Charge of the 20th Maine (Gettysburg) - Favorite Historic TV/Movie Scenes #2
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I still get goose bumps when Jeff Daniels screams "Bayonets!". They really nailed the music and the ability to draw out an emotional response in this scene.
I think they played that scene perfectly. You can feel the adrenaline rush and that mixture of determination and fear that defines courage as the ability to act in spite of fear.
Absolutely!
@@cashcleaner Gettysburg was a lost cause propaganda flick
I don't know why but it always brings a tear to my eye when I watch this scene
So weird that I was just watching Jeff in the Steve Jobs movie. Its a Jeff Daniels day for me lol.
My son is in 8th grade, and his history class is doing reports and presentations over various topics on the civil war. He was dreading doing his report, until I showed him this clip. We watched the movie together, and he decided he wanted to do his report over the fight for little roundtop because of watching this scene, and finished his report enthusiastically.
Awesome!
Now...THAT is what we call parenting!
Good for you. Excellent job. Teach them history at a young age and they'll enjoy it their whole lives. It's important
As a lifelong Mainer, I'll say that Jeff's accent is spot on in every single one of his scenes. It never slips.
As a boy from Maine, the stand of Joshua Chamberlain and the 20th Maine was the stuff of legends growing up. Love this movie and this scene.
yessah bub. We like to name stuff after him for sure!
I named my first son Joshua Lawrence after Chamberlain. My second son is Audie Leon. Right now my younger boy hates his first name so he goes by Lee
Old Orchard Beach Here
"We swing like a daw..."
I love the "Bayonets!" part too. Daniels really puts his heart into it, in that you can see in his eyes the fear of the order he is giving.
It is this movie that inspired me to make my 28mm American Civil War Union miniatures the 20th Maine. (To be joined soon by the 54th Massachusetts).
Can confirm, coming from maine, that accent is perfect
I have been watching this movie ever since I was a kid, and it was only today I realized he said "we swing like a door" I always thought he said dog. Thanks Maine accent.
I love how his eyes bulge and his mustache quivers. Really shows how much he was putting into his performance. Jeff Daniels is a man who knows his American history, I think he really knew how important this film would be and how vital it was for him to nail his role, which he did. I'm from NC but my family is from New England, I can't speak to an old timey Mainer accent but from what I've heard from my family up that way, I have to say he had me fully convinced. Plus he looks exactly like Chamberlain. I would say this is his performance of a lifetime. When he screams BAYONETS you can almost see him burst a blood vessel in his eyeballs. Simply outstanding work from Mr Daniels.
Daniels plays it perfectly. It’s subtle, but he’s equally shocked by that realization and its implications. He just can’t show it in front of his officers. And when he starts saying they’ll have the advantage of moving down the hill and that the rebs have to be just as beat up as their regiment. He’s also trying to convince himself that this could work.
Joshua Chamberlain was the epitome of what being an American is all about. He was an intellectual first and foremost, but when he saw the struggle taking place, he could not sit idly by. He was an abolitionist and could not abide what was happening to his fellow man. So he took up arms and entered the fray, intent on seeing things put right. He suffered terribly for it, but never once regretted his decision. He was a true American hero in every sense.
He was a man who was truly driven by principle and virtue. His American-Christian values was what really motivated him to become a sincere abolitionist and saw the conflict as a means to correct a horrible sin. Agreed with what you said, that he never fully recovered from his wounds. But his character was truly something at the day. A true American at the heart.
@@dastemplar9681 he likely also believed in the separation of church and state, as set forth in the Constitution he defended, so although he may have been a Christian, he was an American first, and his religious beliefs are irrelevant.
America is not a Christian country. That was the whole point. Whatever his religious beliefs may have been don't matter. His courage, his wisdom, his intelligence, and his sense of duty to his country are why he deserves to be remembered as an American hero.
@@cleverusername9369here, here!
Yes but which Americans? Americans killed eachother.
I named my oldest son Josh after Joshua Chamberlain. My second boy I named Audie after Audie Murphy
This charge and the Fort Wagner charge from Glory are just incredible.
'The Killer Angels' is a wonderful read, 'Gettysburg' does it justice.
