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I live in Brunswick, Maine, Chamberlain’s home and final resting place. He was a great man and served as governor for four terms and was president of Bowdoin College. Thank you for sharing this.
Y'ALL ARE THE BEST...THANK YOU SEEMS SO LITTLE IN WHAT YOU ARE HELPING US LEARN. I'M 70 AND STILL WANT TO LEARN...ESPECIALLY ABOUT THE CIVIL WAR. MAY GOD CONTINUE TO BLESS YOUR FAMILIES BOTH NOW AND FOR GENERATIONS TO COME.
Has the Battlefield Commission considered buying a herd of goats to help keep the under brush down? They were common during the time of the battle and kept the woods much clearer than they are now. They could even be rotated to different areas as need be. Sounds like a great entry level job for young aspiring Battlefield guides. Overseeing and moving the herd while learning the ground.
What a great relic. At least it's in a collection where the public can see it. I like how you went back to the museum and showed how they actually fit on the cap 👍
👍You just made it more real for me. With Family ties from Maine I have a special connection to the 20th Maine and all the Units that came from there. Thank you for showing the artifacts they make it all the more real. 👍♥️
It gives me chills when I hold a relic of such significance. it's like going back in time and shaking hands with the actual person. Doesn't get any better. You doing an awesome job on Gettysburg man. One of my top two favorite channels. My other favorite is on Sasquatch. But I love the civil war and I love going to Gettysburg and you're right. I always had a little round top. it's open at night now so you can go up there and roam around like I did with my son when he was Young.
@@oWallis that's awesome! I met him a couple times when I was down there. I always make it a point to go to his museum because it is unbelievably awesome. I'm going to move to Gettysburg in a few years. It's the only place I've ever been there where I don't get homesick. I love that town. Good on you dude. Get all you can. Eventually stuff will be very hard to come by. In the 1900s early 1900s you could buy it civil war uniform for 10 bucks with bullet holes and blood in it. These people were just throwing s*** away. Can you imagine? Anyway God bless bro
Can't believe Chamberlain and his men charging down that hill with just bayonets. I would have loved to have met Joshua Chamberlain for sure.so respectful bringing that artifact up on the hill and talking about it. I bet you if the man was looking down on you he would have a big smile on his face. Full of pride and Joy. Let's hope you made it home. Kudos to the museum owner. I've been there several times. I'm actually going to move to Gettysburg in the future. It's the only place I don't get home sick.
Great job as always JD! Let's not also forget the contribution of the 14 or so members of the 2nd Unites States Sharpshooters that were attached to Company B of the 20th Maine that day. Also, to the right, the battering taken by the "sister" units of the 83rd PA and 44th NY that fought like banshees to hold the line upon the collapse of the 16th MI to the right of the brigade until that hole was plugged by the timely arrival of the 140th NY. Little Round Top, and the actions of these 4 regiments in Vincent's Brigade, saved the Union line that day.
Bringing artifacts back to the area they were found brings History to a whole new level! Humbling, Brings it back to life! JD & Erik, you two are a great team! Thank you for keeping History Alive! JD great video, editing and music! Can't wait for more!!!! Have a great and safe 4th of July you two!!!!
LOL..even with qualifying it as "private property" you have still raised interest in those of us who love history and attempt to connect with it using a metal detector. "metal detectorists" are often thought of as "in it for money". NOTHING could be further from the truth. Hours spent walking and "swinging a coil" for a fragment worth five dollars is a labor of love.
Thanks to JD and Erik for another great Civil War watch. I have heard that the movie "Gettysburg" was the only movie allowed to be filmed in the actual battlefield park? Having lived and gone to school in Maine we were well educated all about the 20th Maine and Joshua. Wish I lived in Gettysburg... Thanks to the best "History of Gettysburg" team.....
Well, can RoberE. Lee be felt at Gettysburg tonight? A lot of dying went on there 159 years ago today. Love the cicadas singing. If Lt. General Thomas Jackdon had not died 6 weeks earlier: July 2, 1863 at Gettysburg would have been the last day at Gettysburg. There would have been a lot of dying done on July 2,1863. Reynolds and Zook both died July 1, 1863.
When I saw the log full of slug shot , even though it must be a recreation, it brought out a visual that mother nature has camouflaged. The debrie leftovers, let alone the human and horse remains, must have been everywhere. The areas become so park like it softens the harsh reality of battle. I was there as a child. Would like to go back with an adult perspective. Thanks for your outstanding series.
