ACW: Battle of Belmont - "Grant's First Battle"

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Union Brigadier General Ulysses S. Grant, commanding the District of Southeast Missouri, embarks on his first battle of the Civil War when he leads a Union expeditionary force from Cairo, Illinois, downriver to Belmont, Missouri for a raid on a Confederate camp across the Mississippi from Columbus, Kentucky.
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Sources:
The Battle of Belmont: Grant Strikes South
by Nathaniel Cheairs Hughes, Jr.
Military History of Ulysses S. Grant from April 1861 to April 1865, Volume I
by Adam Badeau
Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Volume I
by Ulysses S. Grant
Script written J. Woody
#americancivilwar #belmont #civilwar

[@WarhawkYT]

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[@carywest9256]

Where in the hell is Cape Gearadew Missouri?

[@tregward3603]

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[@TennesseeHomesteadUSA]

CAV-al-ry. Not "CAL-va-ry". Such a basic, Rookie mistake calls all credibility into question. Are you seriously kidding me ?

[@purplefood1]

Your pronunciation continues to be almost as fascinating as the history.

[@fearlessfosdick160]

Well, ok. He stumbled all over the word magnificent and had a minor problem with a misread of a Union General's name, but Cairo really is pronounced Kayro. Dougherty, is pronounced something like "Dorty". I would say that these vids are getting better in that regard, but it is really the tactical analysis that I come here for, and they are pretty good at that.

[@purplefood1]

@@fearlessfosdick160 Didn't say otherwise just said it was fascinating.

[@tonybonano2952]

@Fearless Fosdick, and "Girardeau" is pronounced with a "J" sound. Like Girard Butler's first name, but with an "O" at the end. Not a big deal, but it made me chuckle.

[@theodoresmith5272]

His production is top notch. Needs to find a speaker badly. Google English female with and India accent maybe? That what I use for my GPS. I had to google what a slip road was though.

[@theodoresmith5272]

@@tonybonano2952 J was a very late letter. Not until the 1600s as I remember. More letters had multiple sounds before that. I think it's why the words that are g is a J sound and the other letters with multiple sounds are words in the Latin language tree and have been around forever and stayed the same when new letter came out and separated 2 sounds into 2 letters.

[@alias6967]

"Cape gearadoo" Come on, man.

[@VoodooDangerbird]

Yo… mo ritmo.

[@TennesseeHomesteadUSA]

This guy is a Rookie who can't get facts straight...

[@thesouthernhistorian4153]

​@@TennesseeHomesteadUSA How? He knows Alot on the subject. Yes he fumbled a few word's but how does that mean he doesn't get facts strait?

[@The_Unrepentant_McClellanite]

Amazing video as always! As a bit of trivia: General Pillow was at one point the law partner of future President James Knox Polk, General Leonidas Polk was a second cousin of President Polk. Pillow also helped James Polk acquire the nomination for president, however Pillow self-promoted by stating that he alone helped Polk acquire the nomination, Pillow would also self-promote on multiple occasions in the Mexican War, taking credit for the victories at Contreras and Churubusco at the expense of the man who truly won the battles, Winfield Scott. The battle you have covered today was Pillow's only good day the entire war for at the siege of Fort Donelson he abandoned his own men by rowing across the Cumberland River to safety and at the Battle of Murfreesboro he was found cowering behind a tree while his men were being sent into battle. I cannot wait for your next video, so keep up the good work!

[@WarhawkYT]

Thanks Jesse! If you would like to keep up with the progress of the videos, we post them in our discord which is linked in the description.

[@thewiseoldherper7047]

As soon as I heard the Confederate’s biggest rifled weapon was named the ‘Lady Polk’ I knew the ex-prez was involved. Polk (1845 - 1849) was the last President to own slaves while in office and actually increased his total.

[@defuse56]

More trivia for this excellent video: 20:01 "Lady Polk," which as The Wise Old Harper points out, was indeed the biggest gun in the Confederacy at the time. It was a 128-pounder rifled Whitworth, and I can only imagine what receiving one of its massive projectiles must have been like! I just now finished reading about this battle in Grant's memoirs. I can't figure out what Grant meant when he said the men were "demoralized by their victory." Maybe he meant they lost discipline?

