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Raising new regiments was also a good way for politicians to promote their friends. As it was not only New York which did his I suggest this was the usual motive for an inneficient system which cost a lot of lives.
I live in Falling Waters, WV...right across from Williamsport, MD. I lived in Maryland for 44 years before that. I was about 6, too when my dad took me there...but this was 1977. There were no markers, no visitor's center. The damage to the aqueduct was a blight that lasted nearly 70 years. Only those who had known it's history would stop here. I remember still seeing damage from Hurrican Agnes five years after the fact. This was an industrial area, and still looked very much so until the1990's. I remember the effort to clean up the Canal in the 1970's, and what it looked like before. As polluted as the Potomac was in 1977, it was worse in the 1940's. My dad grew up in Cumberland then, and he said nothing grew for 15 yards on either side of the Potomac from Cumberland to Georgetown. The cleanup that lasted through the 1980's was just incredible, and it is absolutely beautiful now...but that took years of cleanup, abatement, and restoration work to bring this about. Great video! Nice to see my neighborhood on YT, and you've earned a subscriber... 💯
Outstanding! Somehow this video has moved into my number one spot as my favorite! As a Floridian maybe it's because of the water 😆. Dude, I love this channel. Keep up the wonderful work.
Hey, don’t know if you know this but Pittsburgh as a bunch of Civil War forts around it and in it, you see during the Civil War union generals… The confederacy was going to go attack Pittsburgh so they built a bunch of small little forts now a lot of them are destroyed, but there is one that is mostly intact that I know the location of unknown
Outstanding work young man. Love your videos, very informative. You have really grown as a story teller. On a other note how is school going? May I ask what your degree is going to be? I believe I know but I don't want to assume..... We all know what assuming will do.
That was something I wasn't paying too much attention to at the time of visit, but upon re-examining my photos it appears they may be. If they are painted, i presume the Park Service made this decision to preserve the barrels. I encountered six field pieces during my exploration of Monocacy. All gold. But have seen older photos of the battlefield of those pieces with the barrels that oxidized teal color we are so used to from visiting Gettysburg & Antietam.
@@RedoubtProductions1754 I suspect those guns are fake, i.e. reproductions. Why else would you paint something that doesn't require it. Given the way government agencies are always crying about needing money, they won't do anything they don't have to. Of course this all speculation, except for the crying about money lol
This is a remarkable presentation. At least as marvelous as this presentation is the knowledge, the commitment and the enthusiasm of these young presenters. That these young people are so devoted to the memory and the importance of these events at Gettysburg is a refreshing beacon of light to all historians of the Civil War as well as to historians in general. These young people are showing us that history is not dead and gone. History is crucial to understanding not just our past, but to an appreciation and understanding of our present. It is wonderful to imagine how grateful and excited the soldiers who participated in the monumental events of Gettysburg and especially those who gave the last full measure of their lives on these fields would be about the work, devotion and skill of these dedicated young folks of 2024.
I was in Gettysburg that weekend and saw you guys filming in the Wheatfield. I didn't want to bug you, but what a great and well researched video! Keep up the good work!
Just found your channel today when I saw your Folck's Mill video. Being from Cumberland, I was interested. Have watched like 4-5 other videos so far...can't wait to watch more. Great job on all of them.
When I was a kid used to go fishing there, my dad got busted for having undersize bass Walked through the tunnel a few times, get into the middle and you can just see a speck of light at the ends. Always wondered what they did with all the rock they excavated
Dude. Three years ago? If I were you, I’m on my way off this hurtling stone, but I would set my sights and efforts to several great History schools (B, MA, little bit of cool) and Thirdly, Your Doctorate from some great school, great reputation producing heavy hitters, already stoked, and determined to ride a magic carpet write into multiple service, historical and personalized adventures not available to the consensus gentum. Good work and practice, your delivery which already has a hook and grab, 0:00 could open multiple doors in many directions. I went to Clarion U, ‘95. Ain’t the half of it, beyond being gifted.. what I’ve seen is, if you do what you love, and love what you do, you’ll never work a day for the rest of your life. I know that your generation are more than prepared, they’re riled, ready, and eager to meet any challenges or threats. PS I read, when the student is ready, the teacher will appear. Even though usually only after you find yourself; but most times, well, keep your eyes open, help and guidance is often braided in the threads of hopelessness and tragedy, ready to be untangled and repaired. I hope I didn’t insult any boundaries, but if I did, please accept my peremptory apologies. Airborne
Also with whereni found the confederate position it had to be early in the battle or history has the lines blured but the confederate soldiers took up arms way closer to the mill than the battle maps show from what ive found they would be directly infront of there own cannons i looked and looked for the confederate line as per the map and couldn't find it then by accident one day just milling around on one of my permissions i sure enough called my buddy and said i found where they were 15 mins later i was digging round balls in a area that was missed thru the years this battle is very close in my heart its only about 5 mins from my house!
I have just about every permission to detect most of this battle ive found 1 confederate position and i have the main pos. Of general kelly best thing ive found was a spratts food canister lid that was looted in Chambersburg and either eaten or lost during this battle tons of musket balls 3 ringers ps on that hill side there is still a union cannon pos. My buddy crafty found a artillery shell fuse on the hill crest hillside
As a decendant of an XII and XX and later XXIII Corps veteran, your portrayal of XII Corps is more than insulting. The soldiers voted to retain the XII Corps badge for the XX Corps. The original XII Corps regiments were mustered at the start of the war and marched in the Grand Review after the victory. Also I Corps badge still lives on as the modern 1st Corps.
I shall be honest and say this is a biased ranking and I am not a fan of repurposing pre-existing corp badges. But at the end of the day, this stream was never going to give do justice on the performance of each corp. I'd suggest keeping your eyes out on the channel in the coming months as this stream has given me thoughts on doing a proper exploration of each union army infantry corp, because legacies such as that of the XX Corp deserve more recognition.
Hi Redoubt, very interesting video, thanks for the upload. I recently learnt why the 101st Airborne has the screaming eagle patch. Back in 1861 their mascot was an eagle called Old Abe. A funny piece I read - during the battle of Corinth, Mississippi, Confederate General Sterling Price remarked, "that bird must be captured or killed at all hazards, I would rather get that eagle than capture a whole brigade or a dozen battle flags."
@@RedoubtProductions1754 Yeah, I worded that wrong (I blame the poor standards in the English education system lol), Wisconsin was the territory of the original 101st Division and the insignia was inspired by Old Abe and the traditions of the 8th Wisconsin during the Civil War, but I am happy to be corrected on that.
My grandpa lived in Cresson, PA. and worked for the PRR for 50 years, 1886-1936. He worked at UN tower just west of these tunnels. My mom told me a freight train derailed and took the tower out and they never rebuilt it. FYI - The PRR never called them a caboose. They were "cabin cars"
