“Tige” Anderson and his Brigade - Gettysburg Battle Walk with Ranger Matt Atkinson

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  • Ranger Matt Atkinson leads a battle walk covering Confederate commander George Thomas Anderson's brigade and their actions on July 2, 1863.
    Ranger Atkinson and the NPS hold the rights to the notes.and lecture.

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  • @aarontataryn3623
    @aarontataryn3623 6 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Love watching Ranger Matt describe the battles. The man is brilliant and made for his job.

  • @vinniemigliano4203
    @vinniemigliano4203 6 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I had the pleasure of meeting Matt at the Visitors Center last month, then took one of his tours. He’s not only a great ranger and historian, he’s also a really nice guy with a hell of a sense of humor. I highly recommend seeking him out for a tour.

  • @fateagle4life
    @fateagle4life 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Matt is great, good ole Mississippi boy, and a heck of a ranger

  • @Wes-dr3hx
    @Wes-dr3hx 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Matt Anderson is rocking the beard now lol He’s a legend - love his battle tours

    • @mhollman8650
      @mhollman8650 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Wesley Barras I think u mean Atkinson, not Anderson

  • @biblebeltbeauties8874
    @biblebeltbeauties8874 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I love how Matt grabs the adults and moves them around in demonstrations like they're kids on a field trip

  • @ncpilot3387
    @ncpilot3387 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Me and my Wife to Gettysburg in July and I saw Matt Behind the counter in the visitor center. I looked at him and told him with a smile, "I enjoy your TH-cam video's" He looked shocked and stated thank you very much. I told my wife I just saw a celebrity. :P

    • @vinniemigliano4203
      @vinniemigliano4203 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      NC Pilot I was there in May, and also saw him behind the info desk. I went up and had a nice chat with him, then took one of his tours a couple of days later. Really cool guy.

    • @kimberlyhenshaw8368
      @kimberlyhenshaw8368 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I was able to see Ranger Atkinson about a month ago - July 2019. He was super nice and told me to come back when he was behind the desk and we had a lovely chat. Took a tour with him the next day. Lovely person.

  • @dougkidwell7142
    @dougkidwell7142 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Matt Atkinson is the best Ranger in the Park Service.

  • @martinellis676
    @martinellis676 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Great to see Matt still going strong! looking forward to learning which general's beard style he's aiming for.

  • @michaelvaughn8864
    @michaelvaughn8864 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    He's an amazing guide and a huge credit to the Gettysburg NPS. They're fortunate to have him on the roster

  • @ronmoore5827
    @ronmoore5827 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Matt is the best. He knows his stuff and presents it in an entertaining manner.

  • @mhollman8650
    @mhollman8650 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Thank You for covering these bws w/ Matt. I've watched these since he and Angie first came to Gburg. What an awesome husband & wife team!

  • @louisp603
    @louisp603 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I like listening to his tours more so than the other rangers. Ranger Atkinson keeps your attention where the others I swear go to school to talk in monotone

  • @lespangen
    @lespangen ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Love his energy and enthusiasm 😬👏🏻👍

  • @boxermeister1968
    @boxermeister1968 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Awesome video. My ancestor, James J Mead, was in Co. B of the 9th GA. He was captured in the wheatfield and sent north to a prison camp. After the war, he moved to Texas. I have his photo holding a Bible in one hand, and rifle in the other.

    • @Chris-tn9zx
      @Chris-tn9zx ปีที่แล้ว +1

      My gg grandpa antoin Michael served company c hillyers rifles of the 9th georgia infantry

    • @carywest9256
      @carywest9256 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Where in Texas?'Cause that's where l'm from.

  • @catatonic9216
    @catatonic9216 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Matt, thank you for sharing all of knowledge. Pretty sure I've watched all of your battlefield walks ,thourghly enjoy them all. Big thanks from montana.