I believe the movie could have had a lot more carnage
I started the book today. It better than the movie.
The movie Gettysburg is so finally tuned, in terms of pacing, despite it being three hours long, the cinematography, and the miraculous score. And how in the heck were there not acting nominations for Martin Sheen, Jeff Daniels, and Tom Berenger? I’ve never seen a movie as tight as this magnum opus. Now Ron Maxwell has made only 2 or 3 movies since GB, and Gods and Generals and Copperheads weren’t as great. But G’Burg hits the mark on so many levels. Great review video!
A very rare occasion a film does a book justice
Ever since i graduated high school I've missed learning in history class. I'm so glad I found this channel, everything good about the class without the assignments :)
FOREAL!
I’m a ten minute walk from where Chamberlain lived. My third grade class took a tour of his house on a field trip. They teach every school kid in Maine all about him.
Makes sense. One of the most incredible Americans that ever lived. Both in the breadth of his accomplishments and the strength of his character.
To this day it's strange watching this movie. I was a reenactor for a number of years and many of my friends are in these scenes. I was too young to carry a weapon at the time of filming but I did manage to get down for the filming of the step off of pickett's charge. To this day that cannonade was awe inspiring. The former mayor of my town was the artillery advisor on set. He was the one who came up with the talcum powder mix for the close in cannon shots. My one friend Andrew is in every scene that Jeff Daniels is in because it was his hair used for the mustache lol.
Yes, "BAYONETS!" is one of the best given lines in all the movies. But I think the dialog leading up to it is equally as good. Danials begins explaining his plan and the captain says "You mean charge?" Any combat leader who has been in a similar situation, where the plan has gone to shit, and you have pull something out of your ass, and make everybody believe you still know what you're doing. You have to both explain it, and convince yourself as you're explaining it, that it will actually work. And when you're done, you must fully commit by giving the forceful command (BAYONETS!). Some of the best acting ever.
You and others who have served our country militarily have pretty much agreed on how accurate the leadup to "Bayonets!" is in terms of what leadership truly means. I'm glad it's that accurate, and I thank you, sir.
Gettysburg and Waterloo are my favorite war films and i always liked almost every scene from both of them
Fun fact: Waterloo was filmed in the Ukrainian Soviet Union and the extras were Soviet Soldiers.
@@WarriorsTale88 Yup i knew that its just such an astonishing feat achieved by them
Jeff Daniels really did knock it out of the park in Gettysburg. He was perfectly dialed in to the role of Chamberlain. I especially like how he plays this scene. You can see the gears turning in his head when he initially gives the order to fix bayonets. It's a stunned realization more than anything.
I loved the scene when the soldier comes up and says that he has been escorting the enemy prisoners with an empty pistol and Chamberlain asks him to say it a bit low voiced
I remember at that point some subtitle version has chamberlain say “not so loud” while others transcribe it as “that’s allowed”. And either makes sense.
@@jw1731 Ya
That great scene reminds me of the scene in Band of Brothers where Liebgot has to escort 11 German prisoners with only one bullet in his rifle. Kept him from shooting any prisoners while they didn't know he was so limited in ammunition. There are probably many instances in war where prisoners weren't aware of how lightly armed their captors were.
@@Farbar1955 no Winter's emptied his M1 in view of the Germans he wanted them to know it was empty that Winters wanted them alive but the first man who did was a dead man and then what 10 guys behind enemy lines with 1 empty rifle while the rest of there forces are across the creek for them also Winters left him his baynoet as if I remember it was still fixed as Easy had just done there baynoet charge
@@sqike001ton In the series when Winters empties the rifle Leibgott's body position is such that the prisoners can't see what Winters is doing. But that's the camera shot in a TV series. In real life one of the German prisoners could understand English and actually relaxed when he heard Winters' orders. The prisoner probably relayed what he heard to the others but they weren't going to do anything anyway since they were surrounded by US troops. Anyway the comparison between the two scenarios is still an interesting one to make. I enjoyed both.
OK don't lie. When Chamberlain yells, "Bayonets!" You get goosebumps all over. And then the music just makes you want to grab a musket and charge. Even if you have Southern sympathies.
