Not all of those 650,000 people who died on the battlefields of my beloved state of Virginia were fighting to keep slaves. They were dirt poor farmers with families and land they needed to protect, they were 15 year olds who followed their dads and brothers who were their heroes. In order to stop the cycle of war, we must also remember there is always more to a story. Like you said in the intro “…and that’s what it is, history” • humanity only survives when all of humanity is remembered.
Yes, like the Five Civilized Tribes who fought for the South because they wanted to preserve sl*very, "which has been with us since time immemorial." Their quote. All the tribes were big slavers long before whhytes arrived. To this day, those tribes have not been abiding by the terms of the 1866 treaties. No outrage? No public condemnation? Of course not. They have been and continue to be in court and brought before Congress. They do not want blaq sl* ve descendants as tribal members and have been fighting tooth and nail to keep them out.
I Shelley lost relatives on both sides of this brutal war! War is hell & there must be other ways of reconciling differences than butchery of our loved ones. Love thy neighbor would be the best start! ❤
It never ceases to amaze me the unfathomable sacrifices that our ancestors have made to ensure freedom for all. Beautifully done, with all the feels!❤ Thank you Brian and Michelle!!!
What a moving vlog. So much history to soak in. Looks like a wonderful tour/visit with scenic trees and not very crowded. I appreciate your vlogs as they are so well done. I thought I was watching a History Channel special. Great production value Brian and Michelle!!
Fantastic explanations of Petersburg. We were totally mesmerized by the severity of the task of the soldiers digging the tunnel underground, and saddened by the loss of life on both sides. What a tragic,tragic part of our American history. And, sadly, some of these conflicts are still being discussed and experienced and protested even today. Love your coverage of this Civil War site and enjoy all your travels. Thank you so much.😊
As lifelong residents of metro Richmond , your presentation was excellent as always. So sorry, that all the old CW moments have been removed in Richmond. The history of Chatham is one we will follow up on. We very much look forward to your weekly visits. Thanks for your professional storytelling !
Wow. Thank you so much for making this content about our history. I remember learning about the civil war in junior high and high school but sadly, i didn't remember what it was about. Thank you so much for this. What a terrible time in our history.
I really enjoy all of your videos and the way you respectfully shared the history of what happened there was very touching. Well done!!! Thank you for being bold enough to share this piece of history that should never be forgotten ❤️
Great history lesson for all. Most of this generation and younger have no idea the sacrifices that were made so all to be free. I grew up in Hollins VA just outside of Roanoke at the heart of the Blue Ridge Mtns. The church I was a member, Enon Baptist Church, housed some Confederate soldiers to rest. The Church was begun in 1855, so it was fairly new. Duane and I were married there in 1979. It still is a church. We all need a reminder that being free comes with costs. A lesson to learn even now. Deana
As I have followed roads south over many years on vacation trips, it never fails that my mind goes to the passing fields, forests, and mountain tops of the Civil War era…… Since January I’ve followed the RUclips journeys of the many Appalachian Trail hikers going the 2196 miles north from Springer, Georgia. The Civil War always on my mind as these hikers travel through small town America, beautiful landscapes once battlefields.
One thing that always amazed me about the civil war was the shear logistics of trying to fight a war at that time over that large an area. There were few real roads, no phones, TV, or radio's. How do you keep that many people supplied with powder, shot, and food?
Thank you so much for this video (and lots of other ones) I love history and am not able to travel so much any more . You always present it in an unbiased view. Really appreciate the time you put into it.👍
My sister lived in Fredericksburg for about 10 years in the early 90’s. It was nice seeing places I’ve visited. Wow, I knew the Civil War was very bloody but the comparison of lives lost to all those other wars is astonishing. Sad. Thanks for another great video.
I guess one of the biggest reasons I love your videos, so much is the relationship The two of you share is very similar As to the two of us. As always, thanks for the adventure. Looking forward to your next video.
