Home video brings 1938 Civil War reunion to life
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- Опубліковано 2 жов 2024
- LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WHAS11) -- One hundred and fifty-six years ago, America was ripped apart by the greatest conflict it had ever seen. Two years into the Civil War there was no end in sight, and rebel forces were making headway.
The Battle of Gettysburg was the high-water mark of the Confederacy, as General Robert E. Lee marched northward through the Shenandoah Valley with designs on penetrating deep into Pennsylvania.
Over the course of three days, Union and Confederate armies suffered between 46,000 and 51,000 casualties, making Gettysburg the most costly battle in U.S. history.
The relatively new technology of still photography allowed people to witness the horrors of war on a large scale for the first time, but the ability to capture these soldiers in motion did not exist, and would not exist for another generation.
Seventy-five years after the Battle of Gettysburg, the surviving members on both sides of the Civil War gathered on the battlefield one last time.
From July 1 to July 5 of 1938, nearly 2,000 Civil War veterans-including around 25 from the battle itself--descended on Gettysburg, Pennsylvania for the 75th anniversary of the battle, this time encamped together, sharing the battlefield not in conflict, but in remembrance.
Louisville resident Ron Crimm, now in his 80s and retired from the Kentucky state legislature, where he served for 20 years, was just three-years-old when his father took him to the 1938 reunion to get a first-hand account of an historic generation that was quickly fading away.
“My dad just thought it was important that I be exposed to this thing. And as it ends up it was important. It was very important. I’m thrilled to be able to say I shook hands with men who fought in the Civil War," Crimm said.
By this time, motion picture technology had progressed to the point where people could buy a hand-held movie camera, and Crimm’s father had one--an 8mm Keystone. He took the camera along with him to capture the Civil War veterans in action as they returned to the battlefield. The resulting film had been forgotten in storage for years, until Ron and his wife Phyllis rediscovered it during a recent move.
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This gives you an idea of how young our nation really is. That a man living today shook hands with Civil War veterans who, when they were young children, could have shaken the hands of veterans of the American Revolution.
That is the mind blowing thing about this. There were certainly Revolutionary veterans alive at the time of the civil war (there are some photos of some of the oldest). Just two steps and you have this gentleman alive to tell the tale! As you say, these civil war veterans might have shook hands with a revolutionary veteran and this man shook hands with the civil war veterans, quite mind blowing!
A 1812 war veteran fought in Gettysburg Battle in the local Gettysburg militia.
Well, there's still is a daughter of a civil war veteran who is alive today, and receiving his monthly pension.
RetroGuy76 there are two children left one lives in Wisconsin his father fought for the union. The other is a woman that lives in my State Florida. He was in a Florida regiment. Both I believe are ninety three now. Their fathers were in there seventies when they were born.
Wow...the Fathers were over 70 yrs. old when they had children...wow...I wonder how old the wives were ? I guess that proves that even old people can still have fun..!!
Take your children and grandchildren to meet a WWII veteran. Time is running out.
Even the youngest WW2 veteran is 90 so not many years as these men in their 90s will be gone in a few years based on time and nature.
I actually knew one personally, an older man from church, and he was among those who raided Hitler's private aboad in the very last part of the war. He died when I was 12, at the age of 98. I suppose years from now when the last of them are long dead it will be interesting to say I got to meet one, just like this man got to see Civil War vets.
Less than half a million out of 16 million left and about 1k did each day and that grows more and more each day as they get older
My dad 92, great memory still,tells me new stuff all the time,I have his souvanier Jap type 99 rifle,and sword.he got on board his ship uss St paul.he was AA Gunner mate quad 40.shot at kamakazis,and came ashore after surrender.the civilians angrily pointed out the damage to Tokyo,they thought we started war.captain of ship ok'ed rifles after firing pin was broken off.
the vetereans weren't the (only) heroes during the war..the civilians also fought the good fight..in the underground resistance, helping jews..my grandfather, afraid of blood, father of 13 children saw an english soldier shot outside his house, by a german soldier...my grandfather went outside to help hide the soldier in one of the ice bunkers. his neighbours risking their lives also helped him..just in time because the jerry's approached..the soldier was nursed and taken care of until he was well enough to move on...the grandson of the soldier contacted my father in the 80s to thank him...
I'm proud to have known and met soldiers of WW1. All have gone now.
henerymag
When I was young my neighbor was a WWI veteran. He was in his 80’s then but I still remember him inviting my dad and I in to show us the things he still had from his time at war. I wish I had hung with him more.
The good thing is you had the honor to have met him.
Same here
yes a couple of nieghbours I knew when I was young were w1 veterans
Bill O'Reilly is still around.
There is just something about watching old people interact with very young people....that little salute, and the old man saluting back....warms my heart.
2021 -- law says we have to ask to salute a vet ? Shit...
Once a man twice a child..
To reach your hand across the gulf of time and shake hands with a living civil war vet , beyond amazing
"Shaking hands with history", I couldn't have summed it up better myself.
