Fixing Gettysburg: The Second Day
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- Опубліковано 24 сер 2024
- In this three-part series, I review a classic Ron Maxwell film about a little known historical event that no one talks about called the Battle of Gettysburg. I also present an abbreviated and oversimplified history of the battle, while simultaneously criticizing the movie for presenting an abbreviated and oversimplified history of the battle.
In the second episode, I discuss the first day of fighting on July 2, 1863 - including Dan Sickles' shenanigans on the left, the 20th Maine on Little Round Top, the 1st Minnesota, and the night battle on Culp's Hill.
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~REFERENCES~
[1] Stephen W. Sears: “General Longstreet and the Lost Cause (2005).” American Heritage Magazine www.americanhe...
[2] W.C. Storrick: The Battle of Gettysburg (1931). J Horace McFarland Company, Page 26
[3] Frederick Tilberg, Scott Hartwig, John Heiser: Gettysburg National Military Park Handbook (2013). Historic Map and Print Company, Page 31-32
[4] Storrick, Page 27
[5] William B. Styple: Generals in Bronze (2005). Belle Grove Publishing Company, Page 222
[6] “The 1st Minnesota Infantry at Gettysburg" (2014)." Iron Brigader ironbrigader.c...
[7] Storrick, Page 29-30
[8] Tilberg, Hartwig, Heiser, Page 45
As a Minnesotan, I’m pissed that I never was told of the 1st Minnesota and the balls of steel these guys had just to do their job, being the coolest badasses ever
Absolutely! That regiment deserves its own movie and would’ve been an intense climax when they literally threw themselves at Wilcox’s brigades all on their own. They even said over half of the regiment were casualties within the first five minutes of them engaging. Despite only 15 minutes of furious fighting, the regiment single-handily broke the entire Confederate momentum. If they could make a movie about the VMI Cadets at New Market, they sure can about the 1st Minnesota.
@@dastemplar9681 I have roots in MN on my dad side of family. I would crowd fund a 1st Minn for sure! Only if I got to appear in and have a heroic death scene
We've still got a confederate battle flag captured during the battle on display in the Minnesota Historical Society.
@@bittypimp69 That was captured on the Third Day during Pickett's Charge
@@bittypimp69 Even better, Virginia has been begging us to give the flag back since the war ended. One historical organization even tried suing us for it. The latest request was in 2013, when they asked if they could "borrow" it.
And every time, we tell them, in more or less words, to f**k off.
As a kid, I wanted a uniform like Chamberlain's, haha. Fought Little Round Top in my backyard many times
I sometimes as a kid would pull out a sword on a hill and yell BAYONETS!!!! I regret nothing.
@@LadyTylerBioRodriguez I would tape a butter knife to the end of my Daisy pop gun that looked like a bb gun but just made a noise
When my son was 4 years old, he fell in love with this movie, especially Col. Chamberlain, so I did my best to make him a uniform, and he wore it almost every day 'til he was about 9. We bought him a hat and a bugle patch with a "20" in the center and I counterfeited some shoulder straps that velcroed onto his shirt.
We watched the movie countless times, and now I'm hooked (I defend both Sickles and Ewell). Every time we got to the bayonet charge, he ran all through the house with his saber drawn. Sometimes his little sister would run with him, and at the end of the movie, they would hug.
He's all grown up now, and still has his kepi with the red Maltese cross and the "20" bugle, and I still have his colonel eagle velcro strips in a special box.
@@dinahnicest6525 I would wear a suit jacket, and use one of my sister's black purses as my ammo pouch (I alternated being an officer and enlisted man) and build the stone wall with couch cushions
@@cdaiv3668 I used an ordinary blue flannel shirt, changed the buttons to brass, 3 on each sleeve, and put velcro on the shoulders for the col. eagles. In the book, Col. Chamberlain had cavalry pants, so I got some blue sweats with a yellow stripe on each leg. We went through a lot of boots. They were the smallest women's boots we could find at the thrift stores. They looked like they fit reasonably well and he seemed happy with the fit.
Savor the memories.
"In some Ride of the the Rohirrim type shit, they fucking shattered Wilcox's line."
I think with that line you just became my favorite UA-camr.
I am a sucker for a Lord of The Rings reference
dsmdgold i seriously and strongly agree with you
@@Pikepaw Same.
For me atleast, huge plus he was talking about Minnesotans at that point. We don't show up in history a lot but apparently some southerners decided to F around and found out a while ago.
That ending skit is quite literally the best thing I have ever watched in my entire life.
It wasn't a skit, that's literally a real interview. Atun-Shei Films goes far to make good informative content.
@@AwesomeRepix Sorry, my mistake.
Your entirely too clever sir.
“Shattering slavers skulls with their stainless steel testicles” is possibly the best quote I’ve heard on this channel 😂
I come back again and again just for this.
As a Minnesotan I’m proud of my heritage.
@@benvacco8997 Go Vikes eh?
@@JacatackLP we’ll win someday.
@@benvacco8997 I want to keep believing it gets harder every year
Atun Shei a few months ago, "I don't want to become a Civil War youtuber"
Now:
If he likes what he does, then I suppose his path will take him where it will.
