Mail Call: Tim Reads Your Fan Mail

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Viewers leave all sorts of comments on our videos. Some are positive. Others are negative. Tim reads your comments for the first time and responds.
You can send Tim a letter here:
Adams County Historical Society
c/o Tim Smith
P.O. Box 4325
Gettysburg, PA
17325

Пікірлер: 54

  • @TheHistoryUnderground
    @TheHistoryUnderground2 жыл бұрын

    Tim is a national treasure.

  • @EstellaBeard
    @EstellaBeard2 жыл бұрын

    LOL Tim Talks too much! I can never get enough of what he has to say and share!

  • @kalicokathy1944
    @kalicokathy19448 ай бұрын

    I'm 80 yrs old. Have always been a Civil War buff. Being pretty much confined to home I appreciate your videos they are so informative and keeps my mind occupied

  • @carolinechronowski6080
    @carolinechronowski6080 Жыл бұрын

    I can’t get enough of Tim! Love his work!

  • @heynowls3058
    @heynowls30582 жыл бұрын

    Tim, Like this idea a lot. More. Fun! I like the Oxford comma, use it often, more, and more. Ha.

  • @jumpmaster82nd.
    @jumpmaster82nd.2 жыл бұрын

    The accounts are chock full of levity in the ranks in critical moments. They enjoyed a laugh and as long as we appreciate what they did, and we ALWAYS do, they would obviously laugh along with us. Keep it up Tim and Adams County Historical Society! You ARE appreciated!

  • @michaeldouglas1243
    @michaeldouglas12432 жыл бұрын

    Hahaha. Really enjoyed this. I follow several other history KZread channels and they also receive all sorts of comments. Some are so absurd and crazy, makes for a good laugh.

  • @billfoley3836
    @billfoley3836 Жыл бұрын

    I thoroughly enjoy your videos, Tim! Thank you for all you do!

  • @gettysburgmaam8437
    @gettysburgmaam8437 Жыл бұрын

    Tim, you need to link that goose attack video so we can see it lol

  • @patriciaspadea2266
    @patriciaspadea22662 жыл бұрын

    These are trolls , please Ignore them their ignorant. Need to get a life. Your fantastic at your job! Please keep it coming!🎩🇺🇲

  • @Grant25
    @Grant252 жыл бұрын

    Should definitely do more of these Tim. Your views and subscribers have grown recently because of the consistency with new videos on your channel. Your sarcasm is hilarious and it’s really entertaining when you get wound up about a topic

  • @michaelhenry8890
    @michaelhenry88902 жыл бұрын

    Tims the goat of sarcasm.

  • @melissaok9713
    @melissaok97132 жыл бұрын

    It is as you say it is. Thats why happiness is a choice. If someone else disagrees then that is because it is to them as they say it is. So therefore, it is as you say it is. Nobody can discount your own personal experience, they can only argue the perceptions because, again, it is as you say it is. If you believe that rock to be good luck to you, then it is as you say it is. To another person it may be bad luck because, well, pardnon the redundancy, it is how they say it is. May you continue to be successful in your endeavors and reach many enquiring minds. Thank you.

  • @kimfitzsimmons7408
    @kimfitzsimmons74082 жыл бұрын

    This is great. Thanks, Tim.

  • @jimastro67
    @jimastro672 жыл бұрын

    I really enjoyed the stories Tim told of the leeches that used to attach themselves to the people who waded in to Rock Creek in the 1800's. I look forward to more warm and fuzzy tales like these.

  • @herbpyle712
    @herbpyle712 Жыл бұрын

    Looking forward to meeting you in the spring.

  • @paulineemmert7727
    @paulineemmert7727 Жыл бұрын

    I just discovered Tim and now have binge-watched as many of his KZread videos as I can! I love the way he explains every little interesting detail!

  • @philphucas3663
    @philphucas36632 жыл бұрын

    Great stuff! Thanks Tim!

  • @paulb1161
    @paulb11612 жыл бұрын

    Tim,sure appreciate your videos. Your Love of civil war history comes through. Appreciate your presentation style.

  • @mjciavola
    @mjciavola2 жыл бұрын

    Tim is hilarious. I always get great laughs.

  • @anthonybendl8125
    @anthonybendl81252 жыл бұрын

    Like always, Tim, telling it like it is.

  • @eddiecollison
    @eddiecollison2 жыл бұрын

    Timmmayyyyy!!! I'm very glad I randomly got you as a guide back in 1992. We had a great time scaling Big Round Top. Had another tour with you in 2018. Almost moved there to become a guide as you recommended and still may someday. Love your energy buddy.

  • @jeffkelly1173
    @jeffkelly11732 жыл бұрын

    Hi Tim, I enjoy your content and your presentation style and obvious passion for the subjects you cover. Especially liked your take on ghost stories...never thought of what you said, it makes total sense.

  • @AdamsCountyHistoricalSociety

    @AdamsCountyHistoricalSociety

    2 жыл бұрын

    Much appreciated!