At this reunion in 1938, a lot of the Civil War veterans are in their 80's or 90's but during the Civil War they were only around 17 or 18. Amazing.
Jason Smedley people age over time who would have thought
all slim, well dressed and polite. as is everyone in the video.
Imagine some of them still lived when jet fighters were introduced into war or maybe even the atomic bomb :O
Some a little younger than that, especially on the confederate side.
@@Ganpignanus wouldn't be that way today
Today WWII vets are about the same age as these men in this film.
Not to be disagreeable, but most wwii vets are gone, these men were younger than the wwii vets today (there are virtually none now)
My grandfather was 19 when he was sent to North Africa. Fought for 350 some odd days without being relieved. The most consecutive days of combat in American history for a unit. Atleast it was still that way a few yrs ago. He was artillery for a SCNG unit in Sumter. The 108th FA I believe.
Bumper776 I’m 60 my dad on the bar when I was a little kid and so many of the guys that used to come in the bar war world war two veterans and all those guys are gone now I won’t be long they’ll all be gone
AlohaLivin not true. There are still about 200,000 of them left
StupidEditsGuy We lose about 300 World War II veterans a day there were 389,000 left in 2019 each day that goes by we lose more it won’t be that long they’ll go the same way as the Civil War and World War I veterans
I am 60 now, and knew a veteran of the Spanish American war.
Awesome, sir! My Great-grandfather was a WWI vet and my favorite president is Theodore Roosevelt! As a Texan who loves to study the gilded age and progressive era, I have nothing but the highest respect for those men of those times. Faith in God, chivalry, horses, and trains, they lived in an exciting era. God bless them all.
I am 60 as well and have also known vets of the Spanish American War and I have also met a former slave when I was five.
@@nunyabiznez6381 The last confirmed slave died in 1951, so possibly.
I would've loved to listen to them! Sooo lucky you are
I’m 63. My grandfather was in the Spanish American War. My Ggrandfather fought at Gettysburg.
"I'm thrilled to say I shook hands with men who fought in the civil war."
Mind blown 🤯. What a snapshot of history!
And have the video to prove it....
Wow. Shaking hands of a Civil War Veteran🇺🇸is amazing to hear in 2018.
ink they are wrong tho. In the 60s there were still confederate vets around. I think they were drummer boys and flag carriers. I had 5 members of my family that fought with the CSA, my direct grandfather, was a Warrant officer in the NAvy when he was invalided out in Portsmouth NH. He wastoo old to join the southern forces even if he had wanted to. When he came home after the war, his neighbors were glad that. they had a friend from up North who would vouch for them, and he had a pension.! Good for him. But Im proud of all of them. I was a member of "Sons of Confederate Vets". We no longer get a license plate. It is so easy to pass judgemnt, when you werent there.
The veteran at 4:11 is wearing a deer tail on his hat indicating he was a member of the Pennsylvania Bucktail Brigade that consisted of the 143, 149 and 150th PVI. My grandfather served with the 149th Pennsylvania Bucktails and fought at Gettysburg and possibly knew this gentleman...
RetiredGuy Adventures : An absolute hero....today, it's always the Confederates that get the recognition!...The Union forever!
Small world isn’t it?
Very cool..
My great great grandfather fought with the 5th Confederat Calvary in Gettysburg.. lol maybe our families paths crossed my friend
Hero!! I have nothing but respect for American soldiers. Traitors (or "confederates" as they are called) don't deserve a shred of recognition. They were either white supremacists or too stupid to realize they were being pawns for white supremacy. So happy the scraps of metal that bare the traitors' resemblance were removed :)
This was awesome! One day in the near future some 85 year old man will say "I shook the hand of a man who fought in WW2"
I played music with men wounded in ww 2
FIVEOFEVER you could do this (not saying you're 85). Go out and meet them before they're all gone.
My uncle Wint POW of WWII died ten years ago. Loved him and he told me many stories about his life. I can tell you some if you are Interested.
we had a relative, now deceased, who fought in WW2. he told us stories and had pictures of his fellow soliders, many of whom never survived the war, and some who died right in front of him, all young men. one of the nicest relatives we had, very special man. sadly missed. and his wife also, gone but not forgotten.
most of the men in my family of my grandfather's generation, including both my grandfathers, served in WWII … they were giants to me … & I'm immensely proud of them all
A wonderful bit of film. As the generations fade away its always the case of "If only I'd asked them questions about their youth". I was brought up by my grandfather - a WW1 veteran, who passed away when I was 16 (1976). When he very rarely mentioned the war I just wasn't at all interested - I didn't care, then a few years later, after he'd gone, I tried to find out things about his time in the trenches....and it was too damn late.
If you are now an old timer and want your life to be remembered, try talking to kids, and if they're not bothered then just write it all down. There will be a time when they are interested but you won't be around to tell them.