Ironically I started watching atun shei because of his 1600 new England content. King Philip's war, witchfinder General etc.
The problem is is that atun-shei seems to be the only one who cares about the historiography of the civil war. Other civil war you tubers I’ve seen love anecdotes and anachronisms but few if none actually focus on an overall picture and how this applies to the thoughts and feelings of different people at the time. This is what atun-shei does, and I think he’s the only one who does it.
And I think it’s hard to focus on the historiography if your audience doesn’t deeply care about the American civil war as well, many civil war “buffs” really only care about the written record and not what it all means.
@@TribuneAquila agree, History Buff have a completely different view from Atun
Love the parody of Lee disciplining Stewart, it was gloriously executed.
Do we know where that Maxwell interview was from?
@@hangarflying ua-cam.com/video/-esIlVTi0A4/v-deo.html maybe this one
There is no time for that!
STUART not Stewart
The 1st Minnesota’s charge wasn’t just insanely deadly to both sides and the Minnesota was nearly wiped out but that charge crushed confederate morale: it was the true turning point in the battle.
now I really want to see a band of brothers style series about Gettysburg.
That is an excellent idea! Plus they need to hire more re-enactors especially those younger ones who wish to be one.
YES!! THIS!!! I would watch the crap out of that! Hell, I'd throw period supper parties to do it!
I know that someone is working on something new. That's not me being vague that's literally all I know. I have some historian friends and acquaintances who were asked for input but of course they can't say *anything*. It's been a year since I hear about this sewper seecret project and I'm like, can't you tell me SOMETHING?!
(I haven't straight up asked because asking someone to break an NDA just ain't nice. But damn if I don't want to.)
My other comment aside, I had never thought of a BoB version of Gettsburg. My first thought is, please cover Amos Humiston.
There was the cartoon Liberty Kids about the revolution Era, I don't see why something like that cant be made for the civil war
Me watching this channel as a Mainer : “I agree
Them: “The 20th Maine’s importance is overstated”
Me: “Fuck You!”
Me as a unionist: Fuck that! 20th Maine > Virgin traitors!
Joshua l Chamberlain was and is a hero. To be able to think clearly in a battle is heroic. To actually care about your men and not get them slaughtered for nothing is heroic. To LEAD your men down a hill with little or no ammunition towards a superior fully armed enemy is heroic. To win the medal of honor is heroic To stay at your post and command after sustaining a life threatening wound is heroic. To live in constant pain for another fifty years after your wound is heroic. He was and is a hero. Q E D
I actually like his idea that Gettysburg would’ve been a much better put together film if it solely focused on Chamberlain and the 20th Maine at Gettysburg. Don’t get me wrong, I’m on the same page with saying that Gettysburg is a American cinematic masterpiece that is both severely underrated and forgotten. But no film is perfect and Gettysburg has plenty on its plate of flaws.
Fellow Mainer, never going to forgive the mispronunciation of 'Bangor'
@@dastemplar9681 I would posit that most commenters here forget that the MOVIE is based on a LITERARY WORK OF FICTION. Now, does that mean the intellectual grist that's getting ground here is done because of the SCREENWRITERS? or the DIRECTOR? or the money people? My my my, you're definitely doling out historical facts I thought you'd hoped to avoid dwelling on.
Alright let's do this. *DAAAAAAAAAAAAAN SICKLES!!!!!*
General Meade: Oh my God, he just ran in...
Hancock: Oh shit, okay everyone, stick to the plan! Stick to the plan! 1st Minnesota, take those colors!
Meade: GODDAMN IT, DAN!
Dan "The Man, The Meme, The Legend" Sickles: *Leg shattered, puffing on a stogie* IT'S NOT MY FAULT!
I've heard it from many of the Park Rangers at Gettysburg, that while the decision for Sickles to move his 3rd Corps forward seemed to be a foolish thing to do, they point out that Sickles was berated for not seizing the high terrain in his area at Chancellorsville, Sickles made the decision to move his Corps forward to take control of the highest ground in the line he was assigned to place his artillery so as not to make the same mistake. Unfortunately as history taught us, this created a huge gap in the line which couldn't be covered.
🤣😹🤘💜
Dan Sickles: Hi everyone
Everyone: Hi Dan
Union captain: hey Dan what are you doing down hiill.
Dan: oh you know charging the rebs
A few moments later
General Mead: ok who charged the rebs
Dan: hellow that would be meeee.
General Mead: I shall have you court marshalled why charge down hill.
Dan: well to fulfil my dream
General Mead: ?
Dan: I just wanted to be a hero
General Mead: well you obviouslly failed
Dan: oh and the rebs are charging uphill and I for one am super excited.
General Mead: *turns head
Union soldier: wait where did Dan go
Dan: *got his leg blown off.
Thought you said “General Kenobi”
Your best end skit yet.
I'd love to see HBO give Gettysburg the Band of Brothers treatment. A real in depth telling. Hell, do like Eastwood did with Iwo Jima and do a season for each side.
that would be smart!
I'm worried about how gratuitous theyd make the gore and violence. For all it's faults the '93 gettysburg film does do a good job of showing the horrible lose of life during Pickett's charge despite not a drop of blood being spilled.
