My great grandfather, 27th PA, was wounded at Gettysburg and laid on the battlefield for many days. He survived, was sent to Washington D.C. to recuperate and married my great grandmother in Georgetown.
My great grandfather was an officer attached to the 21st Georgia regiment and took a yankee ball to his leg at Chickamauga 1863. Lost his leg at a field tent hospital. After the war he married and became a successful hardware owner and raised a large family
As a retired RN BSN of 35 years at local hospitals in Grand Rapids ,Michigan . I really appreciate your history of Hattie' years as a nurse and her years of service and dedication to her calling as nurse. A calling that she took willingly and with great pride. Thank you., Patricia- Michigan
I think it must have been a great comfort to the wounded soldiers to find themselves under the care of women, and in particular, such caring nurses as Hattie Dada.
What a fabulous photo of Hattie! She has such an intense look on her face. And look at her hands with those long, skillful fingers! Wonderful to hear her words as well!
In those times, even the lowliest student, raised in a backwoods one room cabin, could read, write, and express him/herself with an eloquence that no longer exists today.
Thank you for bringing this to video. It is another reminder of the hellish nature of the civil war, but with kindness that springs up unexpectedly. I am certain nurse Hattie was a God send to many.
I'm a retired due to a car wreck I was in 10 years ago ..anyhow it amazes me to hear the conditions they worked under ..things they didn't have to save their men had to be heart breaking .since so many were so young death is always a hard finality for any nurse to deal with ..so to hear of a happy ending of a patient writing a reply is like hearing angels sing! And I m sure she was thrilled when. SHe received that letter! Ty so much for sharing !
What a wonderful recollection of a woman with an honorable purpose; to care for the young men entrusted to her...in life and death. God Bless her and all the souls that have gone before us.
Fascinating account! Thank you for sharing. I intend to find her writings. I worked in medical for 20 years and from that, I can only imagine how bad the stench of rotting flesh of so many wounded and dead would be. Once you've smelled necrotic tissue, you never forget the smell. It must have been absolutely overwhelming.
I grew up on a working grain & livestock farm which was useful for my later career in police work then 14 yrs in CSI. Modern people are so insulated from the reality of death they can't begin to imagine what its like. When I think back on the "old days" with no running water, no air conditioning, no electricity for fans or equipment, poor communications and on and on. I often flip right over to my great great grandparents who homesteaded Dakota Territory in 1870. They faced the same hardships but without the war part. They lost at least 4 children that I know of to disease, 3 of them little girls in 6 days. When I think my modern life has problems, I think of them persevering through unimaginable trials. That humbles me and reminds me that I far WAY short of their character, toughness and unshakable faith in God.
@@LuvBorderCollies I really wish kids today were taught more of these stories, at school and also at home. So many of them are clueless as to what a blessing it is to live here at this time, as crazy as it is right now. I’m similar to you in that sometimes, when I’m lamenting the fact that my life in general has not gone the way I wanted it to, I imagine the Lord is shaking his head and thinking, “There’s a widow in Afghanistan who would gladly trade places with you.”
As one of a large staff of RNs in a level one trauma center, in a large city, we often wondered how our efforts ended and the patients progressed. We would take turns going upstairs to the post trauma units, to check on our charges. Sometimes the news was not surprisingly sad, because of the degree of injuries sustained, but occasionally we were told of a full discharge to home. What a joy those times were, sometimes months later! I totally understand this women's sentiments. Thank you for this fascinating window into the past. We nurses still feel the same!
My ggg grandfather was terribly wounded in his first battle. His muster records indicate he was hospitalized most of the war. His brother was wounded in Arkansas, and transferred to hospital in Memphis. Their sister became a nurse and traveled south to the same hospital. My next research is to see what records may be of her service
I have only recently discovered your channel, Mr Coddington. Love your approach, seeking out human details and accounts. Such moving recollections from this remarkable woman, her face reflects the suffering that she witnessed. Marvellous!
My Father was born in 1909. He told me there was a Civil War vet living in the small town of Midland, Md. and he would go talk to him. Talking about wounded. Small town called Clarysville below Frostburg, Md. the Federals set up a Hospital. I saw a picture once of a Ocean of White tents. There was a Doctor there that would not use netting to keep Fly's of the Soliders wounds. Seems the Fly's larvae would eat the Gangrene and save a Limb from amputation. The Doctors superiors forced the use of netting causing Amputation rates to climb again. Enjoy your information and have been to Gettysburg a few times. Thank you.
I read the book Doctors in Blue an interesting and difficult read. They made so many medical discoveries and advancements learning from that terrible war. You mentioned maggots they do a thorough job better than anything on cleaning infected wounds.
We still use sterile lab grown agents in wound care in 2023. They eat dead tissue, not the gangrene ( pus), so when the dead tissue is eaten away healthy blood capillaries and veins reach tissue again and healing can begin.