Its same story every generation
You didn't ask l got photos
Of my great uncles who died
In first German war some
Bits of boys l could cry looking at their young faces germans
Have a lot to answer for
I'm guessing that a lot of the horrors he saw in WWI he didn't want to talk about.
I had a great uncle who was a ww1 veteran and when he was old he moved into our basement that was finished like an apartment. Id go down and visit but didn't know what to talk about. I wish he had told me about his days in ww1, but if it wasnt for my mom telling me i wouldnt even know he was in it.
RIP Ron Crimm; 3/11/35 - 8/25/22. We share a birthday, different years. I am sorry to have never met the man who shook the hands of CW veterans. What a moving video; a national treasure.
this is Great!!
Those boy scouts at 2:27 hope things went well for them during WW2.
My father was one of the many boy scouts who helped out at the reunion, as I posted elsewhere. He did serve in WWII of course, guarding German POWs at Camp Forrest in Tennessee, as well as on harvest crews up and down the Great Plains.
I think most were still too young for the war since this was 1938, some served I imagine, the older of the group.
World War II broke out only a year later. America got involved 3 years after this. Those boys would hardly be any older
World War II broke out only a year later. America got involved 3 years after this. Those boys would hardly be any older
@@perfection4749 well, Korea then.
My great great grandfather was with Pickett's division and went up the hill at Gettysburg. Being only five feet saved his life. He always said the damn Yankees were shooting to high. He had thirteen daughters, all married to Confederate soldiers and all widows at the end of the war. As was common at the time, he married a young woman in his old age. There were simply no men left in the South and a Confederate Army pension was a gold mine for a young woman. My great aunt tracked her down in 1959 she was still collecting his pension.
thing is back then 5 foot would not look to out of place average was 5 foot to 5 foot 5
you were banned from the cavalry if you were tall
Even today, most special forces soldiers are actually relatively short (or at least of average height).
Although I don't know about men being "banned" from being cavalry troops if they were of above average height. Being tall was actually a prerequisite for entrance into things like Grenadier units in the Napoleonic wars. And there were mounted grenadiers too.
that's interesting but what is the history of a confederate army pension? where did the money come from? since it was a defeated enemy and confederate money was no good... maybe I'll do a search and get back to you... initially the individual states provided the pension , and if they served in the union army prior or after than the federal govt would provide... then apparently in the 1930's the federal govt completely took over paying the pensions...so your ancestor was a very kind gentleman to provide that far after his death....
Beautiful footage. That a living man has actually shook hands with soldiers from 155 years ago is mind blowing. It really highlights the connectivity idea of history. I wish my grandparents were alive longer so that I could have asked them about their lives and about their grandparents, and what they might have told them about their grandparents, and on and on..
I have hugged a former slave. Top that.
@@nunyabiznez6381 and that slave was sold by other Africans decades prior.
@@pauleypavillion6088 No that particular slave was owned by a white plantation owner in the south, I can't remember the state though she did say that she had lived in Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia and Virginia before moving to Boston in the 1920's. She only told me about her parents and grandparents all born slaves. Presumably it was her ancestors some time before that who were sold into slavery though it is difficult to tell how far back that actually happened. If your point is that at some point it was an African who sold them all into slavery, that is about half correct. The exact numbers are not known but probably about half to two thirds of all slaves imported to America from Africa had been sold to Europeans by Africans. A smaller portion had been captured by Europeans who found it more economical to send armed men into villages to capture slaves. Another common practice was to make deals with local tribal leaders. They would assist them by capturing their enemies. Unfortunately that sometimes backfired and they would end up also being captured. Roughly half of the Africans who did sell slaves to Europeans were north African Muslims genetically related to Egyptians and/or Arabs who had set up slaving businesses along the north and west coast of Africa. The issue of slavery was not as simple as most people believe. Within Africa, everyone was either buying or selling slaves or they were slaves.
It does blow your mind away, I have a photo copy of a letter my great uncle wrote while he was in the trenches on the Western Front in WW1. He was only 23 and died few days later. I wish I could sit down and here what it was like back then.
It's funny, so many older people I know wish they would have asked more qestions when young.
I'm so glad when I was a kid I spent so much time hanging out at the VFW post with my grandfather. Got to meet great WW2, Korea and being this was 25ish years ago, even a few WW1 veterans. They saw so much and gave so much. God bless them
I wonder what those men would say about how the country seems to be dividing all over again? Probably could offer some useful advise.
They didn't waste time on "advice" and words. They took up a musket. The put their LIFE on the line, for their state and family and future. My great-great-grandfather died in 1863 at Chancellorsville just a few feet from General Stonewall Jackson. Though he left his home in Georgia, he is buried there. He never owned any slaves.
@@davidb2206, my point was, those that don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it. We seem to be heading in that direction. Its a dead issue.
@@frankielin2 And what makes you think that those left wing nutjobs would listen? They would just shout them down.
