Gettysburg Living History Portrayals performed by The Confederation of Union Generals. Battle of Gettysburg Day 2 with "Maj. Gen. Daniel Sickles", "Gen. George Sears Green", "Lt. Col. William Burr Wooster", and "Marie Tepe" at Daniel Lady Farm in Gettysburg
00:14 - >>THAT
00:14 - MAN NEEDS.
00:17 - AND ARE WARY COMES OFF TALKING
00:19 - ABOUT GETTYSBURG. BUT HERE
00:22 - I AM YOU PROBABLY DON'T KNOW
00:23 - WHO I AM. TO
00:26 - MY FRIENDS. I'M CALLED SICKLES
00:29 - THE INCREDIBLE TO MY FEW
00:31 - DETRACTORS ON KNOWN AS. THE
00:33 - AMERICANS COUNT. BUT TO MY
00:35 - TROOPS AND THE MALIAN 3RD CORPS
00:37 - OF THE ARMY IN POTOMAC, KNOWN
00:39 - AS DOUBLE DAN. YES, GENERAL
00:41 - DAN SICKLES COMMANDER OF THE
00:43 - 3RD CORPS, THE ARMY OF THE
00:44 - POTOMAC.
00:46 - FIGHTING ON THE BATTLE IT
00:48 - GETTYSBURG ON JULY SECOND 1863,
00:51 - AND THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO TALK
00:52 - ABOUT NOW
00:52 - AND THE REASON I'M UPSET RIGHT
00:54 - NOW IS BECAUSE I GOT A PROBLEM
00:55 - WITH THE ARMY AND THAT WHOLE
00:57 - MIX COMMAND GENERAL GEORGE
00:58 - GORDON MEADE YOU PROBABLY
01:00 - ALREADY MET.
01:04 - I HAVE TO SIT DOWN AND TALK
01:05 - ABOUT THIS.
01:08 - I'M
01:08 - DAN SICKLES EILEEN THE PROBABLY
01:11 - THE MOST
01:11 - COLORFUL CAREER OF ANY OF THE
01:14 - GENERALS WHO FOUGHT IN THE WAR
01:15 - OF THE REBELLION. BEFORE
01:17 - THE WAR I WAS A CONGRESSMAN
01:19 - FROM THE GREAT STATE OF NEW
01:20 - YORK. THERE'S ANY TAMMANY HALL
01:23 - WATCHING ME TODAY. THANK YOU
01:25 - VOTE EARLY VOTE OFTEN AS AND
01:27 - SAME TIME. AS A CONGRESSMAN
01:30 - REPRESENTING NEW YORK
01:31 - MANHATTAN. I WAS GOOD FRIENDS
01:33 - WITH PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN
01:35 - AND I LIVED RIGHT ACROSS THE
01:36 - STREET FROM THE WHITE HOUSE.
01:39 - AND ONE DAY IN 1859. A A.
01:44 - A MAN CALLED
01:45 - BARTON KEY. YOU MIGHT RECOGNIZE
01:47 - A LAST NAME KEY
01:49 - BECAUSE BARTON KEY IS THE SON
01:51 - OF FRANCIS SCOTT KEY. THE ROAD
01:54 - OUR AMERICANA.
01:57 - BUT UNFORTUNATELY FOR HIM AND
02:00 - ME.
02:01 - AND HE STARTED TO HAVE AN
02:02 - AFFAIR WITH MY VERY YOUNG WIFE.
02:05 - AND ONE SUNDAY IN 1859.
02:08 - HI. SO A PARDON KEY IN FRONT OF
02:11 - MY HOUSE OF THE IN LAFAYETTE
02:12 - SQUARE. AND HE'S WAITING.
02:15 - THE WHITE HANDKERCHIEF.
02:18 - I RUN DOWN I RUN UPSTAIRS, I
02:19 - GRAB A RIFLE, A PISTOL I
02:21 - COME OUTSIDE ARDEN KEY IS
02:24 - WALKING AWAY. I RUN AFTER HIM,
02:26 - I SAY YOU'VE DECIDED MY FAMILY
02:28 - DISHONORED MY WIFE.
02:31 - RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE WHITE
02:32 - HOUSE, LAFAYETTE SQUARE.
02:35 - AND PUT ON TRIAL. AND AFTER
02:38 - 32 DAY TRIAL,
02:40 - A UNANIMOUS. NOT GUILTY PLEA IS
02:44 - RENDERED IN MY FAVOR.
02:46 - NOT BECAUSE OF A TEMPORARY
02:48 - INSANITY WHICH SOME PEOPLE
02:49 - SAY AHEAD. BUT BECAUSE I WAS
02:51 - JUST DOING WHAT A GOODS A GOOD
02:54 - CONGRESSMAN WOULD DO. IN
02:56 - WASHINGTON CITY. THE SOUTHERN
02:58 - CITY AND I WAS ACQUITTED BY A
03:00 - JURY OF MY PEERS ALL 12 ON
03:03 - MARRIED MEN BECAUSE COULDN'T
03:05 - FIGURE THAT OUT THAT
03:06 - A MARRIED MAN WOULD BE ABLE TO
03:08 - RENDER AN IMPARTIAL JUDGMENT IN
03:10 - THE CASE.
03:11 - FOUND INNOCENT BUT
03:13 - UNFORTUNATELY.
03:14 - I WAS SHONDA AFTER THAT BY
03:17 - CONGRESSMAN BECAUSE I TOOK MY
03:18 - BAT.
03:19 - >>AFTER SHE HAD IT BEEN
03:21 - INVOLVED IN THIS RELATIONSHIP.
03:24 - >>AND DURING THE BEGINNING OF
03:25 - THE WAR. I RAISE THE
03:27 - EXCELSIOR GAME SICKLES
03:29 - EXCELSIOR GAME. THE ONLY WORD
03:31 - GAME OF UNITED STATES AND
03:33 - VOLUNTEERS. EVERY OTHER
03:35 - VOLUNTEER BRIGADE WAS RAISED
03:37 - BY STATE.
03:38 - >>BUT BECAUSE OF HIS FRIENDS
03:39 - WHEN ABRAHAM LINCOLN I WAS ABLE
03:41 - TO RAISE THE BRIGADE
03:42 - OF UNITED STATES VOLUNTEERS.
03:47 - THE PENINSULA CAMPAIGN.
03:50 - FIRST BATTLES. I WAS ONE OF THE
03:52 - GENERALS THEY ACTUALLY GO UP IN
03:54 - A BLUE.
03:56 - TO SEE WHAT THE CONFEDERATES
03:57 - ARE DOING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF
03:59 - THE MIGHTY POTOMAC.
04:00 - I I RAISE EXCELSIOR BRIGADE WE
04:03 - FOUGHT IN AND THE PENINSULA
04:05 - CAMPAIGN.
04:08 - AND I
04:09 - EVENTUALLY BECOME CORPS
04:10 - COMMANDER PRIOR TO THE BATTLE.
04:13 - CHANCELLORSVILLE MAY 1863.