  • @george5112
    @george51122 жыл бұрын

    I've been really enjoying your videos, commentary and sense of reality with the paranormals. Keep the apostrophes, it's part of our history. Would you do a walk through video in the Gettysburg Museum of History? Rebels are gonna yell, oh well. Thanks, George

  • @dwightwiles7107
    @dwightwiles71072 жыл бұрын

    Hey Tim, enjoyed the video at union mills last year. Just want to let you no that one of the very large trees fell in the bad storms 2week ago. Witness tree think but maybe, it was located near the creek next to the mill. Also I work for Carroll County roads and I am very interested in the story of Gen. John Sedgwick force march to Gettysburg. Maybe if you could and if you can give more indepthness of the march. Just can't find to much on it like stories from the soldiers. I know Gettysburg keep you busy and it is your job, so I'll ask little direction with this could help. Thanks, Dwight

  • @rickpaton7538
    @rickpaton75382 жыл бұрын

    This is fantastic!! Tim is a treasure!

  • @rifp8440
    @rifp84402 жыл бұрын

    love the video, I'm from Pittsburg and once a month I made day trip to what ever point of the battlefield I happen to be studying. I've seen Gary and Chris on the battlefield making videos. and while I and my family were eating behind the Farnsworth house you walk through and I shook your hand and introduced you to my clan. you're a hero of mine. my dream would be to have you and Matt Atkinson lead me on a tour of the off beaten paths of the battlefield. I will never see every foot of Gettsyburg but I love reading and then finding the places I've learn about. Thanks Tim for being here for US Gettsyburg addicts.

  • @Gitarzan66
    @Gitarzan662 жыл бұрын

    'Rock' on brutha.

  • @mwdjr3158
    @mwdjr31582 жыл бұрын

    Love this channel!

  • @Sheilamarie2
    @Sheilamarie22 жыл бұрын

    I really enjoyed this content, too: input from the viewers, both good and bad (silly!). I believe I am the "Sheila" you spoke of, and it's all true. Civil War/Abraham Lincoln/US History nerd since childhood, and not ashamed (when you are a girl, especially, folks seem to scratch their heads). I'm happy to see the subs increase, and love Tim's humor/sarcasm; not offended at all! Thank you for ALL the content!

  • @fastsetinthewest
    @fastsetinthewest2 жыл бұрын

    I know our comments are not read. Tim's dislike for the late great Union General Custer gives me a lot of laughter. Custer is a true hero not given enough credit for his bravery on the field of battle. Custer was so liked that he got the Appomattox surrender table, right? I watch Tim because he takes no prisoners just like many of the Union troops and how they treated many Southerners.

  • @wendeln92

    @wendeln92

    2 жыл бұрын

    Hero maybe during the CW but later on Custer got a lot of men including himself, his two brothers, brother-in-law, a nephew and 250+ men killed because of his huge ego. He was always very reckless and his actions during the Indian Wars were definitely not heroic. " ....takes no prisoners just like many of the Union troops and how they treated many Southerners." Ummm....yeah, have no idea what you are talking about. .

  • @mijuajua4820

    @mijuajua4820

    2 жыл бұрын

    Do you know the truth of what Custard did to the Native American women they captured? Please do your research on this topic.

  • @fastsetinthewest

    @fastsetinthewest

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@mijuajua4820 Hahaha. Do you know what the Indians did to their captives and especially woman? One most well known case is Cynthia Parker of Texas. You want to go down that Rabbit Hole? Hahaha. Come on! P.S. I'm part Choctaw.

  • @fastsetinthewest

    @fastsetinthewest

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@wendeln92 Well, certainly a statement parlayed by many Custer haters. Custer's strategy was to always go after the Indian woman and children, surround them, and the men would give up. A good example of this Custer strategy was at Washita, Oklahoma. Custer killed about 800 Indian horses too. At Little Big Horn, this surround the native noncombatants failed. Custer saved the Union at Gettysburg. Too bad for the ignorance of many. The heroism of Custer at Gettysburg is completely ignored by the vast majority looking at Gettysburg. Why? Because Custer gets a bad rap at Little Big Horn. Have your read any of the books written by Libby or George?

  • @johnzajac9849
    @johnzajac98492 жыл бұрын

    Tim: Why didn't Gen. Pickett submit a post-battle report after the battle of Gettysburg? p.s. One of Gen. Grant's aides said that he witnessed only two men who could remain calm under heavy fire: a cavalry bugler and Ulysses Grant. p.p.s. As Gen. Lee sat on the porch at the Fox House near the North Anna River in May, 1864, a Federal cannon ball struck the frame of the house a few feet from him. Lee finished his butter milk and biscuit and then left the house.

  • @willoutlaw4971
    @willoutlaw49712 жыл бұрын

    Several myths are prevalent: Loch Ness Monster, Gettysburg Ghosts, and the myths that Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson were great generals.

  • @michaelhenry8890

    @michaelhenry8890

    2 жыл бұрын

    Been saying this for years. Lee is overrated.

