Fredericksburg Battlefield Tour: A Civil War Must!

[jjeeeejjjjr]

Good video. My Great-Great Granddaddy was there with Co. I 38th NC Infantry. He survived the war but was wounded June 1864 at Petersburg and lost his left arm. He died in 1925 and is buried in my family cemetary in DeKalb County Alabama.

[doorbed]

excellent! quality novice documentary

[Baysox39]

Thanks so much for your video and narrative. My paranormal group is heading up this weekend and this gives us some ideas where to go.

[cooldeisel1861]

Your a little off on your history but the video is very nice

[JMEagle101]

This is amazing Sean & Scott, thank you for touring us to the battle field, I have a video called Sutter's Mill by Dan Fogelberg, also was trying to make it like a history education video, and it went very well too. Thank you for sharing this video, great effort!

[bohdifrompointbreak]

The confederate dead at 2:50 are from the Chancellorsville Campaign. They are Barksdale's men, killed in Sedgwick's assault on Marye's Heights on the morning of May 3, 1863. Sedgwick's men took the heights and advanced to the Salem Church (towards Chancellorsville).

[bohdifrompointbreak]

At 1:50, that is a picture of men from Hall's Brigade running up the banks of the Rappahanock. These men used the pontoon boats to cross the river and assault Barksdale's men who were picking off the engineers that were building the pontoon bridges. This is not the Irish Brigade.....look closely at the bottom right of the picture.

[ke4bss]

also Fredericksburg was the first time the the US army was involved in urban or street fighting.

[ke4bss]

Also Sgt. Kirkland the "angel of Maryes Heights" was killed the following year at the battle of Chickamauga, GA Sept. 19-20 1863.

[showtunestarpower]

@ke4bss Thank you so much for your annotations of our video! If we do a new edit of the narration, we'll definitely put in your corrections regarding the stone wall, Meade's actual command, and St. Kirland!

[ke4bss]

Lee called Longstreet my ole War horse, a nickname that Lonstreet didnt like. Meade did not command the union left, he was a division commander at the time. Also the photos of dead and dead horses is from Chancelorsville battle in May 1863 which included fighting at Fredricksburg. Also the Battle of Fredericksburg is the largest (in terms of men involved) battle in North America, also it was the first time the US army made an amphibious assult under fire.

[ke4bss]

Good video, I used to live in a walking distance from Hamiltons Crossing and have visited this battlefld many times. I want to add a few points for clarity. Burnside was the first to arrive on the scene, Lee responded by moving east to the outskirts of the town. Burnside wasted time waiting for pontoons but he ignored a fordable crossing of the river found by Gen. Hancock. The photo of Confederate dead at the stone wall was really after the battle of Chancelorsville which happend in May 1863.

[freedom6773]

Good video, maybe one day I'll travel there and see it.