It is now 2024 and I find that no matter how many times I have watched and listened too this epic film, and there have been many, I can not stem the flow of tears as these honorable men valiantly defend what they believe in their hearts is right. So firm in their belief that they would give their lives too defend it. The film is brilliantly acted, directed, edited and when infused with this magnificent score it is impossible not too get emotionally involved in what was one of the most epic depiction of the greatest event in American history.
Visited Gettysburg National MilitaryvPark after seeing movie. Went to the "ANGLE" and copse of trees where the union awaited Pickets charge. Terrifying to look at the distance they crossed...horrible mistake.
As did my great great great grandfather, Aquila Pascoe-1817-1893, Pvt, Company C, 81st Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. His unit engaged at the Wheat Field on the second day of fighting. I find it interesting that he chose to enlist at age 44. His son William also served in the 28th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry though he was mustered out before Gettysburg, I think because of wounds received earlier in the war.
Make fun of me or laugh but this song makes me shed tears that I get to live in this beautiful nation. I had ancestors in the Civil War as many in these comments I’m sure do. I had a few on the Union side on my moms side of the family and on my fathers I had a confederate ancestor who hated slavery and just was fighting for his state. This music makes me think of them and I don’t even know them
@Sammy People back then weren't good people, good people are a rarity. Every nation has good and bad traits and to say that modern day America is bad because there exists people that you don't like is just childish to me.
Sammy yeah, interesting sort of place where a bunch of state flags still incorporate Confederate motifs. Literally the flag of a traitor state that took up arms against the US because they were worried Washington might try and, one day, abolish slavery.
@Sammy What, you mean the entire city of Washington DC was dead by 1860? Where did the President live? Why do historians so often refer to a dead city? Why was the South so worried about what Lincoln was going to do when he got to this dead city. So many questions, man. Clearly, I've been lied to.
There is a lot of beautiful music in this world that has been written over the ages. This particular song on the Gettysburg soundtrack has to top them all and that is saying tons!!! When the snare drums come in with the rolling bass and timpani drums it's like the cannons are going off and horses are running across the open field! I get goosebumps! Randy Edelman nailed it!
One of my favorites soundtracks from one of my favorite movies. The cast was amazing and the cinematography was up to the task of capturing the terrifying awesome scope of 3 of the the most pivotal days in human history. I am always awestruck when I visit the battleground. There ain't nothing civil about war but there is honor....sometimes.
Well...since were already in the phase of both sides gathering support for such thing.. Probably not too much :D But to be fair even Jefferson said "And what country can preserve it’s liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." And since the current democrats are trying to segregate us and discriminate on us because of our race (a new bill from California) I know which side I wont be on. Not that the GOP is too good either, how did this libertarian party get so authoritarian is above me :D
To learn of the emptiness, perhaps we have or are, or will soon, but after that to learn to live in peace and with love? May not too soon we learn before the proper time is come.
The Nixon administration learned that if you set up slave labor in another country(China), then no one cares! It's just Chinese people, so no big deal! China has labor conditions similar to what the Noth had during and after the Civil War.
America can be proud of this masterpiece...I can spontaneously break in to tears whenever I hear this piece...They both fought to form a more perfect union...I'm proud us Irish played a part as well...🙏✌GOD BLESS AMERICA...++ ❤
@frank michael kreis@Sammy If you know any wannabe chucklefucks plz tell them that what person thought mattered about their comment was that someone from Germany even bothered to watch the film, much less lookup the ending credits. Sure, western audiences watch films about certain European national socialist movements, but those weren't exactly domestic conflicts, so which film regarding the German Revolution of 1918 would you recommend, because I'm ignorant as fuck and haven't bothered. That's meant to read as: Thanks German Person for your comment and whatever crosscultural effort you made to get there.
After I saw this for the first time this year I can’t stop listening to this beautiful soundtrack 😍🎶 I’m so obsessed ❤️ The whole movie is absolutely a masterpiece 👌🏻
Me and my father watched this on VHS back in the 90's. We were in awe at the amount of Tape between the two parts......My father is long past now. But, for one time in our lives. We both agreed that it was the south's finest hour.
There are very few moments in our history when so many gave up EVERYTHING to fight for what they believed in! Regardless of which "side" the cost were devastating not only to the men who fought the battles, but to entire families and communities, and nearly destroyed our nation. Randy Edelman brilliantly captures the raw emotion, heroic struggle, and sacrifice of the time. The whole movie is a masterpiece but with the tear jerking musical score it is one that will be remembered FOREVER with other great movies the likes of "Gone With The Wind"!
