Gettysburg - Pickett's Charge From The Union Line

[Gowergulch]

Brilliant succinct description of the political & strategic issues following Gettysburg. Also enjoy the vid;-)

[popomaniac1]

Death to the traitors!!

death to the racist slave owners

death to slavery

death to the confederate scum!

[Butternut731863]

@popomaniac1 We were traitors against Britain in the Revolution, freed blacks had slaves of their own, NORTHERNERS including US Grant had slaves, MOST Confederates did NOT enlist for slavery! Northerners were burning their homes, pillaging, raping, etc. and many enlisted to protect their beloved families! MOST northerners were MORE racist than Southerners because they segregated blacks into colored regiments, while Southerners fought alongside blacks - 30,000 freed blacks fought for the south!

[russcd1]

Death to the Confederate trash!

[GETTYSBURGbook]

Hello,

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[DigbyCat]

Hello,

There is a great new book out titled: GETTYSBURG… OTHER TIMES

It is a great page-turning read and full of intrigue and revelation.

You can get your copy from my YouTube site (GETTYSBURGbook) or search Amazon or eBay.

[stringerboi]

did they not fight for their own country and states? does it make them treacherous to fight against a political government instead of fighting for their country?

confederates despised a political movement- not the country. confeds fought with great bravery- and im a unionist and i show respect to the 300k man army what kicked alot of friggin ass.

[mappoprimo]

I can see all the most stereotypical tourists in this vid! :D

Especially the lady with the sleeveless white shirt wearing the blue purse, the sunglasses, and short hair - I see her at every vacation I go too (or people like that)

you can see her clearly at 2:55

[4GooMan]

Yeah, we got these here ghostie thangs hangin' arount our outhouse. Whatcha recken they might could be?

[smarzotais]

drug crazed pinko nazis from hell... ^^ what else?

[idontknowstudios]

i am going to gettysburg, antietam, and manassas

[jasas212]

i have some pics brian from lower cematary hill that are quite interesting from july 3rd of last month jay

[civwarbuff]

can you believe that officers were ordering these kind of charges 50 years later in ww1 into machine guns.

[GorinRedspear]

can you believe that officers were ordering these kind of charges 90 years later in WW2 into better machine guns? Russian tactic: charge them, if you stop, we'll shoot you ourselves. gave em victory though

[asabola]

This guy is an entertaining guide, i hope everyone got their $10 worth or whatever :P

[2006nationalchamps]

should have gone to the right!should have gone to the righttttt!

[knightsofstjoan2004]

If I were in the American Civil War, I would be in the Union Army. In the Battle of Gettysburg I would be a field commander, and if a Confederate cavalry charge the Union infantry line I would command the troops to fix bayonets and form squares.

[wolfencrow]

Yeeeehaaaaw...Now you're talking. Cold steel to the gray-coated bastards.

Stomp upon the Confederate viper!

[TsugaruRage]

As a Civil war reenacter (Union) I feel that that tone should not be used. All the people that died were fellow Americans, regardless of the color they wore.

[wolfencrow]

LOL...With all do respect...Please have a reality check, and visit some pro-CSA channels.

Observe for yourself what models of respect they are, and contrast with pro-Union channels.

[gigsupusa]

The ghost of General Nathan Bedford Forrest will visit the usurpers in Washington for revenge..................you have destroyed our great nation with your lies and liberalism.

[wolfencrow]

LOL...can't be a 'liberal usurper', since I'm a Reagan conservative...I'd LOVE a chance to send the ghost of a scumbag traitor, like Nathan Deadford Forest, straight back to hell, where he can continue pleasuring Robert E. Lee, and Jefferson Davis, with his charms.

There's no HO like and old HO.

[gigsupusa]

That is a wierd fixation you got there....... hoss......

[4GooMan]

Witchcraft eh? Is that what made the confederacy tick?

[skunkfromtheashes]

"too hot, too tired, both sides" "hey wait a minute.. what the fuck is that?!

