Gettysburg - My first HISTORY BUFFS reaction
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Reacting to a video essay about a movie about a book about a historic battle is so next level I’ve lost count of how many levels it is 😂
And each layer added a lot more context.
Rea-ception!
Well I guess with Chris' reaction it kinda loops the entire thing back to the historic battle since he is trying to link every reaction to the OG events as objective as possible
Writing a comment about a reaction to a video essay about a movie about a book about a historic battle is so next level I’ve lost count of how many levels it is 😂
@@Thraim.but there’s even one more level to attain- responding to a comment about a reaction to a video essay about a movie about a book about a historic battle. Now we’ve got more levels than a wedding cake!
Now let us all hold hands, bow our heads, and thank our lord that Ridley Scott didn't direct this movie.
It could be worse. Imagine an American revolution movie directed by Michael Bay. I mean talk about “bombs bursting in air” 🤷🏻♂️
@@erikdayne5429 The Patriot was pretty much what you described.
Idk man, I would have loved to see the love story between Joshua Chamberlain and his wife rather than the most epic battle in American history
I mean, if it had been directed by Ridley Scott at the time (1993), it might’ve been pretty decent. He wasn’t as full of himself yet, and his greatest historical movie would’ve just been a few years away. Not saying he would’ve made a better movie, but to automatically claim that it would’ve been bad seems like a tad much
He'd Probably Stick Xenomorphs Into This Movie.
Now That Would Be Awesome
I was reenacting with a number of guys who were in Confederate units in Gettysburg and the scene just before Pickett's Charge where General Lee is riding through was not scripted, it was honestly the reenactors showing love and thanking Martin Sheen for his portrayal of General Lee. Martin Sheen was just riding through to do another scene when all of a sudden, hundreds of reenactors began running towards him and raising the Rebel Yell It was kept in the movie becaus Ron and the rest of the production were so moved by it. Many of my friends who were there said it was their "period" moment, were just for those few minutes you forgot you were doing a movie. One of my friends said "I know we were doing a picture, but when you saw General Lee, all that was forgotten."
The reenactors were shouting "Sheen! Sheen!" Ron told the sound guys to change it to "Lee, Lee". One of the best unscripted scenes in movie history.
Another story was that when the Little Round Top scenes were going on, some of the guys had to be calmed down because their adrenaline was so high that if they werent someone was going to get seriously hurt. Two guys one Union and one Confederate didnt hear "Cut" and were rolling around on the ground still fighting with each other.
I could go on and on with the stories I heard but those are just a few.
I'll share one more:
A really emotional story that really chokes me up is that some of the reenactors that knew of ancestors that were killed in Pickett's charge requested to portray their ancestors and when they stepped off, pretty much everyone was crying. In fact, when the scenes were done or their was a re take, some of the guys were found sobbing uncontrollably because a few had the actual locations of were their ancestors was killed.
When you guys watch Pickett's Charge play out, some of the guys you see fall are actually "dying" where their ancestors died 150+ years ago.
We take reenacting very seriously and yes we might not be the most in shape, or look old as dirt but if we can help you guys get a sense of what a battle sounded or looked like than we have done our jobs
I love the idea of civil war re-enactors continuing to fight after the cameras are off as if they’re gonna single handedly change the course of history if they win 😂
“Cut. Cut!”
But I almost have the high ground!
😂😂😂
I find the neocon lost cause reenactors a tad creepy
@@robertelder164 The Lost Cause argument is NOT a Neocon position. It is a DEMOCRAT lie. Neocons are many things, war mongers for instance, but their policies are not inherently racist. Unlike Democrat policies even today.
That is very disturbing. Lee is a traitor not a hero.
Haven’t watched the reaction yet, I just wanted to say that I am THRILLED that you are reacting to History Buffs, you’ll be happy to hear he’s done videos for both Waterloo 1970 and the Death of Stalin.
It's spelled 'Thrilled'
@@JoeeyTheeKangarooShoot to Frill 😂
Edit suggestion: THRILLED not FRILLED
History buffs is such a great channel! So glad you are reviewing Nick’s content!