The last time I was in Gettysburg was Halloween night 1993. I was a teenager at the time, a bit of a hooligan in those days who liked his strong drink and other party favors. I had actually just got kicked out of high school, how I wound up in Gettysburg (far from my North Carolina home) at that time, I can't even recall. But I met a local character who was young and quite knowledgeable about the history there and we decided to party with some "contraband" in the pitch black dark (while it was raining) on a well known part of the battlefield. I am somewhat of a superstitious person believing somewhat in the paranormal, I didn't see anything odd concern in that regard, but had it not been for our "party favors" I would not have been there and would have been far more apprehensive about being on that hallowed ground on Halloween night. But we had a good time! I learned a lot about the battle from the perspective of a local who was made privy to some stories I reckon people not born and raised in Gettysburg would be so familiar with. It was an interesting conversation, to say the least. Of course, Gettysburg is a college town. We tend to get so wrapped up in the history of the battle that we who have never been there or who are not from there tend to forget that. I was struck by being in place made so unusual by its place in history, but yet how it seems the locals (and college students) seem to like to live their lives as if it were just any other college town as best they can. Of course, Gettysburg has also become such a tourist designation. Speaking of the paranormal, I understand that (in modern times at least) as many come to Gettysburg to partake in paranormal investigations as they come for study of the history there. Regardless of what actually brings people to visit Gettysburg, it has become quite the tourist designation with lots of pleasant amenities that we associate with not only tourism but also college towns in general. There are many good choices in restaurants and watering holes in Gettysburg. It is a fun place despite its grim history oddly. I was going to ask how long it took, after the battle, for Gettysburg to get back to a semblance of normalcy after the battle? But the more I think of things, the more one can say that battle forever changed Gettysburg in ways that are still being felt today. Gettysburg is an amazing little town.
I enjoyed your account of your visit to this hallowed ground. The blood and spirits soaked into the earth now go deep, but I think they will always remain for those who want to tune in to what they have to say.
I'm curious to hear if you witnessed anything unusual or had a Feeling of anything? My family went to Custer's Last Stand battlefield when I was young and I'll never forget the Feeling of that place. I believe the Earth holds memories, some so intense we are able to still Feel them.
@deniseheupel8814 I did not see or experience anything unusual at Gettysburg the couple of times I have been there but would not be to quick to dismiss the claims of others who claim they have had experiences there or elsewhere. I have been to most of the major and well-known several of the lesser known Civil War battlefields. Granted, it has been at least 25 years since I have been to any of them, but Shiloh and Antietam were probably my two favorites, and the reason is because it seemed like little had changed in those areas around the battlefields. Sure, there were statues and memorials and plaques and paved roads and telephone lines and visitor's centers, but these places still had that look and feel like one could imagine from the times of the battles. My least favorite battlefield was Franklin, near Nashville. Much of the area where the worst fighting took place was not preserved at all and had been heavily developed. You see fast food restaurants and gas stations where major parts of that battle took place, which is appalling to me. But I agree with you. Even in a place like Franklin, you get the sense that there is some what of a trapped residual energy there. I always found myself astounded at how some of these less disturbed places felt (to me at least) so calm and peaceful, especially if you know anything about the history at these places. It felt kind of pleasant and eerie at the same time. I have never seen a ghost at any of these places or heard strange sounds either, thankfully. I don't want to either. But the place that really sticks out in my mind was along the Sunken Road at Antietam. When I walked the Sunken Road, I was all alone, and it was quiet, except for birds chirping all around. I got that peaceful yet eerie feeling, and even though I was all alone, I did not feel as if I was all alone.
@@FuzzyWuzzy75 so sad to hear about Franklin. I live near Deadwood, where the recent influx of transplants has massive building happening all over the Black Hills, but I'm particularly upset about the clearing of trees and development around the Preacher Smith mur der site. Seems incredibly disrespectful to me.
The look on her face is that of one who has seen too much. This was a dedicated Angel. Who can begin to grasp the thoughts and emotions going through her mind. It took a very special strength to do what she did.
And to think some fellow Americans want another civil war, I couldn’t even imagine the devastation that would bring. My GG grandpa served with the 51st Regiment NC Troops was shot at cold harbor 1 June 1864 he served the entire war including Bentonville NC ,thank you for sharing a glimpse of what he may have experienced.👍🏻🇺🇸
Woof.... That was heavy....and needed to be heard, thank you... I spent hours in Little Round Top.... Words don't exist to explain the feelings that are still there.. I could feel the intention of rounds bouncing off the rocks to find their random targets...the ones with cover, some finding their mark.. Anyways, I'm in Australia some 17 year now, and still carry a round from there in my pocket from decades ago.. Texans are funny that way....
my great, great grandmother and 4 of her sisters lived in Gettysburg during the battle and nursed soldiers on both sides. The soldiers filled their house for months after.
The hospital flag is green with a yellow H in the center. I renact as a hospital steward...a combination nurse, pharmacist, battlefield medic and surgeon assistant, as well as a dietician. Jack of all trades. They also kept records of the weather
Red flags where used to mark hospitals sites up to and during the Gettysburg Campaign, The green flags became standard hospital markers after Gettysburg
@@krtrains123 Thanks. Makes sense that this was part of the evolution in medical care during the war. One account of a nurse at Antietam reveals she had a scarlet flag in the shape of a medicine bottle.
I love history but I don't really like history of battles. I want to know ahh happened at home, and support workers during the battles. Thank you for this.
The nurses of the Civil War were all truly angels for both blue & gray soldiers! Imagine the horrors they had to face in trying to provide care for so many gravely wounded!
I had 2 g-g grandfathers fighting together as confederate soldiers from the same NC county. One was wounded and captured by the Union army and was a prisoner of war until the end of the war when he was released. The other was wounded but was not captured. I ordered the archived records for one of them from Washington DC. It was so interesting.
