The Battle of Gettysburg: Lee's Last Great Gamble

[@williamromine5715]

I am an American who has lived in the Rocky Mountains of the western U.S. for 81 years. I visited Gettysburg about 40 years ago. It is truely hallowed ground. I have been haunted by that battle site all these years. You have captured the spirit of that great battle and the meaning of it as the nation of the United States. Thank you.

[@Scott-vc7ro]

As an American, that was a really well put together description of Gettysburg. I've watched a few of you're other videos of WWII. I love History and learning more about lessons learned and unlearned. Great job

[@DiD86]

Thank you. 😁

[@vincentbergman4451]

My ancestor was in the Iron Brigade “The Black Hats” (2nd, 6th, and 7th Wisconsin, 19th Indiana, 24th Michigan) Went into Gettysburg with 1,886 officers and men. After the first day they had 730 My ancestor was in the 24th Michigan. They fought in Herbst Woods against the 26th NC. At one point they were 20ft from each other. 24th Michigan had 496 officers and men, lost all but 99. 137 sets of brothers in the regiment

[@DiD86]

It really was a hellish conflict. Brother killing brother, and all of it done in Jesus name. 😞

[@vincentbergman4451]

@@DiD86 Culps Hill, a Confederate soldier died storming land that belonged to his family. I forget the first name but I do know it was his families farm. Most of the senior officers knew each other intimately. Besides West Point they served together. Before the war the entire U.S. Army was 16,000 officers and men.

[@mewinthedark8513]

NC regiments were nasty mfs

[@jeffmilroy9345]

Why blame Jesus? As far as I know Jesus never supported or ordered an unconstitutional, uncompensated federal "taking" that would bankrupt an entire economy/region of a nation. For example, if you pass legislation ruling that most farms that receive rainfall are "regulated wetland" and therefore untillable and worthless - you can expect way bigger trouble you bet. You gonna take something on that scale, compensate accordingly. And while you're at it you might consider the "40 acres and a mule that was promised". Freeing a significant segment of a population and leaving them in hostile territory without providing some form of reparations seems to me the height of bad manners at best. Abolitionists apparently had a champagne agenda and a beer budget.@@DiD86

[@threefiveseven]

I had a bunch of cousins in the NC regiments. Many of my third cousins on my grandma's side were there. On my moms side a 2nd cousin was in the 47thNC. And was captured on the retreat back over the Potomac at falling timbers/rivers.

[@blainhanlon1558]

Descending into darkness has never been such a joy! Gratitude for the amazing content! Who woulda thought that a channel as fresh and interesting as this one could rise from the already oversaturated macabre youtube genre? You rank among my very favorite channels atm, keep up the great work my man! 💪🏻

[@DiD86]

Glad you enjoy it! Also glad that I am able to stand out from the crowd.

[@jamespope2840]

I agree 💯

[@longfade]

Your reading of Lee’s letter to his Wife about his thoughts on suffrage gave me chills, and I listened to it several times. It brings to light that we were in our infancy as a nation, that there were strong principles on both sides, and that this dreadful conflict was inevitable.

[@deanbuss1678]

Thanks!

[@DiD86]

Thank you very much. I appreciate it more than you know.

[@S.T.A.L.K.E.R.-2CLIPS]

I live about 30 minutes away from Gettysburg and I've been there many times. I just found your channel recently, I've been really loving your content keep it up❤

[@DiD86]

Will do 🫡

[@glendaquick9290]

Thank you for this video. The Battle was described very well so that I could follow it!

[@thegift20luis]

Outstanding! One of my favorite, the U.S. civil war, very well put and always a tasteful educational! Thanks for sharing!

[@Val-du7wb]

Didn't know much about Gettysburg, being British. So this was so informative for me and really made me think of the human cost. Thanks for such and in depth documentary. Brilliant, thanks for posting.