[BenAliGtor]

My opinion? That battle was determined on the first day. Richard Ewell never seized the high ground @ Culp's Hill. (The Great What-If: if T.J. Jackson had been commanding that Corps instead of Ewell. )

[CoA5thVa]

thats the thing, any time during the battle lee told ewell "take if practical" jackson would have automatically thought of it as practical and would have taken it

[lagoonguy]

never heard the side note that the artillery guys (or whoever witnessed it) saw a red spray at the fence...what a terrible charge.. as was Franklin, Fredericksburg, Cold Harbor, etc etc. It's hard to imagine that the generals of the time continued ordering stuff like this. Especially LEE... BUT, Lee was tired, wanted the war to end, and thought his army was invincible. what a tragedy.

[devenci]

In a way. Lee siad after the war when he heard the losses and what the Confedrates did and he siad," If I knew it was going to be like this I would never have surrendered." Lee was preety smart he gambled alot and he knew that thier was some odds that he could won Gettysburg.

[jat0912]

There is a good book called "Lost Triumph" - author makes a great argument that the failure was actually that Stuart failed in his rear attack, which was where Lee had expected the support for Pickett's frontal attack.

[BattleReb]

Yes, that was a set back. Plus the artillery barrage missed it's mark, and the Confederate divisions had a long way to go to reach the Union line. Lost a lot of men on the way.

[rebel2276]

The North&South magazine a few years ago did a great article on the casualties at Pickett's Charge, no more then 50% ever made it to Emmitsburg Road.

[savedbythrbell]

Stuart did attack the union rear but there was union calvary in position. and even if Stuart had succeeded in this attack by the time he would have done so Longstreet's assault was nearly done if not finished.

[cleftronix]

Interesting. thanks for posting this!

[thedarkpoets]

yes and i could tell you exactly how many men kemper had in his brigade...the union flank attack was not the reason why the charge failed...it was doomed from the start.

[itsthemick]

True dat man lee made a stupid decision with that charge

[devenci]

Not really as I siad Lee gambled alot and he knew that thier are odds that he might win. Also the war could have ended that day with a Confedrate victory. Or should I say a few months or days.

[itsthemick]

hey dark poet bro they were being flanked an experienced group of men could easily take out 1500 men...easily...do u know how many soleirs there are in a regiment?

[rebel2276]

Stanndard's Vermont brigade had never fought in a battle before. Two of his regiments were guarding the wagons in the rear. The 11th Va and 24th Va were hit on the flank by Stanndard's men. Neither of those Virginia lost flags. The rest of Pickett's regiments did.

[itsthemick]

Whatever all i'm sayin is any regiment could take out 1500 men in a short time when their outmanuvered.

[thedarkpoets]

Actually it was 2 Vermont Regiments that hit Kemper, not one. My mistake.

[rebel2276]

It was 3 Vermont regiments. The 13th VT 636/123 loss, 14th VT 647/107 loss. 16th VT 661/119 loss. Only the 12th and 15th VT regiments did not fight. They were in the 1st Corps, 3rd Div, 3rd Brigade, but saw no action on day 1.

[thedarkpoets]

A single regiment could not produce enough fire to drive away 15,000 men. The Vermont regiment hit Kempers Brigade thats about it. So it may have caused Kempers Brigade from doing any damage. By saying that a single regiment hitting the flank of 15,000 men and driving them off is rather silly.

[drott5]

I am a Civil War Re-enactor, tour guide, and historian. Once again, as in most instances , people fail to mention the order that was given by General George Jerrison Stannard - Commander of the 2nd Vermont Brigade. He ordered the 13th Vt to swing out like a hinge (similar to Chamberlain's order) and deliver fire into the Confederate flank. Later, statements by Jimmy Kemper's men identified this act as what was the actual downfall of the Confederate charge on that day.

[Rhenoism]

Confederates should have invaded Mexico first and united with the French. The two together could have invaded the US, and they would probably have gotten British help.

[garoosh05]

Sometimes alliences aren't smart, they can be really really shortlived...

[thedarkpoets]

The Union center was to strong. They could have assaulted it with 50,000 men and the Union line wouldn't have broke. General Lee made few mistakes as a general, but this was a costly one either way you look at it. Ewell should have taken Culps Hill, and Lee should have listened to Longstreet and went around there left. Jackson would have drove them right to Washington. Longstreet was cautious, but he knew offensive in strategy, defensive in tactics would win battles if outnumbered.

