My Great Great Grandfather, Eugene Kelleran, saw serve in Company i, 20th Maine from it's formation to the end of the war. He survived the war. If he hadn't... I wouldn't be here.

@alonsocushing2398

4 жыл бұрын

You have a right to feel very, very proud of that.

@jonpage4029

4 жыл бұрын

Me too. My mother had at least two or three people up on the hill. Ben Maddox was I believe her great great grandfather. The other two were from Milo Me. One was a teacher. Not sure about the other.

@davidbowman4259

3 жыл бұрын

That is awesome. He knew Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain -- my favorite Civil War figure after Grant.

@mrsx7944

9 ай бұрын

That's amazing. Brave men!

These guys are awesome. So beautifully explained, i can almost picture everything so clearly. Congrats on a great video.

Thanks. Always nice to get a truer history of an event. So many heroes at Little Round Top!

One of my favorite scene in the movie Gettysburg was the battle of Little Round Top.

I relate to Mr. Ullman's story. He may well have been describing my own youth.

20th Maine Monument was always fun to see in the morning!

I have been right there. It is very moving.About time to change Fort Hood to Fort Chamberlain. A real hero and a real medal of honor winner. "There came the 20th Maine swinging like a gate!" J.L.C. died in 1914 of his wounds!

@mrsx7944

9 ай бұрын

Chamberlain should definitely have a military installation named for him. If A.P Hill has one Chamberlain should have one!

Thank you so much for bringing a camera with zoom lens

Thank you gentlemen. Don't ever let them remove the Gettysburg monuments.

@BilgePump

3 жыл бұрын

I would be in favor of reducing the size of the larger ones. Some are over bearing and inpinge on the story.

@mrsx7944

9 ай бұрын

The Gettysburg monuments will always be safe. They're on FEDERAL property.

I've visited the military park more than once and I don't understand why the main road to access the round top parking lot was constructed directly through the 83rd Penn position. Why not have built it around the east of the 20th Maine's position and not disturb the hollowed ground? Would love to see this done even now - so the 83rd's battle line position could at least be restored.

@chrispedraza4140

3 жыл бұрын

Yum, maybe pull together a protest for them to hear us? Great idea.

@shane2768

3 жыл бұрын

The same can be said for any of the roads on the battlefield. All of the roads built after the battle run through hollow ground.

I would very much like to see this area restored to its original appearance before the roads and retaining walls were built.

Hope you guys go up north a bit and talk about the 1st Minnesota and their charge to save the Union Center during the second Day's actions.

@MrLange256

4 жыл бұрын

Remember Harper's Ferry... Willard's Brigade and 1st Minnesota, suffer together nearly side-by-side on day 2

@davidschneider6306

2 жыл бұрын

The case can be made that the Minnesota 1st is the reason we are still living in a democracy, although it certainly is under attack by the oligarchs today.

@simjtuder2531

2 жыл бұрын

Hancock…reportedly put the 1st Minnesota in position. One of the unsung heroes at Gettysburg.

I had three uncles in the 15th Alabama Company A they were all brothers. I think they mostly fought the US sharpshooter to the right of the Attack. One of them later died at Chickamauga the other two survived the war.

@dougcoates4283

4 жыл бұрын

3 uncles wow

@44musher

4 жыл бұрын

Good bit of family history.

@edwardweaver1467

4 жыл бұрын

The 15th Alabama Heavy infantry if I'm not Mistaken under command Of colonial will Calvin oats, Originally managed to get to big round Top after rear guard duties and then was Ordered to located and assaulted Left flank.

@rc59191

Жыл бұрын

3 of my 3rd great grandpa's fought for the Union. One was a Zouave in the 2nd Delaware, one with the Iron Brigade, and another fought with the 1st New York Light Artillery. 2 of them fought at Gettysburg and made it all the way to Appomattox.

Here's to the brave boys of Maine, Michigan, New York and Pennsylvania!

Shelby Foote's 3 volume set is the gold standard of the the Civil War.

