"The Ground is strewn with boulders, the soldiers up there are entrenched all over the ground, and their guns in the rocks, every move i make is observed! If I attack as ordered, I'll loose half my division!"

"Gettysburg" is my wife's SECOND ALL-TIME FAVORITE MOVIE. She watches is every July, and the soundtrack gets played throughout the month. I'll have to show her this video.

@jeffsmith2022

7 ай бұрын

The soundtrack is rather outstanding...

@michaelvaughn8864

2 ай бұрын

​@@jeffsmith2022Every song is well written and incredibly rendered, Mr. Smith💯👍 My fave is Over The Fence

@michaelvaughn8864

2 ай бұрын

​@@jeffsmith2022Followed a close 2nd by Charging Up The Hill

The movie is very special to me not only because I love Gettysburg and because I have a Civil War ancestor (Corinth/Hatchie River) but because it was the last movie I saw with my father before he passed away. These 30th anniversary vignettes about the production are informative to see and bring back great memories. I hope there are more coming. Thank you.

As a re-enactor I was a member of the 24th Michigan Regiment of Volunteers...great experience and we also were extras in the GETTYSBURG movie where we shot the Pickett's Charge scenes...as both Union and Confederate soldiers!!!

I was in Gettysburg 2 weeks ago. There is no way you can do a bit of justice to that hallowed location, unless you spend days exploring. Well worth the drive from Michigan! Thank you American Battlefield Trust!

@AmericanBattlefieldTrust

7 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed your trip!

Excellent presentation! I really enjoyed the interview with Patrick Gorman!

This is wonderful stuff very informative and entertaining ……great work fellas from across the pond👏🇮🇲

I'm glad this video is back. I was already wondering why it got deleted.

I was at the 30th anniversary and went on the movie location tour. A highlight was visiting this barn...

I was in this film at the age of 16. My God, such a LONG time ago 😢.

My 3x great uncle died (July 7, 1863) at the Plank farm after having an amputation. He was with Daniels Brigade (NC) & was injured on the first day of battle. Crazy to think of everything those men went through. The movie did a great job of telling the story of those 3 days.

Been to the barn several times over the years, inside once. Another great post.

This is Awesome, Thanks American Battlefield Trust!

The birds (sparrows, I suspect) can be heard throughout the scene. I always listen for them when viewing the movie. Great moviemaking to leave that in.

Got to see this location when I attended the 135th Gettysburg reenactment back in the 90s.

I would love to see this film. 🎥 And love all this History. Love Tim’s input. And good to know that it’s fiction that Longstreet never visited a wounded Hood in a Hospital. 💯👍👊

I’m from Taneytown. My wife and I are watching the movie she’s from Brazil and has never seen it.

Love Patrick Gorman!

What map was used to show the plank farm?

Stephen Lang was actually thrown from his horse filming that scene. I was on set as a reenactor at that barn and told to lie down in the grass as a dead body. It was a hot day and I ended up falling asleep. I nearly ruined a take when I woke up to a pyrotechnic explosion going off in front of me.

Just as good the second time around... 😊

this video just made me think... next year is my 50th birthday. i was 3 years into a 25 year reenacting hobby career at the time the film done and i gave time to it... i never thought about the property of the Plank farm as Hood's actual hospital site. for my 50th birthday i am staying at an Airbnb on Plank Rd... i think it is named for the farm and is very close to the location of the farm. i know that land was purchased by the trust a bit ago. not sure what is happenning with that property now. But, i am sure i would be just yards away as it appears a bit close on the map. now i will be reciting Hood movie lines every time i go to the airbnb to rest between days. Best part is i will have my wife and three kids with me now to enjoy it.

This barn was generic in the time of the ACW. I believe it was seen in the 2nd Maine's march to the battlefield as a backdrop. Good location management which I'm sure the beancounters appreciated.

Wonderful!

Patrick Gorman was 89 yrs old in 2023. I hope I'm in the same shape if I get to that age in my life.

another great one.

I can't remember who said it but I always got a kick about what someone said about Kyd Douglas's book "I Rode With Stonewall." They said it was more like "Stonewall Rode with Me."

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It's not a hat It's cap specifically a kepi.