Van Dorn was a mediocre general, losing the Battle of Pea Ridge to a Union army he actually outnumbered. He got what he deserved for shanking another man's happiness and is more remembered for the shanking than his generalship.
@gsshyet3 ай бұрын
Andrew Jackson
@willoutlaw49714 жыл бұрын
Great group photo of Confederate Generals flying their burial shrouds.
@indy_go_blue60484 жыл бұрын
Truth: The United States has gone straight to hell ever since it added the 49th and 50th star to the flag. They need to either join Puerto Rico to the union or give Hawaii back to the natives so we can revive.
@da1prospek2 жыл бұрын
In
@ftargr2 жыл бұрын
gee i wonder why the jews cared about contraband
@charleebrosh73313 жыл бұрын
He’s a damn good soldier
@bassmaster19532 жыл бұрын
MY GREAT GRANDFATHER, COL. EDWARD DILLON, CSA, WAS ON VAN DORN'S STAFF AND WAS AT SPRING HILL. HE MARRIED BISHOP GENERAL LEONIDAS POLK'S NIECE, WHO WAS ALSO RELATED TO VAN DORN THROUGH DONELSON FAMILY. HER FATHER, LUCIUS JUNIUS POLK, WAS MARRIED TO MARY ANN EASTIN IN THE WHITE HOUSE.
@LittleLouieLagazza2 жыл бұрын
Your CAPS LOCK key works great. =p
@bassmaster19532 жыл бұрын
@@LittleLouieLagazza THANKS! IT'S THE NEW VER.2.0
@gsshyet3 ай бұрын
Information oic
@willoutlaw49713 жыл бұрын
Van Dorn was too ignorant/arrogant to think there were no consequences for having sex with the Dr.'s wife just a few days before the doctor shows up. Van Dorn should have been as nervous as a cat covering up cat dung when the doc shows up.
@gsshyet3 ай бұрын
If idiosyncrasy
@yamahabiker19374 жыл бұрын
Van Dorn would not have backed down and agreed to "confess". Doc just took advantage of the familiarity and shot Van Dorn in the back of his grape. Face to face, Van Dorn would have undoubtedly killed the doc.
@leroyaiken41994 жыл бұрын
It would make a great movie!
@yamahabiker19374 жыл бұрын
@@leroyaiken4199 Absolutely. There are many events/stories of the Civil War that are prime for that. Many true events/actions that are more horrid or crazy on their own merit and would need no embellishment. However, I shudder at the " artistic license " that Hollywood takes and being untrue to actual events/people.
@gsshyet3 ай бұрын
The constitution of the united states of America
@user-wp7fm2xx1g4 ай бұрын
earl cant pack bedford boot's
@carywest92564 жыл бұрын
'Bout damn time that another Southerner commander be shoved down these modern day yankees & traitors to the South throats!
@willoutlaw49714 жыл бұрын
Never see any proof of what Nathan Bedford Forrest said the Van Dorn.
@BradWatsonMiami3 жыл бұрын
On July 4 (7/4), 1863, the Battle of Gettysburg was over. A hard rain began later in the day that lasted for days and Gen. Lee began a very organized retreat back to Northern Virginia. Also on 7/4, Vicksburg surrendered to Gen. Grant after a 47-day siege. Also on that afternoon, President Abraham Lincoln gave an Independence Day speech from the White House balcony where he said, "Eighty odd years since, upon the Fourth day of July". In writing his Gettysburg Address, 'Father Abraham' realized he could say, "4 score and 7 years ago, our fathers" as a reference to going back 87 years to 7/4/1776 and as a reference to Genasis @ when "Abram (Abraham) was 4 score and 6 years old when the slave girl Hagar gave birth to Ishmael ('Is he male?')". This is the first use of "score" in the King James Bible. Besides Gen @, Lincoln was the 16th p(16)resident at 1600 Pennsylvania Av. President Andrew Johnson declared the Civil War officially over 16 months after Lee surrendered. Abraham Lincoln II - the only grandson of the 16th president - died at age 16. He and his father Robert Todd Lincoln are entombed in Arlington National Cemetery - the former Lee-Custis Plantation. This is part of Seal #2: GOD=7_4 or FOD=6_4 (on Planet Nestor); see @t . Only the returned Christ, Benjamin Franklin, Abraham Lincoln, and Albert Einstein reincarnated could produce this. This fulfillment of the prophecy of Rev 5:1 has triggered The Apocalypse/Revelation which is not the 'end of the world' - it's the 2nd Coming.
@Christendom883 жыл бұрын
Please seek professional help or take your medication.