If you have the opportunity to visit the Gettysburg battlefield, walk all the way up Little Round Top - it will make you appreciate this scene even more. Chamberlain went on to a long distinguished career as Governor of Maine and head of Bowdoin College. Maine never forgot.
I was there in 1989 with my military history professor who was a retired Marine Gunnery Sgt and an excellent professor and man. It was a day filled with education and somber remembrance.
I was there in 2004. A retired Army warrant officer was our park guide. He told us, "You see all these monuments around here? The soldiers that fought here wanted one thing, to always be remembered for what happened here." Brought tears to this old Marine's eyes I tell you.
He was a professor at Bowden and a well known man in academia snuck away to join the Maine regiment and was offered the position of Colonel, but refused it, saying he wanted to have more exprricene.
As a northern New Englander, I always appreciated the accents from the actors in the 20th Maine in this movie. They did a pretty good job hitting it. "You mean chahge?" "We swing like a dooah"
@@alboma60791 kind of, but there is a difference between a Boston accent and a Maine accent! The Colonel and the Captain both do a great job of hitting the "Maine" cadence
@@jamessinclair6113 I find interesting that United States have a lot of American English accents, but to me sounds the same to me, American English, though some accents are distinguishable for example the Southern States accents, because of the twang pronunciation of the words😅
@@alboma60791 There's a flat Western accent as well, like I have. Not like "Cowboy Western" but we tend to enage in a bit of morphological clipping (I think that's the right term). Fountain becomes "fount'n", mountain becomes "mount'n", etc. I never even realized I had it until I had a girlfriend in college who was from Jordan and she thought it was hilarious. Oh, and if you ever watch Fargo, they aren't exaggerating those Midwest accents at all.
if you visit Little Round Top, you'll notice from the markers that the 20th Maine wasn't the only unit on the flank of Vincent's brigade. To their immediate right was the 83rd Pennsylvania[Vincent's old Regiment before he took over the brigade]and the 44th New York. All of the regiment's were short of ammunition and had suffered heavy losses. When the 20th Maine began it's downhill sweep[and it wasn't that steep of a hillside, but enough for tired, thirsty men], the 83rd and the 44th saw their advance and joined in, though neither of the two went as far as elements of the 20th Maine did.
@@jamesbutler8821 I quote my 10th grade history teacher, He said, the men that lead that day. They kknew the stakes were higher then then just the battle. It the war and country on the line. July 2nd is the day he said that Union Army went from being on the ropes to a fighting army.
@@Austin1723 Yes, the 16th Michigan was on the right flank of Vincent's brigade, on the more exposed western side of Little Round Top. The 16th had suffered losses during the Chancellorsville campaign and was under strength[like nearly ALL the units at Gettysburg, North and South], and under heavy fire from elements of three Confederate brigades. The 16th didn't join in the advance by the left of the brigade[it would have been suicidal to do so], they were trying just to hold on under very trying circumstances.
Easily one of the most epic clashes of humanity of the Civil War. It would quite something to have met Chamberlain and the men under his command. Truly men among men.
No one could play the part of Chamberlain like Jeff Daniels. He captured the balance of leadership, duty, honor and compassion. One of his best movies.
Saw an interview with the director and he really wanted to use an unknown actor from Australia for Chamberlain. Had him do a read and two of the famous parts from the movie. The dialogue with Killrain about men being free and the speech to the 2nd Maine. He filmed it and had him in costume. The powers that be wanted a name. He didn't agree, so much that his persistent pushing for it almost ended the entire project, a decade plus in to its making. That unknown actor at the time was Russell Crowe.
You gotta love a leader who leads from the front especially in a bayonet charge. He’s knows he’s asking his men to do something very dangerous and brave so he shows them he’ll do it first!
Not really. Even if the 15th Alabama Regiment succeeded in taking the hill, it was doubtful they could have held against the inevitable Federal counterattack, as the commanding officer of the 15th Alabama, Col. William Oates, admitted in his post-war memoir. At the point of the 20th Maine's charge the 15th Alabama had already staged three attacks, suffering about 40% casualties. As the 20th Maine was running down the hill, the 15th Alabama started to receive fire on both flanks, a company of U.S Army sharpshooters on its right and long range fire from the 83rd Pennsylvania on its left. The 15th Alabama was in an untenable position with no Confederate reinforcement forthcoming. Oates ordered a withdraw; a command his men at this point were very quick to obey.