@@generalhorse493 that's how war works though. No war movie works if there is little gore and violence.
To give credit a bit more credit to post-war Longstreet though...he not only supported Republicans, but defended the Republican Government of Louisiana against white supremacist (often ex-confederate) militias. It was Longstreet who commanded the New Orleans integrated city police during the battle of Liberty Place where he was wounded. A major reason why he was hated by ex-confederates in the south. I think Atun-Shei brings up Liberty place in one of his New Orleans videos
Yeah: With Liberty Place, it would have been all too easy for Longstreet to lie low, make himself unavailabe. "Oh, I'm sorry, the general's on holiday! Can I take a message?" This doesn't make him John Brown or anything, but still fairly courageous for any white southerner in 1870's Louisiana.
@@richardmalcolm1457 I agree, and though Atun's videos are simply amazing so in no way would I want to take away from the amazing work he's doing, but there does seem to be an underlying theme in some videos that every single white person who lived south of the mason-dixon line was scum at that time. Longstreet's only crimes seems to be he made some comments that affirmed he wasn't trying to change the south's slavery laws, and that he felt duty to fight for his home state over the US Army...which again in context of the times the idea of one's State as their primary country was still very much a thing hanging over people's heads from the Revolutionary War era. This wasn't an odd position to take even by northerners. Now, if the political intentions asserted in the video of joining the republican party are true that would definitely erase anything he did after the war. Not defending him or his "cause" in the war, and I am definitely glad the confederates lost. #UNIONFTW
@@Mr.Brewer83 Thanks for the kind words man, but I'm saddened that some of my videos come across that way to you. I am interested in telling stories about racism in America's past in an honest and unvarnished way, but I also try to make it clear that people in the past deserve our empathy, despite the fact that they held abhorrent views. Maybe that doesn't always come across, and I will freely admit there are exceptions to that. I have no patience for the planter class, or their immediate descendants (like the UDC, KKK, and Dixiecrats in the early Jim Crow era). Those people were just God-awful.
My source about Longstreet's motivations is an article by Stephen W. Sears, an eminent Civil War historian who wrote an excellent Gettysburg book, among others. The link to the article is in the description.
@@AtunSheiFilms Thanks so much for the source man, and I hope you don't think at all my comment was in any way a Confederacy/Lost Cause defending heap of mumbo jumbo. And I can completely respect that view point, I feel largely the same way, and honestly that's why I love your coverage. I also have zero respect for the planter class as well and the subsequent continued subjugation of black Americans through very overtly worded laws by many states in the south from the reconstruction till really fairly recently in history.
And I do think it is true that many southerners who were common foot soldiers, with no grand plantations or slaves back home, were fighting for slavery whether they knew it or not. I know you get a lot of neo-confederates on here to give you crap about that fact, when the truth is they are the ones who don't see how if you are a poor white carpenter...you have a business...now they are talking about freeing the slaves...that means to you that all the black carpenters trapped on plantations would be free to openly compete against "you" in the Market, and putting two and two together rather quickly I think even the most uneducated carpenter would quickly realize that this new wave of competition would in all likelihood be much cheaper than you, and thus out compete you, or force you to lower your own rates. It's not that many dots to have to connect, so I hope any future naysayers that want to challenge that assertion will read this and maybe coupled with your own videos finally have the light bulb go off in their head.
@@Mr.Brewer83 "which again in context of the times the idea of one's State as their primary country was still very much a thing hanging over people's heads from the Revolutionary War era. "
But so was giving your word in oath and ALL those "heroes of the confederacy" had sworn to defend the Union and its ideals. Which they sacrificed as oathbreakers to defend personal politics and economical incentives. Kind of scummy after all. At least for self declared "gentlemen".
SICKLES: THE MAN, THE MEME, THE LEGEND!
A true cartoon character. You couldn't make up a more ridiculous man.
Dan Sickles: The Human Meme
@@marthaindahouse1010 I also saw Potential Historys video. It would be hilarious if his actions didn't kill thousands. The Wheatfield is entirely his fault. Thousands died in hours because of him.
@@marthaindahouse1010 Dan Sickles: The father of the 'insanity defense.'
@@LadyTylerBioRodriguez It was pretty funny to be honest. Dan sickles is crazy, but funny
“Some Ride of the Rohirrim type shit.” Best thing I’ve heard all day.
“If practicable” has become one of my favorite phrases since learning the in’s and out’s concerning the battle of Gettysburg.
Mother, could you pass me a fork, if practicable? Yes, I shall retrieve the mail, if practicable. My dear Sam, would you kindly remind me what paper we have due for Historiography on Friday, if practicable?
Thank Providence for pretentious vernacular.
You are a person of quality, let us speak no more of it.
I will like this comment if practicable
It makes sense to me. If General Lee felt he is blind without proper reconnaissance, he would have to leave it up to the forward generals to make decisions for themselves as they would better see what was in front of them.
@@Edax_Royeaux It does - I think that's why he phrased the order that way. But then he shouldn't have blamed Ewell for not considering taking Culp's Hill too risky and not practicable.
