The people of Gettysburg were interviewed after the battle. They said that birds and squirels didn't come back to the town for several weeks due to the noise of the battle.
Charles, that's one of those historical facts I'll never forget now that I've read it: I can 'see' the fields in my mind's eye and do recall reading that it took a long time to 'make things right'. Just getting the bodies out was grim, hot work. It isn't as if any of the battlefield locations was planned, either. I guess the random nature of war precluded preparation. Now it's hard to tell what's different in the tech age of weaponry. Even more chilling to think how close we are to the unthinkable re: nuclear midnight. Here's to peace-lovers having the upper hand. ✨
I retire as a USCG Aviator next May. Have always been a history buff. Have yet to visit Gettysburg & other areas. From what I know of naval aspects, the cutter Harriet Lane shot the 1st naval shots of the CW, commissioned under the Revenue Cutter service, our predecessor, if I’m not mistaken
I was in Gettysburg performing in a progressive rock festival in 2010. I was taken to my soul by the sweetness and hospitality of the people there. I also took note of the beautiful countryside and all of the monuments to the men who died there. It makes my heart ache to this day that such a beautiful land could be so scarred and stained with the blood of the finest young men that this country had to offer.
I think about what this world would be like without the wars in our history. Sometimes I wonder if it's a design flaw in humans, but I believe God is only unconditional love. Here's to humanity rising to our better angels, as Lincoln called them. So many good people in this life to make it happen. Selah.
As a child who hails from Mississippi..as a field trip i had the opportunity to go to Vicksburg an see the Beautiful monuments an battle fields there..i didnt really appreciate it then as a child ( 10) as i do now as an older adult..but my memory is still alive with all the things i saw an learned..as Americans we should all pay our respects to our fallen..especially in the earlier wars..they set the tone for how we all live today regardless of weather your Northern or Southern..the History on both sides is unlimited to facts..knowledge..an of course History..thank you all for your courageous spirit who ever you were an all..your Battles are not in vain an you will never be forgotten......!!
I've never been so humbled by a documentary as I have been by this one. God bless all who take the time to preserve,educate,learn,reflect,&heal at Gettysburg, THANK YOU...
Since these stories resonate with you, maybe you'd be an awesome teacher. Following our bliss is a great career guide. I'm mentioning it because one of the most inspiring people I've known was my fifth grade history teacher. Her passion for history and descriptions of folks' lives and how certain events affect the present gave me a deep appreciation for not only history itself, but for the art of teaching. (Fwiw, I ended up in a performing arts career, but I've also taught ESL and basic literacy for decades - and the credit goes to Dora Burnett.) Wishing you all good fortune in whatever field you choose.
I like to go to confederate alley. To see the Alabamian monument. But the one that breaks my heart is south Carolina monument. Awesome place to go and visit. I often travel every year alone from California and spend a week just walking the grounds. My wife went once but says that was enough for her, it was to painful knowing that Americans were at war with one another. Everytime I go I learn or see something new.
But it's going to happen again. Every instinct of my being says the evil ones are planning this. Look at the Gettysburg monument for the Indiana 19th regiment. It looks exactly like the twin towers!! The y have to tell us what they are going to do, and that is signaling Indiana is the next 9 11.
@@patriciaschuster1371 Fwiw, there are a great many outstanding PBS stations in the country. Thanks to streaming availability, we can see more of them than ever.
These young people that tore and destroyed the monuments of the Confederate soldiers destroyed history as well as families. They need to leave things as they are for future generations can learn from it.
7:33 I damn near shed a tear listening to her play TAPS for the fallen. Having been stationed at Fort Carson and hearing it every night at 10pm, and serving multiple combat tours this really touched me.
My last name is spelt two ways, Lynch and De Lench, the latter being of Norman decent. Anyhow, had family who fought on both sides of the civil war so it has always been a labor of historical love for me!
I do believe that there are spirits . I think that some of the things that they show at Gettysburg are the reactors showing up to good. My daughter saw a woman in an old western type long dress doing dishes at her sink a while back when she and my granddaughter were the only ones in her apartment. She said the woman just turned and smiled and then disappeared. My granddaughter would never go to sleep in that apartment if she wasn't already already asleep. I'm open minded about it. I have seen things I can't explain.
Of course they do, but some states are beginning to outlaw vital parts of history. It's worth reading about since it's happening today. (Last month, a Texas teacher was fired for showing her class a graphic novel about Anne Frank.)
