Battle of Nashville: Shy’s Hill
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- Опубліковано 17 чер 2018
- On Dec. 16, 1864, Union forces under overall command of General George Thomas routed Confederates on Shy’s Hill, a decisive blow that led to the retreat of John Bell Hood’s Army of Tennessee.
My GGG-Grandfather, Abner Mays who was in the 19th South Carolina Infantry Regiment was wounded on the 16th December 1864 at that battle. He was able to retreat with the remnants of the army. I have been to this location twice, but like you said, it is hard to get much information since it is in a built up area. He moved to Texas in 1865 and died in 1891 at the age of 59.
Amazing. So glad there’s at least SOMETHING left of the battlefield being preserved. We must never forget.
I walked the same trail with a co-worker that is very knowledgable about this battle and it was very very educating for me being a Native Nashvillian!
Thanks for walking the Hill John...Gives us old timers, who cant trudge these sites, a sense of how the battle played out...Kevin Rich
Thank you. My Great Great grandfather, Hugh Bay, was killed in the Battle of Nashville. Shot by a sniper.
Thinking of Pvt James W Douglass B 5th Minnesota, mortally wounded in action December 16, 1964. Thanks for posting this video.
God bless the Southern boys
Why? Lmao
Yes, bless the Southern born USCT men who fought in the battle and contributed to the win
For those of us who love the Civil War and will never get to Nashville, thank you.
Nice vid. Google maps has a aerial shot of the peak and you can see 360° of the surrounding area.
TN was absolutely pivotal in why the union won and so under recognized
Absolutely true. The battlefields of southern losses were not preserved and the history has been buried. This has had an effect on perceptions of the war, and it needs to be corrected.
Thanks John.
I heard you huffing a little and it made me think of my trek up the hill leading to Lee’s lookout site at Fredericksburg.
2 very massively different results for the Confederacy!
Walked up there yesterday, not for the faint if heart. I could not imagine running under fire!
Imagine charging up that hill -- under fire.............!!
How the hell Hood got any of his troops to follow him to Nashville after the debacle at Franklin is beyond comprehension
thanks! will be visiting there when in Nashville this coming weekend!
Good job. Thanks.
I wonder if the preservation society would ever be able to locate the position of the old breastworks (as limited as they were) at the crest and mark them with gravel strips? This was/is being done down at Franklin TN and was very helpful in getting a picture of the battle. As I understand it, the location of the breastworks on Shy's Hill played an important role in the outcome. The unit that started building them in the middle of the night (following the retreat after the 1st day), located them at the true crest of the hill as opposed to the military crest which helped the attackers on the following day.
This place is super haunted my buddy saw soldiers on horseback looking down at him from the ridge . Interesting place I wonder how much if any stuff has been found there great video
I if you went there with a medal detector there must have been hundreds of thousands of shots fired there
Do you know anything about the 26th Alabama's movements at Nashville on day 1 of the battle?
Joe Wheeler. Hey Joe! Wheeler was born in Augusta, GA, my hometown
On Wheeler Road, there is an enormous rock with his life highlights.
Wearing my grey kepi i get lots of compliments!
I appreciate you sharing this little bit of history however, there are parts where you are incorrect. The path you walked up was not the same path that the Union soldiers stormed up. That side of the hill was already held by the Confederacy; the Union soldiers charged up from the opposite side of the hill the path is on.
Thanks - is it still undeveloped I wonder?
Yes.
solid
I’m so happy that they are flying the Confederate flag!
That flag had nothing to do with the men that fought here though...
Commemorating a battle is an appropriate place to fly the flag. It's in context here.
@@jacksons1010 It's not the confederate flag and the vast majority of the men never served under that flag. Completly inappropriate and totally out of context.
@@swirvinbirds1971 What I see in this video is the correct battle flag of the Army of Tennessee (we can quibble on that). That's the banner the men would have carried into battle in 1864, and this site commemorates a battle. I'm no fan of the Confederacy, but this is where the line on that flag is correctly drawn - it _belongs_ here, in proper context.
Given my choice we would see the current 50-star US flag properly flown as it is here, on the highest pole. Side by side below it would be the 34-star flag of the Union and the AoT flag.
@@jacksons1010 again, a flag they never served under. Now tell me why every confederate grave in every state is decorated with a flag they never served under? Why isn't the STATE Flag that they served under and held loyalty to not flown?
Thanks for posting as my knowledge of the Western Theater is at best, sketchy.
McMillen should have been charged with attempted murder for his barbaric attack on General Smith. Why did he do that? Smith had fought a good fight and had already surrendered. Tragic.
Slashed “in the the head with a sword”? Why do numerous historians say swords were left in tents and pistols were the weapon of choice 🥴
Should this confederate flag come down?
Why? My Grandfather, Union, was killed there. But, I think The Stars and Bars should remain there as part of our history.
Did you know that the Nazis in Germany today use the Stars and Bars as their flag because it’s illegal to use the Nazi flag.
@@flaminglaughter Who cares what the Germans do? I don’t.
Wow! Those confederates must have been real @!#%#@ to have lost this hill. Its crazy steep