Last time I was this early, Dan Sickles still had his leg.
pridelander06 Nice...
He was still bitching that his foot wasn't in the Smithsonian last time I was
Did you know he was smoking a cigar as he was carried off the battlefield?
And the Peach Orchard didn't have tinsel made of viscera!
... too much?
@@LadyTylerBioRodriguez I totally believe that.
PS the thread about your ancestor is golden. You ever wanna see any of his records, hit me up. I normally volunteer doing cold case shit, but I really dig gifting good people on the interwebs genealogy shiz especially if it's Civil War related.
It's sort of strange to dislike Gettysburg while loving the Chamberlain story held within. But here I am, shedding a tear for Buster.
This was exactly my reaction to it, & now I realize that my instincts were correct - I never gave it much thought, but this guy's spelling it out! LOL
And Kevin Conway, the actor that played Buster, he just died this spring. I fucking bawled my eyes out. In general as an actor, that man was GD brilliant.
Buster was the best character. When I read the book, I was crestfallen to discover he was the *only* fictional character.
@@erraticonteuse there were many Busters who were not fictional. probably every regiment had the elder sergeant who knew more than the young officers thrust into command, who know the limits of men's ability to march and face fire, who knew practial matters of foraging, cooking, managing one's kit, etc other tricks which helped armies in the field.
@@decimated550 I always think of Ernest Borgnine's portrayal of "Kat" (although not an NCO) in the 1979 movie "All Quiet on the Western Front".
Atun-Shei: remembers the 1st Minnesota Infantry
Me: Like the Alamo and the 21st night of September, some things should never be forgotten
Your subtle RLM references are a soft breeze on a warm day.
And General Snapping Turtle McGee.
I watch a lot of Red Letter Media but I guess I wasn't observant enough to catch these references
@@philipkelly7369 Those Hack Frauds from Wisconsin, was one, not sure if there is more.
@@gregorycarter542 The "what" at 5:28 sounds very similar to some of Mike's.
That's just Harry Plinkett's irritable bowels.
In the center, this film will break.
LOL. Genius hahahahahaha
I assure you sir, press on.
It took me 3 days to watch the movie because it's so long
I could almost feel it break.
Director Maxwell: we HAVE no movie!!!
That's the style, Atun-Shei!!! THAT'S THE STYLE!!!! :D
Break em’ Shei! BREAK EM’!
Forward! Keep up your fire lads!
12:17 "Oh General weed, we shall smoke our pipes continuously in your loving memory." That bit killed me! ROFL 😂
omg, I didn't get it. the purple haze, the red eyes. now I got it. lol!
@@dorianr4770 WEEEEEEEEED! LOL 😂
*bubble sounds*
Fuckin right mate
*Takes hit off Bong in solidarity*
Actually killed me with the "There is no time for that!" scene. Your ability to do accents and impressions is most impressive.
Also, as a reenactor of the 71st PA, it was cool to see the 2nd day's actions on Cemetery Ridge being mentioned, and the painting displaying the 71st's flag. 11/10.
As a film student, I've always wanted to make historical short films about small moments in California history, but I've this far felt hampered by budgeting issues.
Honestly, hearing you talk about the construction of historiography, the value of a good narrative over accuracy, is making me reconsider pushing for that again once this pandemic is over
When I say short films, I mean, like an anthology feature, of course
That sounds awesome! Do it!
@@AtunSheiFilms Alright, now I've made up my mind. I'll go find those old screenplay documents somewhere on my desktop and restart the project.
@@DavidJamesHenryso how has the film gone?
@@pqcowboychanel Finished the script of an anthology film, shopping it to different production companies currently. Life issues have kept me from self financing it myself.
The 1st Minnesota still serves today as the 2nd Battalion, 135th Infantry, which I have proudly served in for the last few years. I appreciate the attention and high praise given to our regiment in this video, as it is so often overlooked. Furthermore, Col. William Colvill, the commander of the 1st Minnesota at Gettysburg lived for a time in my hometown of Red Wing, where we have a park named for him. Today I've had to go around to the other platoons in my company to tell the story of what our regiment did 157 years ago since our battalion commander has apparently been randomly quizzing people this morning.
As a Minnesotan, hearing about the 1st Minnesota’s badassery filled me with pride I haven’t felt in years.
It's also cool to note that the 1st Minnesota captured the brigades battle flag, and still has it
That was a flag of a Virginia regiment on the third day.
And several governors across the political spectrum have refused every request to give it back.
Just noticed you're making these videos during the anniversary of the battle(s) of Gettysburg.
I'm slow.
Same
Don't feel bad. I took my youngest to gettysburg twice this year. He woke up this morning and started telling his older brother what he remembers about the second day. He failed to wish his brother a happy birthday.
And this year the anniversary falls on the same days of the week as it was in 1863!
Damn I didn't put that together either!