[@sophiegeorge2816]

Best thing about having a day off from work, I get to see videos when they are first released Yay party Great video as always

[@greendragon4058]

Enjoy your weekend❤

[@sourkraut6403]

Thank you so much for all the videos. I absolutely love the content, and I love the side comments during the videos. I look forward to many more, and I truly appreciate your efforts and hard work. Also, if you ever have the chance to visit Antietam, I highly suggest it. The best time to go to bloody Lane is early in the morning when there’s a slight fog, hovering over the ground and silence in the air. You could just about see the ghosts and hear the battle play out in your head .

[@skullcowboy9609]

Thank you for this one. Well done.

[@imadequate3376]

Since you're covering some battles. Might i suggest Vimy Ridge or the Third Battle of Ypres (Battle of Passchendaele)? I have a box recently given to me full of my great grandfather's effects from his time with the Canadians in WWI and there was a pin from Ypres in there as well as regimenal and hat badges and the like. Your narration is next level, keep up the excellent work youre doing with your channel.

[@DiD86]

Vimy Ridge is a definite as I have a family connection to that one. Glad you’re enjoying my efforts.

[@imadequate3376]

@DiD86 The Great War was hell on earth.

[@suzannewilliam-james9744]

Well I was going shopping but this is much more interesting 😊 thanks DiD 👍

[@DiD86]

Glad to have offered a better alternative. 👌🏻😇

[@JBowman-ps2ri]

AWESOME JOB ON THE VIDEO! KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK, I'VE LIKED EVERY VIDEO THAT I SAW SO FAR!👍🔥

[@christull6572]

Fantastic Documentary as ever well put

[@DiD86]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@Dav1Gv]

Gettysburg, like the battlefields around Ypres, Arras, The Somme and Verdun is a place to remember some very brave men. A couple of minor points. The first person killed by John Brown was a free coloured man and the assault on the building was let by a Capt JEB Stuart, people may remember him iin a different context. A great video, thanks - and I'm British.

[@joelfisher2570]

Great video, sincerely. Firmly agree about the movie Gettysburg with Jeff Daniels. First saw it when I was about 12 and ever since can replay the scene with him calling for bayonets in my mind. Moving movie. Thanks for this video.

[@Feline_Frenzy53]

Absolutely wonderful presentation! Thank you for this video.

[@DiD86]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@connormclernon26]

I’ve hiked Gettysburg’s battlefield during the high heat of summer! Long walk, but it certainly gives you a sense of some of what it was like.

[@ridgetaylor60]

We visited Gettysburg in 2019. So fascinating as is this video. It was an expensive trip as I came away with an authentic Springfield model 1861 manufactured in 1863. It adorns my man cave and is quite a conversation piece.

[@DiD86]

I’m exceedingly jealous. For the trip and your souvenir! 😁

[@mudhen24]

Your channel is great, you deserve more views man.

[@DiD86]

I agree! 😂 But good things come to those who wait.

[@natashastagathe7312]

Another fine addition to your growing library. I wonder if you would consider covering the exploits of one Idi Amin Dada. Should make for a great episode! Looking forward to it.

[@DiD86]

Ah yes, lord of all the beasts of the land and fishes in the sea, defeated of the British empire in general and Uganda in particular! 😂 He is absolutely on the list!

[@laurenjeangreenbean6301]

Love ya did, but my home is in petersburg and near Richmond. My Cherokee family was "resettled" because those of color weren't allowed in the new union. Fort Lee was just changed to Grigg Adam's. Being from Texas originally, I knew Lee's role in the Mexican wars. I loved hearing the first bit, but started to feel that old sadness. God bless you and cant wait for next episode and hope it's not about the trail of tears . Cute southern accent dahlin!

[@thegameschizo7105]

Thank you for this, sometimes Europeans look down on us yanks for all our faults, ignoring the horrible sacrifices we’ve made to progress in these. Such as the crusade to end slavery in North America.

[@DiD86]

Every nation must fight for its soul. This was the USA’s version of that.

