Third of five parts describing the 2nd day of the Battle of Gettysburg. All of the Gettysburg maps and videos are available on my web page here: www.clarksoncs.com/Gettysburg/...
Maybe Lee was feeling shy because he didn't have good intelligence on Meade's position? You should join us on the gettysburg forum at civilwartalk.com. Lots of discussion about this and other similar topics.
Longstreet was being a petulant child that day and I have doubt this intel was passed on the Lee by Longstreet at anytime. I used to admire Longstreet but on further study of the true faces teethed by many others of Longstreet’s pouting and dragging his feet that day (who launches such complex operation at 4 in the afternoon??). I believe Longstreet may have even sabotaged the operation just to spite Lee, and in doing so cost thousands of lives - including dozens of my own ancestors.
My Great Great Great uncle Captain Wesley Mellard of Co D 13th Mississippi Infantry Regiment of Barksdales brigade fought at the Peach 🍑 Orchard at Gettysburg
Hey, how about that! My great great grandfather would have been the guy giving him orders! (You can see by my name. Isn't that amazing?) This almost makes it sound like the attack was kind of still worn and I don't know what to make of that. I was always under the impression that it was one of the confederate lines from that day.
You say you wonder why Sickles chose Berney over Humphreys right after telling us that Berney was a political general like Sickles and Humphreys was a West Pointer. Tha's why Sickles chose Berney and not Hmphreys. See, birds of a feather flock together and Sickles didn't trust West Pointers as much as people who were more like him. Sickles was very gangster and thought he knew better than the trained generals with his common sense. That's why he made that move forward without orders. After getting stomped on at Chancelorsville, he trust his own gut intsincts over West Pointers and Meade was a West Pointer.
@@gettysburgminutebyminute8607 I think I could be a descendant of Col Burns who fought under Barnes and Sickles in the Peach Orchard and went on to work in the New York Customs Houses. My mom said he is buried next to my great grandparents in New York. My family had Irish gangsters in in form New York and there's lost of clouds hiding the light of what happened. I think Col Burns became corrupt and did something bad after the war, so maybe that's why people didn't talk about him. I think there should me more research into how the underworld and spies affected battles.
It's a bit confusing when you use red for Confederate lines, Blue for union, but then use red lettering for a Union general and his movements with red arrows. Let all union lines, generals, and arrows be in blue. Let all Confederate lines, generals, and arrows be in red. Then there can be no confusion as at 9:10 (OMG Who the F is Zook? Did a Confederate general suddenly get behind Union lines for an attack?) With some extra research, I realized this was not the case, but if the colors were totally consistent then it would be much clearer. Thank You, and excellent job, overall.
Overall isn't it fair to say that General Barksdale had about the lone success from July 2nd on the CSA side? --Mike Barksdale
Look down at Big Round Top and imagine Longstreet coming around th bottom into the wide open Union Rear.
Maybe Lee was feeling shy because he didn't have good intelligence on Meade's position? You should join us on the gettysburg forum at civilwartalk.com. Lots of discussion about this and other similar topics.
Longstreet was being a petulant child that day and I have doubt this intel was passed on the Lee by Longstreet at anytime.
I used to admire Longstreet but on further study of the true faces teethed by many others of Longstreet’s pouting and dragging his feet that day (who launches such complex operation at 4 in the afternoon??). I believe Longstreet may have even sabotaged the operation just to spite Lee, and in doing so cost thousands of lives - including dozens of my own ancestors.
Outstanding.
My Great Great Great uncle Captain Wesley Mellard of Co D 13th Mississippi Infantry Regiment of Barksdales brigade fought at the Peach 🍑 Orchard at Gettysburg
Hey, how about that! My great great grandfather would have been the guy giving him orders! (You can see by my name. Isn't that amazing?) This almost makes it sound like the attack was kind of still worn and I don't know what to make of that. I was always under the impression that it was one of the confederate lines from that day.
@@Mr.MikeBarksdale Its an honor to meet you sir We gave those yanks a good fight at the Peach Orchard
His mouth is making slimy noises between every sentence
You say you wonder why Sickles chose Berney over Humphreys right after telling us that Berney was a political general like Sickles and Humphreys was a West Pointer. Tha's why Sickles chose Berney and not Hmphreys. See, birds of a feather flock together and Sickles didn't trust West Pointers as much as people who were more like him. Sickles was very gangster and thought he knew better than the trained generals with his common sense. That's why he made that move forward without orders. After getting stomped on at Chancelorsville, he trust his own gut intsincts over West Pointers and Meade was a West Pointer.
We understand each other perfectly! And I think we might even agree.
@@gettysburgminutebyminute8607 I think I could be a descendant of Col Burns who fought under Barnes and Sickles in the Peach Orchard and went on to work in the New York Customs Houses. My mom said he is buried next to my great grandparents in New York. My family had Irish gangsters in in form New York and there's lost of clouds hiding the light of what happened. I think Col Burns became corrupt and did something bad after the war, so maybe that's why people didn't talk about him. I think there should me more research into how the underworld and spies affected battles.
It's a bit confusing when you use red for Confederate lines, Blue for union, but then use red lettering for a Union general and his movements with red arrows. Let all union lines, generals, and arrows be in blue. Let all Confederate lines, generals, and arrows be in red. Then there can be no confusion as at 9:10 (OMG Who the F is Zook? Did a Confederate general suddenly get behind Union lines for an attack?) With some extra research, I realized this was not the case, but if the colors were totally consistent then it would be much clearer. Thank You, and excellent job, overall.
Thanks for the suggestion, and the support!