I grew up in Georgia, so learning about the Civil War was to be expected and a big part of my childhood. When this movie came out, I naturally leaned in favor of the Confederacy. But watching this scene now decades later as a grown man, I have an equal respect and admiration for all of them, Union and Confederate. They were all Americans. I understand both sides and what they were fighting for.
As a young boy I used to watch this movie over & over throughout the years. Haven't seen it in a good while, but so many actors, scenes, historical depicted moments imprinted in my mind. This is one of many things that inspired me to pursue History as an educational background. The Civil War was such an intense moment in our history. Complex. Brother against brother, Americans angry, confused, joining in for sense of honor & duty (on both sides). May we all remember, it is worth having words, and talking things out many, many times; trying to come to agreement, compromise, before deciding to shoot at & kill one another. We have so much to live for. Let us strive for peace, lifting each other up. Violence, hate, anger, vengeance, are easy to fall victim to. It takes patience, clear mind, maturity, motivation to ignore those impulses & approach common ground without bloodshed. It can feel impossible. Insurmountable. But, it can, and should be done. Let the memory of the loss of so many great men & women live as a reminder that the path of war & violence leads to despair & death.... We can do better. It is a fact. We only have to try.
Well said. Unfortunately way too many people are drunk on the kool-aide, identity woke PC politics of the day that thrive on irresponsible knee-jerk reaction based on selfish emotion; instead of common sense, and rational logic of cause and effect. Enough of the victim mentality. It is time - and we might just have a chance now - to come together as "Americans" - to get this country back to somewhere close to what the Founding Fathers envisioned. E-PLURIBUS-UNUM - "Out of many, one"
Certainly makes the hair on the back of the neck stand up. Two rules of war. 1. Take the initiative. 2. Always take the initiative. From sun Tzu, Alexander, Caesar, napoleon, Wellington, Guderian, Rommel to stormin Norman Schwarzkopf.
@5:06 "On the way to Richmond" he says. The Battle of Litte Round Top was fought on July 2 1863. Richmond was captured on April 5, 1865, nearly 2 years later. According to Google it's only a 3 day hike to Richmond from Gettysburg. What took them so long?
He also played a college professor and adulterer in the multiple academy award winning movie, Terms of Endearment. We are talking about an excellent actor who can do very serious roles AND comedy.
Great Maine accents on the word charge ,Joshua chamberlain was a legend . Lifetime colostomy bay from a subsequent war wound ,future governor of Maine and president of a major college
Somtimes you are in the fight, you are in the fight and you make the move. In this case, a "Swinging door" on the point of a bayonette if that's what you have at hand.
I'd forgotten how corny that scene was. And as a fat guy myself, I respect all the fat extras working for a boxed lunch who had the good sense to fall down in the first few steps of the charge, or surrender quickly as with the big fella about 9:25. Doing so made complete ergonomic sense.
Given that the Confederates were fighting in defense of a system of enslavement, rape, and murder, I have no problem with portraying them in such a way.
I think a more thorough March to the Sea campaign attacking the heart of the south, the plantation owners, followed by a more thorough forced integration post war should have been called for. Certainly many of those soldiers were indeed racist, whether maliciously or just out of prejudice you can't exactly tell, but they ultimately fought for a system they were not deeply invested in, plantation slavery, and which they were duped into believing it was their job to defend. Perhaps also a Nuremberg sort of trial could also have been called for in hindsight, to prosecute the leaders of the Confederacy, the plantation owners serving in the capitol machine.
Rebels or not. They were American before and AFTER. Thankfully our Leaders knew in order to retain peace was to give amnesty. Not vengeance. Despite the fact the Union basically already tore down Southern infrastructure from the Atlantic to the Mississippi.
