Thank you for keeping this heritage alive American by birth Southern by the Grace of God ! It’s a disgrace losing our monuments and history like we are. God bless
Amazing that the footage is well over 100 years old and people living then were honoring veterans from the civil war that also knew of veterans from the revolutionary war from the 18th century.
@@BlackAbe007 No! I am a genealogist who has studied and researched Families over 50+ years. And their first hand accounts, tells a different narrative. That I just wanted to share, to induces critical thinking and to give a different perspective. That Americans' can NOT be confined, to just one ideology. They are so, much more and capable of anything.
@@savanahmclary4465 Ancestors Mom Grandma Iva 1919-2001 Isaac V Wamsley Jr 1875-1930 Isaac V Wamsley Sr 1836-1908 Isaac Wamsley III 1798-1868 Isaac Harvey Wamsley Jr 1778-1825 Isaac Harvey Wamsley Sr 1735-1825 Revolutionary War Veteran Leah Stout Wamsley wife 1742-1820 Daughter of Dr Jonathan Stout 1704-1775 Richard Stout 1678-1749 John Stout 1645-1724 Middletown NJ Son of Richard 1615-1705 and Penelope..1622-1732 New Amsterdam and Gravesend (Coney Island) Elizabeth Crawford Stout wife 1650-1730 Ayshire Scotland Daughter of John Crawford 1618-1698 12th Lord Patrick Crawford 1580-1649 11th Lord William Crawford 1560-1644 10th Lord Patrick Crawford 1530-1560 7th Lord Thomas Crawford 1505-1541 6th Lord James Crawford 1470-? 5th Lord Robert Crawford 1435-1513 4th Lord Archibald Crawford 1389-? 3rd Lord Thomas Crawford 1350-1401 2nd Lord Reginald Crawford 1317-1358 1st Laird Reginald Crawford 1283-1358 Fought at Bannockburn 1314 along with Robert the Bruce and received Lordship for his services. Hugh Crawford ? -1319 Sir Reginald Crawford of Loudon 1255-1297 Sister Margaret married Malcolm Wallace, mother of Sir William Wallace
As a guys who loves history, I loved to see the videos of are civil war veterans, for its the only way to see or hear them with all of them have passed on, thank you for taking ti.e to put that together
@@concertatore7865 You're right, to the Confederates it was ok to erase the history of Black American slaves, and lynch/murder thousands of Blacks to preserve the so called Antebellum way of life.
@@robertbolar7055 What? Historian here. This is complete nonsense. The Confederates never even once attempted to erase Blacks from the history books. Thats a blatant lie. Union supporter I suppose? Guess you're just going to ignore their (actual) genocide against the natives?
The Confederate Veterans were maintaining their Esprit du Corps in 1914. Amazing that 48,000 turned out in Jacksonville for the event. That wasn't the easiest destination in those years.
Yeah, it would be fascinating to know the logistics of all this. I imagine most of these veterans arrived by rail, and judging by how they are all dressed I imagine it was sometime during the cooler time of year in Florida.
That's for sure. No air conditioning in Florida in 1914, no interstate highways either. Mostly horse, ship or rail. I guess Florida was deep south then, most of the population in nth Florida.
My great grandfather, James Anderson Crawford, was born in 1816 and lived till 1912. I often try to imagine every thing he saw in his lifetime. The family migrated from Missouri to Texas in 1880 and there we have been since. I do not know if any of the family took up arms. I know we have a tremendous pride in being from Texas now and from the South.
It’s really sad that some will forget and really sad, a lot of them don’t even know anything about it. I’m older now but years ago when I was just a child I remember my uncle talking about what he and his fellow brothers went through. They fought that war. Oh how I wish that I had a tape recorder back then and had of gotten him on tape. They didn’t have any luxury items of any kind. Everyone of my uncles on both sides served this country. It went on down to all of my cousins serving. My brother in law and my son in law served. My nephew served in Iraq and took a bullet to the chest. He survived some how. I believe it was all of the prayers that went up for him. Down to my grandchildren. One was female. They went into the Marine Corp and finished their long term out. They made it home safely. I still believe it was prayer. They now have children. I was heartbroken as I watched those caskets being pulled out of that plane. As their pictures were shown I just cried. It sure wasn’t about my grandchildren but I still looked into the faces and eyes of those pictures of those precious soldiers and I looked then just to the right side of the tv was my grandchildren dressed in their blues. I am so thankful that they got home and so heartbroken that the other ones didn’t. I wasn’t comparing my family to those who had lost their loved ones. I was seeing the youth in those photos and then when I looked at my own, I did compare all of their youth. I know that they fought very hard and I at least have them. I have lost family members to war. I know the heartache of it. One of my cousins served 30 years. I’m so thankful that my grandchildren didn’t serve that long.
@@concertatore7865 If this War was about Slavery: Then why did ONLY 8% of the men, who fought for the SOUTH OWNED SLAVES? 8% ? And many of North Eastern States and Central USA states had out "LAWED," Slavery by 1807. And many of the Aristocrats and Planters properties had been DIVIDED into SMALL, individual, farms, by1807 with their 25 children inheriting them and farming it themselves. Then they had 7 to 10 children, they had to feed on 40 to 160 acres? They sure did not have any slaves.. 92% of Southerners who fought in the Civil War was FARMERS of small, individual, dirt farms and DID NOT OWN SLAVES . 92%... And the Small dirt Farmers had to compete for FAIR Farm commodity prices: That the Planters would set the prices, because they could sale their farm commodities, for a few Penny's less, because they sold in bulk.. That they Small Farmers need every penny, that they could get. The Small Farmers sure didn't fight for slaves.... They fought from Northern Aggression.
@@savanahmclary4465 because people can be easily led like sheep by their contemporary elites. Very similar to wolves. You have the "alpha" wolf who lead the pack, and the others kiss his derriere.
@@concertatore7865 I do not know exactly which side you are referring to here. But it best resembles Abraham Lincoln. Because, Robert E. Lee had resigned his commission in the US Army, because he told Abraham Lincoln, "He'd would not lead an Army against his VIRGINIA Family and Lee was a private citizen at home. When the earliest battles, of the Civil War was fought. Robert E. Lee did Not enter the War until Abraham Lincoln had his Union Army to confiscate and occupy the Lee Family, Arlington home: Where the Civil War was being fought. And Lee joined the "Army of Northern Virginia, just before the battle of "First Manassas." Because Lee and his Family could NOT go home to their "Arlington home." Lee had a bounty on his head, because he defied Abraham Lincoln.
50 years after the war, actual 1st hand witnesses and participants were happy to let bygones be bygones and have a parade. 100 years after that people who were never there or probably even had relatives who participated are outraged at a flag or a statue. Such are the miserable times of today.
My thoughts exactly. Odd, isn't it, how something so profoundly traumatic can heal, only to be torn back open much later by exploiters who have no concept of the actual times or persons involved?
Can you imagine fighting in the civil war and 50 yrs later riding in a car or seeing an airplane fly? My grandfather was born in 1885, never met him and would give anything to ask questions about his experiences!
I’m like you. I’m quite older now but my grandfather passed away before my dad met my mother. They have passed on now. I remember as a very young child meeting with one of my uncles that was still alive . I wish I had of ask a lot more questions now but I was young then. He fought that war. He was one of the lucky ones that made it home. THANK You who ever put this together.
Im 50 years old in 2021 and my grandfather was born in 1885 also. I have thought many times how I would have loved to sit and talk to him about the days past. He passed away in 1953 well before my birth. I've often wished that I could have been born earlier just to experience our early American history.
I was born and raised in the north...............this video is priceless..........it saddens my heart to see what has become of this country after all the sacrifices these men and all the men of that war went through. Now this country has dishonored itself by removing statues and monuments that were built and placed in their locations to honor and remember these men and their sacrifices. I have also lived in the south, Tennessee, North and South Carolina, and Florida. I seen the respect and honor showed to these men and their part in history while I lived there, I am lost for words of what could have possibly happened to have allowed this dishonor to have occurred. Perhaps, none of us spoke up when we certainly should have. In those men's time, they would have allowed this dishonor to have happened to their hero's. We have let them down, what else is for sale.
