Quite true. It goes to show you that 100 years is not a long time to span. 100 years seems like forever when you're a kid, but once you get to 70 or 80, you realize how short 100 years really is!
My g-g-grandfather would've been there (95th NY),...BUT,...he fell and broke his hip a few weeks prior and wound up in the hospital for the FIRST TIME in his life, at 91 years of age! In fact, I'm fortunate enough to have many of his original Civil War documents/records/newspaper clippings/etc., including....his invitation from the Government of The United States to attend the commemorative ceremonies of the 75th Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg. Anyhow,...may God continue to bless the souls of these men,...BOTH,...Blue & Gray.
@@ShootYourRadio Not true at all. More than 60 percent of whites living in southern states at the time when slavery was legal either owned slaves or were involved in slavery in significant ways. You couldn't avoid slavery and not be a part of it because free labor from enslaved people was the LONE BUSINESS of the south. I wish all of you would stop making excuses for slavery and for those involved with slavery. They were all equally evil and equally guilty of the atrocities heaped upon black people. Yes, northern whites were racists and many also profited greatly from the theft of labor of enslaved people. My own parents and grandparents were horrible racists, but I have fought that legacy and reject every single racist statement they have made to me over the years. I wish all white Americans would do the same so we can finally rid ourselves of this evil, ugly legacy.
Thanks to recorded documents I found out I have three ancestors who fought in the civil war, two were immigrants from Germany, one from France. One of them, Private Jacub Schmitt served in the 9th illinois cavalry volunteer regiment. The other two infantry regiment. That's all the documents said.
@rep toob I only wish the Confederates had been successful in invading the North to burn cities,pillage communities,kill civilians,and rape women like Lincoln did to the South.
@Sue Taft John brown is a hero, tf? He killed slaveowners in an attempt to free slaves, the only reason that they didn't join him is because they couldn't without severe consequences
ChicagoBully1993 They really should limit people like you from using library computers. Like rides at park, “ you must be this tall to ride this ride”= “ you must be this smart to use this computer”.
@@davidbowman4259 ; Gullible and Stupid is a Poor Combination. We WILL Lose this country FOREVER in the Not - Too - Distant - Future because of the exact mindset you display. You WON'T understand how wrong you are until its too late.
If you could march sometimes 30 miles a day on tepid, tainted water and salt pork in a blazing sun, living into your 90's must have been a cakewalk. I love the old Confederate veteran that said "we got to within 10 feet of the Angle and we had to turn." The interviewer said "Soldiers don't run." The veteran says "Anyone that says that is a damned liar." Veterans always the same-no matter what time.
I'm trying to identify him. He apparently belonged to General Pettigrew's division, Davis's brigade on that day. He was right in the middle of that historic charge.
@@JohnnyReb Yea, Pettigrew's division got totally wrecked. If I remember correctly a Union brigade posted the day before that wasn't supposed to be there as it had been posted there the day before and it's CO apparently didn't get any new orders opened up a devastating flanking fire on top of the carnage reeked by Union artillery and musket fire from the direct front. I'm amazed at how these men could stand up to unimaginable carnage yet still keep going.
@@tomservo5347 I found out who he was. O. R. Gillette. He was by all accounts "Unreconstructed" till the very end. He refused the oath of allegiance. He died aged 99 waiting in the American Legion office of the Caddo Parish Louisiana Court House. His diet was sirloin steaks and beer even into his 90's.
Same as 2018 to middle of WWII in 1943. Just imagine in 2066 elderly vets talking about Gulf War to their grandchildren. Already adults exist who weren't born yet or recall how military towns had apartments emptied or war felt or meant to many.
Yeah, the WWII guys are the age the WWI vets were when I was a child. Someday, the Vietnam veterans will be in the same situation, and so time marches on. Just take the time to talk to a veteran if you ever get the chance to. Someday there will only be ghosts left and then their words will only be found in books.
And for my generation (millennials), the 75th anniversary of D-Day last year was the equivalent of the Greatest Generation during the 75th anniversary of Gettysburg.
