Civil War 1863 - Gettysburg July 2nd - The Wheatfield Attacks 

I actually had a cousin by marriage who was an 8th Ohio Regiment reenactor at the same event you're referring to, Mr. Cavallo. He was also an extra in the Gettysburg film as a cavalry trooper riding in Col. Gamble's brigade under Gen. Buford's(Sam Elliott)division

I was there. I was also there 2 July 1997 when they buried the bones of an unknown soilder found in the railroad cut two years before when I was there in 95. That was an awesome experience as well.

@Will Allen no he didn't say glory hole

@@mikegrey5663 .haha..i almost thought thats what they said😂

God Bless The North.

God bless the South.

pigurine MACVSOG in Vietnam had 100% casualty rate

Pretty sure there was one regiment in Gettysburg who's only survivor was the drummer boy..

TheOldBattalionProductions whole teams would sometimes go missing like there’s a bunch of stories of 5 to 20 men going up against whole NVA Regiments

@@noface4176 Wasn't Roy Benadivez (I think I butchered the name) a part of one of these teams that actually managed to get out alive?

TheOldBattalionProductions yep so is John Stryker Meyer, John Plaster and the infamous most badass person Jerry MAD DOG Shriver

Juanmar well my men and I wore wool uniforms when we took a trip to the sea. It was hot but we got our job done.

@@WyattB26 Must have been an unusually warm November/December ;)

Andrew Buck : the 150th , Gettysburg, me too , 18th South Carolina Vol infantry Co.F , C.S.A

I wasnt

good eye yes there were but in very very small# mostly free black men and many of them in non combat rolls

In the 135th Gettysburg reenactment, 1998, I met Black reenactors whose kin did fight for the Army of Northern Virginia. That was pretty cool! We wuz all drawing breakfast rations from a sutler serving McDonald's like ham and eggs, sausage and egg sandwiches! Before the battle of the Peach Orchard and Devil's Den.

@@joncavallo4391 blacks weren't allowed to serve in the confederate forces as far as I know, in non-combat roles but not in fighting roles.

@@cadeallan7139 Nathan Bedford Forrest a Confederate General had quite a few of his slaves in his cavalry regiment only 1 deserted his regiment.

Extremely inauthentic to have a black man on the rebel firing line - that was literally illegal in the Confederacy - but then take a look at all those fat Confederates! I'm a fan of historical reenactments, but those wide bodies really ruin it.

some were at devils den

They do that because they don’t want something to fly down the barrel and injure someone

Even the paper that the powder is kept in can injure a person, and sometimes not all the powder burns so you have little grains of it hurtling down range. In the actual battle the soldiers had to fire long distances as well, so they would use their elevation sights on the rifle, and you would be pointing upwards for some shots depending on how far you were shooting

@@iammelon7803 yeah exactly.

interesting ! there was also italians, dutches, germans and frenches united in some companies of régiments as well

The flags were used as markers in a sense during battle. It is very hard to see sometimes in battle and being able to see your flag helps you know where to go.

I thought the same. Sounds as ridiculous as gangbangers fighting and dying for colors represented by a bandana

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The 'real' Americans lost the War to the foreign Bankers that still control America....

@@thelastaustralian7583 the "real Americans" lost to the invading Europeans, after Columbus!

You would be exhausted. They would double time the last hundred yards or so. The tight formations increased control and fire power with their single shot rifled muskets.

Roger Auger I'm glad you asked the question !! I'm more of a modern /ww2 era re enactor tbh ! it does get interesting ... sometimes! normally an agreement is understood "ok ALLIED units victors this event ....as AXIS ; GERMAN troops ie had been Victors last event etc etc the PYROTECHNICS guys will have laid out CHARGES etc on the BTLFLD and SAFETY is PARAMOUNT !!!!! SO! large fmns (as on this clip ) need to watch WHERE manoeuvring flanking etc RED markers etc ok my own personal experience (other than Military service and lots of FLDEX LOL )IS some individuals make comments derogatory remarks !! and some younger Lad's IN NEED of extra Weapons handling SKILLS :SAFETY ....and Weapon familiarity (ie basics of types of weapon SMG /Rifle /LMG ...pistol etc ) NOT a skill CLEARLY learnt on 1 or 2 wkends!!!! (young BR AIRBORNE lad had ND with MP40 smg 9mm blank firer !!! sitting in PARA Jeep AWAITING entry onto BTLFLD !!! nothing visual was seen to be done by ANY of his PARA grp or SNCO etc !!) I gather some action was taken after BATTLE!!?? a very fit /KEEN young man ...that for some EXTRA trng and mentoring would be an ASSET to a GRP!!!! ALSO Individuals in teams and other groups WHO are the FACE of Younger members ref:to kit/EQPT etc when most likely £££s are scarce in his wallet and he is possibly checking out Various GRPS ERAs to see what is SUITABLE to the Individual ???!!!! MANY NEG comments on Living History and!!! .....young film makers too!!! from characters with little knowledge or even basic R E S P E C T!!! as an EX REG TA and ARMY cadet INSTRUCTOR (now 60 yrs and still being asked to PLEASE HELP out !!!!) I am very much impressed and inspired watching these WW2 and modern FILM shorts !! GOOD luck to all with that it can/DOES take a lifetime to learn SKILLS and experience with TRNG!! BUT a second of a SLAG OFF to destroy or criticise!!!! thus potential talent wasted!!!! hope the info helps you ROGER A and others!!????