I was deeply saddened to learn that General Lees statue has been taken down in Charlottesville just lately. I am English so you could say why should it bother me. I shall tell you why, because it was part of the United States history of which I am so impressed. In 245 years you have become the premier nation on earth. God bless America.
They let themselves down by trying to overthrow the U S government. So why they did not put up monuments to honor any black soldiers, slaves, Harriet T, John Brown and other anti slave leaders to include all history can be told
Back in 1990, I played soccer in college(Club Ball) with a guy who was a Civil War Reenactor. He told me that all of the 'actors' on both sides had to prove lineage in order to participate. He said that after each season of public performance the 'actors' from both sides would have a full dressed period ball for the groups and that they would alternate locations each year from 'North to South'. Always paying respects to each other's fallen...
YES son's of confederate veterans is one group. They also study battles and talk about them. Dress in period costumes and camp even.. actually alot of fun
I'm almost 75, and my wife and I were re-enactors back in the '90's. I was Union, and she was a worker with the U.S. Sanitary Commision. Our unit was the Second Vermont Volunteer Infantry. One of our company E commander's relatives served in that unit in the Civil War. During a visit to Gettysburg four of our soldiers visited The Angle. While there on the Union side, they noticed four Confederate soldiers marching abreast and carrying their colors. They too were headed for The Angle, but from the Confederate side. They were no doubt retracing relatives' footsteps. Our boys stood to attention as they neared the Wall. As they reached the Wall our boys saluted in respect. The Confederates halted, paused, then about-faced and returned the way they had come. It was a short but very solemn occasion, with no words spoken.
My son is a history teacher and we like going around buying up old high school history books to see the changes that are being made in how our history is being presented to our American youth. It is frightening to see how radical the changes.
@@michellebrown4903 Are you one of those that believe only "Guilt" History should be taught so to justify tearing down the monuments and erasing the memories of those that helped build this country and who had both sins and virtues?
@@michellebrown4903 I find it hard to follow your logic. You say that Trump was unselfconsciously projecting his fascist nature because he according to you stated that history should be about the truth. I do not know if this man is a fascist or not but I do believe that History should be about the truth as well. Both the good and bad should be told and not hidden from public scrutiny. I find the Democratic Party to be a bunch of hypocrites for wanting to destroy statues of their Civil War heroes that they helped create. They also want to defund the Police. I believe they are consciously wanting to destroy their dark past so that the American people will not know what they are all about.
@@michellebrown4903 ironic that the real fascists are in power in the US now… I mean a fascist are the ones indoctrinating or silencing people banning books and thoughts. Whatever you mind probably can not be changed since your to much of a boot licker to realize.
@@michellebrown4903 You have avoided answering the question of what political party had slaves during the Civil War? What party did Abraham Lincoln belong to? What party was in power during the Civil War that won? What party did Nathan Bedford Forest belong to? What party created the Jim Crowe laws after the Civil War? What party did the black soldiers belong to that fought for the North? What party did the blacks of the South belong to after the Civil War?
@@michellebrown4903 Robert E. Lee was a Democrat. Nathan Bedford Forest was a Democrat. The KKK was started by Democrats. The party that created Jim Crowe laws was Democrat. The black slaves after the Civil War were Republicans. The black soldiers of the North during the Civil War were Republicans. You want facts, these are facts. Take a look at who changed the amendments of the constitution to better the blacks and it was Republicans. The party that pushed for the laws that have economically enslaved the blacks in the inner cities is the Democrats. I think the Democrat party owes an apology to the black community for putting them through a long history of hell! The Democrats should be ashamed of their parties injustices and should pay reparations from their own pockets if they are truly sincere about making amends for their parties sins that have afflicted blacks throughout their American history.
So awesome, thank you. The schools should be teaching how these guys and a country came together instead of teaching critical race theory or 1619 project lies. Great video.
It’s really great that someone recorded and preserved this footage. Our history is important and all of it, good or bad, should always be preserved. I really enjoyed being able to watch these men who played such an important role in shaping our country.
The way our history is getting destroyed I'm glad to see people that are proud of the history of this country I had family that fall on both sides I have nothing but respect for the guys that fault in the civil war the hell they went through at the end of this video we existed thanks for taking the time and putting it together I really enjoyed it
the woke people are destroying everything----Winston Churchill changed the quote slightly when he said (paraphrased), “those who fail to learn from history are condemned to repeat it.”
Its not destroying history but reveling true history. Do you see America flying the British flag? No it was treason. But we chose treason for freedom. The confederacy said it was for states rights, those rights being to own slaves. If they had won the would not be called Americans nor would they have flown American flags. So be truthful in history, and not cover it with a lie.
@@fritzhund1045 As I said before, let there be statues in museums and let the true history be told. As for the flag any American has a right to wave a flag at home and on there property. But not in parks or government building, cause in the end it is a flag that stands for treason.
Could have been a drummer boy and not a soldier at that age but still considered a veteran. On the other hand had he been big for his age and mature in his demeanor he may have carried a rifle.
@@haledwards4642 so he would have driven a horse drawn wagon with supplies as a youth. I'm sure that they learned young back then as some still do today.
I bet these old Veterans had some stories to tell. The North and South Both. I could have sat and listened to them all day. I don't understand why some today want to do away with this part of our Nation's history. Flags and Statues People today weren't hurt by that awful war, only the people who lived thru it.
@@concertatore7865 Honoring traitors? Well if you think about wasn't George Washington a traitor he was in the British army for a long time. The fact of the matter is no they were not traitor's they wanted to form their own country they didn't want to overthrow ours just like George Washington.
The statues had nothing to do with honoring the men of the confederacy, they were put up 60 years after the war at a time of renewed interest in the KKK following the release of the DW Griffith Movie Birth of a Nation. They were and are a symbol of their intent at the time, white supremacy. The Civil War was entirely related to slavery, an institution the rest of the western world had left behind a century earlier, the US is usually that far behind in any form of social justice. Joke then and now, is that 99% of the confederacy was made up of poor whites who's labor was actually of greater value without slavery and were themselves economically oppressed by the institution.
They told my young Niece that it's not Slavery, involuntary IMMIGRATION. I M BLACK & CHEROKEE . I M OUTRAGED AT THE USUAL WHITEWASH. I M TEACHING HER THE BRUTAL TRUTH, LYNCHINGS EVERYTHING AND ALL ABOUT THE K K CLOWNS..I have my Grandfather's books.
Fantastic footage. WE MUST KEEP OUR TRUE HISTORY ALIVE and fight those who want to change it. We must fight AS HARD ‘NOT’ TO CHANGE IT as they fight to want to change it. Us being passive about it HAS to stop! Thank you for bringing this to us! Just superb...
I was a soldier, and I've experienced "contact". That being said, I cannot even begin to imagine fighting the way these men fought, let alone that I would have the courage to advance the way these men have, in the face of massed fire, cannonballs and air-exploding shells, canister shot, etc. Let alone ie Pickett's charge, over all that open ground, and still almost going all the way, under that whithering fire, taking those casualties. I'd probably break and run.
Apparently the rifled bolts and elongated shells had distinctive differences to cannonballs, and couldn't be seen flying through the air. Terrifying, "shrieking like devils".
A piece of history, commemorating on film what had taken place during the youth of these elderly veterans. Regardless of your views on that conflict, something that should be watched for the education of it all.
What a treat to see this! Right or wrong this is American History and these Gentlemen should be honored as Soldiers that fought for a cause they believed in.
It's history. These gentlemen renounced their citizenship & were rightfully never granted citizenship in life. Some of their widows were allowed pensions. They were citizens of the CSA.
My great-great grandfather was a union army veteran of the war. He was actually a Quebec Canadian immigrant who volunteered and served in the artillery. In the only photo I have of him, he was already an old man but he was proudly wearing his union army cap.
