Gettysburg Relics of the Confederate Dead at Pickett's Charge | American Artifact Episode 28

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I am bricklayer in Scotland. In 2006 we were doing a new wall in an old town called Alloa. When putting in the foundations of the wall we came across an ancient burial site. The soldier was buried with his sword. The job was shut down so they could remove the body & hand over to historical Scotland. He must have been important, to be buried with his sword. Amazing.

I live in Northern Ireland and there's a veteran of Gettysburg buried near me in a place called Newtownards. He died in 1921 and fought in the 69th Infantry's New York Company. Im of Scots Irish descent and this race of people were over represented on both sides with famous names like Grant, McClelland, Jackson and Stuart all having links to Northern Ireland. We also provided the US with 20 presidents!

It's so refreshing to see someone from a younger generation that cares about our history. Good or bad. Thanks again for your blogs.

I am a Brit and visited Gettysburg back in 1989. Couldn’t help but be amazed at the bravery of Picket’s men advancing through that hell facing Union artillery. Incredible that they advanced so far. It certainly wasn’t Lee’s greatest battle. Wonderful monuments.

Thank your family for giving dignity to those fallen from my State of Mississippi. We still. Have long memories of those who never came home . There names are not forgotten !

Erik Dorr is a gift that keeps on giving. I could listen to both of you guys for hours.

As a southerner I would like to say thank you to the family of this man’s for the thoughtfulness in moving and reburial of these “enemy” soldiers. I’m sure that may not have happened every time. Thank you again🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸.

I can’t help but think about the families of those boys and men who died at Gettysburg and the terrible longing they must’ve had to know what happened to their loved ones and where they were buried. As a mother of sons I imagine that it would be incredibly difficult to deal with. So many soldiers went off to war and never came home, and their families didn’t even have the comfort of knowing where and how they died. These are the unspoken costs of war.

Honestly I am not even American and I love this channel ! Love history and especially the civil war. People should not take down statues over there because that's trying to erase the past which they can never do but also reminds you to never repeat it. Thank you so much for your awesome channel! 👌🏼

As a long time Civil War reenactor (Norfolk light Artillery Blues) I have been fortunate to go to Gettysburg numerous times. One year several hundred of us Confederate reenactors and numerous civilian visitors to the park (along with Park Rangers) got to walk the Pickett's Charge route from the Virginia Monument to the Stone Wall. It was very moving especially when we met the Union reenactors at the Stone Wall and they reached their hands over and brought us "Back into the Union". While the 11th Mississippi was at Gettysburg at the same time my ancestors in the 33rd Mississippi were at Vicksburg. My GGGrandfather was wounded and captured at Champions Hill a few weeks earlier. Tom Boyte GySgt. USMC, retired Vietnam 65-66/70-71

My great grandfather, Jacob Ziegler of the Eighth NY Calvary received his wound on July 1st late in the afternoon. This story as told to his great nephew G.A. Tuttle and recorded by him in our family journal titled "War incidents Related by Jacob Ziegler, First Sargent Co. C 8th New York Cavalry 1861-1865" I qoute-- "Our regiment arrived at Gettysburg June thirtieth, the next day July first in the afternoon we were ordered to take a position behind a low stone wall, to dismount and hold the position. The rebs wanted to get the position and bullets were flying thick, we were ordered to load and fire at will. About five o'clock Captain Folette was killed right near and I was loading and firing as fast as I could when a rebel calvary rode into sight and they had on blue coats to fool us. I called out "don't let them fool you!" And then the order came to fall back. I felt something in my shoulder and Captain Compson said to me " Sargent you are wounded." " I said no, the gun kicked." He said" You are wounded go to the rear." I looked and saw my coat was all soaked with blood, went to a hospital in a barn back of Round Top.... There's more but this will give you a sense of what it was like to be there on the first day of battle. Fortunately my great grandfather recovered and reentered the fight several weeks later and he was on hand to witness the surrender at Appomattox Courthouse. I have an even more interesting first hand account in the family journal of the surrender should anyone want to hear it. If so, I'd love to tell it to the authors of this fine video.

I’ve learned more about history on this channel than school ever taught me

When there is family history, compassion and respect involved, it allows a deeper understanding. Thank you Eric for yours and families contributions.

Thank you, JD and Eric, for keeping History alive. I really want to get back to Gettysburg one day, and especially to visit Eric’s museum. Great video. Makes you wonder how many other yet unknown buried remains are still on that vast battlefield.

I met Pickett’s Great Grandson, who was a quiet, elderly man, as his wife was a friend of my Aunt Jean. They were living in SE Montana and considering a move to California to live with their daughter. As I watched this old man riding around his farm on a lawn mower, I couldn’t help but think how different his life was from his namesake. His wife pointed to the well known historic photo of Pickett and asked if I and my husband would like it to have it, as her daughter wasn’t interested in the old large photo. We declined, hoping the daughter would gladly find a place for this keepsake. They moved and my Aunt Jean has died, but I remember this day like yesterday, because we had met Pickett’s Great Grandson.

That guy has an awesome museum in Gettysburg with the most astounding artifacts not just of the civil war but history in general. What an awesome place.

I'm an Irishman, but I have a fascination for American history, especially the civil war. For some reason I have always felt a strong connection to it since I was a child. I have a video of an old man being interviewed in the 1950s who witnessed the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. He was aged 5 at the time and he remembered being worried about a man who fell from the balcony and hurt his leg. It was of course John Wilks Boothe.

Excellent episode JD! I love Erik’s story! One of my favorite things about this channel is that you and your guests always display such a passion for true history ~anything less is fiction! Well done JD and Erik, well done indeed

I had a friend - Nancy Higgins Wagner - who donated a lot of Civil War Artifacts from her family collection. She said they still had her great-great grandfather's glass eye from that era, but a number of items they donated to a museum. She said the museum closed and she doesn't know where her donated items are now. I'm hoping they are somewhere being seen by all ages, as she really was proud of her family's involvement and the artifacts they provided.