Very Tormented Eyes in the picture. Indeed, the cruelty and horrors of war were literally burnt into the retinas and it isn't difficult to imagine her to suffer PTSD as much as the men actually fighting. Her expressiveness gives testament to the terrorism of human beings enacted onto other human beings based in the CHOICE OF SIN. ULTIMATELY, DEMONS WEARING HUMAN BEING SUITS ARE THE ORIGIN OF ALL THIS WOMAN AND SO MANY OTHERS SAW AND CONTINUE TO SEE. Guess the Ai/Bioweapon Injection Depopulation Project and Geo-Engineering the same poisons into Earth's environment murdering millions in an effort to REINSTITUTIONALIZE SLAVERY OF THE WORLD is the 'BLOODLESS PREMEDITATED MURDER' the wealthy Demons wearing Human Being Suits wish to avoid as it would be PROOF for those refusing to awaken to evil of its existence more heinous than anything even this woman saw and responded to.
Thanks for this fascinating account about Nurse Dada. Do you know where that beautiful quote is from and who wrote it at 4:30? Found in his portmanteau.
Important to note that during the war years America was in the beginning of a wave of mass media as a result of technology. News traveled faster and could be distributed to wider audiences more quickly.
That is the way they spoke. And you can actually understand what their saying. And another surprise the work fuck us no where to be found. I come from Gettysburg.
A soldier who survived the fight @ Gettysburg reported the single most disgusting thing he saw there & on every battlefield he fought on was that after the fighting was over and the dead & dying were lying on the battlefield vultures would appear & light in the trees on low branches & fencepost and patiently wait for the dying to do so. Then, they would swoop down upon the dead & feast. !
Some "sympathizing neighbors" informed the confederates about a 70yo Pennsylvanian who was wounded in combat. The neighbors do not sound very "sympathizing."
This woman was a champion !! I recently read the slave narratives and was in awe, shock and disbelief......I learned, that there is NOTHING on this earth stronger than a black woman during these times. Us men would be nothing without our queens !!
I hope it's ok if I share a story about Civil War Soldier Boys that used to walk in front of our Ohio farm house when I was a boy. czcams.com/video/fTWMz2xrnrQ/video.html
I had family who fought at Gettysburg. One was killed, the other survived. That war should have never been fought. Lincoln might have protected his imagined "union" but the US suffered too many lost on both sides and for nothing. Economically and spiritually the North and the South would have been just fine had the secession been peacefully concluded.
I'm curious about your remark, "Lincoln's imagined Union". What does that mean? In my view, the Civil War was essentially a clash between two competing economic systems; one based on agriculture and slavery, the other based on free labor and industry. At the time, most of the world was run under some sort of slavery: peonage, serfdom, indentured servitude and just plain poor, ignorant peasants under the thumb of some local aristocrat. Morality of slavery aside; if the south had peacefully seceded, America would have become two countries; one a backward, feudalistic slave nation, the other a modern industrial democracy. In which case, North America would have been much less prepared to face Hitler or the USSR. But a peaceful division of a country is rarely possible. The first thing the Confederates did upon seceding was to sieze all the military and naval posts they could. Because they knew there would be war, and they couldn't win it with the arms they had. Indeed, the war has started years earlier in Missouri, with John Brown's rebellion and the terrorist attacks on northerners by southern guerillas. So you can argue that John Brown started the war, or that the south started it by trying to take over Missouri. But either way, it didn't start peacefully and was doomed to end in blood. Thanks for listening. I would be interested to hear your thoughts on the Union and the alternate history following a peaceful secession.
@@brianniegemann4788 I don’t disagree with you on the points you made. All are well stated and we might argue the fine points for fun but I don’t want to be a Devil’s Advocate, even for fun. Prior to the Civil War the Southern States were viewed by Washington as profit center colonies that existed for the benefit of the federal government. The South had much to export and its trade was managed by Washington who acted as a middle man for Southern products with European nations, precluding the South from the profits that it could have made with independent trade. The South wanted to trade with Europe without Washington’s interference and it was perfectly willing to secede from a Union that did not support it, even if that meant war. Slavery, unfortunately, was how the ag products of the South were planted and brought to market and the practice would have ended shortly after the Second Industrial Revolution. Regarding a peaceful secession, Lincoln wasn’t going to have that and he gave the orders to run the blockade of Charleston harbor even though negotiations for a peaceful surrender of that Fort had been ongoing for several days. “PTSD" Beauregard could not contain himself. But back to my comment, Lincoln never had a Union with the South and after his death, continuing through that lie called Reconstruction and likely all the way to WWII there was no real unity. I have always realized what I consider God’s Wisdom in keeping the US from dividing, peacefully or otherwise, into two or more separate nations. On paper it looks appealing particularly for the idea of decentralization of Federal power but WWII would have ended quite differently had a centralized US Fed government not existed. The US was and wanted to remain neutral in the events occuring in Europe but Roosevelt was assisting the British with war equipment. The Japanese and its Axis relations, more than any other thing at the time, made the US realize there was no way it could remain neutral and stay out of the conflict.
@brianniegemann4788 It was not just a clash between two competing economic systems. Slavery was on its way out due to industrialization. In fact, the industrialization of the South would have happened much faster without the war. Keeping slaves was expensive and machinery increased production. Much of the war had to do with states' rights. Lincoln wanted a strong federal government and the South did not. Look at all the issues we now have with an out of control federal government. States need to take back what they lost before we lose the entire country. By the way, the US has never faced the USSR. It died a slow death due to communist based economic principles in 1990.
