75th Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg

[georgecruey]

@mnpd007 well said

[mnpd007]

The American Civil War was fought over slavery about like the Revolutionary War was fought over tea. The myth that the War was found to end slavery wasn't invented until after the War, and has since been repeated so often that people firmly believe it. The War was thirty-years in coming, and was sparked by the Southern states unequal representation in Congress, which levied heavy duties on Southern exports.... the North wanted the cotton, tobacco and rice for itself; bought cheaply.

[TecDiver05]

Amazing video, just knowing these men were there.. at some of the most bloody battles in American history. Then they have the courage to come out 75 years past and shake their once long time enemy's hand.

[glamking75]

the clip where he is up dancing is just oh man.... loss for words

eyes full of tears

[Lee05211]

Gettysburg is an amazing place. Once of the bloodiest wars in human history in my opinion.

[rodsgier]

Man, are those oldtimers impressive! Not only to have fought at the battle, but to have lived to at least 95. Look closely at those faces, into those eyes. They're the real deal. Those faces were looking at the world in around 1845 or so as little boys ! God bless them all.

[zyzor]

some of the veterans lived until the 1960's. quite remarkable that men who were born back in the middle of the 19th century and fought in the civil war lived long enough to see america fight in both world wars and the cold war.

[dfcvda]

I didnt even realise there was footage of the civil war vets, quite moving.

[DustinandAlayna4ever]

Tears fell to my eyes....my heart beat fast with very second i had laid my eyes on this video. I walked on to the battle field on my school feild trip i kept my tears in. Am i crazy? Or just to touched by these men who gave their lives for us. Ive been sad all day. Is there something wrong with me? Or is their i close realive that i kinda knew before i was even here? Thank you dear soldiers may the grace of god be with you *eyes filled with tears*

* waves back*

[glamking75]

@DustinandAlayna4ever there is nothing wrong with my friend :) in fact, i admire you for having emotions about this, i have felt a life long connection to it....peace be with you

[DustinandAlayna4ever]

@glamking75 thank you :)

but i thought it was weird but i am only 11 years old and i thought it was really weird to feel this way but i guess not haha well thnx you your kind comment :)

[TheLostIdea]

You should have fought for your right to not be a colony and too be a country. You didn't when you had the chance. Plus you don't know how to be spell colony. I hope you get a good grade on your paper.

[sackville10]

@TheLostIdea what dont u understand about being loyal to the homeland ?? just because you guys wanted to seceed doesnt mean neone else did . india new zealand austriala and canada didnt want to fight for no reason , the british didnt do shit to us we are willing u werent , that doesnt mean we arent free or payed high taxes it means we have a love for our mother land and yous didnt what dont you fucks understand about that ? why is it so hard for you to understand that .

[TheLostIdea]

@sackville10- We don't hate you at all. There is no anti-Canadian movement in our country no matter what you think. The way most Americans look at it is that Canada and the UK are our closest allies.

[sackville10]

@TheLostIdea i never said yous hated us i said that too many yanks say wildly rude things about canada in your media and sites like youtube . its things like this that are pissing ppl world wide off at u guys , we help and help and then your gov rips us off with nafta hard core , we r the usa biggest supler of oil and most americans belive its saudi arabia or some mid east counrty . we have been ripped off so many times in trade deal with the usa , billions and then ur media blames canada wtf

[fjbutch]

Amazing to see the vets from the ACW....Priceless footage..

[iago68]

veterans can do no wrong. just ask tim mcveigh.

[iago68]

veterans can do no wrong. just ask tim mcveigh.

[iago68]

veterans can do no wrong. just ask tim mcveigh.

[MrDragoon73]

What an outstanding video.. Long live the CSA.

Respect to the brave men from both sides who fell.

But my heart is with the grey. God rest their souls. May we all remember their deeds..

[joconc]

As for this video, I enjoyed it, it was great! My 3xgreat grandaddy and his brothers were in Picketts' Charge. I am extremely proud of their bravery and their standing for the cause. What I and damn tired of is stupid idiots talking trash about the South. It is my heritage and I am proud of it. If you disagree then you can go to hell.

