A Soldier's Account of the Battle of Raymond, Mississippi
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- Опубліковано 9 кві 2022
- On May 12, 1863, lead elements of McPherson's Corps marched toward the town of Raymond, MS as Grant's army moved closer and closer to Vicksburg. Sgt. Osborn Oldroyd of Company E, 20th Ohio Infantry, found himself in command of his company after his superiors were incapacitated. That night, he recorded what happened in his diary. These are his words, read on the spot where the 20th fought that day.
#CivilWar #History
These kind of individual soldiers are always fascinating to me. A personal story just humanizes a historical figure to you in a way that a book can't and makes them feel more real. That they had hopes and dreams too. Almost like they could be your family or friends.
no matter what someone has done, however bad or good it is, they are all human, they all went through the process of growing up
Like Sam Watkins In Co Aytch. A lesser known enlisted Confederate memoir is is Johnny Reb and Billy Yank by Alexander Hunter of the 17th Virginia.
They were
Outstanding storytelling, Chris. I am especially moved by the last piece of information about making sure that Waddell's grave was marked. Unless they fight very hard to hold onto it, war robs soldiers of their humanity. We all would do well to remember that, both to make sure we are slow to beat the drums of war, and to be sure we do what we can to help soldiers hold onto or rediscover their humanity.
As a Civil War reenactor, I do appreciate that you put the correct effort in to look the part as accurately as possible.
I can't take credit for it. A reenactor friend there in Mississippi provided everything for me and made sure I got it right.
Thank you for not falling into the trap of creating nothing but reaction and tier list videos. Like many other channels do.
Please continue to make videos like these, as well.
This might be my favorite of all your videos. The clear emotion you feel for a person long since passed adds so much to this story. Wonderful video really.
There was something about being right where it happened that just hit me in that moment. It became very personal.
hello there everyone! hope everyone's having a good day, and if you're not, Chris and the VTH fans are here!
Hi, Chris, the words of ordinary soldiers often give the best description of any war, its always worth listening to them.
After hearing you talk about Vicksburg, I've been looking for more info. I know this was technically part of the journey TO Vicksburg, this was a fantastic glimpse into the battlefield. Fantastic work as always!
I can only imagine the emotion of reflecting on this experience & putting it into words on paper. Wow, Great video!
My great great grandfather was William Henry King. He was apart of Gray’s 28th Louisiana Infantry Regiment. He has a book entitled “No Pardons to ask, nor Apologies to Make.” It is a great read, just thought I’d share.
Wow! I honestly think this is one of your best videos. To hear the resolve that these men had is incredible, thank you for sharing.
This is how we honor the men and history.
The thing he said about his only fear being unmarked, and humble great fullness of remembering God and asking for mercy and thank Him for it.
resonates beyond words.
"Huzzah!"
Thank you Chris for the story I love studying the Civil War and this story helped me understand the battle of Raymond
This is now my favorite video of yours. The emotions you showed while reading the papers. The story from this young man. Amazing job you did. Thank you
Thank-you so much for what you do. I mostly just watch your reaction videos (you're commentary is amazing), but I'm so glad I took the time to listen to this one. Keep up the great work!
When you got emotional it really emphasized how passionate you are when it comes to history.
This is golden and will be incorporated in my book on the battle of Raymond.
This is such a good account of this battle. Thank you Chris for bringing light to the story of this young man. *salutes*
Always such good story telling. Diaries always give us a glimpse we may not have ever known and the emotion you feel when telling the stories just adds to the connection
Great video! I grew up not far from there and I know this isn’t history related but they have the coolest vinyl store there by the railroad tracks in Raymond if you ever go back :)
Very cool account, I love how you use primary sources to help teach/explain the history. Great way to teach people about larger topics.
Great video! I grew up in Raymond, and it was always cool to go see the battlefields and learn the role it played historically during the civil war.
Great story. These are the things you do best, please continue.
Love these! Love seeing your passion in the videos!
Was not expecting that level of emotion. Nice work, keep it up
Really enjoyed this and great to see you in MS. I live in Nashville but grew up in MS, right outside of Memphis. My home state has many struggles but I’m always pulling for them. Lot of great people in Mississippi.
This is so cool, I cant wait to get a copy of your book once its available, thanks for the great videos Chris.
Awesome video, thanks
Man what a great video. Each and every single man to ever fight had its own story, so is good that we never forget the ones that we actually have the privilige to know about.
Love It! Thank You So Much!
Great video Chris, I really like these kind of videos. I like to see how the story hit you emotionally and for sure hit me emotionally as well. Thank you for what you do.
I was also wondering (if you are reading this) where I can buy Sgt. Osborn Oldroyds diary? I would love to read more of this stories.
Awesome video! Keep up this entertaining content!
Well done Chris! I don’t say this lightly. You, in your BDU, gave me the feeling i was listening to a soldier who had participated in the battle. You gave me chills.
That was pretty amazing good sir. Kinda speechless. Keep up the great work!
I hope you finish this project when you have the time of course! Very cool content you’ve been putting out
Thank you.
