Gettysburg 150th - Pickett's Charge (Civil War Reenactment)

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    The most famous fighting from the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863 occurred in the climax of the battle, what is known as Pickett's Charge. In an all out attempt to break the Union line, Robert E. Lee hurled three divisions from his army against the Union force. This video was shot at the Blue Gray Alliance's commemoration of the Battle of Gettysburg, where over 10,000 reenactors came out to commemorate the battle.
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Komentáře • 996

  • @RiseJokester
    @RiseJokester Před 8 lety +353

    There's a really cool civil war fps game being developed called War of Rights.

    • @TheWillyNilly
      @TheWillyNilly Před 4 lety +1

      czcams.com/video/rpsykRPX9Zc/video.html

    • @Junksaint
      @Junksaint Před 3 lety +15

      Of rights lol

    • @itzmeggy0074
      @itzmeggy0074 Před 3 lety +33

      Oh my god the nostalgia that came from your comment

    • @tubesocks1019
      @tubesocks1019 Před 3 lety +23

      i play that game every day and i also reenact so i got the full experiance

    • @NEY-uu3lx
      @NEY-uu3lx Před 3 lety +4

      do you play it now?

  • @keithratamess9402
    @keithratamess9402 Před 7 lety +142

    could you imagine the real carnage when that battle took place.. I just can't fathom!

    • @Jaasau
      @Jaasau Před 3 lety +15

      There are stories of a half a dozen confederate men all being blown apart at once by the artillery barrage. Mind-numbingly horrific.

    • @huhouse
      @huhouse Před rokem +4

      Must have been horrific.. Especially with the cannons etc.

    • @TheJoan48
      @TheJoan48 Před rokem +2

      This has sense of it but the lecturers describe body on top of body in various places at Gettysburg. This does touch me deep in my DNA where my great grandfather is.

  • @Houdini774
    @Houdini774 Před 6 lety +603

    These reenactments are great, but I keep losing money betting on the south to win every year. Gotta feeling their due for a win - big time!

    • @JagerLange
      @JagerLange Před 5 lety +41

      It's their year, for sure.

    • @sirus976
      @sirus976 Před 5 lety +16

      Yea bois get them yanks from texas

    • @snorf525
      @snorf525 Před 5 lety +16

      bet on a southern victory for battles not including gettysburg, you'll get billions in no time

    • @awesomefo
      @awesomefo Před 5 lety +21

      Actually, the South did win more battles than the North because of their great generals and high motivation

    • @NA-ck6cz
      @NA-ck6cz Před 5 lety +11

      @@sirus976 Your biggest city is named after a southern yank. L

  • @TheMwarrior50
    @TheMwarrior50 Před 9 lety +186

    There is something very emotional about crossing that field, crossing the field that our ancestors payed the price on 150 years ago... You walked upon that open expanse of green, with lead and cannon ripping through men scores at a time, friends and brothers torn away in a instant, and to have the guts to go across that field is unimaginably brave.
    -My Company commander, who participated in the charge, with the cap worn by her 3rd great grandfather, who died in Pickett's charge. RIP

    • @stacyk1997
      @stacyk1997 Před 9 lety +18

      I was out there for the 150th (I also visited Antietam) and they really are places that touch you in the depths of your soul. They aren't just places, they are experiences.

    • @randoman1538
      @randoman1538 Před 9 lety +8

      It makes me sad too because my greatx3father died on that field.Rest in peace-too all who gave their last there.

    • @MinecastWary
      @MinecastWary Před 9 lety +10

      My greatx3 grandfather was at Vicksburg.(Union) on the last few days he was shot in the left arm, but the bullet went clear through so he was sent to garrison the city. Well his buddies gun went off, going through his fingers (3 were amputated) and then taking his leg. I know this because of his Records that have been passed down, I.e. His dischargement due to injury.

    • @malkolmlind8598
      @malkolmlind8598 Před 8 lety +14

      There's a quote from a fellow drummer of the union army: "Six years may feel like a long time. A six second march into the enemy lines, however, is eternity."

    • @AHannah79
      @AHannah79 Před 6 lety +3

      It is sad and knowing that some never came home. The families never got any closure. I had a great great great grandfather and 2 of his brothers (my greatx3 uncles) that fought in the Virginia infantry. Luckily they came home.

  • @CorsetGrace
    @CorsetGrace Před 3 lety +51

    This really gives a sense of the scale of that battle. This seemed huge and was still only a tiny fraction of the men who truly fought on this ground. Never before could I see the battle in a visual sense that made it all seem so close and personal. This was remarkable.

    • @ifyouloveChristyouwillobeyhim
      @ifyouloveChristyouwillobeyhim Před 10 měsíci

      Yep, it's not always easy for me to imagine the scene when I'm reading in a book. In this clip I felt a moment of real fear, imagining if I had to do this for real. I don't have a quarter of the courage of my forefathers.

    • @DangerRussDayZ6533
      @DangerRussDayZ6533 Před 7 měsíci

      I think this is roughly half of the forces that engaged in Pickett's Charge. I believe it was 10,000 Union and something like 12,500 Confederate.

  • @carterjohnson3879
    @carterjohnson3879 Před 7 lety +377

    The graphics on this game look great!

  • @Jaasau
    @Jaasau Před 3 lety +32

    Absolutely fantastic. Just imagine what it would have looked like with six or more times this many men and a crap load of actual artillery. Truly breathtaking and tragic.

  • @101trus
    @101trus Před 7 lety +160

    pretty good despite being void of the agonizing screams of the fallen.

    • @Dylanowich
      @Dylanowich Před 3 lety +1

      How would a dead guy scream?

    • @justlemons4077
      @justlemons4077 Před 3 lety +4

      I wanna get into reeanacting events like these. Then when I would go down I'd go down injured and try crawling around or screaming.

