The Final Attack at Antietam: 158th Anniversary of Antietam Live!

[@badmonkey2222]

My great grandfather ×3 fought and was wounded with the 27th North Carolina at Antietum, he survived the war and died in Fayetteville, North Carolina in April 6th, 1881. I still live in walking distance of his old property where his home and my mothers childhood home once stood. Have always been fascinated with this battle and the Civil War in general we have allot of local war history right here where i live, Sherman's army marched right through Fayetteville and stayed for 3 days burned down the Arsenal and adjoining v house which is a historic site, also burned many downtown buildings and the Fayetteville Observer which is still the local paper. Great job Battlefield Trust for keeping history alive!!

[@davidbaker8963]

As a Union reenactor (71st Pennsylvania), I've trod those fields in flat leather shoes, clad in a heavy wool uniform, and carrying my Springfield, and none of it was easy, especially whenever temperatures reached into the 80's and higher. Best of all, for us anyway, was that no one was shooting at us. Hard to imagine making that attack under fire. Excellent presentation, Guys.

[@lemons2090]

This Trust or whatever it is, has rich people buying over taxed farms and then they give the land to the feds for tax credit. As a reinactor myself this is horrific. Pa people need to stay in pa. Giving encounter with them in Maryland, if PA is so great then why do I see pa tags in MD everywhere I go?

[@herecomesaregular8418]

@icon No we don't lol.

[@jasonroberts6080]

I hiked the terrain that the 16th CT had to cover in the final attack in 2018. The ravines are deep, and the uphill is real steep. Being from CT myself, I could almost feel their pain.

[@rascal211]

Tough for a green out numbered outfit.

[@richburdge3972]

E. P. Alexander. Refering to his "boom sticks" at Fredericksburg. "Not even a chicken could cross that field"

[@johnfoster535]

.......too bad he FAILED to insure that supporting artillery was in place to protect Pickett's advance at Gettysburg, as ordered by General Lee. Not to mention the " overshooting" of the primary targets described by Lee on July 3rd, 1863. Lee took all the blame himself, and would not allow criticism to surface of subordinate officers who failed to follow orders.....of which there were many at Gettysburg. At Fredericksburg, Lee rode up to an artillery position that had been hit by terrible counter fire. He encountered one soldier who was entirely covered in black soot, and Lee encouraged him to remain brave and man his gun. At that, the soldier said : " Excuse me General.........don't you know your OWN SON ??!!......it's ME !!.....Rob !!! " Unlike Lincoln, whose Harvard educated son Robert was placed safely in the headquarters of Grant......Lee felt that if he had to place other men's sons in danger, than he must also place his OWN sons in danger as well. That is a man of character....

[@kyledunn6853]

"Swing like a door" Col. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain 20th Maine Volunteers at Little Round Top during the Battle of Gettysburg July 2nd 1863.

[@2012photograph]

Thank you for new information

[@josephdenice731]

Thanks for the 9th NY Shoutout!

[@FRANKLIN-nu6wo]

Great review and enjoy the comments and insight you provided!

[@stacyvonn8036]

Kris does the best Jeff Daniels Chamberlain impression "SWING LIKE" a door.....😅😂🤣

[@Grunt802VT]

Keep on keeping on!! Semper FI!!

[@brianwolle2509]

another great one!

[@johnzajac9849]

Read Stephen Sears's book, 'Landscape Turned Red: the Battle of Antietam'.

[@djsalem7464]

One small observation: the very able historian who says the Twentieth Maine was part of the second enlistment of 300,000 men called by Lincoln is, I believe in error, per the song, "We are Coming, Father Abraham." It makes reference to "Six hundred thousand loyal men and true have gone before," so this 300,000 must be the third enlistment, not the second.

[@jonrettich4579]

I read that Fitz John Porter is quoted when the question of the assault is raised he says to McClellan something like - this is the last corps of the army of the Potomac inferring the potential risk to Washington if the charge disastrous. Isn’t

[@johnweiner]

Might be worth mentioning that A.P. Hill's soldiers were not in the best condition to fight a battle either...forced march from Harper's Ferry and immediate commitment to battle on the double.

[@ramona14220]

During the Seven Days Sumner got his men over the Chickahominy River over a a half broken down bridge in the middle of a raging torrent faster than Burnside did after he captured the bridge. How Burnside lasted as a corps commander as long as he did is beyond me. I guess Lincoln liked him because even Grant kept him around thru the Overland Campaign.

[@MayoFilms83]

He didn't like him after Fredericksburg he lost badly there.

[@ramona14220]

@@MayoFilms83 Yeh but he lasted as a corps commander till the end of the war and screwed up in the Wilderness and at Petersburg too.

[@tellergaming5643]

Swing like a door- General Chamberlain Battle of Gettysburg

[@timmrogers8363]

I'm curious about the full history of the Cemetary Statue " Old Simon" it's huge, how was it brought to there, and where was it made?

[@michaelmorgan9824]

It is cool stuff!!

[@MayoFilms83]

Antietam one of my favorite battle s to learn about had two ancestors on my dads side fight in this battle.

[@chromatesting]

Awesome video!

[@tomhorn6679]

didnt Slocum attempt to advance west after APHill wiped out the CT and RI troops. that was from the middle bridge area.

[@cwin122]

“Vale of humility between two mountains of conceit” The old joke made about North Carolina, located between the aristocratic states of Virginia and South Carolina. NC was poorer economically and considered “behind the times”.

[@luisvaldes1568]

Beautiful country, 158 years ago not so much.

[@MayoFilms83]

I had a great great uncle in the 31st Maine Infnatry but he was killed at Petersburg. Don't know if he was at Antietam. This is my great aunt's husbands, father.

[@seventhsamuel]

I dont think so, 31st Maine was mustered in 1864. He may have been in a regiment like the 2nd Maine or 10th, from the early stages of the war. They were in the XI corps though.

[@sloanchampion85]

Picketts charge at Gettysburg was different....his men went into a well defended area of artillery and infantry....as you say the Confederate army only had a small contingent of artillery at that sector of Antietam and the federal 5th Corp wouldn't be facing the same situation.....so the comparison isn't nowhere the same

[@scott.wallace8625]

Cool stuff. Next please bust down rhamadi on winter spring 07. I think it would be interesting. alot is still classified i think. i was in support of those guys. We could publicly call ourselves Other Coalition Forrces-Iraq. (OCF-I). Good story from what i know from my little part. Big picture history would be interesting too many people.

[@notredave77]

"Ole Hare" - Shelby Foote!

[@catatonic9216]

If I was an ole hare I'd run too

[@igotta9]

Union victory? Evan with the Union surrender at Harper's Ferry?

[@model-man7802]

I know right?

[@model-man7802]

McClellan had no idea how close he was.

[@arthurskim7898]

Bravo Zulu

[@dalegirard9740]

Boy no need to wear a mask outside!!!

[@nikitaklebnikov3574]

It is colonel chamberlain to you sorry

[@fourtomidnight]

Y’all should be in Georgia-battle of chickamauga, but that was a confederate victory can’t go and be politically incorrect

[@SouthernGentleman]

Great video!

[@scott.wallace8625]

Cool stuff. Next please bust down rhamadi on winter spring 07. I think it would be interesting. alot is still classified i think. i was in support of those guys. We could publicly call ourselves Other Coalition Forrces-Iraq. (OCF-I). Good story from what i know from my little part. Big picture history would be interesting too many people.

[@scott.wallace8625]

Wiki may or may not have a fairly solid rundown of ocf-i