Gettysburg's Least Known & Most Elusive Corps Commander | John Hoptak | GNMP Winter Lecture 2024
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- Saturday January 27 - Major General George Sykes: The Life and Service of Gettysburg's Least Known and Most Elusive Corps Commander
Ranger John Hoptak, Gettysburg National Military Park
Ranger and historian John Hoptak will profile the life and military record of Major General George Sykes, commander of the Fifth Army Corps at Gettysburg. Despite Sykes’s contributions at Gettysburg, he remains a relatively obscure general officer. This program will illuminate his service on and off the battlefields of the American Civil War.
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As a longtime ACW geek, channels such as this one are very much appreciated. And the enjoyment of these videos is not just for learning, but also the acknowledgement that there so many who share the same enthusiasm for the subject. Many thanks to this channel for all the great video/audio interviews with LBG's and authors. You're all doing good work.
Oh that’s very nice of you to say. Thank you very much! I’m happy you enjoy it
John Hoptak always does a great job. His talks are so well put together!
Agreed, McNair
John was excellent!! One of the best Winter lectures so far! Thanks for sharing and to Matt for all of his hard work recording these lectures!
You’re welcome. Glad you enjoyed it.
Being a quiet, fly under the radar type guy myself Ive always like Sykes. It never sat well with me that he isnt recognized at Gettysburg...
Matt, this is the first lecture Ive watched this year and need to say that it is the absolute best quality Ive seen, ever! Angle is good, the slide presentation is visible and the fact you edited them in is marvelous! Congrats on job well done! The park needs to keep and hopefully make it worth your while to continue! Hear that Chris?!
lol thank you, sir. And this is the one that rendered out with the saturations gradually declining before going back to normal. Anyway, it happens when you’re a one-man show. Thanks for the kind words!
APPRECIATE YOU JOHN HOPTAK!! You are so thorough in your presentations! THANK YOU!
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Thanks for the work to make these available. I’ve been really enjoying them and learning a ton
Glad you like them!
I must say this was an amazing lecture! Not only for George Sykes, but for the U.S Army Regulars! I hope to hear more about Sykes and the U.S Regular Troops! The professional soldiers of the Army deserve to have their story told, Infantry, Cavalry, and Artillery!! The U.S Regulars are men to be proud of! God bless General Sykes!! And God Bless the Army Regulars!!!
Agreed!
"I HAD a division of Regulars. I buried half of 'em in a wheat field, and the other half in a wilderness.
There's no Regulars left."
@@citizenbobx General Romeyn B. Ayers, at the Battle of the Wilderness.
Thx for this. Found by accident but just today talking about a trip to G-burg. Now we have something special to look into!
You’re welcome. We have all of the winter lectures from this year in a playlist, if you want to catch up
Great presentation! I, like most I guess, really didn't know much of anything about George Sykes. As it turns out, there was quite a bit to learn regarding this man who devoted his life to serving the country.
Likewise.
I’m coming to Gettysburg in February and I gotta make sure I attend one of these lectures
definitely! They're fun. Every Saturday and Sunday at 1:30
@@addressinggettysburg I’m also trying to find out info on how to become a licensed Battlefield guide but every time I call I get no results but I’ll wait till go there I guess
Excellent presentation.
Thanks for watching
Excellent presentation on a man who sought neither notoriety nor compensation for a job well done.
BTW, back when I reenacted, my group was the 6th U.S, Co G. I read 'Sykes Regulars', a wonderful, albeit very expensive, book. Wish I could get my hands on it again.
Thanks for sharing!
It’s sad that the dead are remembered in Glory but those that lived and led them to glory are not remembered at all… He put them there because it was the right and necessary thing to do. He knew what needed to be done and because he accomplished that task without fuss and fanfare he isn’t remembered as doing anything of consequence. This is a case that should be rectified. He spent 40 years in the army at all levels. He gave his life for the army and should be remembered outside of West Point as having done so.
I agree. Maybe this lecture will start the ball rolling on him getting his propers after all this time. Hey, Cushing got his Medal of Honor from President Obama. Sometimes, it takes time for some things to happen.
US Army plus connection to Northern Media was a very complex one and one William Tecumseh Sherman very much noted and talked of and one worthy of a story unto itself.
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Great presentation. One point, as a loyal Unionist from the Heart of Dixie I can attest that Delaware is not considered a Southern state down here
Lol I’m sure it’s not. I once called Virginia “the South” in front of a North Carolinian and just about sh*t his britches with scorn towards me for thinking Virginia was the South. What does a Jersey boy know? We think everything across the Delaware is the Wild West.
The Regulars always seem to be in the thickest fighting. I remember another division (maybe just a brigade?) holding the left at Chickamauga under King. They were pummeled and nearly surrounded when a neighboring unit retreated from the line.
Some units really kept finding themselves in it time after time. Musta gotten a bit depressing after a while
I love John's presentations. Wondering if he's running for public office what with those rolled up, get-after-it sleeves... 😝 BTW, I like the post-presentation interview answers. And I like the additional texture of the black&white.
Thanks!
Thanks for the talk! I always wondered about that guy. Seemed like he was the George Harrison of Corps commanders, but there's something badass about the Regulars. So even-keeled, all business.
That's a very impressive neighborhood he lives in now!
I like that: “the George Harrison of Corps commanders.”
Nice touch at the end. John answers questions
Yep. All the lectures this year have that addition. Glad you like it
I really think that Sykes is less remembered because the 5th corps fights at one of the least visited parts of Antietam battlefield... also at Gettysburg the 5th corps is slipt up such that it doesn't "own" an area of the battlefield. For some reason i don't think most visitors come away with a clear idea that Little Round Top was defended by a 5th Corp brigade.
Being held in reserve so often through the great battles of the early war really does show the presitge Sykes command had with the army. Im sure the regulars were held in reserve in particular for tactical reasons. It also does seem that Sykes managed to get his forces effectively divided, on a timely manner and dispatched to the most critical areas of the union left.
good points
Very interesting, thank you. How bout Slocum?
Great suggestion!
Excellent. This hour went way too quickly
Yes it was. John is a great presenter. He always chooses violence very interesting topics.
Please stop with the black & white screen; this is 2024, let's use the tools we have please!!!
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Always a pleasure to hear one of John's lectures. His research and presentation skills are top notch. I am also impressed with the quality of Matt's recording. I also like the little Q and A session at the end.
Many thanks!