    • @seabassnc
      @seabassnc Před 3 lety +8

      Only intended to be a representation of tactics and weapons used in order to educate the public, if you are looking for more Watch Gettysburg, Glory or Gods and Generals. Also this is the "B team" Reenacting Community this event was a week earlier and had about 1/3 the numbers and a bunch of farby hobbyists. The Official 150th Anniversary Event was held over 5 days surrounding 4th of July weekend 150 years to the day the actual Battle took place.

    • @carterc4307
      @carterc4307 Před 2 lety +4

      @@seabassnc Do not watch God's and Generals, it is a crappy movie

    • @jameskemp6439
      @jameskemp6439 Před rokem +2

      Good 're enactment effort. The Charge could have been more concentrated on the wings or centre to break through but defenders are always able to shoot more accurately than charging men. They also have a certain amount of cover.
      Confederate very authentic in dress as by this time many were in rags even without boots.

  • @ScreamingPatriot
    @ScreamingPatriot Před 5 lety +48

    Crazy how this is one of the most haunted battlefields in the world. Imagine the spirits that roam this field during the re-enactment.

    • @thewierdlemon5956
      @thewierdlemon5956 Před 3 lety +13

      its like the ghosts join in on the reenactment but think the battle is still going on lorl

    • @MattSuguisAsFondAsEverrr
      @MattSuguisAsFondAsEverrr Před rokem +2

      the spirits round the field watching (they think it's a comedy the way their successors did it)

  • @rednecknation3225
    @rednecknation3225 Před 7 lety +110

    I'm in Civil War reenactments and if u see a guy point a gun at you and fires you are dead or wounded. I've done this for about 2 years now

    • @robg3198
      @robg3198 Před 6 lety

      with real guns lol? areyou serious you idiot

    • @robg3198
      @robg3198 Před 6 lety

      why are mostly americans so insular and brain dead ?

    • @chwossant9425
      @chwossant9425 Před 6 lety +45

      rob g Yes, with unloaded guns. Re-enactors don't load real ammo and actually shoot people. Seems to me you're just as braindead as you seem to think americans are.

    • @waynejohnson1786
      @waynejohnson1786 Před 6 lety +27

      rob g, he's saying if a guy points a gun at you and fires, you play dead... Idiot.
      You shouldn't call people names, it's not nice. Plus, you look even dumber since you were such an ass.

    • @sebking7902
      @sebking7902 Před 6 lety +14

      rob g I think you're the idiot, insecure about your own low-functioning brain?

  • @JudgeLazar
    @JudgeLazar Před 7 lety +205

    I always wondered how you know when you're supposed to die in these

    • @tglake9471
      @tglake9471 Před 7 lety +101

      Normally you'll be told "Start taking hits" or "Take a few hits, guys." It's not too structured, mostly the honor system.

    • @ScreamingPatriot
      @ScreamingPatriot Před 7 lety +33

      in my group we just die on our own. when we or they are at the halfway point

    • @Urko2005
      @Urko2005 Před 7 lety +162

      use live rounds, sorted.

    • @rickybobby158
      @rickybobby158 Před 7 lety +92

      A lot of the time there is a random purple cartridge in each soldier's ammo pack, so when they pull out the purple cartridge they're supposed to drop

    • @emperorconstantinexipalaio4121
      @emperorconstantinexipalaio4121 Před 7 lety +18

      +rickybobby158 You're right but it can also be red.

  • @tankmaster1018
    @tankmaster1018 Před 5 lety +25

    Haha I love it when the Confederate dudes manage to make it to the wall and there is a yelling match along with a few mock hand to hand blows, then they are "taken prisoner" with smiles all around from both the Union and Rebel sides! These look so fun to participate in!

  • @TheJoan48
    @TheJoan48 Před rokem +6

    I'm haunted by my great grandfather who fought at Gettysburg. I've been thinking of him every day, researching alot. I finally found the reason I think why he's been camping out in my mind. Our family records say he was in the 20th NY volunteers. I've found out he was in the 20th New York State Militia, which is a totally different group. They were at Gettysburg and participated in fighting off Pickett's Charge. The 20th was renamed the 80th to the chagrin of the men, hence the confusing record. It even mentions on their monument that the infantry had two names. I feel I'm bringing peace to my great grandpa who died in 1941 at 98 years, when very few were still left alive. It's a big deal and must be remembered so we can pass his heroic memories along.

    • @quietreader4190
      @quietreader4190 Před 11 měsíci

      Sorry this this is a slightly late reply, but maybe he was haunting you because he wanted to be remembered and not forgotten.

  • @stacyk1997
    @stacyk1997 Před 9 lety +9

    I was out there for this. It was about 100 degrees with high humidity. I was wearing a tanktop and shorts and still ended up with heat exhaustion. I have so much respect for the soldiers and reenactors that do this.

  • @EPICFAILKING1
    @EPICFAILKING1 Před 9 lety +69

    It's a shame that there's not a big community for re-enacting in the UK, I'd love to do it.

    • @masonnix9707
      @masonnix9707 Před 9 lety +3

      *****
      Redcoats were the joke of the world
      Battle of Iswadala

    • @martinbeane8011
      @martinbeane8011 Před 9 lety +15

      EPICFAILKING1 There is a big re-enacting community in UK, I am a reenactor. I am a member of American Civil War Society (UK). We have 6 events this year : East Yorkshire, West Midlands, Leicestershire, Wrexham, Worcestershire, Cheshire. I can give you more details if req, or acws.co.uk/welcome.php

    • @EPICFAILKING1
      @EPICFAILKING1 Před 9 lety +4

      MARTIN BEANE Wow that's awesome!

    • @sergiodias2549
      @sergiodias2549 Před 9 lety

      Mason Nix For the brotherhood

    • @masonnix9707
      @masonnix9707 Před 9 lety

      Sergio Dias
      Yes.

