It's absolutely extraordinary how diligent and committed these fellows are to commemorating their history. Everything about them is a living legacy, a snapshot of Americans of the period. Including the fellow that dropped the bayonet, that's as old as warfare itself.

@laurencejones8977

Жыл бұрын

These guys are all dedicated to realistic reenactment. Everything is as close to identical types of weapons and uniforms actually used during the Civil War. They have really done their homework.

@gregj831

Жыл бұрын

Well said.

I absolute loved this. Just finished watching a documentary on Netflix and It left me thirsty for more so I came here. I wasn't born here in the USA but God knows I too would've fought to the last drop of blood for these colors. My fiance and I will be visiting all these sites in a couple of weeks and I can't wait to pay homage to these brave Americans fighting,- on both sides- for what they felt was right. GB the USA. P.S. Come on ppl, stop giving the camera guy so much grief. Filming that kind of thing on uneven ground and sans professional equipment is a lot harder than it seems. You guys should thank him for the effort and for missing some of the action while filming it for the rest of us. Just sayin' shout out to all from North Hollywood CA ;-)

@alexeyvankevich7096

Жыл бұрын

Lot's of Civil War soldiers were not born in US. Many just came from the ship.

Wonder how much paranormal activity this stirred up.

The bleachers and the modern buildings around just killed the immersion

@StrangeScaryNewEngland

2 жыл бұрын

I can't stand that crap during reenactments. What's the point of doing it if you have to throw a bunch of modern BS into the mix. I'm surprised the soldiers weren't coordinating locations on a GPS map..

@rascal211

Жыл бұрын

The Power lines were there too. Impossible to reenact it perfectly.

@rangerman9241

Жыл бұрын

That and the men and women lazily walking through gun fire

@mlbrooks4066

Жыл бұрын

Also, the average CW soldier was 5’7” and weighed 120 pounds according to the exhibit at Antietam. I know that was about the size my two CW ancestors were.

God, I miss this event so much... I was there for both BGA and GAC and absolutely did not want it to end nothing will ever top this for me until may the 175th

@JonesNate

5 жыл бұрын

I was at the first one. June 29th is my birthday, and I was part of the unit that reenacted Chamberlain's charge down the hill.

This is absolutely incredible. God Bless all the participants for honoring the bravery of the soldiers from both sides

@0ThrowawayAccount0

Жыл бұрын

so glad the South was vanquished. If only they finished the job during Reconstruction.

@american_cosmic

10 ай бұрын

@@0ThrowawayAccount0 what kind of idiot comes to a reenactment video to make their stupid political points? Why are you even here?

My son and I watched from behind the Federal batteries. Went on a last minute whim. Not knowing we’d probably never see anything on this scale again. If you went back into the woods to cavalry camp behind the batteries, there we no modern buildings in sight and you really got a feel for what it was like. Completely immersive. Just soaked it up for a while. A little bit of what my gg grandfathers experienced in the western armies.

i assume that they are using half if not quarter charge black powder here can you imagine the confusion and lack of visibility with full powder charges especially the cannons

Why the hell are there BLEACHERS on the battlefield? They take away the accuracy!

@keithruddell1800

9 жыл бұрын

so do a few of the virgin dork soldiers

@pickpocket7226

8 жыл бұрын

I on,y saw two people get mad there are no bleachers check your eyes

@Hi-lb8cq

6 жыл бұрын

Henry B I said the same thing!!... I hate all the bleachers...in Europe when they do the waterloo reenacment they also have bleachers too....almost exactly like the ones used at Gettysburg...i think it looks ugly...

@cajomik6761

6 жыл бұрын

It’s for the convenience of the people watching...

@trainmanproduction5496

5 жыл бұрын

cajomik Agreed

I actually remember my dad taking my brother & I to this exact reenactment to spectate it live. If I remember correctly, it was a very hot day but, then an unexpected hail storm hit and we had to go to our cars to seek shelter from the hail.

@cwb0051

Жыл бұрын

Yep, You Are Right..

Whats nuts is to think there were over 5 times the amount of troops during the actual charge. It must have been something to behold seeing 15k troops across a wide open field coming at you.

@AudibleMotion

Жыл бұрын

But apparently dropping like flies too lol

@SLG-jt1rd

Жыл бұрын

@@AudibleMotion yes they suffered intense casualties

Around 2:50 Federal 3rd Division (Shackleford's Westerners)march out for the Pickett's Charge scenario. We were Stannard's Vermonter's (flanking movement near Codori Farm). 575 Rifles, largest Federal Division at the event. 5 manuever battalions. the bugle call at 3:30 is head of column to the right (By File Right).

Thanks so much. Im apart of the group the first 2 min. We are from California and 1 fell in from Queensland Australia.

