Gettysburg's Oak Ridge: Day One Gettysburg Battle | Baxter & Rodes | Schurz, Early, Pender, Ewell
July 1, 1863.
Buford and Wadsworth have held off Heth's division. However, Ewell's corps is arriving from the north. Rodes is the lead division in Ewell's corps, forming up near Oak Hill.
The Union side has Robinson's division on the field. Baxter's brigade is moved up to Oak Ridge.
Rodes places artillery on Oak Hill. Rodes sends Iverson and O'Neal's brigades against Baxter. Baxter throws back the rebels.
General Howard is on the field, and he learns of General Reynolds' death. Howard assumes command from General Doubleday.
More armies are arriving. Early comes from the northeast, while Schurz's corps comes from the south.
Schurz gets his divisions into line. Schimmelfennig is placed to the right of Baxter, and Barlow is placed to the right of Schimmelfennig. Barlow will move his division onto a knoll in his front.
Meanwhile, Rodes sends Ramseur's brigade against Baxter. Baxter is relieved by Paul, and Paul reclaims hold of the stonewall on Oak Ridge.
General Robert E. Lee is now on the field. The Union right is endanger of being flanked, and Pender's division has arrived to support Heth. Lee consents to another attack on McPherson's Ridge.
The Confederates are now linking around the Union flanks, pressing all sides like a vice. Howard is on Cemetery Hill, hoping to receive reinforcements. General Winfield Scott Hancock has nearly arrived.
Film by Jeffrey Meyer
Maybe the best, most intelligible maps on KZhead. Certainly the most colorful. This Gettysburg series will be an epic when completed. I'll binge watch it at whatever length.
Thank you, friend! More to come.
this and warhawk's maps are the best out there. Jeffery had been doing the major battles while warhawk is doing every battle/engagement in order and is only up to about South Mountain during the Maryland campaign. also I should add to me the satellite maps are nice to ordinate yourself to the ground as it is today.
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I appreciate the enthusiasm! Thank you!
@@JeffreytheLibrarian. Hi Jeff, from across the pond. I’m absolutely gripped by the way you explain and present how this battle developed. BUT which video comes next ? It seems to be about Little Round Top, but I think I’m missing a video. Help me OB1 .
What a treat! I woke and got to watch this while I ate breakfast. A perfect Sunday morning...thank you for your great work!
Me too!
I really appreciate it. Thank you!
The civil War doc I was promised. Your work is appreciated and admired brother.
More to come! Thank you!
I am so grateful for the time and effort you put into these videos Jeff. I am primarily a visual learner and your presentations make the written historical record come to life and immeasurably more intelligible.
I am a visual learner myself. I need to see it spatially.
What ^^^This^^^ guy said 100%! Thanks for your hard work Jeff. It is appreciated by us all. I can't wait for the next installment. 🙏
Me too, I remember reading this in school, but could never make sense of it, this helped a bunch
Once again, what Can I say? So much information packed into one video. I'm familiar with the battle but always learn from Jefferey's videos. They way Jefferey highlights ridges & gullies, removes modern buildings, shows topographical maps, zooms out and back in for perspective is amazing and is what makes his style of presentation so wonderful. I especially like the zoom outs to show what else is going on outside of the direct battle. As in my other comments I'd also like to say how wonderful his manner of speech is. Calm, slow and deliberate, with a cadence and inflection that adds complexity and understanding to the entire project. Every word seems crafted to have an effect. Thanks. End of comment When I was about 12, I was given a game-Avalon Hill's Gettysburg. I played it often and was always confused by the order of battle, The confederates seemed to be coming from the North and the Union was North. It was very confusing. I kept looking at the game board and a map and still couldn't figure it out. Why were the Confererate's coming from the North?
Thank you so much for your nice comments. I really appreciate it. Before Gettysburg, the last big battle was at Chancellorsville, Virginia. The Confederates go into the Shenandoah Valley, behind the ridges of the Appalachians. The Union Army has to move back toward Washington. The rebels are essentially cloaked by the mountains, and by the time Buford & the army railroad corps spot rebels in Pennsylvania, the Confederates are further north than the Army of the Potomac, which had to keep relatively close to Washington to protect the capital.
Barlow. What an interesting character in all this chaos. He made a terrible decision on this day but his story was just beginning. Fascinating young leader.