@@thesailjunkie It was a hypothetical question. Just like, what if the leftwing nut jobs would listen to what they had to say 🤔
Soldiers on both sides saw each other as brothers in the years after the war. They'd all probably tell people who have co-opted their war into their 21st century political squabbles to shut the fuck up.
can't even imagine what those veterans went through
So get out in the woods and join some patriot militia and start to learn what they went through.
The sadest thing for me is that the civil war isn't being taught in schools like it was even in thr 1980s or even 1990s.
Tessie i agree totally, but schools don't cover the civil war like they did when I was in school through the 70s and 80s.
What kind of BS Civil War era statement was THAT? Are you a Christian? Is that what Jesus taught us? Let's move FORWARD, shall we?
What are your thoughts on how the pedagogy has changed regarding the Civil War?
Steve Berlack Leave this conversation
Andrew Klenk No. Now what? Why are you so scared?
No matter what his father did, from that day forward, he was a great dad! What a gift to leave for your child.
What his father did? Sir, fighting for the Confederacy was not a shameful not racist act as it is portrayed today.
@@Rustebadge his father didn't fight in the civil war whatsoever?
@@Rustebadge you don't know how to read, I wish I could have a first grade education like you.
This is one of the most incredible things I've ever seen. I'm trying to collect my jaw off the floor
I remember drinking a beer in the American Legion with a WW 1 vet the day before leaving for the gulf in 1990. The stories from that man are still fresh in my mind.
That is awesome that you for sharing that 😀
A stunning composition and beautiful window into history. So glad to have watched this one. 😊👍
I love that song okie from muskogee you did your
Duty
@@frankrobinson6841 ????
"We can't change history itself". Thank you for everything.
Wonderful, so glad his father was such a visionary!
This gentleman has recently passed but what an amazing video! So glad he shared it. Rip Ron
We need to remember our history, not erase it, as heartbreaking as it is to remember how many died and the grief this must have caused.
I had the privilege to meet a few men in their Late 90s who were Born at the end of the Civil war. I also knew a few Grandchildren of men who were in the Civil war who had met their Grandparents.
If I remember correctly I was between the age of age 6-7 in 1962-63 living next door to an old man who was 100 years old, I would talk to him on his porch swing and he would tell me stories of his boyhood living on the MO. river on a farm across from the State of Kansas. The only story that I remember, He would tell me that the Mo. river would freeze up in the winter and that his Father would have him walk across it to KS. to get moonshine and that his Father was a mean man. He did not like his Dad.
That is an AWSOME film. THANK you for sharing this!
Those brave,patriotic men are our greatest generation of our country. God bless all of our nations warriors and heroes. Never forget
Patriotism is responsible for wars, deaths, murders, crimes... Do you think God loves warriors? The same God that said: Thou shalt not kill.
Turn the other cheek
Love your enemies
Etc.
You are all hypocrites who will cry for forgiveness of your crimes. Well, don't do it in the first fucking place.
You all deserved your place in warm, hot place.
Modern Roman Empire asking blessing from the God hahahaha...you are insane!
@@kvarnerinfoTV it's, thou shalt not murder.
There's a difference.
@@kvarnerinfoTV judge ye not yet ye be judged.
Linus Magnus God also allowed his chosen people to kill the inhabitants of Israel before they established the kingdom of Judah. Clearly you need to take a more in-depth look at the Bible.
Mark Fiore never forget the south fought solely to preserve slavery as they were too lazy to work the stolen land on which they had squatted. Conservative WHITE makes...today we call them MAGATARDS
Amazing. To have seen them at age 3....to have a father with an early 8mm video camera....to have saved the film all theses years....and the film is in good condition....and they even recorded a Black veteran. Sir, you have done us all a great service.
This video along with the video of the man who was at Lincoln's assassination are historical treasures.
So amazing....Thank you for sharing your memories🌺
If they could only see today what the country is like wow
I’m sure the northern boys would’ve sided with Johnny reb
Cry or commit suicide? "We wasted it all, on that lying bastard Lincoln."
Wow amazing to see , I love how the young boy is saluting the civil war vets
Yes old men and children have
Something lam old man now
His just come from heaven and
You are going there
I found myself glued to this video. Watching the veterans was intriguing to me.
When I was 6 years old I got to meet a WW I Vet. He was in full uniform, a tall thin man who had not much to say but his kindness still is with me since 1975.
3:07 "I was shaking hands with history." What an awesome thing to be able to say...
I recently buried my father he's a World War II veteran. He was 14 years old when he went to war everybody lied about it their age in those days to get off the farm. He told me so many stories about the old Civil War veterans living in the streets begging for food or shelter. So many of these Brave Lads froze to death in the winter in their final years.
That's awful. They didn't get pensions?
@@Lovememore231 Based on the video and OP’s comment, I imagine those who lived to 1938, were unable to live adequately because of the Great Depression.
