The Most Well Preserved "Covered Way" on a Civil War Battlefield: Petersburg Video Tour!
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- čas přidán 25. 07. 2024
- Will Greene takes us to a zig-zagging earthwork at Petersburg that’s called a "covered way," but was never physically covered!
This video is part of our Petersburg and North Carolina Battlefield Tour series. Be sure to check out all of the other videos here: • Petersburg and North C...
Keep doing what your doing. Don't let people forget the men that died to end slavery and defend the constitution, and the others side that fought for states rights.
You said it John P because I don’t want my family to forget the sacrifice that my 4x great uncle George Washington shriver gave and that sacrifice was allowing himself to be captured so that others could continue to fight.
John P. my gg grandfather was paid $300.00 to go into the Union Army, Michigan 23rd Infantry and was a life-long democRAT. Nothing like your comment for him. I have many family stories. My other gg grandfather went into the Tennessee Army fighting at Chickamauga because his neighbors did and he worked for extra pay at an ammunition plant in Macon, Georgia before his capture by Sherman's forces in 1864.
@@fastsetinthewest VERY interesting...would enjoy more
@@fastsetinthewest Now he was a democrat but fought for union forces..he may have been double minded.I wonder what he really thought...so he did not vote for lincoln?
@@wirelessone2986 Many Union Generals were Democrats. McClellan ran for president in1864 as a Democrat. Custer was a Democrat.Also Banks Butler Dix Porter Hancock .
Fantastic. Real history, simply taught. Many thanks, Roland UK
These guys know their history. We lived near Petersburg for 20 years, visited the battlefield several times, yet this info is new to me.
Thanks.
I lived in the state 40 yrs & didn't know this good info
Like a WW1 communications trench.
Exactly. And I think that at the time of the battle, it would have been deeper. Obviously over the years dirt etc. has built up in the trench.
Wonderful video for those of who will never see this live. Thank you.
I appreciate you men for Memorializing our ancestors fight for freedom
That is very interesting! Thank you.
I really love this! Civil War history is my passion
My husband and I were at Petersburg back in 2004 and we took the battlefield tour and the siege line tour and still didn’t see everything. We are looking forward to our next trip out there and seeing a lot more. We are from Chattanooga Tennessee and we see a lot of the Lookout Mtn, Missionary Ridge and Chickamauga Battlefields
Well done Mr. Green.
this is an excellent channel.
I saw this area a couple weeks ago. My brother and I rode bikes through the trails that rides right by there.
This is a very interesting bit of evolution of military history and terminology, as in WWI and later conflicts these are called "communication trenches", they serve the exact same roles.
powerful segment on the 'covered way'
Great work. I enjoy these. I've to all these sites you are going on the Southern tour. These give me and overview of what I have seen.
Thank you. Well done.
How in the heck were those covered ways created without being seen or heard...???
Very cool episode, thank you
Wooden shovels would have likely been used, as they make next to no sound compared to a steel shovel. Other than that I can't say.
Usually it would be during the night. Entire armies have slipped away from enemies within eyesight of their camps during the night.
Awesome
That was a good one.
Have you seen the Paths/Trails at Gathland State Park, MD?
The Confederates knew it was there and Davidson’s battery was added to the Harris Line to command its exit. See Bernard’s map, and I hope you talk about both Davidson’s and Wright’s batteries in the Crater video.
how did they get these dug without the confederate knowing what they were doing ? shovels make noise !
Dig at night
Is there some landmark along the Tour Road to help locate this location?
Looks like Deer woods.
Can someone help me pinpoint this? Maybe Google Maps isn't up to date, but I'm "driving" down Siege Road and I don't see that marker on the side of the road, a few hundred yards north of the Taylor Ruins.
...defilade I say...defilade....
Chill out dude it's been there for along time
Typo:What it looked like on July30th 1863? The Confederates were still working there way home from Pennsylvania.
tri state masonry and roofing
Tally Ho
What state is this located in?
Virginia
Virginia, there are also preserved civil war stuff in Bentonville NC, and in WV
Wouldn't you think those black soldiers would be thinking the same thing as any white soldiers waiting in the wings.
They was probably thinking how bad it sucked to be sent in first with faulty equipment and basically being used as human shields