This was the best ever shot of the battlefield for me to understand the ground and visualise the battlefield. Being in the UK I haven’t made it to Gettysburg but these videos have been such a wonderful resource for me. Thank you Garry, Kris,Chris and friends. Your work is invaluable. Devon uk

Watching and enjoying 2 years later, and of course, does not deter from the History/facts, etc. of this, my favorite American History. Thank you, I just love this and cannot get enough..

Great video! I had family in the 15 Alabama, 8 Alabama 21 Mississippi and Washington artillery. One things for sure, they were in a scrap 157 years ago today!

@decimated550

4 жыл бұрын

men far from home, outnumbered, but STILL on the attack, that's bravery my god

My great great grandfather was in company I 8th Alabama . (Emerald guard) I got to visit Gettysburg with my grandfather when I was 9- it was fun but I wasn’t mature enough to take it all in. Great videos

Thanks. My 3rd great uncle, an 18-year old private with Willard's 125th NY Infantry, deserted this day. I found his records in the National Archives, including his volunteer enlistment, signed with an X by his Irish immigrant mother. I can imagine the day was absolutely terrifying for a young man whose regiment had not really seen much action before this battle.

@aliraeh

4 жыл бұрын

@ He made it to an army convalescent camp in N. Va, and then wandered away from there after a few months. I don't find him until a few years later in Troy, but I think his family fudges his status in the 1865 NY census. Said he had reenlisted. I expect he was laying low with his family after he went AWOL from the convalescent home.

@6thmichcav262

Жыл бұрын

If he ended up in Virginia, is it possible he was captured in Barksdale’s attack on July 2? He could have been paroled. And it wasn’t unusual for soldiers to re enlist after being wounded or captured.

Nice to see young folks so enthusiastic and knowledgeable about our history, too bad is way to few.

Currently in Gettysburg. Went to little round top today. Cemetary yesterday.

I've mapped this field in ten different scales now, for different companies and games. One game in particular is called 'Longstreet Attacks!', and covers exactly this action. I've walked this ground more times than you can imagine. Gary Adelman is a trip to do tours with! Almost as much energy as Wayne Motts and Charlie Fennell. ;-)

@wxman5401

4 жыл бұрын

Revolution Games has a winner there for sure

@6thmichcav262

Жыл бұрын

Gary is indeed very knowledgeable and passionate. But he needs to tone done the hopping and tiger hands a couple of notches. It gets distracting.

Though his subordinates made great tactical decisions, many overlook George Meade's masterful management of the Army of the Potomac on July 2 in response to this punishing assault. After all, it was only days after he took command.

@model-man7802

4 жыл бұрын

Cant help but feel if Reynolds had survived the Federals would have done better on the first day.

@willoutlaw4971

4 жыл бұрын

Meade was a much better general than Lee.

@DonDon-zm3vz

2 жыл бұрын

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If I remember right there's an observation tower behind these gentleman and Eisenhower's Camp David is located near here as well. It was a powerful experience visiting Gettysburg. Thank you boys for this video, your excitement for history is contagious!

@jacksons1010

4 жыл бұрын

Eisenhower’s home and farm are in Gettysburg. Camp David, the Presidential retreat, is some distance away in Maryland.

I saw you guys near the PA monument today and said hello! Told my kids to watch your videos for a good history lesson. Yes, we subscribed!

You three gentlemen combined for a gem of a video. All obviously know their subject completely. But it's fantastic to see the excitement and vigor in the way you present this history. While I'm fairly familiar with the battle and troop movements, I was carried into the "you are there" zone focusing on the gravity of the situation. What a wonderful job. Thank you so much.

Thank you Gary for your enthusiasm and making these woods come to life again!. Don’t forget to have you and your guys point out the topography and directional landmarks. Also at least actual experience in each of these segments! 👍

I just left the battlefield, and I can tell you it’s beautiful right now.

@rubyait

4 жыл бұрын

Kilroy's Omen KO Entertainment Take your political bullshit somewhere else.

Really enjoying these videos ! Great job !

Love this Garry thanks for sharing

Fascinating stuff... Its a period of history I know a little about, "a little". Great to listen to the experts.

Appreciate your work. Well done.

Simply put, these guys are a National treasure!

i love hearing about Arkansas i love my beautiful state! I wish they would do a video and pea ridge or prairie grove

Great video! I like the guides' enthusiasm.

Hopeful the 1st minnesota gets a mention today!

Interesting that Chris mentioned Elon Farnsworth, we finally got to see where that battle took place and were surprised at the terrain it happened in.

Longsteet said that Barksdale’s charge this day was the greatest that he witnessed in the entire war.

On a hot day, veteran troops going into a fight, would drop most of their extra gear with a couple of men left to keep an eye on it. You'd have your haversack, cartridge box, bayonet[if you had one]and canteen. Your rifle would be the heaviest thing you carried. Around twenty pounds, depending on how many rounds you had, and what was in the haversack.

@decimated550

4 жыл бұрын

Imagine dropping ur kit and then being routed, and never seeing your belongings again . No cup or haversack or personal items

I would like a video on how the gap opened between Hood's brigades. To close this gap, Brig. Gen. E. M. Law had switch regiments from his right flank. This move saved Little Round Top for the Union.

Garry must be related to John Moschitta, actor who used to do the FedEx commercials. Trouble is I speak really slow and listen even slower.

You guys are the best. Love the detail and energy. Too many park rangers put me to sleep.

