72nd Indiana of Wilder's Lightning Brigade - Civil War arms & uniforms
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- Опубліковано 7 чер 2022
- Another episode of the Arms & Uniforms sub-series has arrived! Arms & Uniforms looks at a specific unit from the Civil War to explore how their arms and uniforms changed throughout the war and any impact that this evolution had on the men.
Let’s meet the 72nd Indiana Infantry who was part of the famed Wilder’s Lightning Brigade. When this regiment started off in 1862 their arms, uniforms, and equipment wasn’t much different from any other infantry regiment at that time. This would change though when they went mounted!
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Outstanding video! Thank you for the effort in bringing us an accurate description of the 72nd!
You are welcome on behalf of so many people! It took a real team to do something like this and it was a lot of fun to create that way.
My fifth great grandfather Nathan Levi Fox served in the lightning brigade. He died at Selma.
My great great uncle Hugh Stafford joined the 72nd in 1862 as a Sargent and ended as a Lieutenant in 1865. Prior to then he had been in the 15th Indiana Infantry from June of 1861 to November 1861. Love your use of “Hell on the Walbash”!
Thanks for telling your family story. Glad you enjoyed!
This is your best video series..
I think too often the public imagines a "prototypical" soldier that had a uniform dress and kit throughout the war when in reality they were evolving over time. Thanks and I would love to see more of these!
Glad you are enjoying! We have several more planned already.
My fourth great grandfather was Abram O Miller. he commanded the lightning brigade while wilder was ill.and so much more history about him and the 72nd thank you for this video. i learned even more.
Thank you for sharing your family history and glad you enjoyed!
Thank you for the great video. My GGGrandfather on my maternal side, Hiram Parent, joined the 72nd when they originally mustered. Its great to see how they were equipped throughout their campaigns.
Glad we could help!
Another Indiana unit tied to Wilder's Lightning Bde was none other than Eli Lilly's 18th Indiana Light Artillery Battery. John W. Rowell wrote "Yankee Artillerymen - Through the Civil War with Eli Lilly's Indiana Battery" anout them.
I own Wilder Spencer rifle 9336. Beautiful weapon. It was issued in May according to serial. Almost all are serial traced since they were not stamped U.S. thanks for the Wilder vid.
Great piece! Congrats on being the current caretaker.
Didn't see it mentioned in the comments, but I'll apologize in advance if I missed it. The 1860 Spencers were chambered in the 56-56 cartridge. The 56-50 came later with the Model 1865.
You did not see it. We did not drill that deep down on the technical quality of those weapons in this video. We handled that in a separate video where we compared to Spencer and Henry. You are correct, and it definitely does not show up here. Thanks for adding it to the discussion here!
Excellent presentation! One slight correction- the 72nd Indiana was not at the Battle of Stones River. As part of Wilder's Brigade, they were busily engaged in chasing General John H. Morgan's cavalrymen through southern Kentucky and missed out on Stones River.
Thanks!!
This video was excellent. While I enjoy most of the Civil War Digest videos, I particularly like the uniforms and equipment series videos and hope to see more of them.
We can safely say there are already several more in the works! We give a big shout out to our patrons on Patreon. We had to have the jacket made for this one and their contributions make work like that possible.
Glad you enjoy them! They have been a fun experience so far. We have several more in the works, but we always appreciate suggestions.
Great Video! You guys should do the 14th Brooklyn "Red Legged Devils" next.
Glad you enjoyed! We will put them on the list!
Wilder Is From Greensburg, Indiana, His House Is A Museum Today & I Drive By His House Weekly...
One of my ancestors was a surgeon the 17th Indiana.
Thanks for sharing! We love family stories.
Andy, that was an absolutely amazing video. I really enjoyed seeing the evolution of the 72nd Indiana and how they came to be a great calvary unit. Always a pleasure watching the videos from civil war digital digest!!
Thank you! 😊 Excellent video on one of the regiments of my favorite unit of the Civil War. I, myself have been doing research on this unit for several years and I have portrait a soldier of this unit at reenactments. You have much the same information as I have. However, the information that I have researched shows that the soldiers themselves removed the yellow trim from their jackets because they did not want to be known as Cavalry. Again thank you for such excellent work. 👍🇺🇸
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Great job enjoy these I like to see one on the 34th Ohio, 44th Missouri.
Also love to hear more about the way they put there knapsack on there saddle
Glad you enjoyed!!
I know you’ve used Hell on the Wabash for other videos before, but it’s a perfect soundtrack for this episode on an Indiana unit.
It is a great tune!
