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JD. Great job. Might I suggest the end of the series with the November 19th visit to Gettysburg by Lincoln and the recitation of the Gettysburg address.
IMO using the phrase "African-American" is divisive. Americans are just plain Americans, Black or White. The only people with a right to hyphenate their nationality are those with dual citizenship.
I rarely log in to TH-cam or comment or subscribe, but after viewing your content I decided to subscribe. The way you describe our history and pay tribute to these historical figures and Veterans is outstanding. As a Veteran of a time when it was not popular to be one, I too have been to many of these Monuments and when you stand and look out at all those white crosses it makes me emotional as well. The toughest one I visited was the Cemetery in Normandy France. Crosses as far as you can see. Lest we forget......Thank you...
I too have been to Normandy and I could not keep it together at the American Cemetery for more than 5 minutes, I returned to the tour bus crying uncontrollably. It is truly a beautiful Cemetery and for me it was more moving than Arlington, perhaps because one of my favorite Uncles was 82nd Airborne on June 6, 1944 who parachuted into Saint Mere Eaglise and lived to tell about it. I cried for all the young men buried in Normandy who paid the ultimate price whose loved ones never got to see again. God Bless each and every soldier and sailor from every Country who paid the ultimate price on that day and every other day in WWII and THANK ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.🙏❤️
My mother was a WWII-era nurse and she told us of the after-casualties of both men and men from the battlefields. She said she relived the horrors (PTSD) she saw when I went to Vietnam. To her utter delight, I came back home unscathed.
So thankful for your service. Thank your mother. I'm a retired nurse and have taken care of many from the Vietnam era with untreated PTSD. Some were still heroin addicts. Some had wives that stayed with them. Many soldiers post Civil War were laudanum (opium,morphine) addicts.
Amazing how this museum has saved our history. Watching this brings sadness to my heart. The horror that all our service men went through. Thank you for this
@@Doglover-lm8mt American’s are allowing our history to be scrubbed especially the South for foreign political jihads. As Gen. Robert E. Lee stated: “The victor writes the history”. It’s all coming to a screeching halt. Deo Vindice
@@scottbivins4758 “Take away their history their more easily lead”. Karl Marx. Reagan was one of them and his “tear down Berlin Wall” was simply a psyop. Communism never died and is The U.N.
When R.E. Lee said, "It is good that war is so terrible, lest we grow too fond of it," he wasn't just talking about battles. The aftermath of a battle may have been worse than the battle itself.
After the battle of Fredricksburg, the looting an pilagin, trash in the city streets was so bad Stonewall Jackson was asked "what do we do about it" an he replied "killem... killem all!
...what a Feeble - and Feeble-Minded EXCUSE - for a Supposedly "Honorable" & "Admirable" man, @travisbayles870 -- a man who enjoyed a 'genteel' life through the labors of Slaves...who led bands of Seditious Rebels in Waging WAR against the Nation he had Pledged to serve upon graduation from West Point Military Academy in 1829. It can be effectively argued that if Lee had NOT Betrayed his Oath(s) to the USA by joining the Confederacy & agreeing to take command of its Army, Southern politicians & citizens would have been less sanguine about starting America's Deadliest War (since ALL who would die Were Americans)--or be so Pridefully Arrogant as to Delude themselves into continuing to Kill- & Die to needlessly Delay the Just Defeat of the Abomination of their Slavery-Dependent 'Way of Life'.
I have just discovered your channel now I am binge watching them all with my husband who is an 8th grade social studies teacher. We both love history. Thank you for making these videos.
JD, glad you addressed the role of religion in one of your videos. As someone who was born a Lutheran, the seminary has always been near and dear to me in my many visits to Gettysburg. IMO, this is a great starting point for anyone visiting for the first time. It wasn’t until I was discharged from the Navy and visited that it struck me what toll this battle took on the towns people. The gruesome depictions of the pain and suffering endured by all is horrible and stays with you long after leaving Gettysburg. There is a church in Gettysburg where you can sit in blood stained pews and they explain they threw the amputated limbs in the yard at the rear of the church.
Thanks! I think that the role of faith and the impact on the townspeople is one of the most overlooked elements of the battle (or any battle for that matter). It's what I find to be incredible interesting though.
This museum certainly does look like a very noteworthy place to visit. Yes, I totally agree that the question of how both Northerners and Southerners viewed the Biblical justification or opposition of slavery was addressed in this museum. I have rarely heard this discussed outside of a brief history of how the Southern Baptist and American Baptist churches split over the issue of slavery before the Civil War. The mannequins presented in this museum were absolutely very well done and clearly illustrated the horrors of warfare. I agree with another viewer in that your episodes are getting better and better and certainly give Ken Burns' work a run for their money. Keep up the good work!
I went to Gettysburg as a teen with my family but it has been almost 45 years or so. It has certainly changed. This is so much more than what I saw. I remember studying on my own in preparation for the trip. Thanks for taking us there with fresh eyes. Great series, I would expect nothing less from you.
Hi Jane, greetings from PA. Gettysburg has changed but for the better. Much of the battlefield and structures has been restored and the restoration continues to this day. I highly recommend another video from this series. Treat yourself to another visit to Gettysburg. th-cam.com/video/6s5oGhrUCA8/w-d-xo.html
I love your content and I’m so happy you finally did Gettysburg. it’s my favorite battle of the Civil War. I was excepting one maybe two videos on it but you are doing a whole series when I found that out I can’t tell you how happy that made me. From one history buff to another thank you for keeping history alive.
@@TheHistoryUnderground I never tire of Gettysburg! I love it with a passion! I’m applying and will take the entrance exam to be a LBG (Licensed Battlefield Guide) at the park soon!
This is Ted from Texas. With all the years I've been going to Gettysburg. All the time I spent on the battlefields. The times I went in the bed and breakfasts and motels. I have never stopped at the Seminary. I will make it a point on my next trip to visit this historic spot and learn about it. Thank you for enlightening me on it.
Thank you JD. You are taking me to one of the places I've always wanted to go, but will likely never see. I'm so glad you are taking your time with this series. This was a wonderful episode. Yes, alot to think about. May you be blessed in your travels.
