That is not only close to the truth...because the truth in that charge is just not imaginable...the weird sounds of battle, all these men pumped with adrenaline, the fear, the cries, the sounds, the smells, we cannot imagine how it must have been marching on, while at left and right there are arms, legs, heads flying arround, blood everywhere, friends and relatives crying in pain, the knowledge, that only marching forward is an option; retreat would be too dangerous! Marching forward, shoulders high as if there were a tornado; a tprnado of bullets .... It must be like Hell.... In memory of those brave men: TheRebelYellGreetsFromHell!!!
I had an ancestor and several other kin that were part of that charge. They were in the 26th North Carolina and all of them were either killed or wounded and captured. I had another group of kin in the 60th Georgia Regiment of Gordon's Georgia Brigade that launched a successful and powerful assault on Day 1. The drove the Yankee's through the city of Gettysburg and to the heights beyond.
I read where a union soldier said it looked like the whole south had come. Today s union reenactors could say it looked like all the McDonald s customers had come.
awesome video, I really like the point of view that is present in your videos, a lot of people have kinda weird views from there go pros but I feel that yours was far better. quick question though, do you know if there are any reenactments like this in Virginia? I haven't been able to find any
Ok can you explain to me how to get into one of these units and do this? Im really trying to participate in the 175th event and then the 200 after that but i have no idea how to get into this kind of thing
You can make your own or find a cartridge maker from the group you're going to join and have him make them for you. Note: if you decide to make your own, do not use any plastic containers as bowls, measuring tools, etc. As plastic causes friction when met with black powder. Also, use Goex FFG black powder instead of other brands
I'm a federal reenactor, and I've always wanted to know how the southern side differs. I live in a historically Confederate state, and I've always admired the spirit of rebels. Plus, the first person POV really creates total immersion!
Being so close to the firing line they ain't movin' too fast ! I would think their movements might be a bit more urgent, no ? Slighly scared, or perhaps a little scared shitless to ? Though of course, not obviously. Especially veterans of battle, but if you look close you might tell ? I dunno.
We don't use our ramrods for safety reasons. Safety comes first...above everything else. If we were to use our ramrods, there would be the chance that someone, during the heat of battle, would accidentally leave theirs in then when they fire they would obviously be shooting out their ramrod which could seriously injure someone.
The fact that there was a reenactor running around with a go-pro tickles me pink, such a great post!!!! I hope there wern't a lot of douchebags going "oh my what is this strange device!?"
I cant even imagine what they felt knowing that charge might be there last ? Men leaving wifes behind kids moms and dads ect. They were so young imagine being there hearing the cries of pain moaning! Guys praying knowing there about to die!! They had there whole lifes ahead of them and they got cut short for what? So people can walk in a restaurant go for a walk and nobody bother them' or just for them to live? But!!!! Those soldiers sufferd they had it the worst mothers n fathers never seeing there son agian!! Even today nobody is thankful for them they just put down them condem them yet they lost there lives for them....
Because that is not how a charge is carried out in this period. The larger the unit charging, the more mass confusion is created. Typically, charges would be done in a column of brigades, three thick, known as an assault formation. Each brigade would move forward then charge one at a time. In this style of combat, it is much more efficient to do it this way than to create a massive line out of your division, then carge at the same time.
+Robby House they normally tell ya how many men were killed in each battle from the unit you are portraying . our first battle of the week the unit from MS. we were suppose to be was wiped out at the rail road cut , so it was not hard
Mosby's men Hmmmm, a Confederate brigade of Mississippians that got chewed up pretty badly in a rail road cut. Had to be Joe Davis's brigade during the fighting of Day 1. Yepper the Confederates won the day, but not before making some pretty embarrassing tactical misfires.
Night Stalker935 nor Burnside's fiasco at Fredericksburg, and I can think of a few disastrous frontal assaults of Sherman as he made his way towards Atlanta.... You misunderstand my previous comments if you think I was being critical of Lee's great Army of Northern Virginia. Hands down it was the finest collection of infantry on Earth at the time. There just wasn't enough of them to effect a victory big enough to convince the North to let the south have her independence.