It's good, but I think the best acting is right before, where he looks like he's not sure what to do, looks around, and everyone is looking at him for answers. Its that military moment every soldier has seen at least once. He might be in command, but now he's really got to TAKE command. Exude confidence even if you're crapping your own pants. It makes a great leadup to strong confident order for bayonets.
@@WaywardVet and that proud look Kilrain gave him when he made the command decision in the heat of the moment 10:33. He looked like almost a proud father or uncle who is elated to see his son or nephew really going from a boy to a man in a time of emergency, and that’s true of his character setting in this film: despite his position as a subordinate, he played the role of advisor and teacher to Chamberlain throughout the first part of the film.
@@jw1731 One of my favorite parts of the movie is when Kilrain says how you cannot judge a race. Anyone who judges by the group is a pewit.
I think that is so relevant for today. People, (especially politicians both Democrat and Republican, and the media), often group people together and make general assumptions. Whether it be between black/white, male/female, political affiliation, or anything else. We need to take people one at a time. We need to judge based on their individual actions. Not the actions that their "group/race" is supposed to do. And in any case we should always give the benefit of the doubt.
@@charlessapp1835 Yes! I agree completely. Oftentimes much emphasis is placed on checking one's bigotry against race (and rightly so) that we disregard or condone prejudice against other groups or categories humans may be part of. Humans are complex creatures, and while we may be or become part of groups - political or religious or otherwise - we're ultimately own persons and we say or do things for a variety of motivations or intents. And as you said perfectly, we should give the benefit of the doubt, instead of resorting to the mindset of, "he looks and sounds like he's a conservative/liberal/Christian/Muslim/Buddhist, then he must think ___ and I bet he'd say ____ if he saw ____ ", which is unfortunately how most people tend to do if the discourse takes place long enough.
I hear Chamberlain shout “Bayonets!” I want to grab my Exacto knife and duct tape it to my walking stick and charge down a hill
Whoever played Ellis absolutely nailed it
You should cover Armistead's rally during Pickett's charge in this movie as well. That scene never fails to give me goosebumps.
Armisteads charge, picket wasn’t the one that made it to the wall
Gettysburg and Glory are my all time favorite civil war movies! Great job on this one!👍👍
I have seen this movie at least a 100 times and this scene always leaves me with goosebumps... such an awesome and powerful depiction of history
The natural lighting in the scene gives it very unique look. It's not a location film crews would chose to film in, but the story demands it and you get something that looks different.
Yeah they did a great job finding a location that matched the actual location well. The defense of Little Round Top scenes were filmed on Camp Gettysburg Rd. and Pumping Station Rd area just a few miles west of the actual Little Round Top location.
My Cousin Gregg was one of the Reenactors in the movie. He was part of that charge!
Probably my favorite scene from one of my all-time favorite war movies. Glad you like it as much as I do! It was actually watching Gettysburg for the first time as a kid that became one of the reasons I became so interested in history, especially Civil War history.
The Maine State song is about this battle. It’s called “The Ballad of The 20th Maine” by The Ghost of Paul Revere. After reading books about this, hearing the song makes me feel like I’m there with them!
ROTC uses this scene as an example of an Infantry counterattack. If you get the chance go to Brunswick, ME, and visit all the JLC related exhibits and his gravesite.
Chamberlain won the Congressional Medal of Honor for this charge. It also highlights the Yankee Shout, which was just as powerful as the rebel yell.
Love this, being a Mainer I hold great pride for the boys in the 20th.
The Gettysburg soundtrack is so good!
First watched this movie when i was a kid around 25 years ago. Got absolutely enamored with it, especially the battle for little round Top part. I have probably watched this movie on average once a year since.
I know, this scene has been giving me goosebumps for almost 30 years.
I love this movie. This was the movie that got me interested in History. My father wanted to go to Gettysburg for vacation one year when I was in elementary school. I didn't want to go but he put in this movie, we watched it, and that as they say was that. We went to the library I got every book they had on Gettysburg. I read them in the car on the way up there and I was hooked every since.
Speaking of Jeff Daniels. I was very impressed with his role as Chamberlain. He also did justice to George Washington in the movie "The Crossing." Have you seen that one? He also does a fantastic recitation of The Gettysburg Address too. Those could be interesting reactions to do.
