West Point's Civil War Collection | Behind the Glass Part 1

Today we tour the Civil War collection at the West Point Museum, featuring both Union and Confederate artifacts. Garry Adelman and Kris White are on the call, joined again by our generous host Aaron Rowland.

The American Battlefield Trust preserves America’s hallowed battlegrounds and educates the public about what happened there and why it matters. We permanently protect these battlefields for future generations as a lasting and tangible memorial to the brave soldiers who fought in the American Revolution, the War of 1812, and the Civil War.

[casablanca]

Volunteered a couple of years back to pick up my nephew a cadet at West Point. Had a little over an hour to check out the museum. Hardly enough time but if you love history Wow! Custer’s last dispatch from Little Big Horn, Washington’s pistols…..much more. Worth the trip.

[bennygarcia]

The first time I started to watch this channel, I was hooked, very educational, the tools used to obtain, And keep freedom

[crimsonvixenn]

"Behind the Glass Part 1"

So impatient and excited to see Part 2. These collections are absolutely fascinating :D

[redeyeboy]

Fantastic video greetings from Ireland 🇮🇪

[SRPES-]

Congratulations on preserving the American heritage

[almcgeehan]

My Great grandfather, John McGeehan served under Colonel Warren as a member of Company B, 5th New York Duryee Zouaves and later in July, 1863 was again with Warren on Little Round Top, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania as a newly commissioned Second Lieutenant Company F, 146th New York Volunteers. Love your programming. Thanks so much.

[bills]

Super! I’m visiting there on Tuesday.

[dresqueda]

Amazing information. Thank you very much. Incredible objects and uniforms.

[snappers_antique_firearms]

That's a very beautiful colt 61 navy. I collect antique firearms. I have a 1860 that is believed to have blown up in the Civil War. It's cylinder blew out one of the chambers. But it has a very similar looking cylinder bore. with white oxidized lead on the chamber walls.

[horizonq]

Thank you for showing the field glasses of Grant & Warren. Stonewall's field glasses are at the Stonewall Jackson HQ in Winchester, VA.

[edglass]

Thanks for showing off these great articles! I probably never would have seen them unless you did the great work that you do!!
Ed from Lynchburg

[jimrutherford]

Thank you. Always enjoy museum show and tell videos. It demostrates that there are tangible objects from real people from a war long ago that many people feel too far removed from to relate to.

[mikeburch]

That was a great video! I really like seeing genuine artifacts close up. Greetings from Arizona.

[HistorySavior]

Because of you guys and the incredible work that ABT does, we all just got to peer through Warren’s field glasses!

[timsterrett]

I wonder what kind of material was wrapped on the field glasses and maybe a guess of what power the glass was but this video was amazing thanks

[thomasvanetten]

As I recall, the Warren field glasses were also shown at the battlefield earlier this year. From the brief look at the Warren statue, the field glasses on the statue seem to more closely resemble the Grant field glasses, or am I mistaken? In any event, this video makes me want to make the drive down the Hudson to see the museum. Thank you for doing this video!

[ChrisWeil]

love the west point museum and grounds.

[crusader]

Excellent tutorial on our military history.

Well done! 🎯

[swlc]

After the camera was turned off, I wonder if Aaron let Garry pick up the field glasses and look through them? You could tell Garry wanted to physically pick them up during the video. I would, too!

[jimplummer]

There were a lot of heroes in the civil war.