At 9:04 they mention the Bucktail Brigade. My 2nd great grandfather, Milton S. Lawhead, served with the 149th Bucktails and fought all three days at Gettysburg. He went on to fight in most of the major battles that followed Gettysburg in the east and survived the war. Milton named his 1st born son after his commanding officer during the battle Col Roy Stone. Roy Stone Lawhead was my great grandfather and I remember him...

@joijaxx

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing your history!

@00zero11b

4 жыл бұрын

Was he wounded at all?

@retiredguyadventures6211

4 жыл бұрын

@@00zero11b His application for a pension which is in the National Archives states, in his own handwriting, states that he suffered from a wound to either his wrist or ribs. We cannot make out his handwriting.

@andyg5050

Жыл бұрын

My 4th Great Grandfather served in the same brigade. Christian Zimmerman as a private; at Gettysburg. He died at North Anna River battle in 1864 as a Lieutenant, after several field promotions.

@retiredguyadventures6211

Жыл бұрын

@@andyg5050 Milton got sick from exposure at North Anna and went to the hospital. It caused him to miss Cold Harbor and probably saved his life. Do you know where he is buried?

Iron Brigade, forward! On Wisconsin! Long live the USA!

@fateagle4life

4 жыл бұрын

Same could be said for the Union after Chancellorsville, Bull Run 1 and 2, Fredricksburg, Peninsula Campaign, Jackson's Valley Campaign, etc.. I also find it interesting that in most Union victories that the loss of Union soldiers was greater than confederates. A war where numbers and money, like most wars, win at the end of the day. Question is if Grant and the Union did not have the greater number of soldiers, supplies, and manufacturing, could he win a battle? He never won/fought a battle where he was outnumbered. Just an interesting thought.

@gatekperjr

4 жыл бұрын

You know that New York had the first Iron Brigade, and the 84th was the core of that brigade. They were in the same division and fought close by each other in many engagements. They were actually intermixed in the "Wheat Field" at the Battle of Antietam.

@bobfrapples1208

4 жыл бұрын

@@fateagle4life Numbers, soldiers, supplies and manufacturing all factor into war. Perhaps the rebels should have considered this. Their largely agrarian culture could never compete with the Union. They basically had to organize an "national" army on the fly. I understand your argument that the Southern soldier may have had more pluck and motivation, but at the end of the day all of war is a calculation and calculations involve math. The Union had it and the Rebs simply did not. What if's and hypothetical questions are interesting. What if the Confederates had chased the Union back into DC at First Manassas? What if Ewell had pushed on through the Union line on the first day of Gettysburg?

@siryort7024

3 жыл бұрын

Woot woot Rufus Dawes and the 6th!!!

@davidbowman4259

3 жыл бұрын

Yes!

The Grey Wolf....Lysander Cutler-my ancestor! 👍🇺🇸 I love Stonewall Jackson, who didn’t make it to Gettysburg and that was a major factor in this battle and the war. But I’m proud of you Cutler!

You all do a wonderful job of framing the history of these Civil War events.

My first trip to Gettysburg during grad school I made a comment about the 14th Brooklyn monument at the RR cut, my prof. (a former army major) replied "I hate you belt buckle guys." LOL

When I was ten years old I went to Gettysburg with my dad and we stayed at the hotel that was located at the area of general lees headquarters when I was walking from the parking lot of the quality inn hotel onto the grass of the battlefield I had found two rusty screws which where from apart of a railroad the only reason I found them was because I had tripped on something while I was walking from the parking lot and I then got up on my feet and then I went and looked for the the thing I tripped on and it was some part of a railroad it was like screws or something railroad related but when me and my dad left Gettysburg I brought the two things I tripped on back home with me as a souvenir since I had found them and I was a kid at the time and I didnt know to leave them there and I have had them ever since that trip with my dad when I was 10 years old

I love the railroad cut.

Watching on 3 different big screens close as I can be there!! Thanks all making my day! How can Gary talk so fast I get tired listening to him!! Great Job!!!

@michaelmorgan9824

4 жыл бұрын

Sorry Garry auto correct dang!

You do a really good job. Thank you.

Another interesting fact about the 55th North Carolina Regiment is that, on the third day at Gettysburg, it followed Pickett's brigade, broke the Union line, and went farther than any other regiment that day, making it the regiment in the Army of Northern Virginia to go the farthest north during war. There is monument in Asheville, NC memorializing this achievement.

Los Angeles says Hello!! Go guys and Ladies!!

My 4th great grandfather Levi B. Miller fought with Company B, 143rd Pennsylvania Volunteers, Bucktails brigade. He was at Chancellorsville, Gettysburg and other battles before being captured and dying in captivity in Andersonville, GA in 1864.

Watching from Leicester uk nice job

@adams8434

4 жыл бұрын

Watching from Leicester NC

Kris White - excellent presenter!

love this channel. please upgrade to remote lavalier mics for all who will speak

The thing to remember about the RR cuts is they're not 'trenches' that you can use to get a defensive advantage, except for a couple tens of yards at each end. between those the cuts are higher than a human head, and so you're essentially just standing down in a hole in the ground, totally helpless if the enemy gains the upper lip. Davis' troops weren't using those cuts as trenches, but just as an easy way to move east in their attack on Cutler's troops. They were literally 'fish in a barrel' once the Union troops made it from the Chambersburg Pike to the lip of the cut.

@decimated550

4 жыл бұрын

soldiers could have stood on their fellows' shoulders!

Excellent!

The 84th was the original "Iron Brigade"!

"That's the metal of the 6th Wisconsin!" Legends among men 😎

Living vicariously through y'all. You're bringing back great memories for this southern descendant

Kris is amazing!

Those red legged devil's!

Will you guys post the video from McPherson's ridge? I noticed a couple videos from Facebook are missing on the KZread channel.

Is it legal to walk down on the Rail Road tracks in Pennsylvania? In NJ we fish off the Rail Road tracks not sure of the PA laws regarding Rail Road tracks

How often do trains come through?

Up at them Bucktails!!

"Double-quicking"? I think you mean double-time... march!"

North Carolina was the last Southern state to secede -- and then, paradoxically, it lost the most men of all the Confederate states. The Tarheels were especially decimated here at the Gettysburg. Shout-out to the 26th NC. Ah, the vagaries of history ...

most of the heavier slaughter happened to the north of you guys. Rhodes was able to attack your position because finalt he could secure his own left flank. nice spin you put on your Bucktales though.

What Gettysburg fan hasn't had their picture taken standing in that railroad cut?

@Swlabr61

4 жыл бұрын

actually, i haven't. i was there almost four years ago. but then, i was by myself. i do hope to go back someday, though.

@Framer_Mike

4 жыл бұрын

Me, but i have plenty pics of it ;)

werethere any vermont soldiers involved at Gettysburg?

@philiphales2109

4 жыл бұрын

You can download the Civil War Trust’s Gettysburg App. It has an order of battle for each army and maps for deployments .

@ltrain4479

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, there was.

Gettis. Burg.

Since you included the 165,000 soldiers and 2,500 civilian residents, why not mention the 60,000-70,000 non-combatant support staff?

Whats going to happen when Americans start wanting to remove these statues i'm a Canadian and would love to visit this place in history i better go soon

@genes.3285

4 жыл бұрын

Hopefully, the mobs will never get that far. The mentally challenged among them (likely, the majority) apparently don't know the meaning of the word "abolitionist," because statues of abolitionists have also been torn down.

@philiphales2109

4 жыл бұрын

The mob is planning on protesting at Gettysburg on July 4th.

@Strauss-

4 жыл бұрын

history books will burst up in flames and all knowledge will be lost.