Sacrificed for what they believed in yes, but what the south believed in was RIGHT and what the north believed in was WRONG. the southerners just wanted to be treated like equals and have the same rights as the north. The north didn't like that so they bullied the south into a needless war (that lincoln wanted) that could've been solved in a courtroom with a pin and paper, instead, lincoln's very un-civil and unjust war cost hundreds of thousands of lives that could've could've been prevented. The south was right, the war was not about slavery, and we will never forget.
@@Sammy_shammy24 Have you read the ordinances for secession of the states that made up the Confederacy? They quite explicitly state that their reason for secession was for the preservation of the institution of slavery. This is a matter of record and fact. Not that I condone Lincoln's military response to the matter nor interference with the act of secession, suspending the writ of habeas corpus, or otherwise neglecting the provisions of the 9th and 10th Amendments. Personally, I believe in the idea of the state governments retaining independent power, separate from their obligation to each other as United States. But it must be reinforced that the motive for the secession was rooted in the preservation of slavery. To say otherwise is demonstrably revisionist. www.battlefields.org/learn/primary-sources/declaration-causes-seceding-states It is also worth mentioning that the initial policy of the Lincoln Administration prior to the outbreak of hostilities was to stop the expansion of slavery into the new western territories acquired by the US government, but with no interference with it in states that the institution already existed. The problem was, the Southern States saw this policy of preventing slavery's expansion and reacted fearfully that the direct abolition of slavery nationwide would result. The only way this could happen in a non-wartime scenario is if there was enough support in Congress to pass such an amendment to abolish slavery, which at that point there was no feasible way of doing. Ironically enough, the secession of states and formation of the Confederacy is what legally enabled the United States to abolish slavery in 1865. And if you want to talk about moral beliefs over law and politics, there is nothing morally wrong in fighting for the cause of abolition, so for the rank-and-file Northern soldiers who enlisted in the US Army for this very reason cannot be "wrong." But do not mistake me, I believe the same thing can be said for the rank-and-file Southern soldiers who put allegiance to their respective states (regardless of their policies and how they conform/conflict with their personal beliefs) over their allegiance to their country. Above all, the thing that the men of both sides have in common that are admirable are their courage, devotion to duty, and tenacity in battle. They were men of honor that fought with honor, and deserve our respect. Not love nor hatred, but a solemn, dispassionate respect for who they were: soldiers.
This composition reminds me that when divisive hatred leads to war, that such bloodshed and tragedy can unfold. It helps me see both sides as the victims, even if I am myself aligned to the North.
indeed victims. but who's the culprit? the British was defeated by the American just few years earlier and saw how strong this "colony" has become. so they did what they do best,... (divide rule). and have nothing to do with freeing the slaves.
Randy Edelman belongs right up there with John Williams as a Top composer. Both of their contributions bring Words to their music and make an added dimension in their musical scores.
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives so that this nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate-we can not consecrate-we can not hallow-this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us- that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion-that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain-that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom- and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.
America, America -- God shed His grace on thee... and crowned thy good with brotherhood... from sea to shining sea. Before this great war: "the United States are..." but after this great war: the United States is." And in God's good Providence, she saved the world twice... in the 20th century from world tyranny...
@@thegenuinehamslice3944 we're all brothers and sisters now, confederates or yankee. im from the south, but I respect my friends from the north. good day to you.
Still one of the best soundtracks I have ever heard. Tugs on the heartstrings. My dream vacation is to visit these Hallowed grounds and pay my respects to all the men who gave their life for our nation. Some were Grey some were Blue.
The beginning of the song feels perfect for this year...Long.. Hard.. Painful, chaotic and nightmarish.. And now...There is a sense it has come to an end, and those who were enemies embrace.. Or these days elbow bump, now they can hopefully talk together as one...And at 3:20 is when we both celebrate as we move on from the hell of this year...And the previous 3, of this terrible division.
We are a band of brothers, and native to the soil, Fighting for our Liberty, with treasure, blood and toil; And when our rights were threaten'd, the cry rose near and far, Hurrah for the Bonnie Blue Flag, that bears a Single Star! Hurrah! Hurrah! For Southern Rights, hurrah! Hurrah! For the Bonnie Blue Flag, that bears a Single Star!
I am french and, even if I I can't understand all the meaning of this battle (I think), this film is one of the bests films of war I've never seen (and this soundtrack gives me chills)...
