Battle of Gettysburg: occupation & burning of Carlisle Barracks

Dr. Dick Sommers, Army Heritage and Education Center senior historian, discusses Confederate Lt. Gen. Richard Ewell's occupation of Carlisle Barracks and why Maj. Gen. Stuart decided to burn the post.

[@cladglas]

you mean like Ft. Hood and Ft. Pickett or Longstreet Rd on Ft. Bragg?

[@majcorbin]

proud to claim my fathers memoir book of ww2 &korea (did I ever tell you i was in the Army) is housed in the war colleges library

[@NavyChaps1]

And how about Ft. Jackson and Ft. A.P. Hill. And so on and so on.

[@peterpicard4028]

You fought to defend the enslavement of human beings - state's rights my ass - shame on you all, and screw Jackson and A.P. Hill

[@jaywinters2483]

Mislabeled

[@leonidaslantz5249]

George Henry Thomas; Huzzah!!

[@brasso4u]

Yeah, all the Union Leaders were great men. Deserving of having buildings, Army bases and streets named after them. Isn't awesome that the victors write the history books?
How pretty and complete is our knowledge. How neat and clean, in retrospect.
America! F**K YEAH- F**K YEAH!

[@hassam363]

Jeff Lucky, many CSA generals and leaders have buildings named after them. For example Fort Hood is named after John Bell Hood.

[@jktarleton]

@@hassam363 or Fort Benning which is also named after General Henry Benning, CSA

[@leonidaslantz5249]

The Civil War was one of the very few cases where the vanquished actually wrote the post war history: The myth of the 'Lost Cause and the fictional history espoused by the Daughters of the Confederacy.

[@zettle2345]

call me dumb... I thought this video would be about a civil war site, you know, Carlisle, burning, occupation. 3 minutes in this guy is talking BS. later