04:16 - AND WHAT HAPPENS IN THE BATTLE
04:17 - OF CHANCELLORSVILLE IT'S GOING
04:19 - TO AFFECT
04:20 - MY DECISION WHEN I ARRIVED HERE
04:23 - AT GETTYSBURG. AN 18 6 JULY
04:26 - 1863 IS AND CHANCELLORSVILLE
04:29 - THE 3RD CORPS. SUFFERS THE MOST
04:31 - BATTLE CASUALTIES IN
04:33 - THAT ENGAGEMENT IN AN
04:35 - ENGAGEMENT I LOSE 2 OF MY 3
04:37 - DIVISION COMMANDERS MORTALLY
04:39 - WOUNDED.
04:42 - I OCCUPY A POSITION CALLED
04:44 - HAZEL GROVE WHICH IS AN
04:46 - EXCELLENT ARTILLERY POSITIONS
04:48 - AND I TELL GENERAL HOOKER WAS
04:50 - ONE OF MY GOOD FRIENDS THAT I
04:51 - SHOULD NOT ABANDON HAZEL GROVE,
04:54 - BECAUSE IT'S A GREAT ARTILLERY
04:55 - POSITIONS. SURE ENOUGH ON
04:57 - MORE WITHDRAW.
04:59 - 32 CONFEDERATE CANNONS THE
05:02 - IMMEDIATELY WE'LL UPON TO HAZEL
05:04 - GROVE AND ENGAGE THE UNION
05:06 - FORCES IN THE CROSSFIRE.
05:08 - THE CHANCELLOR'S MANSION.
05:11 - AND WE HAVE TO WITHDRAW CROSS
05:12 - THE RIVER.
05:14 - BOOKER'S EVENTUALLY RELIEVED OF
05:15 - COMMAND. THERE'S MY GOOD FRIEND
05:17 - AND UNFORTUNATELY, THE
05:19 - COMMANDER OF THE 5TH CORPS, THE
05:20 - ARMY, THE DOME. MAJOR GENERAL
05:23 - GEORGE GORDON MEADE THESE ARE
05:25 - REGULAR ARMY OFFICERS.
05:27 - THE HIGHEST-RANKING VOLUNTEER
05:29 - OFFICER IN THE ARMY OF THE
05:30 - POTOMAC, A VERY CLICKED WRITTEN
05:32 - ORGANIZATION, A COMPOSED OF
05:34 - REGULAR ARMY OFFICERS AND SINCE
05:36 - I AM THE HIGHEST RANKING
05:38 - VOLUNTEER AND GENERAL MEADE
05:41 - DOESN'T LIKE MY
05:41 - PERSONAL HABITS. IS A LITTLE
05:45 - RELUCTANT TO TALK TO ME IN
05:46 - PERSON.
05:47 - SO I ARRIVE ON THE BATTLEFIELD
05:49 - AT GETTYSBURG LATE AT NIGHT ON
05:51 - JULY FIRST 1863. IT'S MY 3RD
05:54 - CORPS WE CAME UP FROM
05:55 - EMMETSBURG THE MARYLAND.
05:58 - WE ARRIVED HERE AROUND 10
05:59 - O'CLOCK AT NIGHT. MY SOLDIERS
06:01 - GOING A BIG WHACK AND I NEED A
06:04 - CEMETERY HILL FOR A QUICK
06:07 - CONFERENCE WITH GENERAL MEADE
06:09 - OTHER HIGH RANKING UNION
06:12 - OFFICERS AND I'M
06:14 - DIRECTED TO PUT MY TROOPS ON
06:15 - THE FAR LEFT FLIGHT.
06:18 - WHERE I TROOPS ARMED PEOPLE ACT
06:20 - UNFORTUNATELY. GENERAL MEAT
06:23 - IS SO
06:24 - CONCERNED ABOUT ACTIONS ON THE
06:26 - RIGHT FLANK AND CULP'S HILL
06:28 - THAT HE PAYS NO ATTENTION TO
06:29 - WHAT'S GOING ON LEFT FLAT.
06:33 - I ASK HIM FOR ORDER SEVERAL
06:34 - TIMES WHERE YOU WANT MY TROOPS
06:36 - TO GO AND HE SAYS OCCUPY
06:38 - THE GROUND OCCUPIED BY GENERAL
06:41 - GEAR.
06:42 - UNFORTUNATELY THAT GENERAL HAD
06:44 - ALREADY LEFT HIS
06:45 - POSITION SOMEWHERE IN THE
06:48 - VICINITY OF A HILL CALLED A
06:51 - LITTLE ROUND TOP. HE WAS ON
06:53 - UP THERE BECAUSE HE HAD TOO
06:54 - MANY TROOPS TO GO UP THAT STEEP
06:56 - MOUNTAIN AND HAVE
06:58 - 5,000 SOLDIERS BEEN WHACKED FOR
07:00 - A FEW HOURS. SO I DIDN'T
07:02 - ACTUALLY KNOW WHERE TO GO.
07:04 - AND I ASKED SEVERAL TIMES MY
07:06 - HEADQUARTERS WAS ONLY 400 YARDS
07:08 - AWAY. FROM GENERAL ME. HE
07:11 - WOULDN'T COME TO VISIT ME.
07:13 - HE SENT HIS SON,
07:14 - A CAPTAIN. TO TELL ME TO OCCUPY
07:17 - THE GROUND OCCUPIED BY
07:19 - GENERAL GEAR. I TOLD HIM THERE
07:20 - WAS NO AROUND KNOCK HIM I'M
07:23 - GOING TO OCCUPY.
07:25 - WHAT I THINK IS THE TERRAIN ON
07:27 - THIS POST VIET
07:28 - IT'S 2 TIMES AS LONG AS ANY
07:30 - OTHER COURT.
07:32 - AND IT'S IN THE WORST DEFENSIVE
07:34 - POSITION THAT YOU COULD
07:35 - POSSIBLY BE HIM IN GETTYSBURG.
07:37 - MOST OF MY CORPS IS IN A SWAMP
07:40 - AND VERY LOW GROUND. LOS GROUND
07:42 - ON THE BATTLEFIELD. YOUR
07:44 - PLUMBER.
07:46 - AND I'M THERE MOST OF THE
07:47 - MORNING AND I'M SENDING YOU
07:49 - REPORTS BACK TO GENERAL MEADE
07:50 - WOULD YOU PLEASE COME AND TELL
07:52 - ME WHERE YOU WANT ME TO COME.
07:55 - I GET NO RESPONSE THE ONLY
07:56 - RESPONSE I GET IS
07:58 - EVERY GENERAL. THANKS AT THE
08:00 - MAIN ATTACK IS GOING TO COMMENT
08:01 - IS FREE. SO HERE
08:03 - I AM IN THE MORNING OF JULY
08:05 - 2ND. AND NOW IN FRONT OF ME.
08:08 - IS THIS VERY PROMINENT TERRAIN
08:11 - FEATURE. PERFECT FOR TILLERY
08:14 - JUST LIKE IN HAZEL GROVE.
