The Final Attack at Antietam: Unknown Antietam 159
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ก.ย. 2021
- Many people drive along Branch Ave. at Antietam, but few people take the time to walk along this important section of the Confederate line. With the battle hanging in the balance, Confederate General A. P. Hill and his Light Division arrived in the nick of time to save Robert E. Lee's army. Dennis Frye and Tom Clemens of the Save Historic Antietam Foundation join American Battlefield Trust Chief Historian Garry Adelman, and historian Bryan Cheeseboro for an examination of this chapter of Antietam history.
This video is part of our battlefield tour series commemorating the 159th Anniversary of the Battle of Antietam. You can view the whole playlist here: • Unknown Antietam: 159t...
The American Battlefield Trust preserves America’s hallowed battlegrounds and educates the public about what happened there and why it matters. We permanently protect these battlefields for future generations as a lasting and tangible memorial to the brave soldiers who fought in the American Revolution, the War of 1812, and the Civil War.
My wife and I had the great pleasure of meeting Tom Clemens and sharing a beer with him some years ago now - truly a great historian, and a lovely bloke!
These guys are like rock stars to me.
Thank you all for everything you do!
I'm so excited and happy that we now own the property! Congratulations!
Another stellar presentation, thanks so much for being there to show all who couldn’t make it. I haven’t been there since 2017, but planning a trip there for next spring.
Congrats acquiring the two properties to preserve them! That's awesome news.
My 3x great grandfather and his two brothers were part of the 28th NC Inf and fought at this part of Antietam.
So wonderful you know this
Sharpsburg!
I love these videos because they give clarity to history that I have read.
This is excellent. And the description of the planned upgrades priceless.
Big props to the Homestead Grays, pride of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania!
A.P.Hill's Light Division was, if not THE best but definately one of the best divisions in the ANV. Quite an outstanding record of achievements on the battlefield.
I enjoy visiting the Civil War Battlefields in the fall, when the colors start changing and cooler temps.
Gentlemen, You all had wonderful presentation on the last phase of Antietam battlefield. This battlefield was the very first Civil War site I visited with my family. It always brings back fond memories when I see any historic reference to Antietam. Thank you American Battlefield Trust.
GREAT video! what an awesome presentation! giving us the final details of the end of Americas most bloodiest single day battle. This sounds So epic!
Great point from Bryan Cheeseboro. I remember wondering how on earth you got to that monument. I've not tried those new trails to it yet.
God bless the American Battlefield Trust
Today's the 234th anniversary of the signing of our COTUS.
I being a native Virginian and my great grandfather passed in Sharpsburg on September 17th appreciate what you men share. Such a senseless war! His name was James also, not a slave owner, a fisherman who answered the call. We need to keep the history alive and hopefully learn from it as I hope not to repeat it. Thanks!
Not a senseless war at all... Look what Freeing the slaves has done to this country. Confederates wanted to prevent the madness we endure today. Don't believe that? Put your kids in inner city public schools... You won't? Then, you're racist!
Thanks for this great video !
The Kanawha Division pushes all the way up the hills moved the Georgia units out but hit hard by AP HILL ARMY
As a Marylander the Maryland Campaign has always been my focal point of interest in the Civil War. I have been lucky to visit many other Civil War battlefields and sites, but this one has always been favorite. You guys do a wonderful job on these videos. Well done.
Massive fan of you guys and your videos are fantastic and take us back. Maybe this has been said before but do you think the use of drones may enhance the videos?
what do you know about the property in Hagerstown, which looks onto the battlefield and as of 1975 was owned by a man named Brandenburg. He was a college friend of my husband and we visited the farm. the woods on the back perimeter was very creepy indeed.! probably just me lol
Tom & Dennis credit to Washington County.
Give Dennis the sledgehammer!
How fitting that the Save Historic Antietam Foundation just finished tearing down the house on the property where Captain John Richardson's 2nd Company of the Washington Artilley was positioned during the battle.
Another great job gentlemen! Thanks!
One question for Gary: Are you going for the George G. Meade look?
Not intentionally
Burnside sent 10 k into the final assault? I thought his numbers were closer to 8 k before stacking the bridge and at least 2 regiments were greener than the corn the Rebs subsisted on.
The way things are these days politically speaking, preservation of our battlefields is very important. We can't forget what has been sacrificed in the past!
You guys ROCK. Thank you for your spirited commitment to awesome content
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Tom Clemens: 3 Thumbs Up; Steven Cassel, Columbus, OH
Why was a less than raw unit put on the flank of a major attack( 16th CT)?
