I love the way the host just cranks through battle details, but in such a way that you can follow along. And his enthusiasm is off the hook! Love it!

@xJamesLaughx

2 жыл бұрын

Agree, his enthusiasm for the subject really makes these an even more enjoyable experience to watch.

@terrygp1

2 жыл бұрын

At lightspeed when he gets excited lol (.At first I thought it was just my meds kicking in.) I do wish he would slow down abit, well alot , but I appreciated his enthusiasm..

@j.j.guerrieri8121

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, he is excellent

@jimchumley7907

Жыл бұрын

Check him out explaining the Battle Of Antiedam. He's the best and his enthusiasm is so real you would actually think he really witnessed the battle itself.

@bassmangotdbluz

2 ай бұрын

That's Garry Adelman, Chief Historian for the NBT. I could listen to him lecture all day long.

Do not calm down Garry! I love your personal energy.

@margospringer2367

2 жыл бұрын

I agree with Hayseed, you are the best of the best at telling the story about the battlefields of war. Your interpretation here was both descriptive and moving.

@bassmangotdbluz

2 ай бұрын

Garry rocks! To Hell with Decaf, lol.

Gary, your enthusiasm expressed through your voice and gesticulations are your signature piece. Never give them up!!! We love you and your love for sharing our history. Thank you so much for all you do!!!!!!

Thank you Gary for sharing your knowledge!

Garry, KUDOS! You and your team make history exciting, relevant and accessible. I've been watching all of the posts. Love each of them. From California, sign me a big fan!!!!

Gary Does an amazing job... Thank you American Battlefield trust

"I'm going to try to slow down and lay out the story as best I can" - gotta love ya for the effort (to try to slow down), Garry - but your ability to lay out a story is above comparison. Great job as always!

@terrygp1

2 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣

Thats a beautiful monument to General Stonewall Jackson

No endless preambles, no unnecessary rambling, this is how every tour or informational KZread video should be! Concise, engaging, fast-paced information. I understood this part of the battle of Manassas in a more immediate way than ever before. And the host is inherently likable! 5 stars, 5 bags of popcorn, bravo.

ABT consistently brings some of the best history content to the American public. A work of passion is worth more than a ton of gold.

Thank you for pointing out the natural spring. Something easily taken for granted, yet a site for battle graves at the time. Thank you so much for your energy, and for this in depth discussion. Much appreciated.

Thank you for putting the human cost of war in this video. The past speaks to us, not in whispers, but full throated if we would but hear and be moved by the voices. Again, thank you for your passion for the history of these hallowed places.

@JessicaShull1928

2 жыл бұрын

Couldn't agree more..

Garry, Keep doing what you do well. I love your enthusiasm/passion for the U.S Civil War. Especially for the photographic history. Don't change a thing.

Thank you so very much. Excellent!

Wonderful presentation Garry. These histories bear retelling again and again, as worthy memorials to the people who suffered here. They should never be forgotten.

Thanks again for the sobering reminder of the loss.

Thank you!

Excellent! Your use of the old pictures really hits home. And your knowledge and detailed explanation of how the battle unfolded is exceptional. Thank you!

awesome stuff my 8 year old and I are learning alot of interesting details

My g-g-grandfather fought at first Manassas in Company I of the 5th SCV regiment in D.R Jones brigade.

Really good job of giving good info and trivia, Gary. Keep it coming.

Great job. Every interesting

Great videos guys and love your enthusiasm and knowledge. Keep up the great work and I am grateful we have these videos for future generations to reference them, many thanks.

Jackson and his four disciples a force to be reckoned with. Gary, Gary thank you sir for the visit and wonderful work you and the American battlefield trust do.

I was there great battle field

Thank you for the battlefield walk - excellent.

Excellent presentation. Thank you.

17:15 Outstanding!

You are doing a great job and this is a great service to the history of the United States.

Garry, you are a national treasure as well buddy. Thanks for that passion and all you’ve done, and continue to do.

Don't worry about slowing down! You do you!

Incredible presentation that has thoroughly educated me. Thank you 🙏

I moved to Manassas in 1965 and I remember the Robinson House in a dilapidated state. The yard and lands were closed at that time to keep people off of the unsafe porch on the house. It was gone by about 1970. In the late 70s, there was a stable on the Fairfax County or north bank side of Bull Run that rented horses by the hour to trail ride in the NBP. It was just over the hill from where the Robinson House had been located.

this was great. thank you. that vivid story of supreme sacrifice you read at the end was moving.

This is great this guy is awesome thank u so much I've been going to battlefield s for 45 years walked them all read the markers and books but these videos explain it all gettysburg s was excellent this year I love the fact you do them on the anniversary of the battle you can imagine what the weather was like thank u so much

Absolutely love the enthusiasm you have for the Civil War. I would like to see an episode on the 1862 raid through West Tennessee, that was done by then, LTC Nathan Bedford Forrest.