Loving this 👍 Also looking good in that Uniform. Another truly great story 👍
Being from Germany I didn't learn anything about the Civil War (and unfortunately very little about American history in general) in school but your videos got me interested in the topic. Great video, very emotional; hearing from people with first hand experience who lived through these things always hits different compared to mostly impersonal history books.
Touching and profound.
I’m from the Mississippi delta so it’s nice to see content from my home state!
Wow this video was amazing
Huge VTH fan! Since I discovered your videos, I have developed a new passion for learning history. I try to not miss a video, although I am still fairly new to the channel so I have some catching up to do!
Great video
We would love for you to react and break down several scenes from Lincoln (2012). I would like to know how much that film got history right. Great work as always!
Perfect narration of a sad tale of war
I know I’ve told you this a few time so this will be the last, don’t want to bother….love the passion and dedication to your channel
there's no such thing as too much support!
@@aidenbohannon5377 100% agree
Love your vids
Loved hearing those letters.
I love how he dressed up. No fear good video
I recently read Oldroyd's account of the campaign. I thought it was a really great book. thanks for making a video.
I’m writing a Band of Brothers inspired book on the 20th Ohio. His diary has been so helpful in understanding their actions during the Vicksburg campaign.
I’ve grown up all my life in Raymond, Mississippi, Clinton, Mississippi, and the surrounding Jackson area. The old church right down the road from where I lived was used to hospital wounded soldiers. There is a ton of history that took place in this area especially during this time.
Thank you for sharing this reading, from a fellow Union Civil War reenactor. 😌
I know this is completely off topic but Chris you look pretty damn awesome in that uniform
The hat was a little small for my giant head, but it was really cool to be wearing that uniform, sitting a few feet from where my ancestor fought with the 20th Ohio.
@@VloggingThroughHistory now that you mentioned it the hat does look a little big but I'm sure your ancestors would be proud
@@VloggingThroughHistory its a very tall hat i will say that
@@Zachattack1212 yeah it was sitting on top of my head because i couldn't fit into it. The uniform was borrowed from a friend I met down there who does reenacting.
@@VloggingThroughHistory dope
I love this!
Hey mate, big fan of this channel.
Any chance you could visit some battles that Australians fought in WW1? The charge of Beersheba may peak your interest
This is so surreal
Great original content :) I’ve watched a ton of your videos since first seeing your reactions while sitting at home during covid lockdowns. It’s undeniable that your reaction videos are by far the most popular content and you use their success to fund your original content. Nothing wrong with that strategy but I feel like you should try integrating them together. It might seem like a dumb idea but your unorthodox take on reacting to videos is what people love watching becuase you add so much knowlege - and watching as you react to videos then make your own content makes me wonder what if they happened in the same video. I know it’s never really done and a risk to the success of the already popular style pure reaction videos but I feel like it would be a perfect combination of entertainment and education to pause throughout some specific reactions and spend 2-3 minutes at that historical location and get a glimpse of your original content inside the reaction video. Just an idea :) I love both styles of content regardless, keep on keepin on
I actually just did exactly that for the first time in my reaction video of Warhawk's series on the battle of Shiloh. Showed some of my visit to the battlefield during the reactions.
@@VloggingThroughHistory That sounds awesome, I’ll go check it out :)
Hey @vloggingthroughhistory could you do some sort of reaction to the War of 1812?
As a veteran myself I do agree that combat changes your life.
I love this channel. Talk about a hard life. Poor guys. Ugh.
It's a longer video but I would be interested to see a reaction from you on Knowing Better's new "Neoslavery" video. Some things I never learned about the US post-Civil War that I would like to hear your take on.
Just got back for the Pleasant Hill Reenactment, hope you can make it to Louisiana soon! Red River Campaign deserves some love.
I became a little emotional watching you choke up a bit during the read. I know that when reading about history things can sometimes become a little sterile for me. You're reading made the history feel human instead of words on a page.
It interesting he mentioned past lives.
It’s funny I was literally researching this battle just yesterday because I live near the area. Always love your videos man keep it up.
My 5th great grandfather was a confederate private in the civil war. His name was John Tillman May. He was in the 24 R. Infantry of Alabama. There were a few lesser known skirmishes he fought at. But he fought at the bloody battle of Chickamauga. And the sad thing about this, is he died shortly after the war ended along with his wife, Martha Jane. I love my family and I want to find more things, we’re definitely were, so don’t be surprised if you find something you don’t like about them. I’m also kinda interested in hearing y’all’s personal connections to the civil war, feel free to tell me, it would be interesting.
Hello, this is off topic but you should definitely react to Simple History's "Bataan Death March".
Who does the music for these videos?
These are my favorite war stories. Maybe "favorite" is an inappropriate word, but at least the stories that move me. It can get easy to lose the humanity and inhumanity of war when talking about the generals and "the Army of the Potomac battled the whatever on this date" and things like that. It's good to have stories that ground things again. That's why books like Poilu and Band of Brothers are so good. They are human stories, not grand strategy stories. I'm looking forward to the book about the Ohio regiment.
