Gettysburg's Lasting Battle Damage
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- Опубліковано 11 тра 2020
- Did you know that there are still nine buildings in the borough of Gettysburg with cannon balls, or artillery shells, sticking out of them? But which ones are from the actual battle, and which ones were cemented into the walls much later? This week's Facebook live program is based on research by Timothy H. Smith, author of two articles about Gettysburg's lasting battle damage. In a discussion moderated by ACHS Executive Director Andrew Dalton, Smith will discuss his research of the buildings, the occupants at the time of the battle, and the evidence for the placement of each of the projectiles. Learn more about this not-so-hidden history in Gettysburg!
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I am from New Zealand. Gettysburg Civilian War and all that I have seen and heard on UA-cam I find devastating, horrific and absolutely shocking, and yet I find it so interesting, unbelievable, that I still keep coming back to repeat seeing the videos over again and again. This war is the worst civilian war in the world, in history. Jenny Wade's story is very sad. As for the ghost, apparitions sightings, sounds of drums, fife, and cannon still heard today after nearly three centuries, now seeing battle damage today, I'm just awestricken. You would of thought their would of been more civilian deaths. Jenny was the only one. God Bless USA.
I'm American and used to live in Rotorua..
Well said
Right at the beginning you mention the age gap between you both.
Let me introduce myself...
I am 48 years old next month and have a MAJOR love affair with Gettysburg, the Civil War and WW2... I have a vast knowledge of both wars and electronics from my training at PIA.. I own my own electronics repair shop in Mt. Pleasant PA.
Anyways... My point of this is... History is vitality important, and the younger generation just like yourself is VITALY IMPORTANT to keeping history alive and places like Gettysburg alive!!
My Grandfather's both served in Germany in WW2 and I spent my childhood asking questions (mostly my Grandmother's because they would talk about it and they lived longer)... This is more important than you realize and we truly appreciate you using new technologies to share our knowledge and save it for future reference for everyone who will gain interest in what made us who we are today.
Thank you!! From the bottom of my heart!! And many many others! Keep up the good work!! ❤
There’s a minie ball lodged into the mantle of the Brafferton Inn’s “battle room.” I’ve stayed there numerous times.
Love when Tim or someone else (usually itsTims thing) does a study on the lesser known stories of the battle. Nice to depart a while from troop movements and timelines! Thanks Tim!
Andrew really guides this presentation nicely. Ol Tim keeps it interesting. Well done.
Wow, thank you very much for your hard work and sharing. Been to Gettysburg,pa twice and did not know about all of this. Had always took tours of the battlefield and one of the houses I was taken to. It was awesome to watch your show on the big screen. Thanks again.
That was a very interesting take on surviving building damage from the battle. Thanks for sharing this info I enjoyed this presentation!
I live just down the road in Bonneauville and am binge watching the videos. Really interesting. Thank you.
This was really good, thank you for posting it. I didn't even know that the Historical Society had a UA-cam channel, I just happened across this video. I am now a subscriber and will be checking out more of your videos. Thanks again for posting this!
The Seminary student in the Winebrenner cellar that Tim describes is my shirt-tail cousin Martin Luther Culler (my surname is also Culler). If memory serves, we both descend from the Michael Culler/Kohler/Kollar who came from Germany in the early 1700's. I was so excited when I came across the story in the Gettysburg Civilians book. It's pretty cool when you encounter your surname in a scholarly book.
Excellent content! Thanks Tim.
Well done guys!Very interesting and informative.Thank you.
Wonderful video, going to use it to plan part of my next visit to Gettysburg. Did not mention the unexploded shell found in the rafters of the McClellan house!!!
This was fantastic. Thanks lads
Much as I'll admit that the "cannonball" in the ice cream shop is indeed A shell. I would be careful to say it was mortared in not cemented. Enjoyed your work.
Yeah I would agree. Motor is hard but much more brittle than cement
Fascinating information, thank you Gentlemen.
Very interesting. Many Thanks!
So interesting! I can't wait to go back.
This was great thank you
Been to Gettysburg a few times. The Jenny Wade house is quite interesting.
I was told on a tour that the bullet that killed Jennie Wade came from the attack of the Farnsworth house. Something about an investigation team that used lasers to find the exact trajectory.
I learned the hard way when my last Grandmother passed away... The information highway from those who lived it was gone. I was 16
Thanks!
Artillery Ice Cream has a nice ring to it.
Really interesting.
I HATE that I can't seem to be notified when these are airing. WTF is going on with UA-cam burying Civil War subject matter???