Everything History Buff does is A1
Accuracy be damned, if you can get Sam Elliott in your movie, you put Sam Elliott in your movie.
Sam was a poor depiction of Buford. As were many of the actors chosen. Poor
Always admired how those soldiers could walk so far in just days and with crap shoes by our standards, and in summer heat with little water
Many people were actually killed in those walks especially in the summer, a book named "Killed in Action at Gettysburg: Eyewitness Accounts of the Last Moments of 100 Union Soldiers Who Died at Gettysburg" mentions in the first couple of stories that someone collapsed and was interred in a hospital where he collapsed and died a day later due to heat.
Ever hear of Daniel Boone, that man ran 100 miles in four days with no shoes, in the wilderness of the Frontier in 1770s. People built different.
@ulyssesgrant4324 Also Kit Carson, walked over deserets and mountains.
Their shoes literally had wooden soles and were "uni" shoes, made to fit both the left and right foot. Can you imagine? I'd be falling out after like one day
@@svenrio8521 He also was seriously dehydrated and sneaked pasted enemy lines to get help after the unit was circled walking i think like 25 miles in a day.
“Jeff Daniels WAS Joshua Chamberlain”
Well said! It’s so true, Jeff absolutely nailed that role 💎
Tom Berenger as James Longstreet killed it, the sheer emotions were brilliantly expressed, the character of James Longstreet is done perfectly although history isn't that kind to him
Lee and he had different war making styles. Longstreet preferred the style of Joe Johnston and said so in a letter to Johnston. Grant said he thought Johnston was a better general than Lee. I think that had Davis not relieved Johnston at Atlanta, that the Confederates would have held Atlanta for weeks, perhaps as long as November.
Would be nice to go back in time and tell Longstreet that he received some redemption in Berenger's portrayal of him. Berenger is great. His portrayal of Theodore Roosevelt in The Rough Riders was magnificent.
The beard,though…
But I agree,great performance
As a reenactor it has always bugged me the old Grey potbellied guys. Now I'm one of them. If we want to fix that we really need to make the hobby more accessible $$$ 16-25 year Olds and their parents can't flip the bill one a multi thousand dollar hobby.
Facts. I'm 26, and have *most* of the stuff I need for WWII Reenacting, mostly due to some nice Army Checks from BCT and Activations.
How can you get a 16 y/o to join and be like "Now you need 4k to get fully kitted"
My WWII Group actually has a Venturing Crew for BSA attached, and we, as the adults, bring extra loaner gear for the kids. Or sell it to them on the cheap cheap.
Fax I would love to do reenacting but it's soooo expensive
As a former reenactor I wish I would’ve had the chance to be in a production like this. There were rumors flying around that The Last Full Measure was going to be made and I would’ve loved the chance to be a part of it. As a scrawny, reenactor I would’ve definitely fit the bill for what a confederate soldier would’ve looked like later in the war lol. Great review and great perspective on a fantastic movie. Well done
I really wish we would have gotten the Last Full Measure as well. It would have been a much more positive one for the Union side and a nice bookend to the very positive Confederate side in Gods and Generals.
@@VloggingThroughHistory There it is
Artillery Officer here, I truly love the attention you give the King of Battle, it's often overlooked in comparison to the more obvious maneuver elements of the battle! One thing I would say about time fuses is even to this day ground burst is a common error with time or variable time fuses. In this scene you see a fair amount of both airborne explosions and ground which I think would have been an even more common error then than now. Obviously, a miscalculated time shot is going to result in ground burst or quick as we call it now. Having visited Gettysburg as well it is clear most of their shots were pretty good as there is no obvious cratering.
I watched this movie as a kid with my mother whom was from Charleston South Carolina, and my Father whom is from Michigan. My mother cried when Chamberlain made his charge, and she cried again when she saw Pickett tell Lee he had no division. Hell, she got choked up at the pictures they showed in the beginning of the movie lol. This movie was perfect for our household. Most Northern people truly don’t understand the south at all.
