This titanic battle that ended with over 50,000 combined casualties for the Union and Confederates and completely turned a town inside out began with a single shot on the Chamberburg Pike on the morning of July 1, 1863. In this episode, we're exploring the Seminary Ridge Museum in Gettyburg, PA where from the cupola of the Lutheran Seminary, John Buford set the stage for the Battle of Gettysburg. Much to see and learn in this first episode of a major series on 3 days that were a defining moment in the Civil War.
VIDEO HERE (20:24 minutes)
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This video channel is one of my favorites as far as American war history goes. The videos are short, about 20-30 minutes, so you can watch one without gouging a big chunk out of your day, and they're family friendly with no cussing at all, so your wives, kids and grandkids can watch them with you instead of running amok around town.
JD's videos are mostly on battle sites, most of them on the Civil War and WWII. He travels around and gives great insight on the terrain, features and tactics. He also features videos of the towns at or near these sites, giving you the townspeople's perspective. He also does videos of the local museums dedicated to those battles, which I find interesting as hell.
This is a 15 part (as I recall) series on Gettysburg and I can honestly say I learned more from him than I did with all the other videos and books I read about it.
What I really like about these videos is with the way he explains things, you don't have to be a freaking tactician to understand how the battle unfolded and was fought.
If you like this video and want to see the rest of the Gettysburg series, subscribe to his channel. You can skip around (like I did the first few) but I recommend you watch them in order.