  • @billlawrence1899

    @billlawrence1899

    2 жыл бұрын

    The Valley Campaign, The seven days, Cedar Mountain, 2nd Manassas, Sharpsburg, Fredericksburg, and Chancellorsville suggest otherwise.

  • @michaelhenry8890

    @michaelhenry8890

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@billlawrence1899 Chancellorsville was much like the other “successes” of Lee, it was Union failed leadership and generalship. You can call Chancellorsville a success for the Rebs all you want. Lee lost 1/3 of his strength, Jackson lost his life, and there was nothing of true worth gained for the confederates other than ground that didn’t matter. Chancellorsville was a loss for the secessionists, not a win.

  • @billlawrence1899

    @billlawrence1899

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@michaelhenry8890 Lee was not interested in winning battles. He was extremely disappointed after chancellorsville actually, because his goal was to destroy the Union army. And that was never going to happen. And the Confederate high command knew all along that they could never win this war militarily. They had to win it politically and that meant bleeding the Union of its will to fight. The copperhead movement in the North was becoming stronger with each Confederate victory, and that's what Confederate leadership was counting on to eventually bring this war to a conclusion in their favor.

  • @shiloh6519

    @shiloh6519

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@billlawrence1899 Yet Lee surrendered despite all those "great" victories.

  • @mijuajua4820
    @mijuajua48202 жыл бұрын

    Did you say you were attacked by balls or bulls?!🤣😂😳

  • @billlawrence1899
    @billlawrence18992 жыл бұрын

    Tim. I love your commentaries and obvious extensive knowledge and passion for the subject. I have visited Gettysburg several times, and always ready to do it again. Like you, I am a hard core skeptic, and always look for the logical explanation for things. I don't believe in ghosts and I don't disbelieve. I just don't know. I know you have heard more of the stories than I have, so I'd be delighted to get your logical explanation for a few things I have heard. For example, the tale that old John Burns refused to walk in a certain area after encountering something that scared the bejeesus out of him, and that old bird didn't scare easily. Are those videos taken in dim light of something that appears to be transparent men crossing a road mere tricks of video editing? I confess I went on a ghost tour one night ( My daughter wanted to go ) and it was pretty silly. However, as the "guide " suggested, I snapped my camera in the totally dark room, and sure enough, the image displayed numerous red dots and streaks. I did not use a flash. What in hell?? In that same room, half the tourists claimed to here birds chirping, I did not. And then there's that legendary tale of the two women riding the elevator to the bottom floor, it opening to a horrific scene of a Civil War hospital ward with surgeons performing amputations. My immediate thought is give me the names of the women who claim this and when did it happen? Or the one about the women who looked in a window at night and saw the body of General Reynolds on a slab. About 4AM one October morning, I snuck into the park and found myself at Spangler's Spring. I had heard the tale about the "woman in white", so I sat myself on a rock to wait for dawn and said out loud, "OK lady, show yourself". She never did. Sassy wench!

  • @Frank_nwobhm
    @Frank_nwobhm2 жыл бұрын

    "You talk too much" ??? I guess that person wants you to stand there and make shadow puppets with you hands.

  • @kimberleyannedemong5621
    @kimberleyannedemong56212 жыл бұрын

    Geese are meaner than a junk yard dog. I'm a new subscriber & have become a fan. I agree with your opinion of Dan sickles. I cannot abide him. As a nurse I understand that sometimes levity is needed to get through serious situation. Drs. & Nurses sometimes have very gallows humor

  • @wendeln92
    @wendeln922 жыл бұрын

    7:37 - pro-northern/southern? Wow, When I was a kid/teenager growing up in western NYS I was also more pro-Rebel/Robert E. Lee, etc with all the bling in my room (CS battle flag, pictures of Lee, Jackson, Stuart, framed Confederate money and the Frederic Ray CS uniform cards (purchased during 1st visit to Gettysburg, early 70s). My first reenacting impression was a Confederate soldier but pretty soon I learned to understand and appreciate the Northern war effort and viewpoints. I'm not a huge fan of government and politicians but Grant, Meade and a bunch of other despicable Yankees are definitely my heroes. Humor and History? Why not? Yes there should be an understanding of the suffering and sacrifice but as others have mentioned the soldiers themselves definitely appreciated humor - sometimes their idea of funny is a bit different from ours - but they were human beings just like us and they did know how to laugh.

  • @martanpan
    @martanpan2 жыл бұрын

    Do you believe in time travel - and if you do - if you could go back to July 1st 1863 - for 5 minutes - who would you go to - and what would you say???

  • @Gretchenmomof7
    @Gretchenmomof72 жыл бұрын

    But there is a Loch Ness Monster! 😉

  • @carlalorch8650
    @carlalorch86502 жыл бұрын

    😆 Well, supposedly Bigfoot supported the south because I read a story that Bigfoot rescued some wounded Confederates. 😂

  • @mijuajua4820

    @mijuajua4820

    2 жыл бұрын

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