This film is a gorgeous thing. In addition to the fabulous information, you’re letting people see parts of America that won’t otherwise be documented in a vehicle many can see. Definitely a blessing.

@TheHistoryUnderground

Жыл бұрын

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@jasepyle1221

Жыл бұрын

Amen to that!

@ThreeZeroOne

10 күн бұрын

Maryland is a beautiful and misunderstood state. Yes, we're the wealthiest state in the nation 😐🤷‍♂️, but the money is heavily concentrated in the Washington suburbs, the Baltimore suburbs, and Annapolis. Most of us aren't wealthy, and live near beautiful farmland and the equally beautiful Eastern Shore and Chesapeake Bay. Everywhere west of Boonsboro, Middleton, and Frederick is country (lotta dairy farms, like south central PA). Everywhere south of Washington is low country (formerly a top tobacco region). And everywhere east of Annapolis is also farmland (corn, poultry, aquaculture). The area between lower Delaware and Salisbury, MD is actually the top poultry producing region in the nation.

What a treat it was to find out the movie The Blair witch project was filmed near the Antietam battlefield.

I, as most here, am a history buff and moved to Maryland about 30 years ago. I live at the base of South Mountain with Fox Gap, Turner gap and Crampton gap about a mile or so away with Antietam Battlefield naturally right over the mountain. When you hike these steep battlefields, see the markers where canons rained fire and commanders and soldiers died in hand to hand struggles. The stubborn attitude of both sides to fight on this terrain where movement could be seen for miles and it necessary to climb into hails of bullets. I never tire of the history of this area. My wife grew up on the Monacacy battlefield outside Frederick, MD. where Lees battle plans were recovered. When the Confederates marched into Maryland through Middletown, where I live, they were met with a very chilly welcome. Being met by two young girls waving the US flag, Stonewall Jackson remarked to his staff "We have no friends here" and was later chased by Union Forces where they tried to stall the Union coming into the South Mountain passes. Battle raged until the Confederates fell back and the terrible Antietam battle happened. A great video here my friends and more on the battles like Gettysburg are amazing. Thank you for them. **The wind does really rip regularly up the valley here if you come to visit.

Thanks for covering the Maryland campaign in it's entirety. Antietam was perhaps the most consequential battle of the war. Yes, more so than even the Big One a year later up in Pennsylvania.

I've always been a student of history, mostly American Western history in general and mining history in particular, but after discovering your channel a couple years ago, you've gotten me into Civil War history. You're a bad influence, Bro.

@TheHistoryUnderground

Жыл бұрын

Ha! Awesome.

@scottklocke891

Жыл бұрын

J.D. , you're a welcome bad influence

Love traveling those back roads and going to the Gaps. Reminds me I need to get back to Harper's Ferry and Shepherdstown!

Thanks for squeezing this into your trip. Love hearing about these lesser known places.

Such a sad story played out in such a beautiful spot on God's earth. Anyone who hasn't been to Sharpsburg and surrounds, go. You'll be awed.

@TheHistoryUnderground

Жыл бұрын

Quite the place.

Nothing better than seeing new Civil War content on your channel. Like Christmas morning 😅

JD you do such a great job on these documentaries. Thank you 👊👍

Once again, JD and crew knocks it out of the park. Well done gents!!!

@TheHistoryUnderground

Жыл бұрын

👊🏻

@darrellhampton5057

Жыл бұрын

@@TheHistoryUnderground JD have you guys done anything on the Battle of Franklin, TN yet? It's about as bad as Gettysburg, but in the west ofcourse.

Thanks for my favorite Sunday morning video.

@TheHistoryUnderground

Жыл бұрын

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Great video! Very interesting. That video went by fast. Can't hardly wait for the follow video!

The German Reform Church is so picturesque. Hard to fathom it's gruesome past as a trauma unit.

Best to choose your battleground and have a strong, fortified, defensive position. I was thinking if the trees were of the same density and growth, then as they are now.

Have a good week buddy be safe

Great video of a part of American history that we never hear of. Thank you for your work.

Never heard of this! Good am from Alaska!

@TheHistoryUnderground

Жыл бұрын

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Thank you! One more piece of Civil War history I never knew about. We always learn about the major battles but never the ones leading up to them. Great video as always.😁👍

Very interesting. Thanks for your hard work.

My great-great-great-grandmother's brother, Stephen Treadwell, died of wounds suffered at Crampton's Gap. I managed to visit the battlefield a couple of years ago.