That's terrible... Seems our veterans were abused and mistreated then as now 😥
My girlfriend was born and raised in Georgia and she always referred to the American Civil War as the "War of Northern Aggression". I thought she was simply kidding around, but the reality is she was telling the truth. 'Civil war' is when two groups vie for control of government. This was not such a war. The southern states fought to be free of control by the wealthy northern states. It had nothing to do with slavery, but much to do with state sovereignty. And in retrospect, they were within their constitutional rights to do so. However, Washington would have nothing to do with a vassal state breaking off on their own. We also witness the same in how powerless the states are to confront Washington's corruption. For the truth about slavery and US history, I recommend Paul Craig Robert's 'A Conversation on Race'.
Yes, I always found it odd that someone wanted me to believe that all those men were willing to die so that some men could have cheap labor. Most men are not willing to lose their limbs or life so that you can outdo them in the market place.
That's what we've always called it. "The war if northern aggression."
And I'm only 60.
All of you guys are so wrong. It wasn't a "War of Northern Aggression"; it was a War of Southern Sedition for them to preserve their slaves. It seems you all have been fooled by the Lost Cause.
Absolutely Incredible. Thank you for sharing this historic film
So amazing to see GOD BLESS THEM ALL..🇬🇧👍
So many have lost respect for our history and we're a lesser people for it...Save the Confederate Statues and Memorials!
Save American History!!
Confederate statues aren't history; they're political propaganda that reinforces the Lost Cause myth.
These people who vandalize these monuments and disrespect these vets need a big severe ass beating
@@yashjoseph3544 Unlike the four "False Causes" the Lincolnistas have spewed for 160 years, right?
@@MGTOWPaladin Four false causes? What? There was only one cause of the war. SLAVERY. The Confederates admitted it in their secession ordinances and speeches, and there are decades of history building up to the war proving it too.
Pretty darn cool. Much respect.
I feel honored to say that when I was a tiny boy there were still a few Civil War vets alive on this earth with me. It's wild to think about.
What year was you born?
@@richardt875 you’re too late
I don’t see the appeal. This were young men killing each other. I don’t see the honor in that. Why are you all so honored by this.
It’s a nice document but ..
@@vintagepipesnightmares wow you are a colossally ignorant coward
@@vintagepipesnightmares It an honor to be able to have that connection to such a momentous point in history. No one is saying they love war.
Wow That´s a BIG PICTURE of History....we can see REALY Civil war veterans on a Film ! Amazing !
Nice Regard from north Germany
Proud grandson of two World War Two infantry veterans. I love and miss them everyday. I wonder if my grandchildren will be astonished one day that I was lucky to know veterans of that war.
I'm 36 years old. My Grandmother passed away in 2013 at the age of 99. She was born and raised in the same working class neighborhood of Boston her whole life. I loved listening to her stories. Her first memory was being taken by a horse drawn ambulance from her house during the Spanish Flu Pandemic. She remembered going over a wood and straw planked bridge that spanned the Charles River in Waltham Mass to get to the Hospital. Sadly, her future husbands father, my great grandfather died that same year from the Spanish Flu. About 5 years before she passed I began driving her to run errands during the day, because her eyesight deteriorated enough to keep her from having a license. On one occasion in the supermarket she bumped into a lifelong friend of hers. While driving home she told me about her friends little brother. He died in a B-17 over Germany and was not known to be dead or alive till wars end. The most intriguing of them all was about her paternal grandfather, Coleman Connolly. Coleman left Ireland in the wake of the Great Hunger and settled in Boston Massachusetts. Upon the outbreak of war Coleman enlisted into the Union Army at a camp in Sommerville Massachusetts. Somehow and I've been trying to find out why, he ended up in a Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment, I forget the number off the top of my head. His Regiment fought at Fort Donelson and a multitude of actions as part of Grants Push down the Mississippi. At Shiloh, his regiment along with other Iowa Regiments, dug in and made a stand in what became known as The Hornets Nest. The bravery and courage those Union Soldiers displayed, foiled the Confederate momentum on the first day at Shiloh. Coleman was taken prisoner along with the survivng veterans of the Hornets Nest. He was paroled 6 months later. He returned to Boston, became a teamster and started a family. My sister just moved to Mississippi due to her husbands career in law enforcement. We are both looking forward to visiting Shiloh and walk the ground my Grandmother revealed to us to be hallowed.
therascalking Thank you so much for sharing. I love history!
Two years ago I visited TN from WI and after seeing Buford Pussers place and Jack Daniels Distillery I thought why not check out Shiloh. I've never toured a Battlefield before and didn't expect much but I was in awe of what I saw and learned. I walked through the cemetary, walked along the river near the landing and drove what I couldn't walk. Read as many plaques as I could. Unbelievable what they have there. It was free and I spent hours there and I'd love to go down there again. I was there in November and it was so peaceful at that time. But the monuments and cannons and informational signs all over really bring back what took place in the fields, woods and swamps in and around that area.
