Wikipedia tells a bit more about the fuss between General Gibbon and his men about the uniform disagreement. Apparently the General woke up one morning to find that someone had put the unwanted gaiters on his horse. This prank made me giggle when i read it, just picturing what the horse probably looked like. This video doesn't really tell what happened. Was Gibbon threatening to fire cannon at his own men because of the harmless prank? This video just says the men were being defiant at roll call, and then were a bit embarrassed for ducking when distant cannon were heard firing. This incident is funny when told together. A bit of silly camp hijinx between officers and soldiers. Maybe Gibbon really was roaring mad at his men for disobedience? Did these men cave and wear the uniform as ordered? The story s only half told in this interview.
Nobody mentioned a horse in our interviews cause i for sure would have left that in. But when I go to wikipedia and click on the source it just says see second battle of manasas for details so it doesn’t appear to be confirmed. I belive gibbon might habe considered harsher punishment but probably not cannonballs he was bluffing there. And no i dont believe they were required to wear the leggins
@@historyinfocusYTV I found the horse story told in a memoir by Philip Cheek&Mair Pointon, published 1909. "History of the Sauk County Rifleman: Company A, Sixth Wisconsin Veteran Volunteer Infantry, 1861-1865". They explain that the gaiters on the horse prank was because General Gibbon issued an order that his men (volunteers) would be required to equip themselves with full regular army kits. The men were paid $13per month salary and $53 per year to purchase these items from the quartermaster. Any leftover money from the quartermaster was paid to the individual soldier, and any amount beyond the $53 uniform allowance was deducted from a soldier's salary. It's not that difficult to understand why the men were unhappy about being forced to purchase items they didn't think were necessary (full kit weighed 85lbs!). Since the 19th Indiana and the 6th Wisconsin were in the Iron Brigade together at this time, February-ish 1862, I suspect these two stories happened around the same time. It at least gives some insight to why the Indiana boys were being a bit belligerent. 😆
Oh no wonder why I didn't see this then. Because this is a 19th Indiana regimental history I didn't really look at the brigade as a whole. That's really funny! @@spacehonky6315
@@historyinfocusYTV there's no way you can know about all the resources out there. After watching your video, I was just curious why General Gibbon, a WestPoint trained professional soldier, was threatening to shoot his own men with cannon! Thankfully wiki pointed me to the possible answer and google did the rest. Thanks for posting about 19th Indiana. I've learned a lot about the Iron Brigade while looking for an explanation to this silly story. 👍
Could you please, PLEASE, please do a documentary on the 14th Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment. They're also known as the Gallant Fourteenth for what they did at the battle of Antietam and won the first day of the battle of Gettysburg.
Thats a lot of pleases😂 unfortunately to pull off a project of this type now without any budget would be pretty difficult but i’ll keep it in my back pocket! Thanks for the watch!
This documentary captures the true essence of the Iron Hoosiers by showing their strength and resilience. The interview is incredible informative. It is definitely worth the time to watch. Thank you for sharing this with us.
Remember folks, a portion of those original Indiana men came from Southern Michigan as well. Many of these men were from Kalamazoo and Battle Creek, (extreme southern) Michigan. Later, Michigan organized and supplied many divisions towards the war. My great, great, and great grandfathers, were teamsters, and veterans of Gettysburg. Both somehow, survived the war. My son, a veteran of the Afghan war, now proudly carries his great, great, great grandfather’s pocket watch.
For anyone wondering, the flags are all available at the Indiana War Memorial in Indianapolis, Indiana. It has one of the largest in-tact collections of Union battle flags and its so underrated.
@@historyinfocusYTV Hope your doing well Nick. I like the page. Adam Juday was in Company G, 19th IN and he was from Elkhart County. One of the original "Boys of 61".
Endearingly referred to as ‘swamp hogs number 19,’ they were definitely the bad asses of the brigade, the unit you didn’t want to face in hand to hand combat. Hats off to them.
Wikipedia tells a bit more about the fuss between General Gibbon and his men about the uniform disagreement. Apparently the General woke up one morning to find that someone had put the unwanted gaiters on his horse. This prank made me giggle when i read it, just picturing what the horse probably looked like. This video doesn't really tell what happened. Was Gibbon threatening to fire cannon at his own men because of the harmless prank? This video just says the men were being defiant at roll call, and then were a bit embarrassed for ducking when distant cannon were heard firing. This incident is funny when told together. A bit of silly camp hijinx between officers and soldiers. Maybe Gibbon really was roaring mad at his men for disobedience? Did these men cave and wear the uniform as ordered? The story s only half told in this interview.