Grew up in Michigan btw, but spent a LOT of time in Charleston
History buffs is one of my favourite history channels on youtube. Im glad you finally got to it.
Glad you did a video from History Buffs. As you pointed out so many movies today miss the mark when it comes to history and I think Nick and the team do a good job of differentiating between the history and the Hollywood, and I hope more people who are drawn by the Hollywood take the time to watch shows like this and learn the History is often so much better.
To be honest, Nick bases his historical reviews way to much on his own personal taste. He will go on tirades about how bad The Patriot or Braveheart are, but will be very nice about The Last Samurai.
@@IIBloodXLustII I don't know where you got this idea from. I agree that he uses too much of his opinion as fact, but he absolutely points out the historical inaccuracies and missteps of the film, and 17 minutes in to his Last Samurai video he accepts that it cannot be taken seriously as a historical film and should be enjoyed as an insight into the life of the samurai.
@@IIBloodXLustII I think his harshest words are towards the blatant propaganda that the film emanantes, particlularly the way it treats the british soldiers like villainous, inhumane monsters slaughtering swathes of innocents, while the patriots are poor, kind hearted and would never harm a fly. It was a war, both sides were reprehensible and did heinous things.
The Patriot also seems to act like the british were much worse in the treatment of black slaves which is laughable considering the war fought for slavery happened nearly a hundred years after. The Last Samurai has plenty of inaccuracies, but at least it doesn't propagate falsehoods and misinformation that could be dangerous.
@@electriccherrygamer9139yeah I agree Nick makes a point to differentiate between accuracy and authenticity, sometimes movies condense events or combine characters to streamline the plot and make it digestible for an audience, Nick takes that into account and still gives movies credit for being authentic to the story and time period, even if the details aren’t always 100% accurate.
The many and varied reasons for why people fought in the civil war are summed up by a scene at the beginning of the film The Undefeated, where John Wayne asked why the men his troops had just beaten were still fighting even though they had been aware of Lee's surrender. The Confederate commander say "Because this is our land, and you're on it."
Which then becomes a criminal action. The war is over. You don't have the right to keep fighting and killing people because they are trespassing. And the "Undefeated" was Hollywood's last Southern Revisionist Movie, starting with "Birth of a Nation" and through "Gone with the Wind".
Casting senior officers with actors who are too old is pretty common in war movies. In movies, generals and admirals are almost all middle-aged men, but it real life, especially during times like the Civil War and WWII, generals could be as young as their late thirties, and even younger in the Civil War. It's funny that people thought Matthew Broderick was too young to play Col. Shaw in Glory, but Broderick was three years older than Shaw was when he died. One time they got it right but got criticized for it.
It's pretty much logical though, people have watched older men being officers their whole lives, so suddenly there being a younger one just seems wrong at casual glance.
strangely there is a scene where Longstreet asks Colonel Porter Älexander the artillery commander his age, then he says "I'm 28 sir! " and Longstreet is like "whut"'
One scene I wish they would have put in would have been when Meade hears about Sickles moving his division forward.
Sickles commanded III Corps, at least until he lost one of his legs.
I watched this movie over a dozen times and I never thought it was southern propaganda. I know from my own experience that the common southern soldier thought he was fighting for his state and slavery was not in his mind.
i agree about Jeff Daniels being a perfect choice for Chamberlain. I think he was perfectly cast as Washington in "The Crossing" as well. I watch that movie every Christmas.
Yes. Excellent movie as well.
Daniel's performance was incredible. He, more than any other, felt "real"
I always admire vths knowledge of the us civil war
I was traveling and had a free evening and watched a movie...and it was Gettyburg. What an overwhelming experience. What a great movie,
So Gettysburg is on movie that I make sure to watch every year. It has a lot of sentimental value for me. I remember going to a reenactment I believe it was the 125th anniversary in 89 with my family and it being so hot there. then a few years later joining boy scouts and hearing about this movie. our scout master took us on a week long trip to tour the battle field and had us watch the movie before we went. every time I watch this movie I remember that time
You never fail to add more depth to every video you react to! Talking about the militia being formed in Pennsylvania provided great context that I didn’t know about before. You do great work man, keep it up! 👊
i would absolutely love since you’ve now watched this video of gettysburg, that you react to atun-shei’s interpretation of gettysburg… i think you’d also might agree with a lot of what he says there, too.
and trust me, i know his criticism of gods and generals was much… but i assure you his gettysburg series is far more tame, almost no personal attacks, and really is a well rounded argument on what the movie got right vs what it didn’t. seeing as atun-shei used to work in gettysburg as a living historian, i think he makes some great points.
great video as always!
