HIDDEN SECRETS of a Civil War Mansion | History Traveler Episode 109

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

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[@frankscarborough1428]

Such a privilege to see this. Thanks it’s in wonderful condition. To see something like this home makes history come alive. Looking forward to the next episode in your series.

[@DramaMustRemainOnTheStage]

This looks so much like my aunt's house built right after the civil war.

[@DramaMustRemainOnTheStage]

I swear this is the same floor plan of my aunt's home built right after the CIVIL war

[@markdice3839]

How come you didn't ask her why Little Richard is wearing a dress regardless just found the station and I love it love to hear about history

[@thekingsilverado9004]

That side board was interesting as hell. My aunt and uncle had a vintage Pennsylvania Farm house in Kutztown Pa and my dad always made mention of their side boards joints like that. The side board was all Cherry wood like that with the top carved out almost dished shape it was blue and white Marble top. Mostly the top was the most interesting it had Blue Hue to it and blue veins in the sun light in lower light it appeared white. The furniture was in the family since the early 1800's most of it was bought near Harrisburg Pa and farther south in the Virginia's is where the chairs and tables we had came from. My cousin still has the side board cabinet tables chairs and a canopy bed that has the words Made in Atlanta Georgia on the left Cherry wood rail. The bed actually has what looks like little I beams as cross supports for the box spring which is new and modern but the craftsmanship of that old furniture always blows my mind whenever I visit we always talk about how old our farm is. 1758 is carved in the main support member of the house it's a 10"x10" 35' long beam under the center of the house and every floor plank is made of knotty Pine from the Northern Pine trees that were on the property. The lumber for our farm house my great great grandfather had made at the local mill near Lenhartsville mill & Kempton which is around the corner from Kutztown. Another fact is the Mill that supplied the old slate roof for our farmhouse had the same guy that put the roof on the later era main college administration building. A picture of the Mill owner and roofers hangs in that building or at least it was when I was a kid growing up. We no longer have the original slate roof on the house a tornado back in 1999 really ruined it so I put a metal roof on seeing the carnage and the broken roof rafters also the original Chimney was a loss so that was that took me a better part of a month to restructure everything repair the broken brick work. As I worked I thought of my late relatives that built our home there and what craftsman they were.

[@ryancooper2826]

Thanks for shedding light on our property! I'm the grounds keeper for HDSHS. We work hard to keep the house and grounds preserved as closely as possible to the way it was back in the 1800s. The entire house is built out of cypress, which is difficult to get these days. We don't trim around the trees in the yard to keep from scratching up the trees. Even the nails we use to make repairs are period correct. It's a tough job sometimes, but it is rewarding to preserve such a great part of American history.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

You all have an amazing place there. Thank you for all the hard work at preserving the history.

[@bluskyz7398]

It's beautiful, y'all do a great job. Incredible to be able to see all these things.

[@isabellavalencia8026]

Thankyou for all of your hard work.

[@robanderson7471]

Very beautiful for the civil war times close to the water. I'm surprised it wasn't damaged by the war in any ways. Still furnished with period furnishings. I wonder how many are true to the house. Nice preservation.

[@paulmaher3358]

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[@scottbailey8158]

My grandmother used to say "I have to go outdoors "meaning I have to go to the toilet. She didn't have an indoors bathroom until the 50s but all the way until she died in 2015 she used the terminology and phrases of years ago. She "raised" me. And I used her phrases and words all the way up until now at times when I'm not thinking and most folks go "hu"? Watching this video reminded me of her and the hard times she lived through. Thank you.

[@sandrabeck8788]

I’m 74 and often get the”huh?” For little comments I make. My parents were quite elderly, ( I was a menopause mistake) and young people now are raised by the internet, not family.

[@Luckylu3088]

My memory is the back yard trots, also known as the runs.

[@marypasco2213]

We had our outhouse until 1963, when my uncle finally built a 3-bedroom ranch onto the 2-car garage that his family of 5 lived in. We had a chamber pot with a lid that had a silencer tatted by our grandmother. I know this was about the Civil War, but I'm a little surprised he didn't mention the 1811(?) earthquake.

[@shelleysteed1767]

Who cares what others think, if they say "hu"? Traditions are very important to humans in an elemental way. They are often worth holding onto and passing on. 😊😊😊

[@ellen4956]

My mother said something about needing the key, or something to do with a key, which puzzled me as I grew up and found out no one else said anything like that. I wonder now if it was to get back into the house.

[@lorishiversdogmom]

This house is beautiful and I love it's Civil war history. This house has always gotten lots of love and preservation. Nice to see. What a Gem!

[@SteveSmith-eb6ze]

I am shocked the fake news isn’t attacking the home,saying it’s racist.

[@frankduffy7471]

I am a life long, student of the Civil War and truly enjoyed your tour of this house!

[@janupczak1643]

Thank you for taking me places I'll never be able to travel to on my own. You have no idea what a gift you bring. Again, thank you so much for taking us along with you.❤

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

My pleasure! I enjoy sharing the experiences.

