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- A soldiers last letters home before losing his life in the defense of our country. Capt. John Sell of the 83rd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry lost his life in Gettysburg on July 3rd,1863. Preserved here are the last letters he sent home in the days before his death along with the letter sent to his family by one of his friends informing them of his death.
The source material for this work along with many other letters and personal items of Capt. John Sell’s can be found at the Oviatt Libraries Digital Collection digital-collec...
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Never ceases to amaze the beautiful penmanship and eloquent words of those men!!
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He wrote a heartfelt letter so eloquently with very nice penmanship; a rare art nowadays. Brothers in arms; heartbreaking. Thank you!! 🌺
The written letter, has become a lost art, sad to say. So many of these letters were written with such eloquence.
I wish my penmanship was as beautiful as William’s. This was a sad video but insightful into the minds of the soldiers when they corresponded with their families.
These original documents put flesh on the bones of history. The war was fought by real people and their letters help us share their thoughts and feelings as if in the present. Great video!
Thanks Pete!
The letter written by William Edmund to Sarah showed great compassion for his fallen friend and his family. This is so much more personal than the letters sent out by the war department just giving the barest of details.
I was born a Yankee but as the saying goes
“ A rebel by the Grace of God” I was raised on a steady diet of Southern Rock and spent my teens and 20’s on the ungodly hot 🥵 roofs of Florida working with in my mind were the last two true southerners in south fla. Circa 1979.
They taught me the trade and I earned there respect ✊🏿 like I earn everyone’s. By hard work 😓 and never ever quitting. Today at 60 I can still swing a hammer 🔨 and work with men half my age. I love ❤️ everything civil war. I am interested in hearing from you. Thank you
Ronnie
Iam always amazed at first hand reports how much faith , courage, and courtesy these men held..with each other and their opponents.
EXCELLENT VIDEO
the response to the sister was beautiful. it almost brought me to tears.
Grand compassionate feelings between factions and families like this will never be seen again.
It's a great experience.
Thanks for the upload.
Phillipi Greece🇬🇷
It's humorous to me to hear how polite these letters are written. Even when soldiers are cursing at their enemy. They didn't have the slang back then😄
I enjoy your videos, but this was a sad tale indeed. War is a terrible thing that man wages against man. 🏴
May this poor loyal union soldier rest in peace.
Wow I’m enjoying the stories. But so sad. Thank you. ~ Texas
That was very touching and a look into a totally different time. You should do more like this one. It's a time machine back all those years to a horrible time in our past that I pray we don't see a repeat of in the near future. I had a relative who fought for Terry's Texas rangers, named Harold Simpson. The confederate museum at Hillsboro TX was named after him.. There's been Harold Simpson ever since the Civil War, each becoming a soldier.
Soberanía coraje y entrega absoluta,eso.
I just found your channel.....having a life-long fascination with every nuance of the civil war,it is wonderful having this channel as i have stage 4 lung cancer and it brings me much happiness to learn absolutely everything about the actual civilians and participants, thank you so very much for helping me forget how limited my time is.
Glad to have you along and hope it brings you some solstice through the storm.
Thank you for this upload, and more importantly for keeping a crucial part of American History alive despite those “loud voices” who wish to rewrite or erase it without full understanding of it. Being from and growing up in Charleston SC, and having lived down the road from “The Field of Lost Shoes”, New Market VA, I have had a very keen and deep interest in all things Civil War. My field trips as a student in Charleston were almost assuredly a local history lesson. I was so very fortunate to have a literal living history museum in my backyard growing up! I have visited nearly all Civil War “engagement “ sites throughout the US, and had a former spouse who, although a Yankee, but a decent military man, attended The Citadel and was very knowledgeable in particular ,the US Army positions and movements on many battlefields. We would often walk these now peaceful locations and use landmarks and battlefield commanders notes to get an accurate feeling for how close and intimately violent the combat conditions truly were. I would love to find like-minded Southerners, or even Yankees, all kidding aside; who wish to explore more about the real and truthful facts of this terrible chapter in our history! Knowledge is power and accurate information is vital in learning the hard lessons that wars and conflict can teach us all. Anyone who might enjoy a “laypersons” interests in and wishing to learn more about this terrible period, and some of the more everyday citizens experiences, please feel free to reach me on my TH-cam account msg. I’m very open minded to all opinions, with the exception of those that aren’t based in accurate information! ( Regardless of which side of the conflict it favors,) Again, many thanks, P
I've been to Gettysburg several times. Mainly we focus on Col. Strong Vincent's history there as he is buried but three blocks from our house here in Erie. I enjoyed your audio/visual about Sells. I'll follow your links to read more about him. Thanks! Looking forward to more stories.
Well, the algorithm got one right.
I don't know why you wouldn't read the letters *verbatim*, we can figure it out, don't leave out words or sentences bc you think they are too tangential.
Thank you for your work!
Great video if played at 1.25 playback speed.
this is wrenching! so wrenching!
Amazing ,the small talk in a war situation
Rest in peace all men Who gave their lives
And peolle of today ,remember those days.
Brother against brother
We are facing the same shit today
God bless
Your videos just entered my world of consciousness!!!
You are AMAZING!!!! This is a great way to feature work!
