Finally if I understand the first day’s battlefield action, it helps to remember this generalization.. the south attacked from the North and the North attacked from the south ..awesome.. thank you Sir for sharing this history

@davidowens1675

Жыл бұрын

Let me suggest to you an audio book by the famous author Shelby Foote the title of the book is THE STARS IN THEIR COURSES, basically the Battle Gettysburg .... and is narrated by the author

@davidtuttle7556

Жыл бұрын

@@davidowens1675I concur. An excellent listen.

@patrickmcelhone1446

20 күн бұрын

I agree with your observations. So many of these presentations don't give the thing that's most important. Battlefield orientation

The only thing that would make this better is a time clock in the corner giving people an idea as to what time these avents took place

Finally, I've been waiting forever for this to show.

The movie Gettysburg gives the impression that Buford held against repeated attacks by Heth. In fact, Buford's two brigades suffered about 125 casualties on the first day, with the vast majority occurring during the afternoon's action defending the left flank on Seminary Ridge against Lane's Brigade. The handful of casulaties suffered in the morning engagement with Heth is proof that Heth never seriously tried to brush Buford out of his way which he could have done at any time. Heth did not launch his first attack in strength until the leading elements of the I Corps arrived. Heth's attack was repulsed but fixed the Union defense in position facing west. Rodes came up in perfect position to strike the right flank of the Union line on Oak Ridge but botched the attack, fighting his brigades in detail rather than delivering a coordinated attack. This necessitated Hill to conduct frontal attacks on the McPherson's Ridge line by Heth's remaining two brigades and an assault on the Seminary Ridge position by Pender's Division. Early hit the XI Corps right flank perfectly and drove it from its position. Lee's order to Ewell to assault Cemetery Hill carried two caveats; if practicable and only with the troops under Ewell's command. Rodes' Division was combat blown and disordered by the street grid of Gettysburg and would have to march out of town in front of Cemetery Hill in column and deploy into battle lines under the 20 guns on that eminence. Gordon and Smith were out on the York Pike guarding the flank and Hays was guarding prisoners and policing the battlefield. That left Ewell Avery's small brigade to conduct an assault. Still, Ewell told he could attack if supported by Hill. Heth and Pender had shot their bolt conducting the frontal assaults against the I Corps and although Anderson's Division was on the field Lee would not commit his only reserve. Johnson was not on the battlefield when needed at 4pm and by 7pm when he did arrive it was too late to assault Cemetery Hill or to occupy Culp's Hill. The great mystery is why Johnson did not follow Rodes but instead wound up in the Cashtown Gap which delayed Anderson and prevented Longstreet from reaching the field on the first day. Lee could not have asked for a better setup to defeat a part of the AoP in detail but his two new corps commanders were unable to give him the decisive victory he needed. With Hancock able to patch together a line to hold the high ground, Meade committed to the position and won the race to fully concentrate his army.

Wouldn't it have been great if the movie Gettysburg had been written as a trilogy with one movie for each day?

@HistoryGoneWilder

Жыл бұрын

Yes, it would have been.

Blew my mind, the video's presentation of every major engagement showed so clearly the scale and importance of the first day brilliantly. Thank you.

@HistoryGoneWilder

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! The Battle of Chickamauga will be animated in September.

The Iron brigade on the first day of the battle of Gettysburg was legendary.

Nice work , you really help to clarify how and where the fighting unfolded

Such a quality presentation. Thank you for your dedication.

When hearing the details of the first day's fighting, you can get a good idea of the destruction of the I and XI Corps on the first day of fighting. Taking of the smaller details into account, both forces overall put up good fights but overwhelming forces and heavy casualties compelled them to retreat. It was such a pity the Iron Brigade suffered devastating losses in the battle. It was one of the Army of the Potomac's toughest units. As for the fight with the Mississippians in the railroad cut, the capture of the Rebel standard and 225 prisoners were impressive feats as was the fight of the 149th Pennsylvania, as they were one of many regiments fighting for their home state in this battle. As for the 26th North Carolina, the fact it was one of the largest regiments in the Army of Northern Virginia, and lost a little over half their number at Gettysburg, is appalling. It reminds me of the Texas Brigade which lost 354 out of 800 men in the cornfield at Antietam, with one of it's regiments losing 82% of it's men alone. Such horrible losses. It was impressive the 200 man 16th Maine managed to put a good fighting withdrawal in the face of a larger Confederate force and was basically destroyed in the fight. Does anyone know the difference between a fighting and fire and movement withdrawal? Look forward to Day 2!