[@dawnsimons118]

Such a nice comment . made me comment on your comment

[@janupczak1643]

@@dawnsimons118 Thank you so much...❤❤❤

[@anaetadesireechandler4122]

Thank you for the tour. When I stopped by many years ago they were just closing up and was not able to see the inside

[@maryannschweikert4495]

I agree with you Jan. Aat my age I think my traveling days are over. lol

[@lavernhall7535]

Wow ! this place is beautiful and the fact that 80% of the furniture is original makes this place even more special..what a treasure!

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Very much so.

[@rebeculus]

Original to the era, not the house. Still very cool though!!

[@lavernhall7535]

@@rebeculus Gotcha, but yes still very cool if that's true

[@janetkorsak]

Thank you for sharing this home with us. My Great-Grandmother lived in Iowa until the early 1960’s, on occasion my Grandma would take me there to visit when I was a little girl. There was no indoor plumbing, a porcelain covered pot was on the back porch for privacy. There was an outhouse but we never went near it. The thing that especially caught my eye was the wooden commode. Great-Grandma had one but no one EVER used it. She moved up to Chicago in the mid-60’s, her porcelain pot came with her…she used it until she got sickly and died in the 1976. Many times I wish I would have sat and talked with her about her life, but I never did. She gave my brother two Indian arrowheads she found coming across the Plains in a covered wagon to settle in Iowa. Thank you again for sharing this home.

[@donitaforrest9064]

Across the plains in a covered wagon.... absolutely panoramic! You should write down what you do know about her life story, leading up to yours, probably more than you think, for posterity & for your family. If able to connect, talk to others who may have been her friends & family, too.

[@storminite2041]

Cool memories, I wish you could of heard more of her stories. History lost is just tragic since everyone should know all the knowledge of their elders. Sending much love and prayers, ❤️ Stormi

[@phillamoore157]

The craftsmanship on the woodwork is astounding, and was done with minimal tools. It never ceases to fascinate me what these people were capable of in their time. You don’t see that today. Things are mind-bogglingly efficient….but, no one really knows how to do anything. Automation has made the skills themselves obsolete. Absolutely amazing to see this home…thank you for sharing.

[@jamesrobiscoe1174]

I agree with you. Amazing skills were taught and employed to create useful beauty in architecture. Carpentry was an honorable and practical profession that employed many and unfortunately has been reduced to a specialized trade today.

[@phillamoore157]

@@jamesrobiscoe1174 Yup....very well said. My wife and I were just having that conversation. We ordered a lot of molding recently for the floor, and the ceiling, and I told her that we're ordering MDF that was cut in mass on a CDC machine, what as once done by hand with what we would consider archaic tools throughout an entire house. And, it's impossible (for me) to even visualize one person doing detail trim work throughout an entire house, with nothing but hand tools. I've been trying to find some books, or videos of who, how, & when that kind of work was done, and what tools were used. I'd love to just sit back and watch someone who still has those skills do work that detailed. It's beyond fascinating to me. Those are workers were the same workers who could look at a tree, and know exactly what kind of wood it is. It was a better time. People took enormous pride in the work they did, and no one b*tched about anything, no matter how bad life got for them (and they MORE than their share of hard times). Thanks for the reply!👍

[@elisemiller13]

Lived in West Virginia & had a few friends who were masters at their hand tooled clawfoot furniture making. Just beautiful skills. There are still some who know how, but it certainly Rare!

[@phillamoore157]

@@elisemiller13 There's something astonishing about watching someone work who's spent THOUSANDS of hours crafting their skill. Better yet, there's something incredible about being TAUGHT by someone like that. Which unfortunately is also lost now. Teachers who have a purely academic knowledge of what they're teaching, and don't really "know" anything. They could build an entire house getting full use from three tools....

[@rebeculus]

And this is why I hope to never have to buy a house built after 1960. The one I’m currently in, built in 1968, has been constant problems. In my old house, which is 99 years old, I had no issues.

[@charlenesdolls]

Yes, I have ancestors that fought in the Civil War, both sides, brother against brother, literally. A very horrible time in our history, for sure. Loved your tour. I love antiques, and seeing this era of furniture is quite amazing. Few homes were left in tact from that time.

[@motley100]

It was incredibly kind of the caretakers to open the doors to you. Thank you and thanks to them!

[@IratePuffin]

I think it’s wonderful that they’ve maintained this beautiful place as close to period as possible. Too many of these gorgeous homes have fallen down so it’s great to be able to see one that hasn’t!

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

I totally agree. So sad. They've done a great job at preserving this one though.

[@chrisduitsman2918]

Wow, such a beautiful house. I lived in an old Victorian house when I was a little kid. Love these old houses, they just have so much charecter and charm to them. And they were built to last.

[@cherylradabaugh2720]

My friend lives in her GRT GRT aunts house .its been passed down through the family over the years .

[@marthawagner6630]

When ever I watch or see old homes like this or visit, I always feel like that is the time period I should have lived in.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

I hear you.

[@karlatessitore2484]

Me too!!!

[@rh5817]

Why?