@@Redbird_Girl2010 It sounds like I wrote that but I don't remember doing so. In any event, the idea of the several States taking back anything from our domineering fed is like trying to find the door to shut after the barn and the door has been destroyed. America and the USSR have enough sense to refrain from challenging each other and likewise the CCP, however that will very likely change with strengths gained by BRICS. Supposedly being established for financial strength among member nations, I predict that it will begin to become a military alliance, embolden by Chinese and Russian WMDs as soon as membership is completely established. What do you think?
Because people are basing life decisions on these fairytales. If people realized this life is all we get they would think twice to have their lives taken from bankers wars. What purpose did the Korean war or even the recent goat herder wars accomplish? Look at the money people hand over to online grifters (billions wasted on false promises) like Benny Hinn and the late Billy "finger to the mythical heaven" Graham. Grifters live in luxury while the poor hand over money they could use to better their physical life over a fantasy one. So god made us only so we can suffer and die? Angels don't have to suffer these tests. God told Adam if he ate he would die not burn in hell forever. If there is a Hell your god is a monster. @@Redbird_Girl2010
If you feel that way fine. But why be so negative, condescending, and hateful saying that about what gave a suffering soldier comfort? What does that do for you?
What difference does it make? He suffered the same pain regardless. He doesn't exist anymore like when we were before we were born. I didn't say anything about allowing the soldier to believe his fairytale. I'm just saying telling soldiers alive in the here and now they are doing gods will isn't the answer. Many US Soldiers really believe they are doing the lords work "for freedom". I'm just saying if we all believed this is all we get, war would be much harder to justify. We speak up about these fairytales and are labeled: negative, condescending, and hateful. Some old bibles use 616 vs 666 and I know people terrified by this number. Should we allow people to be scammed by this crap forever? @@dawncheshire-gibson1859
Do something useful and positive like the gentleman who went to the effort to develop this video and upload. I hear it just fine and I've got hearing impairment that makes certain sounds cringy. But my first instinct is NOT jump on the comments and badmouth the guy. You're not overflowing in worthy accomplishments yourself, so who are you to criticsize a productive, positive working person?? Like the other guy in the comment...get over yourself.
Invent a time machine. Give the Confederates puff the magic dragon helicopter gun ships. Then build a Purina dog food factory on site to can environmentally friendly clean up dog food.
My great grandfather, 27th PA, was wounded at Gettysburg and laid on the battlefield for many days. He survived, was sent to Washington D.C. to recuperate and married my great grandmother in Georgetown.
I hope your great grandfather had a good life after his recuperation and marriage. He certainly deserved it after his service and sacrifice.
My great grandfather David Boggs Freetly was wounded twice and fought at Gettysburg. His name is on the plaque. Its amazing they survived
This woman with so much insight was also a dedicated nurse and humanitarian. I wonder how many lives she helped to save. May God rest her soul.
You can see how deeply her time nursing at Gettysburg affected her in the photo.
Thank you for the stirring account of this nurse. So often the bravery and strength and compassion of these women goes forgotten.
What a kind and excellent nurse. In this photo of her, I can’t help but notice her “thousand yard stare.”
My great grandfather was an officer attached to the 21st Georgia regiment and took a yankee ball to his leg at Chickamauga 1863. Lost his leg at a field tent hospital. After the war he married and became a successful hardware owner and raised a large family
As a retired RN BSN of 35 years at local hospitals in Grand Rapids ,Michigan .
I really appreciate your history of Hattie' years as a nurse and her years of service and dedication to her calling as nurse.
A calling that she took willingly and with great pride.
Thank you.,
Patricia- Michigan
I agree with you, I spent 36 years as a critical care RN . I couldn't have said it better. She is one of many nurses and doctors heros.
I think it must have been a great comfort to the wounded soldiers to find themselves under the care of women, and in particular, such caring nurses as Hattie Dada.
What a fabulous photo of Hattie! She has such an intense look on her face. And look at her hands with those long, skillful fingers! Wonderful to hear her words as well!
Hattie was such a dedicated nurse to her patients and a eloquent author of history through her experiences.
Fascinating. The writing skills of this woman likely only surpassed by her nursing skills.
In those times, even the lowliest student, raised in a backwoods one room cabin, could read, write, and express him/herself with an eloquence that no longer exists today.
Imagine her stamina and dedication. They lacked the resources of modern medicine. This puts a real face on American history.
I’m sorry. You need to pay a narrator
now many can't even read much less write @@OutnBacker
I don't think a paid narrator would lend any more credence to this fine narrative. Pay attention to the words and ignore all else.
Thank you for bringing this to video. It is another reminder of the hellish nature of the civil war, but with kindness that springs up unexpectedly. I am certain nurse Hattie was a God send to many.
Angel of the battlefield.
A brave & righteous woman
Well done, keep history alive!
I'm a retired due to a car wreck I was in 10 years ago ..anyhow it amazes me to hear the conditions they worked under ..things they didn't have to save their men had to be heart breaking .since so many were so young death is always a hard finality for any nurse to deal with ..so to hear of a happy ending of a patient writing a reply is like hearing angels sing! And I m sure she was thrilled when. SHe received that letter! Ty so much for sharing !