@bobfrapples1208

4 жыл бұрын

Not really and yes I've read it.

Watching from Vermont. My husband's ancestor, Don B Celley, fought in the battle

@davidbowman4259

3 жыл бұрын

Vermont played a huge role at Gettysburg -- and in the Overland Campaign a year later.

This is awesome, my great great grand father was in the 59th OVI GAR and fought at Perryville (Reserve) but was on the front at the battle of Stones River. Have a journal entry from him where he talks about watching Confederate soldiers pick cotton as they March across the field and stuffing the cotton balls in their ears because of the deafening sound of the weapons firing. Our family has been in literally every war from 7 years to today, I served 13 years in the Navy and Army, blue to green, and my nephew is in the 173rd Airborne! Proud of our family and history and thank you BFT for what you do! From Kentucky we support you all!

My dear now departed brother and I had a tradition. Whenever one of us visited Gettysburg he would stand at the Twentieth Maine monument and text the other "Bayonets!" Maybe that's not exactly how it happened but then Tolstoy takes some liberties with history but War and Peace is still a great book.

Its just amazing to me, that brigades, regiments, etc could move so efficiently with semaphore flags. Can you imagine if they had walkie-talkies?

@davidberry8431

3 жыл бұрын

How do they see signals through all the trees?

@donlove3741

2 жыл бұрын

How'd the Macedonians, assyrian..........

@DC_10

2 жыл бұрын

@@davidberry8431 the photos taken after the battle shows fewer trees at that time.

@rc59191

Жыл бұрын

One of my favorite things to learn about in the Civil War is the Signal Corps in the Union in Confederate armies it was really cool stuff how they communicated with flags and quaker guns. When I first joined the Defense Militia my first job was in their Signal Corps.

This is my favorite part of the story.

Great job on these.

Great video, but you really need to splice an actual map into these videos so folks can see exactly where you are in relationship to everything else.

Great video!

Several of Joshua Chamberlain’s books are again in print (literally in print or available as e-books on kindle, etcetera) and are well worth reading. Chamberlain was a lucid, clear, well organized writer, though with a somewhat floral 19th century style. John J. Pullen’s regimental history, The Twentieth Maine, (available in print at used book prices and in a number of electronic formats) is highly readable and functions both as a specific recounting of the 20th Maine’s experiences and as a very good entry point into the Army of the Potomac’s part in the Civil War from mid-1862 to Appomattox. Pullen’s 1957 book, The Twentieth Maine, was a childhood companion of mine. It was the doorway, as it were, to a lifelong study of the Civil War.

I would have appreciated the famous "shelf" where the 20th Maine planted its colors during the battle.

No matter what people say god bless these Confederate and union soilders who took their lives at such a place

@swirvinbirds1971

4 жыл бұрын

Agree... A soldier never gets to pick his cause nor his battles. Brave men on both sides.

@jrunn93

4 жыл бұрын

Swirvin' Birds that’s false lmao

@swirvinbirds1971

4 жыл бұрын

@@jrunn93 explain how? It's a simple fact buddy

@stephensdygert7600

4 жыл бұрын

A evil man seeketh only rebellion; therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him. PROVERBS 17:11(kjv)

@goldenshark3182

4 жыл бұрын

Stephens Dygert That’s not a good quote, the Founding Fathers rebelled against the Crown in 1776 and I don’t consider them evil.

16th Michigan! Go Blue.

When I was at Gettysburg this past summer they had Little Round top closed 😣

These should be required for every school aged child to watch, this is disappearing as we watch this.

How did the 83rd PA and 44th NY partnership form? What are the contexts? That's a very interesting nugget.

I've always wondered if generals tried synchronizing their watches in the Civil War to coordinate major movements when they were far from one another.

It's one thing to read about the battle and see pictures, but to actually walk on the field gives an entirely different feeling. If you have not been there, you probably don't appreciate just how steep the hill is. Simply walking up Little Round Top from Devil's Den is exhausting. The only place that was reasonably approachable was where the 20th Main was redeployed at.