[@rh5817]

But you may have been, beaten, whipped, raped and forced to leave your family. Why would you fantasize about such a period in time. ? 😢

[@jgren4048]

Because not having modern toiletry tissues would be such an adventure. Especially the outhouse and frequent snake oil salesmen giving you mercury or lead. Such fun!

[@keithhon4268]

Live by New Madrid and am fortunate enough to have toured the Hunter-Dawson home in multiple occasions. I was disappointed you did not show their clothes. I have always been amazed how small they were. If you were 6 feet tall you were a giant. I also suggest the New Madrid Museum that goes over the New Madrid earthquake.

[@silverstuff182]

Would love to see the clothing.

[@kattiepacheco]

Tour guide, Matt, is my big brother! Hunter-Dawson is definitely an awesome historic site. This video does an amazing job of giving a small virtual tour, but nothing beats actually stepping foot inside the home. As hinted in the video, it’s like you’re stepping into history. Thank you for shining light on this small-town relic!

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Ha! Awesome. He’s a great guide.

[@nancywood9027]

I love history. It is so fascinating. I often wish I could step back in time and observe what people from the past were thinking and their daily lives so as to better understand their lives and even as it relates to all of us today. I especially love southernborder history.

[@susanmccormick6022]

And I.Have you been to the Samuel farm?I wish the paranormal guys would check it out sometime.

[@rainermalia4151]

Me too. It’s what I daydream about; I often wonder if I lived it and it’s a memory. But it’s so fascinating to me!

[@megfuchs9425]

Couldn't have worded it better myself!

[@maryh9569]

​@@rainermalia4151You people dream about enslaving Innocent People ⁉️ that was evil times , my God, Racism,

[@craigconn7424]

What a gorgeous and magnificent mansion wow. I love how it has so much of the original items that makes it extra special. Thank you for show us all. Take care.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Yeah, pretty amazing place. Wish I could've been there when it was decorated for Christmas.

[@amandanbier]

I’ve lived in St. Louis all my life and have never heard of this amazing place! Although it’s only a little over 2 hours from me, with my spinal disabilities and pain I’ll probably never be able to visit it. So thank you very much for sharing it along with the incredible details! Video tours like these are so special to those of us with disabilities who are unable to travel and visit them ourselves.

[@m.t.426]

Special to anybody that doesn't live close by too.

[@danielledavis57]

Yes I 2 would never be able 2 travel 2 see this

[@SirenaSpades]

I wonder what it would be like if people kept their illnesses to themselves online. Sharing to people you don't know.

[@watthaile2053]

​@@SirenaSpades There's no need for you to be mean. They've already suffered enough.

[@OverIt822]

Why do people always find a need to go out of their way to mention their disabilities, mentally and or physically, or trials, tribulations, and trauma, etc on YT when it’s kind of irrelevant? Why not just say “thank you for sharing things some people wouldn’t be able to see otherwise”? Or similar things like that?

[@aprilabramyan6613]

I work overnight and watch all types of videos. One of yours popped up as suggested and I've been hooked ever since. I LOVE history and your videos make it feel like we're right there learning and seeing these places with you!

[@TheTonialadd]

Amazing to find such a well completed house. To have such a house still in existence today is a true treasure. Thanks for taking us with you!

[@greyangelpilot]

We must preserve historic structures like this, for the many lessons of history, and the small stories they tell in the details such as the graffiti on walls & furniture. Nice tour, keep them coming brother !

[@bradbauman7594]

Hope the so called "woke" people don't watch this. They will probably want it burnt down because it once had slaves working there. Another historical site that is pretty much original and very interesting is the Haile Plantation near Gainesville Fl.

[@lindagolden9892]

@@bradbauman7594 - I’m in the Ocala area, full-time rv’er. Thanks for that historic tidbit in Gainesville. I’ll have to take a drive, verify it’s accessible during this pandemic and check it out. 🦩🌴🦩

[@jessiem276]

​@@bradbauman7594 So true!

[@martelbaran2244]

Preserved sites are an important part of any country, but the enslaved people of USA that were treated so badly in most cases, needs to be told to generations so that it is not lost history. Some of the current members of the USA government want that history to be removed from the schooling, and I disagree entirely, it needs to be told to make sure that type of behaviour never happens again. Critical Race Theory is real and even if the governors or members of government think it should not be taught in schools, it is because they are ashamed of the truth. Yes it was awful and should not be done ever again, but without the truth being taught, they are trying to make is as if it never happened, and that is just wrong

[@dawnknoderer2092]

I volunteered at this house for candlelight tours and reenactments back in the ‘80’s. Beautiful house.

[@ronfritz1195]

What did the family do or own to be so wealthy?

[@caseytebo7147]

Any paranormal experiences?

[@mallenjm252]

Thank you for your volunteer work! I would have loved to have been on your tour!👌🤗

[@theresa_lili]

Thats awesome. I bet you have many fond memories

[@mchanrahanhanrahan4078]

Dawn, did you know the James family? I posted that my suitemate at Stephens college was Liz James. She was their daughter. Any way, I never got to tell her family what a sweet person she was when we lived together in college. I just thought I'd see if you knew the family at all.