Yes, they filmed some scenes on the battlefield. In fact, you can see several monuments covered up in the film or the camera angle tries to prevent the monument from being seen. The rest of the movie was recorded just outside of the town to the southwest.
In all of my visits to Gettysburg , I have yet to visit the Seminary , I don't even think I knew that I could. There was just so much to see and do at those times. Next time, I will visit this place ! Thanks
Even with mannequins, those scenes of the wounded are sobering and sad. Poor young men disabled for life. This planet never seems to learn from the past.
My grandpa told me something years ago but it was so true. He owned a large amount of stock in a lead mine. He said we were apt to be involved in a war.
Part two of the series was informative and even after almost 160 years later you couldn't help but feel empathy for the soldiers. The section discussing religious aspects were interesting. I was reminded that the you're not to add or take away from the Bible. It is God's own word and believe it as such. Thank you for informing us JD for what took place here and I'd like to also thank Pete for assisting you in this history. See you for part three Sunday.
Not knowing much, if anything, about Gettysburg, I'm watching these videos with fresh eyes. You have a way of telling a story that I can appreciate. Looking forward to the next one.
What a trip. It’s very eye-opening to see how intense and Intimate the battle was for something that the United States is still fighting today. Very good episode and a fantastic series so far.
Ya know, was thinking earlier how the two compliment each other! Have heard it said that Burns gives too much of romantic account, which I think is a good thing because it brings a personal aspect of the people involved & moves you closer to them... whereas, these videos fill in the details regarding the vastness of the battle fields, the houses, who was where at what time or place... Giving a whole new perspective that ties everything together quite nicely, I Think! I've researched & studied the Civil War for literally years & even visited battlefields, but yet am now sitting here discovering even more! And I thank-you for that - Such an exceptional job!
I have loved History ever since I was little. My dad was reading me Civil War books when I was 5. I went to Gettysburg quite a few years ago when I was pretty young and honestly don’t remember much. I love that your doing this so I’ll get to see all this and learn a lot more about one of the most consequential battles in US History. Thanks for doing this and keep up with the amazing content.
My great great grandfather, Oshea Buzzell fought with the 20th Maine at Gettysburg. His nephew, Benjamin Franklin Curtis, was killed in the fighting on 2 July 1863. He is buried in the National Cemetery at Gettysburg. At the same time during the battle he had cousins serving the Confederacy with the 9th Virginia Calvary. Thanks for the videos. They are greatly appreciated.
@@TheHistoryUnderground no problem, I just wanted to show that the Civil War was a conflict that not only divided a nation but also tore many families apart. Please keep up the good work.
The displays and the soldiers likenesses are magnificent. This video was very impacting. I also cannot imagine what the sounds and smells would have been like during that time .😔
Thank you so much for this video. My wife and I visited Gettysburg from the U.K many years ago and had a guided tour of the battlefield but missed out on the seminary (and a few other things it turns out), so your informative video is much appreciated.
Another great episode, and this time on topics that usually are not addressed in documentaries on the battle. Well done! Seeing the display of bone fragments reminded me of an incident that happened in the mid ‘90’s. I was living at that time in a low area of the town by a creek that runs through Gettysburg. We had a huge flood. The creek had overflown its banks and the water was rushing all across my yard, deep enough to be over my knees. Later, when the water resided, I was finding all kinds of fragments of bone strewn around my yard. I collected them up and put them in the coach house and forgot about it? It was later that a historian was talking at a church that was up my street. He told the story of how the church had become an aid station during the battle and army surgeons were doing amputations so fast, that they would toss the limbs out the windows of the church. Periodically, a wagon would come, scoop up the amputations and cart them down the street to the nearest field, dig a pit, throw them in and then cover them up. Well, I knew that where my house was located had been a field in 1863. It dawned on me what the flood may have disturbed and uncovered. So I took all the bone, reburied it and said a prayer to God over them. Even after all these years, somber mementos of that battle can still turn up unexpectedly.
So much to absorb. I heard that religion had played a big part during the civil war. I feel so fortunate that you shared so much of this in your video. I’m truly enjoying these videos of the Civil War n excited to see n hear what more will come. My husband was really big into the history of the Civil War but it’s sad n unfortunate that today he’s dealing with dementia n can’t remember a lot of what he remembered n loved. But I’ve been trying to share these videos with him n thank goodness he remembers some parts. Not enough words to say how much I appreciate you doing this n not enough thank you’s. ♥️♥️😊👍👍👍
All after thousands and thousands of years of slavery some folks in this country completely miss the fact that America fought to stop it. Some folks need to wake up and face the reality that this is a nation of worth and must not fall to evil. Thanks for such an amazing series. Please take a moment and pray for those in slavery today. Especially the women and children that have been trafficked. ❤️🙏
A total novice to the American Civil War (I'm Scottish) having just finished reading John Keegan's "The American Civil War", and your videos are great as an accessible way of getting into the details. Thank you.
I’m a student of history, specifically the Civil War and my favorite battle to study is Gettysburg. Also, my undergrad thesis was on religion and the Civil War. Love your videos, keep up the great work!!
Hi Abigail, greetings from PA. Gettysburg has changed but for the better. Much of the battlefield and structures has been restored and the restoration continues to this day. I highly recommend another video from this series. Treat yourself to a Gettysburg visit. th-cam.com/video/6s5oGhrUCA8/w-d-xo.html
It's amazing how the Bible has been picked apart according to what each believe in. This has happened in many wars, for hundreds of years. The civil war pulls so many heart strings due to the fact, our country was split apart. The ugliness of it all was not in another country, it involved everyone, brother against brother, cousin against cousin, etc.. So many young men, from both sides died, or were scarred for life. Many didn't have an idea what it was all about, some were still children. This has been a good learning experience, I look forward to more. Thanks J.D.
I don’t know what’s scarier, the efficiency of death in modern combat or the absolute inefficiency of those days.. You’re the best, thanks for your work! 🍻
Awesome video man 👏🏻 thank you for showing some detailed history about this famous battle, I genuinely learn so much for your videos. All the best for the future and stay safe!