  • @josephhinton5489
    @josephhinton5489 Před 5 měsíci +1

    The movie did not provide the same ground perspective as this production and for that I am grateful. Kudos and congrats. And a salute to photographers everywhere.

    • @davidnash1220
      @davidnash1220 Před 4 měsíci

      Yes you are completely right this if you imagine just a little more is quite frightening
      I will visit this place before l go
      Thank you for posting

  • @ghostlylighthouses
    @ghostlylighthouses Před 9 lety +8

    Unfortunately, I missed this.We went to Gettysburg in August(a month after the reenactment) It was my first time to Gettysburg.What a beautiful and somber place.Such a sadness.You can feel the death and sadness in the battlefield.I miss Gettysburg, I would love to live there.

    • @nora22000
      @nora22000 Před 5 lety

      ghostlylighthouses Visit various places in Pennsylvania. The astounding spreads of trees and rolling rolling meadows make it some of the most beautiful scenery in the world and so restful to the eye.

  • @WESAVEDTHELEFT1863
    @WESAVEDTHELEFT1863 Před 3 lety +7

    3:02 Love the pure smile on that union boys face. Just happy to be there.

  • @daviddavies2072
    @daviddavies2072 Před 11 měsíci +3

    After a busy week driving and dealing with customers , what better way to unwind, thank you for this video, and keeping history alive 👍🇬🇧

  • @pineapple467music8
    @pineapple467music8 Před 4 lety +5

    Finally, some folks who appreciate history, and have fun doing it. 👌

  • @thornie123
    @thornie123 Před 9 lety +177

    I always wanted to reenact but these guys don't go into it like I would. I'd be full charging, acting as if it was a real life or death. And when I'd get, "shot" I'd really fall. Like from a full run to a dead drop. But I guess a lot of the guys that reenact are older and what not.

    • @aufseher1718
      @aufseher1718 Před 8 lety +46

      I'm so with you on that.

    • @shepjepp7289
      @shepjepp7289 Před 8 lety +2

      +TooManyWulfyz same

    • @crusadernikolai1996
      @crusadernikolai1996 Před 8 lety +6

      If I were in charge of reenactments
      I would have a contract thy says we are not responsible or conflict related injury lol at 2:46 I would have wanted to charge in Swinging.

    • @algeria3033
      @algeria3033 Před 7 lety +9

      But that isn't how those battles were...unless you were completely out of ammo, and your enemy is within melee distance. Then a charge would be ordered. War was civilized then, and you wouldn't be reenacting anything if you go in charging like a fool.

    • @thornie123
      @thornie123 Před 7 lety +11

      I guess I was just really focusing on the reenactors commitment to the role they're playing. Most of them are shot and just kind of take a knee and slowly go down. Sure some weren't instantly killed but a lot were and just being shot would make you drop like a sack of potatoes I would think. I guess it's because most of the reenactors are of a certain age so their bodies aren't as forgiving to falling hard on the ground.

  • @Controlaring
    @Controlaring Před 2 lety +13

    I heard a story that on the battle of Bulls Run families set up picnics to watch the battle but immediately retreated once they found out how horrifying war actually was

    • @JD-re3cj
      @JD-re3cj Před rokem +1

      Sounds like they were much too close

    • @bartender.official
      @bartender.official Před rokem +1

      Nah it wasnt even that the battle just kept growing bigger and bigger until it reached them and they had to flea

    • @neil5156
      @neil5156 Před rokem

      True it's called the great skidaddle when the union army retreated

    • @ifyouloveChristyouwillobeyhim
      @ifyouloveChristyouwillobeyhim Před 10 měsíci

      Disturbing, I hope it's not true. Prayer as fasting would have been more appropriate than entertainment and lunch!

  • @nightflyer17
    @nightflyer17 Před 10 lety +27

    At Gettysburg, 12,000 Confederates attacked over a mile of open ground following a 150-gun bombardment of a Union line protected by a low stone wall. They reached their objective and held out for around thirty minutes before being repulsed, leaving about 1,415 dead or mortally wounded on both sides. At Franklin, 20,000 Confederates, supported by just one battery, advanced over two miles of open ground and struck a Union line made up of three tiers of sturdy breastworks and abatis that in most places stood about eight feet high. The Army of Tennessee pierced the center of this line and held their position for over three hours, resulting in over 2,000 combined fatalities. Such bravery and ferocity so late in the war shocked and saddened many observers--Private Sam Watkins of the 1st Tennessee called it "the blackest page in the history of the war."

    • @Txman1996
      @Txman1996 Před 8 lety +3

      My cousin was in the 2nd Battle of Franklin. My friend, who is from AL, had his cousin have his fingers blown off (he was in 46th AL infantry). Just found out I had a Grandfather in 116th IL infantry. The cousin that I had was in 9th Texas and temporarily under N B Forrest. He fought against a distant cousin who was in 10th KY (Union). Unfortunately, the cousin from 10th KY was mortally wounded in that battle (Chicamagua). I can prove all of this through records on Fold 3. It's amazing how many of those people were family and fighting against each other.

    • @TheManofthecross
      @TheManofthecross Před 6 lety

      and that is before or after the union counter attacks?