[@heathermorton1450]

What a gorgeous property. What a treasure of history. Thank you for all that you do and sharing this with us!

[@tresannrn8454]

She is, for sure, a Grand Ol Lady. So beautifully preserved. Thank you for taking us along on this one!!

[@A7ty34g]

I'm amazed at the condition of the carpets and wallpaper.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Some of the carpet was a reproduction. I do know that the carpet in the girls bedroom was original though.

[@pamlovell9125]

Do we know if the wallpaper is original? So beautiful!

[@sherryrunslate9678]

Most wallpaper made “back in the day” we of ornate colors, especially green. Turns out the green actually had arsenic in the makeup of the design and color.

[@susanmccormick6022]

Things were meant to last back then.Not like this throwaway society.Just about the only thing I would miss if transported back in time,apart from my kitties,would b my electric blanket.

[@madmikemackas]

Love your fascination with the civil war and the time period. Beautiful mansion. Love thinking about those days and how they would’ve been.

[@Loliolla]

The bathtub is called a sitz bath. My grandparents - who had no plumbing until the 70s-used one. You wouldn’t really draw a bath. You’d simply sit in it and then use the pitcher to pour water over yourself. Or you’d use it like a bidet after a visit to the outhouse. They kept theirs in the bedroom near the heating stove.

[@PossumNZ1]

Is that why modern Sitz baths are called sitz? Because you sit in it…..

[@virgillisaferguson2806]

Thanks for sharing this historical gem!!

[@justme8837]

What a treasure this all is, thank you for sharing.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Thanks!

[@timt.9935]

This mansion is nicer and more interesting than a lot of homes built today.

[@cbboyle5117]

Old houses are always better than the houses being built in the 21st century!!

[@amandawilliams2266]

New homes lack the detail and character these old homes have

[@sallyintucson]

New homes built since the 1980’s are only built to last 20-30 years, if that long.

[@jimreilly917]

Any home built today. The craftsmanship and artistry that went into these homes has been shunned...and lost...due to build it fast, sell it fast who cares if it lasts.

[@sallyintucson]

@@jimreilly917 Where I live the new homes built in developments today (We call them cookie cutter houses.) are made to last twenty years, if that long.

[@cynthiacronin2794]

Nice to see an old home beautifully preserved. So many are abandoned and rotting away. Cool video!👍😁

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Yeah, they have done a good work there.

[@Brucev7]

Especially with the Agenda to destroy anything that stands for any particular cause or group, the Mob doesn't like.

[@tastx3142]

Yes. My great grandparents built a house in the early 1900’s and it was very well maintained even when I was a child in the 1960’s. I just loved it. It still had the original crystal doorknobs that had skeleton keys, claw foot bathtubs, wrap around porch and curved mahogany staircase. They had an orchard and a carriage house. It was sad that they built a one story house across the street as it was a huge 5 bedroom house and my great grandfather would carry my great grandmother up the stairs to clean. The had moved a bed into the dining room and just was too difficult for them to care for. As a new family with six children bought and moved in the original house was being destroyed by lack of care and disrespect to the building. It was very sad for them to watch.

[@HollyMoore-wo2mh]

If you are ever in the area go to the Carnton House in Franklin TN. It is in a nice state and it served as a Civil War hospital during the Civil War. boft.org/carnton

[@mallenjm252]

I agree this is so wonderful! So many beautiful homes were destroyed during the war. And today because of debt greed and too high mortgage rates..Many beautiful homes that should be filled with love and people families..enjoying these homes and maintaining them they are falling apart Across our nation.

[@atonement7232]

I love American Civil War history, one if the most fascinating wars in all history. This was such a great documentary, thank you for all the insight 🙏 From Australia 💖🇦🇺🇺🇸💖

[@joanwood9480]

Thoroughly enjoyed this tour. Only 1 thing missing for me - where is each room in relation to the others? Basically the floor plan. It would just help me picture how the family lived even better than this very nice walk through.

[@tonyk1584]

On of the most violent series of earthquakes ever in the U.S., occured in the New Madrid area. One each in Dec 1811, Jan 1812, and Feb 1812 were estimated in modern terms to be around 7.0 to 7.5 on the Richter scale. The land warped so much that for a short time, the Mississippi river flowed backwards. The region most seriously affected was characterized by raised or sunken lands, fissures, sinks, sand blows, and large landslides that covered an area of 78,000 - 129,000 square kilometers, extending from Cairo, Illinois, to Memphis, Tennessee, and from Crowley's Ridge in northeastern Arkansas to Chickasaw Bluffs, Tennessee. Only one life was lost in falling buildings at New Madrid, but chimneys were toppled and log cabins were thrown down as far distant as Cincinnati, Ohio, St. Louis, Missouri, and in many places in Kentucky, Missouri, and Tennessee. The area was sparsely populated at the time accounting for the low loss of life. A quake like that today would be catastrophic.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Definitely plan on telling that story in the future. Can't imagine what kind of havoc that would cause today.

