Bentonville Vids

[skamikaze]

here are a few videos from behind the lines of the CVG, shot by Greg Hillenbrand:

http://www.youtube.com/user/BlackPowderDoc

[RJSamp]

Fun times, brings back a lot of memories!

[NCfighter]

Nice videos, but I didn't think it looked very good for people to be carrying around cell phone cameras during the battle. At least one spectator said they saw that... Not the kind of impression I want to make. If you want to do this, invest in a covert camera.

[jurgitemvaletem]

This gentleman was in the color guard of the battalion of which I was a part. I am visible in almost every one of his shots and not once did I notice him or anyone else in the battalion taking pictures. I have got to give kudos to this man for his discreetness. ( is that a word? )

[PrattStreetRioter]

This gentleman was in the color guard of the battalion of which I was a part. I am visible in almost every one of his shots and not once did I notice him or anyone else in the battalion taking pictures. I have got to give kudos to this man for his discreetness. ( is that a word? )

I second this, I am also in pretty much every shot to the right he made and do not recall seeing him record us either.

[Anders]

heck I was commanding the battalion on saturday, and never ever saw him.....I figure that is pretty good!

Pards,

[MLovejoy]

I believe he was using what I dubbed Hardee Cam - Hardee hat with a hole in the crown for the camera to film out of. Just kidding. But for real, I want to do that next time.

[flattop32355]

I did see one fellow with a headcam quite late in the Sunday battle, after we had been routed out of the trenches and then reconstituted and reentered the fray through the woods off the Federal left. I don't know if this is the same fellow or not.

The one filming from the CVG color guard did catch another fellow using a phone camera, to his left.

Patrick, "discreetness" appears to be an actual word according to Dictionary.com.

[bill shack]

Hi guys and gals, Check out this video


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9JpfKtzyAY

I was there in the brigade that came out of the wood that waited an hour to
attack. I wish we were allowed to storm the trenches. we would have taken them yanks easy as pie.

[sigman]

Find CWcaptain on youtube. He posted a nice piece of film on the Battle of Bentonville.

Andy Siganuk

[kderren]

anyone know of videos from the rebel side- I want to see what our earthworks looked like
Thanks

[Chuck A Luck]

I wish we were allowed to storm the trenches. we would have taken them yanks easy as pie.

Yeah, if you'd had a few bulldozers to help!

[rbright]

I was in both battles with the 104th IL. Most of trenches of our two companies were done using at least 4 shovels and dug out using cups and dinner plates. This being the first time I have had to dig in as I fight with the 1st Nebraska. Most our fighting is done in the open or behind something, i.e. fences and hay bales. I had fun and it is amazing how fast you can dig out a trench 1/4 mile, estimated is as little as 45 minutes. Of course it was sand and the 2nd day we had a detail bringing out logs out of the woods. I had fun. I did my GGrandfather proud even though I was fighting as union and not confederate.
I too would like to see some Confederate video footage.

Roger Brightwell
1st Neb Vol Inf
Omaha

[Elevonics]

Looks like a lot of fun-thanks for posting:)