[skudaarkaat1]

@joconc That is so AWESOME! My Great-Great-Grandpa Neaville was in the 21st Mississippi Infantry CSA who fought at The Peach Orchard in Gettysburg and I have had his musket since it was given to me by his Great-Granddaughter in 1951. I was priveledged to have met the last Confederate Veteran when I was 5 years old in 1940 and I thank god every day that my dad took our picture that day. Your men would be so proud of you to still honor them, as I do.

[cwcwful]

@joconc Nothing wrong with being proud, but stop whining. By the you lost, now get over it.

[kewlboy567]

@cwcwful Where did he whine at all in his comment? Or where did he deny the south losing?

[cwcwful]

@kewlboy567 It been a while, who's comment was I referring to? Refresh my memory? Please.

[cwcwful]

@kewlboy567 Disregard my first note. I think mixed up that person, with some one else. Thank you.

[aircontom1000]

NICE VIDEO

[invaliduser1000]

All americans love war, lovely blood soaked wars oh yum yum, more guns, more blood, must have more war It,s UNAMERICAN not to love war, If u cant pick a fight with anyone, , dont worry,just fight amongst yourselves,, , oh yer baby, i,v got a fat

[kahetel13]

@invaliduser1000 oh lets see your from vietnam guess ol pol pot and the rest of the gooks didnt like war right?:) they just lived it. you see, since you attacked america with words i figured its fair game to attack your culture, the pissing pot of asia actually and to be honest could give two shits less about your silly country because all of you would gladly come to mine given the chance. have a good one biatch

[rebelcry99]

@invaliduser1000 Americans don't love war any more or less than every other tribe, kingdom, or republic on earth. A chimp is a chimp regardless of where God puts it! The only difference between U-S-A and everybody else is that America is king of the world! America saved England, its old enemy twice, France from Hitler, Italy from Musilini, and declared that Cuba stand down and the Iron Curtain in Germany dropped. Freed the slaves and opened our borders...

Sweet Jesus there is no gratitude!

[invaliduser1000]

@rebelcry99 talk about twisting history with arrogance, Where was america when the nazts stomped all over europe, COWERING under your beds as churchill and the british empire stood alone, America saved france , lol Did,nt see u cowards at dunkirk. Did,nt see you slackers untill all the hard fighting was over , russia won ww2 dickhead with 21millon dead, fuck of u ignorant yank, fuck off ,Talk about ignorance

[kewlboy567]

@invaliduser1000 England got almost ALL of its war supplies to fight the nazi from the US without having to pay at the time. Most of englands raw materials and ammo came from the US free of charge at the time. Without the US Britain falls to Nazi Germany. Also without the US Japan takes firm control of asia and probably moves on to fight russia.

[INSUBRE13]

@kewlboy567 You are talking out your arse son. Read a damned book about the subject thanks.

[kewlboy567]

@INSUBRE13 Really i dont? Look up the Lend Lease program. Im suprised you wouldnt already know about it. Its a fairly well known thing that the US gave Britian major amounts of supplies to fight germany. Its also commonly accepted that there was little to stop Japan in the asian theatre besides the US after the fall of Singapore.

[sackville10]

@kewlboy567 yur a fuxking idiot . let me guess yur american arent yah u fucking dummy .

[TheLostIdea]

@sackville10- I've got to intervene. First off your country wasn't willing to fight for the right to have a country. You just pleaded. So for you to call Americans stupid is just not right. We wanted a country and fought for it. Plus if you don't like Americans what the hell are you looking up Gettysburg for?

[sackville10]

@TheLostIdea first and formost why would we want to fight against things we are proud of , theres nothing wrong with being a british colonie . for u maybe war is the answer but for canada it isnt . and why was i looking at an american vid , because im reserching black confedarates . and my reply to cool boy was and is right . canada sent alot more to britain then the usa in both wourld wars and the boar war so stop claiming things that you dont know about at all and dont bother me

[TheLostIdea]

@sackville10- The above dericted comment from Thelost idea is for you. I['m just not in the mood to retype it. Honestly why do you hate us. We share the same values?