If you made a fictional story where the battle that turned the tide was right before the national holiday it would sound corny as hell
One of my ancestors was apart of that sharpshooter regiment, second USS I believe. He was ordered to give covering fire for the 1 Minnesota because he was a native of that state. I'm sure he thought there never was a braver group of men. Fun fact in the carnage of the third day, the 1 Minnesota managed to grab the battleflag of the enemy Virginia unit and held it. This is still a pressing matter to this day. The state of Virginia demands this flag back every year, latest attempt was January. I've actually seen the banner in person, a simple Confederate flag yet it hardens the blood of all involved. A wonderfully petty story. Although the 1 Minnesota could have really used that semi truck regiment from the turnpike. Blaring Convoy is known to startle Johnny Rebs.
wow wonderful history from your family history
@@unforeseenxentai7157 Yeah. I should mention the Virginia flag is not on display. Its still in a temperature controlled vault to prevent theft. I only got in because I knew the curator and thought my family history warranted it. That same museum in St Paul also held the 1 Minnesota battle flag, stained with blood and full of bullet holes.
As a virginian I must say Minnesota deserves that flag, that was badass. I can only imagin how pissed some rebs would be if they heard that story.
@@saudade7842 Very pissed. Its bizarre. The state just won't give up on that flag. I think it was when Jessie Ventura was governor of Minnesota he more or less said, when you lost more then 80 percent of your unit, then we can talk.
They should take it to the Virginia state line and burn it
First MN
“went anyway…..without hesitation “
*chills*
I had never heard of those Minnesotans. That’s absolutely insane bravery
It's the thing that makes me incredibly proud of my State. We had just joined the Union in 1858 and we were going to prove our worth in it. Aside from the men of the 1st Minnesota being the first volunteer infantry of the war, 30,000 men of the near 160,000 that made up Minnesota's population went to fight in the war. A full sixth of our population.
Yet again this man proves that he is one of the most underrated storytellers
Why is your UA-cam picture Huey P. Long?
Ole Drippy I played kaiserreich and I think he looks funny
Though I may change it to colonel Hans Christian Heg
Damn, for a second I held my breath because I thought it was an actual interview
As did I. Beautiful editing. More fun then an actual interview, he isn't very clever or eloquent. I wasted a day on his commentary tracks. Please don't.
Imagine if this movie was as focused and immersive as something like 1917. Now THAT would be amazing...
I found your reenactment of the scene of Lee chewing out Stuart with Ron Maxwell just utterly brilliant, brilliant. Your acting and cutting of that clip were just superb. I am loving your channel and it doesn't hurt that you get the history and the historiography correct too.
Something along the line of "Band of Brothers" but about the civil war could have been really cool. If i ain't wrong it's basically what you said.
What if there were two serials, one following members of a single battalion of United States Infantry, one following members of a single battalion of (misinformed, illiterate) Confederate infantry, with episodes alternating in time so people could watch both Episode 1s then both Episode 2s without spoilers?
Would that make it too hard to identify with anyone in either group, or work to emphasise the tragic stupidity of war?
I’ve honestly thought about making a movie which takes the story of a soldier at say Antietam(doesn’t really matter the battle). It would start with a low paying farmer, and his story of going into a regiment, all the way to battle and beyond. Much of the movie would be similar to something like Jarhead. Lots of marching, heavy character development and deep psychological torment, and the aching desire to finally get to the fighting that the soldiers feel just as much if not more than you do. This would cover around 2/3rds of the movie. Then finally, he marches into battle, gets a round off, you watch as his friends head explodes on the ground, which carries a ton of weight because you’ve gotten to know this character through the first two thirds, and suddenly he’s just a corpse. Then our main character gets both of his legs blown off. The next 15 or so minutes is his unit leaving without him, and hearing wails from both him and the other soldiers as he struggles to survive while not being able to move, and through a miracle he gets picked up by a hospital wagon. As he is sitting after his wounds were tended, he pulls out a letter he didn’t have time to read(you’ve been hearing correspondence throughout the first two thirds as they write to each other).It would start out normal, but would fit in something similar to this ”We can’t wait to have you back on the farm. Mary’s been trying to run the ox cart, but she just doesn’t have the strength to really push it as much as you can. We can’t wait to have you come home, even to just have an extra hand to carry around the grain again, or even go through the fields and tend to the crops, it’s been hard without you, but we cannot wait for you to come home.” You realize that now, since he has lost his legs, he has moved from help to a liability to his family. He won’t be able to do as he once did, his life, despite not dying, has been forever changed for the worse, and he will have to live with that, and his family will also have to live with that. The movie would start and end with an overarching subplot of his grandson going into WW1, and would end with his family realizing he’s dead.
@@Sableagle I would hardcore watch that
I think the 1st Minnesota Infantry would be a good unit for such a series, culminating in their fights at Gettysburg
Try reading A Blaze of Glory , A Chain of Thunder, and The Smoke at Dawn . These books by Jeff Shaara carry you through every thing in the west from Shilo to Vicksburg, to the counter attack after Chickamauga AKA of the Chattanooga. Through the eyes of two dudes in the Union Army,
Hearing the music included in this video really makes me want to play Empire: Total War again. That music has been stamped on my brain since all those years ago..
And the more polished but limited in scope successor, Napoleon: Total War (used mostly the same soundtrack).
@@antred11 I would love a Civil War: Total War game. The battle simulations are pretty fun to command in those games. I always defend and blast with my artillery. Then I encircle and crush the enemy. Good times.