@@3mate1 I joined the Navy in 1970 and worked for several WWII veterans during my time. Now looking back we are further from the Vietnam war ending now in 2020 that 1970 was from the end of WWII. I wonder if young people now truly grasp how the soldiers, sailors, Marines who fought WWII were young men mainly about 18 to 25. Hopes, dreams for a life ahead after the war and for many that opportunity never came. They werent always the old men we see hobbling around with a cane, they too were young once.
Blue or grey does not matter just don't get rid of the history. Leave the monuments up, those wanting them down probably could not tell u a 2 minute speech on it.
The people taking their monuments down are 2nd and 3rd gen Immigrants who couldn't give less of a shit about our history. They aren't Americans and it is becoming increasingly clear that they do not belong in this country.
While I mostly agree. Go watch the Atun Shei videos on a lot of these monuments. A good portion of them have nothing to do with the war and were very much racist shows of power in the 1930s, with VERY racist messages. I'd be fine rebranding them. Or moving them to a museum lot (though a lot of places don't want them because they aren't actually historically significant). But the battlefields for sure need to be left alone
And leaves all the honest history in our books! DiSantis is trying to RIP it out and change history here in my state of Florida! Absolutely disgusting.
And that was over a three-day battle. The Battle of Antietam had 25000 casualties in one day. Supposedly there was so much blood in the soil that when you walked across the ground it would bubble up.
Those ancient warriors meeting in the place where they once tried to kill each other, conscious that they were soon for death themselves, show a dignity and spirit of reconciliation that those still trying to re-fight the Civil War, slavery and states rights in the comments here could do well to learn from.
Our wars are filled with many horrors, still - however, these brave men suffered to experience one of the most violent and bloody battles in American history. Regardless of what side they were fighting for, they deserve all the respect and honor they had earned in their service.
2:41 This gent is Paul Sanguinetti who was a drummer boy for "K" Company 19th Virginia Infantry Regiment. He actually took part in Pickets Charge at Gettysburg on the 3rd day aged *15 years old.*
3:29 This gentleman was O. R. Gillette. He was by all accounts "Unreconstructed" till the very end. He refused the oath of allegiance. He died aged 99 waiting in the American Legion office of the Caddo Parish Louisiana Court House. His diet was sirloin steaks and beer even into his 90's.
Americans children need this in schools around America and bring back the books and teach the kids what so many Americans have died from trying to keep freedom
@@toddsmitts They both worked hard to reconcile the feelings of bitterness and reunite the country. Their sons and grandsons bled together side by side in the Spanish- American war. Their descendants shared the common hell of the trenches in WW1. And saved the WORLD from the jackboots of the Nazis and the rising sun of Japan. Each and every one of them are heroes in the highest regard.
3:08 I found his record. ___ Henry Banzett Residence was not listed; 20 years old. Enlisted on 8/29/1862 at New York City, NY as a Private. On 8/29/1862 he mustered into "I" Co. NY 57th Infantry He was transferred out on 12/20/1864 (Absent, POW, at transfer) On 12/20/1864 he transferred into "K" Co. NY 61st Infantry (date and method of discharge not given) He was listed as: * POW 10/14/1863 Auburn, VA Intra Regimental Company Transfers: * 8/13/1864 from company I to company E
These veterans, of both the Union and Confederate sides, saw the last flocks of the now-extinct Passenger Pigeon. The Confederate veterans also saw the last flocks of the now-extinct Carolina Parakeet.
I met my grandma My grandma has probably met a Civil War veteran That's Civil War veteran has probably met Revolutionary War veteran Revolutionary War veteran probably met the founding fathers
Real shame the British and French Empires never intervened on the side of the CSA. Also I live a stone's throw away from the shipyard where some Confederate Navy ships were built
@@BluntofHwicce Also highly doubtful that the British and the French would have joined the same sides, given that they were not exactly “besties” at the time. Plus if memory serves me, the British has a strong contingent on the Canadian border at some point during the war as there was a fear that the US would try and take Canada.