This was the last 40,000 Confederate reunion. It was 1914, and the young boys of '61 were now old men. Still proud and covered in glory, sadly their numbers thinned rapidly after this. By 1950 only a few were left. They went to their heavenly glory and became history.
Wow. The actual guys who fought at Wilderness, Gettysburg, Chancellorsville, Petersburg and the rest. On film. Not reenactors, the ones who saw it and lived it.
Really super fascinating! To think that some of these men have been gone for 100 years, and the others would not live much longer into the 1930s or 1940s. Amazing to think they lived to such advanced age during a time with little modern medicine and a harder lifestyle than any of us are accustomed to. I wish I could go back in time and have conversations with them.
@@rogerthat4545 Is that so? Funny, because being a literal historian, the only "whitewash" I see is the "the war was about slavery" argument, which is patently untrue.
You know what really makes this hit home? The fact that this reunion took place 50 years after the war. It would be like having a Vietnam war reunion today. At 56, Vietnam doesn't really seem that long ago. I'm sure at this reunion, the Civil War didn't seem all that long ago!
These brave veterans along with all veterans who served in any war deserved to be honored for their service. It doesn't matter which country they served. They all went through hell in order to serve their country. Stop trying to erase history and use what happened as a lesson so that these endless wars can stop. Unfortunately this will not happen. Human Beings are just too prone to senseless violence in the selfish quest to subject others to their wishes. These veterans as well as millions who have served in the past going back to the time humans first gathered in groups are just pawns in struggles that were perpetrated by those in power. The men of my age ( I am 70 ) are now about the same age as many of the veterans in this video and some served in Viet Nam, another useless war. We have just left Afghanistan and spent trillions of dollars and untold human misery on another useless war. Our politicians and multi-billionaires who profit from war need to be given a gun and a helmet and told to be the first to enlist when they want to start a new war. That would end it. As the say " Rich man's war, poor man's Fight. "
There are no finer, nor more patriotic people than Southerners. Seeing my Dixie flag is a most honorable and heart-touching moment. We need this kind of pride and love of Dixie and Old Glory again. Blessings!!
This is amazing footage. The music really makes it. There is something somber and sad about watching men and woman long since gone. If only I could go back and spend an hour with them..
BirdDogg!!! Glad ur back posting videos. This footage is amazing. I have always been interested in the civil war. My great great grandfather was from whitfield co ga and fought in the battle of vicksburg. Thank you for sharing this with us and for your work in preserving this history for the future. You are an awesome person. Take care and God bless!
Thanks so much Todd, you are too kind. I’ve found a lot of goodies down in Whitfield co. The boys in grey and blue were all over that place and it’s rough country to be sure. Hard to imagine what it was like for them in today’s modern world and I feel humbled to be able to play a small part in preserving their history!
Thank you for putting this together. I’m quite older now but I remember one of my uncles that fought that war. He was one of the lucky ones who made it home. So many others didn’t. Military has followed us through all of our lives. The latest was my grandchildren. They served in the Marine Corp. They made it out and now have children of their own.
@Womb Raider I'm sure in hopes that my great grandchildren will not grow up and go into the military. We are so strongly committed to teaching our children real history. My grandchildren had it pounded into them and the Marines I don't believe was like this woke crapp being taught now. It wouldn't have gone well for them had anyone tried to teach it to them. That's the parents fault for not pounding it into their children when they are young. Parents are really not parents now. They have babies and then kinda let them grow up on their own.
Nobody's trying to "erase" history. The Civil War will always be taught in schools. The statues are being removed (rightfully) because we shouldn't glorify the evil (slavery) that they fought for. Nor the insurrection & treason against the United States. Then as now, they wanted to divide the country with their racist ideology. I think we should have let them secede, personally. And rescued all the African Americans & given them a chance at equality here in the UNITED States. Then California & New York wouldn't have to carry all those southern states that take many times more federal money than they pay in because of the slave owner mentality of the capitalists there that keeps the vast majority in extreme poverty.
There are no heroes of the South. They either quit or were killed or were in prison. They were all racist scumbags, including every single person you see in this video.
Great video treasure. Thank you for the upload. Love the "spunk" of these old guys, most being 65-75 by 1914. I don't quite get the use of Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture.... lots of Civil War era tunes would have made more sense.
@@oscargrouch7962 the gov got slave interviews in the 1930s. Supreme Court justice O.W. Holmes had been a Union soldier and he retired from the court in 1936. Other vets must have been around too.
Never forget the true history of this country’s struggle in the War Between the States. So much respect for those men. This video gives me a lump in the throat of pure pride in the South’s heritage and the brave boys that defended her
@@stevefischer9336 That's not what he's referring to. He's referring to how veterans on BOTH sides would be reacting to what's happening now. The break down of society.
Actually they understood what would happen if the lost the war. It was well explained in all the publications of the time. Sure enough, the South was right to fight for their freedom, even if they "lost".
@@stevefischer9336 it was the rich white liberals in the confederacy that hated blacks not the poor white conservatives whom never owned slaves cause you know hard to buy slaves when you don't have money. It's pretty much the same as today just look at who has the biggest bank accounts and what party they side with. Democrats are the racist.
That was just fantastic. Amazing for me to think my Nan was twenty four and Granddad was twenty nine at this time. What a different world, yet I knew and dearly loved close kin that lived in that long gone age.
The saddest thing that could ever happen is when brother fights brother. Rich mans war poor mans fight. The poor never owned slaves the poor both white & black were and are oppressed. The vast majority of Southern soldiers fought for their families home and state. The brave blue and grey should always rest in peace!!
Yep, the wealthy in this country have been manipulating working class whites to blame his blue collar black brothers for his troubles since the earliest days of slavery. And look at how the the GOP is STILL doing it. It started even before Trump. Reagan riled up lower class whites with stories of "Cadillac welfare queens" supposedly living high on the hog as the white man suffered. All the while it was the GOP's rich donor class that was oppressing both groups, while setting them against one another. It's sad that they still think the GOP is their salvation even though the rich elites of that party haven't done a thing for them in decades.
@@youtubemodsaresnowflakelef7692 Yes, the wealthy elites manipulated poor, less educated whites into protecting the elites' wealth just as the GOP does it today: appealing to a twisted sense of racial supremacy and fearmongering that their lot in life is being "threatened" by the brown folk. And they're still doing it today, suckering these working class whites in with "brown folks pouring over the border, eeek! Save 'your' country, vote for us!" Spouting nonsense about "critical race theory" being taught in school is some kind of "attack" on white children. Demonizing people marching for fairness in policing. Fox dishes out huge servings of this nightly. The racial suckering has worked for centuries, no wonder the GOP is still using it to get people to fight/vote against their own interests.
@@markw4206 That isn't what they (the soldiers) fought for. They fought because the Northerners invaded their states. Back then there was a LOT more loyalty to one's own hometown, county and STATE, than to the country. A) they weren't bombarded with "AMERICA FUCK YEAAAAAAAAH" non stop B) Only few people could actually travel all over the place They fought to kick them out, and they never considered invading the North, until the North wouldn't stop invading them. Those are facts.
@@youtubemodsaresnowflakelef7692 The South literally attacked the United States when they fired on Fort Sumter. Yes, I get that the soldiers were swept up in the same kind of ignorant provincial "them Yankees talk differently and ain't from round here, BAD" cultural motivators that rural Trumpers sadly are still moved by today despite the passage of a century and a half and easy electronic connectivity to the developed world. That doesn't change the fact that the REGIME was devoted to perpetuating slavery, and thus monuments that glorify the CSA's LEADERS and CAUSE are offensive statements for a society to endorse. Your argument is frankly no different than saying that since common German soldiers in 1940 were only showing loyalty to the Fatherland that statues to Hitler would be okay. Germans absolutely abhor that grotesque episode in their history, but Confederacy apologists for some reason insist on dying on this Lost Cause hill.