Excellent video. Your choice of music enhanced the somber history of the area. Brian, your voice also contributed to this devastating time for America.
You mentioned walt whitman, there is a house over near culpeper va where wounded and captured soldiers and waited for trains. They wrote and drew on the walls with charcoal, covered up later with stucco. When tgey house was being worked on, the plastor came off and the graffiti is visible. Walt Whitman's signature is there.
What an awesome video! Brian you’ve got skills that I can only hope to achieve in the future. That scene with the soldier that led to the reflection of Michelle is my favorite piece of work from you so far. Excellent! Thank you and safe travels.👍🏼😎
We, too, were at Chatham on Sunday! I really actually enjoyed your narration, and it added greatly to our experience there. Too bad we arrived there after you and missed seeing seeing you.
Sobering. I have just recently found out through Ancestry that I have a great-great Grandfather who died October 1862 at Richmond. He was a Sargent for the Confederacy. The record said he died of a wound on the arm. Another record said he died of the measles. His young wife had one child at the time. She remarried, but the second husband was unfaithful.
My grandmother shared a memory, when she was a little girl both of her grandfather's fought in the Civil war against each other. One year they both came to Thanksgiving dinner and my Grandmother's Mom was a little nervous.. Everyone got along. Great video as always!!
Thank you for all that yall calture. I love how you make sure that all of your vlogs tell a story. I find myself living thru your vlogs sometimes as there are places I dream to go that yall have been. My son just graduated military bootcamp in Fort Jackson, SC & we took him to Fort Eustis, Virginia. So we were able to tour York Town, James Town, Williamsburg where the Revolutionary War was fought. We also we lil more north to battle of Bullring & Arlington Cementary. Then shot across to NC to visit family in Hendersonville so we got to go to Baltimore in Ashville. We have recently crossed similar paths as yalls recently.👍
I hope you go to Appomattox sometime. Also I volunteer at the front desk at the Booker T Washington National Monument, his birthplace. It would be fabulous to have you visit! It is near Smith Mountain Lake so it would be a relaxing place to work too. There is a state park and a couple of campsites. D day memorial visitor center in bedford nearby, has free rv parking too.
Thank you for another great video. I love how you tell us all about the history of a place. I use your videos to plan my future trips. Hope you have a meetup in Tampa in January. I live there and would love to meet you both. And we have to have pies!
lovely video; great information on the battlefields and might I just say, soooo excited for your rating on restaurants :). We watch you each week, you guys have great content and video production. keep up the good work
I grew up around the Virginia and DC area, and would highly recommend it as a tourist sight for RVers, van life or just by car. It has amazing US history sites from Colonial Williamsburg (huge full, Colonial town you can walkthrough with shops, the Governor’s palace,churches, carriages, restaurants, etc) to the Civil War, and was pretty reasonably priced while I was there. There is also Virginia Beach, several amusement parks, water parks, etc. if you want to not just see educational things. Could end with the DC museums, but as with most US cities, DC has its beautiful areas and safe tourist areas, and also parts not as nice or just depressing grey yuckiness.
Hey Brian and Michele, can’t wait until your next episode! On Monday June 5 th I slipped on some water and fell down some stairs and broke my back along with some ribs. Hopefully we can still make our next trip to Wyoming and Montana on June 25th. Keep your fingers crossed for us! Take care!
Thanks so much for the code to the National Parks. You always give such valuable information. You make me want to go to all the places you have been. Is that stalking, hummmmm. Oh well.
As always a great video. Have you been to the National Civil War Museum in Harrisburg PA. You would enjoy it. A lot to see. It is one of the largest museums in the US telling the whole story of the American Civil War. It is an Smithsonian affiliate. My husband and I love your videos you are very informative and we always learn something.
A somber trip of our nations history. A different time & mindset. The world was slave trading & its sad, those who survived it we are thankful for their future loved ones who can honor their lives today.❤
@@LivinRVision Great video Brian and Michelle! Your editing skills are amazing! I'm sure it is very time consuming and your efforts really show! What mics do you use with your iPhone?
