First Shots on McPherson Ridge - Ranger Chuck Teague
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- Опубликовано: 12 сен 2024
- The battle of Gettysburg began on the morning of July 1st, 1863 in the fields and woods northwest of Gettysburg. The fighting would eventually surge across farm land owned by Edward McPherson. Join Gettysburg National Military Park Ranger Chuck Teague for a look at the opening stages of the battle of Gettysburg on McPherson Ridge.
Great to see the places of legend, makes it all come alive after years of looking at maps and the films.Great History.....thanks from across the pond 👏🇮🇲
My name is William LaConte. I am a corporal in the 6th Wisconsin volunteer reenactors. I attended the 145th anniversary battle of Gettysburg reenactment on July 1st , 2008. 145 years to the day later. My fellow Blacks Hats and I visited the railroad cut. Just to stand there and quietly remember the men who fought there. It was more than 90 degrees and around 90% humidity. Just as it was back on the day of the battle. We were walking around near McPhersons property when a gentleman passed by and recognized that we were Iron Brigade reenactors by our tall black hat. He said he was Mr. McPherson. Maybe he was a descendant but he invited us to walk into the woods. So we somberly went in and we were struck by how eerily quiet it was. And we saw bullet holes in some trees. Never will forget it, that day.
I love that feeling when you're standing in the wake of history. A few weeks ago I visited the Sailor's Creek battlefield and saw a house original to the battle and at least a dozen bullet holes riddled the front siding of the house. I walked down a hill and even saw a caisson that the park service had chained to a tree. I don't know if that part was original but it was at least from the 100th anniversary.
I might be missing your point. Were the bullet holes new or old?
@@faulltw definitely old, the marks of war fighting last a long time
I was also a reenactor at the 145th anniversary. This was north of town on Table Rock Rd.
I got to Gettysburg on June 28 th. to take in the sights. I was wearing my reenactment clothes & hat. I parked my vehicle near Willowby Run and walk through a bit of brush before getting to the dry watercourse. I turned right and walk a few yards and run into about a dozen other reenactors.
When l see them l start thinking "l hope these guys don't start razing me". For l am dressed as a Confederate.
But every one of them are all Englishman. When l greeted them, they saw the 🌟 on my hat. These guys were from the Birmingham area. I mentioned the Black Country and they ask "You know it?" Only from the Led Zeppelin song l say.
The next morning at Dawn l am at Devils Den and it felt eerie like eyes were upon me. I was still wearing my outfit. That was strange to me for about ten minutes in amongst those boulders.
outstanding. first time I have watched one of Teague's ranger walks and it was thoroughly entertaining and enlightening. Seeing the inside of the barn as well as the solider's inscriptions was icing on the cake
I have thoroughly enjoyed all these Ranger talks at Gettysburg. Thanks, NPS!
Outstanding lecture. I just found these park service lecture tours and can’t stop watching. Great informative rangers . Can’t wait to watch them all and then make trek to Gettysburg. Once there , to do it over again live and on location. Thank you National Park service .
Ranger Teague, you are either the greatest actor since Sur Alec Guiness or truly a man full of respect and you bring honor to the men who fought that awful battle. You are a credit to Civil War buffs, the Ranger Service and the people of these United States. God Bless!!!
A+ I recall long ago reading about the rail cut fight and General Reynolds loss. Very nice to get an on site explanation of the entire fight there that day.
Gen. REYNOLDS was my 5th or so cousin, his Grandmother a LeFevre like me. Such a thrill for me to acquaint my grandsons with our family/American history!
Visited Gettysburg a couple of weeks ago and we were pleased to see that Lee's HQ was by itself instead of being surrounded by the hotel. Wish we could have caught some of the Parks Service lectures while we were there. Good job Ranger Teague.
Amazing tour. Thank you so much.
OUTSTANDING park ranger..Wealth of information..concern for the tourist and his grave firm solemn RESPECT for the dead.
Excellent story sir, good job.
45:45 wow he allows the attendees to have a quiet moment inside the barn to imagine the wounded men who lay there until they died or were treated
One day after I retire, I would absolutely LOVE to become a battlefield guide. I'm an insufferable civil war buff and think it would be wonderful to give back to the community as a guide.
Thank you so very much!
Outstanding. This ranger is extremely knowledgeable and well spoken.
Very Interesting..Thank you for Posting..
My GG Uncle, Judson Stevens, fought at McPherson's Farm with Buford. He was a prolific and lucid letter writer and wrote of the event. He was a member of the 8th Illinois Cavalry. He describes the great haste in which they dismounted and began almost immediately to engage. He had a Spencer carbine which he described as "lovely" and that he could see the Confederates quite easily coming across the field. He was behind a stone wall and fought all day. Both he and the horses were well lathered and thirsty in the heat.
really good, a class well put with clear & precise vocabulary
All this rangers video tors are superb
Very informative (beats reading the Wikipedia article any day). Great video!