[@brucedeerhaven]

It will happen again! Not if, but when!!

[@lalani888ARTblue]

I'm curious ...What original Indigenous Peoples once inhabited this area?

[@karenwright9123]

@@lalani888ARTblue ,For some interesting reading on New Madrid and the Native Americans ,look up Tecumseh,he was Shawnee,adopted by Blackfish the chief...also the adoptee of Daniel Boone. Tecumseh grew to be an advocate of the Indian tribes and the resistance of the selling of tribal lands,also known among the tribes as a prophet because of his dreams. Other interesting stories, Google: Strange happenings during the New Madrid earthquakes of 1811-1812.

[@mallenjm252]

Wow that is some increadable history facts..How did you discover this information?

[@anitatucker8812]

Thanks for adding. My great grandfather was captured on Island #10 and sent to Camp Douglas in Illinois. He lived for almost 100 years and died in 1908

[@sherrismith8874]

I was fortunate to stumble upon this channel today. It's like traveling to historic sites with an intelligent, curious, good-natured buddy, while enjoying good camera-work, drone shots, and editing. Thanks for the fascinating videos! I want to visit this wonderful old home.

[@SheilaP595]

Enjoyed the tour of the Hunter Dawson house. Thank you.

[@jennifernunez1443]

That is a beautiful home! And the fact that as you said there is no restrictions of tour their home. I wish that you would have shown the owner’s picture and the pieces the tour guides were showing the furniture. But regardless of that this was a awesome treat! I’m really enjoying your videos!

[@Mr.Inman14]

Absolutely extraordinary house. Thank God it has some great caretakers. Just absolutely amazing find.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Completely agree!

[@musingsfromthehill9030]

Love it

[@leemcginnis738]

Thank you for taking us along with you. It's nice to be able to see places that I for one will probably never go. Great to see history saved.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Glad to share the experience. Thanks for watching!

[@tashasmith6179]

Absolutely beautiful. I'm so glad to see this house preserved. So many of American historical homes have rotted away or vandalized then torn down. It's sad really. Wished they all could have been saved. Thanks so much for your 🙂

[@fastsetinthewest]

Yankee criminals occupied the house. Why were things not stolen?

[@m.asquino7403]

You should have seen the old pictures of New Bedford, MA waterfront before urban renewal of the 60s

[@m.asquino7403]

@@fastsetinthewest Yankee!

[@uhaveautism6192]

@@m.asquino7403 I scallop out of new Bedford, and I love the place. Past & present.

[@MichelleInnes-pc2zn]

, oops I thought this house was in Colorado

[@charminesrivastava580]

Watched this 3 years later ,so very interesting. That outdoor shared toilet looks like from Roman times. Love the pocket chair design and all those lamps and furniture. Thank you for showing this to us.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

👍🏻

[@GaleGillam]

17:25. Thats a big rolling pin on that head board is -To roll out any lumps in the Morning. Learned that 3 days ago. Belle Mont Mansion-Tuscumbia, Alabama.

[@marshahargis7106]

This was incredible, I have never seen bedsprings like those and the sewing machine was so cool. Thank-you for taking me along with you as I just keep learning more and more from your videos. I wish I would have had a History teacher like you when I was young.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

🙏🏼

[@HollyMoore-wo2mh]

No kidding.

[@miatolliver3517]

Really enjoyed the tour! Please don't skimp on the 'weird things' that you've heard - they're a part of the history of the place just as much as the furniture because they speak of the people who lived and died there.

[@CLEMANSJK]

Agreed!!!

[@Kat-gx3se]

Speaking of weird things ....right at the end when he is at the front porch, the last rocker....is rocking.....It begins at 22:08

[@CLEMANSJK]

@@Kat-gx3se yesss I said the same thing!

[@darlyswynn5594]

Yes! I think it was Phyllis, saying thanks for stopping by…

[@theparkers6040]

I came to the comments curious if anyone else noticed the rocker. Was this B-roll clip rendered in slo-mo? The slow, measured pace of the rocking is certainly consistent with an "occupied" chair vs. an empty one. Hmmm.....

[@kylelouiso144]

Been loving all the civil war related stuff you been doing lately man. You do a really great and professional job with your topics and deserve to be rewarded. I hope you can cover more battlefields like Gettysburg here soon in the near future. Always looking forward for your next episode. Keep up the wonderful work and stay safe out there. God bless you brother!!!!!

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Thanks. I have some big plans for Gettysburg 🙂

[@lynnettemcelmurray4597]

This is the first video I’ve seen of his!! Will definitely be watching more.. I have 3 grandfathers in the CW. Several in Rev. War .. and beyond... Love Geneology and History.. Will be great to hopefully learn a bit more!!! Thanks for Sharing to all who wrote and participated in this video!!!

[@susanmccormick6022]

Is it G'burg where the stone tape plays a group of CWS,seen crossing some open ground?There is a kind of mist around their legs & feet.One of them appears to trip & then the recording or whatever it is,begins again.Interesting but sad.