Great video. I visit Gettysburg about three times a year. Just one thing, the story about the hooves and how it relates to the rider is inaccurate. That's a misconception and story that's been told for years. That's direct from licensed battlefield guides Garry Adleman, the chief historian for the Battlefied Trust and Tim Smith, chief historian for the Adams County Historical Society.
Actually, the southern soldiers were fighting for the opposite of freedom. They were fighting for the rights of rich southerners to keep & expand westward the practice of African chattel slavery. I’m sorry if you don’t want to hear it, but it’s the truth. It’s all over the southern states’ articles of secession. It’s ok to say they were wrong. Don’t succumb to the Lost Cause sentimentality.
My ancestors, the Callahans, fought in the 19th Indiana regiment. They had property in North Carolina with slaves and gave that up to come north and fight for the slaves freedom and against the corrupt banking system.
Not only did the South want to expand slavery westward, but southward as well. There were Southern plans to set up slave plantations in Cuba and Central America as well.
If you think these southern men were fighting for slavery you'd be wrong. They were too poor to own slaves. The south was attacked by the north. They were protecting their loved ones, their homes. Quit looking at things from this day and time.
That is a good question. Stuart had 4 brigades under his command. When he went on his "adventure" he did leave 2 brigades with the army..... however they were NOT his best units. They were not trusted to go and scout anything. One of the commanders left with the army was Grumble Jones... . Stuart left him and his men behind so they would not slow up his better units. Luckily. Longstreet hired a scout (spy) who was an actor that actually rode among the union lines searching for his wife that had abandoned him. This is where Gen Lee first heard of the Union army movements.
It’s just so sad the death of soooo many good young white men , just a waste ! Yes I know black men also died but they have there supporters & BLM movements . Who remember’s the white men in a positive light who fought for the black man’s freedom , they don’t remember that do they !
Don't think it is over. Open your eyes. The evil ones have something planned. Southerners started moving to Indiana and Idaho right after 9/11, bringing their confederate flags. Everything started to change after that. Look at the 19th Indiana regiment monument in Pennsylvania. It looks like the twin towers. Instincts are telling me Indiana is the next 9 11.
I wish i could tell that lady giving horseback rides NOT to put a bit in the horses mouth. It cuts their tongue and can cut the tongue in half or nearly in half. When i see this it makes me so angry. It's torturing the horse.
When people die their spirits don’t linger anywhere on earth. If they except Jesus as their Lord and Savior your spirit goes to heaven. Tragically if you reject Jesus and the gift of eternal life he gives their spirit goes to hell. They do not linger on the earth.
I had opportunity to ride my personal horse through parts of the Gettysburg Battlefield. That was the first time I experienced my horse having unexpected reactions to his surroundings. We entered some areas where his ears would perk up, he stared at something and his body would tense up a bit. Could he sense something that I couldn't? These reactions were similar to when I rode him through an ancient Indian burial grounds years later, in another part of Pennsylvania. I have one ancestor who fought at Gettysburg in the Union Army. However, I have learned that there were a lot of Tiptons who fought for the Confederates, with at least 20 from Georgia at Gettysburg. The name "J TIPTON" us etched into one of the boulders making up Devils Den.
Horses are especially sensitive creatures. It's almost unbearable to think of how many have been lost in all of the wars earth has seen. (Dogs, too, albeit not in such great numbers.) We're so lucky to have our animal companions. Here's to seeing them in the life after this one. Blessings to all. ❤️🙏✨
My husband and I made a trip to Gettysburg a few years back. A place of beauty ànd reverence now but sad that thousands lost their lives here. Show respect.
They need to be remembered just both sides are their country and I think I'm from serving in the army and Navy or whatever they were in bless them all someday they will be peace but blessings and thank you for the video
That woman said people go to Gettyburg "because it's gorgeous". There's nothing beautiful about a silent panorama of suffering & death. Why did she choose the word "gorgeous"? She just couldn't think of anthing else to say, so she chose a word that was bouncing around in her empty head. I would say, take the microphone away from her. They put the microphone to people who are not experts to make this video. Exiting out.
Another very nice show from WQED, but some correction to the equestrian myth. Fact or Fiction? Equestrian Monument Symbolism - ACHS historian Tim Smith - ua-cam.com/video/QdfzwVf3SoE/v-deo.html
My son and I sorry Confederate ghost in the wheat field at dusk. Who was staring more at the car than us. He was trying to shreds and leaning on a musket.