Thank you so much for covering "Gettysburg"! I truly wish commanders such as Longstreet and Meade would be given more due respect for their contributions during the campaign.
Yeah it seems even Grant, who was undefeated in battle and an eventual President of the United States, gets overshadowed by Lee in the eyes of the general public. Grant is a great example of what set America apart from the European aristocracies as he was a self made man who climbed the ranks due to his merit and skill as opposed to his station of birth. It really is one of the greatest “American dream” stories in history if you think about it.
@@erikdayne5429 Very well said!!!
Sam Elliot was pushing to do a movie about Buford, of course with him in the starring role. Too bad it didn’t happen.
I love Sam’s acting in this movie.
The problem is that the book the movie is based on is not a military history. Meade was given full latitude to maneuver the Army of the Potomac as long as he could reach DC before or at the same time as Lee, if Lee made a stab at DC. Lincoln did not become disillusioned (somewhat) with Meade until Lee got back over the Potomac and Rappahannock without another engagement. But still neither Lincoln nor Stanton tried to force Meade to attack at Falling Waters or later at Mine Run. Also, Meade's line of communication no longer ran to DC. His LoC was back to Westminster to the rear of his army. Moving the ANV to the south seeking to force Meade to attack to reopen his supply lines would fail, because his supply lines were no longer to the south of Gettysburg.
I'd love to see you do more reactions to History Buffs. You two are my favorite history channels and I'd love to see more of this
Seeing little round top in person gave me so much respect for the Alabamians. To climb up that distance at that angle was absolutely legendary.
One of my favorite stories from Gettysburg is the tale of an icon from my hometown of Dexter, Michigan: Colonel Harrison H Jeffords of the 4th Michigan. His regiment was sent into the Wheat Field during the fighting on the second day as one of the detachments sent by Brigadier James Barnes to plug the gap as Hood's division advanced, and during the fighting a couple rebels seized the regimental flag. When the Colonel noticed, he and two others charged into melee to recover it. He took a bayonet in the side during the fighting and died soon after, but the flag was successfully defended. If you ever saw that Troiani painting "Saving the Flag", that's him depicted. We still got a statue in his honor in our main street park back home.
Great video, this felt like I was in a classroom during my time in Army AIT, discussing tactics and mission planning and looking to positives and negatives from history. It’s always a treat to sit and listen to well informed historians painting a picture of time in the past.
Atun shi actually did a video of each day and talks about what he likes and what he doesn’t like about the film
I'm so happy you finally got to react to one of History Buffs videos! It's like an early Christmas present! Hope you do his videos on Midway, Apollo 13, Waterloo, and Thirteen Days!!! Anyways, great video as always, and I hope you and your family have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!!
Thank you for saying this about Meade yes the man stood up and was there and he went forward under the shadow of Grant 15:39
Thank you so much for this commentary! I have found that your thoughts on these videos have indeed met the goal of building on the original work, and adding further depth. I am from Nova Scotia, Canada, with my parents having moved here from the Philadelphia, PA area, and I spent my high-school years in that area. I have been to Gettysburg Battlefield a couple of times, and it truly is an amazing spot. One neat point of connection between my home province and Gettysburg, is that about 100 Nova Scotians served in the 20th Maine during the battle, and so would have been in the thick of the fighting at Little Round Top. Bear in mind that there have been traditionally very strong cultural and familial connections between the Maritime Provinces and New England. And so, while there was some Confederate sympathy here, most would have been sympathetic to the Union cause. Just a neat and little known contribution from north of the border to winning that crucial victory within the larger battle.