@@garyfuiten5126 hello gary,one thing you can say about southerners,as much as the Hollywood liberals love to insult, denigrate and demean them,they have a love for their land and heritage that is incredibly powerful
@@garyfuiten5126 I feel the same. I am lucky and live in Maryland and my daughter lives in Georgia. So I have had the opportunity to visit almost all the battlefields in VA, MD, Pa, some in TN, and many in GA. I have spent a lot of time at Civil War battlefields and have read much history. One of the important lessons I learned is to respect the soldiers of both sides. My ancestors were from the north and the south. One of my fathers side starved to death at Andersonville, it is hard to visit his grave there. Two of my southern ancestors (brothers) were rich slave owners and were able to pay other men to fight for them, not one time but two! Two others from NC fought on 5 or 6 of the same battlefields as my fathers ancestor.
@@virginiaoflaherty2983 You've got an interesting story Virginia. The 1st time I learned, and you mentioned it, that if you were a rich person back in the day you could PAY SOMEONE ELSE to take your place in a War. That still blows my mind.
And now the Boy Scouts are gone also. Seeing the pride those young boys had in being a Scout and being involved in such a grand celebration of history and meeting the actual soldiers themselves must have been a lifetime highlight. Too many good things about America have been changed.
Ken Clements I wonder if they were selling popcorn to the vets back then? 🤔
The Boy Scouts are still thriving in some towns, like mine. I think you're just seeing a cycle. They'll come back nationally.
The real truth is the young are now being taught liberal ideals in school. The county is changing into the very thing our forefathers did not want. A carbon copy of post feudalistic Europe.
Its where all the liberal ideals will take us. Most of them are to brain washed, angry, low IQ, or young to see any other way. They also come off like the type of people who like the smell of there own farts.... hollywierd types. They want everybody to be equal.... which will never ever, ever, ever happen. At least in capitalism there is a chance to move up.
Clem Cornpone
Man, are you disillusioned. You really need some help,
@Clem Cornpone your a fool
Finally a civil war video that doesn't turn into a slave documentary. This was very interesting
d solo Are you embarrassed of that part of our country’s history?
willl 88 what was not about slavery? The war? I hope you don’t believe that.
Justin Yoder welcome for what?
@@mariohall8357 No, the Civil War was not only about slavery. Yes, slavery was a hot button issue of the time, and Lincoln did bring the issue to the forefront with the Emancipation Proclamation. However, Lincoln did not make that speech until 1863.......three years after the start of the war. The states seceded over economic issues. At the time, the subject of slavery was only used as a scare tactic to solidify the south's resolve to secede. So.....pick up an actual history book and learn a little something before you open your trap.
Heather H I took a class college level course on the Civil War. I know what I am talking about. Slavery is what mattered, because it was what made the south. Why so salty.
THANK YOU for posting this video. My "born in the mid-50's" generation can lay claim to having possibly known a WWI, WWII, Korean, Vietnam, Gulf War & "War on Terror" (2001-2022) war veterans, I did.. Take away the 58,209 souls lost in Vietnam & the 13,283 from the MX/American War, the Civil War took more took American lives than all the other wars put together.
My grandad was born in 1888 & knew his grandad for 11 yrs, who was born in 1822 & died in 1899. He served in both the MX/American War & was a Major in the Civil War. How I wish I would have asked my grandad what he could recall about his grandad before he passed away in 1969. Woulda shoulda coulda.
What a wonderful piece of history to share. Thank you!
Absolutely one of the greatest things I’ve ever watched....period!....🇺🇸🤙🏼
I've seen this film several times over the years, but always wondered who filmed it. Priceless.
God bless them all...
Jeff Smith well the north non-traitor half anyway
NOOKEY69 Hard!!
Aw, go wave a rainbow flag somewhere
Well said Jeff god bless them
Everyone said tiny tim christmas Carol
Great film history! I’m glad I’ve met a lot of WW2 vets over the years.
That film is awesome! My ggf was a private in the Fighting Irish 69th wounded in the Battle of Hatches Run in Virginia in1865 and died in 1896. To watch this film in 2030 was wonderful!
that was one of the coolest things I have ever seen history is awesome
Well said, Angel Bou. I only wish that current generations paid it more attention. I mean, real history. Not the revisionist versions that the American tries to foist upon Americans who don't have the time to pay attention.
Average age of 94, wow they were able to survive the war and then live up to that age
They most likely lived out in the country and farmed.
They did not get meat from city markets that was usually spoiled and that spoiled meat caused stomach cancer and killed people.
The one thing that this delightful video proclaims is respect! Respect of the former enemies for each other, blue and grey, respect for the generations the old to the young and vice versa.
How long before the hissing and spitting starts in the comments and spoils everything this video stands for.
Respect from the UK, and thank you for the privilege of seeing your home movie.
Wow this derailed fast. I'm glad to see someone outside the US acknowledging a very important chapter of our history that should be remembered forever. If the men who fought the war themselves can make peace, surely their descendants can. If we choose to reignite the conflict, in a sense, did it ever really end? Not very well known is that many men from the UK also fought in the Civil War, so in a sense, it's part of your guys' history too.