When I visited to research my senior thesis in History in August of '91, I had to break a lotta brush to find that Company B marker. I'm thankful for the restoration efforts since.
Very cool! I love how you showed the way they were displayed on the hat. I have studied the civil war but not a good deal about the insignia. Found that helpful indeed! Thank you! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
It's always mind boggling to me when things like that are found with the leather still on it. It's amazing that something like that can last so long. It's a piece of material that gives you a tiny fraction of a glimpse into that era.
Endlessly fascinated by this battle and most of the Revolutionary War battles, especially the ones won by sheer luck and Hail Mary objectives. As always, a weirdly nostalgic flight of fancy to think on who the artifact belonged to and what happened the day of the leaving of the artifact(s) where they were found…
All of those stones from the original wall were probably taken as souvenirs, in the decade after the battle. It wouldn't surprise me if a few of the rocks have to be replaced, every year, even now.
I was an assistant director in a Civil War Museum, when you are alone in a room with the artifacts you can almost feel the presence of the men. I never felt like I was alone.
As an alloy of copper, brass has inherent antimicrobial properties, copper by itself is antimicrobial, so brass, being an alloy of copper and zinc, has the same properties. Makes sense then, that the leather within the brass would survive, the brass keeps the microbes away. That's why you'll often see things like brass doorknobs and medical instruments with brass handles, it's a relatively cheap metal, but also a very sanitary metal. I work in the veterinary field and most of our surgery implements have at least a brass handle, it's just an extra layer of cleanliness, if you will. But yeah it makes sense that leather around a piece of brass would survive, brass just isn't conducive to microscopic life.
I've spent a lot of time at that location. For years I'd step over the wall on to private property and drink a Chamberlain Ale to the men of the 20th Maine.
Hey bud, I know you're prob getting sick of me saying this, but if you ever make it to Boston, or the battleground of Lexington let me know! I can show you some great spots
I remember just walking around Little Round Top when I was a kid and noticing something that looked like a piece of curved metal near Strong Vincent's marker. Never actually had anyone confirm that it is part of a cannonball but it certainly looked like it might have been. Might have to see if my mom still has that somewhere and get it looked at.
J.D.,I have been to Little Round Top on 2 different occasions some years apart., don't recall those stone walls I am seeing now but it was some time ago...Shouldn't the horn be called a bugle?...Have visited Col. Chamberlain's house in Brunswick Maine ....
I understand that the park is closing Little Round Top for a year and a half for renovations. Any idea of when this starts? Devil's Den is already off limits right?
It's July 1st today while I watch this. First day of the battle. The short parts of your video with no sound except for the insects and birds. Is that what they heard before death rained down?
@@TyroneJemielWashington That’s not possible. No live ammunition was used during the filming of the movie. We only fired blanks during the filming. I was there serving as an extra in the movie. They called us “background artists”. The National Park Service would never have allowed live ammunition to be used. Besides the Little Round Top scenes weren’t filmed on the actual location because of all the monuments and walkways. Those scenes were actually filmed very near there on the back side of Little Round Top.
Great video. As for the items I've seen Eric buy items from the American pickers so where's the paper trail on any of this civil war stuff other than hear say
Thanks. All of the items in the museum have provenance but it would get redundant to show that every time. I made the choice to just focus on the artifact.
Couldn't someone just go online to Dixie Gunwork's and order a mess of 58 cal round ball or minis, soak them in salt water to make it corrode white , muddy them up and just drop them at various points on the battlefield for people to find? That would be interesting.
I have a Nazi flag.. my grandpa’s buddies head was wrapped in it after the Nazi shot him….as they climbed up the tower they were attacking… it’s old & perfect.
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I live in Brunswick, Maine, Chamberlain’s home and final resting place. He was a great man and served as governor for four terms and was president of Bowdoin College. Thank you for sharing this.
Y'ALL ARE THE BEST...THANK YOU SEEMS SO LITTLE IN WHAT YOU ARE HELPING US LEARN. I'M 70 AND STILL WANT TO LEARN...ESPECIALLY ABOUT THE CIVIL WAR. MAY GOD CONTINUE TO BLESS YOUR FAMILIES BOTH NOW AND FOR GENERATIONS TO COME.
Thank you. That means a lot.
