114 years ago yesterday - Day 1 at Gettysburg

The 24th MI has a major role here as a part of the famous Iron Brigade.  My great-(?) Uncle dies from wounds rec'd there.  

Gettysburg - Civil War Trust


I've got a picture with each of my kids at the 24th monument there.   I hope to someday do the same with grandkids.

I'm not proud of this, but I've read next to nothing on the Civil War. As much as I enjoyed Shaara's Killer Angels, it's still fiction.

tGreenWay wrote:I'm not proud of this, but I've read next to nothing on the Civil War. As much as I enjoyed Shaara's Killer Angels, it's still fiction.

For a starter level Bruce Catton's trilogies still hold up....

The Coming Fury, Terrible Swift Sword, and Never Call Retreat

Mr. Lincoln's Army/Glory Road/A Stillness at Appomattox

A deeper overview and almost required reading........Shelby Foote's 3 volume "The Civil War"

All battles have books about them, many battles have segmented books on certain days or parts of the battle.

Some of the best of those in my opinion:
A Landscape Turned Red - about Antietam by Sears
The Battle of the Wilderness - Gordon Rhea
Gettysburg - again by Sears


And all of those just scratch the surface.

The Civil War did not happen. Fake news.

Turtleneck wrote:The Civil War did not happen. Fake news.

No no no. Everyone knows that it happened, but it wouldn't have happened if Andrew Jackson had been a little bit later.

#lowiqcrazyturtleneck

Travis of the Cosmos wrote:

Turtleneck wrote:The Civil War did not happen. Fake news.

No no no. Everyone knows that it happened, but it wouldn't have happened if Andrew Jackson had been a little bit later.

#lowiqcrazyturtleneck

I talked to Frederick Douglass today. He disagrees.

Turtleneck wrote:

Travis of the Cosmos wrote:

No no no. Everyone knows that it happened, but it wouldn't have happened if Andrew Jackson had been a little bit later.

#lowiqcrazyturtleneck

I talked to Frederick Douglass today. He disagrees.

You and Frederick Douglass need to sit down and think about why there was a civil war. People don’t realize, you know, the Civil War, if you think about it, why? People don’t ask that question, but why was there the Civil War?

Think about it.

Ouch for the History Channel.

Kind of a sad story.....

The Decline of the Civil War Re-enactor

http://www.kershawcountychamber.org/revolutionary-war-re-enactment

They do re-enactment of the battle of Camden during the revolutionary war just down the road from me.  Cornwallis routed Gates.  The home in the picture is from the movie "The Patriot" I believe.  The scene where Mel Gibson is explaining to Heath Ledger how brilliant Cornwallis was while thy watched, and the movie, is very loosely based on the battle and aftermath.

If that Rev War re-enactor snob Barnes would suit up in the blue or gray, maybe it wouldn’t be in such dire straits.

My great great grandfather was in the 22nd Michigan infantry division and fought in the battle of chickamauga.

Sorry Goose, but wasn't it 154 years, not 114, when you started this thread?
Walking around Gettysburg, you can still feel a strange vibe. If ever there was a haunted place, that's it.

I.B. Fine wrote:Sorry Goose, but wasn't it 154 years, not 114, when you started this thread?
Walking around Gettysburg, you can still feel a strange vibe. If ever there was a haunted place, that's it.

So, maybe math isn't his strong suit?

Went to Gettysburg in the 70's when I was in middle school. All these years later I still recall the battleground having a weird vibe. The quietness was almost eerie.

I.B. Fine wrote:Sorry Goose, but wasn't it 154 years, not 114, when you started this thread?
Walking around Gettysburg, you can still feel a strange vibe. If ever there was a haunted place, that's it.

Sorry man, probably too much weed that morning. I've been to Gettysburg somewhere in excess of 20 times, and every time you get the chills. The 24th Michigan got wrecked on Day 1 and standing at that monument always gets me.

Taking my grandkids there is on the agenda within a couple years. I love the place. I've walked Pickett's charge - just doing that makes you wonder about the balls of steel those guys had. Over the years I've walked most of that battlefield and along with Antietam it's my favorite because so much of it is intact.

The great part for us is that within 150 miles you can visit most of the significant battlefields in the East - Manassas, 7 Pines, the Valley Campaign, Malvern Hill, 2nd Manassas, Antietam, Fredricksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, The Wilderness, Spotsylvania Court House.

Given a week and a good plan you can at least visit and do a tour of all of them. Throw in some Revolutionary War stuff and you've got a helluva vacation.

The Pantry wrote:

I.B. Fine wrote:Sorry Goose, but wasn't it 154 years, not 114, when you started this thread?
Walking around Gettysburg, you can still feel a strange vibe. If ever there was a haunted place, that's it.

So, maybe math isn't his strong suit?

Went to Gettysburg in the 70's when I was in middle school. All these years later I still recall the battleground having a weird vibe. The quietness was almost eerie.

I did the same thing in 8th grade, went back 20+ years later with kids. Being a little older and (maybe) wiser it was a much, much more profound feeling than I had recalled.
I've heard a couple of stories of people camping out in the battlefield, don't think they were planning to do it again.