[@tacituskilgore8379]

I hope this the start of a series of videos on the War of Northern Aggression.

[@evelyntanswell3311]

Amazing! I really enjoyed this rendition about Gettysburg. All war is inhuman. A shame we can't live in peace and harmony together.

[@giggiddy]

Disturbingly, there is a rather large segment in america that not only thinks we're heading for a Civil War. But they are excited about it. How disgusting and ignorant. The majority of them would piss themselves the minute they got slapped in the mouth. Its really pathetic that anyone could actually look forward to whats being depicted here.

[@MarciaBaker1205]

Thank you for this video too many people forget the importance of the freedom of the USA 🇺🇸

[@Nx2.1]

Beautifully narrated, as ever.

[@DiD86]

Thank you kindly!

[@loririchards-guenter3047]

Thank you for this.

[@DiD86]

My pleasure.

[@DeaconBlu]

Great vid! Thanks!

[@bjornsfather]

Great show. Looking forward to that Custer 7th cavalry story!

[@robred19]

Another excellent narration of an important battle in the civil war in America. Excellent research and a brilliant marshaling of sources. A book for further interest and study is The Battle Cry of Freedom. By J Mcpherson. Brilliant read on the civil war. Again - Excellent! Know doubt other battles will follow.

[@michaeldean1289]

I love your work old mate, but as an Aussie I find that your attempt at trying out a ‘Southern drawl’ is somewhat what I would consider that a very youthful Richard Burton would sound like 😂😂 Thanks for another great video presentation ❤😊

[@LloydEWatson1983]

Another first rate video, many thanks 👍

[@Temerald51]

More military history? F*ck yeah! Keep up the great work mate

[@DiD86]

Military history and the Civil War in particular are a favourite topic of mine.

[@DiD86]

Military history and the Civil War in particular are a favourite topic of mine.

[@RossHepworth-b4d]

Really enjoyed this descent , maybe another civil war case to cover the battle of Orgreave from 84 miners strike ? NUM v Thatcher

[@romforte7846]

Another great upload. Keep up the good work.

[@DiD86]

Thanks, will do!

[@Audriene]

Another excellent video!

[@cliffordfreeman7829]

My motheres family was living in Maryland way back then.They were divided like the Country itself some Union some Confedrate.Grew up hearing that alot.

[@wozzer2727]

Brilliant, great to see all these old photo's of the Generals and their beards, keep up the great work, I feel the antics and death of General Custer coming ever so closer. The big question about Gettysburg is was there a boot factory involved as stated in the Columbo movie called Grand Deceptions?

[@DiD86]

Got to love Ambrose Burnside’s astounding ‘stache! 😂 Custer was a very arrogant character, it’s just a shame that his personality took the lives of his men with him! I have heard about the boot factory but decided not to include as I feel it was more likely that the Rebs were heading for Baltimore as I said.

[@wozzer2727]

Yes Custer was the rock star general of his day using Native Indian women as hostages, and getting his men so against him with his arrogance they would sabotage him, but it's a great story especially from the Native Indian perspective, if only they had listened to Sitting Bulls advice!@@DiD86

[@michaelbrashears8293]

Great video, just hope people can learn from your videos.

[@DiD86]

I hope so too

[@deanbuss1678]

I remember "Gettysburg", from the 90's. But you, my friend, did the affair Justice. You made it quite exciting to listen to. I so hoped I'd hear more of your "southern drawl", that you do so well. But Lincoln was great! In conclusion a VERY good video 👍 ..... Abner Doubleday. Didn't he invent BASEBALL? 🤔 Any way THANKS 👍😊

[@DiD86]

Highly doubtful, as baseball was actually a British invention. As was apple pie, come to think of it. 🤔

[@deanbuss1678]

@@DiD86 Ha, Ha Right you are!

[@jamespope2840]

You never disappoint I heard you mention a ancestor of mine. JDP Underhill 9/2023

[@mewinthedark8513]

man we need a join button! ;) keep it up DiD!