Has the Battlefield Commission considered buying a herd of goats to help keep the under brush down? They were common during the time of the battle and kept the woods much clearer than they are now. They could even be rotated to different areas as need be. Sounds like a great entry level job for young aspiring Battlefield guides. Overseeing and moving the herd while learning the ground.
What a great relic. At least it's in a collection where the public can see it. I like how you went back to the museum and showed how they actually fit on the cap 👍
Thanks! Going back to the museum was Erik’s idea. Worked out well.
👍You just made it more real for me. With Family ties from Maine I have a special connection to the 20th Maine and all the Units that came from there. Thank you for showing the artifacts they make it all the more real. 👍♥️
It gives me chills when I hold a relic of such significance. it's like going back in time and shaking hands with the actual person. Doesn't get any better. You doing an awesome job on Gettysburg man. One of my top two favorite channels. My other favorite is on Sasquatch. But I love the civil war and I love going to Gettysburg and you're right. I always had a little round top. it's open at night now so you can go up there and roam around like I did with my son when he was Young.
I have a bullet that was found at Little Round Top and it always gives me a little chill when I notice it. Wish I could know who actually fired it.
@@oWallis that's f****** awesome dude! Wow! Place is f****** crazy
@@everettmenard4834 I actually bought it off of Eric Dorr's website haha. He has some awesome stuff on there.
@@oWallis that's awesome! I met him a couple times when I was down there. I always make it a point to go to his museum because it is unbelievably awesome. I'm going to move to Gettysburg in a few years. It's the only place I've ever been there where I don't get homesick. I love that town. Good on you dude. Get all you can. Eventually stuff will be very hard to come by. In the 1900s early 1900s you could buy it civil war uniform for 10 bucks with bullet holes and blood in it. These people were just throwing s*** away. Can you imagine? Anyway God bless bro
Can't believe Chamberlain and his men charging down that hill with just bayonets. I would have loved to have met Joshua Chamberlain for sure.so respectful bringing that artifact up on the hill and talking about it. I bet you if the man was looking down on you he would have a big smile on his face. Full of pride and Joy. Let's hope you made it home. Kudos to the museum owner. I've been there several times. I'm actually going to move to Gettysburg in the future. It's the only place I don't get home sick.
One of these days, I'll make it to Gettysburg. Thanks for the video.
It's certainly Hallowed Ground.
It’s something else.
Had my first trip last week. Plan for at least three days to scratch the surface. It is an amazing place.
It’s an awesome place! So much to see and do in Gettysburg
Great job as always JD! Let's not also forget the contribution of the 14 or so members of the 2nd Unites States Sharpshooters that were attached to Company B of the 20th Maine that day. Also, to the right, the battering taken by the "sister" units of the 83rd PA and 44th NY that fought like banshees to hold the line upon the collapse of the 16th MI to the right of the brigade until that hole was plugged by the timely arrival of the 140th NY. Little Round Top, and the actions of these 4 regiments in Vincent's Brigade, saved the Union line that day.
Bringing artifacts back to the area they were found brings History to a whole new level! Humbling, Brings it back to life! JD & Erik, you two are a great team! Thank you for keeping History Alive! JD great video, editing and music! Can't wait for more!!!! Have a great and safe 4th of July you two!!!!
Thanks 🙏🏼
Wow tomorrow July 2,2022 will be 159 years ago to the date. July 2, 1863. Very cool. Thank you. Joyce ❤️🇺🇸🙏
Thanks!
Love these American Artifacts videos!
Thanks!!!
LOL..even with qualifying it as "private property" you have still raised interest in those of us who love history and attempt to connect with it using a metal detector. "metal detectorists" are often thought of as "in it for money". NOTHING could be further from the truth. Hours spent walking and "swinging a coil" for a fragment worth five dollars is a labor of love.
Thanks to JD and Erik for another great Civil War watch. I have heard that the movie "Gettysburg" was the only movie allowed to be filmed in the actual battlefield park? Having lived and gone to school in Maine we were well educated all about the 20th Maine and Joshua. Wish I lived in Gettysburg... Thanks to the best "History of Gettysburg" team.....
Yes, the film was shot on the battlefield itself.
Joshua Chamberlain was shot at too,the bullet hit his saber in the scabbord denting it.Was shown in the movie Gettysburg in one scene
Thank you J D for another great video 👍 you do a excellent job.. love civil war history.