[@susanmccormick6022]

@@lynnettemcelmurray4597 So do I Lynette.My fav periods being the Cousin's War & Richard Plantagenet & the years from the final time of poor Henry,to Edward becoming king & carrying on from there,& the English & American Civil War & the aftermath with Monmouth & The Youngers/James gang.Well,the history of the old west too.How about you?

[@marilyn6556]

I really enjoyed touring the home with you! I would have loved to have lived there. Don’t be afraid of talking about the weird things and encounters with ghosts. I love all that!!!

[@pirateshack9315]

i'm wondering who was in the rocking chair on the porch at the end ???

[@paulalb-n2f]

Thanks!

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Thanks!

[@kprairiesun]

Love the history and furniture. So much more interesting than an empty house. Beautiful silver ware. Nothing like any old doll to freak guys out! Just looks like an old historic doll to me, lol.

[@susanmccormick6022]

I don't get it.I have a collection of gorgeous china dolls & my son's think they r spooky!!

[@baddestjoanna-michellesmit5578]

Lol I threw soooo many porcelain dolls away wasn't smar of me llool. Now I'm like one would be cool lol.

[@patricialenaburg6553]

Fascinating old home, the joints in the drawers, are something else, along with bedsprings, and other things I have never seen before. Just an amazing, beautiful place. I am from the old outhouse era, remember it well. Dad made a hole for the big people, and one for the tiny people, I was always scared a spider would bite my butt. LOL This was such neat video, I really enjoyed it.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Ha! My grandma said that the outhouse was too close in the summer and too far away in the winter.

[@patricialenaburg6553]

@@TheHistoryUnderground Your grandma knew what she was talking about HA!

[@steveclark4291]

@@TheHistoryUnderground I have to agree with both you as I'm from the outhouse era too !

[@HollyMoore-wo2mh]

@@TheHistoryUnderground And hopefully down wind.

[@cindykq8086]

You were right to be scared. My husband's grandfather was using the outhouse when a black widow bit him on the dangly bits. He didn't die but spent some time in the hospital.

[@beckygriggs7827]

That highchair is extraordinary, they don't make em like that anymore and the baby cradle, WOW, so beautiful

[@raydoucette2882]

Beautiful house, and the furniture is priceless, thankyou for the video

[@MrsBee-uo2lc]

Absolutely amazing! The bathroom was my favorite room too!!! Thanks for sharing!

[@MegaVthompson]

I LOVED WALKING “WITH YOU” through that beautiful southern gem❣️ Thank you

[@debragibes4044]

Thanks to the curators for allowing this insightful tour and the narrator for his personalized spin on what he was able to show us,

[@roadlizardcu8664]

Oh my gosh they've got a civil war pie! Got a good chuckle out of that. Fascinating property. Thank you for showing it to us. You be safe and take care.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Ha! Yeah, I thought that I'd really found something (lol)

[@cameronstone1611]

This is amazing and beautiful WOW love to see it in person, just 100%Awesome

[@williambrown6721]

Thank you for sharing your story with all of us. History has always been my best subject that's probably why I failed every other subject. There's nothing like getting up in the morning having my first cup of coffee ☕ and watching your thank you so much!!

[@alancamper7796]

I am new to your channel and find them fascinating. Thank you for taking the time in making these videos for all who are interested. I travel back East every year to get my fix for civil war battlefields and these videos compliment my journeys. Thanks again and much respect to you.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Thanks! I enjoy sharing the experiences.

[@robertforrest7956]

I remember back in the early 70s my father visited that house while on a business trip. The pics he took really are awesome to see. Thanks for more history on the place and teaching us about the period. 👍👍👍

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Oh wow! How cool. Glad that you enjoyed it!

[@johnshifflette1218]

One of the few homes of the south that wasn't burned to the ground. I've worked 'carpenter' on many colonial homes and DC Federal homes. This is an incredible preservation. Thanks 👍🏻👍🏻

[@cattycorner8]

John Shifflette It always makes me sad when folks re-doing or flipping really old houses destroy the plaster walls.

[@carolynyoung-jenkins7263]

Love these old houses. They're as pretty today as they must have been then. Thank you

[@uhaveautism6192]

@@cattycorner8 come here to new bern, NC. We have lots of houses from the late 1700s and all thru the 1800s, and Tryon palace. It was the capital of North Carolina, before it was moved to Raleigh.

[@cattycorner8]

@@uhaveautism6192 Thanks! I'd love to some day!

[@ThePayneFamilyFarm2013]

You got to love how he makes a point of telling you "there's no electricity in this house; we stayed true to the time period," yet there's HVAC throughout every room!!! 😂

[@theresahenry6881]

HVAC would have been installed for preservation purposes. Maintaining an appropriate temperature and humidity level is important to prevent deterioration of delicate vintage fabrics and aged woods.

[@greengold7648]

@22:07 The rocking chair at the end of the verandah is gently rocking back and forth... There is no wind evidenced by the tree branches in the background not moving at all. Great video! The history and the informative tour are outstanding! Thank you for the upload!