08:16 - A MONTH EARLIER. AND
08:18 - I DECIDE SINCE GENERAL NEEDED
08:20 - GIVING YOU COMPLETE LATITUDE
08:22 - THE OCCUPY THE GROUND. THERE'S
08:25 - LONG AS YOU'RE GENERALLY WHERE
08:27 - I THINK YOU WANT I WANT YOU TO
08:28 - BE.
08:30 - AND I'M SITTING THERE AND I'M
08:32 - I'M LOOKING AND I SEND OUT A
08:34 - BRIGADE OF SHARPSHOOTERS.
08:36 - FOR A REGIMENT OF SHARPSHOOTERS
08:38 - SECOND US STRUCTURES THEY
08:40 - GO UP ACROSS THE EMIRATE SPUR
08:42 - ROAD
08:46 - A GROUP OF TREES PICTURES
08:47 - RIGHT. AND LO AND BEHOLD.
08:51 - COLONEL BIRD AND FINDS
08:52 - OUT THAT CONFEDERATE TROOPS ARE
08:54 - MOVING IN FORCE. AROUND TOWARD
08:57 - MY LEFT FLIGHT. AGAIN I TELL
09:00 - GENERAL NEED THAT WE
09:02 - HAVE TROOPS A LARGE NUMBER OF
09:04 - TROOPS ASSEMBLING ON THE LEFT
09:06 - FLAT. WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO
09:07 - IT. AND SINCE I AM GENERAL
09:10 - SICKLES AND. I AM GOING TO MAKE
09:12 - A DECISION IN THE ABSENCE OF
09:14 - ANY OTHER ORDERS. I MOVE MY MEN
09:17 - FORWARD.
09:20 - EVENTUALLY BECOME A COMMON
09:21 - CONTROVERSIAL LOCATIONS.
09:23 - I MOVE MY MAN OUT TO WHAT'S
09:25 - CALLED THE PEACH ORCHARD ALONG
09:27 - THE EMMETSBURG ROAD
09:28 - AND OFF TO MY FRONT AND MOVING
09:31 - ACROSS TO MY LEFT FLANK.
09:33 - OR THOUSANDS OF CONFEDERATE
09:35 - SOLDIERS ACCOMPANIED BY
09:37 - ARTILLERY.
09:39 - AND I DISRUPT WHAT TURNS OUT TO
09:41 - BE GENERALLY INTERNAL LONG
09:43 - STREETS PLAN OF ATTACK FOR JULY
09:45 - 2ND. THEY WERE GOING TO COME UP
09:47 - THE EMMETSBURG ROAD.
09:50 - BUT ALL OF A SUDDEN 10,000 GOOD
09:52 - SOLDIERS FROM THE DIAMOND CORE,
09:54 - THE 3RD QUARTER, THE ARMY
09:55 - FILMMAKER OUT. ON THAT
09:57 - POSITION.
10:00 - GENERAL LONG STREET IS
10:01 - IMMEDIATELY PUT OFF HE DOESN'T
10:03 - WANT TO COME CREE MAKE AN
10:04 - ATTACK AT ALL. THE TROOPS ARE
10:07 - OUT THERE AND AROUND 4 O'CLOCK
10:09 - IN THE AFTERNOON. A
10:11 - GENERAL ME FINALLY DECIDES HE'S
10:13 - GOING TO COME OUT AND LOOK AT
10:14 - MY POSITION. IT ALREADY SENT
10:17 - GENERAL HENRY HUNT OUT THERE.
10:19 - AS STAN GOT A VERY GOOD STAFF
10:21 - OFFICER I MIGHT ADD.
10:23 - AND HE SAID IT WAS A GOOD
10:24 - POSITION FOR TORY HE SOUGHT I
10:26 - DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH TROOPS.
10:27 - I THOUGHT I'D GET SOME OCCUPY
10:30 - MISS THIS.
10:34 - LONG EMMETSBURG ROAD.
10:37 - FUNDERS ARTILLERY ENGAGEMENT
10:39 - STARTS ABOUT FOR 15 WHILE
10:41 - GENERAL MEAT IS OUT AS JONEE DO
10:43 - YOU WANT ME TO WITHDRAW.
10:45 - HE SAYS NOW IT'S TOO LATE.
10:47 - THE BATTLE STARTED LIKE WHERE
10:49 - YOU ARE. AT THAT MOMENT.
10:51 - A SHELL GOES OVER THE HEAD OF
10:53 - OF A SUDDEN EXPLODES GENERAL
10:56 - MEAT IS RIDING A BORROWED
10:58 - HORSE, THE HORSES SPOKED AND
11:01 - RUNS TOWARD THE CONFEDERATE
11:02 - LINES.
11:03 - TROOPS FROM THE 3RD QUARTER OUT
11:05 - A HORSE AND BRING GENERAL ME
11:07 - BACK AND I WONDER
11:10 - WHAT HAPPENED IF THAT HORSE AND
11:12 - KEPT GOING. WOULD HAVE BEEN
11:14 - BETTER FROM A PROBLEM. SO I
11:16 - HAVE THIS FIGHT GOING ON
11:18 - A THUNDEROUS ARTILLERY BRIGADE
11:20 - A BOMBARDMENT, THE CONFEDERATES
11:22 - ON THE OTHER SIDE FOR THE
11:24 - ARTILLERY.
11:26 - ATTACK ON JULY SECOND WAS
11:28 - WORSE. THE NEW YORK HILLARY
11:30 - AND ANTIETAM THE PREVIOUS
11:32 - SEPTEMBER.
11:35 - MOST OF THE LONG-RANGE
11:36 - AMMUNITION AND REMEMBER IN THE
11:39 - IN THE CIVIL WAR.
11:41 - ARTILLERY WAS VERY GOOD AT
11:42 - CLOSE RANGE. I'M NOT SO GOOD AT
11:44 - FORWARD AT 4 DISTANCES. AND
11:47 - BECAUSE I'M ON THE FENCE.
11:49 - MY CANON ARE ABLE TO ENGAGE THE
11:51 - CONFEDERATES QUITE SUCCESSFUL.
11:53 - THE MANY CASUALTIES. I FORCE
11:56 - THE COUNTRY THE CONFEDERATES
11:58 - TOO TOTALLY ABANDON THEIR PLAN
12:00 - OF ATTACK OF SPUR ROAD.
12:02 - THE GOODS DIVISION OF OF
12:04 - LONGSTREET SCORE AND UP
12:06 - THE VERGING OFF TOWARD WHAT'S
12:08 - CALLED UP A HILL CALLED LITTLE
12:10 - ROUND TOP THERE'S NO TROOPS
12:12 - UP THERE BECAUSE IT'S NOT A
12:13 - VERY GOOD. A POSITION EXCEPT
12:16 - FOR SINGLE MEN WHO ARE UP THERE
12:18 - THAT AT THAT MOMENT.
12:22 - AS LONG AN ATTACK.
12:26 - AND EVENTUALLY FORCED BACK.
