This Ranger does an excellent job. His delivery is earnest and full of reverence of the place and the men who fought. It is most impressive how he conveys by his tone and expression that this is not an amusement park but a hard fought lesson that cannot be forgotten. A pleasure to listen to.
cwb0051 I agree. They're super. I hired two of them randomly during my visit and was greatly impressed with each and enjoyed both of them. The requirements/testing for becoming a Gettysburg guide are very stringent. Most candidates don't get past first base.
Ranger Jim Flook provides a fascinating insight into this battle. From the soldiers' perspective through the generals' strategy, Ranger Flook paints a thorough and frighteningly vivid picture of this historic event. Thank you for your gifted story telling Ranger Flook 🙂
Viewing these always puts things into perspective like no other videos on YT. Thank-you to everyone involved, and thank-you for uploading! I never grow tired of viewing them!!!!!
GNPS needs to do a better job promoting this video. This location is the lynchpin of the whole defense and the presentation is a respectful, solemn one. The tone of the Ranger really does justice to what happened there, and I like that he doesn't feel that he has to cram jokes in to make his point interesting. Remember where you are when you're there.
I completely agree. Most of the civil war battlefield presentations given by park rangers are well done and professional. However, there are some who have a tendency to insert too much humor. It takes away from the solemnity and sobriety of the place you are in. And it can be down right annoying.
Ranger Flook ... thank you. Your knowledge, your passion provide not only context for the many battles of Gettysburg but, as importantly, the character of these men. Excellent work.
Gettysburg is an awesome place to visit. This and other videos are great, but you cant replace this with an in-person visit. You can really feel the history when you are there, it is hallowed ground!...."downtown" Gettysburg is fun too, lots of restaurants, hotels, cemeteries, shopping and many things to do...
4 people had shown to see this graphic presentation in person and it is so good 115 thousand people have watched it since then. They were a lucky group.
Excellent tour and commentary by Mr. Flook. I have a special interest as a relative to General George S. Greene. Looking forward to a future Gettysburg visit. These videos certainly 'set the table' for a more enjoyable visit. Thank you.
Excellent presentation and delivery. Ranger Flook is one of the best and was only a seasonal ranger at the time. The park should have hired him permanently.
Jim does an excellent job here ,,,,these guys really know the battlefield and the battle itself ,,,,I learn more every time I watch one of these videos....
5 to 1 and because Gen. Greene went with his gut the Union held this important and usually overlooked position. Culps hill doesn't get the fanfare because it was totally left out of the movie and that's unfortunate. Good Job General!
Historical education at its finest. The American sense for the practical aspects of things,the technical details and what a critical role they play in deciding the outcome of events is something I particularly like.
Visited Gettysburg for the first time over the 4th of July weekend. I was also impressed with all the Rangers. Really knew their stuff. I want this job... :)
Very nice! You guys are the best for putting these videos up. I'm still holding out hope for a 1 July Seminary Ridge battle walk in the not too distant future.
Really enjoy Jim Flooks talks about Gettysburg on youtube. Knowledgeable and interesting. Believe he isn't a ranger there currently. NOTE to GETTYSBURG NP Hope he is able to return as he is a great asset to the NPS.
These are really some fantastic videos on youtube. Very nice to ser the park service in action. I’ve visited Gettysburg a few times since I was a boy. The tours make the history come alive, even knowing it is tangible for the many Americans who trace their ancestry to the battle and / or the war.
May I say congratulations and thank you to all the Rangers who present these videos which may I say are superb and very informative, especially to you sir Mr Flook who's presentation is second to none of the videos I have viewed on here. I am from the UK so knew very little about the Gettysburg battle apart from the film which I thoroughly enjoyed having seen it many times and only came across these videos a few weeks ago and am enjoying watching and learning about what happened at gettysburg. I am looking forward to enjoying all of the fantastic videos you and your fellow Rangers so kindly put on here for us all to see and hopefully will myself visit the park in the near future.
Just stumbled across these videos. Aside from watching the famous movie I know very little about the battle and thus cannot really put the things mentioned into perspective, but it's just very enjoyable to listen to for some reason.
Thank you Ranger Jim. I like to think that a long gone Union Soldier, was applauding your presentation, by shaking a single branch of leaves behind you, to the right, at 32:25 😉
Week done. I learned a lot. These videos are very helpful for areas covered in undergrowth. When doing the driving audio tour or just driving the park this area is difficult to interpret. As a result it doesn’t get the attention it deserves. In Roseville California they employ goat herds. They are enclosed with mobile fencing and rotate the herds around. They eat everything they can reach. It would be incredible to see the battlefield with undergrowth removed.