    • @tylersimmons2588
      @tylersimmons2588 Před rokem

      It was $15,000 Confederates proximately around there and

    • @tylersimmons2588
      @tylersimmons2588 Před rokem +1

      Approximately around 15,000 Confederate soldiers walked across that field I can't imagine what they felt Crossing that Bloody land

  • @Trey_816
    @Trey_816 Před rokem +1

    My great great great great grandfather was a Union soldier and fought in the Battle of Gettysburg. He described Pickett's Charge in **vivid** detail, describing, "the rebs being mowed down like a harvest of wheat with each cannon roar. There were rivers of blood. Carnage everywhere."
    SSGT. Robert R. Byers
    (February 25, 1845 - June 19, 1949)

  • @davidtrogdon577
    @davidtrogdon577 Před 10 lety +17

    A reenactment is a reenactment. The spirit and enthusiasm is there but the realism is limited. It has to be. The actual battle was bloody and death was everywhere. No one in there right mind wants that kind of realism. I doubt there will ever be a reenactment with the number of men, horses, cannon etc. that were brought to bear that day in 1863. Detraction's include people holding visible video and camera gear, general cleanliness of uniforms and so on. What it does impart is some sense of the event. Chaos, noise, gunfire, smoke, yelling, men facing each other at close range with the intent to kill each other, the thrill of victory, the somberness of those defeated retreating, even some humanness as solders surrender when they realize it is done and the help they receive from the enemy. These things all happened and even a glimpse into the past that brings some of it to mind, even if it is imperfect, is still emotional and thought provoking. Kudos to all who participated.

    • @SeattleRex
      @SeattleRex Před 2 lety

      Yeah but I’m glad the video people are there. We can’t all make it in person ;-)

    • @Randomdude112
      @Randomdude112 Před rokem +1

      There were over 180,000 men in the real battle, so it would be impossible to number the amount of bloodshed and death that the battle took over 100 years ago.

  • @dueltaylor
    @dueltaylor Před 7 lety +7

    That's the style Lo! THATS THE STYLE!

    • @willoutlaw4971
      @willoutlaw4971 Před 4 lety +1

      Yes!! That's the style Lo, that's the style!!!! Wearing a bullet that hit you in the balls, went up your spine causing your death a few days later. That's the style Lo!!! That's the style!!

    • @kingmalric9260
      @kingmalric9260 Před 4 lety

      @@willoutlaw4971 Lmao

    • @kostan55
      @kostan55 Před 3 lety

      @@willoutlaw4971 THATS THE STYLEEEEE

  • @thomasharmon6444
    @thomasharmon6444 Před 3 lety

    Thanks for posting this awesome video. Kudos to the Camera men and all involved.

  • @SeattleRex
    @SeattleRex Před 2 lety

    Very cool, thanks for posting this. I’d like to see it live one year.

  • @paytonmanningfan6387
    @paytonmanningfan6387 Před 3 lety +6

    “Sherman it’s just a re-enactment” they said “stop lighting fires” they said...

    • @thewierdlemon5956
      @thewierdlemon5956 Před 3 lety

      have you seen that tank named after you?? its p cool

    • @kostan55
      @kostan55 Před 3 lety +2

      "Sherman for gods sake stop burning the poor children" they said.. "It is only a reenactment" they said.l

  • @sparks1504
    @sparks1504 Před 7 lety +24

    Picketts Charge was one of Lees biggest mistakes, and it was to bad that Longstreet didnt stand up to him and tell him directly that he was totally against it, he told him in a round a bout fashion that he was against it but Lee would not agree with his assesment, he continually insisted that they are stronger on the flanks and weaker in the center....but they werent, they concentrated the majority of their forces in the center.....

    • @davidthigpen2366
      @davidthigpen2366 Před 6 lety

      sparks1504 you don't know what you're talking about.
      They broke though in two places. The problem was their numbers were so depleted that it couldn't hold . Every strategic victory is underlined by the posibilty of disaster.

    • @josecarranza7555
      @josecarranza7555 Před 5 lety +10

      Well thank God that robert e lee made that bonehead mistake, he became overrated with his moves losing the war, cause the Union won, and slavery was done.

    • @Rebel9668
      @Rebel9668 Před 5 lety +8

      Slavery would have ended with or without the war. It was already a dying institution. That being said, Lee was far from overrated. A lesser man in charge given the same circumstances would have been finished long before. Look at how many Union commanding officers Lincoln replaced as a result of tangling with Lee. Not to mention Union commanding General, Winfield Scott told Lincoln before the war that he wanted Lee for a top command and Lee was offered the command of a Major General to command the defense of the national capital.

    • @nora22000
      @nora22000 Před 5 lety

      Rebel9668 Lee incurred too many casualties. He followed Davis's strategy for attempting to impress the British and shock the Union for too long. After Britain permanently pulled away in August 1862 they needed a new strategy for winning this war but they didn't come up with one.

    • @ianh4297
      @ianh4297 Před 5 lety

      @@Rebel9668 nah. had to kick it out of yah.

  • @abrahamlincoln9280
    @abrahamlincoln9280 Před 3 lety +4

    Hey, after the battle I gave one of the greatest speeches in history

  • @DD-th2bd
    @DD-th2bd Před 3 lety +1

    This gives me chills watching

  • @sinofdamnation1547
    @sinofdamnation1547 Před 8 lety +23

    Not hating, so don't attack me, but has authenticity and quality of uniforms really gone down hill or something? When I came over to take part in the 135th from the uk, the uniforms and overall quality was soooo good. This just doesn't seem the same anymore. Maybe I'm wrong and maybe it's just a wrong impression of mine.

    • @CrashandTrash596
      @CrashandTrash596 Před 7 lety +18

      It was the 150th. Everyone wanted to be there so if they could pass a muster they went.
      Quality wasn't always high but everyone wanted to be there and number of guns and men was staggering. It's since leveled off and quality is back up.
      It was an event not to be missed.
      If you can make it back across the pond don't miss the 155th at Shiloh in March.

    • @sinofdamnation1547
      @sinofdamnation1547 Před 7 lety +7

      Jack McCall Makes sense, thanks for the reply 👍 Shiloh sounds great, wish I could make it!

    • @anonymoususer9988
      @anonymoususer9988 Před 5 lety

      Like most national events this was a huge Farb fest. Public battles are ridiculous.