12:29 - AND THE
12:29 - PEACH ORCHARD BY CREW MARCH
12:33 - SALES, CONFEDERATE PER GAME WHO
12:35 - HITS THE CORNER OF THE SALE.
12:38 - FORCES MY MEN BACK. THEY'RE
12:41 - GOING TO TALK TO MARY TEMPTING
12:42 - AND THE VAN DE OF THE 114
12:45 - PENNSYLVANIA. THE CALL LOVES
12:47 - WHO IS ACTUALLY AT. THAT'S
12:50 - ALIEN ANGLE ABOUT 6 O'CLOCK ON
12:52 - JULY 2ND.
12:54 - 1863. MY HEADQUARTERS IS JUST
12:57 - BELOW THAT THE PEACH ORCHARD AT
12:59 - A PLACE CALLED THAT ROSS AND
13:00 - FARM. AND AS MY SOLDIERS
13:03 - ARE GAUGING THE CONFEDERATES
13:06 - I'M ON MY HORSE, I'M GOING TO
13:07 - GO UP TO THE FRONT LINE, I'M
13:09 - STANDING NEAR THE BARN AT THAT
13:11 - ROSS, A FARM.
13:15 - WHISTLES OVER MY HEAD
13:16 - OF MY EXCELSIOR BRIGADE
13:18 - AND JUST CLIPS MY RIGHT LEG.
13:22 - THE CHEDDAR'S OLD BONES IN IT A
13:25 - FALL OFF
13:25 - MY HORSE AND A SOLDIER PASSING
13:28 - BY SEES ME ON THE GROUND
13:32 - THAT TAKES A KNAPSACK
13:33 - STRAW POLL. THEY PUT IT AROUND
13:35 - MY UPPER RIGHT THIGH AND STOPS
13:37 - ME FROM LEADING THAT.
13:39 - THE CANNON BALL HAD HIT ME SO
13:42 - LIGHTLY THAT MY COURSE I DIDN'T
13:44 - EVEN MOVE WHEN I
13:45 - WAS HIT AND I JUST REELED IN
13:47 - AND FELL OFF THE SET.
13:52 - STRAP A WALL ALONG
13:54 - MY LEG. CASEY FROM BLEEDING
13:56 - TO DEATH. BUT THE WORD
13:58 - SPREADS THAT A MORTALLY WOUNDED
14:00 - THE GENERAL SICKLES DEBT AND I
14:02 - DON'T WANT MY SOLDIERS TO THINK
14:04 - THAT THAT THE THE HEART
14:06 - OF THE 3RD CORPS HAS BEEN TORN
14:08 - ASUNDER FROM THEM.
14:11 - AND PUT ON A STRETCHER AND HAS
14:12 - BEEN PUT ON THAT STRETCHER.
14:14 - I ASKED MY SENIOR AIDE TO GIVE
14:16 - ME A A CIGAR.
14:21 - AND I START SMOKING WHILE MOM
14:24 - STRETCHER WHAT MY SOLDIERS KNOW
14:26 - THAT I'M NOT DEAD.
14:29 - SO I GET CARRIED OFF THE FIELD
14:32 - MY LEG IS
14:33 - QUICKLY AMPUTATED AS A RESULT
14:35 - OF THE SECOND DAY'S BAT.
14:38 - OVER THERE IN THE PEACH ORCHARD
14:41 - THE WEAK FIELD DEVILS
14:42 - DAN I COMPLETELY DEMORALIZED.
14:46 - LIEUTENANT GENERAL LONG STREET
14:48 - THE DOESN'T WANT TO DO ANYTHING
14:49 - HE DOESN'T WANT TO ATTACK THE
14:51 - UNION ARMY ANYMORE WHICH
14:53 - WILL PROBABLY PLAY INTO THE
14:55 - HANDS OF GENERAL MEADE
14:57 - IF WE HAVE A BATTLE ON JULY 30
15:00 - TEEN 63.
15:04 - MY NAME IS BRIGADIER GENERAL
15:06 - GEORGE SEARS GREENS ACCORDING
15:08 - TO LEAVE BEING THE OLDEST
15:10 - BATTLEFIELD COMMANDER OF THE
15:12 - UNION ARMY BEING WELL IN THE
15:14 - WHITE 60 DURING THE BATTLE OF
15:16 - GETTYSBURG.
15:18 - I WAS ORIGINALLY BORN AND OPERA
15:20 - NOG RHODE ISLAND AND THEY KEEP
15:23 - ON IT.
15:33 - YOU ARE CAUGHT 17 OR 18 '07.
15:38 - IT'S ALL UP IN OUR 08:00AM
15:40 - FROM.
15:49 - I DIDN'T BUY GOODS STORE IN NEW
15:51 - YORK CITY ON MY OWN WHERE I MET
15:54 - SYLVANIA.
15:56 - ACTUALLY MAJOR
15:57 - SYLVANIA FAIR THE
15:59 - SUPERINTENDENT OF WEST POINT
16:01 - THEY GOT ME INTO.
16:06 - >>AND NOT
16:08 - 1819.
16:09 - >>GRADUATED SECOND IN MY CLASS
16:11 - OF 35 IN 23.
16:16 - THEY KEPT ME ON BECAUSE THERE'S
16:18 - SUCH
16:18 - A GOOD MATHEMATICIAN AND
16:21 - ENGINEER AND I ENDED UP
16:22 - TEACHING BOBBY LEE AS WE
16:24 - LEARNED A COLUMN.
16:32 - I GOT TIRED OF
16:33 - THE PEACETIME ARMY AFTER THE
16:36 - DEATH OF MY FAMILY'S ATTORNEY A
16:38 - FOR STANLEY NEWS PORT MAINE.
16:41 - I GOT OUT OF THE ARMY AND GOT
16:43 - INTO ENGINEERING.
16:46 - GOT INTO RAILROADING.
16:52 - THE RAILROADS
16:53 - AQUA DOTS
16:54 - AND MY PROJECT WAS WORKING ON
16:58 - THE CROTON AQUA DUCK AND
17:01 - RESERVOIR IN WHAT BECAME A.
17:04 - CENTRAL PARK.
17:06 - AND THE HIGH THE HIGH BRIDGE
17:09 - AQUA OVER THE HARLEM RIVER.
17:13 - AND WHEN THAT WAS PRETTY MUCH
17:15 - COMPLETED.
17:18 - PRESIDENT LINCOLN ASKED FOR
17:19 - MORE VOLUNTEERS WE HAD THE WAR.
17:22 - I COULDN'T STAY AWAY.
17:24 - AFTER THE DEATH OF MY FAMILY
17:26 - HAD NOTHING ELSE GOING ON.
17:28 - >>SO I ENDED JOINING THE
17:31 - 6 WELL OFFERED THIS 60TH NEW
17:35 - YORK.
17:38 - >>BEING OLD. THEY THOUGHT I WAS
17:40 - A LITTLE TOO OLD
17:42 - >>I KNOW HOW TO HANDLE SAND
17:45 - HOGS AND STUFF
17:47 - DURING MY ENGINEERING WORKING
17:49 - ON THE RESERVOIR AND SUCH THEY
17:54 - MY RESPECT AS THEY.