My great great grand uncle, William D. Knepper fought on the lower section of Culp's Hill on July 2nd and 3rd in the 1st Maryland Potomac Home Brigade (Largest regiment in the army of the potomac at the time with 600+ soliders). Later, my great great Grand farther Charles D Knepper joined the same unit (then turned into the 13th Maryland Volunteer Infantry) in Feb. 1865
My GGGrandfather Pvt. Joseph Henry Furber of Co G, 2nd Mass Vol Inf., was one of those who died on the morning of July 3rd performing to the “Orders to Advance” along with Col R. Mudge.
Thank you, Jim, from New Zealand. We have the battle at Ruapekepeka (Bats Cave) where the Maori countered British shells with underground fortifications, and a Maori military strategist named Titokowaru, in our history
Was the trail that was taken from the top down to the 102 & 78 Inftry Monument the original trail used during the Civil War or something created by the park.
Can someone please provide some information about the photo he shows @2:17? I don't think I've seen it before, not even in any of Frassanito's books. Thanks!
excellent presentation.At Chancellorsburg Lee lost not only Jackson, but many of his corp commanders with valuable experience. The Army of Virginia at Gettysburg,while still a fine fighting force, was never to be again the army of Chancellorsburg. The great loss of experienced officers became apparent on the fields of Gettysburg.
The next to last question? Thank you. Why not go further around the unions flank and then go up the mountain from the south. Simultaneously while a regiment goes straight up from east to west.
Those men’s who’s lives where lost, the sacrifices they made, have brought about the greatest nation ever known under God........ May we forever uphold that vague dream they held in there minds..... “FREEDOM”......
I could listen to these rangers talk about civil war battles all day. There is a fantastic Civil War museum in Greenville, SC that has absolutely fantastic items on display, one being a tree stump where the tree had actually been cut down by Miniė balls hitting it, .58 caliber of horrible death. There is also a Confederate soldier buried on the grounds of the museum
Between 49:00 into 52:00, you could see a spirit lingering in the background and following them... In the naked eye, it's simply a little ball of white, dancing around, but to others - full figured solider. Amazing.
I have a question I hope someone can answer. In Turner's movie, the attempted cavalry move by Stuart is not even mentioned other than the butt-chewing Lee gives him when he finally arrives back in camp. It appears that none of these excellent programs even refer to it either. How could a key tactic of Lee involving the cavalry just be ignored when it was crucial to his overall battle plan? 5,000 men get bushwhacked by Custer's 400 and completely stymied? That sounds unbelievable. Thanks for any help you may be able to offer!
+tigerlilly66 The encounter in the movie between Stewart and Lee took place on the evening of the second day of the battle. Lee's reprimand supposedly was due to his belief that Stewart had not adequately stayed in contact with the main army and had thereby failed to provide vital reconnaissance as to the deployments of the Union army. That scene was BEFORE the cavalry attack on July 3 to which you refer. As you may know, the movie "Gettysburg" was based on the novel of historical fiction, "The Killer Angels." That novel deals hardly at all with the first day's fighting, and as you say, not at all with the fighting on the 2nd and 3rd days on the northern end of the Confederate lines. It definitely fails to adequately explained that there were THREE important elements of Lee's plan of attack. The plans to seize Culp's and Cemetery Hills, as well as the cavalry attack to strike the federal rear were meant to draw federal troops even more away from the center and to cause disruption behind federal lines. The failure of both those attacks doomed the frontal assault on the center of Cemetery Ridge, but they are often omitted from explanations of the 3rd day's action at Gettysburg.
George Sears Greene was related to Gen. Nathanael Greene, who was regarded as America's second-best general during the Revolutionary War. In September 1862, members of the 27th Indiana famously found Lee's orders regarding the movement of his troops prior to the battle of Antietam.
The question at the end was why didn't the CSA try to move around farther to the right of the Union line......research has found that the right area was swampy at the time of the battle (all days..)....so even if they (CSA) had the troops to do it......it wasn't feasible...
This Ranger does an excellent job. His delivery is earnest and full of reverence of the place and the men who fought. It is most impressive how he conveys by his tone and expression that this is not an amusement park but a hard fought lesson that cannot be forgotten. A pleasure to listen to.
He is great.
Agreed
Ranger Flook's presentation, interpretation is truly gripping and thought provoking. This is an outstanding ranger.
The historians that guide these Gettysburg Battlefield tours are some of the best educators I've ever encountered.