@simonsmith1974

Жыл бұрын

Your relative was a brave man.

I am such a fan of your civil war videos. You go to all the places I will probably never be able to go myself.

Very Nice JD!! Drove past it many times when working in Brunswick. Cheers JJ

Years ago I used to drive up and sit at the War Correspondents Memorial and just enjoy the view. At that time I knew it was part of the Battle of South Mountain but didn't pay much attention to that. It's a beautiful spot. Thanks for the video! I love learning more about the history surrounding me.

Thanks JD - you do a wonderful job - always love it when you cover an American Civil War topic.

@TheHistoryUnderground

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Got a bit more Civil War content coming up.

Enjoyed the video mate can't wait for the next one

Thank you for telling me about the history of the Civil War and times after. I enjoyed watching the video about Jesse James, I have driven by several times over the years as my family lived in the area. Thank you and I appreciate your hard work presenting our history.

Very interesting place and event! I am going to dig more into this.

@TheHistoryUnderground

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, this is one that doesn’t get much attention.

@HistorySavior1941

Жыл бұрын

For sure, I have heard the name of this battle, but I did not know any details. Now you have peaked my interest. I will have to stop by on my way to Gettysburg during my road trip and check it out.

Back in the mid 70s I visited Crampton's Gap, and then Turner's Gap on the way to Antietam Battlefield. I'm sure it is not like it was then as I never got far from the road. I would like to go back but your videos brought back some nice memories. I took some slides of that trip and they have probably faded away. Thanks for finding the time to visit Crampton's Gap.

I just absolutely love your channel. Especially the Civil War content. I appreciate the respect you give your subjects and to the people who lived and died in an earlier time. And on a personal note, I could tell you were a Christian before you even alluded to your own faith. You do our country proud by keeping history alive.

Appreciate your channel much.

As always, very informational. Thanks

@TheHistoryUnderground

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Appreciate that.

Great vid! Didn't know too much about this battle. I have some bullets and buttons that were relic finds from the battle of south mountain. Good to see the place to know where these relics came from. Also love that War correspondents memorial. Very cool 👍

Awesome video thanks for sharing 👍👍

I like what you do in covering these lesser known, but still important battles. Much continued success

I grew up on a farm a couple of miles from here. My school bus used to turn around at the tree where General Reno died after he was mortally wounded and taken from the nearby battlefield.

Not attacking until later in the day seems to be a reoccurring theme 😉

@timf2279

Жыл бұрын

The lack of communication must have taken forever to get the order of battle organized. It must have been very frustrating.

@TheHistoryUnderground

Жыл бұрын

😅

Glad to be back history underground I got a lot to catch up on

Not far from my house, love going to Cramptons Gap and the Gapland memorial arch. Great access point on the AT as well. Great video as always.

@TheHistoryUnderground

Жыл бұрын

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My maiden name is Crampton. This is giving me a new information to research. Thanks for sharing!

@TheHistoryUnderground

7 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching.

Great video thanks for sharing God bless you brother!!✌️✌️

That rental is a freaking tank!

Interesting story. Right after you left the church in Burkettsville at the road to your right (before going up the steeper of the two grades) is known locally as "Spook Hill." as the legend goes, if you go there late at night, on the night of a full moon, and park just below the intersection, the soldiers ghosts will come out of the woods and push your vehicle uphill into town (and out of the way) so that they can continue the fight.

Thank you for covering this little bit of history 😊

What an awesome house!

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I love when you use the drone.

I was raised in Gapland, one of the most beautiful places for a kid to be raised!

Being a resident of Hagerstown..I've visited gravesites of union and Confederate soldiers,as well as seeing plenty of battlegrounds Antietam Gettysburg and many others💁 nice too see you visited our town on your channel..still would like to know that track you used on Washington's gravesite video tho😁 such history in our town isint there thanks for visiting 🥂

I first watched one of your videos on the Eagle's Nest. After that, I'm dozens of videos in and see no end in sight. You have a serious knack for teaching and I can't get enough of it. Thank you for everything you do, man. You've created an exceptional well of knowledge that is absurdly easy to follow and be enthralled in. THAT is something to be proud of. Keep up the amazing work!

@TheHistoryUnderground

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! That means a lot. Hope that you continue to enjoy the channel! Feel free to share it out with a few others.

@UndBeebs

Жыл бұрын

@@TheHistoryUnderground Way ahead of ya!

Very interesting always learning more about civil war .

