Gettysburg Pickett's Charge 2008

[Rangerfull3]

Yeah.. that'd be kinda scary :P

[EpicTrollBeastMan]

Why don't the Yankees ever have any damn wounded at reenactments.... ?

[rohan6612]

it looks like the union soldiers are helping the csa

[1967mustanggta]

The 135th was better, Everything here was done in front of a grandstand all battles were on the same piece of land from different angles and was in fact boring. 135th was something that may never be repeated. In 1998 you really felt like you were on the large land of a battle - big battles occurred out of sight from where you were now engaging.

[123yourbetteroffdead]

I have been reenacting for 9 years and I am sick of hearing that the war was fought tover nothing but slaves you have to understand confederates could barelly even afford a pair of shoes let alone a person.The only people that could afford a slave is rich plantaion owners the war was mainly fought over whos rights and whos country it is.Most of the southerners was just fighting for there land and I can guarantee that not many people that reenact is racist.

[tophrules0978]

I recorded the sound going on here for my documentary....only because I couldn't find a better one. If you don't want me to use the sound, please reply right away. Thank you, also that was some great reeactment going on there.

[gwgane3]

This may have looked cool... but remember... Canister and case shot was being blown right in the original men's faces... with that... there would have been a red haze mingling with the battle smoke. This was one of the most brave and yet, redundant attacks made by the Divisions that made up the Pickett, Pettigrew, Trimble charge.

[SupernalOne]

Every Confederate soldier worth his salt wants to charge the Angle - looks like a lot of them got their chance here -

[mitchairsoft]

I was a captain inthis for my 5th grade field trip it was fun cause i got to order around my classmates!

[GmodAttic]

In a reenactment do t hey really shoot eachother..How do they act it out?

[brendo150]

@GmodAttic No they dont shoot at you...an experienced reenactor knows to elevate his rifle to a 45 degree angle. They also dont have lead balls rammed down the barrel. Also at bigger reenactments they will drop ram rods for safty measures.

[csaboy27]

ha! yea im one of those confederates coming over the wall, please elevate the muzzles, hot burning powder plus face does not mix well haha thank u for keep the barrel up lol

[Eclipsedarkmaster669]

I hate to say this, but you and I both know that the Drummers would have been RIGHT BEHIND THE FLAGS and MAYBE at the Flanks, I call Farbs

[Butternut731863]

@Eclipsedarkmaster669 During the last few yards towards the angle, organization and order where described as non existent. If people moved in groups and mobs due to the confusion, it's understandable that the drummers may be out of place.

[hyperseauton]

nobody's goig down at this shooting range?

[cxj810]

Seriously, I'm not a reenactor, and I enjoyed this immensely, but did ANY OF THE YANKEES actually, you know, act like reenactors and, you know, .....DIE?

But seriously folks, how many reenactors do you think will show up for the full bore, balls-to-the-wall, 150th Anniversary of the battle? Does anyone think that they can get 50,000 plus reenactors there for the battle?

[Butternut731863]

@cxj810 I hope to add myself to the score! COME ON BOYS! :D

[eyederrick]

LOL at 1:01 the guy in the middle. Looks like he is lying on the beach or so....

Also funny (overall the vid) the behavior of "the dead".

[Irish8594]

lol nothing better than to yell stuff out at each other

[Legionaer666]

lol, no melee. They are just running to the wall to surrender.^^

[paratrooper6]

lol the drummer going into the attack.

[hollywoodwerewolf]

@paratrooper6 Drumsticks of death

[ChrisTanker123]

southern pride!

[watervslungs]

hey why don't all of them take hits or go back! God Rebs makes me so mad they'll never die! they should either be dead or running there butts back home before they hit that that tree! COME ON MAN if your going to be in a battle know how far the muskt range is because 60 yards back you all would of been dead!

[screwme55]

Um, how about a person who reenacts opinion. Muskets fired 300 yards, back then. In the Civil War men lined up 100 yards apart and fired. Pickett's Charge was a big failure, one of my ancestors was in command of the ranks attacking, and died. Glad he did aswell, you dont join a side that promotes slavery.

[sargesoap]

Look, most confederate soldiers fought for their homeland above all else, and deserve respect.

Also, you should never be glad someone died. EVER!!

[dude853]

For real, im sick of people with elementary school education who think all that war was about was slavery.

[ChrisTanker123]

no, that exeeds the range by about 3 yards

[stewie13]

you yankees are just the same we fired a volley at a yankee battalion at 100 yards and not one fell you are just as bad as some of us

[willypete2171]

I always thought it would be cool if eveybody used the new simunitions that the military and police use for training. The fire just a little bit further and pack a little more punch than paintballs. That and have refs out there.

[funnyman7071]

I was in this reenacctment!