Well said Mr Ullman

Is that wall they are standing next to the original fortification built by the Union troops, or was it built since?

I’m a veteran. Arlington is filled so when I die, I have provided direction that my ashes be spread on this exact spot. Now let me save you some trouble. I checked with the Park. It’s LEGAL.

As a 'fan' of Civil War history, I always feel an urge to remind folks not to 'romanticize' or 'celebrate' this horrible scar on our country's history. This was a hideous tragedy that ended tens of thousands of lives, permanently maimed countless more, and devastated millions of family members. Certainly NOT anything to celebrate. Hopefully, we can at least learn from it...

Go Doug

I'm wondering how much Dan Sickles, putting his division nearly a mile out of place, affected this part of the battle.??

@chrispedraza4140

3 жыл бұрын

Greatly. Some suggest it was a great idea that stopped the grays first echelon maneuver on day 2, caused some delays and confusion for the grays. Sickles still should have held the original position, though.

@rc59191

Жыл бұрын

His decision has mixed reviews. The scheming lawyer in him said he saved the Union line by doing a spoiling attack but I and many others believe it nearly cost them the battle. Had they not got reinforcements to fill in the gaps in time it would of been a slaughter for the Union.

Where was Company B Maine role who led

What about Co B 20th Maine ???

My ancestor were rebs!

Microphones would have helped tremendously.

is it just me or is the sound bad ?

@richardschaeffer210

4 жыл бұрын

No sir. The sound is really bad.

Freedom is paid for in blood

Hurrah for Colonel William Oates and the 15th Alabama Infantry

In many instances all that can be said about a historical event is, "something happened."

@mikeburch2998

4 жыл бұрын

She needs to get deported.

Vincent is underated at little round top. Chamberlain overated.

@dafyddprichard1540

4 жыл бұрын

Stephens Dygert Chamberlain isn’t overrated he was just the only prolific officer on Little round top to survive the battle, hence why he is known far more than say Strong Vincent.

@stephensdygert7600

4 жыл бұрын

@Marshal Rooster J Go study it out. You'll see. Don't take anything as historical accuracy or truth from Ron Maxwell movies. Gettysburg was ok. God's and Generals glorifies the "lost cause" position of the Confederacy. Hopefully someone will do a great civil war movie someday.(Besides Glory)

@jonrolfson1686

4 жыл бұрын

Vincent died heroically while performing his duty as a brigade commander in an outstanding and exemplary way. As a dead hero, his reputation was entirely dependent upon the memories and, eventually, the written records of those who survived. Vincent seems to have been well served by those who knew him and those who knew of him. Chamberlain, who might be said to have thrived as a volunteer officer in the Civil War, survived as a prominent Mainer, and was a prolific and lucid writer. Though Chamberlain’s skill with the pen might be seen as having rather burnished his reputation, he doesn’t seem to have departed from the truth or to have made exaggerated claims regarding the importance of his own particular actions. The quality of Chamberlain's prose made his books and papers a welcome source for later historians and synthesizers.

@cheryldrisko5963

4 жыл бұрын

Chamberlain brother's and the 20th Maine were the right men at the right time hero's not too be forgotten.

@rc59191

Жыл бұрын

You say this from your many years of military service? Nobody that's answers the call to defend their country is ever overrated we all do our duty and that's all that matters.

Maine troops killed my great, great uncle. I find this very offensive. Tear it down.

@Mark-Ozi

4 жыл бұрын

20th Maine only killed traitors at LRT

@tommyhunter1817

4 жыл бұрын

@@Mark-Ozi Do the letters FO mean anything to you Yank?

@Mark-Ozi

4 жыл бұрын

@@tommyhunter1817 Death to traitors?

@davidbowman4259

3 жыл бұрын

He was on the wrong side. Sorry about that, Southern apologist.

@tommyhunter1817

3 жыл бұрын

@@davidbowman4259 Want a re-match.