I have mixed feelings when I am in Virginia. I spent 4 years in Richmond while in grade school. I went back in the late 70's for graduate school. For 40 years I visited my best friend in SW Virginia, and was always referred to as a "Yankee", even by my best friend. I still greatly dislike how they glorify the Civil War, or as the southerners refer to it, "The war of Aggression". I endorse the decisions to take down the Confederate statutes along Monument Avenue in Richmond, and lately rename Army posts.
I have similar experience but a few decades after you. All the history good and bad Is now being weaponize instead of using the good and bad to progress into greatness.
If you love history, Virginia is a great state to learn a lot about it, as I’m sure you found out 😁 you’ll have to come back and see what you missed! I’ll even make another pineapple pie if you like 😂 safe travels 😁
I very much enjoy your channel and look forward to Saturday morning when it is posted. However the music playing while you are narrating is very distracting.
The music will sound different depending on what you are using to listen. I noticed when I edit and play back on my laptop speakers, the music volume is much lower but on headphones it sounds louder. It will vary on different systems, but we do know without the music it sounds very blah. So music it is. 😂
@@LivinRVision I've always like this channel because you pick the most appropriate music for each episode, and you have a great voice for narration. You put a lot of effort in these videos and I enjoy them.
It looks like you just drove right passed Richmond VA, and that's shame! There's tons of things to see and do in Richmond, and a lot of them are free! You could spend a whole week there and not see it all. Of the thousands of videos I've watched done by full timers, I've never seen one about Richmond. Most people just drive up and down Rt. 95 and hate all the traffic in the Richmond area and think that's all it has to offer. They have no clue that within 5 min. of the highway there's white water rafting trips, lots of museums, paddle wheel boat tours on the James river, canal boat tours, tons of civil war sites, and a million other things to see.
We have to pass a LOT of things as we have mention quite often due to the time we have and other things that are planned. During this trip, I also wanted to take Michelle to the Chatham Manor because I had been there years ago and wanted her to see it. I hated to see things without her, so I want to recreate those memories with her. It doesn’t matter where we go there will always be places we miss. When we retire someday, that may change how we travel.
Not all of those 650,000 people who died on the battlefields of my beloved state of Virginia were fighting to keep slaves. They were dirt poor farmers with families and land they needed to protect, they were 15 year olds who followed their dads and brothers who were their heroes. In order to stop the cycle of war, we must also remember there is always more to a story. Like you said in the intro “…and that’s what it is, history” • humanity only survives when all of humanity is remembered.
Yes, like the Five Civilized Tribes who fought for the South because they wanted to preserve sl*very, "which has been with us since time immemorial." Their quote. All the tribes were big slavers long before whhytes arrived. To this day, those tribes have not been abiding by the terms of the 1866 treaties. No outrage? No public condemnation? Of course not. They have been and continue to be in court and brought before Congress. They do not want blaq sl* ve descendants as tribal members and have been fighting tooth and nail to keep them out.
I Shelley lost relatives on both sides of this brutal war! War is hell & there must be other ways of reconciling differences than butchery of our loved ones. Love thy neighbor would be the best start! ❤
It never ceases to amaze me the unfathomable sacrifices that our ancestors have made to ensure freedom for all. Beautifully done, with all the feels!❤ Thank you Brian and Michelle!!!
What a moving vlog. So much history to soak in. Looks like a wonderful tour/visit with scenic trees and not very crowded. I appreciate your vlogs as they are so well done. I thought I was watching a History Channel special. Great production value Brian and Michelle!!