@Calatriste54

2 жыл бұрын

Shiloh too(?)

@exposethenwo6491

2 жыл бұрын

Battle of Parker's Crossroads would be a good piece.

OUTSTANDING!!! I'm so glad I clicked on this video.

This is an outstanding series. And the somber ending of this episode is entirely appropriate. We should remember when reading the numbers of casualties that each was a living human being who came to a sudden, violent end. And those who survived would be shaped and haunted by what they saw forever.

@karlatessitore2484

Жыл бұрын

Amen

That was the best presentation I've ever seen Garry Adelman do. His calmed down demeanor is so much better than many others I've seen. Thanks for a great overview..

Thanks,great stuff.Thomas Jackson emerges as a legendary general .🇺🇲💙

So familiar. I grew up on the battlefield, my home a half mile from the stone house. Roamed all over it as a kid, and still learn detaila of which I was unaware with each presentation.

@billlawrence1899

2 жыл бұрын

@@orianna9200 No, I didn't. I even went out late some nights hoping to experience something. Nothing.

This guy is a fantastic Battlefield tour guide.

i love this mans passion for this topic

160 years today! Love me some American battlefield trust!

This is great work done by the battlefield trust and national park to preserve history, I was impressed by how vivid and preserved this battlefield is still today and how many information are there for all to read and study. I had the pleasure to walk the battlefield and understand the details of the events so vividly that is rare. Coming from Italy, I visited many other battlefields in Europe, Napoleonic, WW1, WW2, but the job done here is outstanding. I have donated for the preservation of the site and the protection of the remaining acres for this important piece of history and I encourage everyone to do the same. I have been at Gettysburg as well but Manassas with its relatively small size it makes it for a vivid picture and deserve to be visited

Absolutely bleedin brilliant

Seeing that the water hole is still there is fascinating. Strong work

Wow this was a fantastic tour. Thank you

I used to live in Woodbridge and have visited there several times. Glad to see your updated video of the Manassas battlefield.

Loved this. Visited the battlefield with the family the very week that this video was filmed. Garry correctly dismisses the revisionist fallacy that Bee was speaking negatively about Jackson when he made his famous "Stonewall" statement. Anyone that has read about the battle easily understands that Bee's brigade was already shattered and streaming to the rear before Jackson's troops even arrived on Henry Hill. The disgruntled Bee storyline was nonsense from the beginning, and easily recognized as such.

Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us!! God Bless 🇺🇸

Another really special ptogram....Garry, I definitely will be purchasing your book that you were referencing from during today's spectacular informative vignettes from Manassas Battlefield..

Garry, I love your videos. Your excitement and enthusiasm are absolutely contagious! Don't ever calm down. Just keep doing it as you are. It's clear that you have absolute command of your subject-matter, and we are all learning from watching and listening to you.

You guys are the best! I love these video's!

General Barnard Bee was a young Lieutenant at Fort Ridgely near New Ulm, Mn during the Santee Sioux (Inkpaduta) attacks on Jackson, MN. and Spirit Lake, IA in 1857. He led a relief expedition to the area.

Love Your Enthusiasm Garry ! ... What a Wonderful Way You Explain These Civil War Battles with Your Knowledge and Original Photos.

Great episode today! Hope the weather held up!

Beautifully done with passion, skillfully eliciting both excitement and hallowed sobriety. I've walked by that water hole many times and never known that detail.

Love the story at the end as well

Love how the actual battle map gets shown while telling us all the info its so important that us the viewers get an idea of whats going on and whos all in play and what is being done.

Good job Gary.

Great conclusion. Good job all around.

Excellent job Garry!

Another great video. But, before Widow Henry, twelve civilians were killed in the Pratt Street riot.

Amazing. Thank you so much for this.

Love the education behind the story

you all do good work

Gréât présenter, enthusiastic…

Greetings from germany :)

I have to say after viewing MANY of Gary Adelman's Civil War Videos..... THIS was his best presentation so far.....Not in the content .... which is excellent.....BUT in the delivery......He is usually too hyper to follow at a relaxed pace.....BRAVO..... Gary ...Your enthusiasm about the Civil War sites is unsurpassed by anyone.... Thank You for your dedication....

Thanks very much 😀. I have been to Henry Hill and seen the visitors center, statue of Jackson, cannons, the house and cemetery etc. Thanks for explaining everything. I really enjoyed it and now know the whole story.

Great video, but Barry denied ever telling Griffin to hold fire.