The battle of Gettysburg was in July 1863. Pickets charge was on the last day of the battle on July 3rd 1863. 150 years ago from when this video of made in 2013.
Is there any written accounts of what a soldier that was in the battle of Gettysburg felt about these reenactments(when did the reenactments start?)? I would think it might be insulting to have people "play" such a terrible battle were you lost so many of your friends and saw so much suffering.
The first known reenactment of the War for Southern Independence actually took place during the war. Members of the 5th Kentucky Infantry put on a recreation of one of their previous engagements to entertain themselves and their commander at Camp Tazewell in 1862.
I feel like a wuss. My first reenactment last weekend was exhausting, and if we didn't have the order "arms port" then I would have stopped or passed out with that 9 pound rifle at shoulder arms. I also can't run fast in all the gear, and I'm not even fat, I'm 5'10 181 pounds. These act like it's nothing though. P.S. there was a fat old man who was a 30+ year veteran in the ranks who ran faster than me... What an embarrassment, maybe I should quit all together xD
I don't know maybe because I was watching this from a go pro camera from the confederate side but the movements of compinies was disorganized seems the whole thing was not to we'll or castrated ,,,far very defferent from the 125 that I was a part of these guys are yelling the rebel yell bands on the FEILD seems anyone was doing what they wanted to do from what I have seen from this video if I had to choose the 125th was better the 125 was more better scripted we had way more cannon maybe I missed it where was the cannon duel ? Well I do give these men credit they are still keeping the hobby alive but in my eyes that's all I could say( artillery men from a virgina battery along time ago )
Irregular uniforms as always. I know that the Confederacy never did place their uniform designs for the forces, but I really wish they would've taken a few months to at least give their troops a sense of what to wear and what not to. I mean, I was browsing through a small fact book my History teacher had in his cabinet, and I stumbled across a photograph of a Confederate cavalryman with jaguar pants, I ended up accidentally spitting a bit from laughing. Again, I really wish they imposed some decent form of regulation. At least here, we have you lot in a beige/tan drab.
The CSA did have a uniform regulation for its army. It was followed to the letter by regular army troops, which was an extremely small group in the CS army. The army was primarily made up of state volunteers, which were not required to wear the national regulation uniform. Instead, the state and unit commanders would create standards for their regiments. For instance, South Carolina preferred french blue for their troops, while many western states seemed partial to grey with blue collars, cuffs, and trouser stripes. However, this varied due to the commander's taste, or the unit designation. But on the whole, uniforms would be nearly identical amongst each regiment, especially by this point in the war. The reason confederate reenactors rarely match up their uniforms is because it would be insanely expensive to have a copy of every uniform ever worn by CS troops. What we can do is wear uniforms that are made correctly, and are of the same construction as the uniforms worn during the battle or unit being portrayed. For instance, the majority of coats worn by the men in this video are a common variant of coats made by the Richmond clothing Bureau, which the Army of Northern Virginia utilized heavily.
I was at the 150th. I was 16. BUT i kick myself because at the ball the previous night, i met a beautiful redhead girl and i skipped the charge in order to hangout in the woods and makeout with her/sex. At the time i thought it was cooler than charging, but now i kick myself because it would have been cool. At least i fought the first 2 days.
It looks GREAT!! only one problem. There's no artillery shells tearing through the woods while the boys form up. No chaos of civil war combat. Too "smooth and orderly". I dont think it quite went down that way. Wadnt nobuddy talking 'bout standin' behind yer suninlauw........
You lose again Johnny.... Obama and Company have totally disgraced, maligned, and banned your Battle Flag from being flown just about anywhere too...many of you Dolts Voted for him too didn't you....suckers
amazing footage pards, I was at the 150 as Union Infantry .. I just returned from the 2 - Gettysburg 160th events *LIKED* the video
Sharing my few from the Field as Union Infantry at the 160th at th-cam.com/video/2RyZuGAAijM/w-d-xo.html
This must confuse the shit out of them ghosts
“150 years and my boys haven’t aged a day!”- some Confederate ghost
Oh no, they’ve definitely aged
I was there, my unit was on your left I believe.