I see you fixed that flag at the cemetery. Good job bro

@TheHistoryUnderground

Жыл бұрын

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Thanks JD. This part of the country is a welcome place to visit and full of history. We still have family in the area. One of our former family farms was just off the Western Slope of South Mountain in Washington County. Our mother inherited the black walnut dining room set made by a company out of Baltimore. We broke bread many times on a table Union troops may have done the same on during this campaign.

My 10 year old son is history crazed. Your channel has been a breath of fresh air! We watch it together and I am always delighted with how much we learn! Thank you for running a beautiful, family friendly channel.

@TheHistoryUnderground

Жыл бұрын

Awesome! You have no idea how happy that makes me to hear you say that.

I love when you do the series' on battles, I can watch them 1000 times and enjoy it every time. I can't wait to see what's coming next.

@TheHistoryUnderground

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Appreciate that.

Another awesome video thanks JD the civil war is a great interest to me because of my family's history. My great GG Grandpa was Patrick Henry who had a nephew Joe Johnson who was the commanding officer of Army of Northern Virginia, but was wounded at battle of Fair Oaks and was replaced by Lee so he was my distance cousin and my Great G Grandpa Haley was in 2nd New York Calvary and was wounded by a piece of cannon ball to head around 1to2pm on July 3 1863 at Gettysburg you tell a great story and JD is a great that was my first name and my friends and family still call JD Thank again 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

Thanks for bringing this to us all.

Thank you for sharing this history with us

My question is, onces your " freinds" kicked you out of the car and leave you to walk home did the freindship end at that point?😅😢

Great job JD! I’ve have been to this battlefield many times. I appreciate you giving attention to an overlooked battle in American history. Most people haven’t heard of Cramptons Gap or the Battle of South Mountain but you are helping to change that.

I used to live right down the road from there In Brunswick. Beautiful area!

No derelict concrete this time!

@TheHistoryUnderground

Жыл бұрын

😅

Occasionally you’ll upload these last minute episodes and I go through the whole thing with low level anxiety. I’m thinking skip the musical interlude and just wrap it up and get to the airport.

@TheHistoryUnderground

Жыл бұрын

Ha! Yeah, I cut it close on this one.

I just love your Civil war videos Sir! I’m currently reading through a Time-Life series of about 20 books on the war. I think published in the early to mid eighties, a very in-depth look from many perspectives, with lots of photos and art.

Wow verry verry nice vlog🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭👏👏👏👏

Wow verry nice history👏👏👏👏👏🇵🇭🇵🇭

Thanks!

@TheHistoryUnderground

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!!!

Great content & great production value. It's clearly a lot of work - thank you!

First I might not call those who tossed you out of the car friends😊 Second this old veteran is screaming, you idiot attack in the morning with the sun at your back shining directly into the eyes of your enemies also giving you enough daylight to pursue after taking the ridge. But what do I know

@TheHistoryUnderground

Жыл бұрын

Yep. Exactly.

I do not see the link for the other Antietam videos in the description. I can easily find them, but just a heads up for the other users. Great video again!

@TheHistoryUnderground

Жыл бұрын

Whoops. Fixed it. Thanks.

JD Brilliant video thank you

I have to say I love your work and appreciate your videos and look forward to many more! I would like to offer a suggestion, if you could just show for a few seconds all the reader boards in your videos, you do a great job explaining. It's just for those that like to follow along and learn more HISTORY! I find myself at the wickii site almost evetime I view! Thanks, keep doin what ya do, It's great content!

Thank you

Thanks.

Just found your channel. Subscribed right away.

@TheHistoryUnderground

Жыл бұрын

👊🏻

I was in 4th grade when the Blair Witch came out. My dad took me as that was our thing. One day after I saw the movie, my mom had asked me to go grab some meat out of our extra freezer in the basement. It was night and nerves got the best of me. Thought I saw something out of the corner of my eye grabbed the meat and ran. Well …. I didn’t shut the freezer all the way and ended up defrosting about $800 worth of meat. I was banned from watching horror movies for a while 😂

@TheHistoryUnderground

Жыл бұрын

😂

Although I doubt the Confederates were attacking up the mountain, I do appreciate any Blair Witch Project reference. High ground = the great equalizer. Unless, of course, you are outnumbered boo coo . Nicely done, Recondo.

Terrific video J.D. shame I only live 45 min from Burkittsville and I have never been there nor knew anything about this battle. Well I do now.