Fantastic explanations of Petersburg. We were totally mesmerized by the severity of the task of the soldiers digging the tunnel underground, and saddened by the loss of life on both sides. What a tragic,tragic part of our American history. And, sadly, some of these conflicts are still being discussed and experienced and protested even today. Love your coverage of this Civil War site and enjoy all your travels. Thank you so much.😊
A wonderful tribute to our troubled past. Your videos are so well done! I hope this country does not repeat its history
Thank you for another great historical video. 🙏🙏🥹🥹Let’s hope history doesn’t repeat itself. 🥺😢
Chatham Mansion history - thank you for sharing. May we never forget the cost of a decided country.
As lifelong residents of metro Richmond , your presentation was excellent as always. So sorry, that all the old CW moments have been removed in Richmond. The history of Chatham is one we will follow up on. We very much look forward to your weekly visits. Thanks for your professional storytelling !
Wow. Thank you so much for making this content about our history. I remember learning about the civil war in junior high and high school but sadly, i didn't remember what it was about. Thank you so much for this. What a terrible time in our history.
So love when you read the history of our country !! And its so sad we are going to repeat it if things dont change !! Safe Travels ❤️🤍💙
I really enjoy all of your videos and the way you respectfully shared the history of what happened there was very touching. Well done!!! Thank you for being bold enough to share this piece of history that should never be forgotten ❤️
Great history lesson for all. Most of this generation and younger have no idea the sacrifices that were made so all to be free. I grew up in Hollins VA just outside of Roanoke at the heart of the Blue Ridge Mtns. The church I was a member, Enon Baptist Church, housed some Confederate soldiers to rest. The Church was begun in 1855, so it was fairly new. Duane and I were married there in 1979. It still is a church. We all need a reminder that being free comes with costs. A lesson to learn even now. Deana
As I have followed roads south over many years on vacation trips, it never fails that my mind goes to the passing fields, forests, and mountain tops of the Civil War era……
Since January I’ve followed the RUclips journeys of the many Appalachian Trail hikers going the 2196 miles north from Springer, Georgia. The Civil War always on my mind as these hikers travel through small town America, beautiful landscapes once battlefields.
One thing that always amazed me about the civil war was the shear logistics of trying to fight a war at that time over that large an area.
There were few real roads, no phones, TV, or radio's.
How do you keep that many people supplied with powder, shot, and food?
One of the best pieces I have seen on Civil War history.Very informative!Thanks for that.
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Thank you so much for this video (and lots of other ones) I love history and am not able to travel so much any more . You always present it in an unbiased view. Really appreciate the time you put into it.👍
Another great historical trip. We need to preserve these sights and not remove anything. 😎🤓🥸
My sister lived in Fredericksburg for about 10 years in the early 90’s. It was nice seeing places I’ve visited. Wow, I knew the Civil War was very bloody but the comparison of lives lost to all those other wars is astonishing. Sad. Thanks for another great video.
I guess one of the biggest reasons I love your videos, so much is the relationship The two of you share is very similar As to the two of us. As always, thanks for the adventure. Looking forward to your next video.
Excellent video. Your choice of music enhanced the somber history of the area. Brian, your voice also contributed to this devastating time for America.
We so enjoyed our trip there 2 years ago! Love your RUclips and narrative of telling about Chatham! Thanks for sharing!
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You mentioned walt whitman, there is a house over near culpeper va where wounded and captured soldiers and waited for trains. They wrote and drew on the walls with charcoal, covered up later with stucco. When tgey house was being worked on, the plastor came off and the graffiti is visible. Walt Whitman's signature is there.
What an awesome video! Brian you’ve got skills that I can only hope to achieve in the future. That scene with the soldier that led to the reflection of Michelle is my favorite piece of work from you so far. Excellent! Thank you and safe travels.👍🏼😎
In your own special way you two make history cool and highly entertaining!
Excellent video! Your photography of the area and narration of local history are a work of art.
We, too, were at Chatham on Sunday! I really actually enjoyed your narration, and it added greatly to our experience there. Too bad we arrived there after you and missed seeing seeing you.
Very good videography, editing and voice-overs.
