In 1974 My bride and I traveled from California to all the major Civil War battlefields for our Honeymoon from Gettysburg to New Orleans. We stopped here in July of 1974 and met a most interesting National Park ranger who was stationed there he had so many stories. He was one of the highlights of our trips around the southeastern United States going from battlefield to battlefield. Great video Sarah and Chris!
This was a great series. I think it is important to remember that at least 620,000 soldiers died in the American Civil War. Whether it was Jackson here, Cleburn at Franklin, Reynolds at Gettysburgh, Johnson at Shiloh or one of the countless unknown young officers or privates on 100 different fields of the war, some family suffered as a result, and some great future potential was lost. We can never know how history and our country may have changed had those individuals lived. It is not just the death of Jackson that may have had an outcome on the war and the country - it is potentially any of them.
A vivid, poignant and wonderful presentation from Chris and Sarah. A familiar story skilfully translated by Chris and Sarah into an intimate but engaging and educational narrative. As ever, Chris and the team open up a broader vista of interpretation and gently welcome and encourage us to respectfully engage with history and play our own important role in its resonance, understanding and meaning. Thank you so much, and best wishes from Scotland.
My great great grandfather fought under Stonewall Jackson at Chancellorsville. He was mortally wounded, died three days later and was buried at Hazel Grove.
I have really enjoyed the different and unique points of view that Sarah has presented throughout this series that go beyond the general military narrative...her "human interest" perspectives have helped to broaden the traditional interpretation...please continue to include her in future videos!
I was blessed to visit the site about 8 years ago. Read his biography and knew about his last days. When I stepped inside, I immediately cried. Knowing that he met his baby girl for the 1st time. I was so overwhelmed feeling his joy and knowing his faith that he died peacefully. Will never forget my experience
I was there on one anniversary. Frank O’Reilly was speaking about Jackson’s final moments. I was one of the first into the building and went immediately to the room. There is a fence in there that only allows you to step right inside the door. As Mr. O’Reilly was speaking about his last moments to people in the larger room, I could hear him, but could focus on the room. As he said Jackson’s last words and said this was his last moments, exactly so many years ago, he asked for silence. In the room you could hear the clock that was there. Pretty cool moment. Frank O’Reilly gives a great program.
I found out about the American Battlefield Trust from watching History Underground, and learn a lot from watching the videos. I love History with all my heart thanks to my Dad, who loved History too and thanks to him being in the military and moving so much, we got to visit a lot of historical places. I love the work that you do both in teaching us about our history and also for all the other important work you do. You make history come alive.
Were actually were there in 2012 and we were actually standing in the room when Stonewall Jackson died. It was a beautiful moment - poignancy and moving.
Stonewall Jackson was born in Clarksburg, Virginia (today's West Virginia) 1824. A statue of Stonewall Jackson is on the Capitol Grounds in Charleston, West Virginia.
We are all in your debt for this great series! Also, I remember reading that Grant Stopped at the death site in 1864 and a lady was telling him great things about Jackson. I believe he posted a guard to protect the house. Also, when we drive through Richmond VA to visit family always enjoy the name of the Veterans Administration Hospital 'McGuire Medical Center'
What has the NPS done with the original items from Jackson’s room in the office out building? When I visited the site in the early 80s, the scene in the room with the bed, quilt and mantle clock added such meaning to the site. Will the NPS return these items to the site?
I spent about 14 years living around Charleston (and often worked in Charleston), and I loved being able to kind of experience both the history of the American Revolution and the Civil War there. The decision for South Carolina to secede was made in Charleston. The first battle of the war was also in Charleston, since Ft. Sumter is right there in Charleston harbor right across from the Battery. From what I understand, people on the Battery were watching the battle from their balconies. Back in April, bodies of soldiers that died in the battle at Camden in 1780, while the British Army was withdrawing from South Carolina after Charleston fell to the British. The bodies of I believe 13 Americans and 1 British soldiers who were discovered were reburied, and you can see the videos here on TH-cam. I found it very touching. They are buried at Ft. Jackson for now, but they are going to make a cemetery for them and they will eventually be moved there. I guess that our military will have to get some Union Jack flags to put on his grave on the days we do that for our soldiers. I am all for that. Both sides fought for what they believed in and died for that cause. King Charles III sent his representative from Atlanta (she serves the Southern region of the US) to be there too, and since the British soldier that was killed belonged to one of the Highland regiments, a Scottish regiment was sent to carry his coffin. It was a very moving ceremony.,
I hope this is open the 1st week of October. I'll be in Petersburg and want to visit Guinea Station. I don't think I'll have another opportunity to do so for a long time.