  • @davidfeador4125
    @davidfeador4125 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Ranger Matt surely has reached celebrity status, I believe the L word is in order " Legendary"

  • @stevenmay2937
    @stevenmay2937 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    ranger matt.... the best

  • @paulvivrett7029
    @paulvivrett7029 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Another great battle walk with Matt Atkinson! Thanks for the video and the information.

  • @roverboy006
    @roverboy006 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thank you Matt! and thanks so much for posting this. My ancestor was in Company H of the 59th GA.

  • @josiahquincy2744
    @josiahquincy2744 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    These walks and tours of his are historic in their own right

  • @53gregt
    @53gregt 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Ranger Mat is great love his presentation s

    • @scottklein2927
      @scottklein2927 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I love Gettysburg national park

    • @tinaclarke9519
      @tinaclarke9519 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ranger Matt is awesome and I , like how he, involves the young kids , to be apart of the program.
      We, are hoping to try and get to Gettysburg
      next summer. Hopefully we'll, be able to have Matt, as our guide?

  • @maggiejane6327
    @maggiejane6327 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Btw, found site a few weeks ago and been watching one or two videos a day ever since... Been interested in the civil war since 2016 .. buying books, and of course watching videos on TH-cam and even on a couple of apps on Facebook. And btw Ranger Matt l like your tours because they're are interesting to listen too plus funny .. 👍👍 ... yes Gettysburg is on my bucket list.. 😁

  • @carywest9256
    @carywest9256 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    At 1:51:35 Matthew mentions Zeppelin.
    Ferdinand Von Zeppelin was at First Manassas and went up in a Union Balloon.
    But l doubt he was listening to Hey Hey What Can l Do!

  • @garneroutlaw1
    @garneroutlaw1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Awesome tours. Been studying Gettysburg for 25 years, and the more I learn the more I realize Longstreet refused to adapt to the battlefield conditions. He was going through the motions. It was one of the most reckless attacks of the war.

  • @donaldwallace7934
    @donaldwallace7934 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I haven't as yet had the pleasure of being there and listening to one of Ranger matt's battlefield tours but hope to soon. His enthusiasm is electric!!

  • @brettcole84
    @brettcole84 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank You for these

  • @karlatessitore2484
    @karlatessitore2484 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Gotta Love Ranger Matt Atkinson!!! Woo-hoo! Love the beard my Friend!

  • @markhayden7252
    @markhayden7252 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great tour

  • @ftffighter
    @ftffighter ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This was amazing!

  • @robertbush8327
    @robertbush8327 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    My #1 bucket list is to tour Gettysburg with Matt.

    • @sicnarf423
      @sicnarf423 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      get er' done!

  • @tommytodd9073
    @tommytodd9073 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great Video Matt!!

  • @uainteasyb
    @uainteasyb 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    just love the guy in the backround checking the time on his wristwatch.

  • @cyndiebill6631
    @cyndiebill6631 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Neat to hear about the 5th NH. Thank you.

  • @cyndiebill6631
    @cyndiebill6631 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for the story on the 5th NH. I’m from NH and always wonder about the part they played. Neat to here about them.😁

  • @buckwaddell301
    @buckwaddell301 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Matt with a beard !! LOL !!

  • @greenriverviews6819
    @greenriverviews6819 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    more on "Tige" at Gettysburg and other battlers please, thanks.

  • @keithplacko6806
    @keithplacko6806 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great tour! Great Ranger! Knowz his shit

  • @TheWeatherbuff
    @TheWeatherbuff 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    @StuffWriter: First, thanks for posting these videos for those of us who can't get to Gettysburg often. Second, can you tell me when this was shot? When did Ranger Matt grow out that awesome beard? Thanks!

    • @StuffWriter
      @StuffWriter  5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Montgomery Burns
      It was shot within a week of the time it was uploaded. So... around early June 2018

    • @TheWeatherbuff
      @TheWeatherbuff 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@StuffWriter Thank you sir. I'm hoping to go this fall.