Thank you for your historical accuracy of my ancestor, Gen. Barnard E. Bee. He rallied in front of Jackson and stormed down Henry Hill in fro t of Jackson. He and Bartow of heroes of 1st Manassas.

Thank you very much!!!

"As Far Back As I Can Remember, I Always Wanted To Be A Gangster" -Henry Hill

The base of the Barlow monument needs to be anchored in.

@tberkoff

2 жыл бұрын

Bartow.

Your enthusiasm is great. Keep it up

WOW Great video

GREAT WORK GARRY & ANDY ! I love the presentations from American Battlefield Trust. I've learned more about these battles from them than anywhere else. My family visited Manassas, Wilderness , Antietam and Gettysburg some years back and I've always wanted to return to do more trail walks. **Is there a way to purchase the battlefield maps which Garry is holding in this video ? ***What happened to the graves by the watering hole ?

@AmericanBattlefieldTrust

2 жыл бұрын

The maps are all available and free on battlefield.org or you can look for a copy of the American battlefield trusts book called battle maps of the eastern theater.

@AmericanBattlefieldTrust

2 жыл бұрын

And the fallen soldiers were removed within a few years to a confederate cemetery. I believe the one down the road off of the Warrenton Turnpike.

Some of the most intense infantry fighting of the battle, including hand to hand combat, occurred on the Federal right flank on Henry Hill -- where the Visitor's Center and parking lot is now. I wish the park had the funding to relocate the VC like at Gettysburg, but that won't happen. Also, the final action at Second Manassas occurred where the parking lot is today.

@tberkoff

2 жыл бұрын

@Christopher Bogie Huh? You are confused. Learn to read. I never said it was the bloodiest battle of the war.

I have seen the Memorial on the 2nd Manassas Battlefield near the Unfinished Confederate Railroad, The Deep Cut, completely covered with King Snakes, Copperheads and Timber Rattlers basking in the Fall midday Sun.

Gary is a rock star/

Ed Bearss' take on O.O. Howard............." he wrote his mother every day. "

@krich3914

2 жыл бұрын

ED........ So,,,,Maybe his mother told him how to conduct military moves.....

@russharbaugh2028

2 жыл бұрын

@@krich3914 Gary correctly added later that Howard was personally a very brave and religious man, Ed Bearss was wary of the daily correspondence with Mom. Ground pounders see things through slightly different eyes. well done today Gary, you covered 1st Bull Run superbly.

Grew up going there,my ancestors in the 8th and 17th Virginia infantry were there

Very somber stories, of soldiers & civilians.😥

I’d also like to say that I’d donate money for them to blast a bunch of artillery and muskets into the wood line to make it look more like 1861. Or at least some thinning and sheep/goat work to clear it a bit.

Outstanding! As a nation we had that fight coming for a long time. And what a fight it was!😂. The first modern war began here.

Nothing screams nostalgia, like live shells, on a war monument!! 🙄

@stevevalley2784

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, can't get more authentic than that! Oops!

@sandramosley2801

2 жыл бұрын

Atmosphere!

@darronlewark6504

2 жыл бұрын

I bet building that thing was a blast!

@matthewharward1655

2 жыл бұрын

@@darronlewark6504 apparently not, thank goodness lol

Discussion re: Barnard Bee and Stonewall begins about 18:30

The black lady in the chimney became deaf because off the cannons going off right outside. Being in the chimney amplified the concusion of the cannon blasts.

What book does Gary have with the pictures in it?

@AmericanBattlefieldTrust

2 жыл бұрын

Manassas battlefields then and now

KEEP THE PASSION AND INTENSITY OF THIS HISTORY FOLK BUT MAYBE SOME NEED TO VISION WHAT YOUR TALKING ABOUT AND TAKE THEIR TIME ENJOYING THE STORY BROTHER , BUT WE NEED TO KEEP HISTORY ALIVE CUZ WE WILL BE DOOMED TO REPEAT IT AND REMEMBER THE FALLEN ON BOTH SIDES MAY THEY NEVER BE FORGOTTEN TAKE CARE FOLKS 👌👌

How does Garry keep up with all his hats? He seems to wear a lot of different hats in these videos.

Then Kirby Smith and Jubal Early co.e up with reinforcements. These were 2 MAJOR Confederate commanders through the War.

Are you coming back August 29th for the Second Battle of Manassas?

You always mention George Hazard, but i hear nigh a mention of Orry Main from you ;)

"stonewall" owes Hampton's Legion for fighting the delaying action which gave "stonewall" the time he needed to deploy his brigade.....

Henry Hill? I didn’t know Goodfellows were there…

Battle at Bull Run by William C Davis is a good book. What happened to the headstones that where by the waterhole?

Imagine having a battle right at your house!