GOD BLESS both CONFEDERATE and UNION troops KIA ,DOW,and WIA ..we were and ALWAYS will be BROTHERS.
@Marshal Rooster J I agree but I hold no hatred for the south..the north is filled with liberal scum
Good job by the narrator and his cameraman. The cameraman shows the surrounding land as well as the narrator. This Ranger focuses on the battle rather than engaging in personal experiences (in Mississippi), snide remarkes, invective, and ill timed attempts at humor.
First Monty Python and now this: Terry Gilliam is an excellent Park Ranger!
"Militia hell... It's those damn black hatted fellows"
This Ranger gives a geology lesson in another video.
Really psycho
One of the top rangers. Superb.
Thank goodness the person holding the camera changed position. The guy in the background squirming around was driving me crazy. :)
enlightenment to the true facts
Not at all it's parable to what's happening at the pike y'all have no idea of the truth
very nicely done
When Lee's troops came upon the toll keeper..."Can somebody go back and get a s%&tload of dimes!"
"We ain't never gonna get to Rock Ridge!"
Where can I find maps like he uses? Hour by hour movements and action. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
Matt D Look for Philip Laino maps.
I just got his map book and it is amazing. Thank you for the suggestion!
Most park rangers make their own maps if they are truly invested in what they teach, as Chuck is. But there are many sources from books, websites etc.
"We have come to stay" ~Roy Stone's brigade
I am planning on taking my 16 year old there this summer to learn the history does anyone have helpful info about we might need to know before we drive there from Oregon?
Looking at all of these ranger talks is a good start. As you might notice, the battle covered a huge area. Some areas, such as the East Cavalry Field, are private land to which the owners give access once or twice a year. The fighting on Culp's Hill is often overlooked, but it was vicious hand to hand fighting in repeated attacks.
Understand, I had ancestors who lived in Gettysburg at the time who left multiple accounts, published and unpublished, and I have lived within 60 miles for most of my life (I'm a military retiree) and I am still running into things I did not know, such as my great aunt (16 at the time of the battle, and an unsung heroine unless you come across her brother's 1890s interview in a Baltimore paper, later married a missionary to India who had been a 1SG and was badly wounded in the defense of Pickett's Charge.
My great great grandfather wrote an account of the battle which was published two months after the battle. He based it on his own experiences and interviews with fellow townsfolk and some veterans of units of the Union army from the Gettysburg area. He knew nothing about the fight on Little Round Top and attributed the defense of the Union left to the 3rd Division of the V Corps, an all Pennsylvania unit which actually conducted a charge after the retreat of Pickett to keep the Confederates from destroying captured weapons. I would never know about it, except that the book provoked what my father called a thoroughly unprofessional correspondence of surviving leaders of Vincent's Brigade and the commander of the 3rd Division over who should get the credit. I would never know this except that I ran across the resulting letters which had come down to my father. There are many, many stories which are still buried in collections of letters, unpublished diaries, etc.
Enjoy your trip, but understand, you are only going to get your toes wet on a single trip, even if you take several days.
10:00 don't forget about shoes!
33:54 - 34:00 Hi.....hello!
It's "Scots - Irish".
I'm going to correct pronunciation again, it's Scotch/Irish, it's Scottish/Irish. Scotch is what you drink, Scottish is the nationality.
otherwise, it was a good battlefield talk
I'm kilrain, and I damn all gentleman
Actually the Bible says in Genesis: " in the days of Peleg the Earth was duvided'. It's called Pangea. It's when. The 7 Continents split up. It was not millions of years ago. It was part of The Flood.
Jay Winters u dumb lol
@@Flowerz__ once it was an amoeba floating on the sea,....then it was a monkey swinging from a tree,...now it’s a professor with a PhD.
A tornado 🌪 goes through a junk yard & out comes a Boeing 747. Mere chance. Whose dumb?
@@jaywinters2483 whose dumb?? U dumb
Scots-Irish..not Scotch-Irish..Scotch is whisky.
+garneroutlaw1 Who gives a shit.
Incorrect. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotch-Irish
@@garneroutlaw1 Sooorry I'll believe a park ranger over some RUclips know it all quoting from a Wikipedia article.
@@indy_go_blue6048 well sorry but the Ranger is wrong in that case. Don't believe me?... I dare you to walk into any rough pub in Scotland & tell the occupants they are "Scotch"....
Yes we ARE Scots! Thank you from a MacPherson/MacNaughton!
Oh dude this is not cool jw