What a wonderful recollection of a woman with an honorable purpose; to care for the young men entrusted to her...in life and death. God Bless her and all the souls that have gone before us.
Yes and it didn't matter which side they fought for.
Fascinating account! Thank you for sharing. I intend to find her writings. I worked in medical for 20 years and from that, I can only imagine how bad the stench of rotting flesh of so many wounded and dead would be. Once you've smelled necrotic tissue, you never forget the smell. It must have been absolutely overwhelming.
I grew up on a working grain & livestock farm which was useful for my later career in police work then 14 yrs in CSI. Modern people are so insulated from the reality of death they can't begin to imagine what its like. When I think back on the "old days" with no running water, no air conditioning, no electricity for fans or equipment, poor communications and on and on.
I often flip right over to my great great grandparents who homesteaded Dakota Territory in 1870. They faced the same hardships but without the war part. They lost at least 4 children that I know of to disease, 3 of them little girls in 6 days. When I think my modern life has problems, I think of them persevering through unimaginable trials. That humbles me and reminds me that I far WAY short of their character, toughness and unshakable faith in God.
@@LuvBorderCollies I really wish kids today were taught more of these stories, at school and also at home. So many of them are clueless as to what a blessing it is to live here at this time, as crazy as it is right now. I’m similar to you in that sometimes, when I’m lamenting the fact that my life in general has not gone the way I wanted it to, I imagine the Lord is shaking his head and thinking, “There’s a widow in Afghanistan who would gladly trade places with you.”
As one of a large staff of RNs in a level one trauma center, in a large city, we often wondered how our efforts ended and the patients progressed. We would take turns going upstairs to the post trauma units, to check on our charges. Sometimes the news was not surprisingly sad, because of the degree of injuries sustained, but occasionally we were told of a full discharge to home. What a joy those times were, sometimes months later! I totally understand this women's sentiments.
Thank you for this fascinating window into the past. We nurses still feel the same!
My ggg grandfather was terribly wounded in his first battle. His muster records indicate he was hospitalized most of the war. His brother was wounded in Arkansas, and transferred to hospital in Memphis. Their sister became a nurse and traveled south to the same hospital.
My next research is to see what records may be of her service
I have only recently discovered your channel, Mr Coddington. Love your approach, seeking out human details and accounts. Such moving recollections from this remarkable woman, her face reflects the suffering that she witnessed. Marvellous!
Thank you for this great video and history lesson 😎‼️👍🤩 and for all the time you spend researching the stories ❤❤❤❤❤
Her account is not one of the well known ones. Thanks so much for highlighting this fascinating story.
My Father was born in 1909. He told me there was a Civil War vet living in the small town of Midland, Md. and he would go talk to him. Talking about wounded. Small town called Clarysville below Frostburg, Md. the Federals set up a Hospital. I saw a picture once of a Ocean of White tents. There was a Doctor there that would not use netting to keep Fly's of the Soliders wounds. Seems the Fly's larvae would eat the Gangrene and save a Limb from amputation. The Doctors superiors forced the use of netting causing Amputation rates to climb again. Enjoy your information and have been to Gettysburg a few times. Thank you.
I read the book Doctors in Blue an interesting and difficult read. They made so many medical discoveries and advancements learning from that terrible war. You mentioned maggots they do a thorough job better than anything on cleaning infected wounds.
My dad told me they were still using maggots in Korea, except the maggots were packed in little bottles.
@@ps5801 Wow ! M.A.S.H. missed that. Thanks for your input.
Yep, maggots and leeches make a good clean up crew.
We still use sterile lab grown agents in wound care in 2023. They eat dead tissue, not the gangrene ( pus), so when the dead tissue is eaten away healthy blood capillaries and veins reach tissue again and healing can begin.
Thanks for doing this
The last time I was in Gettysburg was Halloween night 1993. I was a teenager at the time, a bit of a hooligan in those days who liked his strong drink and other party favors. I had actually just got kicked out of high school, how I wound up in Gettysburg (far from my North Carolina home) at that time, I can't even recall. But I met a local character who was young and quite knowledgeable about the history there and we decided to party with some "contraband" in the pitch black dark (while it was raining) on a well known part of the battlefield. I am somewhat of a superstitious person believing somewhat in the paranormal, I didn't see anything odd concern in that regard, but had it not been for our "party favors" I would not have been there and would have been far more apprehensive about being on that hallowed ground on Halloween night. But we had a good time! I learned a lot about the battle from the perspective of a local who was made privy to some stories I reckon people not born and raised in Gettysburg would be so familiar with. It was an interesting conversation, to say the least.
Of course, Gettysburg is a college town. We tend to get so wrapped up in the history of the battle that we who have never been there or who are not from there tend to forget that. I was struck by being in place made so unusual by its place in history, but yet how it seems the locals (and college students) seem to like to live their lives as if it were just any other college town as best they can. Of course, Gettysburg has also become such a tourist designation. Speaking of the paranormal, I understand that (in modern times at least) as many come to Gettysburg to partake in paranormal investigations as they come for study of the history there. Regardless of what actually brings people to visit Gettysburg, it has become quite the tourist designation with lots of pleasant amenities that we associate with not only tourism but also college towns in general. There are many good choices in restaurants and watering holes in Gettysburg. It is a fun place despite its grim history oddly.
