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Gettysburg, PA: Exploring The Massive Battlefield, Site Of The Bloodiest Battle Of The Civil War

Gettysburg, PA: Exploring The Massive Battlefield, Site Of The Bloodiest Battle Of The Civil War

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Gettysburg, PA: Exploring The Massive Battlefield, Site Of The Bloodiest Battle Of The Civil War Im a oklahoman born and bread, i have started to watch your videos and picked up on you being originally from Oklahoma. I have been to Gettysburg 6 times i am student of history particularly civil war history, i have visted almost every major battlefield of the war, being from oklahoma you dont see many from our region visit gettysburg, honestly the best time to visit is when everything is green to get a better idea of the weather, the growth, of what the soldiers dealt with, one of the major factors that affected both armies was the lack of good water sources, these men were wearing long sleeve wool uniforms, plus the wounded would beg for water from the wounds. Only about 10, 000 men died at gettysburg, casulties during the war was counted together killed, wounded, missing, the total was close to 53, 000. Lincoln gave the adress while they were still finding and exhuming union soldiers and moving the to the national cemetery, the confederat soldiers for the most part stayed were they were burried until the 1870s then they were shipped down south. I hope you enjoyed your expierence but to truly take it in i would say you should give yourself atleast three days, because of the vast scale of the battle. One place i wished you would have stopped would be the eternal piece memoral, it is said when JFK and Mrs. Kennedy visited Gettysburg just a few months before Dallas that Jaquline Kennedy had a great interest in the peace memorial and people think she got the idea of the flame at JFK burial site, she did use the same funeral as lincoln had just FYI, thought maybe that info could help you learn and take it in even more. I hope you enjoyed your visit, hopefully youll stop at Antietam/Sharpsburg. Your tavels are great, like i mentioned i love history.
Date: 2024-01-28

Comments and reviews: 19


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Battle Of Antietam (or Battle Of Sharpsburg) actually logged the single most bloodiest day in the Civil War with wounded, dead, and missing in action estimated at 22, 717. However the Battle Of Gettysburg lasted three days with wounded, dead, and missing in action estimated at just under 59, 000.
Fun Fact: The Amish can and will use modern electric tools, as long as they don't own it. They can still own modern tools, as long as it's not electric.

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lived in Gburge back in early 2000 you drove by my old town house on the way to Lee's HQ. back then at the Lee HQ was a hotel & gift ect. recently the Battlefield Trust ) bought the land tore down everything the rebuilt / restored it based on org pictures back to the way it was during the battle. going back this year for the 4th of July / Ann. of the battle and then in Sept for WW2 weekend at Ike's farm
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I hired a car and drove over to Gettysburg after arriving by sea at Baltimore. Well worth the drive but the battlefield is too big for a one day visit. I visited the excellent information centre and booked an very knowledgable guide which saved time finding the important locations on the field. As an impartial UK visitor it seems to me that Lee was forced to fight on ground not of his choosing
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Awesome video just love going to civil war battle fields. It must have been the most horrible death for those men.
One fact that many don’t know is that over 50 thousand Canadians fought in the civil war most fought for the North.
I remember walking through this same cemetery, it’s very sobering to see all those graves of young men who’s lives were cut short.

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My only complaint is that you skim over these towns and v cities and do superficial videos based on one day, often with lousy weather and then make a judgment based on that! Stay several days and get a more balanced opinion! You do a if this is Tuesday, it must be Belgium type program! Sorry, but true! Intercourse s old meaning was conversation.
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Nice video, we were just there over the summer. So much to see but you visited the good parts. Funny thing is we went there 30 years ago and I bought a musket ball from General Lee's HQ which was a gift shop at the time. I have yet to get to Culps Hill but walked many of the other sites.
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The Amish are known for living in Lancaster County but they actually have a growing community in the area surrounding Gettysburg as well. They used to live in the area and moved out around the 70s/80s, but are now moving back
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I’m curious where in phila your wife is from because she doesn’t seem to have an accent although I’m from phila so maybe I don’t hear it as well as if I wasn’t a Philadelphian
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Thank you for the video and sights of locations. As a slight correction, the casualties on both sides were over 50, 000, but not killed. Casualties included killed, wounded and missing.
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so cool i love seeing this stuff. i wonder if you’ve ever been to Batstoe, i went there once as a kid on a school trip still remember it. i’ve always loved seeing that historic land.
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I’ve been to all the major Civil War battlefields several times. The main thing about Gettysburg is just how big and complex the battlefield is. Amazing place to visit.
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Most decisive action on day 2 was Joshua Chamberlain on Little Round Top, defending against a Confederate charge with only bayonets left.
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A place I plan to visit in the future. Looks like it was a beautiful place to go and restore your faith in America after visiting Camden.
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Driving through Gettysburg late at night is bone chilling. Its like you can feel the dark energy of war still lingering in the atmosphere.
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Great when you both show such passion towards a location that made such a mark on history such as this! What a holy and iconic place!
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I hope you didn't get screwed in Intercourse. I bet you had a good time there I would love to visit some Amish country sometime.
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I've visited Gettysburg. Thought it was well set out and informative what happened in each section. We are from the UK.
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Very interesting! Hope to visit all those places too, including INTERCOURSE; -. Greetings from Germany.
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