I remember this ..I watched the battle and got met two of the stars of their movie . it was a special day for me . thank you

My father was an extra in the movie Gettysburg, I was 13 at the time, and he told me when he got back home, that there was about 150 cannons during Pickett's Charge that fired constantly for an hour to an hour and a half. Me and my family grew up American Civil War reenacting.

lol! we were practically in the same spot during pickett's charge! Have yet to see a video from the Union's left flank Pickett's Charge at the 150th Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg (July 7, 2013)

I remember this battle very well. The march to the battlefield was almost as strenuous as the reenactment. Thank heaven for the angels of the battlefield carrying water to the soldiers. These men, these colors afield. One of our own passed away recently.

@gregj831

Жыл бұрын

Very sorry to hear of this.

Good video, the bleachers don't bother me because it is for the people watch and learn some history on how battles were fought during the Civil War. The only thing I find wrong is on the battlefield (the stage) and that is the water bottles along the stone wall. I understand why the water bottles are there, in case reenactors get thirsty and don't go down with heat stroke, but I think it would have been better if they would have been covered with canvas or burlap. Lets face it, it's like watching a western movie about a wagon train moving along and seeing a Ford pickup in the line of wagons.

@cwb0051

Жыл бұрын

It Was Extrememy Hot that day too..

It's almost 2022 is there going to be an reenactment in 2022.

I hate it when those modern buildings get in the way of a good battle.

I was there on this last day..and it was Very Emotional..

@StevenRecknagelMusic

10 жыл бұрын

i hated this reenactment, it was a massive cluster fuck throughout all the days.. But when it started raining for the first time, when the confederates where retreating i totally agree with you. The end of it was very emotional.

@StevenRecknagelMusic

10 жыл бұрын

well im not sure. but from what i've seen of the BGA it looked great. i only thought there was one good battle here. Overall i think the BGA looked better than this one was. :/ they screwed up my units shining moment on the first day twice and that was really demoralizing for the rest of the event :p

I was a reenactor for 20 years and it was incredible...and some.of the cannons here are 12-13 inch navys😊😊

never understand why there are so many Overweight Reenactors

@billwilliamson1506

10 жыл бұрын

Their only exercise.

@harrisblake4182

10 жыл бұрын

lol ya. its just so unrealistic.

The amount of union Farbery in this film is quite noticeable

@maxmedlin4875

3 жыл бұрын

Hardly any union troops went down. I dont think that was the case at all

@chrisflaherty8991

2 жыл бұрын

The whole thing was rife with farb, Confederate as well as Union.

we were at the BGA event the weekend before and what a great event.... and then we came to this one as well.................

Maaan, this is huge and so exciting. A huge tribute to the history of a most unfortunate war. I wish I cold go and see this for myself... reminds me of the movie "Gettysburg" of course and its grand scale. It will be the 160th anniversary soon.

Great display..must've taken plenty of organising. Thanks for the upload dgudas1

They had Reenactments from the 1st to the 7th this was the final day for the reenactments.

I could not imagine the fear and terror those men must have felt those days. But if we don't change our government, we will be back here, but deadlier

this is pretty good, but nothing beats footage of the 125th {1988} it just looked so dam real! and the artillery sounded frightening in some of the 88' footage!

They should have kept the camera on until after the Pickett's Charge scenario ended, when the skies opened in the biggest downpour I've experienced as a re-enactor.

@00zero11b

3 жыл бұрын

Thats kind of crazy because i read somewhere after every major battle it rained.

I was there. My respects and regards to Sykes Regulars and the National Regiment. Excellent hosts and great 'pards.

Awesome Footage I love civil war reenactments

This is Amazing! Love it!! All who fought on both sides Were Hero's to fight in open field's ....

Thanks for uploading that. There are some great shots. However, there is too much camera movement. Lots of bobbing make it hard to watch.

@dgudas1

3 жыл бұрын

It was hotter than hell, the vast amount of other spectators choked the ability move to anywhere else easily, I had no idea what, where, the extent and how the "battle" would unfold and be presented. I just shot what I could... from the lucky spot I landed in.

I saw the one they had in 1998, and I don’t recall there being power lines where they did that one. But notice how for the re-enactors, there doesn’t seem to be any direction they can look where they’re not staring at spectators. Same thing happened in 1998. And of course there HAS to be an announcer droning on and on all through the event. I swear, there ought to be a law against that

Wow .. preserve history were the rebs? On other side of field?

@rickrowell8465

4 жыл бұрын

The Rebs were the other FAT FARBS in gray!

Let's not forget there was constant artillery fire from both sides and nobody would be standing around behind the lines. If you think this looks anything like a real battle you are fooling yourselves

Why is this video on 7-7? I thought the re-enactments were on July 1, 2 , and 3rd?