Like kids playing GI Joes. Haha 😄

Yes! I am in 9th Michigan Vol. Inf. and there are many other units! Check your area, if you're in the east or south of the U.S. You may find a unit! And they also do Civil War Reenactments in Europe!

@@Azula9068 WHY WHEN THEY RIP DOWN MOMOMENTS TO SOUTH??????

OR DO YOU GET WANKERS FROM NORTH TO PLAY CONFEDERATES?

@@Azula9068 wow American history is amazing on the international stage. After all it was on brink of world war had France England joined. Mexico was fighting the French at the time so it would have been interesting of who would side with who as England also had sympathy for the South and its cotton interests

you did there are black reb reenactors. I've meet one before.

it's possible as free and slave fought on both sides

You have a few cases of black confederates in the navy, and more rarely the army. The CSA on the whole was opposed to freedmen serving in their military, and actually barred a couple attempts to form regiments. The only documented case of a unit serving in the CSA were a bunch of slaves forced at gunpoint to aid in the defence of Richmond near the end of the war. Most black people in the CSA military were brought along by their masters as servants (ranking officers) or were forced to do manual labour at gunpoint.

Good eyes, there is indeed a black face amongst the confederates. Wholly inaccurate. The 13 black soldiers who did enlist in the CSA did not do so until the last year of the war.

Maybe he is a civil war Reenactor who happens to be black.

See these documents. civilwartalk.com/attachments/charles-benger-confederate-discharge-jpg.52179/ scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/23167951_369876520092258_3909419213698240665_n.jpg?_nc_cat=0&oh=8ae1c7bb1552576e37ed68b25f7305d0&oe=5B7486AC From The Nashville Daily Union, March 20,1863. (Nashville was the first Confederate capital occupied by the Federal Army,) This would be a Union newspaper,)

There were reports of officers black body servants who fought when their masters were incapacitated. Also blacks served as transfers on supply wagons on both sides.

Guerrillakalle the southern armies were mixed armies. Most southwest units had Hispanics (Texas specifically) blacks though they didn't generally enlist did get conscripted though there were a few segregated units the majority were mixed race units. So while "rare" it's not impossible.

richard stone you’ve clearly never heard of the senior reserves. There is a testimony of a white haired confederate who died at sharpsburg in 1862. Need for troops only grew into 1863.

@@docholiday1806 Now I have.And looked up some stuff straight away. Just shows how endlessly fascinating and important the ACW was. I will maintain though that they would be unlikely to be overweight and /or numerous.Exceptions of course occur . look up Jean Thurel. What a story!

The costs associated with each soldiers kit can be quite expensive. Not to mention the days off to attend these gatherings and the travel expenses. Most young folks don't have the means. There are a smaller percentage of younger reenactors out their....many father and son participants.

@@denisdegamon8224 I get that. What I am saying is that a distorted idea may be presented. I would not suggest that a confederate re-enactor goes anorexic for a month prior to a battle.

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What threat is Russia to our freedom

@@scallen3841 To American freedom perhaps not, to Polish freedom most definitely.

@@timetraveler2405 it's been that way since the wall.came down , the ussr occupied those countries they librated for a long time . And the us government let them .

yes but the victor is the one who writes history, the north won so the north got it's stories written

victorious? I didn't know the Rebs won Gettysburg, TIL

uh, the Confederates lost Gettysburg and the war

He's referring to the wheatfield. The confederates won that part of the battle.

@@acolyteoffire4077 you mean the lies

Spud Westhaver is this another attempt to explain the cause of the war without mentioning slavery? Northern barons eh. As per the 1860 census, there was more wealth in cotton and slave property than all of the industry and railroads combined in the north.

Victims of injustice? The rebs unbeknownst to them fought for planters. Period.

You are right, as it was called the Value Added Tax. A Southern planter was taxed for the shirts the raw cotton would make. Quite much written about Nullification from 1820-50. Slavery was but ONE issue and not the foremost. Most are unaware Lincoln offered the Cowan Amendment to all states in the South about 6 weeks prior to succession. They turned it down flat as taxation was more pressing. The planters were the oligarchs and slaves were used as strike breakers as well. The majority of Southerners wanted nothing to do with slavery.

@@davemooreforcongress4113 Poor Southern whites fought for the expansion of slavery and white supremacy against their better interests. They were told it was "state's rights" so they accepted that lie and fought bravely to dig their own financial graves.

Slavery was wrong, but so was wiping out whole indian villages. Neither side had the moral high ground. Those of you who look down your hypocritical noses at the south better look at yourselves in the mirror if you think the north was any better.