I am loving this series on Gettysburg! Keep it coming, I am looking forward to what you show next. John Buford had a half brother that fought in the war also. Napoleon Bonaparte Buford I just found his gravesite the other day.
I envy you. I have visited literally hundreds of Civil War vets graves here in Maine. Hooked my son, too. My top catch was a 150 mile trip to see Freeman McGillvery’s grave. I have doffed my cap many times. I frequent the grave of Marcus Aurelius Hanna.
The last line he speaks are 100% truth! Do not miss this! Pay for the tour because it is 110% worth every moment! It will show, teach and show you everything about the when, where and how of the battle. It is 100% the backbone od everything Gettysburg is.... And give the respect for all thise who gave it all! If I could go back and redo my visits, this would have been my first stop... But if you are like me and have been here a few times... Stop in and go for the whole experience... Believe me, it is WELL worthevery penny!!
Hi Karen, greetings from PA. Gettysburg has changed but for the better. Much of the battlefield and structures has been restored and the restoration continues to this day. I highly recommend another video from this series. Treat yourself to a Gettysburg visit. th-cam.com/video/6s5oGhrUCA8/w-d-xo.html
Glad the notification came just before my break at work! Thank you JD! Completely fascinating. I forget which museum has actual bullets with teeth marks from soldiers biting down on them as the field doctor tried to tend to their injuries. Thus the term ‘bite the bullet’.
I am a member of a group on Facebook about Gettysburg. Its called Gettysburg Past & Present, to which on every Wednesday & Sunday I will be sharing your videos until the series is over.
I am so glad you spent so much time on the Seminary. I have been to Gettysburg 7 times and still have not toured the main building. I have walked parts of the campus. It will be at the top of my list for next time.
Another fine job JD ! I hope you ate some Jerry’s Pizza and shopped at “The Horse Soldier” and the Union Drummer Boy while you stayed in Gettysburg. Those are some of my favorite stops while visiting Gettysburg.
I believe the first casualty of Gettysburg was a woman washing dishes. She got shot through the head. Most of the men of Gettysburg were gone due to the war. The women had to plow,plant,make clothes tend to children,etc. The wife of the cemetery caretaker had to dig the graves for the dead soldiers. She was very pregnant. There is a statue of her. Gettysburg is just a phenomenal place. The changes made by the building of motels,etc have been removed if they were on or near a battlefield. I love your videos because they really fill in the gaps. There is so much to see and do. Thank you for all your efforts. I appreciate your broad overview of a place with insertion of bits of important facts,pictures,stories,etc. Memorable.
JD I was brought up to think, instead of letting the setting of society think of me, I was taught, as I also taught my children is that no one is different because of their color or upbringing. Keep up this good work and maybe you will help with these lessons as well.
Appreciate that! Hope that the channel is proving useful in some way and that people are sharing with others. The more people that we can get into history, the better.
Great episode! Reminded me very much of the scenes in “GWTW” of the surgery and rail yard w hundreds of injured! Also my grandpa was wounded in France ‘44. His leg was amputated there. Had a wooden leg rest of his life. Best golfer I’ve ever known and he taught me. I’m with you on how horrific when seeing those instruments and thinking of people having to deal with that. I’m lucky. My dad was never injured in the wars he was in. I was never in battle in my 4 years active duty. I got out just before Gulf War. When will we as humans stop this crap about wars.....🤬🤬🤬
I so appreciate all the work you do to produce these videos! Thank you. I've been to Gettysburg and the tour we were given was excellent but I don't recall anything about Seminary Ridge unless it was just in passing or the role that the Seminary played during and after the Civil War. Again, thank you very much!
Thanks! All of that fighting on the first day and in the town typically gets overlooked. I'm already planning a return trip that focuses primarily on an in depth look at the first day of the battle.
This episode really does make one search their soul. Not that there is any question as to wether slavery was moral. We all know better. But, beside the horror of these battles, these men had the emotional struggle of their religious beliefs to deal with also. Wow, really food for thought.
Gettysburg is on my 'to do' list. Watching this vid just brings it home to me. I could feel the weight of that building just watching this. You continue to do great work so, thank you for bringing us along.👍
Very cool you added in the Bible to this episode. There’s some really interesting letters and documents on the founder and pastor Samuel Schmucker how he was strongly agianst slavery. Just to be a fly on the fall during the conversations and debates would be amazing
This is a very interesting place and time in our country. While we all agree that no one should own another human being at any point. That is what they did back then. I'm a southern boy threw and threw. This was a nasty time for all Americans. Hopefully you will venture to the " roundhouse " museum. When I was there and seeing all the death and destruction that took place. I had to find a quiet place by myself, shake my head and shed a few tears. I love learning about the Civil War. This hit me hard. Brothers fighting Brothers whole families being decimated, over something so petty... Even back then, we were strong in our beliefs. To see the artifacts and hear the stories told by the ones that lived it. That is what brought me to tears. Great video as always. Thank you sir.
An awesome place to visit. My husband and I both have ancestors who were in the Union Colored Troops. We visited a shop in Gettysburg who's owner was able to tell us where our relatives enlisted and how old they were. My relatives were runaway slaves from Mississippi but enlisted in Louisiana. Funny thing - I'm black and my husband isn't. He had relatives who fought on both sides. The fact that some of them were in the colored Troops was a surprise. I only wish we had the benefit of JD's videos before we went on our visit.
Excellent job your doing on presentations . The work of those in bringing together displays are tops for support of the history. Thanks to all your hard work .
Another great video! That museum is fantastic. I saw the last room included a depiction of the Sisters of Charity who came from nearby Emmittsburg , MD, to tend to the wounded.
Another great video JD, I love what your doing for us lovers of history. Gettysburg is more to me I guess since my relative was KIA on the third day riding with the 1st WV Cavalry during the infamous Farnsworth Charge on the South Cavalry Field.
Thank you for sharing this. It is important to preserve our history. It is who we are. Balanced and shares both sides and the Biblical background of our country.