I had a friend who went down for that with a Rhode Island group of reenactors. They all got certificates from production saying they'd been there, and said it was one of the most incredible things he'd ever seen. And they all showed up, every single unit from across the country, with their own well researched period correct kit. Cool stuff.
I love the history buffs channel! So happy you’re reacting to their material!
I always say this but Meade is criminally underrated and under appreciated he’s my favorite General and just one of my favorite Americans and he deserves so much more recognition
YES!!! FINALLY!!! I've been a fan of history buffs for a long time now.
Yay! I can't get enough of your content! I learn so much! Thank you!
I feel compelled to add a shout out here to a fairly unsung key figure in making the movie. Charlie Smithgall was the chief of artillery for the production and a man that new his cannons front and back. In addition to bringing I believe five pieces from his personal collection he was the man that put together the cannonade for Pickett's Charge. He also came up with the special effect you see when the Confederates are hit point blank in the face with a cannon shot. It was a tiny, tiny charge of powder mixed with talcum to create the effect. Charlie was the artillery expert brought in on many period movies and shows including the History Channel, A&E Specials and the like. Sadly he passed away last year.
Finally! I love History Buffs!!! Please react to their video about The Patriot 🙏🏻
I want to see you react to him rightfully tearing that movie apart
This is on my list of favorite movies as well. HB does a nice review of the movie and hits most the highlights well. One bone to pick though "Why you putting the boots to Chamberlain", I love that guy. From a school teacher to Major General in an army swarming with West Point grads give a man some lee way to be proud. I mean he must have had some real creds in the Army to be chosen to receive the formal surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia. Jeff Daniels did him proud with that performances. Thanks for giving HB some love his channel is outstanding as well.
@49:14 totally agree! People act as if history is a fantasy novel with clear-cut, orcish bad guys and levitating, angelic good guys. It’s almost never that simple. It seems we used to understand that, as a people. We definitely don’t anymore. Glad you do!
So excited to watch this! I always thought you’d enjoy this channel, glad to hear that you do!
Thanks for this. As a European historian wanting to understand American history, this was an excellent reaction to learn from.
About the efficacy of Pickett's Charge: Behind the Second Corps holding the Union center at the "stone wall" was the entire unbloodied but extremely capable veteran 6th Corps, as well as the entire Union artillery reserve. There was just no way the Union center was a weak spot. Even presuming the stone wall defenders were unable to stop the Confederates, the Rebs would have been wiped out by the Union reserves
"There was a death torn mile of broken ground to cross/With a low stone wall at the end./And behind that wall the men of the Second Corps/And behind them another force, fresh troops who had not yet fought./They began to cross the ground, the guns began to tear at them." Stepehn Vincent Benet John Brown's Body. I live it the UK but have visited Gettysburg and many of the other battlefields and had some military training. The attack had about as much chance of breaking through as the British Army did on 1July 1916. The guide who took me round the battlefield saw the charge when the film was being shot and he said it was quite scary to watch. Great video.
I'm so glad you're doing a History Buffs reaction video!!! I love their channel!!!
Thank you for FINALLY reacting to History Buffs. I’ve been waiting for years
Historybuffs was the reason why it introduced me more into the American Civil War and the movie Gettysburg.
On the whole Lee debate, i think he was great strategically in that he was able to manipulate union armies into doing what he wanted them to to do. Tactically he was weaker still good but he looked better than what he actually was because he was blessed in having several brilliant corps level officers which he unleashed on the union. still rate him as one of the best though i dread anybody having to fight an America with both Lee and Grant commanding them now that would be a very well lead army.
He maybe was slightly ahead of his time or at least his continent, by that he seems to have employed something very close to Auftragstaktik, the Prussian style of command where small unit commanders were entrusted with changing plans on the fly should an opportunity arise. That lead to him giving his broad ideas about an attack or positioning and trying to get his coprs and division commanders to understand their goals and duties, but it did not really translate well into the strict orders many of them were used and expected to read. Leaving lots of opportunity for misunderstandings and bad handling of the orders.
