Civil War Battlefields

Tour of the battlefields where some of the biggest battles took place.

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[katherina75]

WOW....currently, my husband is painting the 15mm miniatures and hes recreating the battle scene of Antietam. Hes my educator...lol. I learned so much abt the battle of gettysburg and now Im always learning more about it by going thru the internet. Someday in the near future....I want to gather up my family and take a tour of the battlefield. I bought some relics for my husband for christmas....bullets thats like 140+ yr old! He loved it!

[willhoit63]

the best thing about Gettysburg other than the battlefield itself is that Antietam, Washington D.C.,Bull Run battlefield and Hershey are all about an hour away and the Hershey chocolate plant has Hershey park. The park has over 60 rides. Good way to get the kids to Gettysburg!!

[ge123off]

@eric5906 thanks for that friend

[eric5906]

@ge123off The music is from the soundtrack to the movie, "Gettysburg". Best book to read is: "The Real Lincoln: A New Look at Abraham Lincoln, His Agenda, and an Unnecessary War" by Thomas J. DiLorenzo. An expose of 'honest Abe's' agenda.

[ge123off]

@horseman528 thanks for the info much appreciated

[horseman528]

@ge123off "The American Heritage New History of the Civil War" by Bruce Catton and James M. McPherson. Its full of actual photographs and has pictorial dioramas of all the major battles and the tactics that were employed by both sides. Also articles about the causes and the effects on politics and the general populations. Good book.

[ge123off]

what is the name of the music to this excellent video i am english but am fascinated by your civil war and what would be the best book to read on the subject

[RevRabbiJCG]

In my response to myself. I mean to say...[that is costly and takes from you in more ways then one.]

I edited it due to a lack of space.

[RevRabbiJCG]

@RevRabbiJCG Lee and many Generals fought the overreach of the Federal govt, whether they were in favor of slavery or not, we should let history and the just Judge of the Universe make the decision. However, unlike the 1840s' and 1850s,. Which were the watershed years that lead to secession of the Southern states. We should as Americans fight the ever encroaching Fed. govt by campaigning for those who desire a smaller govt and not a bigger one [that is costly and takes from you in more then one.

[RevRabbiJCG]

The South, or Confederate States fought mainly for States' Rights to have slaves. With that said, did that mean all those who fought in the CSA were in favor of slavery? God forbid, Gen. Robert E. Lee was against slavery, he fought to defend his home in Arlington,Va which was; just over the Potomac river from Washington City (as it was known back then, or Wash. D.C.) Both sides had leaders that were Christians, who prayed for victory over then opposing side, just the those on the Union.

[GeorgeVreelandHill]

Excellent video.

Although time marches on, the battlefields of the Civil War still makes us pause and think about what went on in those fields many years ago.

The guns are silent, but the echo of it all can still be heard.

George Vreeland Hill

[looker13]

@rgray331975 I like how today we hear the Republicans were always for the rich and the democracts where always for the poor. Heck the Democratic Party position was if they want to breakaway so do it and goodbye, The parties ideals that is spread got changed by a constant pounding to the point that today we believe it.