[Rhenoism]

The movie wasn't really accurate. At the end, Lee's soldiers beg Lee to allow them to 'hit 'em again', but Lee refuses. In the real battle, it was reversed. Lee wanted to another assault, but everyone from the generals down didn't want it. He urged them on, but nothing became of it. McClellan could have ended it at Antietam if he'd been Jackson. Jackson would have taken after the retreating Confederates and destroyed the rebel army. But he wasn't Jackson.

[mentalmilitia]

McClellan was removed from command by lincoln for not destroying the CSA army at antietam but really i dont think he should be blamed. His men had been doing battle in incredible heat wearing extremly uncomfertable woolen uniforms for three days. I dont think McClellan's troops could of handled a pursuit.

[Rhenoism]

And the confederates were fighting in silk stockings and air conditioning.

[BattleReb]

I've never heard anything about Lee wanting to renew the assault after Pickett's Charge.

He didn't have enough troops for one thing.

He lost 3 divisions in that charge.

What he did do was form up some battalions in case of a counter attack by Gen. Meade.

[Budweiser8Jr]

I love these comments. It was not Lee's plan that was flawed...it was the execution of it.

The infantry assault was to follow an artillery assault designed at weakening and disorienting the union. It would have worked had General Longstreet not delayed the attack giving the Union time to regroup for the assault.

[ringmaster316ms]

so why is the guide saying that so few union soldiers were injured? if what you say is true, the casualties would have been far higher

[rebel2276]

I don't know the park guide in this video but most I have talked to have no idea what in the world they are talking about.

Two years ago, I went up to Sharpsburg with my family and the park guide tried to convince me that Lee had "75,000" men at the battle. I said what? What is your source on that? "Oh Lee had that many at Fredericksburg".

So we walked into the gift shop and I showed all books on the battle, find me where Lee had "75,000" men. He did not find it....

[seukfuhi]

I've been to Gettysburg there a could of weeks ago. As a Canadian, I feel committed to tell you guys that you should realize how lucky you are having these extraordinary battlefields -this one, or Antietam and others- kept and managed by your government. Most countries have no such things. I like America so much.

[CCampLI]

Pickett's got picked off.

[KPdbg997]

Thank God Lee didn't accept the position of being incharge of the Union armies. What an idiot.

[BattleReb]

That 'idiot' is considered one of the most brilliant and daring generals in American history.

But his army was outnumbered almost 2 to 1.

And if he had accepted Lincolns offer to command the entire Union army, the North could have won the war within 2 years, instead of 4.

And he is also one of the most popular generals, along with Stonewall Jackson and General George Patton.

In fact, Patton grandfather(a Confederate colonel) was killed during Pickett's Charge.

[KPdbg997]

Not denying he was an intelligent man when it came to military strategy, but he was an idiot for going up against the Americans. Who knows where he would have lead our military.

[toxicwaste193]

he was an American...just as all of the soldiers were. Your not giveing him enough credit. Had he have broken them, the war would have been over. It was that or prolong it. Something no one wanted. These guys were tired and worn down. I'm a reenactor and only get a slight sliver of what it must of been like, and i would have wanted it to be over by then...wiether i was north or south.

[KPdbg997]

He was no longer an American once he agreed to assist the confederacy. He was a traitor no different than the terrorists we fight today.

[Luso515PorTuoGraal]

You are saying that thousends and thousends of Americans, soldiers and Generals were "traitors" for serve their States and Homelands in Confederate army? I´m not American, but you are a delusion.

They were loyaols to theyr homelands States who they born! And Lee won more battles that the Union. It was the Number that decide the War.

Honor to both sides, both Heros.

[atgmai]

@Luso515PorTuoGraal He is right, the South were the traitors. They had not listened to the Union and did not want to make a truse or peace. There was 800,000 lives lost in the Civil War just because the South didn't listen

[rickcee]

@Luso515PorTuoGraal I would never use the word traitor, but they were going against the union for reasons that were largely based on their economy. Slavery WAS their economy. Although plantation owners were rich they never could have continued to be had they paid employees to run those huge estates. "States Rights" is a buzzword that really meant "leave us alone and we'll leave you alone." Nothing anyone can say will ever make the notion of slavery right. Many northerners also had (cont.)