[pmbrenner91]

Hey! Me too! I was with the Mifflin Guard, Southwest Detachment. I think it was Third Division. Federal.

What unit were you with?

[milesismyname]

i live in California...but I want to reenact this battle, so how would I be able to do it?

[OneSkiWonder]

I live in Wisconsin, I was at this battle. There were people from Around the US, Canada, France, Briton, England, Australia, New Zealand, and I think a few from Greenland.

Get with a re-enacting group and get yourself to Gettysburg, PA. The next big re-enactment will be 2013. The 2008 was the 145th anniversary, 2013 will be the 150th. In 2008 the numbers were:

600 Cavalry, 200 canon crews, 15,000 infantry and who knows how many civilian re-enactors. The 150th is sure to be bigger.

[dougc2004]

yeah im with the 17th missouri, and we got folks from england, germany and else where comeing to the 150th

[halofable574]

i was a few feet down from this!!! I sw this happening

[MrTheBeast]

alright im convinced im going to join and in the middle of the battle start dancing hahah id like to see the look on their face suck it you racist bastards!

[legoking58]

what do you think that was some kinda joke i was out there and im not racist you are a stupid bastard

[MrTheBeast]

so wat most of you are

why would you reenact a battle?

fuck that its stupid

[legoking58]

no most of us are not and we would reenact a battle beacuse its fun and to show ppl what it it was like for ppl who dont know realy much about it like you

[colecoal13]

most of us are huh? ied like to know where you got your info from? have you ever been to a reenactment,ever met a reenactor? had a long enuff convershon to see if he was racist? i bet you voted for obama to,sence if you dont like him your racist,ive been reenacting for 11 years and ive yet to meet a racist reenactor,people like you are going to run this country into the ground because we have one as a presendnt,i fear for this great country

[mickydeman]

ive only met one racist reenactor, a member of UNION infentry and he was asked to leave because of his comments... reenacting has nothing to do with modern politics, and the guys wearing grey are wearing it out of pride for their sothern heritage, not out of racism. if they ever seem racist at all they probably are not, they just "play one on tv". By the way, this is comming out from a union rifleman GSTC!!!!

[dude853]

Why would you watch a video of a reenactment?! Your the stupid one hah hah!

[NextGenReviewer]

First you have to find an active group around your area. I stress active because some small groups eventually die down and hardly do anything. You also have to choose wich side you want to join. regardless of where you live, you should be able to find confederate groups and union groups. then you have to buy the equipment, wich can get very costly. After you sign up, you slowly ease into reenacting and get into more event. Spend at your own discression. I highly highly stress that!!!

[hareball527]

I can not wait to go to this next year. How do become a reanacter anyway?

[civilwar19thinf]

Well first off you should go and talk to your local reenacting group and just take it from there and dont be afraid to go up to a reenactor and ask them questions.

[halofable574]

just look online, type in civil war reenactment groups(insert name of your area here) then go on the website and look for information that says how t osign up

[rammhim]

there was around 17,000 of us.

[lagoonguy]

i still think 17000 is way too high. I heard it was closer to 10k.

[GovVance]

It was about 8000

[MrTheBeast]

80 percent were illegal immigrants

haha bitch go mexicans go

[GovVance]

That was absolutely the sigle most queerest thing I've read this year.

Let's all clap, clap for the handicap

[MrTheBeast]

well they do all the jobs that americans dont want to do...

[colecoal13]

you again! and were the racist onces?

[Manassascreek1861]

haha you funny you dumb shit! Don't you have a better things to do than make fun of hard working southerners? While you cower under the bed we're out there fighting for your sorry asses.

[rehtged]

Hehe nice vid, I guess Gettysburg is the biggest re-enactment event? 28 000 was it this year?

About two weeks (i think) or so before this I was at the napoleonic re-enactment of Waterloo

, i cAn't quite remember but I think we were with about 1500 men there for the weekend ^^

[jonvonman]

Not quite sure where you got 28000 it was not that big.

[CivilWarReenactor]

Ya it was more like 10,000. Hey Tyler, are you going to the GAC Event again next year?

[jonvonman]

Possibly

[jonvonman]

I don't know if I can get away this year.

[jonvonman]

What about you? I want try and fill up my summer doing some more authentic stuff...but who knows...

[CivilWarReenactor]

Ya I am going. Its only 3 hours away from me anyways so it isnt to bad. I plan on going to Bummers. And all of my other events that Sykes, Liberty Hall and the Shockers do.

[bullriderfxxx]

wtf? the yankee's are helping the rebels over the rocks, lol

[emsbv]

best part is the drummer boy at 0:08 he clubs the yankees with his drum sticks, hahaha!!!

[mred6554]

that was awesome. i love gettysburg! i just got back from cedar creek this morning.

pvt edwards (5th virginia company d)

[ajdonabed]

Confederates made it over the wall?????