This was recommended to me just now because I'm subscribed to your channel and happened to be watching another Gettysburg video, so KZhead linked to this one. I'm glad they did, because I learn new perspectives I hadn't encountered before from your videos, and I'm a Civil War buff who's published articles in the most popular Civil War magazine since 1981. I'd never encountered the fight at Oak Ridge in decades of reading about Gettysburg; or, if I did, I had not heard it referenced as "Oak Ridge." Thank you for your research and for the clarity you present it in your videos.
Thank you so much! The First Corps fought tooth and nail that first day, and they deserve the admiration of the country. Baxter and Paul did not go down without a fight that day on Oak Ridge.
Thank you show much for showing us the regiments. So many other civil war maps only do brigade level
I find that the stories emerge when you learn that a regiment had to bend their flank or make a charge, and that's why the brigade survived. That's where the story is.
What a great video- beautifully narrated Wonderful visuals
Thank you!
This is an incredible perspective on the 1st day. I have a giant step forward in wrapping my head around all this. I can't thank you enough.
Much appreciated!
Just amazingly wonderful. I can't wait for this to be a completed battle. I can wait years for you to take your time and keep up these intricate details of line formation and terrain/topography of the region. Another great detail you incorporate very well is the switching between Battle wide angles and Theater wide angles to give a better in-depth analysis of thought process taken by the Generals down to the brigade commanders.
Thank you! More to come! I wish I could get them completed faster, but I want to really go through the record and make sure I have it pieced together well. Thanks for watching.
i challenge anyone to find a better more well explained battle map explaining any segment of this battle. well done. as always.
Much appreciated!
Another perfect lesson!
Thanks for watching!
@machsolid6402 0 seconds ago My wife and I listen to audio books, the civil war being one of our favorite subjects this is right up the alley. It’s SO helpful to have it presented on a map. Thank you for this excellent work looking forward to more content .
Thank you! More to come!
Fantastic video. Whenever I visit Gettysburg the tactical movements on this part of the battlefield are hard to parse for me - this made it perfectly clear
I can only make sense of it by putting things on a map. Day One has a lot of back and forth, so I have to see it visually.
Another great job. Thank you. Awaiting part 2.
More to come. I also have a Buford video and a Wadsworth video on Gettysburg Day One in case you haven't seen them yet.
I take your map and story and add a street view of current Gettysburg to get an on the grounds tour without leaving home. How wonderful is that? Thanks for all your hard work.
Awesome! I enjoy doing digital tours myself.
Another great video thank you sir!
Thank you!
Been looking forward to this!
More to come. Thank you for watching!
This “play-by-play” description is gripping. Thank you!!!!!!
This channel is one of the best on KZhead. Clear, concise, educational, and direct. Fantastic. Thank you Jeffrey!
I appreciate it! Thank you!
Just brilliant, a vitall adjunct to the books on the subject, so well put together, bravo sir
Much appreciated!
I hope you continue with this battle. The story of Paul's Brigade is an exciting if not usually overlooked moment in this first day's campaign.
I will have more coming. Thank you for watching!
Outstanding! Thank you!
Thanks for watching!
Outstanding work! THE BEST presentation of the first day's actions of the battle of Gettysburg I have seen and heard it isn't even complete (i.e. does not include all the actions of Day 1)!!! Bravo, sir! Bravo!!!
Thank you! I appreciate it. If you haven't seen them yet, I do have one on Buford and one on Wadsworth. I still have another video to do on the first day.
@@JeffreytheLibrarian your work is excellent! I believe that I have heard/watched both prior videos on Buford and Wadsworth. They were outstanding as well. Thank you! I'm looking forward to the next part about Day 1.
I have watched many Gettysburg battle videos and I will have to say this one is very informative. Very detailed and I loved the way you removed the modern building and added the fields in the north of the town. Thank you very much for your hard work in putting this video together. I plan on doing a Gettysburg battle field hike this spring/summer and I will have this video saved on my tablet and will refer to it often during the hike.
Thank you for watching! I hope you enjoy your trip to Gettysburg.
it is nice to have the line overlaid on a modern satiate map with modern roads really help ordinate yourself to the ground today
There is so much detail that could have been added. I applaud your wisdom in keeping that out. It just clouds the overall vision. I've always felt the first day was one of the most critical of the entire battle. The complexity of getting two armies into a previously unplanned position with no radio is incredibly difficult.
Thank you sir!! Excellent work as usual.
Thank you!
outstanding recall.
Thank you!