Another fantastic video. I didn’t know that museum existed and have visited the battlefield numerous times. I will definitely be stopping at it next time I am there.
Greetings from PA. Gettysburg has changed but for the better. Much of the battlefield and structures has been restored and the restoration continues to this day. I highly recommend another video from this series. Treat yourself to another Gettysburg visit. th-cam.com/video/6s5oGhrUCA8/w-d-xo.html
Another brilliant vid and your videos are so entertaining I could watch your videos all day and your channel is just incredible ad I can’t wait for the next video to come out
Such dioramas of these historic events of mass tragedy and trauma are, I would suggest, the purest and noblest of all art forms. Monuments to Suffering in fact.
2 things stand out to me the most watching the memorial to the wounded and docs. The senses that had to be going...tastes and smells. Oh my gosh. How awful the hospitals and battlefields must have tasted and smelled....and yes, most people can taste without ingesting. And 2nd, being an amputee and all that entails, i think i can come close to imagining the hell these brave men went through. Even tho I had the blessing of anesthesia and pain meds following, the pain is still all consuming 48 hours or so after. Their hell would have been exponentially worse. It's a miracle these men lived through the trauma of surgery let alone the infections. This video was awesome but very sensory inducing if that even makes sense.
8:00 Just think how much worse that scene would have been in real life! I wonder if the museum made a conscious decision to have the mannequin's lower leg appear fairly intact and just bloodied, rather than show a lower leg partially blown off by a shell or with splinters of fractured bone showing through a wound from the impact of a minie ball? I imagine there would be school kids fainting if they saw the real effects of war. I agree with you, this place is a must-see! There's also a mile-long walking trail with waysides, though I have yet to get back to try it out. Thank you so much for doing a series on Gettysburg! All your content is so well done! (Better than History Channel!)
WoW! Awesome video bud. Why you don't have a couple million subs or your own show on the Travel channel is beyond me. Thank you for these outstanding vids. Really enjoying this series. Hope you know you're going to have to make more of these right?? Right?? lol Great job!
Thanks! Hopefully people will share these out from time to time. This video is the 2nd in a Gettysburg series that will last for awhile. New episodes every Sunday & Wednesday!
I hear you. I am an old man who has been to Gettysburg three times and spent years researching. The pandemic cancelled my last trip, and the one before May be it. When I go back, I have to go up on Culp’s Hill.
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JD. Great job. Might I suggest the end of the series with the November 19th visit to Gettysburg by Lincoln and the recitation of the Gettysburg address.
Done ..love it mate
great content thoroughly enjoyed.
IMO using the phrase "African-American" is divisive. Americans are just plain Americans, Black or White. The only people with a right to hyphenate their nationality are those with dual citizenship.
Very informative
I rarely log in to TH-cam or comment or subscribe, but after viewing your content I decided to subscribe. The way you describe our history and pay tribute to these historical figures and Veterans is outstanding. As a Veteran of a time when it was not popular to be one, I too have been to many of these Monuments and when you stand and look out at all those white crosses it makes me emotional as well. The toughest one I visited was the Cemetery in Normandy France. Crosses as far as you can see. Lest we forget......Thank you...
Thank you. I really appreciate that more than you know.
Thank you, BP, for serving in danger so that we can remain free! YOU really are our HERO❣️ May God bless!
I too have been to Normandy and I could not keep it together at the American Cemetery for more than 5 minutes, I returned to the tour bus crying uncontrollably. It is truly a beautiful Cemetery and for me it was more moving than Arlington, perhaps because one of my favorite Uncles was 82nd Airborne on June 6, 1944 who parachuted into Saint Mere Eaglise and lived to tell about it. I cried for all the young men buried in Normandy who paid the ultimate price whose loved ones never got to see again. God Bless each and every soldier and sailor from every Country who paid the ultimate price on that day and every other day in WWII and THANK ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.🙏❤️
My mother was a WWII-era nurse and she told us of the after-casualties of both men and men from the battlefields. She said she relived the horrors (PTSD) she saw when I went to Vietnam. To her utter delight, I came back home unscathed.
Thank you for serving.
Sounds like that was the happiest of Mothers' Days.
So thankful for your service. Thank your mother. I'm a retired nurse and have taken care of many from the Vietnam era with untreated PTSD. Some were still heroin addicts. Some had wives that stayed with them. Many soldiers post Civil War were laudanum (opium,morphine) addicts.
Amazing how this museum has saved our history. Watching this brings sadness to my heart. The horror that all our service men went through. Thank you for this
Can't even imagine.
Interesting Gettysburg museum doesn’t mention the thousands of European immigrants enticed to fight against the South using $200 enlistment bonus.
@@Doglover-lm8mt American’s are allowing our history to be scrubbed especially the South for foreign political jihads. As Gen. Robert E. Lee stated: “The victor writes the history”. It’s all coming to a screeching halt. Deo Vindice
@@factsdonotlie2u247we don't want it scrubbed. Its being forced on us.
@@scottbivins4758 “Take away their history their more easily lead”. Karl Marx. Reagan was one of them and his “tear down Berlin Wall” was simply a psyop. Communism never died and is The U.N.
When R.E. Lee said, "It is good that war is so terrible, lest we grow too fond of it," he wasn't just talking about battles. The aftermath of a battle may have been worse than the battle itself.
Can't even imagine.
Wellington said, 'If there is anything so melancholy as a battle lost, it is a battle won.'
After the battle of Fredricksburg, the looting an pilagin, trash in the city streets was so bad Stonewall Jackson was asked "what do we do about it" an he replied "killem... killem all!
I am but a poor sinner trusting in Christ alone for Salvation
General Robert E Lee
Confederate Army
...what a Feeble - and Feeble-Minded EXCUSE - for a Supposedly "Honorable" & "Admirable" man, @travisbayles870 -- a man who enjoyed a 'genteel' life through the labors of Slaves...who led bands of Seditious Rebels in Waging WAR against the Nation he had Pledged to serve upon graduation from West Point Military Academy in 1829.
