The Wheatfield: A Gettysburg Battle Walk - Ranger John Hoptak 

Absolutely. I got lucky in high school when i got a passionate history teacher. He got me to love history my whole life.

This guy is great, just an excellent grasp on the situation.

Absolutely. Wish I had that the sense and foresight early on, to go after such a challenging and HONEST vision of American history.. I hope Howard Zinn and his ilk ROT in HELL

@@Kunfucious577don't be gay

What amazed me was it seemed like people still lived on the farms on the battlefield. It seemed like it was private property. Do you know if that's true?

@@df5295 GNBP consists of about 20 sq miles. Not all of the complete battle is a part of the park. Many parts are still privately owned but the park owns the most meaningful parts.

Gavin are you born in the 1600s because of your profile

@@alejandrojimenez4169 i didnt know Clint Eastwood was from the 1600s...

Their job is to know that stuff

@@ryanmcswain1143 - Presenting this amount of Gettysburg specific information and being able to talk about it endlessly for hours on end to a group of people from an ADHD ridden society who likely have no outside knowledge of the topic is an extremely difficult skill set to master. Most don’t make the cut

I spent a lot of time with the Rangers at Antietam. They are amazing.

That's awesome.

on i am also in the UK. did you ever get to this battlefield? if so is it a expensive experience? Thanks

@@insertnamehere5146 Hi - not made it yet - and its obviously very problematic at the moment - but its still on my to do/bucket list. Can you recomend a good tour, I'd love to do a tour re day 2 of the fighting - the Wheatfield and Peach Orchard!

do you notice...he does not even refer to notes. all in his head. wow

Matt jokes too much.

hi Ken!!

You underestimate the intelligence and interest of a large portion of the American and even world public. Many of the visitors have even read numerous books 🤓 on the subject.

u serious? I played a lot of empire: total war, including the excellent civil war mod. However much I like the TW series, the battles always feel generic and like small scale skirmishes, as a battle system just supporting the turn-based campaign game. I love the feel of the Take Command games, where a battle builds up slowly, roads and other terrain are much more important than in TW, there are no overpowered heroic units and battles are long enough that it actually makes sense to regroup, rest and keep a sizable reserve. In all of those ways TC battles are way more realistic and deep. Visuals and user interface design could be a lot better in the TC games though.

I doubt there is a battlefield anywhere in the world that has been preserved as well as Gettysburg. You can immerse yourself in the history and it is very moving. I live about three hrs drive and visit often.

Gettysburg is wonderful. It is not preserved very well though. I have been there 3 times and loved it! Shiloh is a well preserved battlefield. Antietam is very nice as well

Who has a strange name as elongated drive? ( two words?). Longstreet sounds proper, and I think is the original name.

@@vivians9392 Truly some people have no sense of humor or appreciation of the absurd. Bill even capped two letters in the name as a clue for the clueless.

@@indy_go_blue6048 haha internet humor can be tough sometimes, I'm headed to Gettysburg this 4th of July weekend(2021) can't wait!!❌

@@indy_go_blue6048 It was a bad joke to start with.

I am a descendant of several Union soldiers with one fighting at this battle and getting wounded at this battle in the 102nd Pennsylvania infantry, a private named Peter Zellers. Today I am at Gettysburg and very often visit this battlefield, especially since I live only 25 miles north of Gettysburg. I am pissed off today because these BLM protesters are at the town center with several of them holding signs saying to take Confederate monuments and Lee and Longstreet's statue down. These Confederate monuments and Lee's statue especially are very important to this battlefield and any civil war battlefield. They are trying to erase history and this is total bullshit. They are stepping way out of line targeting Confederate monuments and statues at civil war battlefields. These BLM, Antifa and white liberal elitist along with these far left mainstream media outlets like CNN and MSNBC are trying to change history as they seem fit and they are going to eventually go too far, especially if these people go into Gettysburg or other civil war battlefields and physically remove Confederate monuments and statues. Hell if we would get another Civil war it will not be the south vs the north but rural and conservative Christian Americans and working class Americans which will not just be white people but some black, Latino and Asian people vs urbanites, BLM, antifa, and liberal so called educated elites who happen to be mostly white people that are these liberal educated elitists. They want a war they will get a war if they continue to go too far. Gun sales and ammonium sales are rapidly increasing in the last few weeks and I can see why, especially since our politicians seem to be backing these people and agreeing to defund and possibly eliminate our police departments.

punk 2008 - very sad. For they first time in my life, I’m ashamed of America. Most people are falling for the “Big Lie”.

@@danielwyvern5 so far they seem to be only protesting at the town center. After I drove by the town center I went to w Confederate Avenue and all the Confederate monuments and statues are in good shape. But if these people wanted to they easily could get in this area and cause damage to these monuments and statues because I don't see many people around and I haven't seen any park rangers or police presence in the area. I am driving home now and I hope that I don't read that something happened to these monuments and statues in the next few days or anytime in the future.

punk 2008 - thanks for the update. I visited Gettysburg’s many years ago. It’s a magical place. I hope it stays that way.

Mine was in Co C, 51st Georgia, so they were side by side for most of the day

Gigiix Dixon Hope they didnt make you watch the long boring movie @ cyclorama/museum center. Touring the battlefield is alot more educational & interesting.

voodoochef100 Noo we got a tour around the area and stuff

I definitely saw it to thanks for pointing it out it looks almost like a person trying to form

The man directly behind the ranger is smoking.

Robby House If you are interested, there is a book titled “The Battle Maps of Gettysburg” which is a great book and really helps you understand the movements and terrain.

See I don't here when the 2nd regiment regular was put into action

@@robertschultz9802 That is 2nd Battalion of the 4th Infantry Regiment. Most regiments these days don't serve on the same post. 1985ish 1st and 2nd battalions were at Fort Carson and the 3rd and 4th battalions were in Germany.