Ernest Walden how about you learn some history. Insulting someone over something you didn’t know is childish. Lincoln died in 1865. He was assassinated before the war ended by John Wilkes Booth.
a true treasure to go into the past. what strikes me is the manners, lack of stress, the effort to dress.. technology has destroyed human culture and spirit. look how healthy and strong they are for 90 years at a time when medicine was primitive, no antibiotics, etc. Drugs are also destroying humans and the mind and spirit. Men and women were far stronger pre-technology because they had to be, no social security, no pensions.
I’m tired of people ignorantly and hypocritically attacking confederate soldiers. You can easily find bad politicians on both sides, but soldiers on both sides fought for their home and family. Both should be respected
And unlike the woke crowd, the Union vets were more forgiving and accepting toward Confederate-related things. Also, unlike the woke crowd, they were were shot at by actual Confederates.
Hell, now there's no distinction between men and women! You can't even say "women" anymore. You're supposed to say "people who menstruate." I kid you not! Ask J.K. Rowling!
The American civil war wasn't just about slavery, most confederate soldiers did not own slaves, to my mind it was mostly an aggressive move by the north, and 600,000 men died needlessly. And to the fallen I salute you, and to the bankers who funded it , I turn my back
Very dangerous narrative you're pushing there young fellow. A. Bankers weren't a thing back then. Especially not like they are now. B. So, you're suggesting that bankers forced the South to secede and attack the North?
@@daurgo2001 Bankers were definitely a thing my friend. The idea of banking really hasn't changed that much. And I think what he's trying to say is that since all the money power was held by the north where most of the banks existed. (Especially since the South was supplying the majority of the taxes for the North through the production of agrarian products.) These plantations in the South, a lot of them were actually funded through loans or actually held some sort of interest in the plantation itself. There is a book called Complicity. How the North promoted, prolonged, and profited from slavery. Here is a summary of the book. It's really interesting. www.zinnedproject.org/materials/complicity
Bankers in the north wanted a strong central government. The argument that started back during the time of the writing of the Constitution. And remember different feelings about a national bank?
it was about slavery every politician knew it and just about every one else did, if it was not about slavery as old pete lees warhorse said we should have freed the slaves then fired on sumpter then they would not have had the moral high ground
You mean every northern politician claimed it was about slavery. In the south, it was about the federal government pushing taxation and oppression in the states. The south wanted more states rights for themselves, including the right to secede, which was not to be by the grace of God. Only a small number of the confederates owned, or had anything to do with slaves...
william steele one thing, 90% of the confederacy did not own a single slave. They had no slaves to release. The truth is the people who were well enough off to own slaves didn’t have much to worry about with the tariffs because they were upper class and could afford the increases. The soldiers would lose everything they had with the tariffs and would not be able to provide for their families. They fought for their houses and their horses. That’s what they mean when they say “fight for my way of life”. It has nothing to do with slavery.
+Travis Clack I'm not going to say anyone should or shouldn't have won because that's silly. However, the war shouldn't have been fought. We could've ended slavery without all of the bloodshed like most of our peers in Europe, and the damage done to American system/experiment ended up permanent. Now the whole country lives under the tyranny of D.C.
Ian MacLean here we go with the slavery line again. People need to get it through their thick skulls that just because you want to push a racist agenda on southerners and make the confederate flag out as racist and this and that, it doesn’t make it true. 90% of the south did not own a single slave. 9 out of 10 people had. I slaves. The 1 that did was so well off he wasn’t worried about the tariffs increases because he or she could afford them. The farmers who became the confederate army were fighting because they had families to provide for and if they government took their land and their houses, they had no way to look after their families. The men fought not because they wanted slaves. They could care less about slaves. The fought to keep their families home and land, and keep the government from stealing everything they had. But just as the government then, the government now likes to turn Americans against one another to the point where we are possibly a few days from a larger and bloodier civil war than 1861 with 4-5 times as many wounded and casualties. They government is and has always been the problem. They tax us to death and decide how they want to spend our money. And it never ends.