[@RichardAHolt]

Had an ancestor's 18 year old son die on November 7th at the Battle of Belmont: Pvt. Green Lewis Oliver Hale, Co. "H", 12th TN Infantry. He was in the same company along with his older brother, Sgt. Nathaniel Montgomery Hale. They were sons of Thomas Edwin & Jurene Smith Hale of Gibson Co., TN. Have cased images of both of them in their Confederate uniforms.

[@thewiseoldherper7047]

That’s very interesting. I remember the narrator saying that your ancestor’s brigade ran out of ammunition and did a bayonet charge. They also fought in the part where Grant was held up getting back to the steamers. I’m sure Private Hale was very brave. RIP

[@ChuckMooreTN]

Great research. My GG Grandfather, Peter William Moore, was a fresh 3rd Lieutenant with the 12th Tennessee Infantry. Through the course of the war he was battlefield promoted to Captain, was cut in the back of the head with a saber, shot in the leg with a mini ball, and captured at Somerville, TN, on the way to Shiloh. He was paroled as an officer and re-enlisted 30 days later with N.B. Forest’s 15th TN Cavalry, and as Captain of Company A, rode his horse down Gayoso Street in Memphis to the post office. Although Lee surrendered in April of 1865, they laid down arms in Gainesville, AL, on May 15, 1865. He lived through (I am here) and was buried with full military honors on the grounds of The Hermitage in Nashville. I served in 1974-76 in the 62 Air Defense Artillery, Hawk Missile Battery. Strength and honor.

[@TheVikingslor]

You forgot that he was a traitor and a loser.

[@ChuckMooreTN]

@@TheVikingslor Quipped by a stranger to the field of valor no doubt.

[@TheVikingslor]

@@ChuckMooreTN Marine Corps. Two Tours in Vietnam. And my Family fought in every War of this Nation since The Revolutionary War. Including kicking the asses of Traitors that fought with The CSA.

[@TheVikingslor]

@@ChuckMooreTN No Valor for Traitors to The Union.

[@ChuckMooreTN]

@@TheVikingslor it’s not yours to give, take, or hoard my disturbed friend. Your unrest is your own to wear and bear. I pity you.

[@billwilson3609]

Both sides had problems early in the war with unit commanders that failed to follow orders and did what they thought was best at the time. Grant's regiment went back to their base thinking the battle was over. Others would take the wrong road since both sides lacked maps since none existed so relied upon local residents for directions. Quite often the residents would provide accurate directions with the commander taking the other route since they distrusted the locals. Then they'd wind up marching in one big circle to end what where they started to find a detachment that was sent out to find them.

[@Lornharding]

vlogging through history said you had a great channel on the civil war..... he was right. subbing

[@cal4837]

After the war, Grant had said: “In the beginning [of the war] we all did things more rashly than later”. Belmont was definitely rash but it shows a hell of a ton of initiative from Grant. I’d consider it a Union victory as the Union troops won out in the actual fighting that occurred.

[@jeddkeech259]

Ahhh the beginning of the war. When regiments numbered 800 fighting men instead of 150. Thank you so much for covering this war man. I have studied it for many years. history channels ignore these brave men so often

[@rickybell2190]

What regiments fielded less than a 150 men. I know if a union regiment fell under a certain number it was disbanded and a confederate regiment was mostly fed new recruits into the veteran numbers to bring them up to strength

[@jeddkeech259]

@Ricky Bell I agree with you, there were a few confederates to not receive reinforcements in course of the war but otherwise you are correct. I’m just saying that without reinforcements/redistribution in four years 1,200 man units were reduced to 50 or 60. My uncle, Samuel Cockrell, passed at Gettysburg, but his two brothers survived the war. The 21st NC started the war with over 1,500 men, and ended it with less than 80. Commanding officers lasted less than three months on average. I would have to re do my resarch to confirm the exact regiment it’s been awhile. My aunt Francis Burgess on Facebook also has a lot of info.