Well, can RoberE. Lee be felt at Gettysburg tonight? A lot of dying went on there 159 years ago today.
Love the cicadas singing.
If Lt. General Thomas Jackdon had not died
6 weeks earlier:
July 2, 1863 at Gettysburg would have been the last day at Gettysburg. There would have been a lot of dying done on July 2,1863. Reynolds and Zook both died July 1, 1863.
Thank you
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When I saw the log full of slug shot , even though it must be a recreation, it brought out a visual that mother nature has camouflaged. The debrie leftovers, let alone the human and horse remains, must have been everywhere. The areas become so park like it softens the harsh reality of battle. I was there as a child. Would like to go back with an adult perspective. Thanks for your outstanding series.
Hi Brad Nice to meet you...I'm Edwina from West Virginia
Awesome 👍 opportunity! Once in a lifetime moment.
This is a really good series JD and Eric! I’m enjoying it.
Hi Greg nice to meet you .I'm Justina from West virginia
Nice to meet you Justina. I live in Georgia.
@@gregdiiamond3899 Its a pleasure if you don't mind you can leave me your email so we can talk more better
excellent content, as always. thank you, JD. Happy 4th of July and May God Bless America!
Great stuff JD.
Gave me goose bumps. Really neat
I love these videos where you bring artifacts back to where they were found! Thank you JD and Eric! This was so cool!
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When I visited to research my senior thesis in History in August of '91, I had to break a lotta brush to find that Company B marker. I'm thankful for the restoration efforts since.
Walked LRT in 1988 where 20th Maine was but could not find CoB. I saw houses so did not go far. Thanks for the video !
Very cool! I love how you showed the way they were displayed on the hat. I have studied the civil war but not a good deal about the insignia. Found that helpful indeed! Thank you! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
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Another exceptional video JD (and Erik)! Thank you!
It's always mind boggling to me when things like that are found with the leather still on it. It's amazing that something like that can last so long. It's a piece of material that gives you a tiny fraction of a glimpse into that era.
Thanks JD love watching your videos
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Another amazing relic back to the location it was found. Wow 👌
Medal of Honor winner Joshua Chamberlain was my Great, Great, Great grandfather on my mother's side.
Love the passion these guys have. I have family that fought on both sides..
I never pictured Little Round Top so heavily forested. Thanks for the video.
So glad I discovered you!
Me too! Thanks.
JD you tell the store with so much respect ♥️♥️♥️ Eric I wish I could be you for one day.... holding history everyday must be so exciting ❤️❤️❤️
Between you and Garry I am getting all the Gettysburg goodies this week...lol. Thanks again JD
Endlessly fascinated by this battle and most of the Revolutionary War battles, especially the ones won by sheer luck and Hail Mary objectives. As always, a weirdly nostalgic flight of fancy to think on who the artifact belonged to and what happened the day of the leaving of the artifact(s) where they were found…
Thank you for sharing.
Our pleasure!
A relic revisiting a battlefield is like a veteran revisiting a battlefield. Do relics have feelings???
lovely story - well composed -
Thanks!
All of those stones from the original wall were probably taken as souvenirs, in the decade after the battle. It wouldn't surprise me if a few of the rocks have to be replaced, every year, even now.
I was an assistant director in a Civil War Museum, when you are alone in a room with the artifacts you can almost feel the presence of the men. I never felt like I was alone.
Powerful!
Love your Gettysburg videos!!! Especially on July the 1st
...John Buford, Gen Reynolds... the Iron Brigade!!🎩🇺🇸🎩🇺🇸🎩
I just get lost in the thought that the hat was actually on a soldiers head that long ago in that spot. You are very fortunate to be there with it.
As an alloy of copper, brass has inherent antimicrobial properties, copper by itself is antimicrobial, so brass, being an alloy of copper and zinc, has the same properties. Makes sense then, that the leather within the brass would survive, the brass keeps the microbes away. That's why you'll often see things like brass doorknobs and medical instruments with brass handles, it's a relatively cheap metal, but also a very sanitary metal. I work in the veterinary field and most of our surgery implements have at least a brass handle, it's just an extra layer of cleanliness, if you will. But yeah it makes sense that leather around a piece of brass would survive, brass just isn't conducive to microscopic life.
Fantastic ☺️🇺🇸
Thanks!