I was going to ask how long it took, after the battle, for Gettysburg to get back to a semblance of normalcy after the battle? But the more I think of things, the more one can say that battle forever changed Gettysburg in ways that are still being felt today. Gettysburg is an amazing little town.
I enjoyed your account of your visit to this hallowed ground. The blood and spirits soaked into the earth now go deep, but I think they will always remain for those who want to tune in to what they have to say.
I'm curious to hear if you witnessed anything unusual or had a Feeling of anything? My family went to Custer's Last Stand battlefield when I was young and I'll never forget the Feeling of that place. I believe the Earth holds memories, some so intense we are able to still Feel them.
@@jamesrobiscoe1174 I agree.
@deniseheupel8814 I did not see or experience anything unusual at Gettysburg the couple of times I have been there but would not be to quick to dismiss the claims of others who claim they have had experiences there or elsewhere.
I have been to most of the major and well-known several of the lesser known Civil War battlefields. Granted, it has been at least 25 years since I have been to any of them, but Shiloh and Antietam were probably my two favorites, and the reason is because it seemed like little had changed in those areas around the battlefields. Sure, there were statues and memorials and plaques and paved roads and telephone lines and visitor's centers, but these places still had that look and feel like one could imagine from the times of the battles. My least favorite battlefield was Franklin, near Nashville. Much of the area where the worst fighting took place was not preserved at all and had been heavily developed. You see fast food restaurants and gas stations where major parts of that battle took place, which is appalling to me.
But I agree with you. Even in a place like Franklin, you get the sense that there is some what of a trapped residual energy there. I always found myself astounded at how some of these less disturbed places felt (to me at least) so calm and peaceful, especially if you know anything about the history at these places. It felt kind of pleasant and eerie at the same time.
I have never seen a ghost at any of these places or heard strange sounds either, thankfully. I don't want to either. But the place that really sticks out in my mind was along the Sunken Road at Antietam. When I walked the Sunken Road, I was all alone, and it was quiet, except for birds chirping all around. I got that peaceful yet eerie feeling, and even though I was all alone, I did not feel as if I was all alone.
@@FuzzyWuzzy75 so sad to hear about Franklin. I live near Deadwood, where the recent influx of transplants has massive building happening all over the Black Hills, but I'm particularly upset about the clearing of trees and development around the Preacher Smith mur der site. Seems incredibly disrespectful to me.
Remarkable and unforgettable!
Very nice video thank you for sharing.
I cannot imagine the trauma this angel was privy too. Such warmth and innate compassion came through her writings. May her spirit rest eternal.
Great first hand account of Gettysburg after the battle. Thank you!
Just the look 👀 in her eyes tells the whole story.
The look on her face is that of
one who has seen too much.
This was a dedicated Angel.
Who can begin to grasp the
thoughts and emotions going
through her mind. It took a
very special strength to do
what she did.
Hattie seems so intuitive and perceptive! Well done
Thank you for this.
Thank you for sharing this. Terrifyingly what they went through
I am a Canadian sympathizer 🇨🇦of the Confederacy.Jefferson Davis moved to Montreal after the civil war.I often wear a grey Confederate kepi.
I am curious as to why you sympathize with the Confederates.
Canada didn't have a dog in that fight. ??
Thank you for this. I was very moved by it.
Thank you Ron. I enjoyed the story very much.
Thanks.
Thank you
All military nurses are God's angels on earth ❤.
And to think some fellow Americans want another civil war, I couldn’t even imagine the devastation that would bring. My GG grandpa served with the 51st Regiment NC Troops was shot at cold harbor 1 June 1864 he served the entire war including Bentonville NC ,thank you for sharing a glimpse of what he may have experienced.👍🏻🇺🇸
If you take the estimated 750,000 Civil War dead and put it terms of today's population, the total would be 7.5 million dead.
@@lifeonthecivilwarresearchtrail holy smokes, I don’t even want to imagine that occurring…..
Woof....
That was heavy....and needed to be heard, thank you... I spent hours in Little Round Top.... Words don't exist to explain the feelings that are still there.. I could feel the intention of rounds bouncing off the rocks to find their random targets...the ones with cover, some finding their mark..
Anyways, I'm in Australia some 17 year now, and still carry a round from there in my pocket from decades ago.. Texans are funny that way....
my great, great grandmother and 4 of her sisters lived in Gettysburg during the battle and nursed soldiers on both sides. The soldiers filled their house for months after.
An excellent video. Nurse Dada is a good writer of moving human stories. Can I purchase her reminiscences, "Ministering Angels"?
The hospital flag is green with a yellow H in the center.
I renact as a hospital steward...a combination nurse, pharmacist, battlefield medic and surgeon assistant, as well as a dietician. Jack of all trades. They also kept records of the weather
Thanks for the insight. I wonder how red flags came to be used in thew aftermath of Gettysburg.
Red flags where used to mark hospitals sites up to and during the Gettysburg Campaign, The green flags became standard hospital markers after Gettysburg
@@krtrains123 Thanks. Makes sense that this was part of the evolution in medical care during the war. One account of a nurse at Antietam reveals she had a scarlet flag in the shape of a medicine bottle.
I love history but I don't really like history of battles. I want to know ahh happened at home, and support workers during the battles. Thank you for this.
You do the memory of the civil war soldiers proud Ron.