It can be effectively argued that if Lee had NOT Betrayed his Oath(s) to the USA by joining the Confederacy & agreeing to take command of its Army, Southern politicians & citizens would have been less sanguine about starting America's Deadliest War (since ALL who would die Were Americans)--or be so Pridefully Arrogant as to Delude themselves into continuing to Kill- & Die to needlessly Delay the Just Defeat of the Abomination of their Slavery-Dependent 'Way of Life'.
I have just discovered your channel now I am binge watching them all with my husband who is an 8th grade social studies teacher. We both love history. Thank you for making these videos.
That is awesome! Feel free to share the channel with anyone who you think might get something from it :)
I found it yesterday and im obsessed. I’ve learned do much. I love history, the human part of it.
You can just read the 1619 project. 🙈
JD, glad you addressed the role of religion in one of your videos. As someone who was born a Lutheran, the seminary has always been near and dear to me in my many visits to Gettysburg. IMO, this is a great starting point for anyone visiting for the first time. It wasn’t until I was discharged from the Navy and visited that it struck me what toll this battle took on the towns people. The gruesome depictions of the pain and suffering endured by all is horrible and stays with you long after leaving Gettysburg. There is a church in Gettysburg where you can sit in blood stained pews and they explain they threw the amputated limbs in the yard at the rear of the church.
Thanks! I think that the role of faith and the impact on the townspeople is one of the most overlooked elements of the battle (or any battle for that matter). It's what I find to be incredible interesting though.
This museum certainly does look like a very noteworthy place to visit. Yes, I totally agree that the question of how both Northerners and Southerners viewed the Biblical justification or opposition of slavery was addressed in this museum. I have rarely heard this discussed outside of a brief history of how the Southern Baptist and American Baptist churches split over the issue of slavery before the Civil War. The mannequins presented in this museum were absolutely very well done and clearly illustrated the horrors of warfare. I agree with another viewer in that your episodes are getting better and better and certainly give Ken Burns' work a run for their money. Keep up the good work!
Ha! I don't know about that Ken Burns part, but thank you :)
I went to Gettysburg as a teen with my family but it has been almost 45 years or so. It has certainly changed. This is so much more than what I saw. I remember studying on my own in preparation for the trip. Thanks for taking us there with fresh eyes. Great series, I would expect nothing less from you.
Thanks! I appreciate that. Hoping that the series will offer something fresh to people.
Hi Jane, greetings from PA. Gettysburg has changed but for the better. Much of the battlefield and structures has been restored and the restoration continues to this day. I highly recommend another video from this series. Treat yourself to another visit to Gettysburg. th-cam.com/video/6s5oGhrUCA8/w-d-xo.html
I love your content and I’m so happy you finally did Gettysburg. it’s my favorite battle of the Civil War. I was excepting one maybe two videos on it but you are doing a whole series when I found that out I can’t tell you how happy that made me. From one history buff to another thank you for keeping history alive.
Oh yeah. We're going to be on Gettysburg for quite awhile. Hopefully, people don't get tired of it (lol)
Well said. I believe this may very well turn into the "Definitive video tour of Gettysburg" available on TH-cam.
@@TheHistoryUnderground I never tire of Gettysburg! I love it with a passion! I’m applying and will take the entrance exam to be a LBG (Licensed Battlefield Guide) at the park soon!
Fascinating Horror of War. Thank you for sharing 👍 Incredibly important to remember and hopefully learn from our past.🇺🇸
Thanks!
This is Ted from Texas. With all the years I've been going to Gettysburg. All the time I spent on the battlefields. The times I went in the bed and breakfasts and motels. I have never stopped at the Seminary. I will make it a point on my next trip to visit this historic spot and learn about it. Thank you for enlightening me on it.
My pleasure! It's quite the place that they have there.
Dropped what I was doing when I got your notification.. :-) Thank you again for covering Gettysburg..
Ha! Hope that it was worth dropping what you were doing :)
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Thank you JD. You are taking me to one of the places I've always wanted to go, but will likely never see. I'm so glad you are taking your time with this series. This was a wonderful episode. Yes, alot to think about. May you be blessed in your travels.
Thanks! I was pretty floored by this place. Pretty amazing what they've done there.
I like that you covered the issues of religion and slavery presented in the museum in an objective way. Its very important. Thanks!
I saw the movie Gettysburg and it is filmed at the exact locations of the battle scenes. Your videos are the best
Thanks! And yes, it's pretty cool that they filmed a lot of those scenes on the exact battlefield.
Yes, they filmed some scenes on the battlefield. In fact, you can see several monuments covered up in the film or the camera angle tries to prevent the monument from being seen. The rest of the movie was recorded just outside of the town to the southwest.
Was the 20th Maine's position filmed somewhere else because there's some markets they'd have been hard pressed to cover.
Scenes depicting battle, were shot on private property, not on the actual battle grounds.
@@TermiteUSA correct, for the movie, the battle portion was film on another site. The national parks service, does not allow it.
That place really puts things in perspective and makes you think about how terrible that battle was.
In all of my visits to Gettysburg , I have yet to visit the Seminary , I don't even think I knew that I could. There was just so much to see and do at those times. Next time, I will visit this place ! Thanks
Howdy JD! The Seminary Museum is on the bucket list now. Thanks for sharing. 🙏🏼
Awesome! Definitely a must see.
Even with mannequins, those scenes of the wounded are sobering and sad. Poor young men disabled for life. This planet never seems to learn from the past.
Very much so. The scenes that they have set up really bring it home.
My grandpa told me something years ago but it was so true. He owned a large amount of stock in a lead mine. He said we were apt to be involved in a war.
Because Liberals and Leftists are destroying our history to push their Communist agenda on the masses. They won't succeed with their evil plans. 😎
Part two of the series was informative and even after almost 160 years later you couldn't help but feel empathy for the soldiers. The section discussing religious aspects were interesting. I was reminded that the you're not to add or take away from the Bible. It is God's own word and believe it as such. Thank you for informing us JD for what took place here and I'd like to also thank Pete for assisting you in this history. See you for part three Sunday.
Thanks! Glad that it spoke to you in the same way that it did me.