@@GalahadGregory theres a mod for empire total war that makes it civil war, (if you can get it installed and running properly that is everyone loves the unstableness of empire)
Thought I Heard That too.. idfk how many times I took over North America as the Plains Nations..
Ultimate General: Civil War might be something to look into as an alternative?
Nice to see some 1st Minnesota love. I had the honor of carrying the colors down to Plum Run on the 150th Anniversary.
For all of it's flaws, I still watch Gettysburg every year, during the first week of July. For me, it is the performances of Mr Daniels, Mr Sheen and Mr Berenger that keep me coming back. And there are some wonderful speeches and monologues. Accurate, in their content and sentiment, or not, they still make the heart thump.
I enjoy Sam Elliot’s performance also.
Dude, I’m subbed to a lot of different channels, but yours is one of a very few that I truly look forward to watching. You do excellent work, sir. I hope your channel finds the millions of subscribers it richly deserves.
Pimples? Zero.
Blackheads? Zero.
Time for that? Zero.
As a proud Minnesotan thanks for remembering the first Minnesota one of the first units to join the Union war effort
The ending of this episode was brilliant. “There is no time for that” 😂😂😂
"By dawn of the second day"
*Majora's Mask intensifies. 48 hours remain.*
I would love to hear about the 1st Minnesota. I grew up in Minnesota I was never taught about them in school.
Oh boy I'd pay a good penny for a film just about them. Young kids from a new state volunteer, fighting through Antietam and Fredericksburg, and ending with there finest hour at Gettysburg. Yes please.
So you never went to Fort Snelling?
Well there are at least a few books that include the 1st Minnesota's charge, and there's always the internet.
@@LadyTylerBioRodriguez +
You betcha!!! A rousing good story, don'tcha know.... (sorry, couldn't resist)
You should definitely do a Checkmate Lincolnites video focused on defending Longstreet against Early's slander. Longstreet may be a rebel, but he deserves to have the record set straight.
14:10 1st Minnesota Infantry: "What are we, some kind of suicide squad?"
I have always felt that some of the best pieces of historical fiction were those which knew how to compartmentalize the narrative. I’ll read about the Peninsular Campaign in its entirety in a historical piece, but if I want to read a story about the campaign then I’d grab a Sharpe novel. For the majority of the series it follows one guy and his close associates and friends. Sure it shows what’s happening in the wider campaign but the focus is always on the title character.
I like movies like Waterloo just fine and all, but I really agree with you that a battle scene, especially a battle film, is much more compelling when we have a solid cast of characters to root and weep for. Though it had its flaws, the film Glory understood this, and the final battle of the film ended up being
one of the finest depictions of civil war fighting I’ve seen.
Great video as always! I’ll look forward to tomorrow.
You might like the movie Zulu then. As it depicts a narrow piece of the British/Zulu wars.
Robert Nett I’ve seen it.
It’ll be a sad day when Christopher Plumber passes.
Try the book bright starry banners about the battle of Murfreesboro the best civil war fiction I ever read
FREAKING AWESOME! I loved the video very well already but that final "interview" with Ron as Stuart and Atun-Shei as Lee was FREAKING AWESOME! You, sir, deserve an Oscar for that performance. Or, at least, a pint of Sam Adams' finest.
Honestly i always thought a band of brothers style series that followes a single regiment would be a great way to get people interested im the Civil War
real humans exist in real life having real, personal, not as military numbers on artificial turf
that end skit is on point tho, Ron can make good historical films, and we need a good civil war film again.
Last time I was this early, the Union hadn't occupied the little round top
It's good ground
I've waited all day for this
Same dude 😂
you mean you weren't waiting since yesterday? :D
Me, too!
Is it tomorrow yet?
Today is the 157 Anniversary of the day that the 1rst Minnesota made their incredible charge into the very face of death. As Coolidge stated: "Col. Covill and those eight companies of the First Minnesota are entitled to the rank of Saviors of their Country". Had they not do so and not been so successful, the Union center would most likely have collapsed and the battle lost.
And on the third day, they went and captured a battle ensign of the 28th Virginia Infantry while helping to repel Pickett's Charge. They suffered an additional 17 killed and wounded. Total casualties for the battle: 232 killed and wounded out of 330 engaged - the greatest casualty rate ever for the US military and even the world in recorded history. The 1rst Minnesota never left a field of battle without direct orders to do so.
Virginia has asked the state of Minnesota for the flag back a number of times. The answer is always the same: NO!
Thank you for mentioning the charge of the 1st Minnesota. That charge is legendary in Minnesota, and every Minnesota history buff who saw the movie, and probably lots of non-history buffs who just heard the story, was waiting for that moment in the movie, and of course we were left with that flyoverland feeling.
OMG that ending sequence was brilliant. Yeah this movie combined with the Ken Burns series made me love this era of history.
"A regiment of New Yorkers?" Isn't that the regiment that was brought over from cups hill, fought all afternoon, then had to go back and fight rebels all night to retake the trenches they left to assist the other units.
I saw this in the theater as a kid, and the only part I remember was Jeff Daniels' performance. Very underrated.