[sackville10]

@TheLostIdea honestly did i say i hated neone ???? i do dislike the american tendancy to ignore facts about there own history to create an idealic past . i hate that ne canadian video on youtube has yanks trolling it non stop even you yanks come to flame our war dead , saying iggnorant shit like . canada doesnt have an army and way more ignorant shit like that . i hope you yanks know your talk shit about your only friend on the planet . canada suports the usa and yous hate on us for it

[dfcvda]

@TheLostIdea you dont have to `like` Americans to look up Gettysburg, its just part of world history.

[dfcvda]

@TheLostIdea everyone makes fun of everyone else, we do it to you, you to us, etc, it all fine, in England its what we do we call it taking the piss, thing is with Canadians is that there is no real identity to take the piss out of only that they say `ay` at the end end of the sentence and a Mounty on a horse..with you guys there is a million things as there is with us.

[Bandito8487]

Great music....Great Video. Deo Vindice!!!

[thortun15]

being a civil war vet must be the weirdest, akwardest, most confusing vet to be in all of history

[IslandersMets10]

I HATE THIS YANKEE EMPIRE!!!! Now look where this great "union" has lead us all. Federal tyranny everywhere we turn

[Rambonii]

i just watched a 22 hour movie about the civil war from 1848 - 1873 it fucking sucked now my brain has nothing to but blacks are bad and whites should free blacks gentlemen should not fight in bars and duel but not kill if your opponent misses you with his shot

[ST1delta]

the slaves were bought from black tribes in africa and brought here and resold

[blahbutt23]

to me they were all heros....just defending what they thought was right i would tip my hat to all of them

[SnickleFritz79]

We've been at peace now on the homeland for 143 years, with the minor exception of Pearl Harbor and the Aleutians being attacked by the Japanese in the 1940s.

With time passed, old wounds do heal. I think that both the North and South made mistakes. But we can all come to an agreement that we are better off united than divided.

[ST1delta]

@SnickleFritz79 did u forget about 911?

[SnickleFritz79]

@ST1delta Weee... 9/11 is and was not a declared war. The War on Terror as you nut jobs like to call it, is an unconventional war against an unknown enemy. Even so, the U.S. Government orchestrated 9/11. So therein, our country was attacked by our own leaders on 9/11.

[luis07teran]

but you all know slavery wasnt the real reason for the war, it was all about the south trying to split up from the us and the union wasnt going to let that happen, the end of slavery was just a perk

[wilb6657]

@luis07teran The South wanted to secede from the Union so that they could hold on to slavery, which was the backbone of the Southern Way of life.

[masdojo]

This was an amazing video! Thank you for posting such a great piece of American history!

[Charliekech]

The music makes this video so emotional but I don't know where it originates from

[phillip549]

it just shows that our veterans wont be around forever almost all of ww1 veterans are gone and in 20 years ww2 veterans will be the same

[CKing180]

what is the title of the song?

[david42391]

the north wanted to end slavery and said fuck the economy. the south wanted to keep slavery for their economy.

it was like money vs. human rights.

thats still a big problem in the world today

[TortoiseWayfarers]

We cannot begin to comprehend what these men experienced in their time. Despite the cause for which they fought, either the new Confederacy or for preserving the Union, they were doing what they thought was right. What is best about this video is that these men from both sides, came together after 75 years to kiss and make up. I do not ever want our country to fight another civil war again because the last one was very violent. May God bless America and Happy Fourth of July!

[MrDanmeyers]

sure would like to get hands on more vids for the upcoming 150th.

[JUMPMASTER263]

Very moving video. What the eyes of those old soldiers must have seen.

[Chicagoan444]

I found this video to be very moving . . . those old, old men, in their uniforms, the one man dancing as he held onto his cane . . . They were young once, these men, and they faced each other on the field of battle and did their damdest to kill each other. 75 years later, they all were comrades in arms.

[abileneraider]

Do the research. The war nearly started in San Antonio, Texas when Texas Rangers and state militia groups surrounded the Alamo. In 1861 the Alamo grounds was the headquarters of the Fifth Military District. General Twiggs was in command. The Texas Confederates wanted it because of the two million dollars work of rifles and ammo. Twiggs finally caved averting an attack that would have benn launched.