Sobering. I have just recently found out through Ancestry that I have a great-great Grandfather who died October 1862 at Richmond. He was a Sargent for the Confederacy. The record said he died of a wound on the arm. Another record said he died of the measles. His young wife had one child at the time. She remarried, but the second husband was unfaithful.
My grandmother shared a memory, when she was a little girl both of her grandfather's fought in the Civil war against each other. One year they both came to Thanksgiving dinner and my Grandmother's Mom was a little nervous.. Everyone got along. Great video as always!!
Loved this video like always. Love that you give so much history and information in your videos. Thanks for sharing your journey with us. ❤
Thanks!
Thank you for all that yall calture. I love how you make sure that all of your vlogs tell a story. I find myself living thru your vlogs sometimes as there are places I dream to go that yall have been. My son just graduated military bootcamp in Fort Jackson, SC & we took him to Fort Eustis, Virginia. So we were able to tour York Town, James Town, Williamsburg where the Revolutionary War was fought. We also we lil more north to battle of Bullring & Arlington Cementary. Then shot across to NC to visit family in Hendersonville so we got to go to Baltimore in Ashville. We have recently crossed similar paths as yalls recently.👍
Great video thanks for sharing
I hope you go to Appomattox sometime. Also I volunteer at the front desk at the Booker T Washington National Monument, his birthplace. It would be fabulous to have you visit! It is near Smith Mountain Lake so it would be a relaxing place to work too. There is a state park and a couple of campsites. D day memorial visitor center in bedford nearby, has free rv parking too.
We live 1 mile from the Cold Harbor Battlefield- you guys were in our back yard. Great video
Thank you for this so well done. History,if only we could learn from it. You two made my day today.
Sometimes people need to check the rearview mirror called history before they put another foot forward. Right?
Well done!!
Great video! Thank you.
Thank you for another great video. I love how you tell us all about the history of a place. I use your videos to plan my future trips. Hope you have a meetup in Tampa in January. I live there and would love to meet you both. And we have to have pies!
lovely video; great information on the battlefields and might I just say, soooo excited for your rating on restaurants :). We watch you each week, you guys have great content and video production. keep up the good work
Oh you tugged at Amanda's heartstrings with this one. Can you say History. Loved it!
I grew up around the Virginia and DC area, and would highly recommend it as a tourist sight for RVers, van life or just by car.
It has amazing US history sites from Colonial Williamsburg (huge full, Colonial town you can walkthrough with shops, the Governor’s palace,churches, carriages, restaurants, etc) to the Civil War, and was pretty reasonably priced while I was there. There is also Virginia Beach, several amusement parks, water parks, etc. if you want to not just see educational things. Could end with the DC museums, but as with most US cities, DC has its beautiful areas and safe tourist areas, and also parts not as nice or just depressing grey yuckiness.
That was outstanding.!! Thank you!!!
That was awesome, now on my list of places to visit. Thanks.
Loved this video! So much history. ❤❤
always interesting....thanks
Hey Brian and Michele, can’t wait until your next episode! On Monday June 5 th I slipped on some water and fell down some stairs and broke my back along with some ribs. Hopefully we can still make our next trip to Wyoming and Montana on June 25th. Keep your fingers crossed for us! Take care!
Oh no! So sorry this happened! We’ll be sending prayers for a quick healing recovery!
@@LivinRVision Thanks!
Thanks so much for the code to the National Parks. You always give such valuable information. You make me want to go to all the places you have been. Is that stalking, hummmmm. Oh well.
😂 Not at all. 😊🤓
Just saw one of your stickers near the Penobscot narrows Bridge in Maine ❤
People have been fighting since Cain n Able we don’t seem to learn from our mistakes!
As always a great video. Have you been to the National Civil War Museum in Harrisburg PA. You would enjoy it. A lot to see. It is one of the largest museums in the US telling the whole story of the American Civil War. It is an Smithsonian affiliate. My husband and I love your videos you are very informative and we always learn something.
We have not been there yet.
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Great job guys!