17:57 - GOT MY RESPECT.
18:04 - TO MAKE SO MANY ESTIMATES
18:05 - FIGHTING EACH OTHER, BUT WITH
18:07 - THEM WOULD DRILL I WHIP THEM
18:09 - INTO SHAPE AND IT
18:14 - FIRST BATTLE WAS CEDAR
18:16 - MOUNTAIN. THEN IT
18:19 - DID A GOOD
18:20 - JOB AT THE ATTICS AND THEN A
18:22 - CHANCE WAS VILLE.
18:26 - THEN NOW WE HAVE SO-CALLED
18:28 - GETTYSBURG CAMPAIGN. SECOND DAY
18:31 - WE ARRIVE EARLY IN THE MORNING.
18:34 - AND
18:35 - AFTER SEEING AND HEARING WHAT
18:37 - HAPPENED TO THE FIRST AN 11TH
18:38 - CORPS.
18:40 - AT FIRST LIGHT I COULD NOT YET.
18:43 - I STARTED BILLING BREAST WORKS
18:45 - AND CHOP DOWN TREES HEADLINES.
18:48 - WE DID THE WHOLE THING
18:50 - AND GOT VARIOUS FROM DEFENSIVE.
18:55 - I KNEW HOW TO WORK FOR MY
18:58 - THAT WOULD SAVE LIVES. I DIDN'T
19:00 - WANT MY BOYS ROUTED LIKE THE
19:01 - FIRST IN 11 HAPPENED.
19:06 - GENERAL SURGERY AND DEBT
19:09 - GARY
19:10 - WE'RE NOT PLEASED WITH THAT BUT
19:12 - THEY DIDN'T SAY DON'T DO IT.
19:16 - >>THE GUYS
19:16 - USUALLY BUILD DEFENSES AND THEN
19:19 - AS SOON AS YOU BUILD THEM,
19:20 - YOU'RE GONE YOU'RE MOVE
19:21 - ELSEWHERE. BUT.
19:24 - AND THE KERRY.
19:31 - >>EVERYBODY GOT TOOK THEIR MIND
19:34 - OFF WHAT WAS COMING.
19:36 - BILLS VERY GOOD
19:38 - DEFENSES HOWEVER, AND LATER IN
19:40 - THE DAY WITH THE 3RD CORPS
19:43 - INTERESTING.
19:45 - POSITIONING THAT SCARED GENERAL
19:47 - MEADE SO MUCH THAT HE WAS
19:50 - PULLING.
19:50 - >>ALL OF US FROM ALL OVER YOU.
19:53 - >>THEY DECIDED TO PULL THE
19:54 - ENTIRE 12 CORE.
19:57 - OUT WHERE I WAS
20:02 - THE SECOND BRIGADE.
20:05 - WHICH GENERAL SAID WORKED.
20:08 - HE CONVINCED GENERAL ME TO DO
20:11 - AT LEAST LEE ONE. THE UNIT
20:14 - WHICH HAPPEN TO BE MY UNIT.
20:18 - I KNEW THAT WAS A RISKY SAYING,
20:19 - BUT WHAT CAN YOU DO USE.
20:21 - THE GENERALS, THE GENERALS.
20:24 - SO AS THERE WAS AN
20:25 - ALLEGHENY JOHNSON, HE GOT WIND
20:28 - OF WHAT WAS GOING ON PLUS HE
20:29 - WAS SUPPOSED TO COORDINATE WITH
20:31 - LONG STREET.
20:32 - >>AND LATER IN THE AFTERNOON.
20:34 - THAT'S RIGHT HE DECIDED TO
20:36 - ATTACK.
20:41 - >>KIND OF
20:41 - REALLY HAD A 1300 MAN VERSUS
20:44 - 5,000 OF THEM.
20:47 - NOW AS I HAD TO CALL FOR 1ST
20:49 - QUARTER 11 CAR BOMB. PEOPLE
20:53 - THAT COME OVER TO HELP OUT
20:57 - WAS ABLE TO GET AN EXTRA
20:59 - 750 MAN
21:01 - WHERE I WAS ABLE ROTATE.
21:05 - MY RANKS IN AND OUT CLEAN YOUR
21:07 - WEAPONS
21:09 - NUTRITION AND AMMUNITIONS AND
21:11 - THEN BACK
21:12 - AND FORTH THEY'RE ABLE TO KEEP
21:15 - SESH OF OURSELVES FOR QUITE A
21:17 - WHILE UNTIL IT GOT PRETTY DARK.
21:20 - BECAUSE WHEN 9 GENERAL GEARY
21:22 - AND THE REST OF THE 12 CAME
21:24 - BACK AND GOT THE ART.
21:26 - COULD WE SEE EACH OTHER IT IS
21:28 - FIGHTING AT FIRING AT
21:30 - THE FLASHES THROUGH THE TREES.
21:33 - BUT THERE'S SO
21:36 - DEATH.
21:38 - FRIENDLY FIRE AND NOW ONE MAN,
21:41 - THE 12 WALKING IN NEW THEY'RE
21:43 - ALL DEFENSES NOW.
21:45 - OCCUPIED BY
21:47 - JOHNSON'S MA'AM. WE SPENT THE
21:49 - NIGHT WAITING FOR LIGHT SO WE
21:51 - GET THE SESSION OF OUR
21:52 - TRENCHES.
21:56 - AND THAT'S WHERE WE ENDED AT
21:59 - THE NIGHT OF THE SECOND DAY.
22:03 - >>AND I DO MY NAME IS WILLIAM
22:05 - BURR WORCESTER AND I'M SERVING
22:07 - AS A LIEUTENANT COLONEL, THE
22:08 - COMMANDING THE 20TH CONNECTICUT
22:10 - REGIMENT WE'RE PART OF THE
22:12 - FIRST BRIGADE OF THE FIRST
22:14 - DIVISION OF THE 12TH ARMY
22:15 - CORPS.
22:16 - AND AFTER SEVERAL WEEKS
22:18 - IN CAMP TOWN OF FALMOUTH
22:19 - VIRGINIA FOLLOWING THE BATTLE
22:21 - OF CHANCELLORSVILLE WE AS PART
22:24 - OF THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC
22:25 - MARCH NORTHWARD. TOWARD A
22:27 - FATEFUL RHONDA WHO WOULD
22:28 - CONFEDERATES HERE IN GETTYSBURG
22:30 - BY JUNE 27 WE HAD REACHED THE
22:33 - THE TOWN OF FREDERICK MARYLAND,
22:35 - WHICH IS ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTH
22:36 - OF HERE AND ON THE 28TH WE
22:39 - LEARNED THAT WE HAD A NEW ARMY
22:40 - COMMANDER BY THE NAME OF GEORGE
22:42 - GORDON MEADE
22:43 - AND AT THAT POINT THEIR ORDERS
22:44 - WERE ISSUED FOR THE ARMY TO
22:46 - SPREAD OUT ACROSS CENTRAL
22:47 - MARYLAND. THAT MOVE NORTHWARD
22:49 - CONTINUING TO WATCH FOR THE
22:50 - CONFEDERATES.
