How Long Did It Take to Climb Bunker Hill & Reach Rail Fence + Redoubt? 1775  

I like this view of the war. Katie's accent does lend an air of authenticity to her presentation. I will be back.

I am an American history fan. I grew up in Hull, just south of Boston. I live in California now. I really miss my hometown. Hopefully I can retire back home. Your voice (accent) is beautiful and is music to my ears!!!

It irks me to see a great battlefield that has now been developed, but thank you for retracing this and telling the story. This looks like quite the adventure!

I like your soapbox. Your presentations are excellent. Thank you.

Katie Turner Getty is the Bees Knees no question, but she has Indepth knowledge of this battle that even those whose credentials would have you expect them to have, do not. More importantly she conveys this knowledge in a manner that can be grasped because it is infused with the enthusiasm that is the side effect of the incurable love of history malady. I am not alone in the belief that it was wonderful for her to have walked this distance both for experience and deeper understanding, when she could have simply revealed her wings and flown as she is an Angel.

Great Job putting out alot of great info.

Katie, I believe that if the men and women of the Revolution were here to hear you and see your zeal in relating their struggles, they would embrace you like a daughter. Your work is SO important , especially now. Thank you, and know that if they can hear you somehow, the spirits of our great grandparents thank you as well. God bless!

6:25 You should have got all kitted up in a reproduction British wool uniform, Brown Bess musket replica (inert, so the cops don't get upset), ration bag, etc. This would probably give a real feeling (may have even slowed the walk down a bit). Great job as aways, Katie. I like how you really take us back in time, so to speak, and understand how things were, along with the perspective of how things look now in the 2020s.

Thank you for posting interesting content that is free from political opinion. Your channel is refreshing and entertaining!

This is so much more than what I remember being taught in school. Excellent information that I'm so glad to learn about and I can certainly feel your dedication to this part of America's history. Thank you for enlightening me and others to this important part of our history.

Katie you are my lady a real Patriot ,l learn something from you everytime l watch your well done videos on the revolutionary war

Thank you for your history lessons. What an interesting history that we have.

You are a gas! Love your videos and the fact you are an intelligent, well informed woman with a serious interest in the Revolution makes me just say YES! She’s great! Thank you very much for bringing all your knowledge to the rest of the world.

Katie those men were acclimated to walking and rough undeveloped land. Their diet was greatly different from ours. Those men were machines compared to even the most healthy of us today. Whole different type of people then….i think impossible to make a fair comparison to us today. 🤷🏻‍♂️

I have found your talks! Great stories!

Thanks Katie!

I just found the channel. I'm enjoying the content.

I am enjoying finding out all the little known facts. It makes it very interesting to watch.

Katie, I love your channel! I have always been fascinated with Revolutionary War history and with the battle of Bunker Hill in particular. I remember making a diorama of the battle in Elementary School of salt, flour, water and food coloring with army soldiers that I lovingly hacked limbs off and painted with red model paint! Your videos really bring the history to life.

I love your enthusiasm and these videos. Suggestion for an action adventure: Cambridge Commons where Washington took command. He was apprehensive about his new, untrained army.

This is the second of your videos I have seen. How lucky you are to live near to such an historic site. I really appreciate the way you are accurately describing the opposing forces. So often, we see the cliché of "Plucky rebels V Cardboard cut-out British" which belittles the effort made by both sides and the achievement of the Americans in defeating professional and hardened troops.

What a great organization and presentation of the battle and a key Patriot preparations. Katie, Noddle Island appeared on one of this post's maps; your approach could bring that English military fiasco to life!

Thanks for such great content!

Thank you for another great video. I always learn something new, well done keep up the great work!

You could have tried walking up the remnants of the CLIFF behind the Chruch. There is a Cemetary ther, but there's a thin walway. The path Medford street was basicalyy the shore line of the Mystic. Bunker Hill street had been well walked way back then..

Hi I just found your videos and love them! my mom worked at scrafts back when she was young (you remind me of how she talked) As a plumbah and heating guy i can tell you that your room gets colder when you turn your lamp on because of the heat from the bulb is affecting your thermostat keep the videos coming!!!

You should have started from Prospect Hill. That was where the rebel line was. Most troops sent to the peninsula would have started even further back than that. If I remember correctly, Stark's command had to march from north of the Mystick River.

Love your factual presentation!

Great Video! Very informative!

Baaaaatle of Bunka hill was wicked awusome.

When people are in the middle of combat, previous exhaustion is not usually a factor. You are running on adrenaline.

I’ve always heard of Charlestown neck being mentioned, I never knew it was the area of Sullivan Square

The haste of their movement with gear and weapons; and the desperation of the commanders would also be factors for the possible exhaustion. I'm impressed you walked the ground. So many just read others' research and regurgitate it. You go much further. Without the defense in depth established, the redoubt would have been cut off and massacred. The fence line kept along with the other defensive lines kept the front intact enough to make them pay for every inch. Just my two cents from your information. Well done.

This is a brilliant presentation! I love how easy you've made it to picture how these events unfolded, the distances, the timing, etc. Masterfully told, cheers!

