Gettysburg: Remembrance Day

[barrister2u]

There should be units from the Confederacy.

[mannie1952]

breanna,

What a silly thing to think.

[breannacolge]

Do your history it had nothing to do with slavery as your little injection at the end implied

[24michiganironbrigad]

now i know i saw a couple of black hats there :)

[rehtged]

awesome

[animan70]

i was at this! it was pretty awesome

[GettysburgGhost1863]

The one for 2007 is tomorrow. I'm gonna be there to watch that one. But next year, I'm gonna be in it!

[Paladin1441]

I'm glad to see the Black re enactors represented, And the gentleman who played Fredrick Douglass in Glory was Raymond St Jauques, He played Doc in the Green Berets with John Wayne. He's dead now.

Where were the Cavalry sir? Were they not represented at this affair?

[mannie1952]

Sadly, no cavalry and only one gun and limber towed by merely two horses.

mg

[FeSo4man]

@Paladin1441 its a parade, most Calvary do not like parading.

[elroto]

Men of old Virgina! remember from where you are! and charge those yankee invaders

[mannie1952]

Dude,

This is Pennslyvania.

[aznhmongleader]

@mannie1952 LOL!

[GettysburgGhost1863]

Yeah, man. Welcome to PA.

[SchamlzManProduction]

The Union Forever!

[RockLee1970]

Why are people laughing?

[blimp1290]

YAY UNION!!!!

[civilwarboy1134]

BOOO! UNION

[blimp1290]

BOOOO YOU!!!!

[civilwarboy1134]

Alright I dont want to fight so lets just shut up

[blimp1290]

agreed :-)

[paulchristopher23]

Huzzah for the Union!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[rigaudien]

As an outsider from the USA, I must admit I'm very surprized to read that separatism is still well alive within the States.

[Chronarch50mg]

You are in error. To this day, both side, often together, join in remembrance of the fallen and to honor their sacrifice and courage. Compare this to "civil" wars in other countries where the losers are eradicated or enslaved. Then there was the Reign of Terror in France (AKA, The New Islamic Republic).

[ihvaepi]

ive been to gettysburg , beautiful little city

[civilwarboy1134]

me to

[SouthernGentleman5]

God loves the southern people!

[wolfencrow]

God most definitely DID NOT save the CSA.

God HATES rebs.

[legioXXXtraiana]

Invasion: taking your "guys", equpping them with weapons and uniforms (aka "raising an army), and sending them into territory that does not belong to them for the purpose of opening a new theater of operations, disrupting enemy production, or simply establishing direct control of the said territory. Now, did the North OR the South ever do the above?? Don't reply, just answer for yourself.

[legioXXXtraiana]

You PEOPLE!! LOL! I swear, your inability to agree with eachother is the reason we have wars in the first place! All I"m gonna say is this; perhaps it'll help...

[NJRocks281]

your an ignorant ass, come to the USA with a confederate flag, you will get jumped

[wolfencrow]

You obviously don't know much outside of the crap you've been fed, by neo-confederate propagandists. I don't think it's wrong at all. The CSA was the ENEMY. Its 'soldiers' were nothing but bushwacking rebels. Its 'statesmen' were nothing but seditionists, hungry for their own power. The fairy tales spun by lost cause devotees, are just that.

END OF STORY.

[NJRocks281]

maybe i over-reacted in calling you an ignorant ass, I apologise but it is much more complex than what you are saying. It really is.

[wolfencrow]

No need to apologize. I'm an asshole...and a dick.

[GettysburgGhost1863]

Hurrah for the Union!

[blimp1290]

Huzzah!!

[Pickett14thLouisiana]

Great parade and lovely music.

[craigster1573]

Listen, I was born a Pennsylvanian. You can't condemn the common soldier from the south. He or she were fighting for their homes and their families , not slavery or states rights. God forbid another Civil War broke out, how many of you Northeners now living in the South would give up your home in the south and fight for the North. Just something you should think about. God bless America.