I love this tour guide he speaks loud and clear and you learn alot thanks flook
All these Gettysburg Park Rangers are Simply The Best!..Thanks for posting these Wonderful videos..
cwb0051 Thank you for watching them!
cwb0051 I agree. They're super. I hired two of them randomly during my visit and was greatly impressed with each and enjoyed both of them. The requirements/testing for becoming a Gettysburg guide are very stringent. Most candidates don't get past first base.
+GettysburgNPS Can you keep posting these videos. I'm watching them wishing I was there!
Just a great job - thanks so much!! Been to Culp's Hill twice and wish I'd known a lot of this prior to visiting. Only one thing to do --- go back!
Is Ranger Flook still at the park? For anyone confused about Culp’s Hill, they need to listen to and watch this presentation.
These guys at Gettysburg are incredible. Love watching these videos and their outstanding presentations.
Ranger Jim Flook provides a fascinating insight into this battle.
From the soldiers' perspective through the generals' strategy, Ranger Flook paints a thorough and frighteningly vivid picture of this historic event.
Thank you for your gifted story telling Ranger Flook 🙂
Ranger Jim Flook is a favorite of mine! He gives a great presentation!
Viewing these always puts things into perspective like no other videos on YT. Thank-you to everyone involved, and thank-you for uploading! I never grow tired of viewing them!!!!!
GNPS needs to do a better job promoting this video. This location is the lynchpin of the whole defense and the presentation is a respectful, solemn one. The tone of the Ranger really does justice to what happened there, and I like that he doesn't feel that he has to cram jokes in to make his point interesting. Remember where you are when you're there.
I completely agree. Most of the civil war battlefield presentations given by park rangers are well done and professional. However, there are some who have a tendency to insert too much humor. It takes away from the solemnity and sobriety of the place you are in. And it can be down right annoying.
Ranger Flook ... thank you. Your knowledge, your passion provide not only context for the many battles of Gettysburg but, as importantly, the character of these men. Excellent work.
Absolutely love Jim Flook’s presentations!!!
Jim is my favorite guide, he is very good.
Not sure why it took so long to run onto this video, but it is excellent. Ranger Jim Flook, well done sir.
Professional in every way. Thank you for these videos!
Ranger flock gave a great presentation....
I would enjoy hearing both ranger flock and ranger Atkinson in conversation about gettysburg...
Mr.Flook, you have become my favorite ranger!!!!
Expert knowledge and the Gettysburg Rangers are a national treasure
Great channel
Very informative. Great work Ranger Flook and the Parks Service.
Jim Flook is awesome! Great information. I saw his presentation on Cemetary Hill yesterday. I will watch any presentation this Ranger puts out.
I have watched/rewatched every battlewalk posted by the NPS.
Thank You to all involved, you are true examples of professionalism and passion.
Gettysburg is an awesome place to visit. This and other videos are great, but you cant replace this with an in-person visit. You can really feel the history when you are there, it is hallowed ground!...."downtown" Gettysburg is fun too, lots of restaurants, hotels, cemeteries, shopping and many things to do...
Totally right. It is my favorite CW battlefield to visit. I always find something new when I go. Lived near Gettysburg for 10 years.
yeah and importantly go an drop some dollars in the local economy of this lovely town
Outstanding job Jim. It's my hope that's one day I'll be able to make one of your tours.
4 people had shown to see this graphic presentation in person and it is so good 115 thousand people have watched it since then. They were a lucky group.
Another excellent presentation by Ranger Jim Flook...
Excellent tour and commentary by Mr. Flook. I have a special interest as a relative to General George S. Greene.
Looking forward to a future Gettysburg visit. These videos certainly 'set the table' for a more enjoyable visit. Thank you.
Ranger does an excellent job of explaining what happened here!
Excellent presentation and delivery. Ranger Flook is one of the best and was only a seasonal ranger at the time. The park should have hired him permanently.
Very, Very, Very hard to get a full time position there. Everyone wants it.
Very nice presentation Mr Flook, Thank you for this RUclips tour.
Thank you, Ranger Jim!
i am a brit but found Jim Flook's narration and explanation brilliant
Thank you! I doubt if I ever get to see this in person, so glad to have these videos! God Bless.
Excellent presentation, thanks a lot for such a good historical information.
Thank you Ranger Mr Flook for a brilliant show :)
Excellent presentation by Ranger Jim, thank you.
Jim does an excellent job here ,,,,these guys really know the battlefield and the battle itself ,,,,I learn more every time I watch one of these videos....