One of the defining moments of American history. Rest in peace Joshua Chamberlain.
I was so inspired by this movie. I took a road trip to Gettysburg to visit the park.
Still my all time favorite movie. I saw it for the first time on the 4th of July after going to my first re-enactment when I was 6. It is one of the things that cemented my love of the Civil War ever since.
I liked this movie: for me it's one of the best war movies about the American Civil War, I watched it several times and I also felt sympathy to Colonel Chamberlain and his brother, the last scene of the Pickett's charge at Gettysburg and words of the dying Confederate general Armistead made me crying, such touching and beautiful film which of course a good one.❤❤❤ Love it) And I also loved this part of the "BAYONETS"! Charge from the Little-Round-Top)
While I definitely agree that Chamberlain was a driving force for this attack, Capt Spears' efforts should NOT be overlooked, despite the post Civil War memoirs. It's often difficult to start something if someone isn't already doing it, and to motivivate your troops to do that, I think Spears' bears a LOT of the credit.
I rewatched this movie just the other day, one of my all time favourite movies, and this scene being my favourite of the movie. Another scene that always hits me in the guts is when Lee orders general Pickett to reform his division and Picketts reply is "I have no division"
Another one with Pickett that I remember clearly is when he’s ordered to charge and he says, his voice strained, that he will follow his orders, but “I do this, under protest.”, knowing that his men will be massacred and still heading out to the slaughter
@@zjjohnson3827 Hood was the one who said that, not Pickett
Didn't ever get around to watching this movie until a few months ago. Worth it.
I saw this movie in my 8th grade history class and it has become my favorite historical movie. This is one reason I love history. Also anyone else notice the guys on the ground moving out of the way before the charge so they don't get stepped on
Thanks for remembering the 1st Minnesota - I always thought Lincoln's line "the last full measure of Devotion" was a reference to them.
"Bayonets!" was an authenic ad lib by
Colonel Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain.
Shout out from Erie PA. Love your videos and love the movie Gettysburg. First time I saw the movie was I was in a gift shop on a trip to Gettysburg. Such an amazing movie.
and to add to the fact that its mostly reenactors: they pretty much all showed up with their own kits including cannon
Yes this scene is by far my favorite it bought tears to my eyes the courage of Chamberlain and his men showed no bounds. And in my opinion this is the best movie I have ever watched.
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Greetings from Erie Pa. I love the movie Gettysburg and remember the copy I have of the movie I actually bought in a small shop in Gettysburg. My parents took me when I was about 12 years old and I was so blah about going since I was young and just wanted to play my Gameboy. My parents took us on a bus tour around the battlefields and the tour guide we had loved what he did and loved history as much as you and he had my attention the whole time. That's when I found out I truly loved History
Have you visited Strong Vincent's grave? He was Chamberlain's brigade commander, mortally wounded during the fight on Little Round Top. He's an Erie native and buried there.
When Ted Turner planned his civil war trilogy, this pompous billionaire said it was a labor of love. After GETTYSBURG and GODS AND GENERALS, he said he did not make enough money to film the third movie of the trilogy. He could have never done any of it without the wonderful re-enactors. 😢😢😢
I have watched this countless times, always crying buckets of tears. The most heartbreaking scene was when Stephen Lang's Pickett said, "General Lee, I have no division." 😢😢😢
Great breakdown love it!!
Private Foss, who passes during the battle, is my relative. It's amazing that he is in the film.
Have you seen this? www.mainelegacy.com/24.html
I love the dynamic between him and his brother
Wonderful! My favourite scene.
This movie came on the TNT channel every few months from around 1993 to 1995. I watched it every time, and even recorded the theme song on cassette tape from my stereo system hooked up to the TV. Then I would listen to that tape on my Walkman while outside in the woods and pretend to be a civil war commander.
I really think you would enjoy atun-shei films’ three part series over Gettysburg. He talks about this fight as well as the overlooked Minnesota charge!
Awesome to see my second favorite Ohioan, my wife being the first of course, doing another Gettysburg film bit. I was actually in the Gods and Generals film as a background artist. Thanks again for the awesome work you do. (:
Love that Maine accent! "You mean chaaage sir?" "Yes, chaaage!"
i like the little twirl with sword in hand Ellis does as he's leading the charge. chokes me up.
