Tour Stop 38: Battle of Nashville: Shy's Hill and Wrapping Up our Western Swing Trip 

Absolutely fantastic tour you guys have done. It was concise, informative, and entertaining. I thought Eric was a "Garry Adelman of the West" but learned that Garry is an "Eric Jacobson of the East." There is no substitute for a passionate tour guide, they bring history to life. So many do not know the stories of the Western theater and your efforts will go a long way toward that education. Thanks again for a job very well done.

Fantastic series--Thanks to all from ABT and the local preservation individuals who took the time to put all of this Civil War history swing together.

Absolutely amazing videos, as always!! Enthusiasm from Garry, Kris and Chris makes ABT the best! Thanks so much!

I can’t pick a favorite. They were all great. I think the Franklin restoration is the most impressive and historically significant.

Our favorite…. ALL OF IT! From beginning to end! Being from Chattanooga, these battlefields and sites are relatively close to us and we have been to most of them but missed some things along the way. Now we have even more reason to go and see these perfectly preserved and restored battlefields. You all did a fantastic job on this trip and hope y’all come down to Chattanooga and Chickamauga in our neck of the woods soon!

Loved it all. Extremely well done to each one of you. Thank you. 🇦🇺

This series was fantastic. I was struck by how similar the topography of Shiloh is to Saratoga in New York. Parker Hill is amazing. As the series went along, Gary and the "C/Kris's" became so comfortable with each other in front of the camera; that dynamic was fun to watch. This was worth the time and money spent.

Grew up in Green Hills, went to Franklin Road Academy and played football on top of Peach Orchard hill

Parker Hills videos were gold. To hear a Soldier talk about the battles, and the thinking and approach, was very interesting. I loved how you all brought the deaths and sacrifice of the battles in the west to life and showed how this wasn't the war of Gettysburg but of a hundred/thousand small costly battles. I never knew about Franklin and, if I did it, was just a skirmish in the west. But you tied it to a much larger campaign, and effort to impact the overall war effort. And Eric from the Franklin test personalized it so that you got a small sense of the overall experience.

Parker Hills and Eric Jacobson videos were my favorites. I would like to see new video of Resaca.

Well done gents

I think its really cool all these civil war battles were fought in the country away from traffic.

I love your enthusiastic presentation of this engagement of the Civil War in Nashville. Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas is perhaps the most under appreciated victors of the Civil Wat who prevailed so dominantly in these series of battles

Wonderful series, I enjoyed every episode! Can't wait for this California native to be able to visit all the battlefield sights!

Thoroughly enjoyed the entire series. Tragic ending for a once-vaunted fighting force. The carnage at Franklin is still hard to comprehend. The outcome at Nashville was preordained by the frightful losses suffered by Hood at Franklin.

I clicked like before I watched

The book definition is that the military crest of a hill is the highest point on a hill from which the bottom can be seen.

As much as I love reading books and looking at maps, it just doesn't feel complete. Watching these videos and seeing the locations, the terrain and the visual perspectives is like adding more pieces to a puzzle, creating a more clear picture. Hopefully one day I'll get to physically walk the ground and finish the puzzle. Thanks so much for all the hard work putting these videos together.

Magnificient. Great Tour. Evernything spectacular . Sherman's first morning at Shiloh. Best moment

Murfreesboro. Stones river. I used to live there and hiked those trails many times.

Looking forward to your trans Mississippi trip. The battlefields of Missouri and Arkansas. Especially the pea ridge and the red River campaigns

Well done men.

Thanks guys for such a comprehensive video of the Battle of Nashville and Stones River. I have a direct connection to both battles. My Maternal Great Great Grandfather was with Schofield’s 23rd Corps at not only the Battle of Nashville, but also Atlanta as well. He served with the 6th Tennessee Infantry Company E U.S.A. And my Paternal Great Great Great Grandfather was mortally wounded at the Battle of Stones River. He was in the 29th Tennessee Infantry Company D C.S.A. Thanks for showing me where they fought so many years ago.