@JonesNate

5 жыл бұрын

Because July 1, 2, & 3 fell in the middle of the week that year, they had two reenactments. The first was the weekend before the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd; the second reenactment was the weekend after the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd. The first reenactment was on the farm where they filmed the movie. The second reenactment was somewhere closer to the battlefield, but neither reenactment was actually on the battlefield. I participated in the first reenactment. June 29th is my birthday, and I was there on the farm.

I was going to go on a camping trip at Gettysburg (150 anniversary) with my boy scout troop, but I was sick :( and plus that's the exact time when I started to get really interested in the Civil War.

@StevenRecknagelMusic

10 жыл бұрын

if it was this reenactment you didn't miss much.. the other Gettysburg was a lot better. (i was a reenactor here and most of us didn't enjoy it)

An associate of mine was there for this event. Hard line campaigner.....he got lost in the woods Friday night!

Vermont 2nd Brigade: Stannard’s superiors realized the significance of his actions. Major General George Meade said, There was no individual body of men who rendered a greater service at a critical moment then the comparatively raw troops commanded by General Stannard. Major General Abner Doubleday said: It is to General Stannard…that the country is mainly indebted for the repulse of the enemy’s charge and the final victory of July 3. [His] brilliant flank movement… greatly contributed to if it did not completely insure our final success.

WOW! What FARB FEST this was!!!!!!!

@ShadySandsCosplay7604

2 жыл бұрын

No kidding the rolling artillery was never a order in any manual and the CS need help Tbh the CS forces should be at Right Shoulder Shift when moving across that field

Was my. first major event, Part of 6th N H Quite the three days!

This was one one of the biggest reenactments of Gettysburg

@MayoFilms83

3 жыл бұрын

I think 140th was bigger. It had about 37,000 reenactors that year. That was in 2003.

Took a lot of courage to walk across that feid like that

Thank god for that unit of 9 dismounted “cavalry”… won the war with their sunglasses and no fatigue blouses.

Soon 10 years ago - love it!!!

sehr gut gelungenes Video

Fantástico... Espetacular

"every southern boy can see themselves at Gettysburg before the war was lost" something like that, I think faulkner wrote something like that. the twin losses of gettysburg and vicksburg...vicksburg is really where it was lost.

8:51 just move the damn camera already! I hear muskets!

Let's not forget Rita Fairbanks and the Townswomen's Guild of Sheffield, they were the first Townswomen's Guild to perform 'Battle Of Pearl Harbour' and 'Camp On Blood Island' and we should also include their rendition of the extremely popular and critically acclaimed 'Nazi War Attrocities'.

i saw our regiments drummer the very tall one at 3:00

the population of the usa was 31 million in 1863 and at wars end over 600 thousand died the usa is now populated by 320 million can you imagine what that means in todays numbers if it happened now over 5 million dying

@billkeane528

5 жыл бұрын

p s and that was using 19th century weaponry

Pretty cool, Never get numbers like this over in the UK unfortunately ;)

@markmcpheters

8 жыл бұрын

rrrrrrrrrreeeeddddcccoooaaattt

@Davidofthelost

3 жыл бұрын

Well it would be difficult to reenact the Battle of London with too many people flying around.

oh dear...elite troops

I was there pards, Union Infantry private behind the stone wall. Absolute slug fest. *LIKED* and *SUBCRIBED*

@1stminnsharpshooters341

Жыл бұрын

Sharing my view at this same event 10 years later at the 160th Gettysburg battle - not quite as big, but what an experience. kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZIatvNeAcaTPmrA.html

With all that smoke it must have been difficult for the Generals to work out what was going on during the battle.

I miss re enacting and the 69th New York

Looks like the Union side got very little casualties in this reenactment.

Nice video of the war

and btw, who were those sissy companies that went into battle without their coats? Outrageous! Oh, it's hot!?! Well just go to those spring events. Men went into battle wearing their uniform. I was at the 150th Manassas and me and my company were one of the few Confederate regiments wearing our coats but every single Union regiment were wearing the blue. Come on guys, suck it up and put your damn coat on!

@edwardthemarshal6318

7 жыл бұрын

Jeff Ballentine Agree !

@rickrowell8465

4 жыл бұрын

Even if your FAT gut is to big to close the buttons! Put your FARB sack coat on!!!!

i wuz thar 49th NC them boyz been eatin good

que maravilla. nosotros ni eso hacemos con nuestra historia

Isnt this on private land?

@dgudas1

3 жыл бұрын

Yes it was on private property, just outside of Gettysburg.

Regarding the fellow referring to the Black Hat Battalion ... if you are referring to the Iron Brigade then you were rather lost ... the IB was at Culps Hill and did not participate in Picketts Charge.

@rickrowell8465

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, but why let authenticity get in the way? It doesn't matter in this re-enactment. It was nothing more than a FARB FEST for public consumption, reaffirming the BS they learned in school about the civil War.

