Barksdale’s Brigade - Gettysburg Battle Walk with Ranger Matt Atkinson

Ranger Matt Atkinson leads a battle walk covering Barksdale's Brigade on July 2, 1863.

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[DonQuixote]

My great-great grandfather was in Company H of the 13th Mississippi. He was shot in the foot near the Sherfy barn during this charge. He crawled onto a haystack near the barn to put a torniquet around his leg. The haystack caught on fire and a Yankee soldier pulled him off the haystack to keep him from getting burned. He couldn't walk after that, so after dark he crawled all the way back to their original position in the tree line. He couldn't retreat with his unit after the battle, so he stayed on the battlefield and was captured on July 5th. He was sent to the General Hospital in Gettysburg, then to the David's Island POW camp in New York. He was released in a prisoner exchange in August and returned to his unit. The only battle he missed in four years was Chickamauga.

[jackstraw]

As someone with health problems and a run of bad luck the last few weeks (long hospital stay). Matt & Stuffwriter are doing God’s work. Thank you gentlemen! Bless you both!

[jamesharryman]

Another great video by Stuffwriter with Ranger Matt Atkinson. Looking forward to the next.

[kzeich]

Matt is amazing. He's so good with kids. Educating new generations is paramount to the preservation of the park. Falling asleep. My thoughts aren't organized good night 😴

[bruceschmidt]

Great job as always Matt & Stuff Writer! Thanks!

[gaiseric]

Matt you are the best. A walk with you is on my bucket list!

[Alex-ejwm]

Been checkin and finally a new ranger Matt. When I saw it I said....QUOTE! "Awesome, can't wait to watch this"

[DigginIt-MarkH]

Most Excellent, thanks Stuffwriter, and Matt...

[altonbunnjr]

Thank you Matt and Stuffwriter for another enjoyable ranger walk. I’m hoping to get up there again soon to take a tour in person.

[ftffighter]

Another Stuffwriter/Ranger Matt Atkinson history lesson brought to life, Matt is just so brilliant! Thank you!

[rhythmannblues]

Yay!!! I am so glad Matt is still doing it. I want to get there and go on one of his tours before he quits. I love his videos, he is hilarious and tells it very amusingly. Thank you, StuffWriter, for keeping up with him.

[Cattani]

Thank's StuffWriter for still uploading videos. I'll never have the chance to go there myself, so it's very much appreciated. :)

[battlewagonmclaren]

StuffWriter, Thank you once again for everything you do! Also thank you Ranger Matt ( I’ll just refer to you now as Captain whiskers 😂😂😂) .
I just found out my Relative was with the 11th company A University Greys . A.J. Dew. UM class of 62 Phi Kappa Psi. So I have been trying to find more info on him all I have gotten so far. So your video was right on time !
Last time I was in Gettysburg was for the 130th Reenactment and for the filming of Movie . 🎥 thank y’all once again for great video and turning your camera around 😂😂😂 Captian Whiskers you take care as well if you are reading this Butch McLaren over Facebook.

[kzeich]

Stuffwriter-Your camera work keeps getting better and better. Love your presentations

[zackautry]

No time whatsoever to watch this now. But I’m commenting to say I will one day soon have 2 hours and 39 minutes to kill and I will dive headfirst into this.

Matt is the best, a story teller with natural ability to convey the whole picture in a way that’s very entertaining from his own Southern perspective…without really being seriously biased. As a southerner I can really appreciate the honesty while staying true to history. He’s my favorite and I thank you StuffWriter for all the good work you’ve done and posted

[joslynscott]

Good battle walk. My favorite part was behind the house

[soccerstarr]

I can't thank you enough StuffWriter for uploading these. Despite having a stressful job and not having much down time, your videos relax me as well as being educational. Again, I can't thank you enough.

[stevehalling]

Great a new battlewalk with my favourite ranger matt and my favourite general William Barksdale. I never understand why this part of the battle and s hardly ever spoken about because what they achieved was incredible, no more could have been asked of those brave soldier and in the end no man couldhave given more

[greggcorbett]

Thanks Matt & StuffWriter for an awesome video; the quality was great, especially the audio.

[asweettooth]

Man you're one of the best story tellers, Great depictions.
My favorite video of yours is Devil dens 124th NY regmt. The orange blossoms.
-As a combat veteran His qoute "The men Must see us today" is resounding. It speaks to his character and love for his men the direness of the situation and more. Thanks Matt for bringing this and so much more to life for Us all.
Huzzah !! 🇺🇸