You all have made up my mind. Somehow, someway I’m coming to see these places!!

You boys nailed it! Wonderful series!!

My favorite? Seeing the incredible changes at Franklin in 15 years since we visited. Outstanding!

Franklin and Nashville. Tying the parcels together in a informative way. Thankfully I've been to all of these places but nice to see the experts discuss this.

I just drove by there on I-65 today heading home from Alabama and thought about stopping by, but it was too rainy. Might've run into you fellas!

My favorite is Stone's River. I have never been there and now I must go. Thank you for sharing the Western Theater. I learned about the Eastern Theater during my life but not a lot about the Western. I see its importance in and for the entire war. People need to learn about this portion of the war.

Thanks from across the pond! this whole series has been fascinating.

Great job. If I had to pick, I would pick the Stones River videos.

Thanks guys. Learned a lot! Proud member of the trust.

Hey Gary, thank you and your team for a wonderful job. This series has been fantastic.

I live a few hundred yards from shys hill. I got rounds from my backyard i have preserved. This was an amazing spectacle. Federal artillery was spot on at this point.

My g-g-grandfather, Private Michael Herrmann, a new recruit in the 5th Minnesota Infantry Regiment was wounded in the charge on Shy's Hill, fighting under Gen. John McArthur (who, I believe, was from Scotland, not Ireland). Thanks for this great video and series!

Wonderfully informative tour. All these videos were superb! I would say my favorite were the videos around Spring Hill and Franklin.

Merry Christmas everybody! Happy New Year! And thanks for the history.

Great series! Saw some new things and stirred some memories of old visits. Been fortunate enough to visit most sites with well known historians and or former rangers and guides. Thanks ABT for all you do!

I agree with my fellow NEB member Debbie Martin, great job. It was fun reliving my tours of 2019 in Miss. and TN. and my first time in TN back in 2004.

You guys are awesome! Happy holidays

BTW, making an extra donation to the ABT just because of the western swing. It might cover some of the expenses.

You have done many of these trips over the years this has been the best yet 👍 Have a great Christmas and thanks for all the work you and the American battlefield trust do.

Excellent series, I learned so much. I particularly enjoyed Franklin, I knew next to nothing about that site. Also, the camera pans at the end of each episode.

Storytellers bring history to life. You guys do it so well. Thank you for all the work you put in on these videos. I find it fascinating...

I visited Nashville several years ago. Being from Leesburg, Va. I enjoyed every minute. I have several books on the battle. It was so good, I made a return trip two years later. I am going to Gettysburg early next week before Holloween. The colors should be at full peak by then, if not already.

Well done! Really enjoyed the Western Tour. The detailed info about the Battle of Franklin and the tour of the buildings on that battlefield where great! I really appreciate the story telling ability and knowledge of all the guides you brought in. Your maps and Parker’s were very helpful in getting oriented.

Thank you, Gary, Chris, Chris and all your guest for these great videos of your western swing through Tennessee. If you are ever concerned people won't visit these sites because you have given such a great tour of them, I think anyone who watches these videos and loves history would be MORE likely to want to visit them in person and really get the "feel" for the land and experience those hallowed grounds. I now have those sites on my bucket list to go see.

Keep it up boys! Love this channel!

Well done Gentlemen!!! Your enthusiasm is infectious. Keep up the good work.

I think Franklin was my favorite - the virtual death of the Army of Tennessee and the sacrifices of their soldiers in the face of what was by then a lost cause is sad, tragic, and haunting.

Awesome job!

These tour stops showed me battlefields that I had never heard of. I learned a lot from these videos. Another thing that amazed me is how the confederates in the west did not work well together. They never stood a chance at victory because of their inability to work and coordinate well together.

Superb! Have enjoyed every episode on the Western Theater. Thank you Garry, General Parker Hills, and all concerned with this fantastic series. Thank you for your hard work, your commitment and passionate presentation. I too now feel that I have stood upon the hallowed ground which previously have read so much about.

