I spent 5 days is Gettysburg and Culps hills was my favorite spot. It really connects you to the people and fighting. Going under that large rock and looking up the hill really takes you back.
I was fascinated as a boy with seeing the tree impacts on display when we visited 50 years ago (yeah, I need to get back). Viewing it now I have to wonder what was going through the soldiers minds when they were loading their muzzle loaders. The adrenaline that was pumping through them, it must have been quite an experience for them to live or die.
My Gettysburg Mini Ball dates to the early 1960s, when my Grandparents were touring the Battlefield. Not sure its exact origin, but its from Gettysburg! Im now 68, and its a real Treasure. Love this Channel.
Culp’s Hill needs its own movie! As could be the case with any major battle, but I feel like given that Gettysburg didn’t really cover it, (staying true to the storyline found in The Killer Angels of course) I’d say a movie with some insight to Culp’s Hill would be very interesting.
I’ve been to Gettysburg many times. One of my favorite places to visit. My first visit I purchased a box of lead bullets. I have them still displayed to this day. I hope to get back there at some point. I just love your channel!
Love the wood relic. Super crazy about the lead all clustered together in one spot. I can imagine with all that lead flying around, lots of trees where hit in the same spot multiple times
@ I don’t think my comment warranted this comment. Gettysburg, as you know, is huge and a lot to take in when you only have a few hours each trip to do so. I’m so glad you’ve been able to experience the entirety of the battlefield.
That's crazy that four bullets hit the same spot in a tree and ended up fusing together into a clump! Interesting things did happen on that battle field.
Erik, thanks for sharing your personal history with the Gettysburg Battlefield.... Just thinking here; is there a problem with lead contamination in the soil from all the bullets from the battle ???? Thanks to JD for helping to keep history alive and kicking.
@@TheHistoryUnderground I was just thinking the lead leaching with all the rain back there. I was kinda thinking aloud but my thought went from my mind to my fingers into the keyboard by accident.... lol
The bullets and trees observations remind me of a conversation I had with a park ranger at the Gaines Mill battlefield just outside of Richmond almost 30 years ago. He told me that occasionally they'd have to cut down an old dead tree but had to be careful doing so, there was always the possibility the chainsaw blade would hit some embedded lead or iron in the tree trunk and break as a result! It didn't happen often but the possibility was always there. And it DID happen often enough!
Also Culps Hill was my main focus last time I was there in October. Love going in fall, you can see the fall colors and a better view of the fields of fire. I walked the Confederate attack route. And damm Little Round Top newly redone and it was a great job!
A breastwork is a temporary fortification, often an earthwork thrown up to breast or shoulder height to provide protection to defenders firing over it from a standing position.
My question is whether those two artifacts were given to the museum or if they are still in private hands. It would be a SHAME if they were NOT surrendered to the museum.
Thanks for going back to Gettysburg. It’s my favorite place you go to. Just wondering if people still find things that resurface do to erosion that just naturally happens. 🤔 If they do, do the have to turn it in to the Park Service?
What are the chances of that being from a target practice? Not trying to be a Debbie Downer, but I've shot at trees trying to hit the same spot. Just a thought.
JD, be kind, lm an old reenactor that was 15 at the Centennial in 63. I love what you convey that most textbooks do not. Erik rocks, met him years ago.
I spent 5 days is Gettysburg and Culps hills was my favorite spot. It really connects you to the people and fighting. Going under that large rock and looking up the hill really takes you back.
Pretty wild to go on the Confederate side and look up.
I was fascinated as a boy with seeing the tree impacts on display when we visited 50 years ago (yeah, I need to get back). Viewing it now I have to wonder what was going through the soldiers minds when they were loading their muzzle loaders. The adrenaline that was pumping through them, it must have been quite an experience for them to live or die.
My Gettysburg Mini Ball dates to the early 1960s, when my Grandparents were touring the Battlefield. Not sure its exact origin, but its from Gettysburg! Im now 68, and its a real Treasure. Love this Channel.
@@stephenhenion8304 thanks!
Culp’s Hill needs its own movie! As could be the case with any major battle, but I feel like given that Gettysburg didn’t really cover it, (staying true to the storyline found in The Killer Angels of course) I’d say a movie with some insight to Culp’s Hill would be very interesting.
I’ve been to Gettysburg many times. One of my favorite places to visit. My first visit I purchased a box of lead bullets. I have them still displayed to this day. I hope to get back there at some point. I just love your channel!
Yep. Definitely overlooked. Definitely a part of Gettysburg worth seeing!
Erik always has interesting stories.
Love the wood relic. Super crazy about the lead all clustered together in one spot. I can imagine with all that lead flying around, lots of trees where hit in the same spot multiple times
I have a similar clump but it's only two bullets, from a battlefield in Atlanta. These relics tell a great story.
So interesting and it never gets old hearing about it.