I was in the army and trained with the bayonet, and an important part of the technique of instructors on that field is to inspire a sort of blood lust in recruits as they have you lunge, parry and thrust with that thing. With me always knowing in my heart that if, with no bullets left and it really coming down to sticking that thing into someone's guts, that I'd likely have no stomach for it.
We used to many of us joke about what we'd do when we heard that order to "FIX BAYONETS!", that before we heard the next one we'd all be double timing for wherever the company clerks, cooks, nurses, truck mechanics and typists were, long before that order to "CHARGE!" was ever given.
Cuz you'd know if things really got *that* danged desperate, you'd already lost the battle anyway.
Daniels accent is right on. Also the expression on his face, he nails it.
Love this movie...went through most of the Audiobooks of Michael and Jeff Shaara regarding the Civil War. Awesome stuff!
Your stuff is always great. Love both "The Killer Angels" and "Gettysburg". Saw the movie in the theater several times, most notably in downtown Gettysburg when visiting the battlefield (early-mid 90's)?
Its awesome that you were in Erie! I am a volunteer at the Erie Maritime Museum, we were probably closed when you were up here. It is definitely worth the visit if you are ever back in the area!
It’s a great scene! Thank you for pronouncing Bowdoin correctly!
If you've never been there, go see where this happened. The hill isn't nearly as big as the movie makes out and the Rebs didn't have nearly as far to climb. Which, in my mind, makes the whole episode even more astonishing!!!!
Depends entirely on what you originally thought. See my video on Longstreets assault. It was a very difficult attack to make, especially for Robertson’s men going up the face of LRT.
love this scene and the movie is my favorite too. I have visited gettysburg only once and i hope to visit again in the future.
I like Chamberlain's speech to the mutineers earlier in the movie, too. Definitely makes me believe he taught rhetoric.
And it was the mutineers that later saved his brother's life.
Whoot! Love this scene, glad to see you cover it
The balls of steel in that scene weren't in the rifles. If you don't tear up when Jeff Daniels screams "Bayonets!" you aren't human.
My mother was from Maine. Joshua Chamberlain was one of her heros, and she frequently bragged about the 20th Maine.
Turn: Washington’s Spies was amazing ! You need to do a review :)
One of the best scene of the movie.
My favorite, tought, is the little moment when Armistead pray and cry to his mn, just before charging.
You get a sense of humanity, of tragedy and futility for those men who go into hellish death for a very doubtful cause, throwing their lives away with yet all this bravery.
I love how that Gettysburg the movie is so historically focused that they even have the moment where Longstreet can't even bring himself to order Pickett to charge, he just nods solemnly knowing full well he just ordered hundreds of men to their deaths for little reason. Lee's folly was that was too successful and allowed his overconfidence cloud his judgement, Gettysburg was the result.
‘Longstreet’
@@TigerRifle1 fixed for you
The fighting on LRT in Gettysburg was horrendous😕 I remember seeing it on the big screen with my late uncle in November, 1993. I had to divert my eyes from the carnage at times bc of the realism of The 20th Maine/15 Alabama Regiments going at it mano y mano
My favorite thing about this film is the character arcs of Pickett and Buford and how they are played out in opposite directions. Sad that Buford didn't live to see the outcome, succumbing to disease later in 1863.
You forgot another very important charge that happened at about the same time on the other side of Little Round Top by the 140th New York. Col. Patrick O'Rorke personally led his regiment and pushed the Confederates off the hill. Sadly, at the cost of his life.
My old Civil War re-enactor Captain, now Major of the Battalion, had lost his ancestor in this charge. It is unknown whether it was his ball that killed O'Rorke or someone else's.
@@vorschlaghammer9888 Cool! Anther interesting fact is that the actor who plays General Barksdale in both Gettysburg and Gods and Generals is a direct descendent of the general.
Would be cool to have a series watching movie scenes where you tell us more about the history at the time
I love this movie. I feel that these scenes do a very good job of capturing how desperate the fighting was on little round top.