Nobody mentioned a horse in our interviews cause i for sure would have left that in. But when I go to wikipedia and click on the source it just says see second battle of manasas for details so it doesn’t appear to be confirmed.
I belive gibbon might habe considered harsher punishment but probably not cannonballs he was bluffing there.
And no i dont believe they were required to wear the leggins
@@historyinfocusYTV I found the horse story told in a memoir by Philip Cheek&Mair Pointon, published 1909. "History of the Sauk County Rifleman: Company A, Sixth Wisconsin Veteran Volunteer Infantry, 1861-1865". They explain that the gaiters on the horse prank was because General Gibbon issued an order that his men (volunteers) would be required to equip themselves with full regular army kits. The men were paid $13per month salary and $53 per year to purchase these items from the quartermaster. Any leftover money from the quartermaster was paid to the individual soldier, and any amount beyond the $53 uniform allowance was deducted from a soldier's salary. It's not that difficult to understand why the men were unhappy about being forced to purchase items they didn't think were necessary (full kit weighed 85lbs!). Since the 19th Indiana and the 6th Wisconsin were in the Iron Brigade together at this time, February-ish 1862, I suspect these two stories happened around the same time. It at least gives some insight to why the Indiana boys were being a bit belligerent. 😆
Oh, I found a scanned copy of the memoir by Cheek and Pointon online. The story is mentioned on page 27 if you're interested.
Oh no wonder why I didn't see this then. Because this is a 19th Indiana regimental history I didn't really look at the brigade as a whole. That's really funny! @@spacehonky6315
@@historyinfocusYTV there's no way you can know about all the resources out there. After watching your video, I was just curious why General Gibbon, a WestPoint trained professional soldier, was threatening to shoot his own men with cannon! Thankfully wiki pointed me to the possible answer and google did the rest. Thanks for posting about 19th Indiana. I've learned a lot about the Iron Brigade while looking for an explanation to this silly story. 👍
Ultimate General: Civil War is shown several times in this documentary. The game is one of my favorites, and I highly recommend it.
We couldn’t have made this project without their support!!
One of my fondest memories as a reenactor was portraying the 19th Indiana at the 150th anniversary of the battle of Gettysburg.
So cool! Thank you for sharing!!
While it may be a bit minor, I think you should've mentioned how the 3rd Indiana Cavalry was with Buford on the first day.
Could you please, PLEASE, please do a documentary on the 14th Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment. They're also known as the Gallant Fourteenth for what they did at the battle of Antietam and won the first day of the battle of Gettysburg.
Thats a lot of pleases😂 unfortunately to pull off a project of this type now without any budget would be pretty difficult but i’ll keep it in my back pocket! Thanks for the watch!
This is a well made documentary. Thanks for honoring the men of the 19th Indiana.
This documentary captures the true essence of the Iron Hoosiers by showing their strength and resilience. The interview is incredible informative. It is definitely worth the time to watch. Thank you for sharing this with us.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Very good!
Thank you! @@philspaugy1756
Remember folks, a portion of those original Indiana men came from Southern Michigan as well.
Many of these men were from Kalamazoo and Battle Creek, (extreme southern) Michigan.
Later, Michigan organized and supplied many divisions towards the war.
My great, great, and great grandfathers, were teamsters, and veterans of Gettysburg. Both somehow, survived the war.
My son, a veteran of the Afghan war, now proudly carries his great, great, great grandfather’s pocket watch.
Thats an amazing story! Thank you for sharing!
This is an amazing documentary! Great quality! You have really out done yourself!
Thank you! It helps when you have a talented crew and a whole pandemic year to edit a master’s thesis😂
For anyone wondering, the flags are all available at the Indiana War Memorial in Indianapolis, Indiana. It has one of the largest in-tact collections of Union battle flags and its so underrated.
Happy 700 subscribers! Pleased to tip the balance.
My great uncle Adam Juday from Elkhart County died in the Battle of the Wilderness. Thank you so much for this documentary!
Interesting! Was he in the 19th?
I have visited his gravesite a number of times.
Hey Phil! Good to see you!
@@historyinfocusYTV Hope your doing well Nick. I like the page. Adam Juday was in Company G, 19th IN and he was from Elkhart County. One of the original "Boys of 61".
Endearingly referred to as ‘swamp hogs number 19,’ they were definitely the bad asses of the brigade, the unit you didn’t want to face in hand to hand combat. Hats off to them.
Excellent story of some very very tough American men
Thank you! Glad you liked it! Please share with people if you want!
Excellent job
Thank you very much!
Well done
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