Pickett's Charge Eyewitness Part 2 | Eyewitness Account/Official Report
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- Pickett's Charge has taken on legendary fame since it took place on July 3, 1863 at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. It was the last major effort that Robert E. Lee gave at that battle to break the Union battle line and secure victory for the Confederacy. However, the attack failed. This account is from a young private in the 8th Ohio who occupied a spot close to the Angle on Cemetery Ridge as Pickett's Charge converged on his location. This is one of the most detailed account of what the Confederates looked like as they crossed the open ground to the Union position.
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This is why I always prefer reading about those who actually did the fighting. Reading about the great generals and the battles they fought is fine. But to see what it was really like you need to read accounts like this.
Nothing but agreement from me, Big Blue.
Seeing as all of my Ancestors fought for the CSA I have to agree if sheer nerves could carry the day I think the ANV might have won. The plans of Generals survive only until first contact with the enemy. The common soldiers do most of the fighting and dying on both sides of all conflicts.
i like to read books where it feels to be there even if its alt history like the gettysburg trilogy where the army of nv wins and destroys the army of potomac and but still grant comes east and another 3 day battle takes place it makes the battle of gettysburg look like a kirmish thats in the first or the orginial real life battle and grant and lee go at in this thrid book in the trilogy grant ill wont spoil it for you but its amazig trilogy of books i own all 3 in hardback
On july the 3rd. At 3pm I walked Pickets Charge in Gettysburg pa. The whole field. I wanted to feel the heat and get a feeling of what it must of been like a 157 years ago. It was moving to me. Words can not Express how it was but moving.
In May of 1978 I walked Pickett's charge from Seminary to Cemetery Ridge. I tried to imagine what it was like doing this walk wearing a back pack and under withering fire. It's not a steep slope leading down but the fence was a bitch and the small stream posed an obstacle. The slope up the other side was steeper. .I'm a Canadian, not an American, but it was far the most moving part of my visit to Gettysburg.
@@chrisvickers7928 yes it was.
Thomas Galway of the Eighth Ohio begins, "We stepped out of the ditch and moved up on the roadside bank." Very Hemingwayan. A true sentence.
absolutely fantastic Virginian. i could listen all day never tire of it. that reading took me to the battle. WOW!!! thank you sir.
You are so welcome
Interesting to hear how close some Union soldiers thought the charge had come to achieving its objective when Armistead briefly breached the Union line at the Angle.
Man, that's something. It was told all in great detail. Overall, it was good.
I would not have wanted to step off on that open field! I had relatives in the 8 Alabama- 14 alabama- Washington artillery and 21 Mississippi. Great job!
Thank you so much. I do a 21st Mississippi impression while they were in East Tennessee.
Some of the CSA troops walked away backwards at first not wanting to be shot in the back and thought a coward.
You know that for a fact because you were there?
@@TonyRomearound No, because I read it in First person accounts, by several people on both sides.
@@kirkmorrison6131 that shut him up pretty quick. I've personally been waiting over a year for his response.
Me too
They were all brave Americans , both sides alike .
Superb account. Heartfelt to the soul's core. Great Union victory at a terrible cost to both sides.
Great reading of that account. I keep saying it but this part of the battle is truly harrowing. Those troops would have been better used to cover a movement of Lee's army to a more advantageous position, or even a withdrawal.
This charge was a waste and supreme folly.
They all are...
That has always been my thought.
I very much enjoy the stories from those from the past. Your videos are a great resource, thank you!
You were right! That is a most fantastic and fascinating description of Pickett's Charge from a Federal POV. I know exactly where his Unit was at the time of battle. Next time I go Gettysburg, I'm going to hike to the area and listen to this again. Very, very well done, Sir!!
Thank you so much. This is a very powerful account and you can stand at the stonewall and see it as he is talking about it.
I stumbled upon your channel. Very impressed with your approach to history and story telling skills. The animated maps are top notch work.