[AngloYankee]

what are you talking about? nobody was going to throw them in death camps, so the "they were fighting for their homes and families" argument is BS.

[legioXXXtraiana]

they believed they had certain, unalienable, rights which the government had no business taking away from them (slavery being the BIG one). However, the Southerners were fighting for thier homes. That's why they were in Pennislyvania in te first place - to force the invading Northern armies away from Southern lands and carry the war to the North with the hope of possibly capturing Washington D.C.

[AngloYankee]

what about the right of the slaves to their freedom. isn't everyman entitled to their freedom as it says in the constitution. Oh...wait...that's blacks where just mules to them not humans.

Right they were fighting for their homes, when they were the aggressors. They started the war in the first place. Which was started over what? States rights, not really.

[AngloYankee]

Licoln was a supporter of corwin amendment which allowed all current slave owning states to keep their slaves. It was started over power. The southerner were losing their power to the north, and they wanted to keep it. They were afraid that eventually they would lose their slaves, because the north was industrialing rapidly.

[AngloYankee]

theres just so much here that you really have to look at the issues facing the nation at that time. its hard to explain with only 500 words a comment. But from looking at everything and looking past all the smoke screens it boils down to the war being started by greedy southern slave owners. don't listen to the war of northern aggression BS, because really, who attacked first.

[wolfencrow]

So, why were they attacking, or trying to attack the citizens of NM, CO, CA, AZ, and UT? Why were they forcing the citizens of KY, Eastern TN, Northern AL, Western NC, and VA, to join the CSA, when they chose to remain in the USA? They were only 'fighting for their homes', towards the END of the war. AFTER their aggression was thwarted.

[wolfencrow]

Again, then what the hell were they doing, trying to invade, and annex California, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona?

Why were the CSA elite salivating over Mexico, and Cuba?

Why did the CSA invade Kentucky, and drive that state into the Union camp.

[confederatefan]

Kentucky joined the confederate army, they never invaded at all. you should read more about it mate cuz it was the usa that invaded the south trying to change what the south were doing and yes they had slaves but so did the north and thats a fact. the war was not over slavery lincoln was re elected so he had do do something that will keep him president so he chose 2 ablolish slavery and by the time he done that the south was already lettin the slaves go.

[NJRocks281]

the south was the USA. Thats how everyone in the union viewed it, as a rebellion.

[confederatefan]

The USA invaded the south i got books about it and every book sayths that the US president called up 75,000 soldiers to invade the south, they was not a rebelian they were normal people defending there homes. the CSA could of ended the war on the firls battle at manassas but the didnt want to invade they were defending there homes.

[NJRocks281]

they did invade, they most definitely wanted to. What is Gettysburg, that is them invading the north and they tried it multiple times. You talk about morals here, the South had terrible morals coated with fancy gentleman like behavior.

[wolfencrow]

Kentucky sent way more men to the Federal army, than to the CSA. Fact.

[FarrSight]

There were "deathcamps", but they weren't called that. I do quote the camp of Andersonville. Soldiers in both sides complained that their captors killed more in the camps than those men did on the field.

[wolfencrow]

To answer your question. In a heartbeat.

[AngloYankee]

God Bless America and all my fellow Americans that died to save America from those damned terrorist in the South. Maybe one day when we beat back the muslim terrorist we can hang all those that still hold their allegiance to the confederacy.

[wolfencrow]

I'll bring the rope.

[hollywoodwerewolf]

Where do all of those reenactors stay? Do they camp out? Or are all the hotels in the county filled to overflowing?

[mannie1952]

Both, any many of them live with a half-day's drive.

[hollywoodwerewolf]

how many reenactors show up for Remembrance Day in 2006?

[mannie1952]

Several thousand.

[Handpicked1993]

Sorry...the music is really wonderful.

Good point. The real men...and the few women are indeed long gone.

Your servant...

[Handpicked1993]

That man was portraying Frederick Douglas...not an actor from Hollywood brother.