It would have been awesome to be able to have a meal with these veterans and listen to their stories of what they saw and had to endure during the war!
One thing I notice is there are many American Flags displayed and not very many Confederate flags. This shows to me how patriotic they were in the old times. Everyone had a respect for the Military and the American way of life, The flag and Our shared culture. They were all proud to be Americans.
On the contrary, I think there were a great many 'stars & bars' flags flying. I was also very delighted to see a group of the old veterans actually doing rifle drill, on the back of a wagon/truck ! Unbelievable ! From a UK Army veteran .
Yea, they're cool with the US flag, 50 years after the conflict, but if they'd seen it during the war, I'm sure they would have had much different feelings and thoughts. Things like hatred loathing and fear, and absolutely no patriotic feelings about 'old glory' because when they saw it up close, it would have meant either, kill...or be killed.
@@warrenmilford1329 It also meant their farms getting burned down, their women and children having their food confiscated, etc. THAT is why they fought, and THAT is why they didn't invade the North even after giving the Northerners a drubbing at "Bull Run" (Manassas), and not until they tried invading again (and had invaded further east). They didn't want to conquer and dominate, they just wanted to be left in peace. And they knew, that while slavery was a big thing for the rich, that it was only the beginning in terms of eroding states' rights. What people fail to realize more often than not, is that Lincoln also destroyed the Union. He destroyed the American way of life as it had been. He ruled by edict, he severely increased his competencies and powers, whereas before the President was merely a little bit more than a figurehead, with VERY LITTLE reach outside of DC.
I read about and seen pictures of this many years ago and it always amazed me all the veterans 50+ years after the civil war and hiw they brag about how long people are living today. Seems to me they lived pretty long way back then too. There were alot of veterans the 75th anniversary too.
Hey Chris! Good to see you posting the Diaries again! I just stumbled across this more by accident...seems the Tube had cancelled my notification bell for some reason. Been wondering how things are going with you...good to see you're back posting! Take care my friend! 👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
I wonder what these folks would’ve thought if they were told people in 2021 would be watching their parade !! I have several ancestors that fought the Civi War , on both sides…in one family case, brothers joining opposite sides…
I noticed more American flags than Confederate flags being displayed...this was few years before Birth Of A Nation film was released. Very interesting historical document! That was a cute bit, the Johnny Rebs dancing to fiddle music...
I definitely don’t believe in removing monuments for the confederacy. They should remain as learning and teaching points. History should never be erased just because some of it is unpleasant or horrifying. It’s our history FFS Also, I find the confederate flag completely offensive. I still don’t believe in erasing the past
My mother's Daddy had kinfolk who fought for the Union Army out of Illinois. My Great Grandmother Maw Wilson on my Daddy's side of our family, her Daddy fought in Stonewall Jackson's Army in the Virginia's for the Confederacy. The country was so devastated by the War up there when it ended Maw Wilson's Daddy moved his family from Virginia to Texas to find work so my grandmother grew up and got married and raised her family in Texas. Her Daddy was a Sharecropper and farmer
One has to remember, just like the German boys in WW II, they were mostly children fighting for what they thought was a good cause. The generals and leaders who put them up to this, well that is a different thing altogether.
These were a totally different breed. Brave , honourable, and respectful. How fit do they look.
Thank you for keeping this heritage alive American by birth
Southern by the Grace of God ! It’s a disgrace losing our monuments and history like we are. God bless
This was filmed 50 years after the Civil War, when most of the veterans were in their 70's. Thank you for preserving this history.
Yeah... history of losers and traitors...
God bless my southern brothers and sisters. From Glasgow Scotland 🇬🇧
Amazing that the footage is well over 100 years old and people living then were honoring veterans from the civil war that also knew of veterans from the revolutionary war from the 18th century.
5 generations is not a very long time. It flashes by in a blink of any eye
Yep. Some of those old men heard stories from their grandfathers about the Revolution.❤️
@@savanahmclary4465 only on RUclips...
@@BlackAbe007 No! I am a genealogist who has studied and researched Families over 50+ years. And their first hand accounts, tells a different narrative. That I just wanted to share, to induces critical thinking and to give a different perspective. That Americans' can NOT be confined, to just one ideology. They are so, much more and capable of anything.
@@savanahmclary4465
Ancestors
Mom
Grandma Iva 1919-2001
Isaac V Wamsley Jr 1875-1930
Isaac V Wamsley Sr 1836-1908
Isaac Wamsley III 1798-1868
Isaac Harvey Wamsley Jr 1778-1825
Isaac Harvey Wamsley Sr 1735-1825
Revolutionary War Veteran
Leah Stout Wamsley wife 1742-1820
Daughter of
Dr Jonathan Stout 1704-1775
Richard Stout 1678-1749
John Stout 1645-1724 Middletown NJ
Son of Richard 1615-1705 and Penelope..1622-1732 New Amsterdam and Gravesend (Coney Island)
Elizabeth Crawford Stout wife 1650-1730
Ayshire Scotland
Daughter of
John Crawford 1618-1698
12th Lord Patrick Crawford 1580-1649
11th Lord William Crawford 1560-1644
10th Lord Patrick Crawford 1530-1560
7th Lord Thomas Crawford 1505-1541
6th Lord James Crawford 1470-?
5th Lord Robert Crawford 1435-1513
4th Lord Archibald Crawford 1389-?
3rd Lord Thomas Crawford 1350-1401
2nd Lord Reginald Crawford 1317-1358
1st Laird Reginald Crawford 1283-1358 Fought at Bannockburn 1314 along with Robert the Bruce and received Lordship for his services.
Hugh Crawford ? -1319
Sir Reginald Crawford of Loudon 1255-1297
Sister Margaret married Malcolm Wallace, mother of Sir William Wallace
As a guys who loves history, I loved to see the videos of are civil war veterans, for its the only way to see or hear them with all of them have passed on, thank you for taking ti.e to put that together
They were losers and traitors...
What a fantastic example of history being preserved. Don't let your past be erased America.
Aww! Let's have Germany preserve its Nazi past, shall we? Ya'll are really sick.
@@concertatore7865 not sure why youre comparing Confederates to genocidal maniacs but okay.
@@concertatore7865 You're right, to the Confederates it was ok to erase the history of Black American slaves, and lynch/murder thousands of Blacks to preserve the so called Antebellum way of life.
@@concertatore7865 The Confederates and Nazis have literally nothing in common. Not language, politics, country, era, ......literally nothing.
@@robertbolar7055 What? Historian here. This is complete nonsense. The Confederates never even once attempted to erase Blacks from the history books. Thats a blatant lie. Union supporter I suppose? Guess you're just going to ignore their (actual) genocide against the natives?
The Confederate Veterans were maintaining their Esprit du Corps in 1914. Amazing that 48,000 turned out in Jacksonville for the event. That wasn't the easiest destination in those years.
Yeah, it would be fascinating to know the logistics of all this. I imagine most of these veterans arrived by rail, and judging by how they are all dressed I imagine it was sometime during the cooler time of year in Florida.
@@solinvictus39 I think that the reunion occurred in May, 1914.
That's for sure.
No air conditioning in Florida in 1914, no interstate highways either.
Mostly horse, ship or rail.
I guess Florida was deep south then, most of the population in nth Florida.
My mama went with my great grandfather to confederate sweethearts day as his sweetheart. Yes I am old.
Another treasure! It’s amazing how well preserved this film is! Thank you so much!
@Zoomerwaffen xx Ya, the South Bronx😜😜😁😊😊
My great grandfather, James Anderson Crawford, was born in 1816 and lived till 1912. I often try to imagine every thing he saw in his lifetime. The family migrated from Missouri to Texas in 1880 and there we have been since. I do not know if any of the family took up arms. I know we have a tremendous pride in being from Texas now and from the South.
Outstanding. So appreciate your work! No country should ever forget its history. Millions of us in this country will never forget.