I fear this will happen again...Americans fighting Americans. I'm 70 and have never been so sad...so heart broken for our lot as a functioning Republic. Long live the Republic and the Constitution!🇺🇲
If you have the opportunity to visit the Gettysburg battlefield, walk all the way up Little Round Top - it will make you appreciate this scene even more. Chamberlain went on to a long distinguished career as Governor of Maine and head of Bowdoin College. Maine never forgot.
Unbelievable sight it is ! The whole area is amazing
I was there in 1989 with my military history professor who was a retired Marine Gunnery Sgt and an excellent professor and man. It was a day filled with education and somber remembrance.
I was there in 2004. A retired Army warrant officer was our park guide. He told us, "You see all these monuments around here? The soldiers that fought here wanted one thing, to always be remembered for what happened here." Brought tears to this old Marine's eyes I tell you.
He was a professor at Bowden and a well known man in academia snuck away to join the Maine regiment and was offered the position of Colonel, but refused it, saying he wanted to have more exprricene.
Was there with my wife. The aura was so intense.
When I'm in a team meeting at work, I sometimes think of just standing up and yelling "BAYONETS!!!" then sit back down again.
I’m doing it!
Go play War Of Rights instead :)
That’s hilarious. I feel your pain.
I did it!
As a northern New Englander, I always appreciated the accents from the actors in the 20th Maine in this movie. They did a pretty good job hitting it. "You mean chahge?" "We swing like a dooah"
New England accents like Boston Accent? I find it interesting though😅
@@alboma60791 kind of, but there is a difference between a Boston accent and a Maine accent! The Colonel and the Captain both do a great job of hitting the "Maine" cadence
@@jamessinclair6113 I find interesting that United States have a lot of American English accents, but to me sounds the same to me, American English, though some accents are distinguishable for example the Southern States accents, because of the twang pronunciation of the words😅
@@alboma60791 There's a flat Western accent as well, like I have. Not like "Cowboy Western" but we tend to enage in a bit of morphological clipping (I think that's the right term). Fountain becomes "fount'n", mountain becomes "mount'n", etc. I never even realized I had it until I had a girlfriend in college who was from Jordan and she thought it was hilarious. Oh, and if you ever watch Fargo, they aren't exaggerating those Midwest accents at all.
if you visit Little Round Top, you'll notice from the markers that the 20th Maine wasn't the only unit on the flank of Vincent's brigade. To their immediate right was the 83rd Pennsylvania[Vincent's old Regiment before he took over the brigade]and the 44th New York. All of the regiment's were short of ammunition and had suffered heavy losses. When the 20th Maine began it's downhill sweep[and it wasn't that steep of a hillside, but enough for tired, thirsty men], the 83rd and the 44th saw their advance and joined in, though neither of the two went as far as elements of the 20th Maine did.
Yeah I walked it too. The attack was over a good sized area, it wasnt just Chamberlain holding that line
Fucking RAH
@@jamesbutler8821 I quote my 10th grade history teacher, He said, the men that lead that day. They kknew the stakes were higher then then just the battle. It the war and country on the line. July 2nd is the day he said that Union Army went from being on the ropes to a fighting army.
I think the 16th Michigan was there as well
@@Austin1723 Yes, the 16th Michigan was on the right flank of Vincent's brigade, on the more exposed western side of Little Round Top. The 16th had suffered losses during the Chancellorsville campaign and was under strength[like nearly ALL the units at Gettysburg, North and South], and under heavy fire from elements of three Confederate brigades. The 16th didn't join in the advance by the left of the brigade[it would have been suicidal to do so], they were trying just to hold on under very trying circumstances.
Easily one of the most epic clashes of humanity of the Civil War. It would quite something to have met Chamberlain and the men under his command. Truly men among men.
No one could play the part of Chamberlain like Jeff Daniels. He captured the balance of leadership, duty, honor and compassion. One of his best movies.
Saw an interview with the director and he really wanted to use an unknown actor from Australia for Chamberlain. Had him do a read and two of the famous parts from the movie. The dialogue with Killrain about men being free and the speech to the 2nd Maine. He filmed it and had him in costume. The powers that be wanted a name. He didn't agree, so much that his persistent pushing for it almost ended the entire project, a decade plus in to its making. That unknown actor at the time was Russell Crowe.