Unfortunately this charge overshadows the charge of the 140th New York led by Colonel Paddy O'Rourke on the other side of 3rd Brigade.
Can you imagine being the leftmost guy of the Pennsylvania 83rd? "Here they come again. Get ready. Wait, what the hell do those Maniacs think they're doing?!?" Nothing to do but go along with the plan.
Random fact about the 83rd (from my neck of the woods in NW Pennsylvania) - they suffered the 2nd most number of battle deaths throughout the entire war for any of the 2000 Union regiments in the Civil War, 2nd only to the 5th New Hampshire. Also, Strong Vincent was the CO of the 83rd before taking command of the brigade.
I saw it in the theatre. Incredible. And I still watch it at least once a year. Plus Sam Elliott as Brig. Gen. John Buford, awesome. One of the best war movies all time. Top 10.
The first time I watched movie was in a theater. Amazing!
Lee made no plans to assault the Round Tops, He did not consider them important in his limited reconnaissance the day before. Therefore, his instructions were to simply go up the Emmittsburg road directly into Cemetery ridge and hit the Union in Force with two divisions preferrable in the Morning of July 2nd. But Longstreet was impossibly late, sulking at his orders and did not have his men in place until 4 pm. By this time, General Sickles had moved his entire 3rd Core out into Peach Orchard in front of the main Union Line further complicating Longstreet's advance. Lee still did not change Longstreet's orders even though the entire Battlefield had quickly and dramatically changed. When Longstreet finally went in, he hit Sickles first in the Peach Orchard in ground that was until just 2 hours before clear of any troops. It set off Hell on Earth. Longstreet was slow when on offense but when he did move, he did so with the Force of an Avalanche. Sickles 3rd corps was all but destroyed and Sickles himself was carried from the field with a bad leg wound. But he stood long enough to weaken Longstreet's thrust against Meade's main line on cemetery hill. General Hood meanwhile leading Longstreet's powerful 1st division upon seeing the field for himself requested that he be allowed to move around those two hills yonder. (The round tops). But was wounded just as the main fight was getting under way. So only one Regiment of Hood's division ended up moving up Little Round Top. The whole Battle would have played out much differently had Hood's entire Division moved in that direction. For Instance, Big Round Top had no Union Troops on it whatsoever and it dominated Little Round Top. Had it been held with a sizeable Confederate force. The whole nature of the Battle would have changed.
Greatest movie soundtrack.
They got the uniforms right in this movie. Unlike a lot of war movies, they really worked on the details so not to have anachronistic things that would spoil the drama.
Most of the troop uniforms and weapons belonged to the re-enactors who are very particular about their kit!
Jeff Daniels is an INCREDIBLE actor, look at his role in Dumb & Dumber compared to this role and you can't tell it's the same person.
This movie is full of fantastic performances. Daniels as chamberlain, Berenger as longstreet, Sam Eliot as Buford, Martin Sheen is a brilliant Robert E. Lee even though i prefer duvall as lee..and Steven lang as pickett...although he is wayyyyy better As Jackson.
@@drewdurbin4968, In God's and Generals, they could have made Jackson to be the religious zealet that he was. That's one thing they could have done. Some awesome acting in Gettysburg by everyone.
What is so compelling about the Civil War? I remember going to a Memorial Day book reading at my library about the Civil War, and I was so fascinated and have been ever since. I think its partly because, unlike most Civil Wars, the American Civil War was so geographically structured it was almost like a proper war between two countries, both of whom claimed to be versions of America... in some ways we are still fighting for those "versions of America" and the Confederates have gained a lot of ground
I saw a video, several months ago now, from Vanity Fair I believe, one of those interview things where specific actors talk about specific roles. Jeff Daniels talked about how playing "Joshua Laurence Chamberlain was going to be a very different type of role, Jeff said that he had to do research and learn who Chamberlain was. Jeff stated that, "In Maine where Chamberlain is from you have Jesus Christ in the number two spot and then you have Joshua Laurence Chamberlain just above Jesus in the number one spot." It just goes to show just how much the state of Maine idealize the man, or at least when the movie was in production.
I watched the movie when it came out, so it's been a long time, but for me the part that struck me the most was during Pickett's charge when the confederates were blasted by canister shot.