Well done Ranger Flook. Your knowledge and delivery are impressive.
Thank you as always for these great videos!
Love these videos, Jim is a great guide too. Keep up the good work!
5 to 1 and because Gen. Greene went with his gut the Union held this important and usually overlooked position. Culps hill doesn't get the fanfare because it was totally left out of the movie and that's unfortunate. Good Job General!
A really good speaker. Excellent presentation.
Historical education at its finest. The American sense for the practical aspects of things,the technical details and what a critical role they play in deciding the outcome of events is something I particularly like.
Wow! What a great presentation! He provided so much information that, previously, I was not aware of. Thank you!
Superb oration which i enjoyed immensely
Visited Gettysburg for the first time over the 4th of July weekend. I was also impressed with all the Rangers. Really knew their stuff. I want this job... :)
These Rangers are high caliber individuals, these videos are an excellent resource
Excellent. Very informative. Well delivered.
Great talk ...excellent ranger..best wishes from emerald isle.☘
Really enjoyed this , sorry I just found your channel. The Ranger was excellent.
Very nice! You guys are the best for putting these videos up. I'm still holding out hope for a 1 July Seminary Ridge battle walk in the not too distant future.
Look up the First Day of Battle at Gettysburg--Ranger John Nichols if you have not found it yet. Hope you enjoy.
Thanks for sharing I love these ❤
Really enjoy Jim Flooks talks about Gettysburg on youtube. Knowledgeable and interesting. Believe he isn't a ranger there currently. NOTE to GETTYSBURG NP Hope he is able to return as he is a great asset to the NPS.
These are really some fantastic videos on youtube. Very nice to ser the park service in action. I’ve visited Gettysburg a few times since I was a boy. The tours make the history come alive, even knowing it is tangible for the many Americans who trace their ancestry to the battle and / or the war.
May I say congratulations and thank you to all the Rangers who present these videos which may I say are superb and very informative, especially to you sir Mr Flook who's presentation is second to none of the videos I have viewed on here. I am from the UK so knew very little about the Gettysburg battle apart from the film which I thoroughly enjoyed having seen it many times and only came across these videos a few weeks ago and am enjoying watching and learning about what happened at gettysburg. I am looking forward to enjoying all of the fantastic videos you and your fellow Rangers so kindly put on here for us all to see and hopefully will myself visit the park in the near future.
Beautiful topography.
Excellent tour
Outstanding presentation.! Wonderfully done and very knowledgeable fellow. Well done.
Just stumbled across these videos. Aside from watching the famous movie I know very little about the battle and thus cannot really put the things mentioned into perspective, but it's just very enjoyable to listen to for some reason.
If you want to learn more about the Battle of Gettysburg read "The Gettysburg Campaign" by Mark Coddington. It is a very good book.
Thank you Ranger Jim. I like to think that a long gone Union Soldier, was applauding your presentation, by shaking a single branch of leaves behind you, to the right, at 32:25 😉
I this man is a great delivery I would love to see him live
Week done. I learned a lot. These videos are very helpful for areas covered in undergrowth. When doing the driving audio tour or just driving the park this area is difficult to interpret. As a result it doesn’t get the attention it deserves. In Roseville California they employ goat herds. They are enclosed with mobile fencing and rotate the herds around. They eat everything they can reach. It would be incredible to see the battlefield with undergrowth removed.
I would absolutely LOVE to do this. At any NPS historical landmark. I currently work for another agency but i got my eyes peeled for any openinga
These are excellent videos!
I like watching a professional at work
An incredible discussion by an incredible person
My great great grand uncle, William D. Knepper fought on the lower section of Culp's Hill on July 2nd and 3rd in the 1st Maryland Potomac Home Brigade (Largest regiment in the army of the potomac at the time with 600+ soliders). Later, my great great Grand farther Charles D Knepper joined the same unit (then turned into the 13th Maryland Volunteer Infantry) in Feb. 1865
+OooCARS! My 4th great grandfather was there on the other side. 48th. Virginia Infantry
+Fireinahorn small world isn't it?
My GGGrandfather Pvt. Joseph Henry Furber of Co G, 2nd Mass Vol Inf., was one of those who died on the morning of July 3rd performing to the “Orders to Advance” along with Col R. Mudge.
Well done,I love old man green!
Great Job Ranger Jim!
Fantastic. Thanks
Excellent in every respect!
Excellent presentation. But did he really have to elaborate on the "sore thumb"?