Love your content. Thorough and informative while being entertaining. Makes me miss the 90’s version of the history channel
I like old documentaries, too. There was more emphasis on information and less sensationalism.
Amazing work. I wait for these and then watch them multiple times. So well done. The detail is so appreciated.
LOL, here is what I do. I watch them right away. Then I treat myself to a good meal and watch it again. Today it was Bobby-Q's. Best BBQ in Arizona.
Thank you! The details are where the interesting stories are.
Wonderful job describing this section of the first day’s battle. I’ve always felt that the tour zips past the fighting on Oak Ridge and your video did an amazing job breaking down the micro and macro as the fighting unfolded!
Thank you! Robinson's division (Baxter and Paul) are regularly omitted. But they fought hard that day, and they should be more well known.
Well that was simply the best Day One explanation of the Battle of Gettysburg!! 👌
Much appreciated!
Thanks for the great amount of breakdown with the visuals which help out a lot!
That means a lot to me. Thank you!
So much effort put into this first day battle presentation. I only wish I had watched it before I went back for the third time in September. Thank you for sharing this excellent in-depth overview of July 1, 1863.
Thanks for watching!
Die geschehnisse des ersten Tages wunderbar dargelegt. Super verständlich erklärt !!
Vielen Dank, mein Freund!
Fantastic visualization. This is the kind of detail military history needs!
Much appreciated.
One of my sons lives in Taneytown and I have visited the Gettysburg battle ground many, many times. This presentation is awesome - great job!
Much appreciated! That is a beautiful part of the country.
Great presentation! This northern flank of the battle on day one is a part of the battle I have never really understood before. This was a great clarification of it. Walking the field several years ago also aided tremendously, as I can still remember standing atop Oak Hill as well as Oak Ridge Observation Tower, just behind where the 12 Mass and 88th PA stood. Thank you for bringing clarity! Now I understand how Barlow ended up on the knoll ... and why it was a mistake. Same mistake Sickles would make the next day at the Peach Orchard and Devil's Den. Ironic...
Thanks for watching. Barlow does do something similar to Sickles, and probably something that many folks would do. He saw some high ground, and figured it would be good to seize it.
So, as this episode ends, able Union General Oliver O. Howard is about to be relieved by General Hancock. But it was O. O. Howard who had the foresight to place the Yankee Command Center at Cemetery Hill -- south of the city -- on the defensible heights. General Howard never gets enough credit for this strategic masterstroke. Howard's early positioning made possible the eventual Union victory at Gettysburg.
Buford's positioning to keep the Confederates away from the hills got them started. Howard and then Hancock's ability to see that plan, agree with it and then execute was why they won. Gettysburg was perfectly General'd by the Union on Day 1 (To later fight a defensive battle on solid ground on July 2nd and 3rd).
Great presentation. I appreciate the detail regarding small unit movement and activity along the timeline of the overall engagement. Job well done sir.
Thank you, friend!
Jeffrey, Well Done!! The Gettysburg series with maps, topography and detailed movements by both the Federal and Confederate forces is OUTSTANDING. Anxious to watch this series continue, and excited to see what else you have available.
Thank you! More to come!
As someone else said in the comments, you struck a fantastic balance in the level of detail here. At any moment, theres a hundred facts you could include, but you kept it at a consistent and digestible pace that will be a resource for many of us for years
Thank you! I really appreciate the nice comments.
Just want you to know how much we appreciate your hard work and this perspective! Thank you!
Thank you!
What a EXTENSIVE and COMPLETE presentation of the 1st Day of the Battle of Gettysburg! This documentary, Parts 1 and 2, SHOULD be installed at the Gettysburg Battle Museum. This information is invaluable! How you were able to obtain the unit locations and movements information ...as well as generate the visuals you have done so well.....is amazing! MANY...MANY...Thanks!
Thank you, friend! Much appreciated.
I enjoyed this. A lifetime of studying military history will do that :-) Thanks, Jeffrey.
Thanks for watching!
excellent - Thank You
Thank you! This was informative, unique and entertaining to watch… I also know that it couldn’t have been easy to make… Thank you again for making it!!
These videos are a labor of love. But the end product is worth it.
Excellent delivery of information. I was just at the battlefield and I gotta say your videos help put it all together. Especially in areas where there was a lot of back and forth.
Thanks for including Paul's counter-charge
I will have more on Paul in the next portion of the battle. Thank you for watching!
Outstanding work. And much appreciated.
Thank you!