That is his biggest strength. Able to use is corps geneeals strength
@@Ugly_German_Truths I don't think that Lee was particularly ahead of his time in decentralization of command interpretation, since I think there are those who have done that before him. If anything, I think that Lee was such a great commander because he was the foremost practitioner of the Napoleonic way of war in the ACW. I know a lot of my fellow Americans dog on such methods as outdated, but when you really think about it, all of the major successes of the war were won using them.
Constantly manoeuvring around your opponents to try and threaten their lines of communications (Seven Days' Battles, Atlanta Campaign, Overland Campaign) was textbook Napoleon. Using your central position in between two of your enemies to defeat each separately (Vicksburg Campaign, Chancellorsville Campaign) also fell in line with that. Even the March to the Sea, living off the land, wasn't something inherently new and concepts such as destroying your opponent's industry or economic backbone was something the ancients did.
The usage of trenches was also something that dated back millennia ago, and saw incredibly extensive usage by the Romans and, in a conflict closer to modern times, the War of the Spanish Succession in the early 18th century, with hundreds of miles of trenches and fortresses, and was repeated by Wellington with the construction of the Lines de Torres Vedras in the early 19th century. You can look up the Battle of Malplaquet and see a hell similar to the major engagements of the Overland Campaign.
When you look at it, most of the great commanders of history weren't revolutionary in inventing anything new. They were just excellent practitioners of what had already been proven to work and excelled at those things better than the majority of generals.
I’m not an expert on the civil war, but from what I know in general, and about this battle in particular, Lee gets downgraded in my opinion because his mistakes were so massive and incomprehensible.
I always look to Sun Tzu’s “the art of war” as the basis for good military leadership. Many of his principles, gathering intelligence on the enemy while also spreading disinformation, maintaining the moral high ground to keep the strategic support of the population, not attacking an entrenched, fortified position on the high ground, are still true today even though weaponry and tactics have greatly changed. Ordering Pickett’s charge goes against all of those basic military principles. There was no hope of deception as the Union army would see them coming, the enemy had the fortified high ground, it’s not a coincidence that Longstreet couldn’t bring himself to give the order to march as he knew the result of that kind of attack before it even happened, it would have been obvious to anyone and should have been doubly obvious to a “military genius” such as Lee.
@@doritofeeshyes and most of the great commanders in history upheld similar principles, even if they didn’t know it. That’s why I’m so fascinated by Sun Tzu’s “the art of war” and how it can be applied to almost any conflict since then.
For instance Alexander was excellent with the strategy of finding your opponents “center of gravity” (the true source of their military power) and attacking it, he single handedly turned the tide at the battle of Gaugamela by attacking Darius directly. Julius Caesar employed a “divide and conquer” strategy when he subdued Gaul. George Washington made great use of his spy network to both gain intelligence on enemy movements and plans and also spread disinformation about his own army, which again lines up with Sun Tzu’s principles about gaining information while spreading disinformation.
In almost any battle you can see echoes of “the art of war” both in the decisions which led to victory and the ones which led to defeat, which I find really interesting.
There is a documentary on the making of "Gettysburg" which I really enjoyed. The director discussed at length about the casting of Chamberland. He had an unknown actor in mind to play Chamberland however the studio felt like a name actor was needed for the role. The director was very stubborn, feeling this unknown actor would be great. Finally, the director met with Jeff Daniels, he knew that Daniels could very well play the "professor" side of Chamberland, but he asked Daniels directly if he could be the "warrior". Daniel answered him very confidently, "your $o# *a&# right I can". Daniels was selected and we all know how awesome he was. Oh, the actor which the director felt would do very well? A young Russell Crowe.
I love history buffs so much! I'm excited to see you, one of my favorite youtubers, react to their videos.
YES! I absolutely love History Buffs and his video releases are must watch for me, please go through his catalogue lol
Just caught up on the first two episodes tonight. It was well done. Thanks for this.