Just came home from Gettysburg for the 3rd time. I've made friends there in "Spirit" and now I feel a call to visit them as often as I can. This was absolutely beautiful. My son was ft. Benning infantry. Army and now teaching. Thank you for this goodbye until next time ❤️
No comparison of the veterans of The Civil war and veterans of Afghanistan or Iraq. Todays veterans know no such horrors that civil war veterans saw. Not even close
As a US Marine vet. I thank you for sharing this story with grace and respect, Semper Fi
Much obliged for your service, sir. I thank you for it👍
Thank you PESOSO for your service. Much love to you.
PECOS ~ God bless you and thank you for serving our country. ✨
The people of Gettysburg were interviewed after the battle. They said that birds and squirels didn't come back to the town for several weeks due to the noise of the battle.
Charles, that's one of those historical facts I'll never forget now that I've read it: I can 'see' the fields in my mind's eye and do recall reading that it took a long time to 'make things right'. Just getting the bodies out was grim, hot work.
It isn't as if any of the battlefield locations was planned, either. I guess the random nature of war precluded preparation.
Now it's hard to tell what's different in the tech age of weaponry. Even more chilling to think how close we are to the unthinkable re: nuclear midnight.
Here's to peace-lovers having the upper hand. ✨
The Gettysburg Battlefield Horse Tour just became a MUST DO for me!!!
I am so proud of you guys South and North they will see their families again
I retire as a USCG Aviator next May. Have always been a history buff. Have yet to visit Gettysburg & other areas. From what I know of naval aspects, the cutter Harriet Lane shot the 1st naval shots of the CW, commissioned under the Revenue Cutter service, our predecessor, if I’m not mistaken
I was in Gettysburg performing in a progressive rock festival in 2010. I was taken to my soul by the sweetness and hospitality of the people there. I also took note of the beautiful countryside and all of the monuments to the men who died there. It makes my heart ache to this day that such a beautiful land could be so scarred and stained with the blood of the finest young men that this country had to offer.
I think about what this world would be like without the wars in our history.
Sometimes I wonder if it's a design flaw in humans, but I believe God is only unconditional love.
Here's to humanity rising to our better angels, as Lincoln called them. So many good people in this life to make it happen.
Selah.
As a child who hails from Mississippi..as a field trip i had the opportunity to go to Vicksburg an see the Beautiful monuments an battle fields there..i didnt really appreciate it then as a child ( 10) as i do now as an older adult..but my memory is still alive with all the things i saw an learned..as Americans we should all pay our respects to our fallen..especially in the earlier wars..they set the tone for how we all live today regardless of weather your Northern or Southern..the History on both sides is unlimited to facts..knowledge..an of course History..thank you all for your courageous spirit who ever you were an all..your Battles are not in vain an you will never be forgotten......!!
What always fascinates me is that the townsfolk would go and watch the battles.
I've never been so humbled by a documentary as I have been by this one. God bless all who take the time to preserve,educate,learn,reflect,&heal at Gettysburg, THANK YOU...
One of the best documentaries I’ve seen on Gettysburg.
Thank you for the kind words, Anthony!
@@WQED I second that , best Gettysburg doc, TYSM!
Anthony, I just wish it had been a lot longer. Very well done.
This is real history. I'm 22 now just trying to find my place in history and stories like these just keep making it harder. Thank you
No worries, Mr. Askie 👍 You'll find it☺
Success is yours yet to be discovered, sir
Since these stories resonate with you, maybe you'd be an awesome teacher. Following our bliss is a great career guide.
I'm mentioning it because one of the most inspiring people I've known was my fifth grade history teacher. Her passion for history and descriptions of folks' lives and how certain events affect the present gave me a deep appreciation for not only history itself, but for the art of teaching.
(Fwiw, I ended up in a performing arts career, but I've also taught ESL and basic literacy for decades - and the credit goes to Dora Burnett.)
Wishing you all good fortune in whatever field you choose.
I like to go to confederate alley. To see the Alabamian monument. But the one that breaks my heart is south Carolina monument.
Awesome place to go and visit. I often travel every year alone from California and spend a week just walking the grounds. My wife went once but says that was enough for her, it was to painful knowing that Americans were at war with one another.
Everytime I go I learn or see something new.
My boss went on Civil War trips with his buddies for many years.
But it's going to happen again. Every instinct of my being says the evil ones are planning this. Look at the Gettysburg monument for the Indiana 19th regiment. It looks exactly like the twin towers!! The y have to tell us what they are going to do, and that is signaling Indiana is the next 9 11.
I remember watching this brand new on PBS in Pittsburgh!
Go, WQED! The only station worth watching these days that does not insult your intellect!
@@patriciaschuster1371
Fwiw, there are a great many outstanding PBS stations in the country. Thanks to streaming availability, we can see more of them than ever.
