Gettysburg 145th DVD - The Wheatfield attack

A sequence from the final 145th aniversary DVD film "Gettysburg: Darkest Days & Finest Hours" - An epic and original exploration of the three days in the summer of 1863 that helped to decide the brutal American Civil War in the north's favor. The Battle of Gettysburg as told and seen through the eyes of the common soldier. Created with the Gettysburg Anniversary Committee in commemoration of the 145th anniversary and shot at the national re-enactment event, this docu-drama features nearly 15,000 re-enactors and actors.

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Entertainment

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• Civil War
• Battle of Gettysburg
• Confederate
• Cannons
• Artillery
• Mississippi

[jekoury]

Jabba the Confederate Hutt at 3:51

[Mahbu]

@crazycrows1

You mean that poorly run, unfeasible, secessionist trash that sought to preserve slavery and maintain the power it granted them? That same Confederacy that hardly held itself together and although it had that one shining star Lee, was crumbling at the seems elsewhere and overestimated its significance in the world with its cotton? You mean that Confederacy that fell apart and ended after Lee's Surrender and Davis's embarrassing capture?

Yeah, sure. Whatever blows your skirt up,.

[RidingBesideMe]

@MrDp19

There were many black soldiers in the south just the same.

History has a way of accentuating the lower points of the war- slavery was an underlying issue at the time. The true, barebones point of the war? Secession. It was still a lost, stupid cause, but no man is without morals- many slavers treated their slaves with great respect.

It's just the bad stories about slavery we hear about- and history is still written by the victor. "CONFEDERACY WERE EVIL AND RACIST! RAWR". -shrug-

[TheCazinbih]

When will Americans have once again civil...

[Mahbu]

@legallyawesome1

Hmm, yeah. I can see that. Lee had good commanders under him and was a reasonable leader. Was Lee really the greatest general the US has ever created?

I have to lean in your direction; he was good but much of his success was in part due to the commanders under him.

[Kal50BMG]

I really hate these embarrassing fat actors who spoil any historical movie.

[thehotshirtguy2008]

@jekoury Now we know why the south couldn't feed its soldiers... this guy ate all the rations.

[thehotshirtguy2008]

I thought the Rebels were going to win this time.

[legallyawesome1]

@Mahbu Actually the confederacy practically ended with Jackson's death that's when things really started to fall apart for the confederacy. Jackson was the shining star Lee really wasn't very good without him.

[legallyawesome1]

@crazycrows1 Sorry dude but it was a lost cause from the beginning.

[bluegrassreb1]

@tj2tone 1st of all, u give to much to those 2 states. and 2nd) ur talking to an abolishnist! i hate slavery regardless of color of the slave. slavery exist today and has for 1000's of yrs. When the South was about to seceed lincoln said, "if it means preserving the union i will keep slavery, if it means freeing the slaves i will fre them." The south seceded for much more than any threat from lincoln. Taxes, support in the house and senate,cultures,etc. forced union is an oxymoron. DIXIE FOREVER