That is not only close to the truth...because the truth in that charge is just not imaginable...the weird sounds of battle, all these men pumped with adrenaline, the fear, the cries, the sounds, the smells, we cannot imagine how it must have been marching on, while at left and right there are arms, legs, heads flying arround, blood everywhere, friends and relatives crying in pain, the knowledge, that only marching forward is an option; retreat would be too dangerous! Marching forward, shoulders high as if there were a tornado; a tprnado of bullets ....
It must be like Hell....
In memory of those brave men:
TheRebelYellGreetsFromHell!!!
3:48 you can hear them playing "The Bonnie Blue Flag"
Yes
I had an ancestor and several other kin that were part of that charge. They were in the 26th North Carolina and all of them were either killed or wounded and captured. I had another group of kin in the 60th Georgia Regiment of Gordon's Georgia Brigade that launched a successful and powerful assault on Day 1. The drove the Yankee's through the city of Gettysburg and to the heights beyond.
I bet hearing the droning sounds of planes overhead has got to be a mood breaker.
+2SWOOD you could not really hear them with the cannon fire on the field
I lost all faith when the guy with the sunglasses on walked by.
I read where a union soldier said it looked like the whole south had come. Today s union reenactors could say it looked like all the McDonald s customers had come.
These reenactors flat take their work seriously. I got a huge thrill from merely seeing a campsite reconstruction.
I wish I was at the 150th Gettysburg, a shame I will probably never see an event on the same scale.
I was in the 135th which was apparently much bigger
Wait til the 200th
@@RH421939 The 125th was enormous…
@richarddmoore how did you mount your go pro? what did you do to conceal it?
I happed across this video and was mesmerized by the who thing. Great vantage point...it's amazing that this actually happened. Thanks for posting.
awesome video, I really like the point of view that is present in your videos, a lot of people have kinda weird views from there go pros but I feel that yours was far better. quick question though, do you know if there are any reenactments like this in Virginia? I haven't been able to find any
thanks for the info!
BTW I wore the GoPro at eye level.
My dad is the general off Longstreets Corp I’m 9 drummer for c s a I’m with 1 Kentucky
Your lucky to have great lineage. Keep the history alive & remember our past war veterans .
Ok can you explain to me how to get into one of these units and do this? Im really trying to participate in the 175th event and then the 200 after that but i have no idea how to get into this kind of thing
What camera did you use & how did you mount it or hold it? Was it like a head mount camera?
Also do you have any other social media platforms?
Did you happen to get video of the 1st day’s fight?
Increíble me encantó está rechimba de video,una experiencia magnífica para los amantes de la historia
Are you able to hide your camera at all? If so, how? I am wanting to do same thing at reenactments
+eddieharr yeah you need to wrap it up ,people will not like seeing a go pro sticking out , use a chest rig and stick in your shirt
Who do you reenact with? I’m with the 142nd PVI Co. F
@Chris Longski PVI stands for Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry I think
28:37 for beautiful volley fire
I was in this battle. 2200 Ga infantryman in this battle.
where do i get cartridges from?
You can make your own or find a cartridge maker from the group you're going to join and have him make them for you. Note: if you decide to make your own, do not use any plastic containers as bowls, measuring tools, etc. As plastic causes friction when met with black powder. Also, use Goex FFG black powder instead of other brands
A reminder of how "hurry up and wait" always has been and will always be a cornerstone of military life.
I've always been fond of Civil War Reenactments and always have wanted to be apart of one. How do you participate in one?
Find a group near you that does each state should have one
Money and research
i was there in 1963.
I so love reenactments!
I reanact too just haven't been to there
Was that robert e lee at 28:47?
+Parker Bowen yeah they had a good r.e. lee
+Mosby's men robert e. lee was on horse back that could not have been him at 28;47 , he gave a good speech before the battle
Awesome video, Best point of view ive seen
Whos CAS is that I hear??
Nice point of view
I'm a federal reenactor, and I've always wanted to know how the southern side differs. I live in a historically Confederate state, and I've always admired the spirit of rebels. Plus, the first person POV really creates total immersion!