I had no idea the Shaft’s factory was on what used to be a tiny causeway.

Thanks Katie for another amazing history lesson brought to life.

You tell such a good story! I love your videos!

Will you be doing the Old North Church ? I love your channel..FINALLY SOME HISTORY ON BOSTON !

Hey Katie! You know what's cool about this? We make Kriegsspiel maps of the Bunker Hill battle for military training and wargamers. When I started watching this, I pulled out our scaled map of Bunker Hill and measured this distance with the old Kriegsspiel 'measuring apparatus'. From the neck to the redoubt measures 1,600 paces on the scale. In Kriegsspiel, Infantry normally moves 400 paces per "turn". Each turn is 2 minutes long. So... according to Kriegsspiel, troops would march this distance in 8 minutes. That's not accounting for the slope which would slow you down some. Also, I measured a direct route as the bird flies. It took you a little longer twisting and turning along the way. So that's about right. Very cool to see that the old school tools work and match a real world application today! You wanna walk from Cambridge to Concord via Lexington? I'll tell you how long it should take! By foot or mounted. By trot or gallop. =)

Love it!!

Family of my wife have own farm on Breed hill at the time .

Very informative. Ty

Very good! I appreciate how you were able to explain the movements. Critical -as you explain - is the rail fortification, which served to more or less funnel the ranked formations into the field of fire. One question: how long did the bombardment last? If, the Royal Navy had been able to keep up the fire longer, this could have interdicted troop movement onto the Charlestown Peninsula, easing the assault.

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well done Dr. Getty

And such a stunning looking Host, if I may be so bold.

Thanks. Your explanation gave me a clearer understanding of the positions of both sides in the battle. I would guess that the troops were walking much faster than you were, because they would want to leave the area that was under fire from ships in the river. PS. Is it even possible to dodge a cannonball flying through the air, or bouncing on the ground?? PSS. Subscribed.

Great channel Katie!

Can you do a vid on the real first shot of the Revolutionary War, the Burning of the HMS Gaspee?

Great accent !!! You should do a follow-up which shows the progress of the battle, with troop and ship movements. I lived in Framingham for about a year and never took advantage of the location to go visit the great sites of New England, but I made it to the Wayside Inn in Sudbury a number of times.

As usual, love the history and that accent! 😂 Bunker Hill Climb Add in war Adrenalin, Gender and Age. To the Patriots, the hill was welcomed as an advantage point and not an obstruction. 🙂 Hit the road and come visit South Carolina and Virginia. Not as concentrated but much to share.

Great video!

Hello Katie; Having been raised in Salem (although I don’t live there now) I often heard the name “Colonel Timothy Pickering”. I understand he commanded a regiment of militia. Do you have any other information on his activities during the Revolution? Also, was there any significance to an event at Salem remembered as “Leslie’s’ Retreat “? Thank you.

The slopes the British went up had to be much steeper. All these soldiers were likely in good shape, many farm workers among our military. Unexplored facts can frequently play critical roles in far larger situations. Thank you again for fi

Is Bunker hill still under construction? I was there last month and the monument had scaffolding all over it. I guess they do that every 40 years. Love your video too ❤

I never knew bunker hill was in Charlestown

While it certainly isn’t mount Washington I would beg to differ with you on wether they were winded or not. Remember what type of uniforms they wore and boots. Clearly Nike, Merrell, bates and etc were not a thing in their day. Don’t forget about heat and humidity and possible rain or any other conditions. Also they were carrying kit and long rifles. It isn’t a huge distance but next time you walk this route put on a big winter coat and carry 40 or 50 pounds with you. Plus add to the fact they are being shot at. You however are right that it is a short distance.

Katie I have a question will u go to Charleston they have a park witch has original earthworks from the bunker hill campaign

A 20 minute walk is about one mile. That’s about the distance that you walked.

She is without a doubt a Boston Gal

Proposed to my wife on Bunker Hill

I bet schools would use your videos for education on these topics when they are discussed sure beats the old 1970s education videos I saw in school 😂

Great video! Where can we get the maps that you show in you videos?

Does anyone have an answer for an actual measurement of the distance across the Charlestown neck - looks about 300ish yards(?).

I love your videos. But this one could have benefited with a view of the actual location instead of showing us map drawings.

done t his twice :)

I bet a person who may have a mind to take up arms and living in 1775 probably has decent baseline of stamina compared to a modern person

All the civil war buildings demolished that should have been preserved in Newark nj for progress is terrible, but that’s Newark nj, where money means everything, and history means nothing.

Boston was probably the worst city in America for a British force to occupy. If they could have succeeded in blocking the harbor, British forces would have had to surrender or starve.

STOP with the provincial stuff. They were American forces...or Colonial forces...or Patriot forces. There were no 'provinces' in America. Ugh!

Simply a pleasure. Such an absorbing and absorbable presentation. Your enthusiasm and knowledge bank... delightful and I'm glad I discovered your channel.

thanks for the wicked smart history lesson on Bunka Hill

Thank you for posting.