Rebel Yell at Gettysburg

75th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, 1938. Footage of Confederate and Union veterans shaking hands over a stone wall. I don't know if this wall contained stones used in a stone wall during the actual battle in 1863, but probably so. It starts with the old veterans shaking hands and calling "Hello Yankee" and "Hello Johnny" and things like that, then one Confederate near the camera takes up the Rebel Yell for a few seconds. Laughter is heard (source unknown, possibly a bystander), then the old old Johnny identifies it: "That's the Rebel Yell!"

One can only imagine the thoughts and memories brought up by that, especially among the Union guys on the other side of the wall! At
http://www.46thmsinf.org/Rebel_Yell.htm
is claimed that a jolt is perceived in the Union vets.

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• Rebel
• Yell
• Confederate
• Union
• Civil
• War
• Veterans
• Reunion
• Gettysburg

[MrPirstel]

The last civil war veteran died in 1959 at the age of 112. He was a confederate,but I don't recall his name without looking it up.

[IgnatzKolisch]

@MrPirstel

That's not accurate. Both of the supposed veterans who died in 1959 were not Confederate veterans, but false claimants. Their names were John Salling and Walter Williams. To be fair, in the audio recording I have of him, Salling didn't seem to be claiming to be an actual veteran (which he was not), but just that he picked up saltpetre as a child. This is indeed possible for an 8-year old, which was about his age at war's end. Both WERE born before the war, and over 100 years old.

[SageofHistory]

LOL It blows my mind that a modern person would try (in some strange way) to correct ACTUAL REBELS on their performance of the REBEL YELL. This is a great vid, thanx for posting.

[061369317]

@deerhunter59ify Living up to 95 in 1938 and today are two different things.

You had to be built out of steel to live so old back then, that's why these gentlemen appear healthier than many today's 90+ people.

[will1311]

@rangerchallengebravo Yeah... also slavery.

[ketasetcook]

appears the 2nd yankee in on the right is the one who chuckles.

[wthjrtx1]

Any one of these fine Southern men could have been 1 of 4 of my Grandfathers...Thats who I and we are. God Bless Dixie. our home!!

[Civilwarbulletguide]

so cool to hear

[SlipSloop]

@bltdonahue lol'd

[Hawkins1117]

@rangerchallengebravo well thats just on the house of representatives. The Senate (giving everystate 2 votes) was what kept the southern states in the union because up untill the 1650s there were more southern states than northern ones. when the southern states lost both parts of congress (with the addition of california) and a republican president is what sealed the fate for the southern states, secession

[toddsmitts]

@tarheel1863 I do think the south's reasons for its intended secession were wrong, but it's good that some people can recognize that a war is over.

[360Nomad]

@StealthBreach Sad that we can no longer reconcile with our enemies this way.

[tarheel1863]

This is a great example of how the veterans of the civil war could put all their differences behind them and become fellow citizens in a United Nation. I just wish that some people today could do that as well, instead of trying to scream "THE SOUTH WAS RIGHT!!!" all over these videos or "THE SOUTH WAS EVIL!" As a southerner I have deep respect for my ancestors who served in the war yet I also have respect for their federal opponents who went through the same scourge of war. God bless America!

[Gunny761]

@carcano38 It looks weird because it was re-recorded off another screen. The same video is available on youtube in the original quality, and it was quite obviously recorded in 1938.