This is one of the most in depth animated battle maps of gettysburg ive seen. Would love to see day 2

@HistoryGoneWilder

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! Day 2 will be coming out in july.

@HistoryGoneWilder

Жыл бұрын

Please check out my other animated battle maps. The full length animation for Jackson's Valley Campaign comes out at 7pm est tonight.

I love your animation! You make the battles come to life! Keep up the good work!

@HistoryGoneWilder

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! Chickamauga is coming out in September.

I’m here visiting Gettysburg right now, with this video on my iPhone. It really makes this more immersive and meaningful. Thank you, and great work.

The Union’s loss on the first day, resulted in them gaining the high ground. This high ground gave them the victories the next two days and the advantage on Independence Day

Always interesting & informative...

I was wondering when your day 2 compilation video was coming for Gettysburg. You did such an awesome job with this one, i need more!

@HistoryGoneWilder

Жыл бұрын

I'm going to have to redo Barksdale's Charge and Culps Hill so it's going to take a couple of weeks to put those together. Hopefully before July ends I'll have them done.

Great presentation

Very much looking forward to day two.

Hands down this is the best depiction of the first day of battle I've seen. Great job. Enjoyed

@HistoryGoneWilder

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! In September, I will be completing Chickamauga. Last year I did the lead up and day 1.

@jamesdeen3011

Жыл бұрын

@@HistoryGoneWilder I will be looking forward to it in September mean I look up the lead of day one. Thank so much for your hard work.

@HistoryGoneWilder

Жыл бұрын

@@jamesdeen3011 thank you so much for watching.

One of the best civil war channels there s.

@HistoryGoneWilder

10 күн бұрын

@bcask61 thank you so much!

Outstanding video! Remember that Doles' Brigade was in Rodes' Division not Early's.

I am replaying the old SPI game Terrible Swift Sword and this invaluable.

I visited Gettysburg with my US cousins many years ago - loved it but also very heavy place. I love my Napoleonic history too - but yet to visit Waterloo or any of those major battles like Austerlitz, Wavre etc

It's crazy to think that Reynolds was killed so early in the battle upon contact with the enemy brigades

@wmschooley1234

Жыл бұрын

Great what if question. Would Reynolds have survived if he hadn’t personaly led the 2nd Wisconsin into Herbst woods? What if instead of a left echelon formation he would have formed a compact battle line with the 2nd Wis. 7th Wis.19th Ind and 24 Mich and then moved forward towards Herbst woods? We’ll never know but it’s interesting to speculate

@davidtuttle7556

Жыл бұрын

@@wmschooley1234and if he’d done as you suggested, would the position in the cut held long enough for the attack to go in? Or would the Federals have been pushed back before said attack was mounted and Oak Ridge fallen hours earlier than it did? One will never know. So many dominos.

Great video, but I believe you have the timing a little off.....the Iron Brigade (2nd, 7th WI, 19th IN, 24th MI) would have engaged Archer at Willoughby Run before the 6th Wisconsin charges the Railroad cut, not after?

@HistoryGoneWilder

Жыл бұрын

Because of the size of the engagement, some segments have to be discussed as a whole before I move to another sector. Thank you for pointing that out.

I can´t seem to find a complete day 2 episode on your channel sir, is it still in the works or do i need to look harder ? Keep up the good work !

@HistoryGoneWilder

7 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! One of my videos within the second day had ruined audio, so I am going to redo it and other videos to create the second day. The videos are out, Culps Hill, Cemetery Hill, Barksdale's Charge, and Devils Den. I'm redoing them and will hopefully have them out this year.

@bishop6218

7 ай бұрын

Then i´ll arm myself with patience, and in the meantime will absorb your knowledge in detail. Have a good day sir !

@HistoryGoneWilder

7 ай бұрын

@bishop6218 you too! Thank you, again.

was there a full day 2 & 3 on this? is see lots of videos and special on generals etc but i cannot see a 2nd and 3rd day on Gettyburg like this day 1?? There no suggest video tag at end and the playlist only has two videos after but none are day 2 or 3?

@HistoryGoneWilder

10 ай бұрын

I'm working on a full day two coverage. It will probably come out in January.

