72nd Indiana of Wilder's Lightning Brigade - Civil War arms & uniforms
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2022-06-08に共有
Let’s meet the 72nd Indiana Infantry who was part of the famed Wilder’s Lightning Brigade. When this regiment started off in 1862 their arms, uniforms, and equipment wasn’t much different from any other infantry regiment at that time. This would change though when they went mounted!
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コメント (21)
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Outstanding video! Thank you for the effort in bringing us an accurate description of the 72nd!
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My fifth great grandfather Nathan Levi Fox served in the lightning brigade. He died at Selma.
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This is your best video series.. I think too often the public imagines a "prototypical" soldier that had a uniform dress and kit throughout the war when in reality they were evolving over time. Thanks and I would love to see more of these!
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Thank you for the great video. My GGGrandfather on my maternal side, Hiram Parent, joined the 72nd when they originally mustered. Its great to see how they were equipped throughout their campaigns.
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My great great uncle Hugh Stafford joined the 72nd in 1862 as a Sargent and ended as a Lieutenant in 1865. Prior to then he had been in the 15th Indiana Infantry from June of 1861 to November 1861. Love your use of “Hell on the Walbash”!
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My fourth great grandfather was Abram O Miller. he commanded the lightning brigade while wilder was ill.and so much more history about him and the 72nd thank you for this video. i learned even more.
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I own Wilder Spencer rifle 9336. Beautiful weapon. It was issued in May according to serial. Almost all are serial traced since they were not stamped U.S. thanks for the Wilder vid.
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Another Indiana unit tied to Wilder's Lightning Bde was none other than Eli Lilly's 18th Indiana Light Artillery Battery. John W. Rowell wrote "Yankee Artillerymen - Through the Civil War with Eli Lilly's Indiana Battery" anout them.
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Didn't see it mentioned in the comments, but I'll apologize in advance if I missed it. The 1860 Spencers were chambered in the 56-56 cartridge. The 56-50 came later with the Model 1865.
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Great Video! You guys should do the 14th Brooklyn "Red Legged Devils" next.
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This video was excellent. While I enjoy most of the Civil War Digest videos, I particularly like the uniforms and equipment series videos and hope to see more of them.
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Excellent presentation! One slight correction- the 72nd Indiana was not at the Battle of Stones River. As part of Wilder's Brigade, they were busily engaged in chasing General John H. Morgan's cavalrymen through southern Kentucky and missed out on Stones River.
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One of my ancestors was a surgeon the 17th Indiana.
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Andy, that was an absolutely amazing video. I really enjoyed seeing the evolution of the 72nd Indiana and how they came to be a great calvary unit. Always a pleasure watching the videos from civil war digital digest!!
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Great job enjoy these I like to see one on the 34th Ohio, 44th Missouri. Also love to hear more about the way they put there knapsack on there saddle
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Thank you! 😊 Excellent video on one of the regiments of my favorite unit of the Civil War. I, myself have been doing research on this unit for several years and I have portrait a soldier of this unit at reenactments. You have much the same information as I have. However, the information that I have researched shows that the soldiers themselves removed the yellow trim from their jackets because they did not want to be known as Cavalry. Again thank you for such excellent work. 👍🇺🇸
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Wilder Is From Greensburg, Indiana, His House Is A Museum Today & I Drive By His House Weekly...
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U Forgot To Talk About The Speed Loaders That They Carried... It Was A Wooden Block That Had 20 Holes In It, Each Hole Contained A Metal Tube, That Held 7 Rounds Each, For A Total Of 140 rds...
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Great lecture! Keep them coming, please. You should send these to the US Army War College; you may have a future there.
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I know you’ve used Hell on the Wabash for other videos before, but it’s a perfect soundtrack for this episode on an Indiana unit.