@@vintagebrew1057 I know (Beauregard, for exemple, il a french name). French Louisiana consisted mainly of Southern States: this explains it in large part...
@@saintjust2 I believe he was Creole. Very striking looking man. And I agree, I am English, (did'nt know much about the ACW) and this film was superb with a beautiful soundtrack. The recent film "1917" is also one of the best movie's I have seen about war, with a fantastic soundtrack too.
I was on a trip to chicago for a scientific meeting. I had a free evening and almost by accident walked into a theatre playing this. Always a student military history, I was curious, but I was not ready for the assault on my senses and emotions. By the intermission, having just seen the defence of Little Round top by the 20th Maine, I could hardly look at the screen. Thank heaven for the break. War like this is not about glory, whatever that is, but rather it is about desperation. For, those involved, for those watching. Can this not stop somehow? Please stop. Please don't stop.
I would LOVE to see this in a theatre!!! I have only seen it on a TV screen, several times, and yes it is emotionally draining even under those circumstances. I learn something new about the battle and the war each time I see it, about the characters and the conditions at the time. Slavery would have eventually been phased out due to public opinion and the invention of the cotton gin. As Longstreet said, "We should have freed the slaves and THEN fired on Fort Sumter." But if the slaves had been freed, wouldn't it have been great if the war hadn't been necessary at all? In the long run after the slavery question, it was really all about politics and money.
@@SaraConr The south in 1860 was the wealthiest region of the United States in 1860 because of the cotton economy that was only possible due to slave labor. The south seceded because they saw the election of Lincoln and the GOP (along totally regional lines) and their stated position of banning the further expansion of slavery into the west, as a threat to the source of their wealth (well that of the planter elites who controlled the south politically) How? The western states without a slaveholding elite would tend to fall under the influence of northern elites who drew their wealth from railroads, banking, industry, and shipping. The western states would join the Union and give northern interests control of Congress and the White House via the Electoral vote. The south could see this coming That's why they got out. Sure Lincoln offered an amendment to protect slavery where it was. But the south knew that The amendment could be reversed in a generation when the western territories, economically and politically aligned with the northeast, could revisit that issue. The south also knew every year the north grew stronger due to mass immigration and more industrialization. If the south was going to make a bid for independence it had to move in 1860 not wait till 1880 when the population gap would even larger.
that part in the moviewhen Chamberlain hugs his younger brother with this song in the background always gets me cause im a twin and i would do the exact same thing
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Still get goosebumps when I hear this and the rendition of the Gettysburg address. Dear black folks, this is the reparations this country give to you, their deaths for your FREEDOM!
Black folks did plenty of dying in Union blue for their own freedom. Two weeks after Gettsyburg, the 54th Massachusetts would march into Glory at Fort Wagner and prove black people could be more than bystanders as their fate in America was being played out. By the end of the war, 10 percent of the Union Army was black and they were willing to fight for less pay (the Union did even up the pay scale after a while) and the threat of summary execution if captured. Please keep in mind that black men have fought and died for this nation just as they built it on their backs going back to George Washington's Continentals who just like the Union Army was 10 percent black. That means black men were dying for your Freedom and that of every white American while many of them would be denied their own.
Don’t talk about black people like they didn’t have a hand in it either. Black men have fought and died for their country in every American war, including this one.
Idk if it is true, but in the 3rd book, penned by the original Arthur's son, Chamberlin is the one who disarms the Army of North Virgnia after the surrender. Seemed fitting
It happened in the 3rd book and in real history. Chamberlin would lead the 20th Maine back into desperate battle during the Battle of the Wilderness in 1864 where he would seemingly be mortally injured. General Grant himself gave Chamberlin a battlefield promotion to Brigadier General seeing that as a way to honor a dying hero. Chamberlin would survive his injuries and return to combat duty in time for the final campaign against Lee leading to Appomattox. Chamberlin would be selected by Grant to accept the formal surrender of the ANV.
A powerful scene that is perfectly capped off by cutting to the American flag being held by a soldier. Tattered and stained with blood and smoke. but still being held high to show that the Union has survived its greatest test.
Delete scane from Capitan Amerika- at Gettysburg- there was changed mind of Capitan Amerika from small boy to big man. Just film. But how many real man was changed their maind in that place? It is like in Czech republic by Hradec Králove. My great honorable for Southern soldiers fight for law of state raights and the same honorable for Nothern soldiers fight for freedom for slaves. They both are same brave, and I salute them together. Forgoten, but living in people for ever.
