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This is probably the best talk on civil war photography I've ever seen, and I've seen a lot of very good talks by the very best in the in the field.

This video is incredible. Its almost like a video history of my family. Both grandfathers who where Confederate veterans worked at Tredegar and both are buried in Oakwood.

Sir, a idea. Can you overlay today's prominent roads..I live in Spotsylvania and would love to get more exact where I'm stepping. Just going to 711 you can be in middle of Skirmish line or Major movement of troops on both sides culminating at the Courthouse. But yeah, it would be great. I got no photo skills. I'll get on that as soon as I figure out this dang remote.

Excellent presentation! 👏

amazing commentary ... thanks

Don't forget the CS Marines were there

Very well done!!

I just found this post, it is very interesting! Thank you. Precious history!

Fantastic video! Please do another one like this.I’ve been an amateur student of the American Civil War for years and this video has encouraged me to look deeper into photographs of the period.Thankyou so much.

Thank you...

My husband and I visited Drewry’s Bluff in September of 2018 while visiting VA from New England. Amazing to step foot on the very ground where my gg grandfather, Harvey E Bassett fought in the battle there in May of 1864, he was a Union soldier, MA 27th regiment, company H. He was captured on May 16th and sent to Andersonville, GA where he survived and returned to MA to marry my gg grandmother, Tamma Kingsley in January of 1865. I’m curious how they were able to be married before the end of the war as he obviously had to have been released from Andersonville, but was not mustered out of the army until June of ‘65. I wish there were a way to get more info!

This is my family last name & named after my ancestors❤

A great video presentation thank you for the history

Very good.

Since the war was almost over and the Confederacy lost,burning Richmonds facilities seems pointless. It would all have to be rebuilt at state expense.The bridges for example. Sherman had captured Atlanta and Savannah. Wilmington and Mobile were lost.Tthe CSA quartermaster dept knew it could not supply the army with food, ammo, anything. I blame Lee for continuing the struggle long after it was apparent it was over.

Excellent!

Thanks for this.

22:40 “ there is not a single photograph of any of the STAR FORTS defending Richmond” I wonder why they were written out of his-story

dig deeper find tartaria the last great reset was the 1800s mud flood its in plain sight

if some guy told me to stand still real quick while i take a photo after i just experienced WAR id be like leave me alone

The battle Gaines Mill was a brilliant Confederate victory

I wish you would find that mortar that has been lost history should be protected you need to go find it

Thank you. Brilliant comparison with Seurat’s famous painting.

Very interesting indeed.

My second great grandfather John William Creery is listed on the signage here at Parker's Battery, but he was not present at this encounter. As a Richmond shoemaker, he had been detailed to the Quartermaster in Richmond and the city's local defense. As a sergeant, he would be called to join the local defence at Chaffins Farm.

This was AWESOME!!

I’m surprised they got the photograph of Oakwood Cemetery confused with Hollywood Cemetery to begin with. The road in the background matches the topography of the Hebrew Cemetery Road that runs through Oakwood Cemetery. In fact, based on the image alone, it was most likely taken in Section C of the Cemetery directly on top of the ridge that runs through that section. If you go there today, you can find roughly where the photograph was taken and get a close approximation shot of where it was.

This is excellent material, offering both visual and oral history.

Nice production, interesting photos. Nice to learn a bit more about the US civil war. Not taught much in UK schools, only general information and a subject I have limited knowledge of so thank you.

Thank you for this great account of this battle. I never even KNEW there was a land version of Drewry's Bluff!!!

Fascinating work here, and done with an infectuous enthusiasm for the subject!! THANK YOU, Mike Gorman for sharing your insights with us!

Exceptional presentation , thank you.

I enjoyed this very much& thanks for posting ! I was really interested in the Oakwood Cemetery part for that's where my Great Grandfather William is buried ! I want to come & see if I can find His grave . I believe it's in line C, before #99 ! Do you know how I can find exactly ?

The bottles moved due to their contents being used between each exposure, I would guess. Thanks, and quite interesting....and subscribed.

Well Done!! Really enjoyed the info. I have always looked very close at the old photos. There is so much you can see if you really spend the time. Your video shows this very well.

One of my ancestors was an Alabama boy who died in that charge down to the creek. It was so interesting to see what it looked like, as I have never been there.

Lee owned a brand-new confederate general's uniform (wreath and three stars) presented to him by the Daughters of the Confederacy at Christmas, 1864 (3 1/2 months previous to this portrait). He chose to wear it for the first and only time for the surrender of the Confederate army, just a couple days prior to this portrait. Yet here, he wears a colonel's uniform, as apparently was his custom in the field. You might ask colonel of what? The answer is Colonel of the Virginia Militia which Lee had accepted command over when he resigned his U.S. commission. At the outbreak of war, a colonel commanded the militia. I have always interpreted this portrait as a statement by Lee that he may have surrendered the Confederate Army, but he had not surrendered the Virginia Militia -- nor the State of Virginia.

Excellent.

What a way to go in a pandemic.I live on Allen and Gary,my 2 daughters work at VCU hospital.This is good to see.What I would like to see is inside of the mansions on Franklin like the Milheiser.

Great job presenting a piece of history that I never knew about. The preservation piece was also excellent.

Great presentation! Thanks!

Really facinating..thanks!

Great Video, I notice that in the two images of Grant on his own, there is something at his feet, and I wondered if this was a support to hold him still during the exposure.

How could they destroy Monument Ave?Geez.

This will sound rather odd but if you cross your eyes when looking at a 3d photograph and slowly merge the two you will see it in 3d

Overall your post is great and I thank you. However I think you are reaching when you say that Robert e Lee purposely wore his uniform to make some sort of statement. Lee had grown rather portly during the Petersburg campaign, as his advancing age and relative sedentary day-to-day lifestyle during siege operations was not as physically demanding as when his army was in the field and in open maneuver. Lee had to have a broad cloth suit made for him to go and visit the board of directors at Washington and Lee college, later that summer, bc he has no fitting civilian clothes. His civilian clothes were too small for his waistline, and so he was constrained to wear his relatively lately-issued military trousers, waistcoat, and jacket until he could get sufficient time to be fitted for a properly fitting civilian suit of clothes. Indeed I agree with you on Matthew Brady's culling of his numerous photographs to get those which he thought was most perfect. It was with reluctance that Lee finally agreed, after many entreaties from Mr Brady, to have a photo session.

All the decoration is off Lee's uniform & hat also

The only pics I have ever seen of Richmond were those burnt out walls. It is good to see the photos of life on April 14...I like the park...I like the flag moving. Thanks for your interpretation, good job.

This is actually incredible!!!! I went to VCU, MCV, lived here 12 years. This brings all of this to life! Thank u!!!

Great job