Not knowing much, if anything, about Gettysburg, I'm watching these videos with fresh eyes. You have a way of telling a story that I can appreciate. Looking forward to the next one.
Awesome! Glad that it's connecting. Hope that you continue to enjoy the series!
Your video came at the right time. I was having a crappy day til now. Thanks.
Glad to hear that! Thanks!
What a trip. It’s very eye-opening to see how intense and Intimate the battle was for something that the United States is still fighting today. Very good episode and a fantastic series so far.
Appreciate that!
Wow, your videos are getting better and better. Great storytelling, great videography.... Ken Burns-worthy!
Oh wow! Thanks!
Ya know, was thinking earlier how the two compliment each other! Have heard it said that Burns gives too much of romantic account, which I think is a good thing because it brings a personal aspect of the people involved & moves you closer to them... whereas, these videos fill in the details regarding the vastness of the battle fields, the houses, who was where at what time or place... Giving a whole new perspective that ties everything together quite nicely, I Think! I've researched & studied the Civil War for literally years & even visited battlefields, but yet am now sitting here discovering even more! And I thank-you for that - Such an exceptional job!
Incredible. Thank you for your devotion to our history.
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I have loved History ever since I was little. My dad was reading me Civil War books when I was 5. I went to Gettysburg quite a few years ago when I was pretty young and honestly don’t remember much. I love that your doing this so I’ll get to see all this and learn a lot more about one of the most consequential battles in US History. Thanks for doing this and keep up with the amazing content.
My great great grandfather, Oshea Buzzell fought with the 20th Maine at Gettysburg. His nephew, Benjamin Franklin Curtis, was killed in the fighting on 2 July 1863. He is buried in the National Cemetery at Gettysburg. At the same time during the battle he had cousins serving the Confederacy with the 9th Virginia Calvary. Thanks for the videos. They are greatly appreciated.
Wow! Thanks for sharing that.
@@TheHistoryUnderground no problem, I just wanted to show that the Civil War was a conflict that not only divided a nation but also tore many families apart. Please keep up the good work.
Thank you, JD, for the two videos about the Seminary. I always learn something from them.
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The displays and the soldiers likenesses are magnificent. This video was very impacting. I also cannot imagine what the sounds and smells would have been like during that time .😔
Imagine if they had audio and artificial smells 😳
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Thank you so much for this video. My wife and I visited Gettysburg from the U.K many years ago and had a guided tour of the battlefield but missed out on the seminary (and a few other things it turns out), so your informative video is much appreciated.
Another great episode, and this time on topics that usually are not addressed in documentaries on the battle. Well done! Seeing the display of bone fragments reminded me of an incident that happened in the mid ‘90’s. I was living at that time in a low area of the town by a creek that runs through Gettysburg. We had a huge flood. The creek had overflown its banks and the water was rushing all across my yard, deep enough to be over my knees. Later, when the water resided, I was finding all kinds of fragments of bone strewn around my yard. I collected them up and put them in the coach house and forgot about it? It was later that a historian was talking at a church that was up my street. He told the story of how the church had become an aid station during the battle and army surgeons were doing amputations so fast, that they would toss the limbs out the windows of the church. Periodically, a wagon would come, scoop up the amputations and cart them down the street to the nearest field, dig a pit, throw them in and then cover them up. Well, I knew that where my house was located had been a field in 1863. It dawned on me what the flood may have disturbed and uncovered. So I took all the bone, reburied it and said a prayer to God over them. Even after all these years, somber mementos of that battle can still turn up unexpectedly.
So much to absorb. I heard that religion had played a big part during the civil war. I feel so fortunate that you shared so much of this in your video. I’m truly enjoying these videos of the Civil War n excited to see n hear what more will come.
My husband was really big into the history of the Civil War but it’s sad n unfortunate that today he’s dealing with dementia n can’t remember a lot of what he remembered n loved. But I’ve been trying to share these videos with him n thank goodness he remembers some parts. Not enough words to say how much I appreciate you doing this n not enough thank you’s. ♥️♥️😊👍👍👍
All after thousands and thousands of years of slavery some folks in this country completely miss the fact that America fought to stop it. Some folks need to wake up and face the reality that this is a nation of worth and must not fall to evil. Thanks for such an amazing series. Please take a moment and pray for those in slavery today. Especially the women and children that have been trafficked. ❤️🙏
A total novice to the American Civil War (I'm Scottish) having just finished reading John Keegan's "The American Civil War", and your videos are great as an accessible way of getting into the details. Thank you.
I’m a student of history, specifically the Civil War and my favorite battle to study is Gettysburg. Also, my undergrad thesis was on religion and the Civil War. Love your videos, keep up the great work!!
Thanks!
Hi Abigail, greetings from PA. Gettysburg has changed but for the better. Much of the battlefield and structures has been restored and the restoration continues to this day. I highly recommend another video from this series. Treat yourself to a Gettysburg visit.
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It's amazing how the Bible has been picked apart according to what each believe in. This has happened in many wars, for hundreds of years. The civil war pulls so many heart strings due to the fact, our country was split apart. The ugliness of it all was not in another country, it involved everyone, brother against brother, cousin against cousin, etc.. So many young men, from both sides died, or were scarred for life. Many didn't have an idea what it was all about, some were still children. This has been a good learning experience, I look forward to more. Thanks J.D.
How is it even possible that they preserved the bone's for so long? Thats insane! Great museum. Hope to visit it one day in my life time 🙏
Yeah, that part of the museum about knocked me over. Crazy!
Great video! It's been several years since we've been to Gettysburg, and I'm forward to this series inspiring me to visit again.
I hope so! Heck, I was just there and I'm already wanting to go back.
I don’t know what’s scarier, the efficiency of death in modern combat or the absolute inefficiency of those days..
You’re the best, thanks for your work!
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Give me a personal thanks to Pete for his expertise and knowledge. And thank you yourself for these videos!
Glad you like them! Thanks for watching!
Thank you so much for taking the time to research, travel and share these videos. This episode was a very somber reminder of what war is.
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Very well done. I'm glad you don't hurry through these places and great camera focus to.
Thank you very much!