These young people that tore and destroyed the monuments of the Confederate soldiers destroyed history as well as families. They need to leave things as they are for future generations can learn from it.
LOL
Whatever
Go and major in history, or read a couple of college textbooks on it if you cannot attend college, that’s how you learn about it…
@@angelalunsford4546 What does this have to do with the unlawful desecration of monuments?
They would stop if someone would beat their gdam a$$
This is so pure and beautiful.
Really touching,these tiny stories.
They do make a difference in our lives in one respect or another
7:33 I damn near shed a tear listening to her play TAPS for the fallen. Having been stationed at Fort Carson and hearing it every night at 10pm, and serving multiple combat tours this really touched me.
It creates a solemn moment, sir😑
My last name is spelt two ways, Lynch and De Lench, the latter being of Norman decent. Anyhow, had family who fought on both sides of the civil war so it has always been a labor of historical love for me!
Excellent! My husband and I were there so many times, but there are always new things to learn!
Very good work
Gettysburg & Vicksburg were the Turning points of the war!
Love the lady who plays taps!
Let's not repeat such a tragic part of American history and all be glad we no longer posses human beings as property.
Your words are true. Yet there are still far too many Americans flying the terrorist Confederate flag. It's ironic at best.
I do believe that there are spirits . I think that some of the things that they show at Gettysburg are the reactors showing up to good. My daughter saw a woman in an old western type long dress doing dishes at her sink a while back when she and my granddaughter were the only ones in her apartment. She said the woman just turned and smiled and then disappeared. My granddaughter would never go to sleep in that apartment if she wasn't already already asleep. I'm open minded about it. I have seen things I can't explain.
Amazing history , well done !!!
I live at Gettysburg
Nobody cares
@@travisgoesthere well you cared enough to comment
@@henryofskalitz2228 not about you
@@travisgoesthere Oh, for Pete's sake.
What have you learned living there?
I hope they teach our young kids this, I kind of dont think they teach alot about it.
Of course they do, but some states are beginning to outlaw vital parts of history. It's worth reading about since it's happening today.
(Last month, a Texas teacher was fired for showing her class a graphic novel about Anne Frank.)
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Great video. I visit Gettysburg about three times a year. Just one thing, the story about the hooves and how it relates to the rider is inaccurate. That's a misconception and story that's been told for years. That's direct from licensed battlefield guides Garry Adleman, the chief historian for the Battlefied Trust and Tim Smith, chief historian for the Adams County Historical Society.
just wondering can any of those canons still fire,,
Actually, the southern soldiers were fighting for the opposite of freedom. They were fighting for the rights of rich southerners to keep & expand westward the practice of African chattel slavery. I’m sorry if you don’t want to hear it, but it’s the truth. It’s all over the southern states’ articles of secession. It’s ok to say they were wrong. Don’t succumb to the Lost Cause sentimentality.
Bingo, amen and touche.
My ancestors, the Callahans, fought in the 19th Indiana regiment. They had property in North Carolina with slaves and gave that up to come north and fight for the slaves freedom and against the corrupt banking system.
Not only did the South want to expand slavery westward, but southward as well. There were Southern plans to set up slave plantations in Cuba and Central America as well.
If you think these southern men were fighting for slavery you'd be wrong. They were too poor to own slaves. The south was attacked by the north. They were protecting their loved ones, their homes. Quit looking at things from this day and time.
*151,000 casualties.
there is no winner in the battle..
Wonderful, And Very Moving...
If Stuart made Lee "blind" why didn't Lee send out other scouts ?
That is a good question. Stuart had 4 brigades under his command. When he went on his "adventure" he did leave 2 brigades with the army..... however they were NOT his best units. They were not trusted to go and scout anything. One of the commanders left with the army was Grumble Jones... . Stuart left him and his men behind so they would not slow up his better units.
Luckily. Longstreet hired a scout (spy) who was an actor that actually rode among the union lines searching for his wife that had abandoned him. This is where Gen Lee first heard of the Union army movements.
I guess he expected Stuart to show up as he always had!
My GGG GRANDFATHER was Corporal John H Shaeffer. He didnt make.
It’s just so sad the death of soooo many good young white men , just a waste ! Yes I know black men also died but they have there supporters & BLM movements . Who remember’s the white men in a positive light who fought for the black man’s freedom , they don’t remember that do they !
AMEN . very well stated, but recognized by few.
Your both a JOKE !!!
Slavery was NOT the only issue surrounding the Civil War!