You gotta love a leader who leads from the front especially in a bayonet charge. He’s knows he’s asking his men to do something very dangerous and brave so he shows them he’ll do it first!
That textbook maneuver by Chamberlain saved the day for the Union. They kept control of the high ground.
The Confederacy underestimated their power.
That was far from a textbook maneuver. It was a football play down the side of a mountain.
@@DinoPimpRebs tried to do an Anakin 😂😂
Definitely a textbook maneuver that Chamberlain probably first learned about on Reddit.
@eq1373 American football did not exist at that time. What happened on July 2, 1863 was not a game.
This is my favorite movie scene of all time. Such an amazingly well made movie altogether.
Probably mine too!
From Colonel Chamberlain of the 20nd Maine to Harry of Dumb and Dumber, Jeff Daniels pulls it off brilliantly
Little Round Top and Big Round Top, names that will be remembered.
The Union was saved that day.
Not really. Even if the 15th Alabama Regiment succeeded in taking the hill, it was doubtful they could have held against the inevitable Federal counterattack, as the commanding officer of the 15th Alabama, Col. William Oates, admitted in his post-war memoir. At the point of the 20th Maine's charge the 15th Alabama had already staged three attacks, suffering about 40% casualties. As the 20th Maine was running down the hill, the 15th Alabama started to receive fire on both flanks, a company of U.S Army sharpshooters on its right and long range fire from the 83rd Pennsylvania on its left. The 15th Alabama was in an untenable position with no Confederate reinforcement forthcoming. Oates ordered a withdraw; a command his men at this point were very quick to obey.
Daniels moustache puts tombstone to shame
I grew up in Georgia, so learning about the Civil War was to be expected and a big part of my childhood. When this movie came out, I naturally leaned in favor of the Confederacy. But watching this scene now decades later as a grown man, I have an equal respect and admiration for all of them, Union and Confederate. They were all Americans. I understand both sides and what they were fighting for.
See, Hollywood's got you feeling sympathy for a bunch of damn yankees. The brainwash is complete
Not me. The South was fighting to keep black people in slavery.
Only the Union soldiers were Americans
@@larrycoonrod5563
Abraham Lincoln said You Are WRONG.
Thing is, the CSA wanted to tear the US apart to keep people in bondage. Despite the fact the world was moving away from slavery.
The Scene, The Score. Perfection.
As a young boy I used to watch this movie over & over throughout the years. Haven't seen it in a good while, but so many actors, scenes, historical depicted moments imprinted in my mind. This is one of many things that inspired me to pursue History as an educational background. The Civil War was such an intense moment in our history. Complex. Brother against brother, Americans angry, confused, joining in for sense of honor & duty (on both sides). May we all remember, it is worth having words, and talking things out many, many times; trying to come to agreement, compromise, before deciding to shoot at & kill one another. We have so much to live for. Let us strive for peace, lifting each other up.
Violence, hate, anger, vengeance, are easy to fall victim to. It takes patience, clear mind, maturity, motivation to ignore those impulses & approach common ground without bloodshed. It can feel impossible. Insurmountable. But, it can, and should be done. Let the memory of the loss of so many great men & women live as a reminder that the path of war & violence leads to despair & death.... We can do better. It is a fact. We only have to try.
Well said. Unfortunately way too many people are drunk on the kool-aide, identity woke PC politics of the day that thrive on irresponsible knee-jerk reaction based on selfish emotion; instead of common sense, and rational logic of cause and effect. Enough of the victim mentality. It is time - and we might just have a chance now - to come together as "Americans" - to get this country back to somewhere close to what the Founding Fathers envisioned. E-PLURIBUS-UNUM - "Out of many, one"
Certainly makes the hair on the back of the neck stand up. Two rules of war. 1. Take the initiative. 2. Always take the initiative. From sun Tzu, Alexander, Caesar, napoleon, Wellington, Guderian, Rommel to stormin Norman Schwarzkopf.
Pershing
Great movie and great cast Gettysburg is a fantastic place to visit to.
Never sat down and watched this. Always watched glory instead. Looks like a good film here
Take the time and watch this! It's worth every minute! If you don't get chills during the cannon barrage, I don't know what will move you.