Thank you !for all the time and effort that you put into this very good video . After watching the movies and docs on this battle there was way more to it then i ever knew.
Thank you! I appreciate it. I learn a ton making them.
Fabulous job...
Thanks for watching!
Very informative and an excellent visual presentation format
Cool video! Looking forward to the rest of day one.
Thank you, more to come!
Outstanding!!
Thank you!
Eminent video! One of the best in-depth series focused on the tactical level of some of the key battles. Keep up the good work!
I appreciate it!
I just stumbled across this and it is great! Can’t wait for the next episode
Thank you! More to come!
Well done. Great video. Keep them coming.
Thank you for watching! More to come.
Your videos are so damn good!!! Thank you!!!
Thank you!
these are the best ever keep up the good work and thank you!
Thank you for watching. More to come.
I enjoyed this. TY
Thank you!
Outstanding, the research is meticulous.
I appreciate it! It's a labor of love.
Great vid, strong clear voice, no covering music, etc. Super clear, but dang, you left us in a hair raising position!!
Thank you! There will be more coming in the future.
Tres intéressant. Merci !
Merci!
Thank you very much for taking the time to research and create these incredibly informative and interesting videos. I love visual learning, and as much as you can learn from books about the Civil War, seeing these battles explained in detail with modern day Google maps really paints a clearer picture of what's discussed in the history books.
Thank you. These projects are a labor of love, but the final product is worth it.
Dude, so good.
Thank you!
Yo this channel seems to have blown up! Good for you!
Thank you!
My ancestor, cpl Jacob Allebach, was in company A of Biddell's brigade, the 121 PA. They ended up being on the extreme Left flank and were decimated. I was hoping your video would continue for just a while longer to show that action! Our family history always said that he was wounded at the peach orchard, and I could never figure out why. Regimental history says he was wounded on July 1st. The regiment did see some small action during July 3, coming under artillery fire I believe. Anyway, thank you for the outstanding video.
Biddle and the rest of the Union line's final stand on Day One will be in the next Gettysburg video. It will come!
Thank u
Thanks for watching.
Well done. I have been there and could not figure it all out. Now I got it.
Thanks for watching!
Gripping, thank you
Thanks for watching!
Its striking how outnumbered the federal forces appeared through so much of the first day. I didnt realize just how stalwart the Northern defence was
Had an ancestor in the 14th NC....its cool to see where they fought
Greetings from Germany, love this stuff, so good !
Vielen Dank!
EXCELLENT!! WOW. What is the following video?
I am hitting colonial times next, but then I will get back to the next Gettysburg. I have one on Buford and Wadsworth that precede this one if you haven't seen them yet. I also have a Culp's Hill and Little Round Top that are Day Two videos.
A brutal day!
No doubt a brutal day--every moment mattered.
Most excellent detailed explanation. Is there a part 2 coming?
This one is actually part 3. Part 1 is Buford's Stand, Part 2 is Wadsworth at Gettysburg, Part 3 is this Oak Ridge one, and Part 4 is in the works.
@@JeffreytheLibrarian I'm looking forward to how day 1 at Gettysburg ended. Very fascinating the way you detail the movements.
View from the cupola is Impressive ! 👍
My GF3 was with 52 NC under Pettigrew and was reportedly wounded and captured on day 1, and furloughed back at some point. I haven’t been able to detail out where exactly but maybe McPherson’s woods.
I just did a quick look. My cursory research has the 52 NC on Pettigrew's right, which hit against Biddle just below Herbst Woods. Both sides took pretty bad casualties, so that's a good approximation--on McPherson's Ridge just below Herbst Woods against Biddle.
That was extremely well narrated. BTW: Interesting to see so many German names among the Union commanders. I suppose that reflects the regional immigration patterns to the US, but were there any notable German-ethnic commanders in the Confederate army?
I'd have to look into it. Virginia has many German placenames (Fredericksburg), so there are probably some. However, the northern economy was drawing the immigrants from Germany and Ireland at this time because the northern landscape had the factories and mills where employment was needed. So, the large share of immigrants are coming to the north.
@@JeffreytheLibrarian In the south, labor was disrespected. The term 'Poor white trash' comes from this era and from the south. Those who were against slavery worked their own fields and were not respected the way the porch sitting, lemonade sippers were.. In his book US Grant talks about this. This is my opinion and would appreciate any comment in disagreement to straighten out any error and would defer to Jefferey's knowledge on this subject.