Yeah Jeff Daniels is a very good actor. He’s done goofy shit like dumb and dumber (which is bullshit because they never told us which one was dumb and which was dumber) but the newsroom and Gettysburg were really good.
I've said it for most of my life I've been the odd man out. You called the Union forces The United States forces. Thank you.
I must also say that this was beyond entertaining. That skit, man. You nailed it. You're amazing, friend.
The men who saved Chamberlain when Tom couldn't shoot were the prisoners who refused to fight. I loved that mini-arc.
I've always loved the look of the Civil War enlisted greatcoats! That is one clothing style that would come back. There's just something classy about the elbow length cape!
"we shall forever smoke our pipes in your honor" sequence had me literally crying with laughter.
“Shattering slavers skulls with every swing of their stainless steel testicles” I love it.
Thank you for mentioning the heroic charge of the 1st Mn on Day 2. They would be called in again on day 3, at the only point in the center of the line where the Rebs breached, to push them back and hold the line until other Union troops could support them. Many people know of Picketts charge, but seldom do we hear about the charge of the 1st Mn.
The 1st Minnesota captured the battle flag of the 28th Virginia during Pickett's Charge. We still have it, somewhere in the basement of the Minnesota Historical Society. Every couple of years, Virginia asks us to give it back. And every time they ask, we tell them to fuck off.
@@ScreamBloodyMetal yes, it's kept out of the view of the public in a climate-controlled case. Oddly enough, it doesn't matter if the Governor is Republican or Democrat, or even Independent; they've all refused to return the flag to Virginia.
Hold that flag!
I live for the spoofs at the end of these videos. It just elevates your channel to a whole new level. I wish more history YT channels did stuff like that
Everybody is always sleeping on the 1st Minnesota's role on the second day. Thanks for shouting out their valiance!
Wait, is that Johnny Reb criticizing Maxwell or you dressed as Johnny Reb criticizing Maxwell?
You’re skits are so good I honestly can’t tell! 😂
I remember seeing the premier of Gettysburg at Gettysburg with my dad when I was like 9 years old. That’s what got me really interested in history. Great video my dude!
My great-great-grandfather served with the 5th USCC. He fought in the Battle of Saltville and he took part in the Stoneman's raid, where he fought in the Battle of Marion.
So did mine
If the 20th Maine gets a song that becomes the ballad of their home state, then the the 1st Minnesota deserves one too. I've learned so much from this channel.
Nice touch how you’re posting these on the day(s) of the battle! Walking a civil war battlefield on the day it was fought is amazing. I drove all the way to Shiloh in Tennessee (from Maryland) with my pregnant wife so we could take a 5 am guided walk on the morning of the battle. Sets my skin a tingle just thinking about that tour.
So essentially a Band of Brothers style telling of the Battle of Gettysburg? I like the sound of that
It took me a moment to catch the the “There is no tahm for that” running gag till the end of the video 😂
Definitely my favorite portrayal of Bobby Lee. It was said, (or rather I remember from the Ken Burns Civil War documentary), that Lee had a horrible temper that he worked hard all his life to control..and Sheen captured it perfectly. You can actually see it in his face boiling just under the surface. And then it peeks its ugly little head out for just a moment.
Apparently another incident that really happened. Stuart felt sobad about it that Lee immediately consoled him.
He had a right to be pissed though. Stuart kind of fucked them a bit when he disappeared.
Your channel has boosted my spirits considerably good Sir, in these times of hardship is it a fine thing indeed to find an story teller of your calibre.
May you long continue.
"This tasty snack" 😂😂
Porter "Tasty Snack" Alexander....LOL....I don't think I'll ever think of him any other way now.
I had to rewind to make sure I heard it. LOL.
Dude, I loved the Sheen as Lee bit - but you left off my favorite, last line -
“... the matter is concluded...”
Still, thanks for the laugh. And you were pretty good!
This movie is the reason why during my tour of New England, we stopped in Brunswick, Maine to see Chamberlain’s house. Now a museum where I took a tour and bought some of the merch
Sir, let me be clear, I shall become your patron, I shall pay to support your work, your ever important work. There is much more to be done, go now with my money and continue on.
In all seriousness all of your videos are fantastic, this series especially. As a civil war buff since I was 12 when this movie came out, I have always wanted to see these issues addressed. Thanks a ton.
Finally, you like backpacking... come and hike Isle Royale. It’s killer.
I think probably one of my favorite stories concerning Chamberlain was the fact that without the Scabbard of his sword being on his waist, he probably would have lost his leg after the battle. During the fighting he had been shot at and one of the bullets hit directly onto the Scabbard of his sword and bounced off. Leaving the Scabbard itself incredibly dented and giving Chamberlain a bruise the size of a cantaloupe on his thigh.
LOVE the total war music, really takes me back to my napoleon days
Man that Martin Sheen/Lee impression was near perfect. Voice, inflection, accent! Awesome. Great vid by the way.
What a refreshing channel. History is as seldom represented accurately in film as it is in print.
I love this guy I put my union forger cap on and mess with my confederate cousin now he gets so mad 😂
Lmao that's great
Brilliannnnt. Also, plague doctor 2.0 is an A+++ name.