[@lindaarnold5683]

You are do blessed to be able to "travel through history". WE are so blessed because you share your travels with us. My grandmother was born on Island 10 on the Missisdippi.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Thanks 🙏🏼

[@lindacraig7561]

I'm so glad I found this program. I really appreciate your tours

[@jefferybaker2949]

The best guy ever to narrate a story. Better than 60 minutes

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Appreciate that!

[@ladysusan8134]

Thank you so much for such a interesting tour. Such a beautiful home and so well preserved. When you can’t visit in person your videos are the very best thing. Love the history of the old south. 🇦🇺

[@exposethenwo6491]

I saw this during a swing through the area last Spring. Beautiful.

[@court5231]

Incredible!! To see what the kitchen would have truly looked like was great! I was just as fascinated with the bathroom as you! Thank you for sharing this! I almost cried because the history is so mind blowing!

[@jalensexton8712]

I'm so glad I found this channel, your production value is the same of a channel with millions of subs. Keep em coming!

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Thanks! Appreciate that. Hopefully we can get there someday 🙂

[@calfrom685]

I love History. I love touring old historical homes that feel like walking back in time. I came across your video, loved it and decided to subscribe. Thanks for keeping history alive for those who can’t/ don’t travel to see it. I will look through your video archives but Charleston, Virginia and Boston are great places to explore! I live in Chicago,...maybe a road trip to this house is in order. Thanks again.

[@janeiwasduncan8463]

Another area to visit is Plymouth, Mass. They only have mock-up structures the experience of going there is like going back to 1627, and visiting with the citizens of Plymouth and then going on the Mayflower 2. The neatest time to go is November!!!🎈🎈

[@peggywright3254]

I love watching these videos of the past. My grandfather (Sherman Dawson) would tell me stories about coming over on the ship when he was a young boy and having a Plantation in either North or South Carolina I can't remember. It was very beautiful but he said he didn't want anything to do with it due to it having slaves and when he was the last heir he gave it to the slaves. I often wish I could have seen it. He settled in Indiana after traveling all over the USA in a train. Thank you 😊

[@margarettickle9659]

That is very interesting. I love history through houses and food.

[@jessiem276]

A lot of slaves were treated like family members.

[@elisemiller13]

@@jessiem276 Just curious, you know this on what authority? That's at best a bold statement, or...a sad justification. Also, think about it, if you were a slave (not an employee) this means you had no choice but to be there on their property...As their lawful property and do the bidding of that family.

[@watthaile2053]

​@@elisemiller13 Try reading some journals and you'll see. You're rather bold and presumptuous yourself.

[@annalapoint7156]

Thanks for the wonderful adventure!!

[@adelinegeesey9512]

Amazing how well kept this house is and the original furnishings are wonderful. Love it!!

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Right?! I enjoyed it way more than I thought that I would.

[@gentrystinnetti8277]

Love the history of the home. We definitely need to persevere homes and it’s history

[@lorireed5291]

I found this video simply fascinating! You've managed to take me on a virtual tour just by watching. I may never get there, but I feel as if I have. Thank you for the opportunity to learn about our history...

[@beckyduncan3086]

I live near the Tn River and the Cherry Mansion is absolutely beautiful. General Grant used it during the Civil War Shiloh National Park is just right up the river it's a must see

[@blossom1643]

That is beyond Cool!! The furniture & dark wood they used then was so beautiful. One guy in the comments said it was built out of cypress! Love that. My Daddy made many a porch swing outta cypress & they last forever- even age pretty. Thanks for sharing this!✌️😎

[@susanb1511]

The bed springs were so interesting.

[@sherrismith1520]

I couldn’t really see them because the picture was too dark. Please light those kind of items up. I could not see the details on the drawer either. Please use a big bright light. Thank you.

[@jeepers251]

you should do a tour of the stonewall jackson house in lexington,va

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Oh wow. I would love that. Putting that on The Big List as we speak.

[@GlamorganManor]

@@TheHistoryUnderground Robert E Lee is buried there too on the campus of the University he was president of after the war.

[@luv2cook.]

Oooh yes, would like that. I’m in Virginia

[@HollyMoore-wo2mh]

@@TheHistoryUnderground I STILL remember the clock that Mrs Jackson brought with her. It STILL ticks the correct time.

[@sherryrunslate9678]

When things were made to last your lifetime and passed down through family as heirlooms.

[@bw4t]

Marvellous house! One note: the piece in the dining room is a buffet, not a sideboard. Buffets and sideboards can look nearly identical, but a sideboard has a shelf on a least one end (usually both) that can pull out to provide more space for serving dishes. Thus the term "sideboard" because the piece quite literally had boards on the side that could be pulled out. I often volunteer in an 1832 house museum that has two nearly identical-looking pieces in the dining room but only one is a sideboard.

[@margarettickle9659]

Thank you for that information.

[@watthaile2053]

Sorry, that's not even close to true. I have lived in pre-civil war houses my entire life, and been an antique dealer for almost 50 years and sold dozens of sideboards. I'm pretty sure I know what a sideboard is, and your definition is incorrect.