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I agree with your comments, Thank you
I can honestly say though I certainly appreciated this account I did not in any way enjoy it. I have studied war and it's trappings since I was a child. As a child I had no concept of the true horror that is war. It stuns me that even though our country has been involved in low grade wars for the better part of the last 30 years very few realize what the word "war" entails. We face a very precarious time in the history of our nation. It is my hope that the madness that drives some Americans to think that fighting other fellow Americans can bring anyone any good will pass. 180 years is far to short a time to forget whatever horrible lessons we should have learned the last time this madness took hold. God Bless America.
The tactics of that time were insane. To walk in line while whistling bullets go by you is unnerving. Watching cannon balls bounce and slam into people next to you is unnerving. Now add in explosions, smoke and screams. It must have been like walking with death whispering in your ear that your next.
I love hearing from the actual people who were on the field that day. Great video.
You have to understand that the weapons they were using necessitated the tactics; the rifled musket could only fire about 3rnds per minute, so to achieve any volume of fire you had to mass your men in formation. Yes - the rifled musket is a much deadlier killer than the Revolutionary War/Napoleonic War-era smoothbore, but the rate of fire is still the same.
Incredible
Fantastic work as always, thank you for your videos!
Amazing account. Thanks for your effort to get this out for us all to listen to.
Wow! Best account ever. Such clarity
You have a good voice and accent to read accounts of this period. Thanks
You should make more like this.
very good presentation thank you sir.
Very great video..Incredible this history ..love this..Thank you to sharing with us
Extraordinary. Very moving account.
I’ve always found the 8th Ohio on July 3rd so fascinating. They were out in the middle of the field all alone when the 12-13,000 Confederates stepped off.
I love how the federal line at the wall/angle cheered them as they came back
They must have shit themselves when looking down the barrell of 12,000 guys and there were 250 of them!
Awesome story once again. Be safe out there.
Thank you so much. You be safe too.
Thank you.
Thank you for sharing, horrific
Thanks so much
Fantastic.❤️🎶🎶🎶
Armistead and Garnett did not arrive to the battle until the third day. Pettigrew on the other hand had been in the thick of the fight from day one, completely exterminating the Union's famed "black hats". Furthermore, as anyone can see for themselves, the attack plan was designed for Armistead's Virginians to wither the least fire while crossing the field.
Lord , please do t let this country fall into another civil war
Thank you so much for this and brought tears to my eyes to be honest my third and fourth great-grandfather were in the eighth ovh both of them were wounded
Thank you so much for watching! Please check out my other videos. I have many first hand accounts, many of them from Gettysburg. Also, please consider subscribing if you have not done so already.
@@HistoryGoneWilder do you have any first-hand of the eighth Ohio at Antietam
@mattcarter4546 the only first hand account I would easily have access to is the official report from the regimental commander.
@@HistoryGoneWilder I have read the regimental history published by Franklin Sawyer but anything beyond that I have not seen
Awesome
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0:57 “Until this moment, I had not gazed upon so grand a sight as was presented by the beautiful mass of grey with its small square colors...” The beautiful mass of grey was coming to kill him. The mentality of war at that level is so weird. I wonder if he became a teacher, poet or artist later in his life? A nice find. Thanks.
Oddly, warriors respect warriors. They respected those who would kill them in battle, we curse those they fought.
It's something that most people could never understand until they experience battle ,great respect for their enemies is what kept most of these men alive. Up until this time the South had won almost every engagement against his Northern counterpart and they earned that respect from the North. Lee lost respect for the North after winning so many battles. He thought that his men had enough heart and courage to do whatever he needed them to do, even the seemingly impossible, it cost him greatly.
The 8th Ohio was on the far right if the federals. The only Confederate unit that "broke" was Col. Brockenbroughs Va. Bgd. on the far left of the Confederate line. A mixed mass of Pickett's men crossed the stone wall at and south of The Angle but there were also Tennesseans and Alabamians of Archer's (Fry's) Bgd. with them. Some if the 26th NC also made it to the wall north of The Angle. It wasn't only Pickett's men in there.