Room temp IQ
@@vivians9392True, but it was THE primary issue. No slavery, no Civil War.
A waste of life on both sides
down with confederates! imagine where we’d be right now if they won 🙄
Don't think it is over. Open your eyes. The evil ones have something planned. Southerners started moving to Indiana and Idaho right after 9/11, bringing their confederate flags. Everything started to change after that. Look at the 19th Indiana regiment monument in Pennsylvania. It looks like the twin towers. Instincts are telling me Indiana is the next 9 11.
Mike Hunt, we'd be better off than where we are now.
I wish i could tell that lady giving horseback rides NOT to put a bit in the horses mouth. It cuts their tongue and can cut the tongue in half or nearly in half. When i see this it makes me so angry. It's torturing the horse.
When people die their spirits don’t linger anywhere on earth. If they except Jesus as their Lord and Savior your spirit goes to heaven. Tragically if you reject Jesus and the gift of eternal life he gives their spirit goes to hell. They do not linger on the earth.
At the very end, that Marine says "thank you". I say thank you for what?
Stupid Question of the Month.
A heartfelt North Carolina Thank You to Linda and all the volunteers who help take care of this park and honor all those who fought.
I had opportunity to ride my personal horse through parts of the Gettysburg Battlefield. That was the first time I experienced my horse having unexpected reactions to his surroundings. We entered some areas where his ears would perk up, he stared at something and his body would tense up a bit. Could he sense something that I couldn't? These reactions were similar to when I rode him through an ancient Indian burial grounds years later, in another part of Pennsylvania.
I have one ancestor who fought at Gettysburg in the Union Army. However, I have learned that there were a lot of Tiptons who fought for the Confederates, with at least 20 from Georgia at Gettysburg. The name "J TIPTON" us etched into one of the boulders making up Devils Den.
That's fascinating, Brad! Thanks so much for sharing your experience and history with Gettysburg!
Your horse felt the sorrow of the men and. Horses
Horses are especially sensitive creatures. It's almost unbearable to think of how many have been lost in all of the wars earth has seen. (Dogs, too, albeit not in such great numbers.)
We're so lucky to have our animal companions. Here's to seeing them in the life after this one.
Blessings to all.
❤️🙏✨
My husband and I made a trip to Gettysburg a few years back. A place of beauty ànd reverence now but sad that thousands lost their lives here. Show respect.
It's called Cavalry. Calvary is where Christ was crucified.
What a great documentary. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it, Simon! Thank you!
They need to be remembered just both sides are their country and I think I'm from serving in the army and Navy or whatever they were in bless them all someday they will be peace but blessings and thank you for the video
nicely done. hats off to y’all.
Now we bypass the work in battle by just pushing a button
So very sad. A terrible war. Some were so young to.
That woman said people go to Gettyburg "because it's gorgeous". There's nothing beautiful about a silent panorama of suffering & death. Why did she choose the word "gorgeous"? She just couldn't think of anthing else to say, so she chose a word that was bouncing around in her empty head. I would say, take the microphone away from her. They put the microphone to people who are not experts to make this video. Exiting out.
Another very nice show from WQED, but some correction to the equestrian myth. Fact or Fiction? Equestrian Monument Symbolism - ACHS historian Tim Smith - ua-cam.com/video/QdfzwVf3SoE/v-deo.html
My son and I sorry Confederate ghost in the wheat field at dusk. Who was staring more at the car than us. He was trying to shreds and leaning on a musket.
She says horses used to slow down your pace............makes no sense
Great video
Thank you, Jeff!
Beautifully done and very poignant. ❤
Just came home from Gettysburg for the 3rd time. I've made friends there in "Spirit" and now I feel a call to visit them as often as I can. This was absolutely beautiful. My son was ft. Benning infantry. Army and now teaching. Thank you for this goodbye until next time ❤️
My dads great great grandfather fought that war of 1865
My favorite town in the country where I never get home sick. Gettysburg is such a beautiful place.
No comparison of the veterans of The Civil war and veterans of Afghanistan or Iraq. Todays veterans know no such horrors that civil war veterans saw. Not even close
I'm sorry the south lost the war. Plantation owners lived refined cultured e xoistence far superior that of the north
@@jackpeters9349 Yeah, undergirded by slavery. Feel free to secede. Tex-ass wants to.
@@jackpeters9349 are you okay?
Unless you are a veteran of BOTH wars, perhaps you should refrain from making such foolish comments. They are rather dismissive of modern veterans.
@inconnu4961 lol I am a veteran and I'll let you know when I need you to give me advice.