T8Hants Gee. For somebody advocating respect, ya don't seem to have much of it for Americans of the present day.
+calihartley2010 where do you see jews fucking?
I am a proud Sons of Confederate Veterans member and I respect certain Northern Leaders, Joshua Chamberlain from Maine comes to mind and then there were scumbags like Sherman and Custer along with the criminal politician Lincoln who cared nothing of the slaves and fought this war over taxes and tariffs!
Lets start it now. Fuck the civil war who cares anymore as the Democraps are causing another one. Hillary needs to be laid who will do it?
That's actually really nice that they met like that on the battlefield to shake hands and stuff. I love these amazing old videos and pictures
That would be a great honor to be able to do that. I was close friends with a WW2 vet and had the great honor to carry his casket. Life is too short not to experience such great events.
7 people who watch The Kardashians voted thumbs down I don’t like this.
Brainwashed Commies!
And Kapernek the flag hater
Yeah, that stupid ignorant number went up to 136 now, just goes to show how moronic some people are.
Guarantee their Bernie supporters.
@@mini14head Biden and Bernie were at Gettysburg Address
The point of the film is reconciliation. Judging by the comments, there is much work to be done.
Reconciliation does not exclude remembering the horrors that brought about the war in the first place. One can reconcile with the men on both sides who fought for what they believed in without forgetting why the war was fought. History is not exclusive to a particular view point or agenda. It must be all inclusive to be fully truthful and to truly learn from it which we all must do in order to move ahead.
@Otis C-14 Black Americans contributed more into building this nation than some southerner's ever did.My family homestead and entire neighborhood was Underground Railroad.When I see the tunnels between and in behind kitchen sink and walls the reality sets in.The Rebel Rag I would of wiped my ass on.Your probably not even on US soil.Street rap gun glorifying culture (scaring and confusing police) and Confederate racist cultures,both needs to get flushed down the toilet,for America's own good.
@@aldenunion the underground railroad wasnt really under ground. Lol stupid .
@@mopar21 They waited in a tunnel behind the kitchen sink and counter that led under the stairs..They then were snuck across the tracks that is now a highway to this spot with huge boulders on the side hill,(leading to larger Railroad line)to catch the train to Canada.And for the Dipstick up higher,I am 2x's native American,mixed with Italian ,my Grandmother was born on reservation,and died a happy American( family fought for the Union).Against Unproductive Racist angry culture, is not racism ( Get a life)...I am watching some ads that are exact reason this country is being ruined.
@@aldenunion lol you know what's unproductive? Idiots torching cities and looting Targets over a dead thug.
My dad said he had a great aunt that sent 13 son's off to fight for the south an none returned. I think what a horrible thing for a mother to go threw . Great video thank u very much .
Ben - That's NOT ALLOWED now! And yes, it's UNTHINKABLE that a mother could endure something like that!!!!
God bless them they fit on the right side
@@brandonbentley4677 And due to the fact that the south lost the war, HATRED HAS been passed down from each southern generation until this very time. As you said :they fit ?? Good Lord.
I remember looking at a picture of about 50 confederate from the same area, all 50 died. I was glad they did.
Goes to show how deadly that war really was...
Outstanding! Thank you for posting this!
My Father was there. His Boy Scout troop from nearby Lancaster was one of several which served at the reunion, mainly as helpers and aides to the elderly veterans. You can see some of the Scouts at about 2:20. When President Roosevelt arrived to dedicate the Peace Memorial, an honor guard of six Eagle Scouts rode on the running boards of the presidential limousine. My father was one of those Eagle Scouts.
So cool!!
Amazing that he got to meet them and has video of it.
It's kinda sad to know that when I was born in '56 they were no longer around. I guess if I live long enough I could be one of the last Vietnam Era vets, since I joined young and at the tail end of it...
Thank you for your service .
@@tjbouxjohnson4287 Wrong and wrong , Charleston was the largest slave port in the US .
Much respect, SALUTE to you all !
Wow!! Extraordinary history. It's ironic that he was 3 shaking hands with civil war soldiers in their 80s/90s and now he is in his later years watching it back. Thanks for sharing 👍
I loved this. A part of history that I will not forget.
Fascinating, particular the film made of the event. His dad was a wise man.
I once read that when Franklin Roosevelt was very young he met some elderly aunts of his who, when they were very young, had met George Washington. I just ran the numbers. Washington died in 1799 and FDR was born in 1882, so the historical gap between the two is 83 years, so that's certainly possible.
Irrespective of politics, you can see how tough the men were by the fact that at ninety they don't bat an eyelid at being put up in tents. How many men at 90 could do that today?
God i wish i could meet these men.
Plenty of old vets in your neighborhood and at the VA/Vet Home right now. Don't waste time. Go help them.
History is the most beautiful thing about us. Thank God for his father just beautiful.
Super important stuff, so glad this man's dad knew to do this even when he was so young , I will make sure that my kids get them same opportunity with our great ww2 vets before it's too late. Wonderful video .