This man whose diary I am reading here was in the unit I'm writing about. His diary will be a big part of it, at least for Vicksburg
That forest looks really cool. Its weird that a place that seems so peaceful can have that type of destruction within but we see a lot of examples of it. Anyways great stories!
OMG you coming to the dark side of Reenacting LOL
There are bonds of all sorts in this world of ours,
Fetters of friendship and ties of flowers,
And true lover’s knots, I ween;
The girl and the boy are bound by a kiss,
But there’s never a bond, old friend, like this,
We have drank from the same Canteen!
It was sometimes water, and sometimes milk,
And sometimes apple-jack “fine as silk;”
But whatever the tipple has been
We shared it together in bane or bliss,
And I warm to you, friend, when I think of this,
We drank from the same Canteen!
The rich and great sit down to dine,
They quaff to each other in sparkling wine,
From glasses of crystal and green;
But I guess in their golden potations they miss
The warmth of regard to be found in this,
We drank from the same Canteen!
We have shared our blankets and tents together,
And have marched and fought in all kinds of weather,
And hungry and full we have been;
Had days of battle and days of rest,
But this memory I cling to and love the best,
We drank from the same Canteen!
For when wounded I lay on the center slope,
With my blood flowing fast and so little hope
Upon which my faint spirit could lean;
Oh! then I remember you crawled to my side,
And bleeding so fast it seemed both must have died,
We drank from the same Canteen!
--Miles O'Reilly
May I recommend Sam Watson's book "Company 'Aytch': A Sideshow to the Big Show" A view of the War from a "High Private."
Has anyone ever told you look glorious in that uniform!
Was that the casualties of the regiment or just their company?
The dead listed at the end were for the entire regiment. Killed and wounded the company alone lost about 50%
Every soldier is every bit a hero as their general
War is not about strategy or tactics. War is about the men who lived and died together. Thanks for the video.
there is a bond that happeneds at times soldiers become family it doesn't matter that race or religion and you will never forget them
This wasn't the birthday gift I expected but it was a nice surprise all the same.
Happy birthday!
We’ll be cleaning the headstones in the National Cemetery on April 23, 2022. I’ll be sure that John Calvin Wadell’s is one of them. No small thing, there are nearly 18,000 that need cleaning.
Thank you so much for doing that. It means a lot.
Hi I presume that Thomas Calvin Waddell was of Scottish descent. Firstly because his middle name is Calvin which would suggest a Presbyterian background. The surname Waddell is known in Scotland though it is usually pronounced as waddle by native Scots though it is often pronounced the way you did as well. Thirdly the name Thomas may have been given to him by his parents if they were adherents of the Free church of Scotland after Thomas Chalmers who led the breakaway.
This is the first time I have written to you so may I add an off topic comment while I am at it. Are you aware that during WW1 Inverness was used by the US Navy as a base for mine laying in the North Sea?
His name was John Calvin Waddell, so presumably named after John Calvin.
coolest thing since sliced bread..
Dope uniform, must have felt great wearing it.
It was awesome. It was also CRAZY hot as it was August in Mississippi.
I love your work, your videos and reactions to other channels are amazing.. there is a little channel that is just absolutely up your lane ..
thehistorysquad I plead with you to check them out. You will not be disappointed. One of his recent videos "Shot at Dawn" is about the British Executions of soldiers in ww1... .
I attended school in Mississippi, first through tenth! We were never taught about Union soldiers victories!
shout out to euchre in the civil war
Hello, I don't make suggestions or comments very often, but just today I came across a pretty good looking channel. It is called Jack Rackam and he talks history with a pretty good humor. Maybe consider to check it out, especially the part about Leo Major. Anyway, love your work and whish you the best.
I keep staring at the poison ivy to your left. I’m so allergic, I stay away from anything that looks like it
I can rub that stuff all over me and nothing happens.
Hey Chris, can you react to a video by the channel Christopher named “ww2 with army sizes”?
War seems an evil thing, though the Civil War was one of the rare few
that had a righteous quality to it.
It's just sad to see that Raymond is a ghost town now
i clicked to see you in the fit lol
clicked to see the fit and came out sad, but such beautiful writing from the soldier
Hey can you react to a video from the channel " The Gravel Institute" about the Bangladesh genocide ? It shows a lot of truth about Nixon and Kissinger's foreign policies.
Oh? doing cosplays!!??
Sir, I came across a pro-south YT video and I would like for you to review it. It's called American History's Most Inconvenient Truth. Please Review it. In the comments you can see I tried my best to tell him he's wrong.
I'll check it out!
War stinks. Also for the Rebel in the red shirt, name unknown
A couple of simple things made this very effective. Between the uniform and your voice breaking, I could imagine you as the man sitting there writing that entry. Absolutely amazing.
Wanted to thank you for the content.
Literally been binging your channel for the last week and it has really gotten me through a stressful time. If I had to recommend anything for you to check out I would say Sun Tzu The Art of War is a good documentary from the History Channel. Back during the era of Battles BC. Very difficult to find. I’ll send you the info on Twitter