It’s really sad that some will forget and really sad, a lot of them don’t even know anything about it. I’m older now but years ago when I was just a child I remember my uncle talking about what he and his fellow brothers went through. They fought that war. Oh how I wish that I had a tape recorder back then and had of gotten him on tape. They didn’t have any luxury items of any kind. Everyone of my uncles on both sides served this country. It went on down to all of my cousins serving. My brother in law and my son in law served. My nephew served in Iraq and took a bullet to the chest. He survived some how. I believe it was all of the prayers that went up for him. Down to my grandchildren. One was female. They went into the Marine Corp and finished their long term out. They made it home safely. I still believe it was prayer. They now have children. I was heartbroken as I watched those caskets being pulled out of that plane. As their pictures were shown I just cried. It sure wasn’t about my grandchildren but I still looked into the faces and eyes of those pictures of those precious soldiers and I looked then just to the right side of the tv was my grandchildren dressed in their blues. I am so thankful that they got home and so heartbroken that the other ones didn’t. I wasn’t comparing my family to those who had lost their loved ones. I was seeing the youth in those photos and then when I looked at my own, I did compare all of their youth. I know that they fought very hard and I at least have them. I have lost family members to war. I know the heartache of it. One of my cousins served 30 years. I’m so thankful that my grandchildren didn’t serve that long.
Yes, we should never forget: slavery.
@@concertatore7865 If this War was about Slavery: Then why did ONLY 8% of the men, who fought for the SOUTH OWNED SLAVES? 8% ?
And many of North Eastern States and Central USA states had out "LAWED," Slavery by 1807.
And many of the Aristocrats and Planters properties had been DIVIDED into SMALL, individual, farms, by1807 with their 25 children inheriting them and farming it themselves. Then they had 7 to 10 children, they had to feed on 40 to 160 acres? They sure did not have any slaves..
92% of Southerners who fought in the Civil War was FARMERS of small, individual, dirt farms and DID NOT OWN SLAVES . 92%... And the Small dirt Farmers had to compete for FAIR Farm commodity prices: That the Planters would set the prices, because they could sale their farm commodities, for a few Penny's less, because they sold in bulk.. That they Small Farmers need every penny, that they could get. The Small Farmers sure didn't fight for slaves.... They fought from Northern Aggression.
@@savanahmclary4465 because people can be easily led like sheep by their contemporary elites. Very similar to wolves. You have the "alpha" wolf who lead the pack, and the others kiss his derriere.
@@concertatore7865 I do not know exactly which side you are referring to here. But it best resembles Abraham Lincoln.
Because, Robert E. Lee had resigned his commission in the US Army, because he told Abraham Lincoln, "He'd would not lead an Army against his VIRGINIA Family and Lee was a private citizen at home. When the earliest battles, of the Civil War was fought. Robert E. Lee did Not enter the War until Abraham Lincoln had his Union Army to confiscate and occupy the Lee Family, Arlington home: Where the Civil War was being fought. And Lee joined the "Army of Northern Virginia, just before the battle of "First Manassas." Because Lee and his Family could NOT go home to their "Arlington home." Lee had a bounty on his head, because he defied Abraham Lincoln.
50 years after the war, actual 1st hand witnesses and participants were happy to let bygones be bygones and have a parade. 100 years after that people who were never there or probably even had relatives who participated are outraged at a flag or a statue. Such are the miserable times of today.
My thoughts exactly. Odd, isn't it, how something so profoundly traumatic can heal, only to be torn back open much later by exploiters who have no concept of the actual times or persons involved?
@@coinsmith Or the factual history of events.
@@chrismaurer2075 Indeed.
Love it. So they removed robert e. Lee. We sure have cowards in charge. Are they going to erect criminals in his place
@@Dd-xt8hc I guess in their minds, they already have.
Can you imagine fighting in the civil war and 50 yrs later riding in a car or seeing an airplane fly? My grandfather was born in 1885, never met him and would give anything to ask questions about his experiences!
I’m like you. I’m quite older now but my grandfather passed away before my dad met my mother. They have passed on now. I remember as a very young child meeting with one of my uncles that was still alive . I wish I had of ask a lot more questions now but I was young then. He fought that war. He was one of the lucky ones that made it home. THANK You who ever put this together.
My grandmother was born in 1895 and I took her to see a space shuttle launch from Kennedy Space Center in the early 80's before she died...
Im 50 years old in 2021 and my grandfather was born in 1885 also. I have thought many times how I would have loved to sit and talk to him about the days past. He passed away in 1953 well before my birth. I've often wished that I could have been born earlier just to experience our early American history.
Your grandfather was born 20 years after Confederates tried to destroy America.
@@t.r.l.4377 I see Faux Noise and Newsmax are your cool-aide...
God bless brave southern soldiers. Respect Forever From Poland
A lot more cars than I expected to see. This must have been some party. Wish I could have been a fly on the wall.
Who do you think began modifying them once they came out to outrun - or shall I say "rebel" from authority. 😉 NASCAR was born from such.
@@forlornhope1116 yes it was. I was a Tony Stewart fan when I used to watch it
I was born and raised in the north...............this video is priceless..........it saddens my heart to see what has become of this country after all the sacrifices these men and all the men of that war went through. Now this country has dishonored itself by removing statues and monuments that were built and placed in their locations to honor and remember these men and their sacrifices. I have also lived in the south, Tennessee, North and South Carolina, and Florida. I seen the respect and honor showed to these men and their part in history while I lived there, I am lost for words of what could have possibly happened to have allowed this dishonor to have occurred. Perhaps, none of us spoke up when we certainly should have. In those men's time, they would have allowed this dishonor to have happened to their hero's. We have let them down, what else is for sale.
I was deeply saddened to learn that General Lees statue has been taken down in Charlottesville just lately. I am English so you could say why should it bother me. I shall tell you why, because it was part of the United States history of which I am so impressed. In 245 years you have become the premier nation on earth. God bless America.
History so the whole truth can be told not one-sided history.
They let themselves down by trying to overthrow the U S government. So why they did not put up monuments to honor any black soldiers, slaves, Harriet T, John Brown and other anti slave leaders to include all history can be told
You have expressed in your commet the same way I feel about what has come to pass.
Thank heaven these films were made and preserved. So critically important to our national history and narrative.
My great grandfather was a confederate soldier. Proud of him.
He was a loser and a traitor...
He was a looser 😅
Back in 1990, I played soccer in college(Club Ball) with a guy who was a Civil War Reenactor. He told me that all of the 'actors' on both sides had to prove lineage in order to participate. He said that after each season of public performance the 'actors' from both sides would have a full dressed period ball for the groups and that they would alternate locations each year from 'North to South'. Always paying respects to each other's fallen...
YES son's of confederate veterans is one group. They also study battles and talk about them. Dress in period costumes and camp even.. actually alot of fun
We still do it, man.
@@historyandhorseplaying7374 That's awesome!
I'm almost 75, and my wife and I were re-enactors back in the '90's. I was Union, and she was a worker with the U.S. Sanitary Commision.
Our unit was the Second Vermont Volunteer Infantry. One of our company E commander's relatives served in that unit in the Civil War.
During a visit to Gettysburg four of our soldiers visited The Angle. While there on the Union side, they noticed four Confederate soldiers marching abreast and carrying their colors. They too were headed for The Angle, but from the Confederate side. They were no doubt retracing relatives' footsteps.
Our boys stood to attention as they neared the Wall. As they reached the Wall our boys saluted in respect.
The Confederates halted, paused, then about-faced and returned the way they had come.
It was a short but very solemn occasion, with no words spoken.
As they should. There should be nothing but honor paid to these men's memories, both North and South.
My son is a history teacher and we like going around buying up old high school history books to see the changes that are being made in how our history is being presented to our American youth. It is frightening to see how radical the changes.
@@michellebrown4903 Are you one of those that believe only "Guilt" History should be taught so to justify tearing down the monuments and erasing the memories of those that helped build this country and who had both sins and virtues?
