Battle of Gettysburg: Bird's-Eye Perspective | Animated History

Special thanks to Brian Malkin, and Alexander Blake for assisting with researching this episode.

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Sources:
Clark, Champ. Gettysburg: The Confederate High Tide. Alexandria, VA: Time-Life Books, 1985.
Comte De Paris. The Battle of Gettysburg: a History of the Civil War in America. Digital Scanning Inc, 1999.

McPherson, James M. Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era. Oxford History of the United States. Oxford University Press, 1988.

Pfanz, Harry W. Gettysburg – The First Day. University of North Carolina Press, 2001.

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Pfanz, Harry W. Gettysburg: Culp's Hill and Cemetery Hill. University of North Carolina Press, 1993.

Trudeau, Noah Andre. Gettysburg: A Testing of Courage. HarperCollins, 2002.

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Fields of Honor Pivotal Battles of the Civil War by Edwin C. Bearss

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[TheArmchairHistorian]

*This video was taken down yesterday for technical issues.

[stevemc]

"I'M NOT GONNA LET THEM TAKE MY BEANS"
"How many times do I have to tell you: THEY'RE NOT HERE FOR YOUR BEANS"

[Krebssssssss]

“General Sickles, a devoted husband“. I enjoyed that dose of sarcasm. Sickles shot his wife’s lover, for those who don’t know.

[lordofspearton]

15:09 Just would like to add in a story of how desperate the fighting in the section of the line was. At one point Gen. Hancock personally ordered the 1st Minnesota Regiment to charge to charge a Confederate Brigade in order to buy time to shore up the line. The regiment did so without question, and sustained 82% casualties in the charge. They bought just enough time for renforcements to arrive. There were only 47 survivors of the roughly 250 man regiment.

[napoleonibonaparte]

1:28 “Since we lost one of our ground-level cameras…”

*Impossible!* Cameraman is invincible!

[masterplokoon]

At least it wasn't like Antietam:
Lincoln-" They're on the run, chase them down and finish them off!"
McCLellan- "No!"
Lincoln- "You know what old buddy old pal? You're fired"

[DieNextInLINE]

Kind of insane how the bloodiest battle in the war started from such a small accidental encounter.
It really shows you how much damage can be caused from a lack of reconnaissance.

[danstermeister]

"The most tragic, of course, was General Sickles' right leg."

Maybe all the people that died that day were a close 2nd to General Sickles' right leg. In it's defense, it was a pretty amazing leg.

[Omar_ayach]

Battle of Gettysburg: God's prespective

[kingbobbyb]

"General Sickles a devoted husband" I guess that's one way to put it

[Knightstruth]

The thought of two units of cavalry meeting in battle and having a large scale sword on sword skirmish in the 1860s is pretty badass.

[johnneill]

"General Pickett, Why did the South lose the Battle of Gettysburg?"
Pickett: "I reckon the Yankees have something to do with it"

[DocAnnie]

"MARTHA HURRY UP THERE IS A WAR OUTSIDE"
"im wating for MY HAIR TO DRY"
*booom*

[PennTankerGuy]

"General Pickett, you must look to your division!"
"General Lee, I *have* no division."

[DangerRussDayZ]

One thing these videos always leave out, is just how much fighting there was in the streets of Gettysburg. There was house to house urban warfare at certain times. There were snipers hiding in attics, cutting out a few bricks from the walls to use as shooting positions. There were some instances where the union would be at the front of the house, and the confederates would be at the back, and shooting through the house at one another. When walking through Gettysburg, on streets like Baltimore Street, you can still see the bullet holes which riddle the houses.

[viking]

The bravery of soldiers during this war leaves me in awe. Such an amazing time to research

[matthewhoover]

"Devoted Husband" is easily the best treatment of Dan Sickles that I have ever heard. I loved your handling of him.

[PrometheanGOld]

Your artists never disappoint, great lesson on the Battle of Gettysburg!

[dj-flights]

Thank you for this! I recently learned about my ancestry and that my 2nd great grandfather served in the Union. He was in the 64th regiment of NY, which was part of the General Hancock's 2nd corps in the Army of the Potomac. They were at the wheat field under Caldwell on day 2 and on day 3 held their position against Pickett's assault. I never knew anything before my grandfather, but with ancestry and independent searching of civil war letters, I learned so much. I have visited his grave at the Soldier's Home in DC twice already last year. I found that his commanding officer even wrote about him at least 4 times by reading the letters myself online. I didn't know much about the civil war, your video has helped tremendously.