I was a History Major and got my degree in 1971. Absolutely LOVE History and while I had many credits in Western Civilization, got 30 credits in American History and Political Science. Am still fascinated by History; I loved the movie Gettysburg and been there plus other Civil Ear battle sites! I agree about getting chills when Chamberlain shouted BAYONETS!!!
I wanted to add I read all of Scharra’s son’s books on the Civil War and really loved all the books. Do you feel they were accurate? I couldn’t put them down. I did read The Killer Angels before I saw the movie.
I'm reading "One Continuous Fight," a book about the fighting that occurred during Lee's retreat. Quite fascinating, especially since I lived and traveled for several years in the area of western Maryland where much of it occurred and am quite familiar with the surrounding areas as well. Wish the maps included had been more detailed, it was a confusing series of events, but the overall story is very well told and very much worth reading.
Been waiting for a reaction to history buffs for a very long time hope you do more.
We need to get you on the podcast @addressinggettysburg . You've been such a great Ally to the good works of preservation and education.
SENT THIS YOU WAY ON INSTA VERY EARLY IN THE YEAR AND FINALLY I BEEN WAITING FOR THIS.
Nice Video VTH! I enjoy watching your vids. It teaches me things I don’t know yet about history going into my first year of High School.
Really good video. I really enjoy your commentary which adds depth to all the videos you react to!
Love these videos. I can watch these all day.
AWESOME! I was hoping you'd get to Nick Hodges! I love how he breaks historical movies down. He's gotten pretty damn good at it, too!
Great video! Thank you for reacting, Chris!
Love History Buffs , so much fun to watch. glad you doing this. hope to see you in Gburg next year for WW2 weekend. spent 3 weeks on a film with Sam Elliot great guy alot of fun to talk too
You're trapped chris, Now you must react to History Buffs: Zulu.
I was there when they filmed the movie too! It was amazing. Made the whole place come to life. Once a park ranger was trying to give a presentation about something and the nearby ridge erupted in canon fire. I think they were filming the barrage before Pickett’s Charge. The whole group just kind of wandered off to watch and the ranger just had to stop and enjoy the show with us.
Very cool, again.
Of course, this is a meta-reaction in a way. A reaction to a review. A very difficult thing to do. And you managed to add a lot of context and information to an already very well rounded video. That is an achievement you can be proud of. Very enjoyable to watch, too. And I learned a thing or two as well. (Tbh, I probably will have forgotten most of the generals' names by tomorrow, but now the battle makes a lot more sense to me.)
Of course, not all of History Buffs' videos will lend themselves to such reactions, as much as I like them myself. One I could think of is perhaps the Last of the Mohicans. I'd be very interested in getting your point of view on that.
And, why not do an in depth review of Gettysburg yourself? This could perhaps be a three part series. I'd be totally in for that.
Absolutely love History Buffs Channel on here and on Nebula! Love your reaction to this as well!
At long last I'm been waiting for this 0:57 .
FINALLY! History Buffs is the fkn man! My two favourite content creators!
My 4th Great grandfather was in the 142nd PA Volunteer Infantry in the 1st Corps that fought on the first day and was in the retreat back through Gettysburg.
I’ve been to Gettysburg many times as I am from southeast PA. It really is obvious once you look up little or big round top it is very obvious that an army will not get up easily and also down.
Haven’t even watched yet but this is a crossover I’m excited for!!
LOVE your videos! Request: How about videos recommending your favorite/must read books on individuals or topics, like the civil war? Histories as well as historical fictions that get it right. Heck, you can even expand it to include other media (films, podcasts etc.). I'm finding history more interesting than anything I can stream.
I’m working on doing something like that soon
My favorite scene was the heralding of Lee amongst the soldiers, hat in hand, receiving admiration from the soldiers flocking to him which as I understand was spontaneous, and the film crew moved quickly to capture it.