Just behind you lived my husband's grandmother..one day while chopping wood for the fireplace, they came across a number of pieces of wood where the bark had fallen off..the wood was covered in Civil War signatures..all the wood is in the Smithsonian now..is that cool or what..we find all kinds of things on their property
Generals were killed and families lost their husbands, brothers, fathers,,, Many generals had CHILDREN die while they were away at war. Longstreet had 3 children die in one week to scarlet fever. ( Jan. 25 - Feb1 1862)
"You have lost your left arm, but I have lost my right,” said General Robert E. Lee, commander of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, in a message to his “right-hand,” Lieutenant General Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson.
No doubt Jackson achieved astounding success in his one year of command. ( We shall over look the "seven days". ) But let us. not forget he was up against the "Junior Varsity". U S Grant opined that had he tried the same thing against Sherman, Sheridan, or Thomas, he would have had his ass handed to him. ( My words. Not Grant's ) He's been called a "genius at war", and perhaps he was. He did like to kill, and that's important in a military commander. He was so secretive he couldn't allow his immediate subordinats to have any idea what to expect, he was a major league asshole when it came to any tiny little breach or perceived breach of rules. putting Lee's best division commanders under arrest. An old testament fire and brimstone religious fanatic,, he thought he was going to heaven. I don't think so. I think he lost his chance at heaven when he murdered those 5 scared boys back at Mt Pisgah.
It was good that he was shot. Because of this he was absent from Gettysburg and did not take the heights the first day of battle. By his death he shortened the war so many would survive. Am I sad he was killed? As a human, yes loss of life is always tragic. But as a patriot to the republic no I am not sad he was killed.
As both a "human and a patriot," what are your thoughts on America's actions in the IraqWar? Was the loss of life of the Iraqi people at the hands of the patriotic Americans tragic?
The loss of innocent life is always tragic due to war. But in this case this was an American war and for most of it it was the military on both sides that were killed. Innocent people were killed like civilians however the bulk were military soldiers.
@alanbarthelette7386. By that logic if we shouldn’t glorify “traitors” let’s remove Benedict Arnold’s monument from Saratoga. His acts of treason was far more despicable than Lee or Jackson could have ever done.
Stonewall Jackson’s. What a genius. Go to VMI in Lexington VA his horse SORREL is in the museum. He believed that’s why he was the Greatest.God bless Jackson.
Had Gen.Jackson sent a trusted Lt. on that recon instead, & Jackson was east of Gettysburg, on July1st, looking at Culps hill,& Cemetery hill, instead of Ewell?
In 1974 My bride and I traveled from California to all the major Civil War battlefields for our Honeymoon from Gettysburg to New Orleans. We stopped here in July of 1974 and met a most interesting National Park ranger who was stationed there he had so many stories. He was one of the highlights of our trips around the southeastern United States going from battlefield to battlefield. Great video Sarah and Chris!
wow i hope to marry a girl as cool as your wife haha
This was a great series. I think it is important to remember that at least 620,000 soldiers died in the American Civil War. Whether it was Jackson here, Cleburn at Franklin, Reynolds at Gettysburgh, Johnson at Shiloh or one of the countless unknown young officers or privates on 100 different fields of the war, some family suffered as a result, and some great future potential was lost. We can never know how history and our country may have changed had those individuals lived. It is not just the death of Jackson that may have had an outcome on the war and the country - it is potentially any of them.
Another great video on the U.S. civil war.
Love this series...Hope to see all at gettysburg 160 anniversary. Thank you chris and sarah.
I too have stepped through that door and visited the room , it was a moving experience
A vivid, poignant and wonderful presentation from Chris and Sarah. A familiar story skilfully translated by Chris and Sarah into an intimate but engaging and educational narrative. As ever, Chris and the team open up a broader vista of interpretation and gently welcome and encourage us to respectfully engage with history and play our own important role in its resonance, understanding and meaning. Thank you so much, and best wishes from Scotland.
Awesome video thank you so very much for sharing 👍👍❤️
Simply great... Thank you for all your efforts!!!
Superb-Gary, Chris, Kris, Sarah and co-so thankful for your excellent scholarship and passion for this subject.
Thanks, from one admirer to another. Great storytelling.
Superb series all the way through! Carry on this great work!
My great great grandfather fought under Stonewall Jackson at Chancellorsville. He was mortally wounded, died three days later and was buried at Hazel Grove.
I had the honor of visiting the place where Mr Jackson died it was very special and hope to meet him someday in heaven, thanks nice presentation
I wouldn’t go looking for him in heaven. He died a traitor. There’s a special place in hell for secesh like him.
