1st Minnesota Gettysburg - Liberty Rifles - July 2022 

I imagine their thoughts were something like "I hope I don't get shot and die dreadfully slow"

and then in only 5 minutes only 47 of them would remain

Feel free to share and use if you like! A great event

I'm grateful for such a great representation of the real HEROS of our short history as a nation. I've been out of living history for about a decade (1/11th NCT) and plan on returning in earnest very soon! Man, I would've loved to have been at this event in any capacity. Stokes the fire even more to get back involved like I used to be. Thanks again from the bottom of my (rebel 😉) heart for all involved in this vid!!! Sending love and respect from Johnston County, NC!

@@paparude7724 2wweee

same, maybe my favorite part of the whole thing.

Powerful song

During the final assault on Snodgrass Hill at Chickamauga the 104th Illinois struck up a chorus of the Battle Cry of Freedom. They marched off the field at right shoulder shift arms and kept singing. This was an army forged in defeat on that hill.

It's rare, you know? To find people who truly understand the meaning of honor. A dying, near-dead breed. Remember the strifes and struggles, for it is what hardens men for the next step to freedom.

@@thirdgen377 Very well said.

Agree

Those surviving that action. By order of General Hancock. Would be issued all of General Sickle's whiskey. His cigars. His drawers etc. Had I Been Hancock. No doubt he was moved by the bravery of The 1st Minnesota Infantry.

And the next day the survivors fought against Pickett's Charge where more were killed!

@@df5295 Such sacrifice. Men being pushed beyond the limit.

Hi I was also a civil war reenact or in Soskan southern Skirmish Association I served with the 4th texas, 7 th louisiana zouaves, madison artillery and the south Carolina sharpshooters.

@andrewcarter504 hello to a fellow soskan veteran! Regards Steve

That's pretty cool that you guys have American Civil War reenactments over there, its probably a bit more expensive to get into Napoleonic or earlier eras (as well as it being so easy to represent different units on the same side with minimal changes to the uniform). Plus for the 1860s in British military history there isn't much nearby or that can be safely traveled to these days. I'd love to see a reenactment of some Crimean War battles but well..... I don't think that will be happening anytime soon.

Radical dude

The storm that blew through was a nice reprieve.

Mooo negotiating mean disaster

If only your dumbass knew how many thousands of dollars those reenactors raise for battlefield preservation