@@michellebrown4903 I find it hard to follow your logic. You say that Trump was unselfconsciously projecting his fascist nature because he according to you stated that history should be about the truth. I do not know if this man is a fascist or not but I do believe that History should be about the truth as well. Both the good and bad should be told and not hidden from public scrutiny. I find the Democratic Party to be a bunch of hypocrites for wanting to destroy statues of their Civil War heroes that they helped create. They also want to defund the Police.
I believe they are consciously wanting to destroy their dark past so that the American people will not know what they are all about.
@@michellebrown4903 ironic that the real fascists are in power in the US now… I mean a fascist are the ones indoctrinating or silencing people banning books and thoughts. Whatever you mind probably can not be changed since your to much of a boot licker to realize.
@@michellebrown4903 You have avoided answering the question of what political party had slaves during the Civil War? What party did Abraham Lincoln belong to?
What party was in power during the Civil War that won?
What party did Nathan Bedford Forest belong to? What party created the Jim Crowe laws after the Civil War? What party did the black soldiers belong to that fought for the North? What party did the blacks of the South belong to after the Civil War?
@@michellebrown4903 Robert E. Lee was a Democrat. Nathan Bedford Forest was a Democrat. The KKK was started by Democrats. The party that created Jim Crowe laws was Democrat. The black slaves after the Civil War were Republicans.
The black soldiers of the North during the Civil War were Republicans. You want facts, these are facts. Take a look at who changed the amendments of the constitution to better the blacks and it was Republicans. The party that pushed for the laws that have economically enslaved the blacks in the inner cities is the Democrats. I think the Democrat party owes an apology to the black community for putting them through a long history of hell! The Democrats should be ashamed of their parties injustices and should pay reparations from their own pockets if they are truly sincere about making amends for their parties sins that have afflicted blacks throughout their American history.
So awesome, thank you. The schools should be teaching how these guys and a country came together instead of teaching critical race theory or 1619 project lies. Great video.
100%. Bring back real history. The socialist bs need to be exterminated.
How great is this that it even exists ! Thanks for sharing BirdDog !
It’s really great that someone recorded and preserved this footage. Our history is important and all of it, good or bad, should always be preserved. I really enjoyed being able to watch these men who played such an important role in shaping our country.
The way our history is getting destroyed I'm glad to see people that are proud of the history of this country I had family that fall on both sides I have nothing but respect for the guys that fault in the civil war the hell they went through at the end of this video we existed thanks for taking the time and putting it together I really enjoyed it
the woke people are destroying everything----Winston Churchill changed the quote slightly when he said (paraphrased), “those who fail to learn from history are condemned to repeat it.”
Its not destroying history but reveling true history. Do you see America flying the British flag? No it was treason. But we chose treason for freedom.
The confederacy said it was for states rights, those rights being to own slaves. If they had won the would not be called Americans nor would they have flown American flags. So be truthful in history, and not cover it with a lie.
@@picakuma ".....but reveling true history." Oh? Then let the Confederate statues stand and the battle flag fly now that's revealing the true history.
@@fritzhund1045 As I said before, let there be statues in museums and let the true history be told. As for the flag any American has a right to wave a flag at home and on there property.
But not in parks or government building, cause in the end it is a flag that stands for treason.
@@picakuma Ok we know where you are coming from why don't you try living in Communist China let's see how far you would get.....most likely 6ft under.
Great historical video. Perfect choice of music. Haunting and reflective. Watching this I realized how far we've come, and how little we've learned.
The youngest veteran in attendance, F.M. Ironmonger of Virginia, was born in 1853. So, he was twelve years old when the war ended.
Could have been a drummer boy and not a soldier at that age but still considered a veteran. On the other hand had he been big for his age and mature in his demeanor he may have carried a rifle.
@@gbeachy2010 He also may have been a teamster.
@@haledwards4642 so he would have driven a horse drawn wagon with supplies as a youth. I'm sure that they learned young back then as some still do today.
@@gbeachy2010 He very well could have.
Times were surely different. My grandmother had her first child at age 13. Had a total of 12 children.
I live in Jacksonville FL and my family has been here since this war! This was so so cool to see! Thank you for the video ❤️
My mother told me stories about her mother and her aunts helping at the old vets home in Jacksonville Florida where they grew up.
I'm sure the memory of this event was cherished by all who attended! Thank you for keeping the memories of these veterans and their families alive!💖
G-d bless these great American Veterans. They stood up for their States and wouldn't sit still for the tyranny of the federal government.
@@theodorezudyk5311 It's refreshing to read an intelligent response about civil war vets.
@@chrismaurer2075 I second that 👍
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Both sides where true hard core warriors…… Bless them all
Another klansman
I bet these old Veterans had some stories to tell. The North and South Both. I could have sat and listened to them all day. I don't understand why some today want to do away with this part of our Nation's history. Flags and Statues People today weren't hurt by that awful war, only the people who lived thru it.
This half of our country must always be honoured. We must fight for our statues, our country, and the honor of our veterans.
Honoring traitors???
You don’t know what a traitor is you fool you’re just a hater!!!!!!
@@concertatore7865 Honoring traitors? Well if you think about wasn't George Washington a traitor he was in the British army for a long time. The fact of the matter is no they were not traitor's they wanted to form their own country they didn't want to overthrow ours just like George Washington.
The statues had nothing to do with honoring the men of the confederacy, they were put up 60 years after the war at a time of renewed interest in the KKK following the release of the DW Griffith Movie Birth of a Nation. They were and are a symbol of their intent at the time, white supremacy. The Civil War was entirely related to slavery, an institution the rest of the western world had left behind a century earlier, the US is usually that far behind in any form of social justice. Joke then and now, is that 99% of the confederacy was made up of poor whites who's labor was actually of greater value without slavery and were themselves economically oppressed by the institution.
@@montycasper4300 if you dig deep you will find out that it was really about the same as English war! High taxes!
Incredible, go bless them all and may they rest in peace ( they've earned it ) films like this are a national treasure
They told my young Niece that it's not Slavery, involuntary IMMIGRATION. I M BLACK & CHEROKEE . I M OUTRAGED AT THE USUAL WHITEWASH. I M TEACHING HER THE BRUTAL TRUTH, LYNCHINGS EVERYTHING AND ALL ABOUT THE K K CLOWNS..I have my Grandfather's books.
Films like this show you the losers and traitors...
Excellent video - thanks for sharing Chris -
My pleasure!
Fantastic footage. WE MUST KEEP OUR TRUE HISTORY ALIVE and fight those who want to change it. We must fight AS HARD ‘NOT’ TO CHANGE IT as they fight to want to change it. Us being passive about it HAS to stop! Thank you for bringing this to us! Just superb...
What great film. Thank you for preserving our country's history. It's so important to remember what made us what we are today.
Wonderful Wonderful Film.
How Fortunate to be able to see actual Living Soldiers
It's amazing how many of these civil war veterans were still alive and fit nearly 50 years after the war ended.
Not really. 50 years is not a lot. Like a Vietnam veteran now.
Many were probably only teenagers when they fought.
The last Civil War veteran die in 1957 Union soldier Albert woolson look it up
Correction 1956
Correction 1956
Thankyou, love history. Parades have really changed.
Thanks for being patient Lanet, I am back at it!
I was a soldier, and I've experienced "contact". That being said, I cannot even begin to imagine fighting the way these men fought, let alone that I would have the courage to advance the way these men have, in the face of massed fire, cannonballs and air-exploding shells, canister shot, etc.
Let alone ie Pickett's charge, over all that open ground, and still almost going all the way, under that whithering fire, taking those casualties.
I'd probably break and run.
I think I would’ve said “tell yer’ mama to take those heights “. It’s baffling to me how that wasn’t considered insanity even in that age.
Apparently the rifled bolts and elongated shells had distinctive differences to cannonballs, and couldn't be seen flying through the air. Terrifying, "shrieking like devils".
@@RandyB521 Think about WW1. Doing this with even worse artillery and machine guns.