What perfect timing!! Just this week, I finished reading "Embrace An Angry Wind", which details the Nashville "siege" in some detail, as well as the entire Hood Tennessee campaign of late 1864.

Love watching all your videos, with this one being poignant since I live in Nashville near the military cemetary and work on and drive the battle lines daily.

Fabulous set of videos! Learned a lot! Thought might be interesting, once y'all have had time to rest and enjoy the holidays, to post a relaxed, behind the scenes video recounting any interesting, odd or humorous things that happened along the way. Will you ever do the same thing along the Liberty Road from Normandy to Bastogne?

Stones River is my favorite, because my ancestor, LTCOL Gilbert C. Kniffin, fought there as a member of GEN Rosecrans staff. I really hope to get out there someday and walk the battlefield. I’m an hour and a half from Gettysburg, but I’ve never visited a western battlefield. Gilbert Kniffin wrote a book on Stones River, BTW. Every once in a while a copy shows up on eBay.

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Great tour! If I had to choose, I'd give the nod to Stones River. I have never seen anything about the battle there.

I like Kris slapping Doug Douds down 😂

civil war math cool

"dug in like a flea on a dogs back"

Thanks for another nice video. Just wondering when you are going back East and perhaps do one of the South Mountain Battle?

Fry was dug up like 40 years ago by grave robbers and it took a bit for people to identify him because his body was in such good condition

How about covering a few battlefield sites in Texas ...Sabine Pass and Palmito Ranch in Brownsville which were both Confederate victories and Palmito Ranch was the very last battle of the Civil War fought in May 1865

@14:04 Did Gary just say y'all ? Better get him back up to Little Round Top quick.

When is the Atlanta campaign going to get some attention ? Rocky Face, Tunnel Hill, Dalton, etc ?

Good Citizens, Are you going west of the Mississippi River ?

My 3rd g-grandfather David Morford was in the Ohio 95 O.V.I. and was in this battle and also Franklin. I am trying to find out what exactly happened to them and where they were in hand to hand combat.

Both my great great grandfather and great great great uncle who were in the 32nd Tennessee Infantry CSA fought at both Franklin and Nashville Hood was a poor choice to command the Army of Tennessee

IMO after Gettysburg the south never smiled again it was downhill after that and only a matter of time before the end

4:45 The topographical crest versus military crest. Perhaps for the confederacy this is where the price of losing so many generals and leaders at Franklin bears its highest? It was only about a year ago at Chattanooga, just down the road in the same state that the battle of Missionary Ridge took place. The center of the southern line along Missionary Ridge like Shy Hill was deemed "impregnable." However, union troops successfully stormed up the middle of that ridge in large part because the confederate position was at the topographical crest instead of the military crest. Surely these same soldiers would not have made the SAME mistake when going up steep hills! Cleburne who was at that battle among others was now dead at Nashville. Until I saw this video I wasn't familiar enough with the Battle of Nashville and that there was a topographical crest and a military crest issue. Was this an issue at Kennesaw Mountain? Or, did Johnston's victorious officers know better there? It seems to be one of the the main strategic issues when there are confederate defeats. I guess a soldier in the Army of (the) Tennessee (either side) could say he fought from Shiloh (river level) to Shy-high (hill top)!

i heard the rebs had to sleep in mud with no boots or coats

how Chris said Minnesota was weird being from Wisconsin and Minnesota

Brice's Crossroads

Garry, I have the scoop on the most controversial story ever mentioned from the Civil War bar none. It is about Lincoln's birthplace cabin and if you did the story or research on this you would be astounded. Get a hold of me, leave a message and I'll call you back

Rookie mistakes? Most of the offices were killed at Franklin, correct?

Minnesota 1st won the battle of shys Hill-

Whoever made the playlist put the videos backwards.

No sound in first min of this vid. Is that on purpose?

Why do you keep doing the Google maps thing at the start? We know where Tennessee is.

what about trans mississippii campaigns

He is wrong. It's a.p.stewart on hoods left