[@velvetgarnet]

Fun fact I learned about General Robert E Lee some few years ago: his descendant was actor Christopher Lee and if you look at them side by side you can definitely see some resemblance.

[@DiD86]

Might have to look further into that. Thankfully, there’s plenty of material going forwards for the ACW to keep me interested. 😀

[@Veronicastacxj]

I stayed in Gettysburg for a week. Toured the battfield etc. It was great!

[@DiD86]

I’m jealous!

[@txbulldogboxing1462]

The state of Florida might not approve of this episode of DID but I found it absolutely brilliant. Well done my friend💯👍

[@DiD86]

Ah Florida, America’s dingleberry…😂😂

[@daves2552]

So I gotta ask. What’s wrong with Florida? I’d much rather find myself there instead of Chicago,Baltimore,nyc,Seattle,Portland ,Los Angeles , San Francisco,dc, Detroit,Cleveland,Cincinnati. I run the loop of all these cities every 2 weeks and Florida is 100 times better than most places.

[@daves2552]

And why would Florida not agree?

[@williamemerson1799]

Another great show, as always. 👍🍻 Biggest waste of American lives in the history of our country. 160 years later and our country's still divided.

[@DiD86]

Well said. A great shame.

[@carywest9256]

If the War would have never happened, there wouldn't have been an immigration wave in the late 1800s.

[@Stnkynuggz1252]

Love the videos

[@dirtboy896]

Your union accent at 22:40 is hilarious 😂

[@beefabob]

The British Union Flag shown at 9:35 is flying upside down?

[@DiD86]

Indeed it is! Well spotted.

[@Dav1Gv]

To be fair to Stuart the idea of crossing the Potomac away from the main army was put forward by Longstreet with the aim of confusing the enemy and approved by Lee. In my view this, together with Lee's failure to use the cavalry he had (maybe because he didn't trust irregular troops) was why he lost the battle.

[@DiD86]

Quite possibly.

[@jacintopalomino7871]

It is a great national park to visit

[@DiD86]

I really want to visit someday!

[@medicine2202]

I love your videos man But I'm going to have a go at you about your American accents lol hahaha Brits sound so funny whene they attempt American accents. I find it kinda cute to be honest, but yea Your work is getting better and better. So glad to have found your channel !!!

[@DiD86]

They sound a lot more genuine than when American s attempt a British accent, though…😂😂😂

[@medicine2202]

@@DiD86 lol I mean your not wrong 😂

[@MGJDMNJ]

I don’t know if you knew but sickles was the first person to successfully use the “temporary insanity” defense when he killed his wife’s supposed lover.

[@DiD86]

I did not know that. Thanks for the info.

[@bjornsfather]

A place to visit, if you're into history. Unbelievable

[@ripvanwingnut7213]

Cover cannibal tribes next

[@MC-yz3js]

A brutal battle Capt the First Virginia Calvary and the 45 Battalion Infantry. William Anderson Hatfield aka Devil Anse Hatfield would be given his moniker during the Civil War. Noted for his guerrilla tactics against Union Forces. Called 6 feet of Hell and 180 pounds of Devil. Later known for Hatfields and McCoys feud.

[@dirtboy896]

Do Stalingrad next!!

[@davemi3213]

You’re mistaken about devils den devils den was named long before the battle of Gettysburg

[@DiD86]

Ah, I genuinely didn’t know that. Wonder how it originally got the name, then? Cheers for the info.

[@iainsanders4775]

One of my distant in-law American ancestors can claim to have emancipated a slave before the War, however 'Henry' was to be set free according to his Will, somewhat after my ancest. had no further use for him! Not in the most generous way, but he did at least set him free..😁

[@markcynic808]

Impossible to listen to due to continued and numerous adverts.

[@DiD86]

Not my fault! That’s YT’s doing.