History buff is an awesome channel
Been waiting for you to hit on these videos. History buffs is great; can’t wait to see your thoughts on his topics and videos
One theory I've heard about why it is called Pickett's Charge is the preeminent southern war correspondent Peter Wellington Alexander used the term in his Savannah Republican article about the battle in the days following it; this article was shortly thereafter republished in the Richmond Enquirer, and was the first news many in the Secesh capital had read about the event. Alexander heaped praise upon Pickett's men ("excellent order", "gallant style") and the Virginians were content to use the name to recognize their native son (Pettigrew was a North Carolinian, while Trimble - although born in Virginia, IIRC - considered himself a Marylander.)
His Master & Commander: Far side of the world video is my absolute favourite, in that he gushes how accurate a lot of the naval traditions and practices were.
Merry Christmas to you and yours, Chris. ❄️🦌🛷🎅
Not a big history buffs fan but still I will watch
I love History Buffs! More of this please!!!
As a reenactor of the 72nd NY, 3rd Corps, I am saddened that the peach orchard was completely left out. Also the clip from the History Channel that History Buffs uses while discussing the 3rd Corps makes General Sickles look completely insane and mad and was one of my biggest irks of that particular History Channel documentary. Was General Sickles eccentric? Yes. Insane? Hell no.
Love the extra history bits added to History Buffs great video!
Speaking about movies that do a great job in telling the history of battle. I highly recommend Clint Eastwoods " Flags of our Fathers" telling the battle of Iwo Jima from the American viewpoint and " Letters From Iwo Jima" telling the same battle from the Japanese viewpoint.
The stories might not be told in the same movie. But watching the two films consecutively; does afford the viewer the luxury of seeing the same battle from both sides. 👍
That Bayonet charge was basically just a highland charge - and worked just as well. High risk - High reward. If you scare the enemy, they rout easily. If they stand firm, your entire charge dies.
I would love to see you react to his patriot/braveheart/kingdom of heaven videos because It would be fun to discus how nessisery Historical accuracy is, in making a good movie. For myself while I dislike inaccuracy, I will more than forgive if its just a good movie. Such as the 3 I listed.
One of the great wonders of the Internet Age is the ability to make friends all over the world, and in the last 20 years, I've made a lot of friends from the UK and Canada online. And one of the things that's always mystified me is an almost universal fascination with the American Civil War that they've all had. One of these days, I think it would be interest to see VTH dig into the contemporary Canadian and British perspectives on the Civil War, since the British had been thinking about supporting the Confederacy and the Canadians had likely been getting the occasional news article in their papers about great battles fought in the States.
I love History Buffs as well. I always thought you didn't cover them because the videos were so long. I hope to see you cover more.
I agree that the movie was very balanced. It is one of my favorite movies. My wife and I watched this movie just before visiting Gettysburg, and we had the kids watch it in the car as we drove to Gettysburg from Illinois. What a great trip!
Yes! Finally I think I've asked for this few times!!!
YES FINALLY! I love this channel!!!!!
How great to hear a positive review.
Merry Christmas, from Wales :)
Time-stamps
2:31, 3:05 - Bloodiest battle as opposed to largest battle.
3:30, 4:06 - Turning point
7:23 - Washington D.C.
8:10 - Another fighting force that Lee would have to contend with
10:40 - The Blue and the Gray
12:14, 13:00 - Grant didn’t replace Meade. Meade was one of the best Union generals of the Civil War.
32:50 - Bayonets!
48:48, 49:00 - Review
I highly recommend the book “Bullet and Shell: The Civil War as the Soldier Saw It”. It was written by George Williams who was a veteran of the 5th and 146th New York Regiments. Gettysburg is detailed from a first person point of view.
Yes!!
Never seen this movie but since watching ur channel and history buffs
Makes me so intrigued to watch this movie that have herd nothing but great things about !
I had an awesome American history teacher in high school, he is the reason anytime general Thomas is mentioned, I have to immediately reply that he is the rock of Chickamauga. Also, he emphasized that Gettysburg was the turning point of the east and Vicksburg was the turning point in the west. Last year, I discovered that an ancestor of mine died, fighting for the union at Vicksburg. Yes, I know it was a siege, but he still died while his unit was at Vicksburg.