Another fantastic series of videos and this final bonus was so moving. Thank you Chris and Sarah.
Amazing!
I have really enjoyed the different and unique points of view that Sarah has presented throughout this series that go beyond the general military narrative...her "human interest" perspectives have helped to broaden the traditional interpretation...please continue to include her in future videos!
I was blessed to visit the site about 8 years ago. Read his biography and knew about his last days. When I stepped inside, I immediately cried. Knowing that he met his baby girl for the 1st time. I was so overwhelmed feeling his joy and knowing his faith that he died peacefully. Will never forget my experience
How appropriate that there is a black cloud over Chris's head at the start of the video.
Thank you.
I was there on one anniversary. Frank O’Reilly was speaking about Jackson’s final moments. I was one of the first into the building and went immediately to the room. There is a fence in there that only allows you to step right inside the door. As Mr. O’Reilly was speaking about his last moments to people in the larger room, I could hear him, but could focus on the room. As he said Jackson’s last words and said this was his last moments, exactly so many years ago, he asked for silence. In the room you could hear the clock that was there. Pretty cool moment. Frank O’Reilly gives a great program.
Thank you for showing this video . This was great as well very sad. Thank you Chris and Sara . ❤️💯🙏🏻
I found out about the American Battlefield Trust from watching History Underground, and learn a lot from watching the videos. I love History with all my heart thanks to my Dad, who loved History too and thanks to him being in the military and moving so much, we got to visit a lot of historical places. I love the work that you do both in teaching us about our history and also for all the other important work you do. You make history come alive.
Excellent commentary
Great job you 2, right on point👍🏻
As great as this series was, this ending just set the bar even higher. Great job!
Were actually were there in 2012 and we were actually standing in the room when Stonewall Jackson died. It was a beautiful moment - poignancy and moving.
Let us cross over the river and rest under the shade of Trees, Gen Thomas Stonewall Jackson dies- May 10 1863, of pneumonia and fever!
Stonewall Jackson was born in Clarksburg, Virginia (today's West Virginia) 1824. A statue of Stonewall Jackson is on the Capitol Grounds in Charleston, West Virginia.
We are all in your debt for this great series! Also, I remember reading that Grant Stopped at the death site in 1864 and a lady was telling him great things about Jackson. I believe he posted a guard to protect the house. Also, when we drive through Richmond VA to visit family always enjoy the name of the Veterans Administration Hospital 'McGuire Medical Center'
Great story telling. 👍🏻😁
I hope that house is adequately secured. I was there several years ago.
Been there when Jackson’s room was still intact…very special visit. The smaller old rail lines were still visible.
Been There.
The train added to the poignancy of this video. Thanks for sharing this.
What has the NPS done with the original items from Jackson’s room in the office out building? When I visited the site in the early 80s, the scene in the room with the bed, quilt and mantle clock added such meaning to the site. Will the NPS return these items to the site?
Maybe the NPS could put them there when the building is open. The building certainly qualifies as being at high risk, even without those items.
Jackson's faith in Christ would have saved him if he died on the field or at the shrine or if he had survived the war.
Amen!
😂
Ya ok. I'm sure Christ would of saved him.
I spent about 14 years living around Charleston (and often worked in Charleston), and I loved being able to kind of experience both the history of the American Revolution and the Civil War there. The decision for South Carolina to secede was made in Charleston. The first battle of the war was also in Charleston, since Ft. Sumter is right there in Charleston harbor right across from the Battery. From what I understand, people on the Battery were watching the battle from their balconies. Back in April, bodies of soldiers that died in the battle at Camden in 1780, while the British Army was withdrawing from South Carolina after Charleston fell to the British. The bodies of I believe 13 Americans and 1 British soldiers who were discovered were reburied, and you can see the videos here on TH-cam. I found it very touching. They are buried at Ft. Jackson for now, but they are going to make a cemetery for them and they will eventually be moved there. I guess that our military will have to get some Union Jack flags to put on his grave on the days we do that for our soldiers. I am all for that. Both sides fought for what they believed in and died for that cause. King Charles III sent his representative from Atlanta (she serves the Southern region of the US) to be there too, and since the British soldier that was killed belonged to one of the Highland regiments, a Scottish regiment was sent to carry his coffin. It was a very moving ceremony.,
Did visit this location. Yes, in the building.
A well mapped out look at the last days of general Jackson.
Excellent video! Why not show the interior of the building?
It's locked.
@@AmericanBattlefieldTrust That explains it ! Why wouldn't they give you access to it? Oh well.
I hope this is open the 1st week of October. I'll be in Petersburg and want to visit Guinea Station. I don't think I'll have another opportunity to do so for a long time.