Is this the first part of an upcoming series? If not, what order should I watch other videos? Great content, very informative
This is actually Part 3 of the Battle of Gettysburg. Part One is Buford, Part Two is Wadsworth at Gettysburg, and then Part Three is Oak Ridge.
@@JeffreytheLibrarian thank you!
If you every finish Gettysburg you have to make a supercut!
Oh man, this one's a nailbiter. It's crazy how close the first day came to unwinding, if the union soldiers were as poorly equipped as the rebels it would have ended that day, huh.
Waiting for the rest of Gett Day One GREAT GRANDFATHER WAS WITH THE 53NC DANIELS RODES.Very little on day one except Iverson-Oneil.Thanks
I really like the action maps
Are you going to do a Part2 of Day One?
This actually Part 3. Part 1 is the Buford's Stand Part 2 is Wadsworth at Gettysburg Part 3 is Oak Ridge Part 4 will be the Rebels Take Gettysburg. Thank you for watching. It's coming. It will just take some time.
@@JeffreytheLibrarian thank you. Really enjoy learning of the battle this way. Easy to understand.
My Great Grandfather James Frank Weaver was a private in the 5th NC. His left hand was mangled and two fingers amputated. He soldiered on until May 1864 where he was captured as part of the "Forlorn Hope" at the Mule Shoe at Spotsylvania CH. He returned to NC in July 1865.
Those Stone regiments are the Pa Bucktails! Often not mentioned!
The PA Bucktails are one of my favorite brigades.
Wow, this is a 10. All your other battle vids are a 10, so maybe this is an 11. Really shows how outstanding Howard was. Actually, how all the Union commanders were on Day 1.., Is this the first battle the South was out-generaled?
I really appreciate you nice comments. I think during those days at Gettysburg, the Army of the Potomac was the best army in the world.
I'm not sure,but this documentary seems to be directed by Jeffery Mayer. Did he do Civil War Kids when he we was younger? Had to be close to 30 years ago. This is excellent stuff.
I would have been a kid 30 years ago. I will have to look up Civil War Kids. I remember watching "Civil War Journal" with Danny Glover about 30 years ago. That was a neat show.
@JeffreytheLibrarian What was it Greystone Productions did that and Civil War Combat? But NOW you have great topographical maps of movement. The Battle of Gettysburg had battles within battles all over the place. And look who is everywhere! Custer! Nobody covers Brinkerhoff Ridge. The Stonewall brigade is sent to stop US cavalry from detecting their exact position and composition. This is where (John) Wesley Culp served and presumably killed so close to his relatives farm in Gettysburg. He lived in town until the auto shop moved to Virginia. They never recovered a body. Just a butt of a rifle with his initials on it.
Where can I find out what constituted a "brigade", "corp", "regiment", etc... I have no sense of scale (number of troops)?
I have a video on the organization here: kzhead.info/sun/lJycYdaOf6JmaI0/bejne.html
Regiment about 600 men give or take, a brigade can be up to 5 or 6 regiments could consist of mounted infantry or cavalry too , a corp is like a small army which can be around 10 regiments of infantry Two regiments of cavalry and 2 batteries of artillery or 12 guns
The video itself is wonderful however I was a little underwhelmed by your description of the fight between Baxter and Iverson. It wasn’t so much of a prolonged firefight as it was an insanely devastating volley followed up by a short firefight then union regiments charging the shocked survivors. For whatever reason Iverson was never informed about Baxter’s men behind the stone wall and never sent skirmishers out ahead of his battle line. Baxter’s troops remained hidden to Iverson’s men up until the point the union troops stood up at fired at them from a range of less than 50 yards. Iverson’s men had no chance. Most killed in the initial volley were dead before they even knew the union troops had fired. The attack was so sudden and devastating (its estimated that up to 500 rebels fell dead or wounded in the first volley alone) that many of the fallen were found lying perfectly aligned in battle line. Within 20 minutes it was over, and most of the rest of the survivors surrendered. Iverson lost over 900 men out of a brigade of just under 1,400 during their half hour fighting in the battle: a 65% casualty rate. Iverson’s career under Lee was over after this battle, as he stayed behind the lines and watched his brigade get slaughtered. He even called them cowards before realizing that those still lying on the battlefield were dead. He almost suffered a nervous breakdown at that point. He was sent back to Georgia where he gave credible service in mostly non combat commands, though he did lead a cavalry brigade in 1864 that defeated a superior union cavalry force and captured over 700 men including the union brigade commander.
