Thank you, National Park Service and its Rangers. I have enjoyed these Battle Walk videos and am very pleased to see one on this aspect of the battle which is often overlooked. My Great-Great-Great Grandfather was 5th New Jersey (co. A) which was part of this portion of the battle. This might be one of the least-viewed of these Gettysburg NPS videos but it's a special one for me. Again, thank you.

Very informative and well done. The video was first rate in this one. So many of these are so poorly shot because the videographer is either pointing to the ranger's head and the sky or not panning to the areas these rangers are pointing out. This one was delightful. Thanks

Keep them coming boys! Excellent Work!

You know what would be the most effective, invaluable resource GettysburgNPS could provide for the really hard core Civil War enthusiast is a set of time progression maps showing brigade/regimental level detail of who was where at what time and so on with respect to the shuffling that went on both before and after Longstreet commences his assault around 4:30 PM on that second day.

@CAROLUSPRIMA

9 жыл бұрын

Robby House Oh, are you ever spot on. I've been to the battlefield and even at that it's so difficult to orient yourself and figure out who was where when. Hell, it's thirty square miles. These programs are great but the distances involved prohibit any spatial awareness. For example, Sickles didn't merely move his corps forward; he completely divorced himself from the Union line. This medium prohibits a full understanding of his movement. Anyway, I was thinking the same thing. Go to civilwaranimated.com. I find it to be somewhat helpful.

@tims.3950

5 жыл бұрын

Not as detailed as you might like but better than nothing. My apologies if you've already seen this. kzread.info/dash/bejne/qIl_1MeeoJW2YbA.html

Always compelling & informative ...

That fence in the opening looks like it dates back to 1863.

@cygil1

3 жыл бұрын

It's a replica. The NPS have been building them to replicate the appearance of the battlefield.

Most people are not aware that Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead faked his death and moonlites as a park ranger. Thank you for the excellent talk on Humphreys division, Mr Garcia.

With all that horse manure dropped in 1863, no wonder the land looks so rich.

Ranger Smith talks about how Burling's brigade is in the Trostle wood thicket and is ordered to come out into the open to to the west of said thicket at which point Confederate artillery began lobbing 12 lb. shells into its ranks because they are exposed and out in the open. Was this the first time Confederate artillery begin to fire? Only after seeing Burling's brigade as it come out of those woods as I would think they'd have long been busy firing away at Graham's position in and around the Peach Orchard further up on Emmitsburg Road much more exposed and closest to the Confederates in Pitzer's Woods.

@zettle2345

6 жыл бұрын

Artillery is not an exact science. if you have multiple batteries firing at the same area, how do you know which guns hit where? And yes, they hid in the trees, because they were receiving artillery fire. Too much micro-management

Least favorite so far. This ranger can’t tell the story without constantly using his notes, he jumps around talking about this regiment and that brigade without really physically pointing out where they were all positioned, and he needs to work on his speaking delivery. I’m sure he’s trying his best, but it’s just not very good.

Fuzzy manure math

I have to turn off his lectures because of his speech impediment.

@TRYETRAMBULL

7 ай бұрын

Eh whatever Ranger Smith is great, encyclopedic knowledge and drily humorous delivery, one of the greats. I have no problems understanding him and don't get why people don't just keep it to themselves if they don't have something nice to say.