Just behind you lived my husband's grandmother..one day while chopping wood for the fireplace, they came across a number of pieces of wood where the bark had fallen off..the wood was covered in Civil War signatures..all the wood is in the Smithsonian now..is that cool or what..we find all kinds of things on their property
You guys going to be at chickamauga in September?
A moving experience. Jackson was a great man.
Absolute home run. Nothing more to say.
Generals were killed and families lost their husbands, brothers, fathers,,, Many generals had CHILDREN die while they were away at war. Longstreet had 3 children die in one week to scarlet fever. ( Jan. 25 - Feb1 1862)
Why did the name of the site change?
Please consider featuring French Indian War battle sites.
Started in Pennsylvania. Washington surrender July 4th 1754.
I was going to listen to this but realized I had to pause the video and go and change into a black suit.
The best general North America has ever had
"You have lost your left arm, but I have lost my right,” said General Robert E. Lee, commander of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, in a message to his “right-hand,” Lieutenant General Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson.
Who here has seen Stephen Lang’s portrayal of Jackson in 2003’s Gods and Generals?
The "Too Long, Didn't Read" (TLDR) is:
He's not buried here! 🤣
Sarah went into what ifs. Made me Wonder. Would the pneumonia have killed him even if he didn't get wounded?
Great video but I miss the manic presentation of Garry Adelman.
He was shooting new step into history videos during our Chancellorsville series. "Garry will return . . ."
@AMERICANBATTLEFIELDTRUST PREHAPS GARRY NEEDS TIME ALONE EVEN THOUGH HE CAN BE GOOFY LIKE WITH THAT WARGAME
"He's mad as a spring hare".
-Ewell
Sandy Pendleton's question was unnecessary. The battle was too fluid for Jackson to provide a recommendation.
I am personally convinced that if Jackson had lived, things would have turned out very different. Just my opinion.
Poisoning will do that to you. Ask his doctor for the truth.
What does COVID have to do with them removing the items. The world has lost its sanity
The building wasn't open during COVID. Because it was unattended, the high-value items were removed for safekeeping.
@@emergingcivilwar8965 is this an old video, or did they never put it back? This is definitely on my summer to do list.
@@RunTheBallDC4L this is a new video from a few days ago. Just look it up
I think the shermanator in the Jackson fight would have been the fight of the century but I'd put my money on the shermanator
Stonewall Dies!??!
Damn spoiler headers...
No doubt Jackson achieved astounding success in his one year of command. ( We shall over look the "seven days". ) But let us. not forget he was up against the "Junior Varsity". U S Grant opined that had he tried the same thing against Sherman, Sheridan, or Thomas, he would have had his ass handed to him. ( My words. Not Grant's ) He's been called a "genius at war", and perhaps he was. He did like to kill, and that's important in a military commander. He was so secretive he couldn't allow his immediate subordinats to have any idea what to expect, he was a major league asshole when it came to any tiny little breach or perceived breach of rules. putting Lee's best division commanders under arrest. An old testament fire and brimstone religious fanatic,, he thought he was going to heaven. I don't think so. I think he lost his chance at heaven when he murdered those 5 scared boys back at Mt Pisgah.
It was good that he was shot. Because of this he was absent from Gettysburg and did not take the heights the first day of battle. By his death he shortened the war so many would survive. Am I sad he was killed? As a human, yes loss of life is always tragic. But as a patriot to the republic no I am not sad he was killed.
As both a "human and a patriot," what are your thoughts on America's actions in the IraqWar? Was the loss of life of the Iraqi people at the hands of the patriotic Americans tragic?
The loss of innocent life is always tragic due to war. But in this case this was an American war and for most of it it was the military on both sides that were killed. Innocent people were killed like civilians however the bulk were military soldiers.
Thanks to the Carolina Confederates (18th North Carolina)for being alert and not allowing Jackson to pass unmolested.
God bless America where it's ok to be a fan boy of people who were on the wrong side of history
Can’t understand why you glorify traitors to this country. I know I must be missing something but I just don’t understand it.
@alanbarthelette7386. By that logic if we shouldn’t glorify “traitors” let’s remove Benedict Arnold’s monument from Saratoga. His acts of treason was far more despicable than Lee or Jackson could have ever done.
everyone's favorite religious lunatic
Stonewall Jackson’s. What a genius. Go to VMI in Lexington VA his horse SORREL is in the museum. He believed that’s why he was the Greatest.God bless Jackson.
Had Gen.Jackson sent a trusted Lt. on that recon instead, & Jackson was east of Gettysburg, on July1st, looking at Culps hill,& Cemetery hill, instead of Ewell?