I really enjoy your videos! So much unknown history you bring to life! Please keep it up!
Thank you! Will do!
I’ve been to Gettysburg many times- never heard of Culps Hill. That is my next destination! Thank you
How did you miss it that many times?
More action there than on 7/3. I get it you went to the Cyclorama and got "stuck" there.
@ I don’t think my comment warranted this comment. Gettysburg, as you know, is huge and a lot to take in when you only have a few hours each trip to do so. I’m so glad you’ve been able to experience the entirety of the battlefield.
That's crazy that four bullets hit the same spot in a tree and ended up fusing together into a clump! Interesting things did happen on that battle field.
Pretty interesting.
Erik, thanks for sharing your personal history with the Gettysburg Battlefield....
Just thinking here; is there a problem with lead contamination in the soil from all the bullets from the battle ???? Thanks to JD for helping to keep history alive and kicking.
Thanks! If there's even been a lead issue, I'm not aware of it.
@@TheHistoryUnderground I was just thinking the lead leaching with all the rain back there. I was kinda thinking aloud but my thought went from my mind to my fingers into the keyboard by accident.... lol
Considering all that healthy foliage in the area I doubt lead contamination is any kind of an issue at all.
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The bullets and trees observations remind me of a conversation I had with a park ranger at the Gaines Mill battlefield just outside of Richmond almost 30 years ago. He told me that occasionally they'd have to cut down an old dead tree but had to be careful doing so, there was always the possibility the chainsaw blade would hit some embedded lead or iron in the tree trunk and break as a result! It didn't happen often but the possibility was always there. And it DID happen often enough!
1st and loving all recent content! Civil War is my favorite subject and Gettysburg is my Mecca! The WW1 drop was a 10 out of a 10
Also Culps Hill was my main focus last time I was there in October. Love going in fall, you can see the fall colors and a better view of the fields of fire. I walked the Confederate attack route. And damm Little Round Top newly redone and it was a great job!
@@GhostofSicklesleg - Thanks!
I absolutely love your videos
Thank you for another really good video.
love this! and I absolutely love the intro too!!!
Thank you so much!!
I can picture someone ducking in and out behind a tree as the bullets fly in his direction. I wonder if another one found it's mark?
Definitely have to wonder. It'd be interesting to know how many rounds were fired in that sector of the battlefield.
Thank you so much for this.
Thanks again, happy Thanksgiving to you and your family. 😊
Same to you!
Great content...love your work... don't stop
Thanks!
Thank you !!!
Thanks J D !
A breastwork is a temporary fortification, often an earthwork thrown up to breast or shoulder height to provide protection to defenders firing over it from a standing position.
Favorite place to visit
Without a doubt. Also East Calvary field
My question is whether those two artifacts were given to the museum or if they are still in private hands. It would be a SHAME if they were NOT surrendered to the museum.
Thanks for going back to Gettysburg. It’s my favorite place you go to. Just wondering if people still find things that resurface do to erosion that just naturally happens. 🤔 If they do, do the have to turn it in to the Park Service?
I believe that the policy is to leave it where it is and report the finding to the park.
@@TheHistoryUnderground Thank you. I always wondered what the policy was. 👍
Interestingly, Culps Hill was one of the main attractions of the battlefield in the decades after the war.
You guys are awesome!!
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Erik is awesome
I will sell my soul to work for you guys.
What do you feel/think/know was the turning point of the civil war? I kinda lean to the Battle of Gettysburg.
Strong argument for Gettysburg and Vicksburg.
Very cool!
Very cool
I want his jacket
What are the chances of that being from a target practice? Not trying to be a Debbie Downer, but I've shot at trees trying to hit the same spot. Just a thought.
Seems unlikely given where it was found.
Nah, considering the rounds fired by both armies, it's considerably possible that many more bullets are still in the turf waiting to be "found".
JD, have you ever been to Dayton Ohio or Greenville?
Years ago, I donated money to have a tower removed. Please explain. Thanks.
@@2pugman - Maybe the old tower by the high water mark?
@@TheHistoryUnderground - There was also another on Big Round Top that has been removed.
That tower on Steinwehr was an eyesore.
Another tower erected by Warren to help Buford survey the field, LOL
JD, be kind, lm an old reenactor that was 15 at the Centennial in 63. I love what you convey that most textbooks do not. Erik rocks, met him years ago.
so y'all can hide stuff that we'd appreciate findin
Maybe some guys were doing target practice.
Was the tower used during the battle so the soldiers could shoot down from it?
The tower on Culp’s hill erected around 1895, I believe so it wasn’t there during the battle.
That tower was built by General Warren days before him being on LRT.
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PS, using Bethlehem Steel, LOL
@@DonAbrams-hq7ln It would make sense for them to make s tower to shoot from, but made out of steel?
Are you adopted from or by Russians? Я усыновленный.
Oh of course .. there's Erik 🙄