    • @carywest9256
      @carywest9256 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@TheWeatherbuff l am answering your question about Gen.Jerome Robertson"s moniker "Aunt Polly".
      I have read it in one of the few books l have,its also on Wikipedia. Just type his rank & name and it will pop up. Greetings from Texas DEO VINDICE

  • @dtmania
    @dtmania 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Ranger Matt doing his best Rick Grimes with that beard. ;) up the irons Matt!

  • @generalbooger9146
    @generalbooger9146 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Best one here

  • @jamescuff819
    @jamescuff819 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    How do I get Matt’s walk schedule? I’m just up route 15 about 40 minutes?

  • @stevenmay2937
    @stevenmay2937 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    ranger matt is the best in geburg !!!

  • @scot2588
    @scot2588 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I wonder what GT Anderson was like as a brigade commander?

  • @JeagerTank
    @JeagerTank 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    When a Brigade crossed open ground how wide would their line be in feet?

  • @johnwayneeverett6263
    @johnwayneeverett6263 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you see u soon ...

  • @johnphillips4708
    @johnphillips4708 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The more you learn about this battle the more you ponder why Lee caught until you explode into a reset and just enjoy the Rangers stories. 😂

  • @edwardyates3924
    @edwardyates3924 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It sure is great to have a fellow southron giving a proper prospective of my countrymans' heroes

    • @NeonDemon88
      @NeonDemon88 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Your heroes fought and died for one of the worst causes in the history of all mankind, the preservation and proliferation of slavery.

    • @jeffmilroy9345
      @jeffmilroy9345 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@NeonDemon88 Slavery was accepted and condoned for 400 years by the Yankees. Why?

  • @thegoattree2509
    @thegoattree2509 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Stuff writer I am curious do you have direct access to Ranger Atkinson? Reason I ask it relates directly to this walk and I am certain it will be a memorable moment for the master story teller.

    • @StuffWriter
      @StuffWriter  6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I could get in touch with him, yes.

    • @StuffWriter
      @StuffWriter  6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      He asked a question. I answered it. Not sure what 'deal' you're referencing.

  • @jeffdillon8816
    @jeffdillon8816 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Dang, Ranger Matt with hair.

  • @Arathor82
    @Arathor82 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I wonder if this guy is in high demand since he's getting some exposure on TH-cam.

    • @springfield03sniper
      @springfield03sniper 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Arathor82 I think his tours were always popular because he is entertaining.

    • @Arathor82
      @Arathor82 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      springfield03sniper I agree, he's informative and keeps you engaged while also sharing some personal stories that bring levity to the tour.

  • @gbjanuary
    @gbjanuary 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Dot know about following General who is 23 inexperienced when private’s later in war would be older than him.

  • @travisarnold4824
    @travisarnold4824 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    10:27 me aka t shirt man

  • @tommcdonald1873
    @tommcdonald1873 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Finally, I see the 5th NHVI memorial and a good brief tale about the bandanas in a Gettysburg NBP walk video. Sgt Charles Phelps was the soldier to got revenge for Col Cross. But he would be shot in the back and die on July 4th. His remains would be returned to his home in Amherst and his dad had carved on Phelps' epitaph on his gravestone “A young man, but an old soldier.” The story of Sgt. Charles Phelps is on this website, one of the 295 KIA of the 5th NH. killedatgettysburg.org/charles-phelps-5th-new-hampshire/

  • @TheWeatherbuff
    @TheWeatherbuff 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Regarding the gentleman's question about "old granny": I believe he might be referring to Gen. Jerome Robertson, (Hood's Division). From the research I've done, he was nicknamed "Aunt Polly", because of his intense care for the health of his men. In "The Movie", Gen. Armistead's character refers to Gen. Lee as being called "Old Granny". Not sure if that's true. The gentleman may be referring to Gen. Jerome Robertson as "Aunt Polly". Maybe that'll help clear things up. Please correct me if I'm wrong about it.