[hogzilla22]

actually they pushed the federals back but couldn't hold their ground and were eventually pushed back over the wall....

[Irish8594]

if that is at gettysburg are able to be with the men in there line

[thegreencoat]

That was an incredible shot of them coming over the wall

Pvt Wind. 119th New York (National Regiment)

[wikkakillaman]

wow lmfao, 1:17, he said "WOLVERINES!!"

[ColonelRaynes]

i was in Longstreets corps 3rd battalion, 6th company. i basically had to dive on top of the yanks to get over the wall. this was the largest reenactment i had ever been in and was the most emotional. God Bless you all!

[vinnie734]

MICHIGAN!~~~ NICE JOB~! I wanna do that!

[pinballwizard110]

love reanactments

[imperialsfun]

Hey, that was cool!

I was with the 71st at the Angle. Fun day!

[MMSMikey]

whose that jackass yelling to elevate the muzzels?

[redblackdevil]

that was an nco DOING HIS JOB! a muzzle blast from a rifle can take your face off at close range, when we fight that close we either fire straight into the air or dump our powder before fighting hand to hand to make shure no one catches a blast accidentaly. it may look goofy but it shure beats putting fellow reenactors in the hospital.

[buff33]

I was at the "Angle"! which i think was 10 to 15 yards to the right of where this video was taken. they really dashed right at us.

[civilwarboy1134]

U yanks autta take more hits there. I see the rebs shootin an awful lot of rounds off there!

[24michiganironbrigad]

But we had a nice stone wall :D

[Bigmoonproductions]

Yep, but in the field nobody died. Its like thats realitic.

[civilwarboy1134]

Aewsome job! I had a grea time that weekend, cant wait till the 150th!!!!!

[Smitheeboy94]

My unit portrayed the 8th Ohio, and when I heard the narrator talk about the 8th Ohio, I remembered us marching down the hill =D

[KendraHarvey]

Very nice! Loved the angle of it taken. It sucked that a lot of them didn't listen to orders. No one but the 12th was supposed to make it over the wall (my division) and of course the others crossed, spoiling the moment for the 12th as we were last to go in.

[bubbyva]

great video. I am one of the drummers in it.

[elgnidelgnid927]

Dang yankees and there wall. we almost had em:) REBS WHHHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

[24michiganironbrigad]

WOOOHOOOOOOOOO MICHIGAN!!!!!!!

we were with the Black hats portraying the 8th Ohio on the federal right. we went out and flanked them.

[lagoonguy]

awesome video! I was in Armistead's Brigade and made it to the wall. great times!!! see you guys in 5 years! :)

[KFGodfrey]

The best part of this video is seeing Captain Cook in action! He is in the dark hat behind the flag bearer as they just approach the wall. GO CAP'N!

[civilwar19thinf]

I was in this vid at the very beginig in the left corner with the white jacket. This event was awsome I cant wait for the 150th

[83rdNYVolunteers]

WOW! AMAZING!

[Steven5800]

i was there..and this was amazing =)

[MysticalRealms]

Awesome view point. I wasn't able to be there but my boyrfriend is a Confederate Reenactor with the 33rd Virginia. I've heard that the reenactors numbers were 13,000-16,000 mainly because they allowed many walk-ins (despite saying there would be NO walk-ins)

[57th21st17th]

The 30,000 probably refers to the spectator crowd. The reenactor numbers I heard were closer to 2800 Union and 6000 Confederate. The battles were all okay; I preferred the 2nd, 4th, and 5th(Pickett's Charge) for their greater intensity.

[GettysburgGhost1863]

I hear there were 30,000 men there. Overall, how was the fight?

[lagoonguy]

i did a "wildcard" search on the database on the Gettysburg site, this is what was registered: 12,267 Registered Reenactors 4400 CS infantry 351 CS Cavalry 50 CS artillery guns (697 people) 2675 US infantry 301 US Cavalry 50 US artillery guns (697 people)

there are an additional 3,775 people, both US and CS, who signed up under "Military Department" and "Living History". This includes civilians, medical, and a lot of other infantry from both sides.

[Lemures3]

How far were you from the little crooked part near the middle of the rock wall? Our unit was right there. That cheer at the end of taps will live with me for the rest of my life.

[57th21st17th]

We were near the right end of the wall (Union right flank/Confederate left flank). 3rd Division, 1st brigade - portraying the 7th Michigan. I took an early hit so I could lie against the wall and be screened from the audience by our troops. When our troops went over the wall in pursuit, I crawled over to take more pictures. The whole event was enjoyable, but that last battle was definitely the highlight.

[panzerwolf494]

I wondered, I could hear Michigan and Wolverine being shouted

[naobrien77]

Thanks for posting this - I was on the Confederate side across from yall.