Battle of Gettysburg | Berdan's Sharpshooters at the Slyder Farm | American Civil War

The Berdan Sharpshooter buttons were made by the Novelty Rubber Co. using Goodyear's 1851 patent.

My friend, there is a museum up in Gettysburg called the Gettysburg Museum of History. It's pretty cool looking. I watch another historian who is sponsored by the museum. Great video!

This stuff just NEVER gets old. Thank you so very much for sharing. Keep rockinn and Rollin and telling stories.

Great video. Lots in there that I didn’t know. And thanks for the shoutout!

I'm an Aussie and I've spent many hours traipsing all over the Gettysburg battlefield in a few mostly well done war games, yet your video resoundingly illustrated how far the game modelers have yet to go to capture the lay of the ground and true nuances of vegetation. Perhaps one day I'll get over there to stumble around the big tops. Thanks.

Once again you find these little known battles(at least to me) of those days at Gettysburg. Nice work

By Gettysburg, the green jackets were discarded and replaced with blue, because Confederate sharp shooters sought out green jackets as primary targets. THAT is why the sharpshooters eventually switched to blue — to not stand out.

Berdan's sharpshooters were renowned during the war. In 2010, i visited the Antietam battlefield. I was astonished at the short distances between the engaged forces. No doubt battle smoke obscured the combatants or the slaughterr wiuld have been greater. The countryside was beautiful.

Great video, great production!

That fence is original. There's lots of original stonework left at gettysburg. All of the fences on the Rose farm are original. Theres still breatsworks on parts of Big Round top and Little round top. If you head off towards the flanks... theres a lot left. Its almost impossible to get to without land owner permission... but on the extreme union right there's park property on an abandoned road called Neil Lane. Its behind Big round top surrounded by private property. There's really really good original breastworks over there. The stone wall that gave cover to the 124 NY behind the Teinagle feild is original. South of thw Copse of Trees are original sections of the "Pickets Charge" wall. The walls that extend perpendicular to the union position on Cemetary ridge are all original. On Cemetary Hill the artillery emplacements are original. Sections of Culps Hill have reproduced walls and earthworks, but much of the mounded trenches you see along the Union line are original. Almost everything on the 2nd day battlefield on the South end between Devils Den and Seminary Ridge are original.... the area you are in right now.

Thank you

Another great video. Enjoy getting to learn about the smaller pieces that made up this massive battle. This is just another example of the sacrifice that took place here. Thank you for highlighting the Sharpshooters and what a small group of well armed and trained shooters can do even to a much larger enemy force. Keep up the great work and look forward to your future videos 🇺🇸

Thank you. Edwin Alldritt was a relative and I knew he fought at Gettysburg but until your video I never knew where.

Enjoyed the visit will see it next time in Gettysburg. Also liked your reference to a “witness rock” only heard of witness trees so that was great

Awesome work dude my 3 of my 3rd great grandpas fought for the Union one with the Bucktail Brigade hope you do a video about them.

Nice presentation!!!

I’m new to your channel and have really been enjoying your content. Keep up the great work!

Thanks so much for making these videos. You do great work.

Great video: maps, visuals, journals, not ruined by music & not "like, like, like, like, like".

Weird. I just watched a show on them last night. It was the series "Blood and Fury - America's Civil War" and the episode (S01E04) was about Gettysburg, and thankfully they focused on something other than 20th Maine. I was surprised how instrumental Bedran's Sharpshooters were on that day, and they probably saved the Union more than 20th Maine did, and yet few people know about them.