Higher ups probably thought they would not likely get into trouble on their flank.😅 StCassel
6 Generals fell at Antietam - 3 Union, 3 Confederate.
If Mccellen had of not wasted 18 hours after finding Lee's battle plans the war would have been over! if Burnside had of kept fighting after his left flank collapsed he still would have taken the area.
Just don't angle the parking spots it is an inefficient use of the space.
General Daniel Hill was not allowed into some of the Confederate post war reunions because several observers witnessed former minister Daniel Hill answering Lincoln's prayer to God for a victory by taking Lee's orders and putting it on the ground on September 13,1862 and then getting on his horse to rid away.
Where in the world did you get that story ?
what was the casualty rate of 16 CT vol inf?
204 casualties out of 779. 43 killed at the battle, many would die later of their wounds
how is it dry and humid at the same time?
Means it wasn't raining
Bryan: You we're there 20 years ago? When you were just three years old? 🙂 You're welcome.
Why not move the houses to help the homeless
They're not a charity set up to aid the homeless and that trailer is falling down already. Besides the cost to move the house would be prohibitively expensive
Now do something about those power hungry park officers and maybe we can actually enjoy being there.
It’s too bad that this historical place has been seized by private property landowners I think it’s sadly the way of the future. Private property trumping the history of the Civil War.
What places ?
This was ALWAYS private property. The Civil War was fought amongst peoples homes and businesses and farms. Particularly in and around Antietam, while there is development going on,much of that land has been in private hands since before the battle. Those are family farms.
Would you deny those families their property rights? That area of Maryland at that time was fairly strongly Unionist. They should lose the use of their land because a battle happened there? That smacks of authoritarianism and communism.
You know what's sad American Battlefield Trust will preserve the Battlefields but they are silent when Confederate monuments are taken down and destroyed....
It's really sad about the Confederate monuments 😢😢
Joanne from Singapore 😢🇸🇬
In 1925 a US half dollar was minted to help fund the Stone Mountain memorial of Lee, Jackson and our confederate heroes. Now that dems are so giddy with power they want those sculptures in Georgia blasted off of that mountain. The coin says - to honor those soldiers of the south. Sadly, now we live in this new, progressive society that hates our southern pride. And they label our ancestors who fought against the northern invaders as traitors, fighting only for slavery - only 8% of southerners owned slaves!
I agree and am highly disappointed in all the well known and "high profiled" Civil War historians keeping quiet as statue after statue was removed. However they still want you to buy their books. Don't they realize that due to not taking a stand they have now helped jeopardize studying Confederate history. They want to save battlefields, but what good is that going to do when pretty soon you'll only be allowed to study or discuss only Union history, otherwise you'll be labeled a racist. (They already want all southerners to renounce their kin that fought in the war.) I noticed Ken Burns was quick to please his side of the political aisle by trashing every Confederate he could think of. Guess he figured he's made as much money as he could off of his documentary. If Confederate statues must come down then most all Founding Father statues should too. Slavery is slavery. Yes it should have never happened but it did. The Founding Fathers may have not fought for it on a battlefield but they did in Congress. Quit harping on just Confederates, be truthful, change the Capital's name, the money, and the flag. It after all flew on slave ships but that don't seem to matter. But the powers that be know they can fire their bases up by just concentrating on Confederates. Shame on them all especially the historians. The honor, bravery, and sacrifice of both sides that have been wrote about for decades hasn't changed. Only the messengers (the historians), have. Now whenever any of these so called historians talk about, write about, or do anything on the subject of the Confederate or the Confederacy, it won't mean anything to true students of the war. You can't be politically correct and be a true, trustworthy historian. Instead of speaking out, they became sheeple and went along, allowing history to be changed forever to please the previous mention politically correct.
this is not sad. their job is to preserve battlefields. primarily to buy land and transfer to the NPS. they have no political stance and take none. they are not a political organization. monuments not on their land or land they transferred to the NPS is not their problem. Rightly, they do not get involved in other people's business or politics that do not impact their work directly. they actively try to stop encroachment to battlefields. they are not a monument maker.
Thanks for setting the point straight on the purpose of the organization.
Too bad Garry had to throw his misguided yankeeish opinion on there at the beginning stating that Lee was soundly defeated when in fact the battle was a draw even though the Confederates were obviously greatly out numbered.
The South had better fighting men throughout the War. They were outnumbered.
Lee was forced to return to Virginia . Invasion of the North was stopped . How is that a draw ?
Seems foolish to grow soy when history says corn.. So worried about preservation yet growing a different crop. Why? After you've worked so hard to preserve! I don't get it....
Farmer's rotate crops in order improve soil health. It helps optimize soil nutrients and also helps fight weeds and other pests.