My 2x grandfather was wounded & captured on July 3 at Gettysburg, North Carolina regiment. We cannot change history, we can only learn from it & not make the same mistakes. But neither can you wipe it out as if it never happened because you don't like it. History is what it is. It's what happened. Take pride in your ancestors, whoever they were. Learn from their mistakes & vow that we will all work together to make a better world.
What regiment? Great grandfather William Clemmons. Co G 20th NCST and a couple brothers, Samuel and Dennis. William had apparently stumbled and was limping when they were charged in the railroad cut and he didn't run off with the fortunate few who saw it coming and scurried off and he ended up being captured, fortunately he was traded in October or September.. Sam was laying half dead from a ball in the upper thigh and heat stroke with the dead in Iverson's Pitts.. where NC's cream was wasted he recovered and was taken off the field.. Dennis ended up making it through the first day and then took a ball in the shoulder and one grazed his arm and another his head during the advance on July 3rd.. they all recovered and we're back with the regiment by late October early November. Got great grandpa's musket too, 1861 Springfield whitneyville contract model dated 64 on the plate but barrel was 63... He got it shorty after returning to his company in the fall and he had it with him when the 20th fought in sight of the capital building during Early's 64 valley campaign and assault on Washington..
Really good work! I used to do CW re-enacting from when I was a kid until my 20s. I've wondered about the state of the hobby what with COVID, a serious demonization of the average CSA solider and other issues (I recently heard of an event a town tried to set up where the insisted no Confederate re-enactors show up so as not to offend people, to which the Union guys asked who they were gonna shoot at, which was met with blank stares)
My great Grand dad and two brothers my great great uncle's came west with Ole Pete. Hardy and stout men I tell ya.. a long way west and so soon after Gettysburg. Forrest gets alot of guff unfairly, many thousands of black Americans flooded his funeral to pay respects and he was the first president of the "independent society of polebeares" (pallbearers) a group the spawned the NAACP. Plus he testified before congress he would personally round up the klan and "kill'em all" lol he was a hoot n a half and musta been a sight and true crazy trip to ride with.
@@liberalman8319 probably not, can't blame them one bit. Nothing matters with a colt's revolver in your face no matter your race... Being that black and white federals were killed that day is not the common denominator, that federal blue uniform is ..But racist Klan leader? Nah, you couldn't understand the thinking of the day,nor can I, but you can read about it .you need to be educated that the Klan of 1866 until Forrest ended it, is not the revitalized democrat founded Klan of the 1920's that a tax lean of something like 20 million dollars and that klan is not the neo natzi moron based Klan of the 80's- today.. see there is no national Klan- it's illegal for it to be organized based on tax lean, so there is no co-ordination or agreed upon doctrine. The precursor to the NAACP the "national poll bearers society" had Forrest as it's president at one point.. Have a great day and I encourage you to research a little, oh and "wikipedia" is not research, it's agreed upon internet facts. Any educated individual knows that
@@liberalman8319 Go away commie. Forrest offered Fort Pillow the option to peacefully surrender. Fort Pillow refused thinking their soon-to-arrive gunboats might save them. They were wrong. Also, within Fort Pillow now fighting for the blue bellies were deserters from the C.S.A. army. Forrest warned Fort Pillow of what might happen ahould they refuse surrender. Fort Pillow sealed their own fate. Also, when C.S.A. ranks stormed the fort even the Black women fought them. What are soldiers to do if they are being attacked by armed women? War is war. Quarter was offered and refused. The fault and guilt belongs to the Federals within Fort Pillow.
This documentary touched on the issue, however I think a full feature film/documentary on the many personal letters of union troops on the peninsula in early 1862 on Magruder's front writing how random sharpshooters held up entire brigades and coming to learn a great many of them were armed black southerners shooting at the advancing union troops, also the march 62 battle of new Bern where a small black unit (20-30ish men) were with a company of the NC Militia brigade there. With a little dedication and consistency and attention to fact many want buried hopefully one day the confederate black man will have his rightful place in history beside his brothers in arms. A hardy cheer for the forgotten and ignored!
@@freedom1654 The slave trade was started in the North, need facts? Look up the founding dates of cities. The Underground Railroad went straight to Canada, their were stops in the North. But blacks weren't allowed to live in most States.
Those numbers are inflated heavily; there was one Negro shooter (even if identified right, as he was far enough out for it to be hard to tell his race). Regarding the "many personal letters," there’s an account from the regimental history of the Berdan Sharpshooters. "For a considerable time during the siege, the enemy had a Negro rifle shooter in their front who kept up a close fire on our men, and, although the distance was great, yet he caused more or less annoyance by his persistent shooting. On one occasion while at the advanced posts with a detail, the writer with his squad had an opportunity to note the skill of this determined darky with his well-aimed rifle." -Charles A. Stevens, 1892 (From the regimental history of the Berdan Sharpshooters) It's not entirely impossible that it was a lone black rifleman, but it would be extremely hard to tell from the distance they are talking about. If it was a black man, it would have been a camp slave, definitely not a soldier. There was no black company at the Battle of New Bern, and the Rebs didn't allow blacks to be in any capacity a soldier. The existence of black soldiers contradicts Confederate policy, which strictly forbade blacks from serving as soldiers. This is partly due to concerns about armed slaves. So if the sharpshooter was a camp slave, the Confederates would never have allowed them to fight.
I've not learned nearly as much as I did reading Foote and watching Ken Burns. I am confused by re-enactment, though I appreciate the boys' work and dedication. Not much help.
It is a Docu-Drama, part documentary and part re-enactment drama, all done by people who want to bring the History of the American Civil War to life, but without killing each other. 😀👍🇬🇧🏴
Sorry, I have to disagree, the laconic way the narration is delivered suits the subject matter perfectly. Why do you btakesa think they don’t “cut it”, obviously you have a reason, I am just interested to know what that is. 😀👍🇬🇧🏴
@@allandavis8201 I'll Take It From Here. @btakesa Is Correct Regarding The First "narrator" He Was Not "laconic" As You Say. (remember, he is reading the amount of words provided by the writer. See Definition Of "laconic" Rather, It Was HIS Poor Enunciation And Improper Speech Cadence - Due In Part, To HIS Lack Understanding Basic Punctuation. He Was Awful ! All Of The Aforementioned, Was A Distraction; Diminishing The Experience Of This Production.
@1:09:54 " ... the boys of old Rosie's army were broken down physically, mentally and just wanted to get away from Bragg ... " REALLY ? Did They Now ? Perhaps " old Rosie " And His Men, Should NOT Have Participated In That War Of Invasion, Aggression And Destruction.