UA-cam doesn't want you thinking about Civil War.
Been thumbing up stuff like this hopes it helps
There is a pizza restaurant in Wincnester Va. with a cannonball in the wall
If someone was killed handling one of these artillery shells now would they be listed as civil war casualties ?
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Year Built: 1831
218 N Stratton St
Gettysburg Pa
17325
Facts and features
Type: Single family
Year built: 1831
Heating: Other
Cooking: No data
Parking: None
Lot: 0.26 Acres
Is there a link to the Gettysburg artillery shell map .
Very informative enjoyed, but if you ever seen my man Auquachiggers collection of bullets and cannon balls you would know he has found more than what’s stuck in those buildings.
there was supposed to be a pridemore house on the battlefield that had connon balls in it supposedly the house was used as a hospital any info on that was made of stone i believe
Can you still find civil war bullets on the battle fields?
Probably, but you can't take them if you do.
Only the napolionic cannons shot cannon balls the other rifled cannons shot shells
Better holes in the buildings than in the soldiers.
Sure. Only 40,000 Casualties that found holes in bodies. And many thousands buried Ad-hoc on the battlefield in mass graves. New Remains still are being found
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Let's use common sense, it came from Confederate Soldiers because Union Soldiers were using the house to fire from.
"two Union soldiers came from upstairs when they heard the screams of the women"
That's sad and pathetic that they would use civilians as human shields.
And for the people who say, "How do you know that they were using the house to fire from?"
"More than 150 bullets hit the McClellan house during the fighting"
Um, because they're not going to shoot at a random house 150 times.
I have a mixed theory, on one hand it seems that maybe the Union soldiers were running up and down the stairs, opening the door and firing, closed it and ran back upstairs, that's why rounds came through the door, but I don't think Jennie would put up with that, she's right there kneading bread, those weapons are loud, so I'm kind of thinking the Union soldiers were firing from the upstairs window and the Confederates couldn't tell exactly where the gunfire was coming from so they shot at the house, maybe they were thinking there were Union soldiers on the lower floor and they shot at the house hoping they would hit them, instead there were civilians on those floors, I'm thinking Jennie's sister was in the front room and her mom was in the basement.
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Like I said
The house was among those right in the line of fire from sharpshooters and random CS soldiers firing at Federal soldiers in that part of the the town AND the fighting in general simply because of its location near Cemetery Hill. Nobody was using civilians as human shields, Gettysburg became another example of "urban combat" when Union forces were overwhelmed north and west of the town and some had to retreat through the town. Most if not all civilians, found their way to places where they felt they might be safe - usually a basement. Jenny, her sister, mom and brother, etc. stayed in the lower floor rooms mainly because Jenny's sister Georgia just had a baby (on June 26th) and they were caring for her and the baby - Jenny in the kitchen, her mom and sister (and children) were in the front room (north side), insane as that sounds. When Jenny got hit her mother and sister started screaming and crying and Union soldiers came in to find out what happened, they carried her body upstairs and broke the wall out between the two "apartments" (the house was a duplex of sorts) so they could carry Jenny and get her mom and sister etc. in a safer place to the basement. The house is also one of the houses that had a shell in the rafters that didn't explode - it was found years later. The house just happened to be in the line of fire. If you have not, you have to go there to truly understand the situation. There were hundreds of US and CS soldiers fighting in and around the houses in the town.
"YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW"
I don’t understand why they were shooting at civilian farms, homes and businesses. That seems useless. Why waste ammunition on civilians when they should have been shooting at the military sites? Trees and barns destroyed. Livestock slaughtered brutally. They even killed dogs on purpose.
I had read how brutal this fighting was and some really unnecessary brutality that took place but shouting at unarmed civilians is unforgivable.
Um.....the town became a part of the battlefield on the 1st day when Union forces were overwhelmed by higher numbers of Confederate forces and many were driven through the town on their way to Cemetery Hill - or at least they were hoping to get to Cemetery Hill. If a farm building was in the way during a fight, or was being used by the opposing forces for shelter and a place to fire from, then it would be destroyed so it wasn't a problem. I never read in the hundreds of books I've read on the subject that soldiers killed dogs or animals on purpose unless it was livestock they could not leave for the enemy. Civilians were not intentionally targeted, i.e. shot at. If you want a brutal unforgivable death to dwell on read about the cold-blooded murder of the 90th Pennsylvania's chaplain Rev. Horatio Howell who was shot dead on the steps of the Christ Luthern Church by a confederate soldier who asked him to surrender, but the chapalin said he is a non-combatant caring for wounded in the church.