My father's relatives from Connecticut and mother's relatives from North Carolina fought at Gettysburg.
So they fought each other
@5:06 "On the way to Richmond" he says.
The Battle of Litte Round Top was fought on July 2 1863.
Richmond was captured on April 5, 1865, nearly 2 years later.
According to Google it's only a 3 day hike to Richmond from Gettysburg.
What took them so long?
1860s facial hair was fantastic
This dude was in Dumb and Dumber..what a great acting change!
He also played a college professor and adulterer in the multiple academy award winning movie, Terms of Endearment. We are talking about an excellent actor who can do very serious roles AND comedy.
Warwick Davis commanded an authentic portrayal of Stonewall Jackson and really sold this scene.
Chamberlain's great great grandson would go on to cross the country with his friend to return a briefcase to a remarkable woman named Mary.
Great Maine accents on the word charge ,Joshua chamberlain was a legend . Lifetime colostomy bay from a subsequent war wound ,future governor of Maine and president of a major college
Heroic is not a strong enough word for that scne/ event
In a day when all American soldiers where true men to the core.
I'm Polski -American and I married into North Ireland military Family. We love watching this movie a Blended Military Polski and DONEGAL Family
My great great grandfather on my dads side was in the 15th Alabama...
This moment in life was hard core!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Buster kilrain was such a great character. Kevin Conway was a great choice to portray him.
Somtimes you are in the fight, you are in the fight and you make the move. In this case, a "Swinging door" on the point of a bayonette if that's what you have at hand.
I could not even imagine....
Heros all.
lol if only war were this glam
Fix! BAYONETS!!!
I learned this in BCT, 1969.
It was electrifying to hear hundreds of bayonets being sloted onto M-14 rifles.
this is why serving in the cavalry would have been a helluva lot more fun !!!
I'd forgotten how corny that scene was. And as a fat guy myself, I respect all the fat extras working for a boxed lunch who had the good sense to fall down in the first few steps of the charge, or surrender quickly as with the big fella about 9:25. Doing so made complete ergonomic sense.
Best movie of American civil war.
taught in basic military leadership great great leadership
He looks just like the Joshua Chamberlain statue in Bangor
Accurate. Johnny Reb on the run.
Remember the Maine
Above And Beyond The Call Of Duty
The guy at 2:55 just randomly collapsed.
"Move\..." Simple effective order."
Small regiments of 50 in them days
Oats who led the Alabama attack wrote that he did not believe in citizens’ right to carry. Thank God those who do not love freedom lost.
If they remade this, the entire cast would be race and gender swapped.
All except Lee. They would keep him as the white devil.
and all identify as queer
Your stupidity is freighting
Given that the Confederates were fighting in defense of a system of enslavement, rape, and murder, I have no problem with portraying them in such a way.
Har, har, har. Well said. Har, har, har.
This collosal delusion must be challenged at every opportunity.
They should not have accepted rebel prisoners maybe now our country would be better.
I think a more thorough March to the Sea campaign attacking the heart of the south, the plantation owners, followed by a more thorough forced integration post war should have been called for. Certainly many of those soldiers were indeed racist, whether maliciously or just out of prejudice you can't exactly tell, but they ultimately fought for a system they were not deeply invested in, plantation slavery, and which they were duped into believing it was their job to defend. Perhaps also a Nuremberg sort of trial could also have been called for in hindsight, to prosecute the leaders of the Confederacy, the plantation owners serving in the capitol machine.
They were better men than you could ever be.
Rebels or not. They were American before and AFTER. Thankfully our Leaders knew in order to retain peace was to give amnesty. Not vengeance. Despite the fact the Union basically already tore down Southern infrastructure from the Atlantic to the Mississippi.
Sill mad over last Tuesday?
As much as one can hate a another human. Prisoners of war are to be treated as humans. Water, food and shelter. No more no less
villains.
Tribute to Donald Trump's 2024 election victory!
Smh...as if Trump would be on the Union side. Not even sure the CSA would be extreme enough for him
I fear this will happen again...Americans fighting Americans. I'm 70 and have never been so sad...so heart broken for our lot as a functioning Republic.
Long live the Republic and the Constitution!🇺🇲