Thank You for this Heart Breaking American History facts….Blessings from Pennsylvania 🙏🙏🙏🎚🎚🎚
Very good
this was brilliant. sad these personal accounts are not taught in schools. not that it is surprising. just sad
Garrett, help me spread the word so we can keep Hattie's story alive.
The nurses of the Civil War were all truly angels for both blue & gray soldiers! Imagine the horrors they had to face in trying to provide care for so many gravely wounded!
I had 2 g-g grandfathers fighting together as confederate soldiers from the same NC county. One was wounded and captured by the Union army and was a prisoner of war until the end of the war when he was released. The other was wounded but was not captured. I ordered the archived records for one of them from Washington DC. It was so interesting.
Agreed! The Military Service Records a the National Archives are great for understanding the role of individual soldiers during the war.
Very Tormented Eyes in the picture. Indeed, the cruelty and horrors of war were literally burnt into the retinas and it isn't difficult to imagine her to suffer PTSD as much as the men actually fighting. Her expressiveness gives testament to the terrorism of human beings enacted onto other human beings based in the CHOICE OF SIN. ULTIMATELY, DEMONS WEARING HUMAN BEING SUITS ARE THE ORIGIN OF ALL THIS WOMAN AND SO MANY OTHERS SAW AND CONTINUE TO SEE.
Guess the Ai/Bioweapon Injection Depopulation Project and Geo-Engineering the same poisons into Earth's environment murdering millions in an effort to REINSTITUTIONALIZE SLAVERY OF THE WORLD is the 'BLOODLESS PREMEDITATED MURDER' the wealthy Demons wearing Human Being Suits wish to avoid as it would be PROOF for those refusing to awaken to evil of its existence more heinous than anything even this woman saw and responded to.
Heavy ❤sad
Thanks for this fascinating account about Nurse Dada. Do you know where that beautiful quote is from and who wrote it at 4:30? Found in his portmanteau.
Yes!
The National Tribune
Washington, District of Columbia
Thu, Feb 14, 1884 · Page 2
@@lifeonthecivilwarresearchtrail Thanks so much!
Have an original of Georgeanna Muirsons "Three Week at Gettysburg".
@@jumpmaster82nd. Wonderful book. I will focus on it in a future video. Thanks for the idea.
the look on her face.
I read a Well researched book on the tragic aftermath of Gettysburg.. (the name..Debris of Battle)
I wonder how many soldiers who were wounded in the Civil War, succumbed to their wounds? From a percentage standpoint?
Early Americans did not have podcasts. They had rifles and plows
Important to note that during the war years America was in the beginning of a wave of mass media as a result of technology. News traveled faster and could be distributed to wider audiences more quickly.
That is the way they spoke. And you can actually understand what their saying. And another surprise the work fuck us no where to be found. I come from Gettysburg.
A soldier who survived the fight @ Gettysburg reported the single most disgusting thing
he saw there & on every battlefield he fought on was that after the fighting was over and the dead & dying were lying on the battlefield vultures would appear & light in the trees on low branches & fencepost and patiently wait for the dying to do so. Then, they would swoop down upon the dead & feast.
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So many ghosts in this whole area.
Interesting story and sounds like a play written by my Grandmother...hmmm
Some "sympathizing neighbors" informed the confederates about a 70yo Pennsylvanian who was wounded in combat. The neighbors do not sound very "sympathizing."
isn't that Josh Hawley?
This woman was a champion !! I recently read the slave narratives and was in awe, shock and disbelief......I learned, that there is NOTHING on this earth stronger than a black woman during these times. Us men would be nothing without our queens !!
your videso are great but your voice an dmicrophone cut out sooooooooooooo much!
I hope it's ok if I share a story about Civil War Soldier Boys that used to walk in front of our Ohio farm house when I was a boy.
czcams.com/video/fTWMz2xrnrQ/video.html
Okay since this is by newspapers and not diaries you can bet these stories were embellished by newspaper writers.
Just put the letter up already. Listening to commentary and narration can be irritating
How rude! I rather think you are just showing your own ignorance.
Did he lay eggs?
I had family who fought at Gettysburg. One was killed, the other survived. That war should have never been fought. Lincoln might have protected his imagined "union" but the US suffered too many lost on both sides and for nothing. Economically and spiritually the North and the South would have been just fine had the secession been peacefully concluded.
I'm curious about your remark, "Lincoln's imagined Union". What does that mean?
In my view, the Civil War was essentially a clash between two competing economic systems; one based on agriculture and slavery, the other based on free labor and industry. At the time, most of the world was run under some sort of slavery: peonage, serfdom, indentured servitude and just plain poor, ignorant peasants under the thumb of some local aristocrat. Morality of slavery aside; if the south had peacefully seceded, America would have become two countries; one a backward, feudalistic slave nation, the other a modern industrial democracy. In which case, North America would have been much less prepared to face Hitler or the USSR.
But a peaceful division of a country is rarely possible. The first thing the Confederates did upon seceding was to sieze all the military and naval posts they could. Because they knew there would be war, and they couldn't win it with the arms they had. Indeed, the war has started years earlier in Missouri, with John Brown's rebellion and the terrorist attacks on northerners by southern guerillas. So you can argue that John Brown started the war, or that the south started it by trying to take over Missouri. But either way, it didn't start peacefully and was doomed to end in blood.
