The Overland Campaign Begins at Wilderness Tavern | Overland 160

This video is part of our series commemorating the 160th Anniversary of The Overland Campaign. You can view the full series here: • The Overland Campaign ... #thewildernesstour
The American Battlefield Trust Education Team sets up the beginning of the Overland Campaign from the ruins of Wilderness Tavern. Over the next month we will cover The Wilderness, Todd's Tavern, Spotsylvania Court House, North Anna and Cold Harbor. We hope to see you in the comments!
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.

[@Stew-kv8nw]

The entire production and field crew that produces these videos need to be commended.

[@jankovarik9714]

Thanks for the shout-out for the Battle of Olustee (Florida). The local community takes pride in maintaining the battlefield (along with Ocean Pond Park), and their annual re-enactment is always awesome!

[@AmericanBattlefieldTrust]

I believe Garry was there for the reenactment a few years back!

[@terryeustice5399]

Thank you Garry, Dan and Kris. Highlighted of the battle in the Wilderness. Thank you for your dedication to our History. ❤️💯👊👍

[@mattpiepenburg8769]

You guys are all-stars in the civil war preservation and education campaign. Respect and gratitude!

[@joshuaglaude1549]

I wish I had a 1/4 of gary's energy. I love how animated he his.you can tell he truly loves what he does. Can't wait for the rest of this overland series.

[@Stew-kv8nw]

And so it begins.. This will be epic….

[@timboehm8700]

Gary is a history icon! Love this guy and his energy

[@fredjasper7378]

When I see Gary.....I click hell yeah!

[@brianx2640]

Thanks team!

[@michaelwyman5794]

Great start to the Overland 160 series of videos. The usual high standard, with great use of maps and photographs. Mick - London.

[@craigcolandro2781]

Great work as always guys, was looking forward to the Overland videos starting!

[@cyndiebill6631]

My Great Great Grandfather was in the Overland Campaign. Just want to thank you all for doing this. Can’t wait for more videos on this. ❤️👍🙂

[@VSdrummer010]

Looking forward to it, fellas!

[@jankovarik9714]

Really enjoy these "capsules" of Civil War history!

[@AmericanBattlefieldTrust]

Thanks for your consistent support!

[@user-ij4vb8fd6b]

great series of videos...

[@davidburroughs2244]

4 hours and 2500 views - that's a good sign of a great product, guys!

[@provost5752]

That camera is crystal clear.

[@Stew-kv8nw]

The production is always spot on….

[@garys.4789]

Great video guys

[@kjmav10135]

My great great grandfather was a Union US 1st Sharpshooter who died at the Battle of Bloody Angle, Spotsylvania Courthouse. Reading his letters home just before they cut off the mail just campaign started, you can tell he was expecting to die. He left behind four children and his wife. He went in at the ripe old age of 38, and died fighting at age 40.

[@johnbradley7195]

I was just there a few weeks ago, walked around the bloody angle, was very interesting to see how the battle happened and the carnage of the union soldiers that died there so bravely. That is awesome history to have. I don’t care for my blood history, they were part of the 4th Alabama Cav. So in the trend of todays speech I have always identified as a union man lol

[@NeverTooLatewithKate-xq1lb]

@@johnbradley7195 We ALL have ancestors of whom we are not proud. Yes, I am proud of the sacrifice of Thomas H. Brown in the Civil War, but my ancestry goes back to 17th Massachusetts people who were vicious to their slaves (yes-you read that right. There was slavery in 17th Century Mass), or who killed Wampanoag people. Of course, I don’t care for having that in my ancestry. It’s an accident of history and geography, where our people are born and what their culture may be. Sometimes we have to renounce their sins and make up for it in our lifetimes, right? Glad to have you in the Union, though! Never too late to mend, as they say!

[@jorgemartinpaez4376]

Grant and the AoTP arrives in VA, glad you mentioned Red River and olustee ocean Grove fla, I never followed Butler army of the James from Roanoke and Norfolk, the Shenandoah campaign and then yes I love Nashville and Franklin, forward on to Richmond, Lee says General I must formally welcome you to VA w backwoods thrashing?? gracias Garry and company ✨👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 in spostylvania where roots did take place well partially?

[@rebelsoul5980]

Awesome!!

[@kaycox19]

LOVE these historical reviews fellas. Well, well done!

[@kfiscal01]

Having lived a couple houses down on east Catharpin rd, the old timers told many stories of how that intersection was the sight of the largest traffic jam in Virginia during the Civil War. Their were Union troops stacked up on and on the side of Catharpin and Brock rds all the way to Chancellor. My relic hunting off these roads confirmed this.

[@showingthelinks8441]

Great job in the Grant documentary.

[@mwdjr3158]

Fantastic! Thanks so much

[@leemcginnis7873]

Let's not forget that the marines also dug up Jackson's arm while they were there

[@AmericanBattlefieldTrust]

We'll be making a visit

[@bobbyblizzard8488]

Looking forward to a great series!

[@royschalk6554]

Awesome content Gentlemen!

[@ScottSmith64]

Love you guys!!!

[@danieljosiahcotton]

More 160th content. Lets go!

[@user-md4db9yw6b]

Great intro guys!

[@shanestahl8788]

Let's Go!!!

[@michaelgraham827]

Yes! Another ABT Masterpiece!

[@MatthewChenault]

Don’t forget about the Bermuda Hundred Campaign.

[@richardglady3009]

Thank you…very excited for the coming days.

[@ProvisionalPatrioticAlliance]

Sitting here at Houcks Ridge on Wheelers Rock between the 20th Indiana monument and 5th NH and I'm the FIRST

[@guynemer53]

On my way to 160th Wilderness representing the 83rd PA.