Loved my whole life in Canada but I will be moving to Florida this august, oh lord am I excited to join a Civil war reenactment
Being so close to the firing line they ain't movin' too fast ! I would think their movements might be a bit more urgent,
no ? Slighly scared, or perhaps a little scared shitless to ? Though of course, not obviously. Especially veterans of battle, but if you look close you might tell ? I dunno.
why font u use your ram rods
We don't use our ramrods for safety reasons. Safety comes first...above everything else. If we were to use our ramrods, there would be the chance that someone, during the heat of battle, would accidentally leave theirs in then when they fire they would obviously be shooting out their ramrod which could seriously injure someone.
In this one reenactment someone left their rod in and killed someone when he shot.
I could only imagine the emotions of all those men during the war🥺
I would love to watch this reenactment! Will the pandemic end?!
The fact that there was a reenactor running around with a go-pro tickles me pink, such a great post!!!! I hope there wern't a lot of douchebags going "oh my what is this strange device!?"
+Shunkawakan Okawingha well be for you run your mouth you should know that the go pro's were wrapped up at most all you could see was a lens
+Mosby's men run my mouth? I said it was great! no negativity in the slightest implied lol
thank you for the video. seeing the front lines i just can't believe all the stupid comments to this video. thanks again
I never understood why they call it Pickett's charge. Everyone except Pickett charged !
I can't wait to finally be apart of this event. The only problem I'm facing is should I be a Billy Yankee or a Johnny Rebel?
be a redcoat like me
If I ever take part in reenactments, which I plan to, I think I'll play on both sides.
What's your home state?
What is your units name?
codealamode101 I don't have a unit. I haven't had a chance to sign up yet but I plan on it next year.
I cant even imagine what they felt knowing that charge might be there last ? Men leaving wifes behind kids moms and dads ect. They were so young imagine being there hearing the cries of pain moaning! Guys praying knowing there about to die!! They had there whole lifes ahead of them and they got cut short for what? So people can walk in a restaurant go for a walk and nobody bother them' or just for them to live? But!!!! Those soldiers sufferd they had it the worst mothers n fathers never seeing there son agian!! Even today nobody is thankful for them they just put down them condem them yet they lost there lives for them....
Why couldn't they charge properly and all at once?
Because that is not how a charge is carried out in this period. The larger the unit charging, the more mass confusion is created. Typically, charges would be done in a column of brigades, three thick, known as an assault formation. Each brigade would move forward then charge one at a time. In this style of combat, it is much more efficient to do it this way than to create a massive line out of your division, then carge at the same time.
are bayonet aloud
daylen miller very
How or who determines when a reinactor soldier is knocked out of action and thus lays down?
It's usually up to the reenactor. Especially if the reenactment is not scripted
+Robby House they normally tell ya how many men were killed in each battle from the unit you are portraying .
our first battle of the week the unit from MS. we were suppose to be was wiped out at the rail road cut , so it was not hard
Mosby's men Hmmmm, a Confederate brigade of Mississippians that got chewed up pretty badly in a rail road cut. Had to be Joe Davis's brigade during the fighting of Day 1. Yepper the Confederates won the day, but not before making some pretty embarrassing tactical misfires.
Robby House No more stupider than when the Yanks charged into the crater at Petersburg or Cold Harbor.
Night Stalker935 nor Burnside's fiasco at Fredericksburg, and I can think of a few disastrous frontal assaults of Sherman as he made his way towards Atlanta....
You misunderstand my previous comments if you think I was being critical of Lee's great Army of Northern Virginia. Hands down it was the finest collection of infantry on Earth at the time. There just wasn't enough of them to effect a victory big enough to convince the North to let the south have her independence.
2:47 uh oh, sounds like the union called in their _ye olde air force_
what are they waiting for...................................... a bus to take them home
How I wish it was 2013 . Cool 😎
135th was even better!
Didn't the civil war started in 1861 and ended in 1865 that would be 152 years
The battle of Gettysburg was in July 1863. Pickets charge was on the last day of the battle on July 3rd 1863. 150 years ago from when this video of made in 2013.
Your smart
Many of these men would have been vomiting then attacking anyway.
Is there any written accounts of what a soldier that was in the battle of Gettysburg felt about these reenactments(when did the reenactments start?)? I would think it might be insulting to have people "play" such a terrible battle were you lost so many of your friends and saw so much suffering.