Wish there were more outspoken people like me or this would never have happened. Strange never bothered anyone. Someone urged this movement and I don’t believe black People started this. Seems like was started to division. Sure looks it to me but why
These men may have encountered a few Revolutionary War veterans when they were kids.
Agree. I have a letter my GGG grandfather wrote in 1863, and he writes about many old patriots in the days of the revolution.
Quite true. It goes to show you that 100 years is not a long time to span. 100 years seems like forever when you're a kid, but once you get to 70 or 80, you realize how short 100 years really is!
Every 80 years there's another cataclysmic crisis.
@@DianeBianchi_MNStormSpotter is it scanned in anywhere? i would love to read it!
My g-g-grandfather would've been there (95th NY),...BUT,...he fell and broke his hip a few weeks prior and wound up in the hospital for the FIRST TIME in his life, at 91 years of age! In fact, I'm fortunate enough to have many of his original Civil War documents/records/newspaper clippings/etc., including....his invitation from the Government of The United States to attend the commemorative ceremonies of the 75th Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg. Anyhow,...may God continue to bless the souls of these men,...BOTH,...Blue & Gray.
Collecting Cardboard oh wow your gg grandpa was in the civil war ??? What do you have of his
Nope. Not the Gray, may they rot in hell forever.
Sarah Flanagan you’re disgusting.
@@ShootYourRadio Not true at all. More than 60 percent of whites living in southern states at the time when slavery was legal either owned slaves or were involved in slavery in significant ways. You couldn't avoid slavery and not be a part of it because free labor from enslaved people was the LONE BUSINESS of the south. I wish all of you would stop making excuses for slavery and for those involved with slavery. They were all equally evil and equally guilty of the atrocities heaped upon black people. Yes, northern whites were racists and many also profited greatly from the theft of labor of enslaved people. My own parents and grandparents were horrible racists, but I have fought that legacy and reject every single racist statement they have made to me over the years. I wish all white Americans would do the same so we can finally rid ourselves of this evil, ugly legacy.
Thanks to recorded documents I found out I have three ancestors who fought in the civil war, two were immigrants from Germany, one from France. One of them, Private Jacub Schmitt served in the 9th illinois cavalry volunteer regiment. The other two infantry regiment. That's all the documents said.
God bless the veterans of both sides may we learn from them
Except the democrats, they fought for slavery.
@rep toob I only wish the Confederates had been successful in invading the North to burn cities,pillage communities,kill civilians,and rape women like Lincoln did to the South.
@@hihats wtf is wrong with you. Sherman was the 🐐 for killing those racist traitors. He didnt burn enough buildings dowb
@Sue Taft John brown is a hero, tf? He killed slaveowners in an attempt to free slaves, the only reason that they didn't join him is because they couldn't without severe consequences
@Sue Taft it was settled that the south lost a war that they fought to uphold slavery. Yankee doodle bish
This is precious and watching these vets is like travelling back in time. Extremely fascinating.
The humanity of these men is impressive. Once sworn enemies, now friends. God bless them.
@ChicagoBully1993 No such thing as hell troll
ChicagoBully1993
They really should limit people like you from using library computers. Like rides at park,
“ you must be this tall to ride this ride”= “ you must be this smart to use this computer”.
@ChicagoBully1993 Poor wittle BUTTHURT TRAILER TRASH TROLLS like chicagopussy lol!
@ChicagoBully1993 Your momma needs a bath boy:)
@@henryosborne7052 You're absolutely right about that bud
With ALL the crap thats going on in 2020 America; looking at these Old Clips is like a breath of fresh Air.
Now we're fighting the Christo-fascist movement known as Drumpism. A lethal entity that has to be destroyed.
@@davidbowman4259 ;
Gullible and Stupid is a Poor Combination. We WILL Lose this country FOREVER in the Not - Too - Distant - Future because of the exact mindset you display. You WON'T understand how wrong you are until its too late.