[rickcee]

@Luso515PorTuoGraal (continued) slaves as well, so I'm not saying that the north was anti-slavery and the south was pro-slavery. I'm saying that the south needed to maintain an economy built on slavery. In the north, where the industrial revolution was marching on, slavery was not the same kind of issue. Bottom line: you can't and may not own another human being. Sorry, no dice. You just don't get to own anyone else. Some people actually disagree with that. Bottom line: Right team won.

[Ace4929]

@rickcee i totally agree. personally, i dont see the apeal of having a lifetime servant who you treat horribly and hardly pay at all and force to live in terrible conditions and whose food consists of what was too disgusting to feed the dogs. thats not convienience, thats sick.

[TheClambelly]

@Ace4929  Treatment isn't even the issue. It's more bottom line than that. I don't care if you treat them like a member of the family, and I'm sure there were some slave owners who DID treat their slaves well, but the issue is property. One cannot claim another human being as their personal property (although people do it all the time). It goes against everything that the human condition is founded upon. That's all I'm saying. I don't want to split hairs about this issue. It's nuts.

[Ace4929]

@TheClambelly i was just speaking for the majority. jeez, i agree with you and you still want to argue it

[TheClambelly]

@Ace4929 No, no...I'm not arguing with you. I'm agreeing with you. I just wanted to augment the original argument with that as an aside. Relax. :)

[Luso515PorTuoGraal]

You call them "terrorists"? What? What a lack of respect! Shame on you!

[CCampLI]

The Southerners were uneducated.

[abominae1]

That means jack shit when it comes to shooting a rifle. Funny until the 3rd day of gettysburg they kicked the unions ass. Look at fredricksburg and chancellorsville. Lee was a military genius , he made one mistake and it cost them the war.

[milo1047]

Funny that Buford held them long enough to allow the 1st and 11th Corps to come up. Funny that they held them off of Culp's Hill and off of Little Round Top. Held them on the 3rd Day when it counted.

Lee was a gambler, and his Gamble at Gettysburg failed.

[abominae1]

Lee was a gambler, and very aggressive , but with greater risk can come greater reward, unfortunately for the CSA they failed big time. "No, the enemy is there, and I am going to attack him there." R. Lee

Funny you didn't mention the wheatfield , peach orchard.

[milo1047]

The Wheatfield changed hands, what, seven times? I don't doubt the valor of the confederate troops. I just think that the Federal troops were equally valorous.

[Slippinginar]

Your reply shows how truly uneducated you are.

[cchhcc]

lol i love the red mist part

[Defender78]

hey Mister Tour Guide, thans for ruining my lunch. I had a great meal at the visitor's center, but now thanks to your graphic description of the blood and stuff, I'm now all sorts of nauseous. Thanks guy.

[Defender78]

eww the guy could have spared the part at 1:16 about the "red mist" - for gosh sake there's kids in the audience!

[1320crusier]

thats what happened in the war. war is hell. if you dont want the kids learing it like it was then dont take em to a battlefield

[vinkodog]

You can get a guide from the park service to go with you in your car and drive all over Gettysburg. It costs about forty dollars and is well worth it.

[sgtstrank]

ha i got a private guide!

[hotwriter36]

I havent been to Gettysburg in a long time, but it is a real impressive place. You get a view of both sides of the war. There are plaques and statues everywhere where an historic mark was.

[Guppywarlord]

Zomg that was my tour guide! lol

[celtic6rangers2]

that guide isn't very good ,he keeps asking the people what they thought happened.

[DarrenLMP3]

Why dont you love it no more?

[theone2225]

awesome video, thanks for posting!

[TealcLOL]

I had that guy

[KILLERAOC]

i remeber going here...guides were amazing

[turdburper]

I was just there this weekend! They're standing just near the "Copse of Trees". Those guides know SO much about that battle. Wow.

[Stender84]

Interesting indeed. Thank you.

[christian6657]

very interesting. Thanks for posting.