When I heard you talking about how soldiers wrote about the battles during that era, like how their faces and eyes ended up after biting so many crtridges; I thought about the historical novel by Arturo Pérez Reverte "A day of Anger" (Un día de cólera) about Madrid's rebellion during French occupation in the early 19th century. It has vivid descriptions of street combat and war customs during those times, for example, loading a cannon with flints when they ran out of ammo. Are you interested or care about that period? Love your stufff. Just, Atun means Tuna in spanish. Xo
Fun fact. Soldiers didnt need to bite the end off cartridges, modern (for the era) percussion cap cartridges just needed the end tearing then loading and the percussion cap removing from an equipment belt.
Biting the cartridge is a leftover of flintlock muskets where you had to save part of the powder for priming the frizen pan.
Since the US military was so small and was expanded by bringing in states militias, many of whom had out of date training and trying to find a common standard the military on both sides suffered from out of date methods, slow rates of fire and basic to non-existent small unit manouver tactics.
Its a large part of why European armies took one look at the civil war and went...erm, what they're doing...lets not do that!
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I would love to see a film about how, for example, the Franco-Prussian war of 1871, where the outcome was practically decided within 2 months, and which was fought between two semi-professional armies, differed in strategy, tactics, logistics and pacing from the ACW.
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Starring General Sheridan.
The epilogue at the end is perfectly delivered and edited. Peak UA-cam cinema
I showed this to a friend, and I realized on a second watch that rhe background music is battle music from Napoleon: Total War...
"Sir, the men are tired and should stop and rest a while"
"Sir, sir, our general, is under attack!"
"Our troops are running!"
What part???
@@Kurogumo somewhere idk
Longstreet was good friends with General Grant before the war and after the war Longstreet became a Republican. At Appomattox he caught up with Grant and saw him before he left for home.
In the book, Pickett is basically the Hatsune Miku of the Confederate army. A jolly airhead, with long, curled, oiled hair, perfume, courtly manners and a fan club trailing after him. Every character who remarks on him says something like, "damn he's pretty".
I mean no homo but Pickett does look pretty swag
Man, amazing that you got Ron Maxwell to sit down for an interview on such short notice.
The cavalry action, specifically on the third day, has always been interesting to me. Gregg and Custer's fight with Stewart in the East Cavalry Field, in my opinion, had a great effect on the outcome of the battle. Had Stewart been able to strike from the rear of the union lines Picket may very well have met with greater success and turned the tide. Fortunately we'll never know.
Is the music for this (5:45) the music from battle scenes in Empire: Total War?
Charles Lopez 100%. Was hoping others would catch it.
I know it from Napoleon Total War. Haven't played Empire.
Haha I knew it was TW! Bur couldn't remember which
@@ryanburns6780 Noticed it, indeed :)
Yes indeed good catch my dude
I've been wanting to ask the question 'What do you think of Harry Turtledove's Civil War Alternate History' books.
Guns of the South is a guilty pleasure for me. I feel like I shouldn't enjoy it as much as I do. However, listening you talk about the way you wish Gettysburg had concentrated on one regiment, it really sits well with how some of 'Guns....' is written, as you follow Nate Caudell and the rest of them through battles, peace and then back into battle again...
Turtledove's dialogue is frequently clunky and excessively expository (as is common with him), but the book is still a first rate and ripping alt-history tale. One of those rare read-a-second-time novels.
I'd love to hear his take on that series. I absolutely loved it and loved the idea behind it. The idea of like WW1 in America with trench warfare in Virginia has just intrigued me, and to see how the Confederacy would have adapted/developed as a country as well.
He's a lot of fun, silly but fun.
@@brycechambers5902 That'd be the series following "How Few Remain". "Guns of the South" is a one-off at best. It's absolutely a guilty pleasure, but the thought of time-traveling Afrikaaners giving AK-47s to the ANV is fantastical even by "Toxic Spell Dump" standards.
The Guns of the South along with The Killer Angels are my favorite Civil War novels. I love how Turtledove based some of his characters on real soldiers from the 47th North Carolina Regiment, going so far as to use actual names and historically known details about their lives.
I saw Harry Turtledove at the 1992 World Sci-Fi Con in Orlando on a panel discussion (along with S.M. Stirling) about alternate history war books. Turtledove said the idea for the book came to him when he imagined Lee holding an Uzi in the famous Brady Appomattox photo. Then he thought to himself, "nah an AK makes more sense." Ten years earlier Harry Harrison had written a civil war alt history book where a Sten gun is given to the Confederates.
That last bit was pure GOLD. I wish I could tag Martin Sheen here!
The use of the word Scallywag made the whole video. It's a greatly under appreciated word
That ending is gold, as is the whole video really.
Also does this mean the "Checkmate Lincolnites" guy has had a change of heart? The plot thickens
Last time I was this early Sherman was marching to the sea.
Those min regiment charge now I’m a Canadian as such I really studied the war of 1812 but this channel has see how epic the civil war is and made me want to learn more about it
I am absolutely LOVING this style with you in the picture frame! It feels like the history is actually talking
Edit: I also noticed that Napoleon Total War music lol