If you could march sometimes 30 miles a day on tepid, tainted water and salt pork in a blazing sun, living into your 90's must have been a cakewalk. I love the old Confederate veteran that said "we got to within 10 feet of the Angle and we had to turn." The interviewer said "Soldiers don't run." The veteran says "Anyone that says that is a damned liar." Veterans always the same-no matter what time.
I'm trying to identify him.
He apparently belonged to General Pettigrew's division, Davis's brigade on that day.
He was right in the middle of that historic charge.
@@JohnnyReb Yea, Pettigrew's division got totally wrecked. If I remember correctly a Union brigade posted the day before that wasn't supposed to be there as it had been posted there the day before and it's CO apparently didn't get any new orders opened up a devastating flanking fire on top of the carnage reeked by Union artillery and musket fire from the direct front. I'm amazed at how these men could stand up to unimaginable carnage yet still keep going.
@@tomservo5347
I couldn't do what they did.
Brave men every single one of them.
@@tomservo5347 I found out who he was.
O. R. Gillette.
He was by all accounts "Unreconstructed" till the very end.
He refused the oath of allegiance.
He died aged 99 waiting in the American Legion office of the Caddo Parish Louisiana Court House.
His diet was sirloin steaks and beer even into his 90's.
The distance from 1863 to 1938 is the same distance from 1938 to 2013.
There was a time on Earth where the pyramids in Egypt existed and mammoths still walked the Earth.
Same as 2018 to middle of WWII in 1943. Just imagine in 2066 elderly vets talking about Gulf War to their grandchildren. Already adults exist who weren't born yet or recall how military towns had apartments emptied or war felt or meant to many.
Yeah, the WWII guys are the age the WWI vets were when I was a child. Someday, the Vietnam veterans will be in the same situation, and so time marches on. Just take the time to talk to a veteran if you ever get the chance to. Someday there will only be ghosts left and then their words will only be found in books.
And for my generation (millennials), the 75th anniversary of D-Day last year was the equivalent of the Greatest Generation during the 75th anniversary of Gettysburg.
@@3mate1 I joined the Navy in 1970 and worked for several WWII veterans during my time. Now looking back we are further from the Vietnam war ending now in 2020 that 1970 was from the end of WWII.
I wonder if young people now truly grasp how the soldiers, sailors, Marines who fought WWII were young men mainly about 18 to 25. Hopes, dreams for a life ahead after the war and for many that opportunity never came. They werent always the old men we see hobbling around with a cane, they too were young once.
Blue or grey does not matter just don't get rid of the history. Leave the monuments up, those wanting them down probably could not tell u a 2 minute speech on it.
The people taking their monuments down are 2nd and 3rd gen Immigrants who couldn't give less of a shit about our history. They aren't Americans and it is becoming increasingly clear that they do not belong in this country.
I agree. The tearing down of monuments is inexcusable and accomplishes nothing.
While I mostly agree. Go watch the Atun Shei videos on a lot of these monuments. A good portion of them have nothing to do with the war and were very much racist shows of power in the 1930s, with VERY racist messages. I'd be fine rebranding them. Or moving them to a museum lot (though a lot of places don't want them because they aren't actually historically significant). But the battlefields for sure need to be left alone
And leaves all the honest history in our books! DiSantis is trying to RIP it out and change history here in my state of Florida! Absolutely disgusting.
Wow! Living history!!! What a joy!!!
Amazing. Absolutely. A treasure.
History that should never be forgotten. Over fifty thousand men lost their lives at Gettysburg. One of the bloodiest War's American history.
There were around 50 thousand total casualties, not 50 thousand deaths... thank goodness
And that was over a three-day battle. The Battle of Antietam had 25000 casualties in one day. Supposedly there was so much blood in the soil that when you walked across the ground it would bubble up.
@@ShootYourRadio smh
@@leelohaskin7941 what you shaking your head about?
@@ShootYourRadio at your comment, particularly the last part which is gruesome and sad, to answer your question
The last widow of a civil war vet died in 2009
Nope.