[@gabrielleschmidt1435]

Seeing history come to life is so cool! Thanks for sharing!🐱

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Thanks! Hope that enjoy the rest of the content on this channel!

[@geraldinekearney542]

I’m in Australia and I’ve just discovered your channel, and I’m thoroughly enjoying it ❤️❤️❤️🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@turdferguson7686]

that entry hall floor is amazing. and awesome tour overall! really cool to get to step back in time like that.

[@bradleycred99]

Thanks for the tour. The condition of the home and furnishings is very impressive. A true time capsule.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Very much so.

[@jamessturgeon7025]

Great tour of that home-what a historical treasure! The furniture details you point out are really fascination and those bedsprings...wow! Thanks for posting this!

[@kerrydruck9036]

I love history and your channel makes it real for me! Thank you

[@isabellavalencia8026]

The child that she claimed to be a boy named Richard appeared to be wearing a christening gown and a necklace that's a Curious Thing. The story of phylis is interesting.The bathroom was my favorite part

[@cherylbowland6074]

Thanks for the great vid! I used to live in NE Missouri and loved touring the old, abandoned homes in our area. Many even had their family plots (graves from the 1700's) a short distance from the house. In regards to the John Booth signature in the bathing room, it could definitely have been John Wilkes Booth who may have stayed there on his way to Texas.... Would be interesting to look up his handwriting for comparison!

[@sharongauss9298]

I live in Maryland. Near me is Tudor Hall, the Booth family home. They have many original pieces owned by the family.

[@kellibaldwin5821]

Such a beautiful house! Thank you for taking us along. Love your videos! Stay safe!

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

🙏🏼

[@davidclarke1508]

Thank you for sharing. I have to tell you that my parents had a civil war shaving kit with a card on the inside that said John Booth with an address in Philadelphia. This John Booth died at Gettysburg and is buried in a cemetery near Philadelphia. The cemetery is under renovation and where he is buried is currently a lot of vegetative growth. I am hoping that is cleared one day, so that I can go back and visit it. This is so cool.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Really? Does it have his signature in it? I wonder what the odds are that it’s the same John Booth? Maybe shoot me an email at [e-mail].

[@gypsywithadayjob4624]

@@TheHistoryUnderground I have been scrolling through the comments to see if anyone had mentioned the John Booth bathroom writing. Booth actually lived in Philadelphia in 1857 and 1858 as a part of the Arch Theater crew. I am wondering if this bit of bathroom writing was more of a show of support for Booth, like the Jeff Davis and Stonewall Jackson in the sewing machine was.

[@jacquesummers4766]

Loved this show! I am unable to travel now so you can take me wherever you want. I will sit back and enjoy. Thank you so much.

[@kerrydruck9036]

Love all of your videos! History is so very important! Thank you!

[@mcwatersd]

So happy I was introduced to your channel. I love history and this is the best. It truly is rare to find the original furnishings at times you may see one piece that was found and purchased but to have a house set up as it was originally with most of the furnishings is so awesome. paints a true picture of the life and times right down to the graffiti . Those bed springs are amazing . I have never seen anything like that. I truly enjoyed seeing the faces behind the mansion in the portraits It is too bad the slave quarters were removed . Thank you for the tour. Keep Safe❤ Keep Well❤.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Glad that you found the channel as well! And yes, there are a lot of items in this home that you won't find anywhere else. Definitely a time capsule that they have there.

[@susanmccormick6022]

I wonder if the family is extant.

[@carolreynolds3650]

Absolutely facinating, so well perserved, you feel like your touching the lives of those long gone into history. I laugh when thinking how inconvenienced people of today would be to live in the same circumstances!! When I was very young, we had a two hole outhouse, so I can relate. Loved this, thank you soooo much for this trip back in time!!

[@Womanwithblackdog]

Wonderful! Surprised you never mentioned all the gorgeous wallpapers! They are all hand made and would have cost a King’s ransom! Beautiful old house.

[@TroyGlaus-yv2yb]

I’ve been here several times. At least twice a year. I work in New Madrid. If you really want to see this house in its most beautiful way. You should see it when it’s all lit up with period correct Christmas lights. It’s just beautiful. Words cannot describe how beautiful it is. I’ve toured this house at least 50 times. I’ve always wanted to see the cellar before. I’m glad they allowed you to see that. Everything about this house will completely amaze you. You are actually stepping back in time when you enter it. Just like the man said. You discover something new about the house every time you visit it. You can feel the carpeting beneath your feet and see the exact same things that people saw 150 years ago. It is just a historic jem.

[@springfieldjohn5473]

Great video. My wife and I visited every Missouri State Park and Historic Site in one summer a couple of years ago. This was one of our favorite stops.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Wow! That would be quite the summer trip. Seems like that'd be fun to do.

[@redtobertshateshandles]

My favourite writer is Twain. Great to see the Mississippi, though a shadow of it's natural self. I can visualise his characters in this area. Thanks from Australia.