As always,,,AWESOME
I do kinda like it when he goes to the battlefields in fall so I can see without the tree cover
It definitely gives you a different perspective.
@@TheHistoryUnderground I've heard that at the time of the battles the brush wasn't as thick due to livestock going through eating things.
@@johnp9402 - That is true.
Thanks.
New subscriber, love your channel! So much fascinating stuff you don’t learn in school. Can’t wait to visit these places some day.
Thanks so much! I really do appreciate that. 👍🏻
Very very very very cool 😎!!!!
So very interesting & thanx!🇺🇸
Like very much your videos, you're a library on feet.
Always wonder if we know more about Company B and exactly what they did that day. It seems the charge gets all the attention.
I've spent a lot of time at that location. For years I'd step over the wall on to private property and drink a Chamberlain Ale to the men of the 20th Maine.
Well done! I am enjoying your content.
Hey bud, I know you're prob getting sick of me saying this, but if you ever make it to Boston, or the battleground of Lexington let me know! I can show you some great spots
On my list!
Just…wow. Happy Independence Day a little early.
i always enjoy your videos. Good work!
If only those artifacts could talk!
I remember just walking around Little Round Top when I was a kid and noticing something that looked like a piece of curved metal near Strong Vincent's marker. Never actually had anyone confirm that it is part of a cannonball but it certainly looked like it might have been. Might have to see if my mom still has that somewhere and get it looked at.
It looks like Alabama really walk right into that one. What was the approximate distance between Alabama and Maine's Company B?
About 100 yards.
@@TheHistoryUnderground Wow, talk about a good plan coming together...
J.D.,I have been to Little Round Top on 2 different occasions some years apart., don't recall those stone walls I am seeing now but it was some time ago...Shouldn't the horn be called a bugle?...Have visited Col. Chamberlain's house in Brunswick Maine ....
That is so cool
Now look. You know how hard it is to get work done when JD is out here pushing out quality content? Sorry work, gotta watch this.
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Hi Bill .Nice to meet you .I'm Edwina from west Virginia
Troo dat!
@@bradmiller3367 Do you care if we can be friends
This is the inspiring, imagination fueling history that has not been taught in our schools for many generations. Sad.
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So true. Really sad.
Way cool 👍🏻😎
Very moving… if those fields could talk….
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I understand that the park is closing Little Round Top for a year and a half for renovations. Any idea of when this starts? Devil's Den is already off limits right?
Correct. Little Round Top is set to close around mid-July.
It's July 1st today while I watch this. First day of the battle. The short parts of your video with no sound except for the insects and birds. Is that what they heard before death rained down?
Are you going to link up with The American Battlefield Trust these next few days?
Didn't chamberlain order a charge where it swung like it was on a hinge?
Yep!
0:53 is this a witness tree with bullet marks?
That was left over from the movie they filmed there in 1992. It was shot up during the filming of the movie.
@@TyroneJemielWashington That’s not possible. No live ammunition was used during the filming of the movie. We only fired blanks during the filming. I was there serving as an extra in the movie. They called us “background artists”. The National Park Service would never have allowed live ammunition to be used. Besides the Little Round Top scenes weren’t filmed on the actual location because of all the monuments and walkways. Those scenes were actually filmed very near there on the back side of Little Round Top.
What is a book that I could read about these major battles ? Any suggestions would be appreciated..
Gettysburg.The second day, by Harry W Pfizer is on of the best
Great video. As for the items I've seen Eric buy items from the American pickers so where's the paper trail on any of this civil war stuff other than hear say
Thanks. All of the items in the museum have provenance but it would get redundant to show that every time. I made the choice to just focus on the artifact.
Thanks for another great video JD. I do have a question though, what kind of foam does Erik use in his relic frames?
Thanks. Not sure on the foam.
Those are standard glass front display boxes that have a polyester batting fill. You can get them on Amazon.
JD 🇺🇦 good vid ,
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Couldn't someone just go online to Dixie Gunwork's and order a mess of 58 cal round ball or minis, soak them in salt water to make it corrode white , muddy them up and just drop them at various points on the battlefield for people to find? That would be interesting.
I have a Nazi flag.. my grandpa’s buddies head was wrapped in it after the Nazi shot him….as they climbed up the tower they were attacking… it’s old & perfect.
Great vid. Any word on the cancel culture leftists/progressives trying to shut down Gettysburg Battlefield because of its historical significance?