2020.
veteranshomecare.com/civil-war-widow-dies-2020/
Now sit for a minute and contemplate just how long ago the war ended.
I sad that all these great men and women are no longer with us.
So far, there are no 1,000 year-old humans.
*180 year-old
"We got within ten feet of the bloody angle and we had to turn..." "Turn?" "RUN, Run like hell" LOL
It was either that or every man would have been cut down where he stood.
Most of these gentlemen were in their teens when Abraham Lincoln was assassinated
So much we can learn
Absolutely Precious!!! And this comes from an Australian in Sydney Australia!!
Those ancient warriors meeting in the place where they once tried to kill each other, conscious that they were soon for death themselves, show a dignity and spirit of reconciliation that those still trying to re-fight the Civil War, slavery and states rights in the comments here could do well to learn from.
Our wars are filled with many horrors, still - however, these brave men suffered to experience one of the most violent and bloody battles in American history. Regardless of what side they were fighting for, they deserve all the respect and honor they had earned in their service.
2:41 This gent is Paul Sanguinetti who was a drummer boy for "K" Company 19th Virginia Infantry Regiment.
He actually took part in Pickets Charge at Gettysburg on the 3rd day aged *15 years old.*
Name sounds like an Italian Reb!!!!--- I didn't know we had any!!
Thank you for posting this
3:29 This gentleman was O. R. Gillette.
He was by all accounts "Unreconstructed" till the very end.
He refused the oath of allegiance.
He died aged 99 waiting in the American Legion office of the Caddo Parish Louisiana Court House.
His diet was sirloin steaks and beer even into his 90's.
They had to be around 88 to 97 or older, they had some people in the war, especially drummer boys
Americans children need this in schools around America and bring back the books and teach the kids what so many Americans have died from trying to keep freedom
Every person should watch this video they might learn something
These should have been held every year for historical purposes. When you live in the now it don't seem as important. God bless all these veterans.
Do you notice so many of these veterans have their wits and memory, well into their 90s: they did not grow up eating processed foods. 🤔
Exactly they ate good natural foods grown on their farms
God Bless then all! Truly great Americans! Hi 👋
Well, one side.
@@toddsmitts They both worked hard to reconcile the feelings of bitterness and reunite the country.
Their sons and grandsons bled together side by side in the Spanish- American war.
Their descendants shared the common hell of the trenches in WW1.
And saved the WORLD from the jackboots of the Nazis and the rising sun of Japan.
Each and every one of them are heroes in the highest regard.
My grandparents and great grandparents who fought in this war. And the really sad part is that they were both fighting against one another.
3:08
I found his record.
___
Henry Banzett
Residence was not listed; 20 years old.
Enlisted on 8/29/1862 at New York City, NY as a Private.
On 8/29/1862 he mustered into "I" Co. NY 57th Infantry
He was transferred out on 12/20/1864
(Absent, POW, at transfer)
On 12/20/1864 he transferred into "K" Co. NY 61st Infantry
(date and method of discharge not given)
He was listed as:
* POW 10/14/1863 Auburn, VA
Intra Regimental Company Transfers:
* 8/13/1864 from company I to company E
If I could travel back in time this is the day and place I would want to go, just to visit with those gentleman.
I love watching these videos.
Great video.
..."They had to. They was scared of me !!!"
Well at least they didn't suddenly find their cajones trying to gang up on just one person like alot of folks would try to on their situation
Thank you for sharing.
IT IS WONDERFUL THAT THESE HISTORIC CONVERSATIONS AND FILM IMAGINES WERE CAPTURED FOR THE ENLIGHTENMENT AND BENEFIT OF FUTURE GENERATIONS 🇺🇸 👍🏻
Great Men!
These veterans, of both the Union and Confederate sides, saw the last flocks of the now-extinct Passenger Pigeon. The Confederate veterans also saw the last flocks of the now-extinct Carolina Parakeet.
Everyone who fought in that horrible war were heroes God bless them all
A very important recording of our brave soldiers.