@@CivilWarDigitalDigest Wish you would release a video on the music you use cause no one else has and I cannot find it for the life of me.
@@jesseusgrantcanales yeah i can't find it anywhere either, god it'd be nice to have it
Great lecture! Keep them coming, please. You should send these to the US Army War College; you may have a future there.
Thanks! We laugh as Andy is still serving in the Navy. The compliment is appreciated!! Cheers.
By chance would the soldiers or the 17th Indiana wore the same uniforms as the 72nd? Outstanding work CWDD.
Awesome as always hope you cover some of the more obscure units that don't get as much attention like the Delaware Blues Company in the 2nd Regiment and Kansas Volunteers.
Amazing video! I wonder if the CWDD will cover other Western regiments and their uniform transitions like the 1st Minnesota Infantry Regiment from Bull Run in 1861 to Mine Run in 1863.
We are definitely looking to do more!
I love this series. Excellent work as always!
Thanks!
Excellent! Thanks
well done video
Excellent video. Could yall do one on the 24th Illinois Infantry. Thank you
Thank you for a thorough explanation of the unit. My great great uncle fought in the Indiana regiment 69th. I'm exploring the Civil War more and appreciate the info.
The horse is beautiful, btw. Appaloosa or Palomino?
That was a palomino.
Great video! I love this series. It’s so neat having reenactors actually in the gear. It gives a much better visual.
Two questions: when soldiers first acquired their horses, were they through private purchase, paid for by company officers, or “borrowed” from local citizens, or all the above? And how was the metallic ammunition carried in a standard issue cartridge box meant for muzzleloading weapons?
We can definitely say the horses were borrowed… I will let Andy chime in on anything about putting ammunition in to box is not made for it. Glad you enjoyed!
Probably just dump the metallic cartridges into the leather pouch
Hello! Yes, the original mounts for the brigade were requisitioned from the local countryside. As to the cartridges, accounts from other men issued the Spencer says they removed the tins from their boxes and poured the rounds in there. There were two different ways the boxes of 42 rounds were issued: either in one big box or in a big box with smaller, 7 round boxes inside. From having used recreated 7 round boxes, they fit into the cartridge box pretty well.
@@andrewroscoe4318 thanks so much! It’s always a good day whenever CWDD posts a video. I’ve learned so much from them. Thank you for what you do.
Interesting that they fired in volleys; did they always deploy in skirmish order or in two rank infantry line of battle order?
Could you do the 72nd Pennsylvania?
We will put it on the list!
Besides its vastly improved rate of fire how did the ballistics of the Spencer rifle compare with the Springfield and Enfield rifle muskets? How were the regiments of the Lightning Brigade employed tactically in terms of skirmishing and full regiment/brigade lines of battle compared with single shot rifle musket armed units?
I notice he doesn't have a great coat or blanket strapped to the top of his Knapsack. Was that normal in their unit?
Depended on the time of year.
What is the name of the tune at the beginning of the episode?
Could you make a video on the 10th Wisconsin? My relative served in company H. Although i cant find much information on them.
Or just Wisconsin infantry in general, i would assume the Uniform would be the same.
It is definitely not the same. You can see the episode we have previously done on the second Wisconsin, from the iron brigade.
I can say that the 10th holds a place near and dear to the heart of some of us and many of our friends. We will take a look!
@@CivilWarDigitalDigest Thanks for the information! My Relative lost his right arm and was discharged in 1862.
Can you do the 126th Illinois infantry?
We will put it on tbe list.
Thank you I have a personal connection to this unit and a lot of background on it.
Greetings, it has been my understanding that when the uniform changed in 1851 that is when the pattern worn in the Civil War was adopted. You state 1850? You also state the haversack to be 1850 or 51. My understanding is that the 50’s was a time of experimental trials of many different haversacks including a guta purcha and that in 1858 the army adopted the one used in the war at the same time they adopted the canteen, which the army also experimented with different types.
My previous statements are based on Todd’s Military Equipage 1851-1872 books.
let's see an episode on the 1st Arkansas union volunteers
We will check them out!
@@CivilWarDigitalDigest I'm trying to put together an impression on that unit
73rd Light Brigade
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How the hell do you get on a cow and get it to go where you want it to? I bet he had a fun ride.
I had much the same thought, LOL!
If the war lasted say another year, trapdoors were coming and tactics were changing.
I would have been looking to buy myself a revolver. Probably a Colt's Pocket Pistol.
This is Will writing. I own one personally. In the ranks, considering engagement distance, it would be weight that would barely ever pay off.