22:52 - BY THE MORNING OF JULY ONE THAT
22:54 - WALKER
22:54 - HAD REACHED A LITTLE TOWN
22:56 - PENNSYLVANIA WHICH IS ABOUT 12
22:58 - MILES SOUTH OF HERE. AND AT
23:00 - THAT POINT. WE RECEIVED ORDERS
23:02 - TO MOVE NORTH TOWARD GETTYSBURG
23:04 - BECAUSE THE BATTLE HAD BEEN
23:06 - UNDER WAY. BY
23:08 - MID-AFTERNOON OWN.
23:09 - THE CORPS HAD REACHED THE
23:11 - VILLAGE OF 2 TAVERNS ABOUT 5
23:12 - MILES SOUTH OF HERE WHERE WE
23:14 - STOPPED TO REST. BUT AT THAT
23:16 - POINT WE COULD NOW HERE THE
23:18 - NOISE IN THE DISTANCE
23:20 - INDICATING THAT THE BATTLE WAS
23:22 - UNFOLDING.
23:23 - THEY RESUMED OUR MARCH BUT BY
23:25 - THIS TIME OF COURSE THE
23:27 - A JOCULAR THE AND THE BANTER
23:29 - AMONG THE MAN HAD SILENCED.
23:31 - THERE WAS A GRIM LOOK ABOUT
23:32 - THEM AND AS WE MARCHED UP THE
23:33 - BALTIMORE PIKE.
23:36 - INTO THE DARK WE RE BREACHED
23:37 - THE SOUTHERN END OF THE TOWN
23:39 - AND WE'RE ORDER TO MOVE TO THE
23:41 - RIGHT ON TO A HILL KNOWN
23:42 - LOCALLY AS THE HOPE SO
23:45 - THE TAKE UP A POSITION ON AND
23:47 - ON THAT HILL EXTENDING THE
23:48 - DEFENSIVE LINE. THE CREST OF
23:51 - HOPE SO AND WE TOUCH THE LEFT
23:53 - I'M SORRY THE RIGHT HAND OF THE
23:55 - FIRST
23:56 - ARMY CORPS, THE EXTENDED OUR
23:58 - LINE DOWN INTO A SWELL BETWEEN
24:00 - THE 2 HILLS OF HOPE SO IT'S
24:02 - REALLY TO HILLS
24:03 - AND THEN THE CROSS THAT TOP OF
24:05 - THE LITTLE HILL AND DOWN INTO A
24:06 - VALLEY TO A STREAM ON OUR RIGHT
24:08 - SO WE WERE AT THE RIGHT END OF
24:10 - THE LINE.
24:11 - WE SPENT THE NIGHT IN THE
24:12 - MORNING OF JULY TO PERFECTING
24:13 - OUR THE FENCE WITH DEFENSIVE
24:15 - WORKS AROUND THAT AREA.
24:17 - AND THEN SAT AND WAITED TO SEE
24:19 - WHAT WOULD HAPPEN.
24:21 - LATE IN THE AFTERNOON WE
24:22 - RECEIVED ORDERS TO MOVE TO THE
24:24 - LEFT.
24:25 - IN SUPPORT OF THE 3RD CORPS
24:27 - WHICH APPARENTLY HAD MOVED OUT
24:28 - OF POSITION. SO WE MARCHED OFF
24:31 - THE HILL AGAIN DOWN TO
24:32 - BALTIMORE. PIKE A WAYS ACROSS
24:35 - A CROSSROADS TO ANOTHER
24:37 - ROAD AND UP ON TO A RIDGE LATER
24:40 - LEARNS CALLED CEMETERY RIDGE
24:42 - AND DOWN INTO A WOOD LINE IN
24:44 - THE LOW GROUND. THE BY THIS
24:45 - TIME IT WAS DARK AND
24:47 - WE SAW NO ACTION AT THAT POINT
24:49 - APPARENTLY THE CONFEDERATES HAD
24:50 - PULLED BACK. SO WE
24:51 - WERE ORDERED TO RETURN TO COPE
24:53 - SO WHICH WE DID.
24:56 - AND ARRIVING BACK THERE AROUND
24:57 - 00:03AM IN THE MORNING. WE
24:58 - DISCOVERED IN OUR ABSENCE
25:00 - THAT CONFEDERATES HAD ATTACKED
25:02 - COPS HILL IN NEARLY OVERRUN THE
25:04 - ENTIRE HILL BUT FOR THE FACT
25:05 - THAT GENERAL GREENE HAD A
25:07 - BRIGADE OF STAUNCH.
25:09 - LOYAL UNION MEN UP THERE ON TOP
25:11 - OF THE HILL, I MANAGED TO HANG
25:12 - ON THROUGH THE NIGHT.
25:14 - WE LAUNCHED AN ATTACK
25:15 - AROUND 04:00AM AGAINST THE
25:17 - CONFEDERATE NOW ENTRENCHED IN
25:19 - MUCH OF THE HILL.
25:21 - AND IN DOING SO THE 20TH
25:22 - CONNECTICUT WAS ORDER TO MOVE
25:24 - FORWARD OFF THE BALTIMORE PIKE
25:26 - TO GET AS CLOSE AS POSSIBLE TO
25:27 - THE CONFEDERATES AND THEN CALL
25:30 - IN THE ARTILLERY OVER OUR
25:31 - HEADS. THE STRIKE THE U
25:33 - CONFEDERATES IN FRONT OF US
25:35 - AND AS FAR AS I CAN DETERMINE
25:37 - THIS MAY BE THE FIRST TIME
25:38 - THAT INFANTRY WAS USED AS
25:41 - FORWARD ARTILLERY OBSERVERS.
25:44 - UNFORTUNATELY, AT LEAST ONE OF
25:46 - THE CANNONS UP THERE ON THE
25:47 - HILL BEHIND US. DID NOT HAVE A
25:49 - PROPER AIM AND SEVERAL SHELLS
25:52 - FELL AMONG MY
25:53 - OWN MEN AND FINALLY WON ONE OF
25:55 - MY MAN HAD AN ARM BLOWN OFF AND
25:57 - ANOTHER ONE SO BADLY MANGLED
25:59 - THAT HIS ARM HAD TO BE
26:00 - AMPUTATED.