Wonderful to hear. Special.
I wonder what life was like in 1863.
hard son...real hard...
i would kill to have a conversation with a civil war veteran even a short one
Too funny. "You dont mean to say you ran"? "If someone told you they didnt run they're a damn liar". (discussing Pickett's charge at Gettysburg)
Amazing.
I met my grandma My grandma has probably met a Civil War veteran That's Civil War veteran has probably met Revolutionary War veteran Revolutionary War veteran probably met the founding fathers
Amazing
Why can’t he believe a 95 year old won’t be here in 25 years? Strange, very strange
Real shame the British and French Empires never intervened on the side of the CSA. Also I live a stone's throw away from the shipyard where some Confederate Navy ships were built
@@BluntofHwicce Also highly doubtful that the British and the French would have joined the same sides, given that they were not exactly “besties” at the time.
Plus if memory serves me, the British has a strong contingent on the Canadian border at some point during the war as there was a fear that the US would try and take Canada.
Bless those hero’s
*heroes
Cool.brave Amen
I really don't care what it was all about. All that matters to me is that I am an American by birth - and Southern by the Grace of God
Me, too. Long live Texas!
Amen
In many wars the soldier will say “has it not been for war, we may have been friends”. I sadly do not see this in today’s politics
Man this is amazing. Is that really President Lincoln ? Wow
It was someone dressed up as Lincoln.
@@finchborat oh ok lmao
@@LA_Commander fucking smart ass mouth. Learn to keep it shut if possible. Fucking prick
Ernest Walden how about you learn some history. Insulting someone over something you didn’t know is childish. Lincoln died in 1865. He was assassinated before the war ended by John Wilkes Booth.
The joke about being on a train with 12 Union soldiers made me laugh till I cried! That was funny.
They had to they were scared of me😂😂😂
a true treasure to go into the past. what strikes me is the manners, lack of stress, the effort to dress.. technology has destroyed human culture and spirit. look how healthy and strong they are for 90 years at a time when medicine was primitive, no antibiotics, etc. Drugs are also destroying humans and the mind and spirit. Men and women were far stronger pre-technology because they had to be, no social security, no pensions.
Ahh, you’ll notice there’s only two vets.....a lot less of them to their old ages, sadly.
I’m tired of people ignorantly and hypocritically attacking confederate soldiers. You can easily find bad politicians on both sides, but soldiers on both sides fought for their home and family. Both should be respected
And unlike the woke crowd, the Union vets were more forgiving and accepting toward Confederate-related things. Also, unlike the woke crowd, they were were shot at by actual Confederates.
God bless the south and long live the south .
Who was right?
The North
@@AlexanderMcRae How
@@AlexanderMcRae In what way
@@AlexanderMcRae Give me an example
@@AlexanderMcRae So since the citizens did not have to pay taxes they were in the right during the war.
Back when women were tender and feminine, now they act and behave like men, miss the good old days🤦🏿♂️
Hell, now there's no distinction between men and women! You can't even say "women" anymore. You're supposed to say "people who menstruate." I kid you not! Ask J.K. Rowling!
@@demef758 What women are you talking to?
Jbz liberal/leftist women...
@@dextermorgan7441 You'll find a good one bro
Vizn I hope so
wow
Long live the south.
WHo that cute chick eying the old man at like 1:15 and kiss at 1:30
She's long dead by now, so what does it matter?....
Franz1987 you want her insta?
Yes she was cute that old soldier was like a Rock Star.
She looks more like Mr Ed to me with them teeth sticking out like a horse of course 😂
Probably his granddaughter. She has most likely passed away by now. Folks, This war was along time ago, it’s time to let it go.
Hail to the Confederacy!
Long live the union
@@princeofthomasville5638 more like respect both lol
Yankee and rebel ,, piece of history
The American civil war wasn't just about slavery, most confederate soldiers did not own slaves, to my mind it was mostly an aggressive move by the north, and 600,000 men died needlessly. And to the fallen I salute you, and to the bankers who funded it , I turn my back
Very dangerous narrative you're pushing there young fellow.