    • @9thtexasinfantryman590
      @9thtexasinfantryman590 Před 5 lety

      Fall creek and nj cicaila still does great uniforms

  • @samuelhurley9269
    @samuelhurley9269 Před 9 lety +5

    This is an awesome battle reenactment

  • @DiscerningHistory
    @DiscerningHistory  Před 10 lety +1

    The one playing during the title sequence is President's March by the US Army Fife and Drum Band. The first song in the actual video is Swallowtail Jig by Unreconstructed Band.

  • @mr101spencer6
    @mr101spencer6 Před 5 lety +2

    4:20 the guy waving the flag before being shot is a badass

  • @olemissfuture
    @olemissfuture Před 10 lety +5

    Good lord, too much farb. I had no idea that Confederate Marines were involved in Pickett's Charge.

  • @brandnutopian
    @brandnutopian Před 10 lety +118

    You mean they don't actually kill one another? Lame.

    • @thegammingnoob6502
      @thegammingnoob6502 Před 7 lety +1

      brandnutopian It was just fake its a reenactment

    • @thegammingnoob6502
      @thegammingnoob6502 Před 7 lety +1

      Its not the real thing

    • @ethangavin
      @ethangavin Před 6 lety +3

      He knows😏

    • @annaratcliffeannaratcliffe1254
      @annaratcliffeannaratcliffe1254 Před 6 lety +5

      well, maybe they don't die on the outside, but you know you've been hit when all your dignity flies straight out of where ever you were shot.

    • @hopatease1
      @hopatease1 Před 6 lety +3

      At the end of the year at the last reenactment they use live rounds to kill off the extra reenactors .

  • @lawrencebittke8478
    @lawrencebittke8478 Před 5 lety +2

    That violin reel as backdrop to Pickett’s Charge illustrated the Irish contribution in the Civil War. Many immigrants fought in this war.

  • @JonesNate
    @JonesNate Před 3 lety +2

    I was there. It was amazing!

  • @RedDiamondOre
    @RedDiamondOre Před 8 lety +470

    who said white people had no culture

    • @latvianman3433
      @latvianman3433 Před 8 lety +81

      usually other white people that don't know that the things they do are their culture.

    • @huntercurtis1574
      @huntercurtis1574 Před 7 lety +36

      American's have a lot of culture. They are just too lazy to care about it.

    • @huntercurtis1574
      @huntercurtis1574 Před 7 lety +47

      If you can not see it. You are looking too hard.

    • @isaiahcruz3431
      @isaiahcruz3431 Před 7 lety +15

      I'm not American, but I think they have Jazz and a whole movement revolving around that don't they?

    • @nomadicshai
      @nomadicshai Před 7 lety

      Kerimcan ak yes we do African

  • @Jake-bq3cu
    @Jake-bq3cu Před 10 lety +18

    Why did the union chant Fredericksburg at the end (6:10)? Is that like remember the alimo?

    • @DiscerningHistory
      @DiscerningHistory  Před 10 lety +61

      They chanted Fredericksburg because about six months before, in December, 1862, that Union army had been badly defeated by the Confederates at the Battle of Fredericksburg. They chanted it to point out they were getting the southerners back for that defeat.

    • @TNT240Bravo
      @TNT240Bravo Před 10 lety +7

      In this case, they are saying Harper's Ferry. They said Fredericksburg near the end as well. But, the Harper's Ferry chant came from the 125th NY who surrendered without a fight at Harper's Ferry and were known as the Harper's Ferry Cowards. In this case during the end of the fighting the 125th actually went over the wall and continued chant.

    • @antiquetrunksandchests4300
      @antiquetrunksandchests4300 Před 10 lety +3

      At Fredricksburge the south had the cover of a large stone wall like the Federal troops had now at Gettysburg.

    • @zacharyoverfield2743
      @zacharyoverfield2743 Před 9 lety

      .-./

    • @army2362
      @army2362 Před 8 lety

      I am teacher and civil war reenactor. Few years before the battle the Union Gen. Burnside had started to invade Virginia at a small town called Fredericksburg and when the Union crosses the river to the town the Confederates were holding the high ground just like Gettysburg. In both cases a wall was the main attacking point. Union suffered the most casualties in the battle of Fredericksburg. So now the Confederates attack the high water mark at Gettysburg and as well suffered mass casualties. So it was reported that Union soldiers yelled out Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg!

  • @jaredbednar9667
    @jaredbednar9667 Před 3 lety

    I was at the 125th as a child then a guide on then drummer then reenactor at every event and its sad what happened to the passion and love for the past that has dispelled on the events and their disintegration.... Many fond memories in the 12th NJ mifflin guard...

  • @rc59191
    @rc59191 Před 3 lety

    One of my 3rd great grandparents was there with the 1st New York Light Artillery. Would like to attend this event once to get a glimpse of what he felt that day.

  • @ryanmei8500
    @ryanmei8500 Před 6 lety +6

    3:00 to 3:11 WTF WAS THAT CHARGE???!!!

    • @ScreamingPatriot
      @ScreamingPatriot Před 5 lety +1

      {ExØTįïÇ} Rice this isn’t a European medieval re-enactment lol. We don’t bash our friends in the head with a musket for real 😂

  • @abbeyarce6948
    @abbeyarce6948 Před 8 lety +3

    hey union you shall do the charge to bayonet vs bayonet

  • @hunterknobelcatholicknight3006

    I’m so blessed and proud that my family has fought for Lincoln in The Civil war ⬇️
    My mom’s side; my grandma’s side: Thomas Haslam Ohio 116th Infantry
    My uncle’s side; who married my dad’s sister aunt Katy: Nowell Duncan Stark Fredericksburg VA

    • @ifyouloveChristyouwillobeyhim
      @ifyouloveChristyouwillobeyhim Před 10 měsíci

      No disrespect to your family, but Lincoln was an evil man. He invaded the South to control them and keep them bringing in revenue to the North. He then made it all as if it was for the poor slaves, even though he himself did not actually have an honest concern for or even liking for black people.