Sooo cool to see a video of the civil war soldiers
A piece of history, commemorating on film what had taken place during the youth of these elderly veterans. Regardless of your views on that conflict, something that should be watched for the education of it all.
What a treat to see this! Right or wrong this is American History and these Gentlemen should be honored as Soldiers that fought for a cause they believed in.
It's history. These gentlemen renounced their citizenship & were rightfully never granted citizenship in life. Some of their widows were allowed pensions. They were citizens of the CSA.
What was the cause the Confederates were fighting for?
@@pandaman8946 They saw the writing on the wall that their way of life was not going to last and decided to go down in "glory".
@@DCUPtoejuice Thats a way to look at it, thanks!
They were traitors to their country, they were lucky they were not shot.
My great-great grandfather was a union army veteran of the war. He was actually a Quebec Canadian immigrant who volunteered and served in the artillery. In the only photo I have of him, he was already an old man but he was proudly wearing his union army cap.
This was the last 40,000 Confederate reunion. It was 1914, and the young boys of '61 were now old men. Still proud and covered in glory, sadly their numbers thinned rapidly after this. By 1950 only a few were left. They went to their heavenly glory and became history.
Yeah but they lost though
Here we are... Over 110 years later. About ready to fight all over again
Priceless and so human. Really great. Great stuff. Thank you.
Wow. The actual guys who fought at Wilderness, Gettysburg, Chancellorsville, Petersburg and the rest. On film. Not reenactors, the ones who saw it and lived it.
Losers and traitors is what they were...
May they all rest in peace. Much to learn from history still
And absolutely nothing pictured was made in China. Incredible!
And there were no obese people even in their 70s and 80s!
Amazing video. The clarity is amazing.
Really super fascinating! To think that some of these men have been gone for 100 years, and the others would not live much longer into the 1930s or 1940s. Amazing to think they lived to such advanced age during a time with little modern medicine and a harder lifestyle than any of us are accustomed to. I wish I could go back in time and have conversations with them.
That would have been a sight to see! Thanks for sharing. Thumbs up video!~John
Beautiful work. Thanks. Seeing the statue of Gen. Rob't E. Lee taken down was a mark of the death of America. No question.
No, taking down the statue of Robert E Lee was a sign of progress. Death to racism!
@@davidoverstreet2875 Would taking down MLK Statue in DC also a sign of progress?
I'm a member of the Sons of Confederate Veterans. Awesome to see who came before us!
@@rogerthat4545 Is that so? Funny, because being a literal historian, the only "whitewash" I see is the "the war was about slavery" argument, which is patently untrue.
Its really good that all shoulders get together and talk about things .to heal and forget helps to talk.
You know what really makes this hit home?
The fact that this reunion took place 50 years after the war.
It would be like having a Vietnam war reunion today.
At 56, Vietnam doesn't really seem that long ago.
I'm sure at this reunion, the Civil War didn't seem all that long ago!
These brave veterans along with all veterans who served in any war deserved to be honored for their service. It doesn't matter which country they served. They all went through hell in order to serve their country. Stop trying to erase history and use what happened as a lesson so that these endless wars can stop. Unfortunately this will not happen. Human Beings are just too prone to senseless violence in the selfish quest to subject others to their wishes. These veterans as well as millions who have served in the past going back to the time humans first gathered in groups are just pawns in struggles that were perpetrated by those in power. The men of my age ( I am 70 ) are now about the same age as many of the veterans in this video and some served in Viet Nam, another useless war. We have just left Afghanistan and spent trillions of dollars and untold human misery on another useless war. Our politicians and multi-billionaires who profit from war need to be given a gun and a helmet and told to be the first to enlist when they want to start a new war. That would end it. As the say " Rich man's war, poor man's Fight. "
Not these inbred scum who fought against the U.S. flag and our constitution
excellent film thank you for this footage our history will be preserved
There are no finer, nor more patriotic people than Southerners. Seeing my Dixie flag is a most honorable and heart-touching moment. We need this kind of pride and love of Dixie and Old Glory again. Blessings!!
This is amazing footage. The music really makes it. There is something somber and sad about watching men and woman long since gone. If only I could go back and spend an hour with them..
BirdDogg!!! Glad ur back posting videos. This footage is amazing. I have always been interested in the civil war. My great great grandfather was from whitfield co ga and fought in the battle of vicksburg. Thank you for sharing this with us and for your work in preserving this history for the future. You are an awesome person. Take care and God bless!
Thanks so much Todd, you are too kind. I’ve found a lot of goodies down in Whitfield co. The boys in grey and blue were all over that place and it’s rough country to be sure. Hard to imagine what it was like for them in today’s modern world and I feel humbled to be able to play a small part in preserving their history!
One of my great grandfathers, from Alabama, was in the seige of Vicksburg .
Thank you for putting this together. I’m quite older now but I remember one of my uncles that fought that war. He was one of the lucky ones who made it home. So many others didn’t. Military has followed us through all of our lives. The latest was my grandchildren. They served in the Marine Corp. They made it out and now have children of their own.
@Womb Raider I'm sure in hopes that my great grandchildren will not grow up and go into the military. We are so strongly committed to teaching our children real history. My grandchildren had it pounded into them and the Marines I don't believe was like this woke crapp being taught now. It wouldn't have gone well for them had anyone tried to teach it to them. That's the parents fault for not pounding it into their children when they are young. Parents are really not parents now. They have babies and then kinda let them grow up on their own.
Thank you for posting.
Thank you. This country needs a great history lesson for we will be domed yo repeat it if we don't.
May God richly bless their souls. RIP Heroes of the South. They may try to erase history, but they can't erase the truth or what lives in our Hearts.
" Hero's of the South ?
How are people who commit treason hero's ?
Nobody's trying to "erase" history. The Civil War will always be taught in schools. The statues are being removed (rightfully) because we shouldn't glorify the evil (slavery) that they fought for. Nor the insurrection & treason against the United States. Then as now, they wanted to divide the country with their racist ideology. I think we should have let them secede, personally. And rescued all the African Americans & given them a chance at equality here in the UNITED States. Then California & New York wouldn't have to carry all those southern states that take many times more federal money than they pay in because of the slave owner mentality of the capitalists there that keeps the vast majority in extreme poverty.
John Martinez, So said king George!
There are no heroes of the South. They either quit or were killed or were in prison. They were all racist scumbags, including every single person you see in this video.
@@davidoverstreet2875 Well said David.
Great video treasure. Thank you for the upload. Love the "spunk" of these old guys, most being 65-75 by 1914. I don't quite get the use of Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture.... lots of Civil War era tunes would have made more sense.
Interviews with these guys would be interesting.
I agree, the stories they could have told would have been incredible
Too late! They've all passed.
@@oscargrouch7962 FDR administration interviewed freed slaves for an oral history project. Maybe someone got the last civil war vets on tape too.
@@zachgates7491 I am certain all of the freed slaves have passed by now also.
@@oscargrouch7962 the gov got slave interviews in the 1930s. Supreme Court justice O.W. Holmes had been a Union soldier and he retired from the court in 1936. Other vets must have been around too.
Never forget the true history of this country’s struggle in the War Between the States. So much respect for those men. This video gives me a lump in the throat of pure pride in the South’s heritage and the brave boys that defended her
Awesome video,Chris!
Words can not Express these resilient Americans.
They would all be turning in their graves at what is happening now.
@@stevefischer9336 That's not what he's referring to. He's referring to how veterans on BOTH sides would be reacting to what's happening now. The break down of society.
@@stevefischer9336 come on man. Quit projecting your ignorance onto others.
Actually they understood what would happen if the lost the war. It was well explained in all the publications of the time. Sure enough, the South was right to fight for their freedom, even if they "lost".
@@stevefischer9336 it was the rich white liberals in the confederacy that hated blacks not the poor white conservatives whom never owned slaves cause you know hard to buy slaves when you don't have money. It's pretty much the same as today just look at who has the biggest bank accounts and what party they side with. Democrats are the racist.