+ThatOneRG17 Actually, several veterans reenacted the Battle of Gettysburg in the 1930's.
The first known reenactment of the War for Southern Independence actually took place during the war. Members of the 5th Kentucky Infantry put on a recreation of one of their previous engagements to entertain themselves and their commander at Camp Tazewell in 1862.
I feel like a wuss. My first reenactment last weekend was exhausting, and if we didn't have the order "arms port" then I would have stopped or passed out with that 9 pound rifle at shoulder arms. I also can't run fast in all the gear, and I'm not even fat, I'm 5'10 181 pounds. These act like it's nothing though.
P.S. there was a fat old man who was a 30+ year veteran in the ranks who ran faster than me... What an embarrassment, maybe I should quit all together xD
James W. Starnes I'm a flag bearer and I feel like I'm going to drop it everytime we rush the rebs
+Naval Aviator Will you be at perryville
James W. Starnes it's unlikely but I'm.not sure yet
+Naval Aviator I am, are yo u watching the debate right now?
No not at the moment
Incoming airborne!!!
a you can be a flag man when you record a next video
30 trillion dollars ago ...
I don't know maybe because I was watching this from a go pro camera from the confederate side but the movements of compinies was disorganized seems the whole thing was not to we'll or castrated ,,,far very defferent from the 125 that I was a part of these guys are yelling the rebel yell bands on the FEILD seems anyone was doing what they wanted to do from what I have seen from this video if I had to choose the 125th was better the 125 was more better scripted we had way more cannon maybe I missed it where was the cannon duel ? Well I do give these men credit they are still keeping the hobby alive but in my eyes that's all I could say( artillery men from a virgina battery along time ago )
Irregular uniforms as always.
I know that the Confederacy never did place their uniform designs for the forces, but I really wish they would've taken a few months to at least give their troops a sense of what to wear and what not to.
I mean, I was browsing through a small fact book my History teacher had in his cabinet, and I stumbled across a photograph of a Confederate cavalryman with jaguar pants, I ended up accidentally spitting a bit from laughing.
Again, I really wish they imposed some decent form of regulation. At least here, we have you lot in a beige/tan drab.
The CSA did have a uniform regulation for its army. It was followed to the letter by regular army troops, which was an extremely small group in the CS army. The army was primarily made up of state volunteers, which were not required to wear the national regulation uniform. Instead, the state and unit commanders would create standards for their regiments. For instance, South Carolina preferred french blue for their troops, while many western states seemed partial to grey with blue collars, cuffs, and trouser stripes. However, this varied due to the commander's taste, or the unit designation.
But on the whole, uniforms would be nearly identical amongst each regiment, especially by this point in the war. The reason confederate reenactors rarely match up their uniforms is because it would be insanely expensive to have a copy of every uniform ever worn by CS troops. What we can do is wear uniforms that are made correctly, and are of the same construction as the uniforms worn during the battle or unit being portrayed. For instance, the majority of coats worn by the men in this video are a common variant of coats made by the Richmond clothing Bureau, which the Army of Northern Virginia utilized heavily.
I was at the 150th. I was 16. BUT i kick myself because at the ball the previous night, i met a beautiful redhead girl and i skipped the charge in order to hangout in the woods and makeout with her/sex. At the time i thought it was cooler than charging, but now i kick myself because it would have been cool. At least i fought the first 2 days.
😂😂🤣🤣
I would be smokeing a blunt waiting if i was in that lolol i really would...
Do these reenactments allow women photographers? lol
RAM YOUR SHOT MAN, it will reduce misfires.
The for-hores-men of the apple-octopus.
It looks GREAT!!
only one problem.
There's no artillery shells tearing through the woods while the boys form up.
No chaos of civil war combat.
Too "smooth and orderly".
I dont think it quite went down that way.
Wadnt nobuddy talking 'bout standin' behind yer suninlauw........
You lose again Johnny.... Obama and Company have totally disgraced, maligned, and banned your Battle Flag from being flown just about anywhere too...many of you Dolts Voted for him too didn't you....suckers