I grew up in Maryland and have been to Gettysburg a lot of times. It has never gotten old or caused me to feel so sad that American's suffered such pain and death.
Amazing presentation. I have pondered over 25 yrs. from every angle why Lee did what he did. Egotistical is my conclusion. He knew thousands of his men were going to become casualties. Whether they succeeded or not. Sad he was willing to take that chance. He should have been relieved of command. As, far as Meade not pursuing upon Lees retreat. He also, should have been relieved of his command. He could have trapped Lee and ended the war. By the way, great choice of background music while narrating--Gallager The Sleeping Prophet.
I've got a video coming out soon that discusses why Lee did what he did. Thank you so much for watching!
@@HistoryGoneWilder Thank you I will be looking forward to it!
Do you have an idea of who this Pvt. may have been referring to when he mentions an officer leading on horse? What amazing piece of history we have with this soldiers account. I have been listening to this and studying his position on google map of the battlefield. So, very sad.
Whoa. Neat. Thank you, fellow son of the South. There really aint enough content like this. Moving.
A sober eye with a heart that is proof against the Medusa's gaze.
❤️🇺🇸. I feel for both sides and all of the soldiers
Stonewall Jackson, if he hadn’t been killed, would have advised against Lee’s strategy that day. It was unnecessarily risky. And once Custer prevented the Confederate cavalry from taking the high ground, the risk of defeat only increased.
If Jackson was present, I think he would have taken Culp's Hill and Cemetery Ridge on Day One...
"if practicable" . American history hinged on those two words
As much as I admire Gen Lee. Longstreet was rite .
Lee never made another assault like this; U. S. Grant did however, @ Cold Harbor a year later with the equal outcome.
Man that was moving.
🌺Brave heroes. 🌺
I like the background "ambient" music - is it by Brian Eno?
p.s. great video!
p.s. Longstreet was right.
when he says that they "extended their arms in flight as if to assist their speed" i couldn't help but think of them Naruto running.
Blood flowed in the ditch, both blue and grey
With the courage shown advancing a mile across the open ground I don't believe the rebels turned and ran, maybe some did but as a group no way.
I didn't realize how close a section of the North's Army was close to losing. I always thought the charge was absolutely one-sided.
history is a lot easier when the gud guys are just the gud guys and the bad guys are just evil. unfortunately there is no such thing as either.
Ohio and Vermont played huge roles in repulsing Pickett's Charge.
War is never a good story in any generation
Good? No. Great. Terrible but great.
I concur. The could’ve lost Gettysburg had the left flank of the confederacy held. It would’ve been a two way slaughter much like Shiloh instead of a Fredericksburg with our boys getting the worst of it this time. Still we took it to them and dished out plenty of southern hospitality that day
Even though I’m pro confederate over Union its because of my family history, I have complete respect for the Union soldiers that fought and died for there country. Great video, thank you for covering this topic.
As a proud Union man I have great respect for the southern soldiers . in the end they were all Americans
Riveting
I do not believe there was a right or wrong as between Lee and Longstreet, because of the issue of Pettigrew's men not holding together as well as Pickett's. As this young soldier says, and he was there, if Pettigrew's men had held together like Pickett's and continued their charge, the men in grey would have won the day. Lee was right in believing that the position COULD be taken if the men fought as well as Pickett's men DID fight. Longstreet was right in believing that all of the men COULD not hold together that well under the conditions of war at that time when defensive firepower made such charges much more hellish than they had ever been before for the attackers. What also interests me about this recounting is that it describes this group of 200 Union soldiers been posted in an odd position somewhat detached from the rest of the Union line and I had not heard that described before that I recall... I knew about the flanking fire on the confederate left, but never read that it came from an oddly position Union unit like this young soldier describes it...