@TheHistoryUnderground

Жыл бұрын

Sounds like a good excuse for a weekend excursion :)

@michaeldouglas1243

Жыл бұрын

@@TheHistoryUnderground amen to that

Hi J.D. greetings from lovely MN. Have you ever considered doing some Hatfield and McCoy filming or story telling? I know there are channels that have done it before but your talent would bring to a new level. Thanks!

This is great content this part of the maryland campaign is badly overlooked.

I gotta say the stone fence wouldn't look that pristine after having a bunch of men climbing over it with weapons and such

"Which was not cool." 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Hilarious story, and totally random, but completely makes this channel what it is.

@TheHistoryUnderground

Жыл бұрын

😅

I'd say that stone fence is the original

Thank for this interesting video I hadn’t heard of this action before. Once again the Union just can’t seem to find the gumption to press their advantage. Your videography is excellent.

Actually, most of the Blair Witch Project was filmed in Montgomery County, Maryland in Seneca Creek State Park. Just a footnote.

@TheHistoryUnderground

Жыл бұрын

Thanks.

blair was the old name of burkittsville. true story, but the movie was filmed in patapsco state park, not burkittsville. plus, you should place your car in neutral to watch it roll uphill.

@OldMusicFan83

Жыл бұрын

I did that! Cool. Used to live in Brunswick

Since my hometown is Blairstown, N.J, I had people ask if that's where the Blairwitch was filmed, I said, no, the original Friday the 13th was filmed there but, the Blairwitch was filmed in Burkittsville, M.D.

My understanding from another map was that the 15th nc was attached here to cobbs brigade, and in that brigade was Jesse D. Helms. Jesse was shot in the leg and captured for the 3rd time. He was the grandfather or great grandfather of the former Senator Jesse Helms. Also I believe that Rutherford B Hayes and William McKinley were fighting here for the union. Hayes got injured here.

Have you done any videos on Manassas? My great grandfather was shot off his horse there and had a ball in his leg the rest of his life. I wish I could have known him. Love your videos. Love history.

@TheHistoryUnderground

Жыл бұрын

Not yet, but someday.

I'd like to know who the 6 people were that gave this video a thumbs down.

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Do you plan on doing the Battle of Chickamauga at all? My great-great-great grandpa was there, he was a wounded POW, he was in the 4th KY Mounted Infantry for the Union. I tried to find info on him as far as how he was wounded and the rifle he has in his photo.

@TheHistoryUnderground

Жыл бұрын

Definitely. My great great grandpa was there.

The same Burkettsville as is cited in Blair Witch. If you get lost in the woods, just walk down hill off the ridge. Ha ha!

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My mother's maiden is crampton

Do they use the churches today for services?

@TheHistoryUnderground

Жыл бұрын

Looked like it.

You should rename the channel to Civil War history channel, since that’s the majority of what you cover.

@TheHistoryUnderground

Жыл бұрын

Dude.....out of the last 60 videos, a total of 3 have been about the Civil War. Literally. I just went and counted.😂

@lightingbolt8148

Жыл бұрын

Maybe I should’ve said WW2/Civil war. Last video made it seem like you’re go back to it.

@gears101

Жыл бұрын

@@lightingbolt8148 Then just plain go then stupid. From majority of the comments, we all enjoy the content. So just go and the best part is you don't have to announce your departure. Just friggin leave dumdum

@lyman135

Жыл бұрын

​@@lightingbolt8148 So what's your point?

@thehistoadian

Жыл бұрын

​@@lightingbolt8148 You wouldn't be happy with the name of the channel until he covers every single military campaign in human history, or actually since his channel is just "history underground" you probably wouldn't be happy until he covers every single thing that's happened since the dawn of history. It's a lot easier to make videos on subjects when you're already in the area where those conflicts happened and/or have connections to experts and extensive information.

The Confederates hauled mountain Howitzers up that mountain. I believe they lost one of those on the mountain because of overwhelming odds against them. It was leave it or die I'm sure. I never was able to detect Cramptons gap. Turners gap we detected a little. We were right at the stone wall the Georgians hid behind, but didn't actually know it was it. I was only 11 years old then in 1974. We ran out of time there. It was a jungle on the side of that gap. I could only imagine what it was like fighting on the side of that mountain. Retreating back up the mountain while being shot at. Those civil war soldiers were super brave. I respect them so much.

This is originally called Whips ravine, I believe .

What the heck kinda friends did you have JD???

@susiebilk9905

Жыл бұрын

My brother did that to me once! Ona bridge, he stopped the car, got out, climbed under the bridge, waited for me to get out of the car to look for him, he then jumped up!! In the dark, ya!!! Crazy times