HELL... so would the NORTHERN AGGRESSORS!!!
Never seen this one. That's that rebel traffic!😂 this mans content is always on point.
Relly good video brother wonder what it must have been like bk then amazing work
That was just fantastic. Amazing for me to think my Nan was twenty four and Granddad was twenty nine at this time. What a different world, yet I knew and dearly loved close kin that lived in that long gone age.
The saddest thing that could ever happen is when brother fights brother. Rich mans war poor mans fight. The poor never owned slaves the poor both white & black were and are oppressed. The vast majority of Southern soldiers fought for their families home and state. The brave blue and grey should always rest in peace!!
Yep, the wealthy in this country have been manipulating working class whites to blame his blue collar black brothers for his troubles since the earliest days of slavery. And look at how the the GOP is STILL doing it.
It started even before Trump. Reagan riled up lower class whites with stories of "Cadillac welfare queens" supposedly living high on the hog as the white man suffered. All the while it was the GOP's rich donor class that was oppressing both groups, while setting them against one another. It's sad that they still think the GOP is their salvation even though the rich elites of that party haven't done a thing for them in decades.
A slave was a "luxury item", price wise... The vastm ajority of these men who fought couldn't afford one, even if they pooled their money.
@@youtubemodsaresnowflakelef7692 Yes, the wealthy elites manipulated poor, less educated whites into protecting the elites' wealth just as the GOP does it today: appealing to a twisted sense of racial supremacy and fearmongering that their lot in life is being "threatened" by the brown folk. And they're still doing it today, suckering these working class whites in with "brown folks pouring over the border, eeek! Save 'your' country, vote for us!" Spouting nonsense about "critical race theory" being taught in school is some kind of "attack" on white children. Demonizing people marching for fairness in policing. Fox dishes out huge servings of this nightly. The racial suckering has worked for centuries, no wonder the GOP is still using it to get people to fight/vote against their own interests.
@@markw4206 That isn't what they (the soldiers) fought for. They fought because the Northerners invaded their states.
Back then there was a LOT more loyalty to one's own hometown, county and STATE, than to the country.
A) they weren't bombarded with "AMERICA FUCK YEAAAAAAAAH" non stop
B) Only few people could actually travel all over the place
They fought to kick them out, and they never considered invading the North, until the North wouldn't stop invading them.
Those are facts.
@@youtubemodsaresnowflakelef7692 The South literally attacked the United States when they fired on Fort Sumter. Yes, I get that the soldiers were swept up in the same kind of ignorant provincial "them Yankees talk differently and ain't from round here, BAD" cultural motivators that rural Trumpers sadly are still moved by today despite the passage of a century and a half and easy electronic connectivity to the developed world. That doesn't change the fact that the REGIME was devoted to perpetuating slavery, and thus monuments that glorify the CSA's LEADERS and CAUSE are offensive statements for a society to endorse. Your argument is frankly no different than saying that since common German soldiers in 1940 were only showing loyalty to the Fatherland that statues to Hitler would be okay. Germans absolutely abhor that grotesque episode in their history, but Confederacy apologists for some reason insist on dying on this Lost Cause hill.
An enjoyable historical archive. Well presented. TY
Our family had vets on both sides
49yrs after the end of the War and 107 Years from 1914 Amazing!
It would have been awesome to be able to have a meal with these veterans and listen to their stories of what they saw and had to endure during the war!
no, it would have been disgusting and pitiful and horrible. Not interesting. At all. There's nothing interesting at all about war waged by idiots.
I can imagine of this movies is upscale and colorixed.....Will be super amazing!
One thing I notice is there are many American Flags displayed and not very many Confederate flags. This shows to me how patriotic they were in the old times. Everyone had a respect for the Military and the American way of life, The flag and Our shared culture. They were all proud to be Americans.
On the contrary, I think there were a great many 'stars & bars' flags flying. I was also very delighted to see a group of the old veterans actually doing rifle drill, on the back of a wagon/truck ! Unbelievable ! From a UK Army veteran .
Yea, they're cool with the US flag, 50 years after the conflict, but if they'd seen it during the war, I'm sure they would have had much different feelings and thoughts. Things like hatred loathing and fear, and absolutely no patriotic feelings about 'old glory' because when they saw it up close, it would have meant either, kill...or be killed.
@@warrenmilford1329 It also meant their farms getting burned down, their women and children having their food confiscated, etc. THAT is why they fought, and THAT is why they didn't invade the North even after giving the Northerners a drubbing at "Bull Run" (Manassas), and not until they tried invading again (and had invaded further east).
They didn't want to conquer and dominate, they just wanted to be left in peace. And they knew, that while slavery was a big thing for the rich, that it was only the beginning in terms of eroding states' rights.
What people fail to realize more often than not, is that Lincoln also destroyed the Union. He destroyed the American way of life as it had been. He ruled by edict, he severely increased his competencies and powers, whereas before the President was merely a little bit more than a figurehead, with VERY LITTLE reach outside of DC.
I read about and seen pictures of this many years ago and it always amazed me all the veterans 50+ years after the civil war and hiw they brag about how long people are living today. Seems to me they lived pretty long way back then too. There were alot of veterans the 75th anniversary too.
Hey Chris! Good to see you posting the Diaries again! I just stumbled across this more by accident...seems the Tube had cancelled my notification bell for some reason. Been wondering how things are going with you...good to see you're back posting! Take care my friend! 👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Thanks for sharing this great documentary .❤
Fantastic footage! Old battle hymns or string band music would make a much better background than the weird sound effects.
Just love the old horse buggy... And how they played music back then.. 😎👍
I wonder what these folks would’ve thought if they were told people in 2021 would be watching their parade !! I have several ancestors that fought the Civi War , on both sides…in one family case, brothers joining opposite sides…
I noticed more American flags than Confederate flags being displayed...this was few years before Birth Of A Nation film was released. Very interesting historical document! That was a cute bit, the Johnny Rebs dancing to fiddle music...
I wonder what the southern troops would think today , of them turning them into villains and erasing all there heroes of the war ,
@Danny Walker he who wins the war gets to tell the history
God bless all the soldiers of the south , fighting for there country , proud heroes all of them may you rest with honor
@Terry Evans i think you are right I also think the poor farmers in South would not fight and die for slavery or north poor die to stop it ,
I definitely don’t believe in removing monuments for the confederacy. They should remain as learning and teaching points. History should never be erased just because some of it is unpleasant or horrifying. It’s our history FFS
Also, I find the confederate flag completely offensive. I still don’t believe in erasing the past
@@Chef_Jeff69 history is not being erased , monuments are for hero's not traitors
Your videos are awesome man! Weird history can't touch your work ! I'm proud of your videos and spreading our heritage ,
Thanks so much Dakota, you are too kind, now if I could just get a quarter of his subscribers 🤣
They flew the Confederate flag and no one had a hissy fit.
they still do
It is an enemy flag. If you don't get that- you are too dumb to understand history
Um, maybe because they were deep in Dixie, and Jim Crow and the Klan had intimidated African Americans and decent Americans into silence? Ya think?
My mother's Daddy had kinfolk who fought for the Union Army out of Illinois. My Great Grandmother Maw Wilson on my Daddy's side of our family, her Daddy fought in Stonewall Jackson's Army in the Virginia's for the Confederacy. The country was so devastated by the War up there when it ended Maw Wilson's Daddy moved his family from Virginia to Texas to find work so my grandmother grew up and got married and raised her family in Texas. Her Daddy was a Sharecropper and farmer
May god bless the south 😊🙏🏻
Massive respect from England.
Still flying, The Bonnie Blue!
God, Family, Country
Hi So proud of both sides True American Heroes! Daughter of Tennessee Gentleman and Irish Mom USA
One has to remember, just like the German boys in WW II, they were mostly children fighting for what they thought was a good cause. The generals and leaders who put them up to this, well that is a different thing altogether.
my God. Can you imagine standing in the middle of the undiluted insanity of the old veterans mess tent, and listening to the conversations?