I’ve had the fortune of being able to visit Gettysburg, it’s absolutely unreal how many men risked their lives and how much blood has been shed upon that land. My ancestors fought on both sides if only I could have a few conversations with those great people that are no longer with us.
Right, wrong, or indifferent. Always respect your history, never forget it. You will never know where You're going. Unless you know where you've been. And my up most respect to these men. No matter the side they fought for.
Tell that to the liberals & progressives of today!
Thank-You for sharing this footage!!!! Just INCREDIBLE to have lived to have been in the same company as these BRAVE MEN, and President Lincoln!!!! ABSOLUTELY ASTOUNDING!!!!
Wow! How extraordinary! Amazing!! Thank you for letting me see this video
Sad to see the Vets who once fought against each other, had forgiven each other, yet we cannot.
Sorry, but one side fought to keep my family in bondage. That's all you need to know about how I feel on the subject.
Thank you for posting this video. It was a pleasure to watch.
just amazing living history to meet civil war vets.!!! alive!!
rafael rodriguez agreed,I do ACW reenactment but how mind blowing would it hv been to hv met some of those guys.My son said it was more than awesome when he went to France with The Air Cadets n met WWII Vets.
45 of my ancestors fought for the Confederacy.
Three where at Gettysburg.
They did their duty, friend, as they saw it in that era.
I have at least 1
NOOKEY69 Hard!!
Dumb. You’re lack of knowledge in history is really embarrassing.
DYNAMITE DJANGO
They really do need to limit the use of computers at libraries.
They ignorant people who use them is appalling.
@NOOKEY69 Hard!! they were fightin' cause you're down here
My Great Grand Father was a Union Civil War Vet , my Uncle Vito who I knew well was a WW1 vet , suffered his later life from the gas exposure . My dad and 3 uncles were WW2 vets , my brother and 3 cousins served in Viet Nam , I was fortunate in not serving in a combat zone during my service . When I was young both Union and Confederate solders were still living . I remember the centennial celebrations and news coverage , I kept a scrap book , long gone , with the reprinted currency of the War and historic news stories of the battles of the day reprinted in the local paper .
Yes, should be saved in the Library of Congress and agree WWII and even Korean War conflict vets are fading fast.
Teach your Children about our Nations History! No matter how Dark and Ugly it has been at Times. This is how we grow as a People, this is Who and most importantly Why We Are!
May God Continue to Bless our Nation!
May not be perfect but it is still Ours!!!
It's getting progressively more dark and ugly all the time. Our culture is corrupted, materialistic, and decrepit. Infected with degenerate shit and Marxism. Not to mention the average American is getting progressively worse from a genetic standpoint.
Which history? The Yanks have spun the history in their favor with lies. Ask yourself this, why did the Emancipation Proclamation come 18 months after Lincoln invaded?
Our country has a horrible dark evil past and occasionally present. Unfortunately all the other countries are worse. So the best thing to do is make do with what we have and try to learn from the past. I had amazing history teachers in school grade 7 to 12. Today they don't teach history any more, only very one sided social commentary that demonizes every historical figure that does not conform to their modern enlightened ideal.
What's so dark and ugly about it
@@nunyabiznez6381 You really need to study the true history of this nation. This country was formed as the first nation on earth that would be governed by the people and for the people. Every other nation at that time was either a monarchy or dictatorship. Start there. As for this horrible dark evil past you emphasize -- context, context, context -- please study the total picture.
"We can try to make things different, but we can't change the history itself"
poignant
Wonderful video ! My uncle was a WWII vet; he passed 5 years ago at age 92. My dad is a Korean War vet, age 87 and still with us. Not very many from both wars left.
WOW! This is fantastic! A true treasure!!
These are the actual men who fought a war that still affects us today. Amazing! I'm glad this footage is still around. I'm a Civil War buff and I've seen mostly photographs. It's great seeing movies of these old soldiers.
We can't change history, but hopefully we can learn from it. An amazing video.
We never learn from history it repeats it self shame
My great-grandfather, (known to the family, as Captain Billy), b 1841 - d 1934. Was a Confederate cavalryman (as researchers have told me, he was a partisan), never wounded, and like I say, died in 1934.
2nd Reg. Kentucky Cavalry.
Researchers have told me that they cannot find him in the records, but the id number I gave them was paid to. They said "he may have been in a "partisan" unit".
William Harrison Harrell, #14992 Boone County Arkansas
I have no records of him in the Mexican War.
My aunt even told me, "Capt. Billy was too young to fight in the Civil War, do you want to see his saber?
He was born 01-18 1843, Boone County Kentucky (I was wrong thinking it was Arkansas).
I DO have papers from Sons Of Confederate Veterans, but was turned off at being asked to give a fee!
I am having trouble writing to the email address given.
Be Proud that he stood up to the corrupt Federals.
What a great thing to have.
That is something very special to have witnessed .what a memory to have, and also film of the occasion as well thank you for showing it to us
Truly amazing