Badly shot...and utterly incomplete. Where were the Confederates?

[mannie1952]

You are correct sir in noting that the gentleman was portraying Frederick Douglass, otherwise your comments were most unkind.

mannie52

mannie52

[mannie1952]

Furthermore sir, the Confederates have all since gone to their ultimate reward just as have all of the Federals. The last Civil War veteran slipped this mortal coil sometime in the 1950s.

Best wishes,

mannie52

[NickDanger0001]

This is remembrance day, a Federal holiday. Why invite traitors?

[NickDanger0001]

Why invite traitors?

[Handpicked1993]

LOL...Its not a Federal holiday Einstein.

I wont tell you why the parade is held when it is.

For that matter why invite invaders and murderers?

[NickDanger0001]

I'm well aware of the origins of the parade. I simply point out the south tried to destroy the United States. Why would any truly patriotic American celebrate treason? I could never do Civil War reenacting, I'd get too tired of hearing about how the war wasn't about slavery, but states rights--to which I ask, which state right? There was only one of concern.

[RockLee1970]

i support what you said Nick, about celebrating treason.

The rights were, to be able to secede from the union, and for each state to write its own rules and laws.

[RockLee1970]

I mean i support your claim about the treason thing.

[tapsbugler]

The Federal City Brass Band is the brass band at the beginning of the parade. Jari Villanueva, Drum Major and 27 fine musicians!

The Federal City Brass is also used for the end credits.

[reb1865]

Thank You for keeping the history alive and i will be atending next year on remberance day in 2007.

[KarmicBuddha]

Not surprised you cut out the 14th Brooklyn The Real "Red Legged Devils"... BOOOOO! but nice video..

[mannie1952]

Why are you not surprised? I was probably in the midst of a battery change over or something equally mundane.

Thanks for watching,

Mannie52

[KarmicBuddha]

I'm just used to the 14th Getting dropped on the cutting room floor. Its just sad, because a lot of time it just seems they are left out on purpose. They were one of the if not the most battle tested and respect union regiments of the 1860's. Only regiment to have fought all 3 days at gettysburg, and have 3 monuments on the field! FYI the 5th NY ARE not red legged devils! the 14th Brooklyn was. Stonewall nicknamed them that on henry hill!

[JackCSA]

Well, okay... Just didn't understand what you are talking about. Thanks explanation. I have to say, that Lee made a big mistake at Gettysburg. We should have prefer General Longstreet's suggestion to dodge the hills... Well, it happened....

[JackCSA]

Always those Yankees... Nevertheless great march and video!

Long live the confederacy

[wolfencrow]

It's our state, that was invaded, it was our army, that crushed that invasion, and went on to TOTAL VICTORY. God Bless the USA, fighting insurgents since 1861.

[JackCSA]

What invasion do you mean? I guess you mean Fort Sumter, where the Confederacy started the war... Well, it was only an attack to a fort, which stood on CSA-area (seen from the southern point of view)...

[wolfencrow]

No, I'm talking about the invasion of Pennsylvania. One of three. Should'nt start fights you can't finish.

[mannie1952]

JackCSA,

Thanks for the nice comment.

Keep yur head down.

Mannie52

[JackCSA]

In one scene (approx. 2:00), there is a black guy with long grey hairs and beard. I do believe I have already seen him anywhere. Did he perchance act in the film "Glory"?

[NJRocks281]

he is mimicking an important historical figure of that period

[nittanylioness]

Watch for me next year! I'll be marching with the fighting forces of the 3rd Pennsylvania Artillery Battery B!

[frothslosh]

Hehe, You can see ME in this video at 5:36, just over the Captain's right shoulder. We're right behind the Zouaves while the band plays Garry Owen. Very nice video!

[hollywoodwerewolf]

A fine representation of Mr. Lincoln's Army

[radman53]

The Video is well made. Love it!!!

[marxandlenin]

The music is fantastic, and the background noise is perfect. Using a low perspective, shooting the legs and feet marching masterful. Superb!