  • @joshuacondran7887
    @joshuacondran7887 Před 7 lety +1

    I participated in this one year. Awesome

  • @SilentPony
    @SilentPony Před 7 lety +4

    You know, considering the #1 killer in the Civil War was dysentery...

  • @crusadernikolai1996
    @crusadernikolai1996 Před 8 lety +39

    2:46
    I would have wanted to charge in full speed using the musket as a weapon and hitting people with it...not hard but enough to look realistic lol

  • @Renfield37
    @Renfield37 Před 5 lety

    i was here at this one.. it was a good weekend

  • @pctoast1898
    @pctoast1898 Před 9 lety

    this is awesome!

  • @xycomm5604
    @xycomm5604 Před 9 lety +5

    And that was the last time those traitors set foot on northern land

  • @SurvivalCowboy
    @SurvivalCowboy Před 9 lety +10

    Idk I get the need for reenactment s but I would rather they did it somewhere else, that field is where thousands of men died. I say that it should be left in a peaceful silence, as Abraham Lincoln said, we cannot desecrate this ground, in his Gettysburg address.

    • @MidevilRTS
      @MidevilRTS Před 9 lety +8

      I see is more as honoring the dead, that their struggle will never be forgotten.

    • @rickkeating1
      @rickkeating1 Před 9 lety +10

      This was held on private property as the National Park Service does not allow reenactments.

    • @waynejohnson1786
      @waynejohnson1786 Před 6 lety +2

      Pretty sure they've been doing this reenactments for a very long time and the Civil War veterans probably never objected to them.
      Edit: Civil War reenactments began even before the Civil War ended.
      Also 1913 Gettysburg reunion was attended by 50,000 civil war veterans, about 8,000 Confederates.

    • @nora22000
      @nora22000 Před 5 lety +1

      Blue Faction When humans go extinct there will be countless millennia when the field will lie in dignified silence. While we still can, I think we should honor these war dead with these reenactments of their actions as it brings their memory alive again.

    • @nickmciver5402
      @nickmciver5402 Před 5 lety

      This wasent on the actual field

  • @cplmattbaldwin9489
    @cplmattbaldwin9489 Před 3 lety +1

    One day..I'll make it to Gettysburg...I've wanted to go there for as long as I can remember. I can't explain my obsession with the place. I've just always felt drawn there.

  • @TOYSOLDIERREVIEW
    @TOYSOLDIERREVIEW Před 7 lety

    Well done!

  • @thelastpatriot4609
    @thelastpatriot4609 Před 9 lety +3

    Not 1 union dies which pisses me off

    • @naomiwashinton8102
      @naomiwashinton8102 Před 9 lety +7

      They had a few loses if you watch it closer, but not nearly as many as the confederates. Historically they only took a few hundred loses, mostly due to supporting artillery fire. Only some 200 rebels even made it to the wall. Most got pinned down at the Emmetsburg road and cut to pieces by union rifle and canister fire. It had been one of the most one-sided major actions of the war. Not quite as one sided as depicted in the reenactment, but not too far from it. Certainly nothing to get upset over. Reenactments are not a science. Each man decides for himself when to die.

  • @beardofterror5959
    @beardofterror5959 Před 10 lety +38

    All the south people hate this! But they have to deal with us winning! Go union!

    • @itscalebmahdude5437
      @itscalebmahdude5437 Před 10 lety +7

      I'm from mississippi and I love this

    • @lokidude100
      @lokidude100 Před 10 lety +6

      Jeff Monrou
      same here! I live in Texas and I wish I could have participated in this!

    • @paulradecki3620
      @paulradecki3620 Před 9 lety +6

      i was at this reenactment as part of the 15th Texas dismounted cavalry and i have been a confederate reenactor for almost 5 years and this was the 2nd best battle i have ever been apart of and every man in my unit either feels the same or close enough

    • @ScreamingPatriot
      @ScreamingPatriot Před 5 lety

      This was the only part of the war y’all really won. We beat the Unions ass in the south and drove y’all back and almost got to Washington. The only reason we gave up was because food, water and other supplies were low and troops got hungry. If that didn’t happen then we would have won Gettysburg and the last battle would have been in Washington

  • @West_Coast_Gang
    @West_Coast_Gang Před rokem +1

    1:40
    The contrast, we got a butternut clad man and then johnny reb in his fine sunday clothes, very realistic

  • @davinogueira6743
    @davinogueira6743 Před 6 lety +2

    These scenarios are fantastic, I really wanted to participate in some such as this.

    • @suzietrecallion1042
      @suzietrecallion1042 Před 6 lety

      Davi Nogueira good,another recruit.let me know when u join n good luck,have fun.

    • @thecivilwarhistorian
      @thecivilwarhistorian Před 3 lety

      There are units and events all over the country (and the world)! They’re usually more than happy to help you get started and loan you things. Just look for a unit in your area. If you can’t find one, try to find an event in your area and tell someone you’re interested in giving it a try; if it’s a small event, the units there are probably local!

  • @Jermster_91
    @Jermster_91 Před 10 lety +6

    I love history but in someway it almost seems like a disgrace to those that fell during the battle of how unrealistic it seems like. Not just at this battle but its seem at at all historical re-enactments. Just seems fake.

    • @TheMauserGuy
      @TheMauserGuy Před 10 lety +6

      Thats because it is fake...

    • @360Nomad
      @360Nomad Před 10 lety +2

      Reenacting was actually a tradition started by veterans as a means of encouraging friendship between former Union and Confederate soldiers (i.e. walking across the fields of Gettysburg to shake hands instead of ripping each other apart with bare hands).