During Pickets charge the 26th North Carolina was nearly wiped out in fact only 90 men survived most retreated for the Confederate as cannon fire and smoke engulfed the regiment...Only color-bearer and one sergeant were left advancing to the Union lines. By this time the Union soldiers behind the wall, admiring the man’s courage, refused to shoot him. He marched right up to the stone wall with his regimental standard, then stopped as if waiting for the bluecoats to make the next move. For a few moments-it must have seemed like an eternity-the Union soldiers simply stared at the man. Then one Federal reached out a hand, saying, “Come over to this side of the Lord,” and pulled the color-bearer across
Sir, I agree with you 200% +. When this film came out, and my passion for all things US Civil War, I loved it. I always hoped that most of what we saw was as accurate as possible. And Jeff Daniels, I agree, played this part wonderfully, and as you, I always imagined that J. Chambers was as he portrayed him to be. Another funny anecdote, I once spoke with a Reenactor who often did the Gettysburg battle. He made me laugh hysterically when he told me that one time, more folks showed up to the reenactment than there were in the actual final battle of Pickets charge. :) :) :), guess it's a lot easier when there aren't any real bullets or cannon balls. :) Thanks for the video of one of my favorite movies, and hope to catch more of your channel. Be well, SammyC
I was at that Pickett's Charge and was the last flag bearer for the 24th Virginia. As a side note my federal impression is the 83rd Pennsylvania.
@@JCmacDavid Really COOL! Wish I can do these things. Just never enough time or money or anything else. :) Keep on keeping on. :)
If Maine goes, so goes the Nation!! Maine born and raised. 🇺🇸😁💪
@14:26 The two soldiers you said were part of the mutineers were actually the brothers from the 20th Chamberlain talks to who tells him they can't shoot a lick lying down and prefer to fight standing. In the book, Chamberlain observes that they have been killed prior to the charge.
Great movie and yeah Jeff Daniels is a awesome actor
1:46 idk if it was on purpose but ey it was a good one "the 20th maine was the main focus"
Not in any way a fan of the sequel, but *god* was this a movie from top to bottom. The score especially might be one of my top five ever.
There is a little bit of controversy regarding Chamberlain's role in the final charge.
Nobody denies the bravery of this regiment or of Chamberlain himself during this fight.
The only undisputed fact is that he ordered the charge.
Some say that a company commander was the only one to hear the initial order, and he charged alone. When others around saw, the charge gained momentum, and became almost spontaneous. Some say that Major Ellis played a much larger role, encouraging the men to charge when the initial order was not heard, and directing the regiment on the proper heading.
Major Ellis also claimed that Chamberlain's story changed over the years, the charge becoming more and more Chamberlain's direct doing, when his previous accounts were closer to the spontaneous charge.
Imagine everybody just going full on melee and winning. In modern day this wouldnt work against our current weaponry, but in this particular scenario its actually very advantageous against muskets
One thing that the movie couldn't go into was that there was a good reason the real Chamberlain was an outstanding orator. He had a speech impediment as a boy, and to overcome it, he practiced his elocution diligently and made himself participate in public speaking at every opportunity. This explains his skill as a speaker, and it shows the kind of will and determination that was central to his character.
This scene and Gen. Buford's "We will charge valiantly... and be butchered valiantly! And afterwards, men in tall hats and gold watch fobs will thump their chests and say what a brave charge it was..." scene was the best part of the movie, and the soundtrack was fire.
Buford's statement, if he really said it, is a good example of what politicians would have said later. They're good at sending others to war, including other people's sons/daughters while remaining far from the action.
@@stephenkammerling9479 Not sure why you basically needed to restate it. The Quote rests on its own merits
One thing. Little Round Top, at that time, had been logged off, and was known as the bare rocky hill. No trees.
At the time the movie was made, it was heavily overgrown with second growth forest.
I'd heard that the NPS had planned to log it off to restore it to its original condition on that day, 2 July, 1863, but I don't know if they did.
I love this movie!
Great Movie man, well done.
Lawrence Chamberlain died in February of 1914. He didn't see the start of World War 1, but he got to see conflicts that led up to it.