[silverbeast75]

the fact that a few years later thes mean would be shaking hands with each other instead killing each other is a testament that time is a wonderful healer we must realize that we are not just one nation but we are one world and we must learn to find the common good within all people no matter what race god bless you all

[s6u6r6f6]

god bless my land

god bless my heritage: Cpt Carey F Grimes, Portsmouth light Artillery, CSA, KIA Sharpsburg 17 Sep 1862, his brother G.W.Grimes Lt. 17th north carolina , CSA, and Cpt John Allen Lovett, CSN, served aboard the CSS Partrick Henry after resigning his commission in the USNavy.

My ancestors fought for their land, their rights, their families, their honor and the great glorious state of Virginia.

This was a WAR of Northern Aggression.

God will be the final judge.

Deo Vindice!

[CanadianDominion]

most of the slaves in america were brought by dutch french and english settlers long before america was even a thought in the continental congress's collective mind. but the union did continue the practice.

[wc470]

god bless them all

[KickazzRedhead]

I can't even begin to imagine what our country would have been like if the South had won. I thank these men every Veteran's Day & Memorial Day for keeping this country together.  They knew we could not survive as 2 separate countries, let alone 1 still allowing slavery.

[cleaningman94]

@KickazzRedhead

There were a number of confederates in that film as well

[GaylonShaw]

Awesome...wonderful!!

[hopgoblin1]

Wonderful. I can just imagine the stories they have and the horror they had experienced.

[valetudo1974]

The video is just simply beautiful and a glimps of history that we read about in school..

[DahammerMan]

That's so cool that we have video of Civil War veterans... I mean come on... they were alive when Abraham Lincoln was president...

[david42391]

@DahammerMan

Alive when US Grant and Sherman and Lee and when the US was split in two and they were alive when the US was truly a different place. Before suburbs and when you rode your horse 80 miles to the next city. And when you could go miles on the rolling plains and not see another person. And the music

[joshchamberlain2]

president eisenhower saluted the troops here. this is his home town. ( he wasnt president yet)

[stringpiano]

Don´t know why, over all, the american civil war affects me to that extend? Maybe because modern times of humanity was founded in those days. Moments? For better or worse.... Yet, belief in human values drove Lincoln to his ever lasting speech, short maybe, in Gettysburg. "I have a dream"... Exquisitely expressed in terms from the past.. Still... soldiers correspondance, loyal réenactments, fotos, official and personal history. You name it, helps us remember emperative messages. I hope...

[Clevinger67]

What stories those old men would've told; friends in old age when they were trying to kill each other in youth. I used to be a reenactor and once met a man whose father had served in the Michigan cavalry in that war; he didn't remember him much though. My mother, age 70 now, can remember hearing the last Civil War veteran had died in 1959.

[cgboomer]

the so-called civil war was the greatest calamity in our history. if the north had just let the sthn states leave the union in peace we could have saved over 600,000 men. slavery, confined in those states, would have died out eventually as an antiquated economic system. the ideals of the constitution would continue in both nations and would spur competition btwn them. but since the war the states are forced to remain in a union where the fed govt is the master and the states are the slaves.

[Turnback]

Sorry but I've heard this argument before and it's still horse crap. Just let them go? What president would want to be remembered as allowing half the nation to leave over slaves? Saying "oh but it would have dies out anyway" is apologetic and convenient. But it does not in any way account for what this war was really about; planters and politicians and money. The south reaped what it sowed. The north did exactly what it was supposed to do. I'm sorry your life has been so miserable since.

[cgboomer]

the north did what it was supposed to do? states can join the union freely but can't leave once they're in? sounds like the mafia. slavery was evil. i have never condoned it. but i believe in the rights of states. they were meant to be sovereign. the fed govt is supposed to be our servant, not our master. look how it's grown with power since then. it's like the soviet union without the death camps. don't be sorry turnback, my life is not miserable. you're upset because i have an opposing view.

[pgs5719]

Just remember slaves were sold by Arabs and rival tribal Africans for centuries before America was born, so let it be and America took advantage of it...so let it be. Slavery would have been abolished in the late 19th century if there was no civil war. Just leave these veterans alone.

