75 years ago at Gettysburg

[El Supremo]

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[monmouth3]

1. Thank you for posting that..awesome..n/t

[Spitfire of ATJ]

2. Imagine when the last WWII vet is gone...

Obama is the first post-50s President.

The next group of 18 year olds to vote were born during the Clinton Years,...and long AFTER the "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle" fad.

[Freddie]

4. My Dad, a WWII vet, is 91

The day is fast approaching when the "Greatest Generation" will be gone. His veterans group disbanded a few years ago because they had all died or were no longer capable of attending meetings and keeping up the website.

[southernyankeebelle]

3. Thank you so much for sharing this clip. It helps to remember the good things about america

we should all remember on the 4th of July.

[louis-t]

5. Pretty cool. The last Civil War veteran died in the early '50s, I think.

More than 85 years after the war ended. I saw a color movie of the last two survivors once. They were on the Gettysburg battlefield describing where they were during the battle.

[happyslug]

7. The Last Union Veteran died in 1956.

And the last Union Veteran Widow died only in 2003:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gertrude_Janeway

Last known Confederate Veteran widow died in 2008:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maudie_Hopkins

Last Known Union Veteran died in 1956:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Woolson

Please note, three men claim to have served in the Confederate Army and died after 1956, but subsequet research puts doubt in their status.

List of last Confederate Veterans, both disputed AND undisputed:
'http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_surviving_Confederate_veterans

The problem with the last Confederates veterans, was the three people who claimed to be veterans and survived the last known Union Soldier were born in the 1854, 1856 and 1860. Thus by 1865 they would have been 11, 9 and 5. Five is way to young, but it is possible for a 9 or 11 year old to have served, but as a drummer boy (and neither claim that position). Thus it is possible that the last two actually served, the South was disparate for troops in 1865. The Confederate Congress even voted to arm slaves and give them they freedom in January 1865, that is how disparate the South was in 1865 (The plan called for Owners to agree and to paid for their slaves, from what I have read, none agreed for Confederate Money was worthless by then).

I have to lean to these last three NOT being Veterans, the last two it is possible, but not probable.

[20score]

8. I'll be damned!

[tapermaker]

11. but but but

I thought the Gettysburg battle was in july of 1863 not 65

[mahatmakanejeeves]

6. Really touching.

Thanks for posting this. That was halfway between the actual event and today.

Hard to believe.

[ErikJ]

9. Uploaded 2007

Uploaded on Jul 2, 2007
A montage of archival footage from the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg.

www.army.mil/gettysburg

[lolly]

10. A little off-topic, but does anybody know what that music was?

It sounded familiar--from another film, perhaps?