    • @Stanofmay
      @Stanofmay Před 10 lety

      360Nomad It just seems unrealistic and more than a little bit chaotic. Reenactors don't seem to maintain any formation, the whole battle is pretty quiet except for occasional yells coming from charging soldiers, and soldiers don't seem to fire and reload all at the same time by command as it would happen realistically.
      The Confederacy also acts like it's meant to lose in this battle. Everything Confederate reenactors do into this battle is just charge right in front of Union musket lines, when in reality Gettysburg was a close battle in which both sides had almost the same number of casualties with the Union winning due to a numerical advantage.

    • @Jermster_91
      @Jermster_91 Před 10 lety

      PG Stan Don't forget the good ground that they had.

    • @caseyc408
      @caseyc408 Před 10 lety

      PG Stan The command is FIRE AT WILL. When being charged by the enemy it's a very realistic command. War is chaotic. The men took cover behind a short stone wall that day to hide from CS artillery and they did not stand in a line and fire volleys. Obviously the reenactors are not fixing bayonets and killing each other, somethings are done fore safety reasons. Men didn't scream and yell, they were terrified for their lives, in Iraq you didn't see soldiers yelling at the enemy when shooting at them, probably the same way back then too. In the reenactors defense these guys do a lot of research into what they do. More so than the history channel does...

  • @jacobsmith3493
    @jacobsmith3493 Před 8 lety +14

    Ok after watching this whole video, i counted about seven people filming. If youre in the battle, you should not be filming. There are plenty of other people to do that. Reenact or record, pick one.

    • @Legoheads123456
      @Legoheads123456 Před 6 lety +3

      Jacob Smith but then we wouldn't have soldier POV

    • @cron1115
      @cron1115 Před 5 lety

      Yeah soldier pov is what really makes this interesting, to see a slice of what they would have

  • @bodassassin6387
    @bodassassin6387 Před 4 lety

    I like how at 5:53 the they started to shout "Fredericksburg" because the Union did a similar charge there.

  • @josemoreno3334
    @josemoreno3334 Před 4 lety

    Love it. Thank's.

  • @donmelton7653
    @donmelton7653 Před 8 lety +12

    If only the south had one...children of our confederate heroes be proud it was a good fight, may we rise again.

    • @Hal-gj1bw
      @Hal-gj1bw Před 8 lety +31

      You're taking a bigger L than the confederates did

    • @bosscool4246
      @bosscool4246 Před 7 lety +6

      You were in no way shape or form heros more like monsters who had to be stopped you could even tell God looked down upon you

    • @suzietrecallion1042
      @suzietrecallion1042 Před 6 lety

      Boss Cool what the Hades t u talking about?

    • @suzietrecallion1042
      @suzietrecallion1042 Před 6 lety +1

      Alan Morris don't u think u r talking balderdosh here?

    • @alexanderfortier5488
      @alexanderfortier5488 Před 6 lety +4

      "Good fight" that's a bit of an oxymoron.

  • @WandamianCrucifixplate
    @WandamianCrucifixplate Před 6 lety +8

    Umm I've done my fair share of reenacting, and we took it much more serious. For one, nobody and i mean nobody should be holding a camera high up in the air in the middle of the action if they are in uniform. That's just plain wrong. Two, why are you guys milling around and shuffling your feet like your in line to buy movie tickets, this is war. Third, hand to hand combat doesn't end with capturing someone as a pow, it's a fight to the death. Lastly, no one should be smiling as much as the Yanks in this video, I've been a participant and a spectator and everyone can tell when your half assing it. If you can't act like it's real then die sooner in battle for the sake of the audience.

    • @hk_802
      @hk_802 Před 5 lety

      The Gettysburg event has gone downhill for the past few. Sadly by the time the 150th came around, most units didn't want to deal with the organizer's BS anymore. So ever since then, its been severely underwhelming with numbers. And the ones that do show up, don't care too much with the spectators anymore (note the bleachers sitting right up close and the loudspeakers narrating)

  • @Mikesman1000
    @Mikesman1000 Před 5 lety +2

    the hardest thing to reenact, is the weight of the soldiers and their morale.

  • @woolfy02
    @woolfy02 Před 8 měsíci +1

    That would be so cool to watch! Are you allowed to walk in the open fields though, when they don't have reenactments? Also, anyone know what type of musket rifles those were?

  • @the-low-end-gamer3932
    @the-low-end-gamer3932 Před 6 lety +4

    go Confederates

  • @kevinmorera9654
    @kevinmorera9654 Před 9 lety +16

    these guys need women

    • @datboilee6859
      @datboilee6859 Před 9 lety +1

      LMAO

    • @Alex-kc3ex
      @Alex-kc3ex Před 7 lety +5

      Kevin Morera Uh why?

    • @PravdaKatyusha
      @PravdaKatyusha Před 7 lety

      They do mostly fat old women who also dress like soldiers and pretend to be in the Civil War. Then justify it by saying "Some women were in the war" but in truth only a handful.

    • @PravdaKatyusha
      @PravdaKatyusha Před 7 lety +1

      Prove what, the women in the civil war or the annoying trashy women reenacting?

    • @PravdaKatyusha
      @PravdaKatyusha Před 7 lety +4

      I knew some when I reenacted. My mom was one. They got in the uniforms, carried the guns. Then they would shamble slowly on the field, annoy everyone, refuse to die, give anyone who criticized them a long lesson on women soldiers that they had ACTUALLY SPENT HOURS WRITING! They also loved to start drama and criticizing clothing. Like this one woman, I knew named Helen, who also brought a coffin with her, and said it her husband was inside, and that she was fighting in his name. Which made no sense, seeing as the coffin was modern and they wouldn't have dragged coffins around during that time, also it would give away that she was a woman, which is something that women soldiers would never do!