[Army30th]

If you take one thing away from this video, let it be this:

It wasn't two countries fighting each other, it was Americans killing Americans.

[Heathnyy5]

@pgs5719

That is absolute revisionist garbage. The Founding Fathers were certain that within 20-years of the adoption of the constitution in 1789, slavery would either be well on the way to extinction or gone entirely, but were dead wrong.

Not only did the south not want to hear anything in 1860 about the abolition of slavery, they wanted to ADD slave states to the Union.

It is revisionism to claim it would have peacefully burned out by any certain date. No one can claim anything of the sort.

[david42391]

@pgs5719

if you were a slave, wouldnt you want slavery over as soon as possible? how would you feel if they said slavery will go away eveuntallly but youll live the rest of your life as a slave

[pikewerfer]

@pgs5719 Slavery had next to nothing to do with the Civil War, and even if it had, it would not cover up the crime committed by the North: These states had the RIGHT to leave the Union. It was absolutely legal for them to do so. Lincoln invaded them, which was and always will be a crime! Which is why there never was a trial against Jefferson Davis - they were too afraid of losing, and therefore denied him the right to defend himself and the Confederacy he stood for. Shame on them!

[5466895]

@pgs5719 A MEN

[Lee05211]

@pgs5719 You are right. Slavery is alive and well in Arabia, Asia and many parts of the Middle East. Black Christians are being kidnapped and sold into slavery by black Moslem Africans. Eastern European women are being used as sex slaves and kept in horrific conditions. Indonesian women are being kept as house-bound slaves by Moslem masters in Saudi Arabia and other Arab countries. North Koreans are being used for slave-labour and kept in camps by their own people. Slavery has existed forever.

[devenci]

If it wasen't for Fort Sumter, the war would never had started.

[TigerRifle1]

@devenci Other forts and arsenals were contested too. Contemporary pundits thought it would be Pulaski that would start the war.

[devenci]

@TigerRifle1 Lincoln told the Federals to pull out of all the forts in the South. They did too all but one which the Federals claimed it wasen't located in the South. When Lincoln sent supplies to the fort (food, cloths, etc..) but not weapons or soldiers, the South, however, though he was sending soldiers and weapons. So, the fired on Fort Sumter. Funny that no one really got hurt.

[david42391]

@cgboomer

if we let slavery die out and did not fight to stop it then it would have been an injustice to every slave condemned to a life of bondage from birth and an insult to our founding fathers and to God if you believe in Him.

[calicheSCOT]

I have always been interested in history, however i have only recently started reading into the American Civil War. I must admit understanding that conflict has given me a much greater understanding of the American people. You must keep teaching your young ones about this crucial era in your history, to help them understand who and what they are. Hindsight gives insight.

[rurbert]

If you are interested in the Civil War, a documentary was made by Ken Burns titled "The Civil War". It was released in the early 1990's and is available on DVD. It's a multi-disc set. A must see that will keep you spellbound.

[calicheSCOT]

Yeah cheers rurbert, I have already watched it. A top class documentary.

[DahammerMan]

We watched that in our history class, haha. It is a really good documentary.

[Skylez1]

I'm from the south. But I really, "Thank God!" that the north won and kept this Great Nation as ONE!

[rockcityfilms3]

thank you for sharing this wonderful newsreel footage

[sgtegart]

God bless these veterans from both sides.I've read "Killer Angels"several times.Jeff Shara,Michael Shara's son,wrote a series of books following most of the original characters through the rest of the Civil War.A very good read.

[DIdle]

I am happy to see actual veterans from that battle in this video. Anyone interested in the battle should read Killer Angels by Michael Shara or just watch the movie, "Gettysburg". I have been to Lincoln's birthplace in Hodgenville, Kentucky, where I bought a biography that was really good. His "Gettysburg Address" is short and famous, but I also recommend the speech that preceded his and lasted for hours.

[EricW1063]

Yeah that was a speach made by Edward Everett. He was actually the key speaker for that day. His speach was I believe about 2 hours long. By the time Lincoln had gotten a chance to speak, most of the people had gone home. Everett is quoted as saying "Mr. Lincoln, I believe that you have said more in 2 minutes than I could in 2 hours."