Why were only like 4 Union people playing the part & acting dead? The Confeds seemed to have no problem playing the part. A lot more of those Union guys should've dropped.

in the union army well fed!!!! 80 %100 fat soldier

@spartanwarrior1

4 жыл бұрын

Miguel faust the real union soldiers are with today’s US army.

@pempotfoy6206

3 жыл бұрын

Just a silly joke, don't take it serious, you gotta admit a lot them are... Uhm.. fat

I love to suspend my dis-belief but it's hard when the camera man keeps panning over to the 21st century spectators...

3:17 the water boy

Saw the commander and Army of the Wabash folks.

4:31 God damn boy

I was marching with the Indiana brigade.

except back Then there Wasnt and solder with a pot belly....lol

@paulhindenberg6364

Жыл бұрын

Actually there were no real standards for militias on either side. It was a hodge-podge from the get go.

@cwb0051

Жыл бұрын

@@paulhindenberg6364 Alot of Circomstances...For one, there were Not Any Fastfood, they ate all "Organic" from their gardens, etc...No Additives, GMO"s etc...

15:16 that was gnarly bro

I especially like the guys without coats; Smart AND comfortable. After 15 years of reenacting myself; I got smart and had a uniform made out of dyed Muslin and did another 20 years before retiring in 1997. But I still miss it.

@KuChiPhuc

7 жыл бұрын

Nils Skudaarkaat fuckin farb

I would love to get into this

There's like 50 Clara Bartons going on here

if i were a reenactor theyd throw me out becuase i would get 'shot' and then roll and stumble around all dramatic like and be a total distraction

@nastrael

7 жыл бұрын

A Chaps Honestly, they'd probably buy you a drink.

I was in the 135th back in 98 it seems that was a lot bigger then this event by the looks of the video atleast, I could be wrong I didn't make it to the 150th

@hollywoodwerewolf

9 жыл бұрын

I was at the 135th. There were at least 11,000 Confederates participating in Pickett's charge.

@JonesNate

5 жыл бұрын

This was the second reenactment of the 150th. They had one at the farm where they filmed the movie; that was before July 1, 2, and 3. This happened the next weekend. At the first reenactment, there were over 20,000 reenactors on the field by Sunday's Pickett's Charge. My Dad and I were there, on the Union side. Dad met a lady from Australia who flew in just to fall on the fence, because one of her ancestors was a Confederate who died on the fence.

@JonesNate

5 жыл бұрын

Also, this second reenactment had something like a $200 registration fee per reenactor, if you didn't pre-register. The reenactment on the farm had a fee of $20 or something.

I've never seen so many well fed union soldiers before 😆

150th Gettysburg Reenactment

Damn with the Yankees

it's about time we see the union

Im in the Black Hat battalion at 5:39 with the big beard.

@rickrowell8465

4 жыл бұрын

Who's the officer with the Berdan's sharpshooter uniform on? The uniform was GONE by 63!

Sorry, the guys at the start need to drill more. Look so 2000's!

The South will Rise Again!

@darthbane2753

2 жыл бұрын

to lose again lololol

The most controlled event ever

Army of the Wabash (3rd Division) is seen.

i was here at eh 150th...

Just plain silly to see such a major battle reduced to a "reenactment."

SPONSORED BY VIDEOGAME WAR OF RIGHTS, AVALIABLE ON STEAM lol not sponsored BUT GREAT GAME 10/10 VERY REALISTIC

Gravely disappointed homie didn’t follow that dropped bayonet

Land of the Free and not oppressed

So Women actually walked the battlefield tending to the injured? They would have been shot too surely?

@johnfd0210

25 күн бұрын

I don't see how that can be accurate. Does anyone know? I have read most of the citizens of Gettysburg had either left town or were in their cellars (which even that would have been terrifying).

I hate the bleachers makes this look like some kinda of bs sporting event and not a tribute to the many brave men who died in this war

@sweetspirit3887

7 жыл бұрын

Cody Maxwell Lol true

@nastrael

7 жыл бұрын

Cody Maxwell You say that now, but as someone who was among the thousands watching, the ability to actually see what was happening on the field was greatly appreciated. I'm a tall guy, but even I can't see over a hundred people on even ground.

@francisco4benites

6 жыл бұрын

Cody Maxwell yea I would have to agree with the tall guy how could you see what is happening if your eye view I think even tho it does look bad it is better for those who are watching for those who actually dress up are paying tribute enough

@Hi-lb8cq

6 жыл бұрын

Cody Maxwell I said the same on another comment....wish they had another place for folks and reenactors to park

They should make these events private, the bleachers ruin everything

Ya know, given the events of the artillery duel in the battle, those spectators should be getting the ever loving hell shelled out of them Glad to see a video that features the Union more then the rebs.

These guys really do look like the Union Army