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If
You’ve Only Got a Moustache
A Stephen Foster
ditty, accompanied by pictures of Civil War generals with –
you guessed it – moustaches.
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Virginia
Beautiful song by
Gene Miller from the musical For the Glory.
This is a new video,
replacing the one I had. It's now got photos plus some
live action scenes
from Gettysburg.
Up, men! Up, and to your posts!
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Robert
E. Lee
Art and photos, with
the music being the ambient soundtrack of a scene from Gettysburg.
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J.E.B.
Stuart
Music
is, of course, "Jine the Cavalry" by the 2nd South Carolina String Band. |
Joshua
L. Chamberlain
Music
is "Little Round Top" from the Gettysburg
soundtrack.
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Thomas
J. Jackson
Music
is "Jackson in the Valley" by the 2nd South Carolina String Band. |
Ulysses
S. Grant
video #1
Music
is "Battle Cry of Freedom." I don't know who the choir is,
but would like to know. |
Ulysses
S. Grant
video #2
A
completely different take! Music is "A Man's Gotta Be" from
the musical Tom Sawyer.
Somehow, this song, which is performed in the musical by the
town
ne'er-do-well, has always put me in mind of Grant's incredible life
story. In 1857 he was out of the army, living in St. Louis,
trying to eke out a living selling wood on the street corner, having
pawned his watch to buy Christmas presents for his kids.
Eleven
years later, he was elected President. And there was that war
in
between. There ain't no fightin' fate. |
The
Grant Memorial
These
are my photos from the Grant Memorial in Washington, D.C. The
music is from the Ken Burns Civil War series, a different rendition of
"Battle Cry of Freedom," with cannon. |
William
T. Sherman
Tribute
to Cump. Music is, most appropriately, "Marching Through
Georgia." |
Men
of the Valley
Images
of T.J. Jackson; audio is a mix of Stephen Lang's "Men of the Valley"
speech from Gods and
Generals and a flute rendition of "Stonewall Jackson's
Way." |
Mr.
Lee
Mr.
Lee, accompanied by the Bobbettes' "Mr. Lee." You know you
love
Mr. Lee. The handsomest sweetie that you ever did see.
C'mon, Mr. Lee, and do your stuff! |
Reenactment:
Dallas, Texas
No
music in this one, only action! This is a film I put together
from a reenactment that took place at Heritage Village in Dallas,
Texas. |
Reenactment
#2: Dallas, Texas
Another
video from the reenactment at Dallas Heritage Village. This
one
is a photo montage with music -- "Men of Honor" from the Gettysburg
soundtrack.
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Riding
a Raid
Photos
of cavalry artifacts and art, most from the Museum of the Confederacy
in Richmond (above is J.E.B. Stuart's saddle). Music is Bobby
Horton's rendition of "Riding a Raid."
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The
Cavalier's Glee
More
art and artifacts with a cavalry theme. This song is one you
don't hear very often. It was written by Captain William W.
Blackford, author of the memoir War
Years with Jeb Stuart. He was the first of Stuart's four adjutants and then became an engineer on
Stuart's staff, but he had many talents! The song is
performed here by Bobby Horton.
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Gettysburg
145th Anniversary
I
took these videos at the 2008 reenactment. The Confederate
living history guys are part of an awesome group called Lee's Lieutenants.
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General
Stuart! Is your uniform hot?
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General
Stuart tells a famous story. Who could ever get tired of
hearing this one? |
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The
2nd South Carolina String
Band performs "The Southern Soldier." |
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Fife
and drum band performs "Old Dan Tucker." |
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The
20th Maine's position on Little Round Top, in the rain. |
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General
"Extra" Billy Smith answers a reporter's questions about the new state
of West Virginia. |
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Fife
and drum band performs "Battle Cry of Freedom." |
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A
little speech by General Armistead. |
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Fife
and drum band performs "When Johnny Comes Marching Home." |
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A
short video of East Cavalry Field from Stuart's position. |
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Fife
and drum band plays an unidentified song! |
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General
Lee explains the plural of "you all." |
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Ron
Hawkins as General Longstreet. |
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Mathew
Brady speaks. |
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Young
harmonica player playing "Battle Cry of Freedom." He was
rapidly
segueing from one song to another; I wish I'd gotten more footage of
him! |
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Pickett
and friends get ready for the big day. Trimble covers old
ground, while Pettigrew uses a word nobody else knows. |
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General
Ewell gets his licks in on General Trimble. After 145 years,
enough is enough! |
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A
photo montage from the reenactment and the battlefield itself.
Music is "Dixie's Land" performed by the 2nd South Carolina String
Band. |
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Longstreet
Someone
asked me why I didn't have a video of Longstreet to go with the other
generals. So, here is Old Pete. Music is "The Road
We
Traveled."
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Richmond is a Hard Road to Travel
The
history of Federal offensives whose goal was "On to Richmond!"
(The song was written before Chancellorsville.) Performed
by Lisa Meyer. |
Benny Havens, Oh
The
classic West Point song, performed poignantly by Jerry Ernst, starring
Civil War generals from both sides who graduated from the Point.
Featuring at least one man from every class from which a graduate
made the rank of general and served in the Civil War. |
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