General John Gibbon and “The Pinch of the Fight at Gettysburg.”
22K views · Sep 2, 2025 · Education
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@richsnyder8015 · 1 year ago
Gibbon is one of my favorites.
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@jonrettich-ff4gj · 1 year ago
Brilliant. Wonderfull to experience Gibbon’s respect for his men
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@emaninohio · 1 year ago
These videos are historic treasures.
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@Kevin-s1c5z · 1 year ago
John Latrobe was an early attorney for the B&O Railroad and the inventor of a popular cast iron stove. His brother, BH Latrobe II, was chief engineer for the B&O and designed the massive Thomas Viaduct, still in use today. Their father, BH Latrobe, designed the US Capitol.
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@frankgulla2335 · 1 year ago
Ron, that was a complete a telling of the Pickett's charge as anything I remember every hearing.
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@wmschooley1234 · 1 year ago (edited)
One interesting fact about General John Gibbon is that, even though he was wounded at the Battle of Gettysburg and evacuated to the rear, during his subsequent convalescence, Gibbon came back to Gettysburg. On November 19, 1863 he was back and attended the dedication of the new national cemetery. He actually heard President Abraham Lincoln deliver the Gettysburg Address. <br>Source: Personal Recollections of the Civil War, Gibbon p 184 <br>Gibbon was entitled to be buried at the Gettysburg National because he was an actual combatant at the battle. He is, however, buried in Arlington; “Lee’s front yard”.
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@talkingwalnut · 1 year ago
A sobering first person accounting of a part of one battle of a great war that literally shaped this nation, like a small cut of a sculptor's chisel. The wretched inhuman brutality sewn on man and beast alike. The lifelong scars, physical and especially mental. A truly heavy price for freedom.
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@ozzyphil74 · 1 year ago
What a brilliant story. What awesome imagination by the attorney?
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@mysticmimaw · 1 year ago
Thank you Ron! I always enjoy hearing all the perspectives of the different writers. 😊
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@guebay-k5y · 1 year ago
Ich höre mir ihre Berichte mit großer Begeisterung an. Immer wieder bildend!
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@amadeusamwater · 1 year ago
According to "Battles and Leaders of the Civil War", Gibbons division official losses at the battle of Gettysburg total were 1631, which was for all 3 days. Harrow's brigade took nearly half of those.
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@JawBone6409 · 1 month ago
Fascinating letter. It does sound like a letter from out of one of the regimental histories, the experience is very well described. Knowing it comes from the observations of Gibbon gives it immense weight.
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