Another great video. ❤
Pear Harbor was really difficult for me. We’re free thanks to these men and women …
Enjoyed the video. 🙂
Great video!
A somber trip of our nations history. A different time & mindset. The world was slave trading & its sad, those who survived it we are thankful for their future loved ones who can honor their lives today.❤
DIXIE restaurant is worth visiting next time you are passing Petersburg
Open for breakfast and lunch
Thank you for your video and for your creativity, even though it is imocianal.
Video looks great and really like your narration. What camera are you using?
Mostly GoPros mixed with iPhone. It’s amazing what you can do with your phone. :)
@@LivinRVision Thank you!
@@LivinRVision Great video Brian and Michelle! Your editing skills are amazing! I'm sure it is very time consuming and your efforts really show! What mics do you use with your iPhone?
Thank you! Glad you enjoy them! Usually DJI Wireless mic
@@LivinRVision Thanks so much!
I have mixed feelings when I am in Virginia. I spent 4 years in Richmond while in grade school. I went back in the late 70's for graduate school. For 40 years I visited my best friend in SW Virginia, and was always referred to as a "Yankee", even by my best friend. I still greatly dislike how they glorify the Civil War, or as the southerners refer to it, "The war of Aggression". I endorse the decisions to take down the Confederate statutes along Monument Avenue in Richmond, and lately rename Army posts.
It was a horrible time, like any war. It will always be part of our history and those that suffered should never be forgotten.
I have similar experience but a few decades after you. All the history good and bad Is now being weaponize instead of using the good and bad to progress into greatness.
Thank you for taking us on this trip! Great video!
Amazing
If you love history, Virginia is a great state to learn a lot about it, as I’m sure you found out 😁 you’ll have to come back and see what you missed! I’ll even make another pineapple pie if you like 😂 safe travels 😁
Can we just come for the pie…oh yes, and a visit? 😂
Most definitely!!! Any time 😁
I very much enjoy your channel and look forward to Saturday morning when it is posted. However the music playing while you are narrating is very distracting.
The music will sound different depending on what you are using to listen. I noticed when I edit and play back on my laptop speakers, the music volume is much lower but on headphones it sounds louder. It will vary on different systems, but we do know without the music it sounds very blah. So music it is. 😂
@@LivinRVision I've always like this channel because you pick the most appropriate music for each episode, and you have a great voice for narration. You put a lot of effort in these videos and I enjoy them.
If you don't mind me asking, what app(s) do you use to find what you want to see and do?
It’s a mix between just searching the web and some suggestions from friends and viewers.
@@LivinRVision thank you!!
It looks like you just drove right passed Richmond VA, and that's shame!
There's tons of things to see and do in Richmond, and a lot of them are free!
You could spend a whole week there and not see it all.
Of the thousands of videos I've watched done by full timers, I've never seen one about Richmond.
Most people just drive up and down Rt. 95 and hate all the traffic in the Richmond area and think that's all it has to offer.
They have no clue that within 5 min. of the highway there's white water rafting trips, lots of museums, paddle wheel boat tours on the James river, canal boat tours, tons of civil war sites, and a million other things to see.
We have to pass a LOT of things as we have mention quite often due to the time we have and other things that are planned. During this trip, I also wanted to take Michelle to the Chatham Manor because I had been there years ago and wanted her to see it. I hated to see things without her, so I want to recreate those memories with her.
It doesn’t matter where we go there will always be places we miss. When we retire someday, that may change how we travel.
Richmond prefers to remove its history
Hey, you didn't call it a day at the end!
I always leave out our normal ending if the video is something very emotional out of respect to not take away from the moment.
Love the history lessons. Thank you! ~Lynette
Chatham House…… if only walls could talk.
You ever wonder with the history and deaths, this place is a paranormal for these spirits ?
There are many stories. Always crosses our minds.
I have heard some old timers call it - the time America attacked us !
First of all what to say thank you 2 of all too bad kids these days won't understand are history