A. Bankers weren't a thing back then. Especially not like they are now.
B. So, you're suggesting that bankers forced the South to secede and attack the North?
What?
Southern revisionist history.
@@daurgo2001 Bankers were definitely a thing my friend. The idea of banking really hasn't changed that much. And I think what he's trying to say is that since all the money power was held by the north where most of the banks existed. (Especially since the South was supplying the majority of the taxes for the North through the production of agrarian products.) These plantations in the South, a lot of them were actually funded through loans or actually held some sort of interest in the plantation itself.
There is a book called Complicity. How the North promoted, prolonged, and profited from slavery.
Here is a summary of the book. It's really interesting.
www.zinnedproject.org/materials/complicity
Bankers in the north wanted a strong central government. The argument that started back during the time of the writing of the Constitution.
And remember different feelings about a national bank?
Emancipation proclamation only applied to the states in rebellion and left slavery alone in states not rebellion.
The media even sucked back then.
it was about slavery every politician knew it and just about every one else did, if it was not about slavery as old pete lees warhorse said we should have freed the slaves then fired on sumpter then they would not have had the moral high ground
You mean every northern politician claimed it was about slavery. In the south, it was about the federal government pushing taxation and oppression in the states. The south wanted more states rights for themselves, including the right to secede, which was not to be by the grace of God. Only a small number of the confederates owned, or had anything to do with slaves...
william steele one thing, 90% of the confederacy did not own a single slave. They had no slaves to release. The truth is the people who were well enough off to own slaves didn’t have much to worry about with the tariffs because they were upper class and could afford the increases. The soldiers would lose everything they had with the tariffs and would not be able to provide for their families. They fought for their houses and their horses. That’s what they mean when they say “fight for my way of life”. It has nothing to do with slavery.
flag mandela ;)
Shame that the wrong side lost.
aryanscience your name is an oxymoron.
God will for the South to lose. The Profit off of the Back of Slave.
Why did the wrong side loose I hate when people say that cause they never have anything good as to why the south should have one
+Travis Clack I'm not going to say anyone should or shouldn't have won because that's silly. However, the war shouldn't have been fought. We could've ended slavery without all of the bloodshed like most of our peers in Europe, and the damage done to American system/experiment ended up permanent. Now the whole country lives under the tyranny of D.C.
Ian MacLean here we go with the slavery line again. People need to get it through their thick skulls that just because you want to push a racist agenda on southerners and make the confederate flag out as racist and this and that, it doesn’t make it true. 90% of the south did not own a single slave. 9 out of 10 people had. I slaves. The 1 that did was so well off he wasn’t worried about the tariffs increases because he or she could afford them. The farmers who became the confederate army were fighting because they had families to provide for and if they government took their land and their houses, they had no way to look after their families. The men fought not because they wanted slaves. They could care less about slaves. The fought to keep their families home and land, and keep the government from stealing everything they had. But just as the government then, the government now likes to turn Americans against one another to the point where we are possibly a few days from a larger and bloodier civil war than 1861 with 4-5 times as many wounded and casualties. They government is and has always been the problem. They tax us to death and decide how they want to spend our money. And it never ends.
Wish there were more outspoken people like me or this would never have happened. Strange never bothered anyone. Someone urged this movement and I don’t believe black People started this. Seems like was started to division. Sure looks it to me but why
How many were yelling bone spurs? Lol! Bet not many!
God bless the GAR who crushed the traitors of the CSA.
Wow a troll what a surprise.
@@stubs1227 Wow a moron what a surprise!
@@larrysamhat5862 yes you are troll
@westbender 820 dipshit more yankee's were killed than confederates , and you call me a troll. Lmao 🤣🤣🤣
@@stubs1227 I think he was agreeing with you. But maybe not. Either way Deo Vindice and Sic semper tyrannis!
This narrator cannot possibly be serious, in expecting any of these veterans to be alive for another reunion in 1963.