1913 Gettysburg Reunion of Blue and Gray

Huntington News ^ | June 14, 2013 | Calvin E. Johnson, Jr.

[BigReb555]

A highlight of the reunion was the Confederate Veterans walk on the path of Gen. George Pickett’s charge that was greeted, this time, by a handshake from the Union Veterans.

[fella]

The navigation is a bit tricky on this site but the photographs are high quality.

[South Dakota]

Shelby foote made a comment during his interviews for Burn’s civil war documentation about the response from the Union soldiers when the Confederate soldiers came out of the woods during the Pickets charge re-enactment. Shelby said there was a large gasp that came from the union troops

[laplata]

Thank you.

[tanknetter]

A couple complementary prints to that:

[KC_Lion]

I watched them Die, Blue and Gray....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMb9Uoi0d2M

[Conserev1]

Even after surrender Sherman had to burn Atlanta to the ground!
Yankee ways and Yankee deeds never forgotten and still persist to the day! Never Forget!

[laplata]

Shelby Foote can be heard on one of the YouTube 50th anniversary videos. There was also an 75th anniversary meeting in 1938. But I’m sure you’re aware of all that.

[laplata]

Total war.

[celmak]

"Never Forget?"

Democrats fought for slavery then and still do! Democrat Slavers ways and Democrat Slavers deeds never forgotten and still persist to the day!

[sergeantdave]

Recordings of a rebel yell -

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/video/What-Did-the-Rebel-Yell-Sound-Like.html

[Conserev1]

That the prob the Civil was not about Slavery it was about States rights! Slavery was a side issue!

[celmak]

"If the Rebels were traitors, then more than one Union General should have been tried for treason for carrying on their friendships with former school- and unit-mates on the other side during the war."

Kinda reminds me of today's North Eastern Republicans and Democrats getting along so well.

[celmak]

"That the prob the Civil was not about Slavery it was about States rights! Slavery was a side issue!"

Not for the Rebel States.

[tanknetter]

That the prob the Civil was not about Slavery it was about States rights! Slavery was a side issue!

Many of the secession bills from the Confederate states specifically call out slavery as an issue driving their decision.

That isn't to say that slavery was THE issue. There really wasn't one single issue. The causes of the Civil War were many, and highly complex in nature, including not only slavery and states rights, but also economics, industrialization, trade, manifest destiny/expansion.

And there was a HUGE disconnect between the underlying motivations of the Southern power-class and the Southern manhood that made up the rank and file of the Confederate armies.

To try to peg the cause of the Civil War on one single issue (or just elevating one issue to a "first amongst equals" status) grossly oversimplifies (caters to the low-information voter, I suppose) and does a great disservice to both history and the memories of those who fought, bled and died on both sides of the matter.

[bravo whiskey]

many moons ago we saw shelby foote speak (3rd row from the stage). the line i always remember was him talking about the influence of the war. “before 1861 the United States WERE, after 1865 the United States IS.”

[laplata]

Neat! Thanks for sharing. Foote was one of the best.

[Conserev1]

No one talks about the high tarrifs on cotton and goods perpetratrated by the North on sales of goods and then resold to Europe for profit!
The South was carrying the Nation on Items from food to textiles! The same as today but on an individual basis!
The Government is taking the working class to the cleaners!

[Bulwyf]

I still refer to it as the war of northern aggression.

[ClearCase_guy]

Or Second War of Independence.

We beat the tyranny of a powerful central government the first time.
We lost out to a powerful central government the second time.

I'm waiting for the tie-breaker.

[stylecouncilor]

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