Thanks for listening. I would be interested to hear your thoughts on the Union and the alternate history following a peaceful secession.
@@brianniegemann4788 I don’t disagree with you on the points you made. All are well stated and we might argue the fine points for fun but I don’t want to be a Devil’s Advocate, even for fun.
Prior to the Civil War the Southern States were viewed by Washington as profit center colonies that existed for the benefit of the federal government. The South had much to export and its trade was managed by Washington who acted as a middle man for Southern products with European nations, precluding the South from the profits that it could have made with independent trade. The South wanted to trade with Europe without Washington’s interference and it was perfectly willing to secede from a Union that did not support it, even if that meant war. Slavery, unfortunately, was how the ag products of the South were planted and brought to market and the practice would have ended shortly after the Second Industrial Revolution. Regarding a peaceful secession, Lincoln wasn’t going to have that and he gave the orders to run the blockade of Charleston harbor even though negotiations for a peaceful surrender of that Fort had been ongoing for several days. “PTSD" Beauregard could not contain himself.
But back to my comment, Lincoln never had a Union with the South and after his death, continuing through that lie called Reconstruction and likely all the way to WWII there was no real unity.
I have always realized what I consider God’s Wisdom in keeping the US from dividing, peacefully or otherwise, into two or more separate nations. On paper it looks appealing particularly for the idea of decentralization of Federal power but WWII would have ended quite differently had a centralized US Fed government not existed. The US was and wanted to remain neutral in the events occuring in Europe but Roosevelt was assisting the British with war equipment. The Japanese and its Axis relations, more than any other thing at the time, made the US realize there was no way it could remain neutral and stay out of the conflict.
Nothing in the USA gov. Is peacefully accomplished. We are the warrior nation. Sad sad
@brianniegemann4788
It was not just a clash between two competing economic systems. Slavery was on its way out due to industrialization. In fact, the industrialization of the South would have happened much faster without the war. Keeping slaves was expensive and machinery increased production.
Much of the war had to do with states' rights. Lincoln wanted a strong federal government and the South did not. Look at all the issues we now have with an out of control federal government. States need to take back what they lost before we lose the entire country.
By the way, the US has never faced the USSR. It died a slow death due to communist based economic principles in 1990.
@@Redbird_Girl2010 It sounds like I wrote that but I don't remember doing so. In any event, the idea of the several States taking back anything from our domineering fed is like trying to find the door to shut after the barn and the door has been destroyed. America and the USSR have enough sense to refrain from challenging each other and likewise the CCP, however that will very likely change with strengths gained by BRICS. Supposedly being established for financial strength among member nations, I predict that it will begin to become a military alliance, embolden by Chinese and Russian WMDs as soon as membership is completely established.
What do you think?
I tnink good info, but presentation, not so much. We can read it, your voice is not meant for videos.
Really? Go read it then! Find the stories on your own. What a rude thing to say to 😮 someone who has spent so much researching.
@@DonnaMM6361 I agree with her.
Super rude. Why did you bother watching it if you could have read it? Seriously!
y'all need to get someone without vocal problems do the narration. Guy is hard to listen to.
Details suck it up butter cup. Lol he adds to the experience.
Then don’t watch it! So ridiculously rude and inappropriate!
I don't feel sorry for none of them
Are you as ignorant as you write?
Sad that people actually believe they will go to heaven. I guess if it makes death easier it isn't so bad to believe in fairytales.
How do you know they don't? Why does it bother you that they did if it made death easier for them?
Because people are basing life decisions on these fairytales. If people realized this life is all we get they would think twice to have their lives taken from bankers wars. What purpose did the Korean war or even the recent goat herder wars accomplish? Look at the money people hand over to online grifters (billions wasted on false promises) like Benny Hinn and the late Billy "finger to the mythical heaven" Graham. Grifters live in luxury while the poor hand over money they could use to better their physical life over a fantasy one. So god made us only so we can suffer and die? Angels don't have to suffer these tests. God told Adam if he ate he would die not burn in hell forever. If there is a Hell your god is a monster. @@Redbird_Girl2010
If you feel that way fine. But why be so negative, condescending, and hateful saying that about what gave a suffering soldier comfort? What does that do for you?
What difference does it make? He suffered the same pain regardless. He doesn't exist anymore like when we were before we were born. I didn't say anything about allowing the soldier to believe his fairytale. I'm just saying telling soldiers alive in the here and now they are doing gods will isn't the answer. Many US Soldiers really believe they are doing the lords work "for freedom". I'm just saying if we all believed this is all we get, war would be much harder to justify. We speak up about these fairytales and are labeled: negative, condescending, and hateful. Some old bibles use 616 vs 666 and I know people terrified by this number. Should we allow people to be scammed by this crap forever? @@dawncheshire-gibson1859
Looks interesting, but the voice is like nails on a blackboard .... can't do it
Do something useful and positive like the gentleman who went to the effort to develop this video and upload. I hear it just fine and I've got hearing impairment that makes certain sounds cringy. But my first instinct is NOT jump on the comments and badmouth the guy. You're not overflowing in worthy accomplishments yourself, so who are you to criticsize a productive, positive working person?? Like the other guy in the comment...get over yourself.
That’s a man not a woman..
Invent a time machine. Give the Confederates puff the magic dragon helicopter gun ships. Then build a Purina dog food factory on site to can environmentally friendly clean up dog food.