Confederate Train & the Medal of Honor | History Traveler Episode 94

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Imagine, apart from the cut and dried historical facts, the stories that The General could tell? Unfortunately, when it comes to history, artifacts, statues and the like, someone will always be offended, more so now. Facts cannot be changed and facts should not be cherry picked. History can be beautiful or ugly and we have hindsight that those who lived then did not, so we should not use what we know today or use the values of today to judge those of the past.

I'm glad you showed the statues. They arent really in public so to speak..one has to choose to enter if you will. They are exactly where they should be in my opinion. Speaking of which, one of the things I love most about your channel is your lack of bias. While your passion is clear, you dont get in the way of presenting what happened. Thank you for that and for taking us on your adventures and teaching us along the way.

Being from Georgia. I can confirm that the big chicken is used for directions....

I cant believe in what mint condition that train is, on this day! Amazing! Thats the pure work of people who love history. 🙏

This museum is actually in Kennesaw, not Marietta. When I was little, we would visit Chattanooga and the General was on display at the L and N train station there. When the Civil War Centennial was held from 1961 thru 1965, the General was totally restored and toured the country under its own steam. They had to change the width of the wheels to accommodate modern train tracks. I was in high school when it came thru my hometown. We have old 8mm home movies of that event. Everyone in town turned out to see it. After the Centennial, it was retired and placed in this museum at Kennesaw. The Texas was the train engine that the Confederates used to chase and eventually capture the General. ThevTexas was recently restored and is currently on display at the Atlanta History Center. They tried to get it to display alongside the General but Atlanta wouldn't give it up. Maybe someday they can be reunited. We haven't been to see the General in several years, but after seeing your video I want to go to the museum and see it again. Really enjoyed your tour of the museum. Thanks for your videos that you have done on this area that has so much Civil War history. 😊😊😊

best channel on you tube . you are doing what i always wanted to do. thank you for the content. plan to watch them all

KFC was a real eye catcher, very unique LOL. Being a Sanders, {not related} I get, "are you related"? all the time HA! Yes my Grandfather was born in Kentucky. Really enjoyed this tour, many things of interest. The patterns made for molds is fantastic, it's amazing how they did this, not an everyday thing you would even think of. You did good thanks.

Just showed this to my wife. Like you, I'm a huge Civil War nut...but my kids are in love with Trains. This is going to make for a great destination!

The CSA Civil War display looks interesting, excellent ! I have since nice a child and yet today enjoy the CSA side of the War ! Uniforms, weapons and battler sites, museums ! The HO Scale train displays was neat !

Wow, wonderful conservation. Like the way you tippy toed through the sensitive issues, not going to get political, but, our history is like a puzzle and if pieces are omitted the puzzle isn't complete. Nice that they looked at the time through the different perspectives. Good tour. Thank you for the short escape today. Be safe and take care.

I respectfully offer my opinion regarding these moments in history. If not marked and remembered, then humanity will forget the lessons to be learn from history. Thank you for sharing historic adventures 👍 🇺🇸

Absolutely loved seeing the “General” my grandfather was an engineer for Southern Pacific early in the 1900’s but unfortunately he died before I was born and way too soon - he was in his ‘40’s and died of pneumonia. His route(s) were in south central Texas mostly. I love history, mainly WWII cause I was born in 1943, “smack dab in the middle of the war.” I had a couple of friends who were like my extra sisters who taught school on army bases in Germany for about 15 years each and I would go visit in the ‘80’s and we would travel around Europe. My favorite countries are Austria, Germany, and Switzerland primarily. Love your videos. My husband and I will be married 60 years on Veteran’s Day this year and he finally was able to make the trip over with me in 2011 where we rented a car for a month and drove - wonderful trip of a lifetime. Keep up your great enthusiasm and speaking voice!

Wow! The General. I was a boy when Disney did the Great Locomotive Chase with Fess Parker as Andrews. The early silent film "The General" is a good movie too. Thanks for this.

And yet another reason these videos could be an hour in length. Love em

Good job. I have visited many battlefields and looked at many statues of prominent civil war participants from both armies. I have perused many many pictures of soldiers, some posed for family keepsakes, some for use on a carte de visite and of course as a historical record of battlefield casualties. All very moving. A cultural observation struck me one day years ago and it has consistently proven true including being reinforced by this video. There was virtually NO obesity problem in the armies of the 1860's. Lots of walking, lots of digging, and rations of questionable nutritional value by today's standards made for a thin soldier. Even pictures of generals in camp who led comparative lives of leisure (rode everywhere, officer's mess, beds to sleep in etc.) all save for a few had flat bellies. Just a thought. Keep up the good work.... And I challenge you in your travels to find a statue of a fat general! LOL

We love watching your historical videos. They are always interesting and informative. I am a civil war buff even though I am a Canadian. Some of my ancestors served on the union side but that was when our borders were open. My father and mother took me and my sisters to Gettysburg in the summer of 1966. I took my wife back there July 3,2013 on the 150th anniversary of the battle. We were in the house where Jenny Wade was fatally shot and went down into the cellar exactly 150 years to the day went she was wrapped and laid down. It was a very awesome experience that brought history to life. Your videos do the same....thanks so much!

reguardless of opinion , it is history.let us remember that without history,history repeats itself.

History needs to be remembered no matter what the history may be. Most of the truthful history is horrific no matter how you look at it. If you don't remember the mistakes in the past from history, you will keep repeating the same mistakes your predecessors did before you.

Its called "The Big Chicken" by us locals and is used as a landmark for giving driving instructions to travelers by the locals. The old one was replaced a few years back when they redesigned the restaurant and we all love it.