[@jamesparker4471]

Well done Maybe it’s been done before ,perhaps a story about women who kill and chop up their victims. There was a woman in my hometown Hamilton Ontario Canada in the 1930s who did that to a few of her friends and sprinkled their body parts all around southern Ontario. The papers covered it in glorious detail. I think her name was Evelin Dick. Considering her crime her name it defines irony.

[@nathanirby4273]

The large amount of bloodshed and high casualties during the American Civil War being caused by soldiers using antiquated Napoleonic tactics in conjunction with deadlier firearm technology like the rifled musket, is actually a bit of a myth. Even though the musket had a greater accuracy and range compared to the smoothbore, it takes a great deal of training to hit a target anywhere past 50 yards or so, training that the average infantryman never received, in fact most soldiers fired their weapons for the verÿ first time in battle, so in practice officers would only give the order to fire at essentially the same range as you would with a smoothbore...and many units actually prefered their smoothbore muskets over the newer rifles, like the famous Irish brigade for instance. They would load them with Buck and Ball, basically a couple buckshot behind a musketball, which wasn't particularly accurate but is devastating at close range.

[@CSAFD]

Had the battle of Shiloh in April 1862 gone in favor of the South, things might have been different. Grant career would have probably been ruined and over. The south was winning in the eastern theater up to Gettysburg, while in the west unfortunately cuz of Grant the south was losing, but has Shiloh been lost by the north, it’s one of the “what if’s”

[@DiD86]

The whole civil war was riddled with what ifs.

[@scottkrater2131]

The Confederacy wasn't winning in the East. They weren't losing. Both times they invaded the North they were defeated. The North fought the South with one hand behind it's back.

[@scottkrater2131]

Fun Fact Dan Sickles was the first to successfully use the temporary insanity defense after he murdered Phillip Key, the son of Francis Scott Key, writer of the Star Spangled Banner. Key was having an affair with Sickles wife.

[@DiD86]

😨 I did not know that! Fascinating.

[@scottkrater2131]

@@DiD86 Thanks, love your content.

[@elloco6544]

Picket's charge. Haeeeh??? One of the greatest blunders in the history of modern la guerre. 0:11 How could this famous General Lee not see, that this clash of modern warfare against "Steinschleudern" will cost a lot of his deranged southerners. Nathan B. Forrest, excluding him to another shot in between his legs, i think about around 30 horses in his employment for the CS were shot, one of the greatest or the worst ever, remember the killing of the native black americans at Fort Pillow, I don't know what to to think about him. I like his kind of warfare. What i don't like is his kind

[@elloco6544]

killing people..

[@pyewackett5]

Gettysburg interesting. Chickamauga more interesting still. Just my 2 cents. I'm English

[@DiD86]

Yeah, also Shiloh, 7 Pines, 1st & 2nd Manasas, all interesting battles.

[@alinapopescu872]

I don't know about those people, may they rest in peace. I'm not interested in American history, to be honest. But, even so, what about the "people", presumably not covered by Lincoln's "of the people, by the people, for the people", who had been there before any of Lincoln's kin? They hadn't been all exterminated yet, they were "unfinished business." What about them....? (May I be forgiven for spoiling the atmosphere.)

[@ultimategamerboy3623]

almost first!

[@DiD86]

I’m not ashamed to admit that I on my personal account was the first viewer! 😂

[@elloco6544]

Listen to the sound of "Stereo Total", not to the sound of this boring" Sabaton" nightmare.

[@ThatLDSGuy]

American Civil War: Abraham Lincoln saying that if you could save The Union without freeing a slave, he would. And also how Lincoln wanted Blacks to leave America and settle in Latin or the South American region. Lincoln wasn't actually a great man. He was just as racist as many of his contemporaries were.

[@DiD86]

As I say, his many faults and outrages could be their own video.

[@danieltallon5087]

Great doc too bad filled with YT tampon commercials. 😮😅

[@DiD86]

🤣 oh Christ!