So fascinating to see this and an awesome narration JD by you and Pete.👍🏻😎
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Fascinating documentary, as all of your videos are. Incredible to visualize the suffering the soldiers endured who were wounded.
Awesome video man 👏🏻 thank you for showing some detailed history about this famous battle, I genuinely learn so much for your videos. All the best for the future and stay safe!
I am loving this series on Gettysburg! Keep it coming, I am looking forward to what you show next. John Buford had a half brother that fought in the war also. Napoleon Bonaparte Buford I just found his gravesite the other day.
Oh wow! That is cool. And thanks for the kind words.
I envy you. I have visited literally hundreds of Civil War vets graves here in Maine. Hooked my son, too. My top catch was a 150 mile trip to see Freeman McGillvery’s grave. I have doffed my cap many times. I frequent the grave of Marcus Aurelius Hanna.
The last line he speaks are 100% truth! Do not miss this! Pay for the tour because it is 110% worth every moment! It will show, teach and show you everything about the when, where and how of the battle. It is 100% the backbone od everything Gettysburg is.... And give the respect for all thise who gave it all! If I could go back and redo my visits, this would have been my first stop... But if you are like me and have been here a few times... Stop in and go for the whole experience... Believe me, it is WELL worthevery penny!!
Really enjoyed this one.. Thank you so much.. Anxiously awaiting the next one..
Hi Karen, greetings from PA. Gettysburg has changed but for the better. Much of the battlefield and structures has been restored and the restoration continues to this day. I highly recommend another video from this series. Treat yourself to a Gettysburg visit.
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Glad the notification came just before my break at work! Thank you JD! Completely fascinating. I forget which museum has actual bullets with teeth marks from soldiers biting down on them as the field doctor tried to tend to their injuries. Thus the term ‘bite the bullet’.
Thanks! Glad that the video could help fill some time on the break :)
I have been waiting for this series since the beginning, LOVE IT!! Can’t wait to see all of it.
Awesome! Hope that it doesn't disappoint.
Wow. Those scenes looked so real. It really gave you a sense of what it was like back then. Keep up the great work. Can't wait for the next one.
That looks like a great museum!
Thanks for this video series!
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Great videos, thoroughly enjoying this!
I am a member of a group on Facebook about Gettysburg. Its called Gettysburg Past & Present, to which on every Wednesday & Sunday I will be sharing your videos until the series is over.
I am so glad you spent so much time on the Seminary. I have been to Gettysburg 7 times and still have not toured the main building. I have walked parts of the campus. It will be at the top of my list for next time.
Definitely! I enjoyed it.
this series so far has been amazing,cant wait to see the next part
Thanks!
Awesome job. Can't wait for more!
Thanks! We'll be here for awhile :)
Another fine job JD ! I hope you ate some Jerry’s Pizza and shopped at “The Horse Soldier” and the Union Drummer Boy while you stayed in Gettysburg. Those are some of my favorite stops while visiting Gettysburg.
I'll have to hit them up on the next trip. Thanks!
I believe the first casualty of Gettysburg was a woman washing dishes. She got shot through the head. Most of the men of Gettysburg were gone due to the war. The women had to plow,plant,make clothes tend to children,etc. The wife of the cemetery caretaker had to dig the graves for the dead soldiers. She was very pregnant. There is a statue of her.
Gettysburg is just a phenomenal place. The changes made by the building of motels,etc have been removed if they were on or near a battlefield.
I love your videos because they really fill in the gaps. There is so much to see and do. Thank you for all your efforts. I appreciate your broad overview of a place with insertion of bits of important facts,pictures,stories,etc. Memorable.
I'm looking forward to the rest of the Gettysburg series. Great work!
Awesome, thank you!
JD I was brought up to think, instead of letting the setting of society think of me, I was taught, as I also taught my children is that no one is different because of their color or upbringing. Keep up this good work and maybe you will help with these lessons as well.
Appreciate that! Hope that the channel is proving useful in some way and that people are sharing with others. The more people that we can get into history, the better.
Great episode! Reminded me very much of the scenes in “GWTW” of the surgery and rail yard w hundreds of injured!
Also my grandpa was wounded in France ‘44. His leg was amputated there. Had a wooden leg rest of his life. Best golfer I’ve ever known and he taught me. I’m with you on how horrific when seeing those instruments and thinking of people having to deal with that. I’m lucky. My dad was never injured in the wars he was in. I was never in battle in my 4 years active duty. I got out just before Gulf War. When will we as humans stop this crap about wars.....🤬🤬🤬
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That place sure does look amazing 🤩 those scenes gave me chills! Thnx for sharing. ☺️
My pleasure 😊
I so appreciate all the work you do to produce these videos! Thank you. I've been to Gettysburg and the tour we were given was excellent but I don't recall anything about Seminary Ridge unless it was just in passing or the role that the Seminary played during and after the Civil War. Again, thank you very much!
Thanks! All of that fighting on the first day and in the town typically gets overlooked. I'm already planning a return trip that focuses primarily on an in depth look at the first day of the battle.
This episode really does make one search their soul. Not that there is any question as to wether slavery was moral. We all know better. But, beside the horror of these battles, these men had the emotional struggle of their religious beliefs to deal with also. Wow, really food for thought.
That museum really helps you to step into the shoes of the people who were living in that era.
Gettysburg is on my 'to do' list.
Watching this vid just brings it home to me.
I could feel the weight of that building just watching this.
You continue to do great work so, thank you for bringing us along.👍
Very cool you added in the Bible to this episode. There’s some really interesting letters and documents on the founder and pastor Samuel Schmucker how he was strongly agianst slavery. Just to be a fly on the fall during the conversations and debates would be amazing
Hmmmm......I'll have to look into that.
This is a very interesting place and time in our country. While we all agree that no one should own another human being at any point. That is what they did back then. I'm a southern boy threw and threw. This was a nasty time for all Americans. Hopefully you will venture to the
" roundhouse " museum. When I was there and seeing all the death and destruction that took place. I had to find a quiet place by myself, shake my head and shed a few tears. I love learning about the Civil War. This hit me hard. Brothers fighting Brothers whole families being decimated, over something so petty... Even back then, we were strong in our beliefs. To see the artifacts and hear the stories told by the ones that lived it. That is what brought me to tears. Great video as always. Thank you sir.