Thank you, Jim, from New Zealand. We have the battle at Ruapekepeka (Bats Cave) where the Maori countered British shells with underground fortifications, and a Maori military strategist named Titokowaru, in our history
Welp, here's something I'll have to read up on
Vielen Dank Herr Flook. Man hört Ihnen gespannt zu.
Well done, this isn't stand up comedy, this is critical history!
This guy's the best guide
Ranger Jim is great!
love his face when the truck goes by...lmao
Was the trail that was taken from the top down to the 102 & 78 Inftry Monument the original trail used during the Civil War or something created by the park.
Von Becks rifles of Roundout the 102NY
FLOOK and HOPTAK are two of the BEST Rangers in the U.S.N.P.S. 👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Great job
Very well done
Jim Flook is the benchmark for guides.
Can someone please provide some information about the photo he shows @2:17? I don't think I've seen it before, not even in any of Frassanito's books. Thanks!
Look in Gettysburg-Culp's Hill and Cemetery Hill by Harry Phanz. This is a very good and detailed book. Enjoy.
Where was the iron brigade and Rufus Daus?
excellent presentation.At Chancellorsburg Lee lost not only Jackson, but many of his corp commanders with valuable experience. The Army of Virginia at Gettysburg,while still a fine fighting force, was never to be again the army of Chancellorsburg. The great loss of experienced officers became apparent on the fields of Gettysburg.
extremely well done
The next to last question? Thank you. Why not go further around the unions flank and then go up the mountain from the south. Simultaneously while a regiment goes straight up from east to west.
Excellent. Ty
Those men’s who’s lives where lost, the sacrifices they made, have brought about the greatest nation ever known under God........ May we forever uphold that vague dream they held in there minds..... “FREEDOM”......
looking for the Michigan 5th Calvary company E position during this battle?
check out East Calvary Battlefield that is were most of the MI Calvary companies were during the 3rd day of battle.
I could listen to these rangers talk about civil war battles all day. There is a fantastic Civil War museum in Greenville, SC that has absolutely fantastic items on display, one being a tree stump where the tree had actually been cut down by Miniė balls hitting it, .58 caliber of horrible death. There is also a Confederate soldier buried on the grounds of the museum
Between 49:00 into 52:00, you could see a spirit lingering in the background and following them... In the naked eye, it's simply a little ball of white, dancing around, but to others - full figured solider. Amazing.
i will be the fist to comment on your comment. Well - i do see something flitting around in the background by the statue.
Who gives thumbs down to this guy?
I heard from a Gettysburg resident that there's a mass grave behind the 2nd Maryland Battalion monument. Is that true?
I have a question I hope someone can answer. In Turner's movie, the attempted cavalry move by Stuart is not even mentioned other than the butt-chewing Lee gives him when he finally arrives back in camp. It appears that none of these excellent programs even refer to it either. How could a key tactic of Lee involving the cavalry just be ignored when it was crucial to his overall battle plan? 5,000 men get bushwhacked by Custer's 400 and completely stymied? That sounds unbelievable.
Thanks for any help you may be able to offer!
adammwo Thanks for the info !
God Bless
+tigerlilly66 The encounter in the movie between Stewart and Lee took place on the evening of the second day of the battle. Lee's reprimand supposedly was due to his belief that Stewart had not adequately stayed in contact with the main army and had thereby failed to provide vital reconnaissance as to the deployments of the Union army.
That scene was BEFORE the cavalry attack on July 3 to which you refer. As you may know, the movie "Gettysburg" was based on the novel of historical fiction, "The Killer Angels." That novel deals hardly at all with the first day's fighting, and as you say, not at all with the fighting on the 2nd and 3rd days on the northern end of the Confederate lines. It definitely fails to adequately explained that there were THREE important elements of Lee's plan of attack.
The plans to seize Culp's and Cemetery Hills, as well as the cavalry attack to strike the federal rear were meant to draw federal troops even more away from the center and to cause disruption behind federal lines. The failure of both those attacks doomed the frontal assault on the center of Cemetery Ridge, but they are often omitted from explanations of the 3rd day's action at Gettysburg.
+Bryant Henderson = Thanks for the comments.
excellent!
George Sears Greene was related to Gen. Nathanael Greene, who was regarded as America's second-best general during the Revolutionary War.
In September 1862, members of the 27th Indiana famously found Lee's orders regarding the movement of his troops prior to the battle of Antietam.
The question at the end was why didn't the CSA try to move around farther to the right of the Union line......research has found that the right area was swampy at the time of the battle (all days..)....so even if they (CSA) had the troops to do it......it wasn't feasible...