Fascinating video as always! Maybe suggest a graphic at the beginning of each video that points out where you are with something to indicate the field of view...might be a great enhancement.

Like Pickett's Charge the next day, this was an assault that shouldn't have happened. Better to stay in place than have 15,000 attacking 42,000. With odds like that, the outcome was pretty much preordained. Other than that, a very good video. What may be helpful is showing for several seconds at the very beginning a detailed map of the battlefield and pointing out exactly where you are.

@printolive5512

4 жыл бұрын

Agree completely. Not only were the Confederates outnumbered 3/1, but the Union troops held the high ground. But, if Hood had not been wounded, and kept the attack focus on taking Big Round Top and Little Round Top, then the Confederates would have flanked the whole Union line, occupying the highest points on the battlefield and Meade would have had to either withdraw or attack which would have been a very difficult option . Their best general was Reynolds and he was killed the first day. Hancock could have led the attack but Meade was an engineering general not a combat leader and facing Lee and Longstreet was not a good option for him. Fascinating to consider the "what if's".

I must have walked 10 miles on the field today, the length of Confederate avenue, little round top and the wheat field. There is nothing like being at these places on the day and the hour they took place. It's my way of honoring the soldiers on both sides. I took lots of pictures and spent more time than usual really looking at the statues and monuments in case the American Taliban comes over here and starts yanking them down.

@model-man7802

4 жыл бұрын

Good choice👍

@Pwrcritter

4 жыл бұрын

Sweet, did u sense anything?

@stevent9179

4 жыл бұрын

@@Pwrcritter I did hear some yelling actually when I was in the wheatfield, spooked me a little to be honest.

Somewhere between 46000 to 51000 American casualties occurred in the 3 days of the Battle of Gettysburg. Many of them right in the areas that you can see in this video. 7 to 8 thousand of these men gave the last full measure of devotion to the cause for which they fought during the first 3 days of July 1863. I dont mean or want this to rise to the level of criticism or rebuke of the narrators, but that is sacred ground where you tread. This place may be the greatest of tabernacles to our Republic. You aren't talking about a video game. This wasn't a horse race or a hockey game. A great recap, but I would ask even beg you, sirs, for a little less Barnum and Bailey and a little more remembrance of how those men consecrated that hallowed ground. Just my piddling $0.02.

@vivians9392

2 жыл бұрын

I agree!

Is there any video done on the myth of Little Round Top being significant as the left flank of the Federal line?

Hey from the 150thpa bucktails

I know I am out of this area but closest to my question. Off the South Confederate road and on Big Round Top are multiple monuments. Are the trails up to both areas going to be cleared? I was there once and it was like breaking bush to get to 5th NY Cav area.....

I'm here from 159. Wondering if I put up enough mirrors, can I time travel?

Very nice

how can i buy a blue ABT base ball cap? I live in england

@AmericanBattlefieldTrust

4 жыл бұрын

shop.battlefields.org/apparel-accessories/baseball-cap.html

Why are all the comments not available ?

So let me understand, Longstreet has 14,000 soldiers go on a forced march in order to not be spotted but has no problem waving flags and be noticed once in place to fight?

4pm? why so late in the day?

If you ever need help protecting those statues I hope you put out the word. I'm sure there's a lot of people that would come.

Lah Fay it Mclaws?

Interesting that more men attacked on the second day than did on the third day, which featured the ill-fated 'Pickett's Charge'.

If I were Longstreed and had Hood coming up to me asking to change plans - I would have said: "Alright tiger, do as you wish, I trust your judgement, but take that stony hill a.s.a.p., then make sure to roll up them yankeys off of that ridge. Once you're done Anderson will move in, so be quick, do not let him wait. OK? Go and stop bugging me."

I run these at night. I am a tired old man. I have trouble following them at their speed. I have been to the park often. I understand it, but don’t get much here.

@decimated550

4 жыл бұрын

Huh? Following who? You Don't get much of what exactly?

what if instead of rifles they used arrows

@decimated550

4 жыл бұрын

I was thinking the exact same thing maybe you and I are twin brother

If there is no water on the "Confederate" side, where is Lee's Army getting water for 4 days for 75,000 men and 20,000 animals?

It was the Confederacy fighting, not the whole South.

The 2nd day of that battle was a weird day for the confederates. Their infantry got incredibly overstretched, Longstreet had to follow this awkward order for an oblique movement back towards where he started near the Union centre and the fragmented move "en echelon" further blunted their punch. Weak sauce!

Gary needs to get off the adderal.

Bad no subtitles

@ltrain4479

4 жыл бұрын

There are auto generated english subtitles.

Shoutout to the Northerners for smacking down those traitors!

Pretty funny how you think the average solider was thinking about slavery

@mwalker.81

4 жыл бұрын

He said they were thinking about food, water, and sleep.

Where does this historian get the idea there’s such a word as “accrost”? Across will do it just fine Boss. Language matters, just like historical details.

@ltrain4479

4 жыл бұрын

Tim is a licensed battlefield guide and an archivist at the Adams County Historical Society. I don't think he claims to be a historian but the way he says "across" is just his Baltimore accent. I'm used to it, having grown up in that area. Tim is one of the most knowledgeable people regarding anything Gettysburg related.

@nativevirginian8344

4 жыл бұрын

I guess he knows his stuff, but he sounds like a carnival barker. It’s like he’s talking about a great party that happened here. A little reverence please.

@elcarto22

4 жыл бұрын

I believe that Shakespeare suggested to kill all the pedantics right before the lawyers....