    • @indy_go_blue6048
      @indy_go_blue6048 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I'm sorry that I'm not familiar with Gen Robertson's story, but yes Lee was referred to as "Granny" and "King of Spades" during his time around Charleston, SC (winter 1861-2) and his first month as CinC of the ANV due to his orders of entrenching and apparent penchant for defensive war when the soldiers wanted to attack. His reputation was really pretty low prior to the Seven Days when he began to show his true aggressive nature. I wish you'd left a time stamp for the question.

    • @LeesTexan
      @LeesTexan 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lee was indeed called Granny Lee in the early part of the war before he took control of the Army of Northern VA.

  • @HeritageLanark
    @HeritageLanark 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Maybe this was touched upon - but has anyone taken a metal detector to the area to see what might turn up?

    • @StuffWriter
      @StuffWriter  5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      K P
      They’re prohibited on park land with severe penalties for violators.

    • @HeritageLanark
      @HeritageLanark 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@StuffWriter Oh! Interesting!....and Good to Know!! Thank you

    • @gbjanuary
      @gbjanuary 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      StuffWriter that’s nice thought that soldiers personal buried items might be out there in the field.

  • @starvinghoundd
    @starvinghoundd 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Planning a trip to Gettysburg next year. Hope Matt shaves his beard not used to seeing him like that. Lol love the beard tho.

  • @cyndiebill6631
    @cyndiebill6631 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The people being concerned about the woods amazes me. Of course there are woods. The troops came out of the woods to fight.

  • @tomdaley9154
    @tomdaley9154 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Never seen Matt with facial hair

    • @lespangen
      @lespangen ปีที่แล้ว +2

      And gray!?

    • @lespangen
      @lespangen ปีที่แล้ว +1

      And gray at that 😀

  • @maggiejane6327
    @maggiejane6327 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hahaha .. Yay, Canadians! ... 😁🇨🇦✌️

  • @jacobmorris9862
    @jacobmorris9862 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Found out one of my ancestors was at Gettysburg. Then find out he was in the 7th Ga and basically did nothing.

    • @amonstolz1228
      @amonstolz1228 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      My great great grandpa was in the 9th Georgia

    • @seangrexa4707
      @seangrexa4707 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      "Doing nothing" at Gettysburg was impossible. Just the 50 mile march back to VA in the pouring rain would have been enough for most "mortals". Respect to Lee and his battered army for executing that alone!

  • @marymoriarity2555
    @marymoriarity2555 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Why did Matt have abeard

  • @confusedwolf7157
    @confusedwolf7157 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Would be there for the humour alone y'all ...

  • @Rogijimbex
    @Rogijimbex 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Always great presentation by Matt Atkinson but, again, awful videography. So frustrating to not see the areas described - also panned too low if any effort is made at all. At least his fingers weren't over the lens like the previous video I looked at. great content.

    • @M_Lopez_3D_Artist
      @M_Lopez_3D_Artist 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      its more a audio vlog just to listen too i feel i love this history though

  • @OldHickoryAndyJackson
    @OldHickoryAndyJackson ปีที่แล้ว

    Must of been hell getting shot up by a good Union Division

    • @firebird_spleen4190
      @firebird_spleen4190 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Must of been embarrassing taking 4 years to beat an army you outnumber 3-1 and you have all the factories

  • @confusedwolf7157
    @confusedwolf7157 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    C'mon over here here limey (me).. me? Just an observer sir

  • @ftargr
    @ftargr 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    zoooooook 1:44

  • @decimated550
    @decimated550 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    52:50 another fascinatingly gory depiction of cannonballs upon human flesh and bones!

    • @LeesTexan
      @LeesTexan 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Based on that, I do not think the one dead Confederate photo that shows his entire right side blown out, was done as they later said by hogs. Where that soldier was on the Rose Farm was right under the artillery fire from the union guns at the peach orchard.

  • @willoutlaw4971
    @willoutlaw4971 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The South loses every time.

  • @WestTNConfed
    @WestTNConfed ปีที่แล้ว

    Ole Matt must've had a few before giving this tour.