An awesome place to visit. My husband and I both have ancestors who were in the Union Colored Troops. We visited a shop in Gettysburg who's owner was able to tell us where our relatives enlisted and how old they were. My relatives were runaway slaves from Mississippi but enlisted in Louisiana. Funny thing - I'm black and my husband isn't. He had relatives who fought on both sides. The fact that some of them were in the colored Troops was a surprise. I only wish we had the benefit of JD's videos before we went on our visit.
Oh wow! Thanks for sharing that!
Excellent job your doing on presentations . The work of those in bringing together displays are tops for support of the history. Thanks to all your hard work .
Wow, that's all I can say.... I think you presented this the proper way. Awesome job
Thanks! Appreciate that!
Another great video! That museum is fantastic. I saw the last room included a depiction of the Sisters of Charity who came from nearby Emmittsburg , MD, to tend to the wounded.
Yeah, there was a bunch of stuff in there that I just didn't have the time to dig into. Pretty amazing place.
Another great video JD, I love what your doing for us lovers of history. Gettysburg is more to me I guess since my relative was KIA on the third day riding with the 1st WV Cavalry during the infamous Farnsworth Charge on the South Cavalry Field.
Thanks! I appreciate that. I have some episodes coming up later in the series that you might enjoy.
@@TheHistoryUnderground Looking forward to them JD!
I have been to Gettysburg twice. It has a "vibe" like no other place in the world.
My wife and I say this all the time. Always drawn back there due to this "vibe"... hard to articulate
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Completely agree. Especially early in the morning.
@@joshn4017 That's weird cuz I just got that "vibe" from you comment. Army here 4 years 67-71. Thanks for your service.
Amazing video!! Thank you!! I could stay thete for hours just soaking in the history!!!
Thank you for sharing this. It is important to preserve our history. It is who we are. Balanced and shares both sides and the Biblical background of our country.
My pleasure! Hopefully people will share these videos out and help spread the word. The more history we can get out there, the better :)
Another fantastic video. I didn’t know that museum existed and have visited the battlefield numerous times. I will definitely be stopping at it next time I am there.
You should! Thanks!
Doing a great job man. I never followed a youtube channel like this one.
I appreciate that! Glad that you're enjoying it.
I go a few times a year for years now and still haven't seen everything there is to see, Gettysburg is amazing
Agreed!
Greetings from PA. Gettysburg has changed but for the better. Much of the battlefield and structures has been restored and the restoration continues to this day. I highly recommend another video from this series. Treat yourself to another Gettysburg visit.
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You are doing such a great job
Thanks!
Just the second video of this seriesand I love it....really nice videos! Thumb up for your great work:) I enjoy all of your videos
Awesome and very historically informative video, keep up the amazing work! 👌👌👌
Thanks a ton!
Another brilliant vid and your videos are so entertaining I could watch your videos all day and your channel is just incredible ad I can’t wait for the next video to come out
Thank you so much 😀
Such dioramas of these historic events of mass tragedy and trauma are, I would suggest, the purest and noblest of all art forms. Monuments to Suffering in fact.
I went to that museum right after it first opened, Enjoyed every minute of it, I am sure they have added a bit more,
Pretty insightful place.
Those dead flies on the window sills are really nice touch.
Exceptional!! Keep up the great work!
Walking around that town is so humbling and tragic. You can still “feel” something in the air there.
It does hold a lot of weight. Thanks!
Another great episode! Can’t wait for the next one!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Incredibly important report. Thank you!
2 things stand out to me the most watching the memorial to the wounded and docs. The senses that had to be going...tastes and smells. Oh my gosh. How awful the hospitals and battlefields must have tasted and smelled....and yes, most people can taste without ingesting. And 2nd, being an amputee and all that entails, i think i can come close to imagining the hell these brave men went through. Even tho I had the blessing of anesthesia and pain meds following, the pain is still all consuming 48 hours or so after. Their hell would have been exponentially worse. It's a miracle these men lived through the trauma of surgery let alone the infections. This video was awesome but very sensory inducing if that even makes sense.
Great video JD really enjoyed the history Thankyou
Man you did it again ,,another great video. Thank you keep up the good work. Frank from montana...
Thanks again! Appreciate the kind words.
8:00 Just think how much worse that scene would have been in real life! I wonder if the museum made a conscious decision to have the mannequin's lower leg appear fairly intact and just bloodied, rather than show a lower leg partially blown off by a shell or with splinters of fractured bone showing through a wound from the impact of a minie ball? I imagine there would be school kids fainting if they saw the real effects of war.
I agree with you, this place is a must-see! There's also a mile-long walking trail with waysides, though I have yet to get back to try it out. Thank you so much for doing a series on Gettysburg! All your content is so well done! (Better than History Channel!)
Oh man. That would be something else.
I noticed how clean it looked. The video on the Spangler farm is more graphic.
What a fantastic Series thank you so much!!!!
Glad you enjoy it!
@@TheHistoryUnderground oh my goodness I thought I was? I am now!!
WoW! Awesome video bud. Why you don't have a couple million subs or your own show on the Travel channel is beyond me. Thank you for these outstanding vids. Really enjoying this series. Hope you know you're going to have to make more of these right?? Right?? lol Great job!
Thanks! Hopefully people will share these out from time to time. This video is the 2nd in a Gettysburg series that will last for awhile. New episodes every Sunday & Wednesday!
Really enjoying this new series!
Awesome! Thanks. I was worried about taking on this one.
🥺makes your heart heavy. Excellent video.
Fascinating video thoroughly enjoyed it, thank you
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Unfortunately, I missed seeing this museum last time I visited Gettysburg. Don’t know if I’ll ever get back there again. Thanks for the video!
My pleasure!
I hear you. I am an old man who has been to Gettysburg three times and spent years researching. The pandemic cancelled my last trip, and the one before May be it. When I go back, I have to go up on Culp’s Hill.