26:02 - I SENT A NOTE BACK TO THE
26:03 - GUNNERS BEHIND ME ON THAT HILL
26:05 - AND I TOLD THEM IN NO UNCERTAIN
26:06 - TERMS THAT IF THEY DID NOT
26:08 - ABOUT FEAR IF THEY DID NOT
26:10 - CORRECT THEIR AIM THAT I WOULD
26:11 - ABOUT-FACE MY MAN AND ATTACKED
26:13 - THEM. AS YOU
26:15 - MIGHT EXPECT THE AIM WAS
26:17 - CORRECTED AND THE ARTILLERY
26:18 - CONTINUED TO BOMBARD THE
26:20 - CONFEDERATES IN FRONT OF US
26:21 - AND EVENTUALLY THE REST OF THE
26:23 - BRIGADE JOINED ME AND MY
26:24 - REGIMENT AND WE ADVANCED ACROSS
26:26 - A SWAP IN FRONT OF US TO STRIKE
26:29 - THE CONFEDERATES ALONG WITH THE
26:30 - REST OF THE COUP OR ON OUR LEFT
26:33 - AND OUR RIGHT. THE FIGHT WENT
26:35 - ON ALL TOGETHER FOR ABOUT
26:36 - 8 HOURS. THE BY NOONTIME
26:38 - CONFEDERATES HAD BEEN PUSHED
26:40 - OFF THE HILL ONCE AND FOR ALL
26:42 - AND WAS ONCE AGAIN SECURELY IN
26:44 - UNION HANDS, THE THINKING THAT
26:47 - THAT WOULD BE THE END OF IT.
26:49 - WE SUDDENLY RECEIVED ORDERS TO
26:51 - MOVE TO THE LEFT AGAIN.
26:53 - AND THIS TIME I BRIGADE WAS
26:54 - MOVED TO THE LEFT AND PLACED
26:56 - ACROSS THE ROAD FROM GENERAL
26:58 - MEIGS HEADQUARTERS IN
26:59 - PREPARATION FOR WHAT WAS DURING
27:01 - THE HIM TO BE. AN ATTACK ON THE
27:03 - CENTER OF THE LINE WHICH WE
27:05 - HAVE SINCE INDEED DID HAPPEN.
27:08 - SO AFTER THE ATTACK ON A CENTER
27:10 - OF THE UNION LINE
27:11 - WHICH HELD AND OUR SERVICES
27:13 - WERE NOT NEEDED UP THERE.
27:15 - WE WERE ORDERED TO RETURN TO
27:16 - COPE SO TO ONCE AGAIN HELP
27:18 - STABILIZE THAT LINE. WE
27:20 - DID SO THE NOW THAT THE BATTLE
27:22 - IS OVER I HAVE AN UNFORTUNATE
27:24 - DUTY AS A COLONEL OF THE
27:25 - REGIMENT. THE SENSE, I'M
27:27 - LETTERS HOME. SADLY, I LOST 5
27:30 - OF MY MEN IN THIS FIGHT AND
27:31 - ANOTHER 28 WERE WOUNDED.
27:33 - SO I WILL HAVE TO SIT DOWN AT
27:35 - MY DESK NOW AND WRITE LETTERS
27:37 - TO THOSE FAMILIES AND
27:38 - UNFORTUNATELY TELL THEM WHAT
27:40 - HAPPENED TO THEIR SONS OF THEIR
27:41 - BROTHERS OR THEIR FATHERS, THE
27:43 - WRONG CALLS. ONE OF THE
27:45 - HARDEST DUTIES. I HAVE IN THIS
27:46 - ENTIRE WAR.
27:48 - SO IF YOU'LL FORGIVE ME I NEED
27:50 - TO MOVE ON. THANK YOU.
27:55 - >>MY NAME IS MARIE TAPPING
27:57 - THAT ARE KNOWN AS FRENCH MARY
27:59 - AND I'M AM ALONG THE A AND THE
28:01 - 100 14TH, A
28:02 - PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEER IN
28:04 - COUNTRIES OR CALL US
28:06 - WALKS THEY'VE ALONG THE A IS A
28:08 - FRENCH WORD MEETING
28:09 - CANTEEN GIRL AND THEY WERE
28:11 - ALWAYS A PART OF THE ZOO ALL OF
28:13 - YOU KNOW UNIT THEY ALTERNATELY
28:16 - FOUGHT WITH THE MAN
28:17 - AND CARED FOR THEIR NEEDS AND
28:19 - IT WAS NOT UNUSUAL.
28:21 - FOR A WOMAN TO JOIN
28:23 - AS A BECAUSE THEY WERE
28:26 - ASSOCIATED WITH THE FRENCH
28:27 - MILITARY SINCE THE 1700'S BY
28:30 - DUTIES OR. HELP
28:33 - THEM AND WITH WHATEVER WAY THAT
28:35 - I BUT BASICALLY I HELPING THE
28:38 - SURGEONS AND ALSO OFF
28:40 - OCCASIONALLY FIGHTING WITH
28:42 - THEM. SO I HAVE A 44 REMINGTON
28:45 - WHICH I USE I WAS I'M TOLD THAT
28:47 - I'M A PRETTY GOOD JOB. AND
28:49 - THIS IS WHISKEY BARREL. IT IS
28:51 - FILLED WITH WHISKEY I WOULD
28:53 - TAKE THAT OUT ON THE
28:53 - BATTLEFIELD WITH ME
28:55 - AS WELL AS ALL THE CANTEENS
28:57 - THAT I COULD GATHER.
29:00 - I WAS I AND I WAS I ENLISTED
29:02 - IN 1861 BY A YOUNG LAWYER NAMED
29:05 - A CHART CARL'S CHUCK CALL US
29:07 - THAT WANTED TO
29:09 - GET TOGETHER A ZOO OF UNIT AND
29:10 - HE WANTED TO BE AS AUTHENTIC AS
29:12 - POSSIBLE. SO OF COURSE HE
29:14 - NEEDED OF AVANDIA WHICH WAS
29:16 - MYSELF AND AS YOU CAN SEE I MY
29:19 - UNIFORM IS MODELED AFTER MY
29:22 - REGIMENT, THIS IS NOT STANDARD.
29:25 - >>CLEARLY A WOMAN I'M NOT
29:26 - DISGUISING WHY GENDER.
29:29 - AND SO THAT AND THAT IS WHAT
29:31 - THE VAN THE A'S STARTING
29:35 - THE FIRST TIME WE
29:36 - EVER SAW THE BATTLE WAS
29:38 - IN FREDERICKSBURG I MENTION
29:41 - THAT BECAUSE THAT WAS WHERE I
29:42 - WAS WOUNDED AND THAT'S WHERE I
29:44 - FIRST STARTED SETTING UP THE
29:45 - HOSPITAL CHANCE AND THAT KIND
29:47 - OF SET THE TONE FOR THE REST OF
29:49 - MY CAREER IN THE MILITARY.