I have been studying history from the homeland of the Civil War.... Baltimore! Much love!!!
I'm so thankful for this channel, You are truly amazing storytellers
Thanks Patrick! Thankful to have you along
I love this. Thank you for doing it. You did a great job with the reading, pictures, the background sounds and everything. Well done my friend.
God bless those boys
Wow, teared up.
Thank you for reading these. It’s greatly appreciated and loved.
How ellequently they wrote their letters back in the day. Tragic how those battles were..brother against brother..ty!
Thank-you Chris, As I said it before! I'm so glad your keeping the Civil War History Alive! Even before all the hate by trying to destroying the History!
Few people today could be so eloquent with the their words in such a delicate situation as Alex Rogers was.
Truly amazing isn't it . Figuring that some or most of these men and boys that had little schooling due the structure of family life back then . Our schools have failed nightly and so has our family structure when highschool graduates can not put 2 sentences together
Very enjoyable video. Can’t wait to see more!
Nathaniel Bowditch, Cambridge , Massachusetts His father began the ambulance service for Northern Soldiers. Nathaniel perished before his Father could get to his dying son. The Elder Bowditch never got over the loss of his child.
This were very moving words that you read. They all were brave men. Many thanks for sharing with us.
Looking forward for it!
Hero.
That was Awsome 👍🏾
Incredible. Great channel!
Thanks so much Al!
Freaking awesome Chris..!!! Is the music in the opening your original...? Hope you are doing well..!
No it’s just a standard Bluegrass tune I appreciate it though Bob!
Excellent vids. Thank you. Huzzah!
Thank you kindly!
of additional sadness, it must have been devestating for Sarah and her mother since their father past away just a couple of weeks before Jonathan on June 21 1863 per find a grave. it must have been outright heart breaking. wonder if Jonathan even knew.
So many tragedies unfolded... a time that is hard for us to grasp the full gravity of
am I am crying.
This was very very soul touching brother D.. Thank you so much for sharing this awesome piece of history..
RIP
Thanks for sharing. Absolutely an amazing video. Wishing you all the best and looking forward to any more like this. Good luck, happy hunting and take care.
My great great great grandfather fought in the Pennsylvania 83rd volunteer infantry. He was wounded on the third day on culps hill shot in the lower leg but continued to fight after that until the end of the war. He fought from the very beginning of the war until the end in every major battle. I have no idea how he lived but he was extremely sick after the war. Stomach problems they had no idea what it was then. Probably Crohn's disease or something like that. He couldn't go anywhere without his bottle of Laudlum. My great great great grandmother fought the government and took 20 years to finally receive his pension long after he passed. It was unbelievable 1 dollar a month VA check.
Great video!! The Civil War is fascinating, also sad because of all the lives lost, and I look forward to learning more about soldiers letters home!
So powerful. Thank you.
I have not heard a score of music since Green Sleeves that excites more emotion than this beautiful and haunting introduction. Can anyone share with me its title? Thank you in advance.
well done
Powerful, insightful, incredible! Excellent vid, BirdDogg! I particularly like the photos you included, and the final letter by his friend to his sister was deeply thoughtful and beautiful in his descriptions. 😏 *Very* well done and if someone hasn't suggested it before, you should consider publishing this (if you have the necessary permissions).
Thank you for this excellent vid... Pat yourself on the back and kindly give Miss Myrtle a loving skritch from me. 💕
😲 Or wait, did I get that backwards? 😉 😃
I suppose I could publish it, I’m not sure if you mean in print though or?
And thank you for the kind words
@@BirdDogg Well, it is audio *plus* video, so perhaps published on a DVD. Market it like you would your music CDs. Maybe make a small "vanity" run first, special edition, pre-order, autographed, limited edition artwork, &tc, and see how well it's received. If it's well-received, more could be (more cheaply) made, but only the first run would have the special things... I dunno, something like that, which people could put in a DVD player, might be nice. 😊
@@BirdDogg You did a very nice job putting together an excellent video to go with the audio. 😏 Nothing more than praise, well-earned. 😁
I was thinking about maybe an audiobook type series and read whole diaries.. Dunno just sussing it all out. Hopefully it will get better as I produce more of them but I am happy with the start of the series! Thanks so much for all of the support as always Cat!
Well done Chris!
Are you going to make more videos? They are awesome!
Thanks Adam, I am working with on the next season as I can, just had a world changing event and having to work double time to try and stay afloat. Soon!
@@BirdDogg Ok, cool.
Sarah, who was easy on the eyes, married a veteran herself though her future husband was already discharged prior to Gettysburg. Edward A Woodbury of co d 145th PA
This was great I’ll be here next week too! Love the new series
Enjoyed that very much
The response letter is more like style of which my GG Uncle George Glenn wrote.
Awesome content! Thanks
Wow
They’ve been burying your vids for me, sir
They are killing me for sure... Sorry about that..
Just terrible how life was
I can't wait 👍
Oh, i miss that cause somebody comes in my house 😥 but im here now and happy 💗
Thanks for this precious video.💙
I hope this series will be long. 🙏
Very well done and touching. 👍
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Can anyone tell me what the song is to this into? Thanks
If I could double tap the like button I would have