Yes, Iverson gets clobbered. In my defense, with respect to Iverson's brigade, I did use the words "thrashed," "hammered," "breaking," and "essentially destroyed."
@@JeffreytheLibrarian Yes you did. And you got the point across well. Just wanted to point out to others not familiar with it that it was a complete massacre, second in brigade losses only to Armistead’s on the third day.
I find the Iverson scenario so interesting. I have read or listened to different interpretations of what happened there. The latest was one from a licensed guide who mentioned that union troops arrival to the wall found them as surprised as Iversons brigade but they had the advantage of coming up hill as well as the stone hill and were not noticed. To actually stand on the ground, I can see that being a strong possibility. My understanding is that the attack took time ("minutes", "under 20 minutes"). However, the suprise and proximity allow the first volley to be very efficient dropping rows of men where they stood. There is no way to truly know exactly what happened, but I do enjoy all the information I can receive to piece this together in my mind. Thank you for your time and effort in this. It is certainly appreciated by myself.
Seems like the Rebels missed several flanking opportunities?
They will eventually get into position. It was very confusing on the first day for both sides.
@@JeffreytheLibrarianMakes sense. Fantastic work! Can’t not wait for Part 2.
I believe Heth is pronounced as it is spelled. Not the pronunciation "Heath." I would not swear to this, but grammatically it does make sense to pronounce it correctly. This is so great, I mean like 5 star great. Cannot wait for the next episode.
I've always heard it pronounced "Heath." I think it's an old English name. Thank you for watching!
So you don’t know but still feel you can correct people. Weird
Why didnt rodes attack baxters right flank and isolate shurtzs brigade?
Schurz had artillery up right there, and hitting Baxter's right would expose him to fire from both Baxter and Schurz.
@@JeffreytheLibrarian thanks for the reply.
One big ommission... you're missing the Forney Farm and its outbuildings... the main house stood near where the park road Buford Ave intersects with mummasburg... and various other large outbuildings where there as well. These constituted a significant obstacle in the way of Iverson and O'Neal... not just the Mclean Farm for O'Neal... TWO large farms and nasty terrain. I believe the Forney Farm was a big reason why Iverson's attack ended in such disaster... and it definitely bifercated Iverson and O'Neal's attacks.. making the Union salient that much less vulnerable. Basically the 5th North Carolina could not have approached astride the mummasburg road... huge farm in the way. Iverson's whole brigade needs to be shifted back and left. The 23rd North Carolina took the fewest casualties of the attack.... by far. One of the explanations for the extreme casualties for Iverson is probably because the Forney Farm buildings bunched up the formation.
“Big” omission lol. Never heard of it!
@mustbtrouble yeah.... it's a huge battlefield feature that nobody takes into account when explaining the fighting on Oak Ridge. It goes a long, long way to understanding WtF happened if you realize there was a god damn building complex in the way of and in between O'Neal and Iverson. There's still ruins of several buildings along the Mummasburg road. The large farm house is on every contemporary map of the battle. The whole point of doing history and studying battles is that we understand what happened better. The most recent deep dive work on Oak Hill confirms that this was a big deal.... probably explains why Iverson's brigade didn't even fucking see Union line. Oak Hill was a really really shitty salient despite the terrain, but if there's something like that farm in the way it makes sense why that really really sharp angle wasn't annihilated. To understand the battle you look at the field as it was. There's many missing features. The Emmanuel Trostle farm was huge... sat right in Zeiglers Grove. The Bliss Farm. Burned during the battle sitting between the lines, the Roger's House... another structure near the Kingle Farm on the Emmitsburg road. The McPherson farm was a buildings complex... there were at least four more substantial structures around the extant barn. The Harmon farm is gone, a significant feature on the Confederate far right on the first day....ect I could go on for an hour. These battlefield features are what the soldiers saw and helped dictate how the battle was fought. You also have to remember many sites have been developed and recovered..... there were gas stations and souvenir shops the entire way up emmitsburg in the 1950s
1:23 There is no "fear" in McPherson, it is pronounced (mc-fur-son), not (mc-fear-son).
I think this is just a regional thing. I've always heard it "Mc-fear-son", and I am from Pennsylvania.
36:11 Maine uber alles!
Maine comes up big again at Gettysburg.
If teachers used these, we'd have a generation of properly educated children. Maybe even appreciative.
I appreciate the nice comments.