  • @fojnica2226
    @fojnica2226 Před 4 lety

    nice video...greetings from croatia for all of soldiers

  • @rangisweetman3662
    @rangisweetman3662 Před 6 lety

    Is there any specific way to wear a go pro during these events? I would like to know because I have my first reenactment in a couple of weeks. Thanks!

  • @Hit-First-And-Hit-Hard

    An impressive event!

  • @SuperGeneral64
    @SuperGeneral64 Před 9 lety +1

    this looks like som much fun! :D

  • @dolosstudios8518
    @dolosstudios8518 Před rokem

    The guys who lay on the ground when shot and actually go limp are the realest

  • @jesseusgrantcanales
    @jesseusgrantcanales Před 8 lety +1

    I was HERE! 71st Penn Co. B. from Nevada but I am California.^-^

  • @Mnwildlife
    @Mnwildlife Před 11 měsíci

    The song in the beggjning is called swallow tailed jig it is pretty popular

  • @zapso7742
    @zapso7742 Před 5 lety +1

    What a tragedy for those who died. Greetings from Chile 🇨🇱

  • @CarsAndChrist385
    @CarsAndChrist385 Před 8 lety

    great video amazing

  • @SanitysVoid
    @SanitysVoid Před 6 lety

    Those Union Boys kept up a brutal rate of fire. I've done WWI Reenacting, this looks cool too.

    • @hexazalea1793
      @hexazalea1793 Před 6 lety

      Didn't know there was ww1 reeinacting. Which country did you do it in and how much detail did you go into. I mean there Mud and gas and barbed wire and i imagine the gas could be faked with a fog machine. Also do you actually dig the trenches?

  • @Romanoff.Kalashnikov
    @Romanoff.Kalashnikov Před 3 lety

    Glorious Day!

  • @zapso7742
    @zapso7742 Před 5 lety

    Very good performance

  • @LARPenterprises
    @LARPenterprises Před 2 lety

    What song is used specifically? I love the rythm

  • @sirus976
    @sirus976 Před 5 lety

    I love the music

  • @rashadroberts2910
    @rashadroberts2910 Před 5 lety

    This looks fun

  • @bryguysays2948
    @bryguysays2948 Před 4 lety +1

    I know this was a reenactment and not real, but imagine in 1863 when this happened for real with everything on the line!

  • @Chantakey38
    @Chantakey38 Před 10 lety +1

    Always wanted to attend this but haven't had a chance since its a good bit away from TN. Btw if anyone knows any TN groups i could talk to it would help.

  • @mollymu1
    @mollymu1 Před 9 lety

    Am doing research to do a painting of NC troops waiting that morning /afternoon . Would the men have been waiting in the woods like some I see in the movie "Gettysburg " or out in the open like some I saw /
    Would there of been horses among the men ? Any help , leads , book recommends would be greatly appreciated . Thanks . . 

    • @thecivilwarhistorian
      @thecivilwarhistorian Před 3 lety

      The North Carolinians in Pickett's Charge were in the left-center of the attack and would have been in the woods on Seminary Ridge.

  • @cherylevans1698
    @cherylevans1698 Před 5 lety

    Picketts soldiers were quiet as they crossed the field.. They had been ordered not to do the Rebel Yell. A Union commander said it was the most beautiful site he had ever seen.

  • @RoninDave
    @RoninDave Před 10 lety +1

    I went to the other one. Wish I could have made it to both
    Pickett's Charge at the 150th Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg (July 7, 2013)

  • @createdeccentricities6620

    The scenario ended and the skies opened!

  • @macie7770
    @macie7770 Před 6 měsíci +1

    I wonder if the know that they were on the battlefield with so many ghosts during that reenactment

  • @thegreatskinkpriest8104

    Oh my god. I attended this event and it was hot as balls. It was totally worth it tho. Seeing Pickets charge was so awesome, even tho we were leaving just as it ended

  • @ryanainlay224
    @ryanainlay224 Před 2 lety

    If time travel ever because a tourist activity, one of the first things I would do is go back and watch major Civil War and Revolutionary War battles.
    ...from a safe distance, of course.

  • @troy2286
    @troy2286 Před 10 lety

    Do by any chance know the name of the song that is in the beginning of the video?

  • @chicogrande5516
    @chicogrande5516 Před 2 lety

    Lol I love the union soldier at 3:38 taking a video with his cell phone 😎

  • @corrietapp3178
    @corrietapp3178 Před 5 lety

    Has the sergeant in the buff uniform at 1:37 wandered in from World War One?

  • @charlestemm4870
    @charlestemm4870 Před 7 lety +1

    The 135th was far bigger. Supposedly Picketts Charge was actually bigger than the actual one. We were on the Federal right and it was pretty impressive to watch them come in.
    Funny thing was the Rebs who made it to our line all had empty canteens and they proceeded to drain ours pretty fast too.

    • @thecivilwarhistorian
      @thecivilwarhistorian Před 3 lety +3

      Reenactments often become “big fish stories,” meaning reenactors exaggerate the size of the event a bit. The 135th Gettysburg in 1998 is usually considered the largest reenactment ever held and included about 25,000 participants.

  • @BenjiVibes
    @BenjiVibes Před 8 lety

    Do you guys know how to hid a go pro during a civil war reenactment

  • @robertrock8778
    @robertrock8778 Před 4 lety +1

    Prior to the attack, Longstreet told Lee, "no 15,000 men who ever lived could take that position." For that period that was a bold and outspoken statement to the commander of the ANV.
    The interpretation of Lee's order to Hood to attack the right, "when practicable" was the biggest mistake at Gettysburg. Hood turns the right and "those people" are skeddaling all the way back to Washington.