[@chrisdeangelo1983]

I wish you would visit new market for the 160 that’s a. Great bill battle field to bad it’s cut in half by interstate 80

[@History_dude1989]

Would the movements in Southwest Virginia for Saltville and Clyod's Mountain be a part of these simultaneous movements?

[@mjciavola]

Looks like it's winter time there.

[@lunchboxtheassassin]

I'm currently reading Gordon Rhea's series on the Overland Campaign, lol. Talk about irony

[@mthompson0331]

jeebus that was rough

[@markleach116]

Great job as always!!!! A third great uncle of mine was there with the Union 5th Corps. He was a teamster driving one of the many supply wagons. I've always wondered where he was physically located.

[@markserour9115]

AND. . .just as important, but always forgotten, is the 160th of the 'War of 1864' on the Central Plains. Small engagements all across between the Army and tribal forces, particularly the Cheyenne.

[@daytonlights-peterwine468]

The video is great, however, if Chris is going to insist on using that mic he wears, the volume needs to be turned up. It is significantly lower than the handheld mic, and even at full volume here, I have trouble hearing him. (Then, of course, when the handheld is used again, I have to rush and turn it down to "normal" levels before I get blasted. :) This was a problem on the other wilderness video I watched yesterday. Other than the volume, though, the videos have been great to watch. Thanks to all.

[@whitenedtyger1693]

Does anyone know what the circular features in the grass are? They are too perfectly circular to be natural, I would think. Maybe I have just been watching too much Time Team and am seeing things that aren't there.

[@richardmassoth8237]

At the time of his death in June 1940, Retired Major General Smedley Butler was the most decorated USMC soldier of all time, including his two Congressional Medals of Honor. His real heroism came when he refused to be "used" in the 1933 "Business Plot" as the Dictator of the United States. He reported the plot by Fascist-aligned businessmen to take the United States away from President FDR via a coup with General Butler at the head. His nicknames included "Old Gimlet Eye", "The Fighting Quaker" and "Fighting-Hell Devil". He deserves a monument in the USA, and I would like to see a Congressional Gold Medal struck in his honor. He fought in everything from the Philippine-American War to WW-I. If he hadn't died at 58, he would likely have served in WW-II as well. What a man and what a US Marine!

[@ronaldedson496]

GG GRANDFATHER WAS THERE TOO. PENNSYLVANIA 141ST INFANTRY REGIMENT

[@cooter224]

Are y'all going to the Jericho Mill Battlefield to film?

[@StevenSmith-dc1fq]

Great! But I hope in future videos everyone doesn't just stand in one place all the time. Take the camera around the battlegrounds.

[@evanmichael3387]

When are y'all going to get Gordon Rhea on here to talk about the Overland Campaign?

[@michaelwright8748]

If Grant wants to avoid the Wilderness, why cross at Germana and Ely's ford ? Wouldn't other fords have moved him away from the Wilderness ?

[@JasonAlexander-uz4ns]

Hey yall should do drone footage when yall are explaining the area .other then that great job America battle field trust .

[@AmericanBattlefieldTrust]

Thanks! And we can't drone on National Park Land. We'll have some later in the series from land that we own at North Anna and Cold Harbor.

[@JasonAlexander-uz4ns]

@@AmericanBattlefieldTrust👍

[@dmmchugh3714]

Where is Dennis Frye ?

[@22begger22]

When the hell did yall film this? It was 90° yesterday and Gary is wearing a parka and gloves!

[@AmericanBattlefieldTrust]

Hey it’s not a parka! But we did preshoot it a few weeks back. 😀 GA.

[@crimony3054]

Grant killed so many Union soldiers for no reason at all. Somehow everyone has forgotten the Overland Campaign. Almost zero memorials. And so many killed.

[@astaboy]

I thought it was Dan Davies. (I swear, I saw an ABT video years ago when he was first introduced by that pronunciation).

[@soxbigdog]

So as if having the first name Smedley was interesting enough, his nickname was Gimlet Eye?

[@neilcarey689]

Sorry if I missed it but could someone please explain to a mystified Limey why this is called THE Overland campaign? Isn't Every ACW campaign over land?

[@AmericanBattlefieldTrust]

McClellan's 1862 attempt to take Richmond involved a lot of naval operations. 1864 was strictly by land, thus "overland"

[@user-st3vd5bf6g]

370+ views and 94 likes? C’mon we can do better. Stop being lazy and hit the “thumbs up” button. It helps the Trust.

[@georgelesnick2003]

Who could ever hate you guys. You’re the best. Unfortunately you guys suffer from herd mentality. Civil War historians it seems, like circus elephants, grab the tail of the elephant in front of them. My poor dear general Meade never gets the recognition he deserves. While you refuse to list him on your map, at least you briefly mentioned that he was at the battle!

[@georgelesnick2003]

Love these guys. Always great content. But their maps are horrendous. Incredibly disrespectful. I hate to say it, but this was a battle between the Army of Northern Virginia and the Army of the Potomac. These guys are so typical of pseudo historians. You wouldn’t even think Meade was there. He’s the commander of the AOP. They list corps commanders, but they don’t list the commander of the AOP! Disgraceful.

[@AmericanBattlefieldTrust]

One of the more epic "I love you but I hate you" comments that we've had in a while. Congrats.

[@frauleinhohenzollern8442]

5 min in and STILL haven't gotten to the point. Different people, each giving an intro and yapping blah blah. Come on.

[@frauleinhohenzollern8442]

It's like, 1/3rd of the video titled overland campaign hasn't even been about the overland campaign. If you need to give a brief summary of the lead up okay, but you don't need three people to give three different lead ups. What is happening here