29:52 - AS FAR AS GETTYSBURG WE WERE
29:54 - CAMPED OUT OUTSIDE OF THE M
29:56 - IT'S BURNED WE WERE TOLD THAT
29:59 - THERE WAS A BATTLE TO THE NORTH
30:00 - AND WE NEED TO GET THERE AS
30:02 - SOON AS WE COULD. SO WE WROTE
30:03 - ON CAMP AND WE
30:05 - STARTED UP IT WAS UP THE ROAD
30:08 - WAS JUST AN ABSOLUTE QUAGMIRE
30:10 - IS IT
30:10 - HAD RAINED AND WE WERE RUNNING
30:12 - INTO CIVILIANS COMING WITH
30:14 - THEIR WAGONS AND EVERYTHING
30:15 - THEY COULD CARRY AND THEY WERE
30:17 - HEADING SOUTH AND WE'RE GOING
30:19 - NORTH. MANY TIMES THAT THE
30:21 - DOUBLE QUICK WE FINALLY ARRIVED
30:24 - AT THE PEACH ORCHARD MADE A
30:26 - RIGHT AND WENT DOWN AND THEN
30:28 - WHACKED ON CEMETERY RIDGE,
30:30 - THE NEXT MORNING ON JULY THE
30:31 - SECOND WE WERE
30:32 - AROUSED EARLY AND WE WAITED
30:35 - HAVE OUR BREAKFAST AND THEN WE
30:37 - WERE TOLD TO MOVE
30:38 - UP TOWARDS LITTLE ROUND TOP TO
30:41 - BOTTOM LITTLE ROUND TOP AND
30:43 - THAT'S WHERE WE WERE AND ARE
30:45 - THE CORPS COMMANDER
30:46 - GENERAL SICKLES LOOKED AT THE
30:48 - GROUND AND HE'S DECIDED ON HIS
30:51 - OWN THAT HE DID NOT LIKE THAT
30:52 - GROUND AND HE WANTED TO MOVE
30:54 - HIS MAN UP
30:55 - FORWARD THUS BREAKING THE LINE
30:58 - AND LEAVING SERIOUS HOLES IN
31:00 - BOTH THE RIGHT AND THE LEFT.
31:02 - I WAS TOLD COLONEL CUB ARE
31:04 - ABOUT TO PLEASE SET UP THE
31:06 - HOSPITAL TENTS. AT THE BOTTOM
31:08 - OF LITTLE ROUND TOP 4. I
31:09 - ASSISTED THE SURGEONS.
31:12 - AND AS THE THE BATTLESTAR
31:13 - GETTING WORSE AND WORSE IT WAS
31:15 - ABOUT 3 O'CLOCK THEY REALLY
31:17 - REALLY HIT. IN MY UNIT, MY
31:19 - LITTLE
31:20 - 104 TEENS THAT ARE SO BRAVE
31:23 - THEY WERE PLACED IN THE HOTTEST
31:25 - POSSIBLE PLACE FOR FIGHTING
31:26 - RIGHT UP BY THE THE SHERIFF HE
31:28 - FORM AND THEY WERE JUST
31:30 - MANGLED. IN THOSE MEN DID
31:33 - EVERYTHING THEY COULD AT THE
31:34 - FRONTLINE TO MAIM AND KILL EACH
31:37 - OTHER AND THEN THEY SENT THEM
31:38 - BACK TO ME AND THE SURGEONS TO
31:41 - TRY TO HELP THEM SAVE
31:43 - THEIR LIFE AND
31:44 - IT WAS A HORRIBLE DAY, BUT I
31:47 - WAS TOLD THEM TO MOVE
31:48 - THE HOSPITAL TENTS AROUND TO
31:50 - THE FACT OF LITTLE ROUND TOP BY
31:53 - ROCK CREEK.
31:54 - SO WE COULD HAVE WATER AND IT
31:56 - WAS ALL A LOT SAFER BACK THERE.
31:58 - AND THEN THEY STARTED BRINGING
32:00 - THE WOUNDED IN THOUSANDS,
32:02 - THOUSANDS MY LITTLE REGIMENT
32:03 - WAS WAS THAT IS A VERY FIERCE
32:06 - AND THEY HELD THEIR GROUND.
32:08 - BUT THEY WERE JUST MAULED BY BY
32:10 - THE CONFEDERATES AND NOT
32:12 - ACTUALLY COLONEL KOVATTO WAS
32:14 - SOME CAPTURED AND DURING THE
32:17 - MANY OF THE WOUNDED SOLDIERS
32:19 - CROWD INTO THE SCHERFF THE BARN
32:21 - AND THE BOURNE CAUGHT FIRE IN
32:23 - ALL IS MEN PERISHED BECAUSE
32:25 - THEY WERE 2 WOUNDED TO
32:27 - COME OUT. IT WAS A
32:29 - HIDEOUS SITE AND BACK IN ROCK
32:32 - CREEK. IT WENT ON FOR
32:34 - ACTUALLY THE SECOND THE 3RD AND
32:36 - 4TH WERE DAYS ON JUST
32:38 - HORROR. THAT NEVER ENDED OF THE
32:41 - MEN COMING IN
32:43 - THEY WERE LAID OUT ALL OVER THE
32:44 - FIELDS WHERE YOU CAN SEE CRYING
32:47 - AND MOANING BEGGING
32:48 - FOR WATER. WE COULDN'T SLEEP AT
32:51 - NIGHT FOR THE CRIES OF THE MEN
32:52 - LOOKING FOR WATER
32:54 - AND THE NEXT DAY, MANY OF THEM
32:56 - HAD DIED. AND WE'RE
32:57 - JUST LEFT ON THE BLOOD SOAKED
33:00 - GROUND WHERE THEY DIED.
33:03 - BUT THEN AFTER THAT WE WERE
33:05 - MOVES TO THE BACK OF THE ANGLE
33:08 - AND THAT'S WHERE WE WERE KEPT
33:09 - IN RESERVE. IN AND THAT'S HOW
33:12 - THAT THAT WENT
33:15 - I STAYED ACTUALLY AFTER THE
33:18 - BATTLE BECAUSE OF AVANDIA NEVER
33:20 - LEAVES HER BOYS
33:21 - AND WE HAD SO MANY WOUNDED AND
33:23 - I STAYED WITH THEM.
33:25 - UNTIL BY MY BOYS WERE WELL
33:28 - ENOUGH THAT I FELT THAT I COULD
33:30 - LEAVE THEM ACTUALLY A ON THIS
33:32 - THE 7TH OF JULY I HAD A PICTURE
33:35 - TAKEN ON ME THAT IS A VERY
33:37 - ICONIC PICTURE AND IT WAS
33:39 - AFTER THAT THEN I WENT AND
33:41 - REJOIN MY REGIMENT. I ENDED UP
33:44 - I WAS WITH MY REGIMENT FOR THE
33:46 - ENTIRE WAR
33:49 - WHEN I WAS KNOWN AS FEARLESS
33:50 - FRENCH MARY. THERE WERE MANY
33:52 - TIMES I WAS IN HARM'S WAY ONE
33:56 - AT CHANCELLORSVILLE MAISCH
33:58 - SKIRTS WERE SHOT ONE BULLET
33:59 - HOLES AND I MIGHT MIGHT
34:01 - CANTEEN WAS SHOT SHATTERED
34:04 - WHILE, I WAS
34:05 - WEARING IT AND THAT'S I WAS
34:07 - STEPS WHEN I AWARDED THE
34:09 - KARNI CROSSING BUT AS I SAID I
34:12 - WAS WITH THE ZOO WAS FOR THE
34:14 - ENTIRE WAR. AND WHEN THEY WHEN
34:17 - I MUST ABOUT AND THE END OF MAY
34:19 - OF 1865.