@Lone_GamerUK

10 ай бұрын

@@HistoryGoneWilder argh ok as the other was a year ago I thought I was missing it someone - loved day 1, you should add playlist and suggest vids at end of videos my man. I got a small gaming channel very small, but just found you and love all my history stuff so I check out a lot more of your content - looks great! 👍🩵

@HistoryGoneWilder

10 ай бұрын

@@Lone_GamerUK thank you so much! I'm working on putting together playlists.

How about covering Lees retreat from Petersburg to Appomattox? Keep up the good work.

@wmschooley1234

Жыл бұрын

Mr. Wilson: I agree. But maybe Dr. Wilder could start the Appomattox campaign touching on the battles of Fort Stedman, Five Forks and Sutherland Station. These aren't typically considered part of the Appomattox campaign but they give a lot of background and context to why the wheels fell off the ANV in a week culminating in Lee’s surrender on April 9, 1865.

Hancock, made day 2 and 3 by place of troops at the end of day 1. Day 2 hero was Warren by placing men on little round top.

@HistoryGoneWilder

Жыл бұрын

Don't count Hancock out on the Second Day. He sent troops to protect the Union line around the wheat field.

When can we expect Day 2 and 3?

@HistoryGoneWilder

Жыл бұрын

Gettysburg is such a large battle, I am breaking it up into pieces. Two segments of either Day 2 or 3 will be done in July. My patrons on patreon will decide which ones i will do. Maybe devils den or Pickett's Charge, or even the third day at Culps Hill.

I believe my Grandfathers grand father fought in Gettysburg under General Mahoney but i have had trouble finding this information.

Time clock ,contour lines and compass

Were you in the KZread panel this year at Gettysburg?

@HistoryGoneWilder

Жыл бұрын

I was not.

@shiningstaer

Жыл бұрын

@@HistoryGoneWilderI didn’t think so. Shame you are the most educational. Your maps are better than the ABT

@HistoryGoneWilder

Жыл бұрын

@@shiningstaer mention me to them. I'd love to do more appearances.

@HistoryGoneWilder

Жыл бұрын

@@shiningstaer thank you so much for the kind words and support

What’s the difference in a pike and road?

@wmschooley1234

Жыл бұрын

In some places pike is an abbreviation for the word turnpike which is a road maintained by paying a toll to use it.

@scottgoens7575

3 ай бұрын

I will elaborate further on what schooley said. Taxes in the early years of our nation were very few and far between. Roads were needed for trade but they did cost money to make and maintain. The labor also wasn't always available to build said roads in largely unsettled areas. From 1792 to 1845 families would often build and maintain pikes at cost to travelers. Not farmers for the most part, but those families invested in vocations in trade. Roadside Inns, Grist Mills, Foundries, and General stores are a few examples. Pikes usually existed where the geography became challenging for wagons. As townships grew the need for pikes lessened and local governments provided the funding for the infrastructure. Industry demanded it, Agriculture... not so much.

The only way I can watch your videos it is if I saw them down to 75%

Always remember Lee did have cavalry.

This Yankee gives this presentation a big "thumbs up!"

This video should have shown a much better view of the area of the battles relative to the town and the rest of the battle field, it's too limited in the small views and the symbology is very poor, you need to re-think this so it is easier to see for the viewer.

The Iron Brigade losing the 6th WI being detached was fateful for many men.

Gettysburg didn’t deliver a decisive follow up victory to Chancellorsville. Gettysburg didn’t deliver a “knock out” blow or destroy the Army of the Potomac. Gettysburg didn’t destroy Northern morale. Gettysburg didn’t result in foreign diplomatic recognition or aid. Gettysburg didn’t relieve Grant’s pressure on Vicksburg. The Army of Northern Virginia suffered over 37 percent casualties at Gettysburg. After only four days in command, Gettysburg was General Meade’s first (but definitely not last) engagement with Lee’s ANV. Not too bad for Meade even if the first days battle wasn’t a resounding Union success. Like Grant said at Shiloh, “lick’em tomorrow, though”. Respectfully, W.S.

The eastern soldiers were superior to their western counterparts inboth inflicting damage and beind able to absorb punishment.

@HistoryGoneWilder

Жыл бұрын

I think the Rock of Chickamauga would disagree with you. Lol

All hail the Iron Brigade!