[@rickybell2190]

@@jeddkeech259 I've read statistics in where some regiments north and south lost over 80% Of their men during a battle and perhaps that's where the numbers come from. Your family sure have a lot of history and no doubt it will fill you with pride. My ancestors were probably in America trying to win the revolution for the brits 😀. Like you though we have have a military history that goes back to the days of my family's regiment The Gordon Highlanders. I love history from both sides and the civil war is to me a fascinating chapter in the evolution of America

[@jeddkeech259]

Y’all highlanders defeated Napoleon after all! A very rich and proud history. The Highlander charge at New Orleans is the stuff of legend over here. @Ricky Bell

[@footballnick2]

@@rickybell2190 Many regiments fell below 150 men, especially later war for the south. Louisiana Regiments in the ANV very rarely received any replenishment and the only reinforcements came from exchanged prisoners or wounded coming back. The Louisiana brigade Regiments serving in 1865 surrendered with at or less than 100 men a piece. For example, the 6th Louisiana surrendered with 52.

[@user-lt3lm6me9k]

Jer-RAHR-Doe

[@grigorirasputin9507]

Wait... Did you just say, Eeelysses??? 0_o

[@tomarsandbeyond]

And "Ekscape"

[@VoodooDangerbird]

I wanna see this chap do ‘Rico Suave’ on karaoke. 🎤🗣️

[@Hillbilly001]

Have watched this many times and have already mashed the like button, so this is a sacrifice to the Algorithm. Cheers.

[@mattlaukon7674]

Greetings from Arkansas, I just subscribed. This channel is so good with informative military strategies the history of the battles you are telling got my respect . Kudos 👍

[@WarhawkYT]

Thank you Matt!

[@tabletopgeneralsde310]

Oh boy, how could that have turn around if General Grant would be shot during his ride or being captured. Thanks for the video.

[@Jon.A.Scholt]

Definitely see the Epic History influence. I've always hoped they'd do a civil war series, but this channel has been a pleasant surprise. Definitely got my sub.

[@loyalpiper]

20:30 grant becomes a hero and legend in my heart

[@zurgesmiecal]

drunkard Grant didn't remember where he left his men

[@humongousfungusex]

@@zurgesmiecal Found the Copperhead.

[@jota1221]

Watched a few of your videos now and they are excellent, keep up the good work.

[@j.a.emmanueltemplemann5627]

that was amazing commentary. thank you

[@gequitz]

Nice! Looking forward to seeing Grant's battles in chronological order, at least until Fort Donelson

[@Jesse_Dawg]

Amazing video! Please more

[@MatthewCarmichael-od4yv]

Awesome 👍 thanks for these videos

[@KWGamers]

great work

[@sydhendrix4853]

Great videos man. Been looking for another civil war focused channel. Keep it up

[@MK-tu1zh]

Great videos

[@sonnyjim5268]

Thanks for this. Good job. I would look to the pronunciation of some towns though.

[@BaronLukis]

Despiste your perfect work i have the feeling sometimes i feel lost because all the detail.

[@erich6336]

It’s crazy how many subs you have with the amount of videos and views you’ve got

[@MatthewCarmichael-od4yv]

Interesting little battle here in the woods, must had been bloody

[@LibertyPrime6969]

Can you do some native American tribe battles against the USA.

[@D-Z321]

This narrator struggles with words 😂. I kind of like how it sounds like he’s got a mouthful of gravel sometimes.

[@markbondurant6434]

He's pronouncing words exactly as they're spelled.

[@thewiseoldherper7047]

Obviously he or someone he works with is writing the narration. This guy just needs to do a read though with the writer before recording.

[@LesLess]

Guys...you are listening to a robot! This is a text to voice program. They do pretty well but will stumble over proper names.

[@JOEHOVA]

awesome as always sir.

[@WarhawkYT]

Thanks JOEHOVA!

[@michaelwoods4495]

The narration would be more credible if the speaker could pronounce "Cape Girardeau," "slough," and "cavalry."

[@334outdoors8]

I think the best think is to get more used to doing it these have to be huge scripts can really memorize them I think the best thing would be to break the scripts up and record them in smaller chunks But I’ll give you the bad pronunciation of “magnificent” and “slough” but as a life long southern I get that last one wrong if I’m not actively thinking of rivers or fishing but I usually am

[@Fitch93]

and Cairo, Magnificent, Ulysses, probably a few more I'm missing.

[@Bob_Betker]

@@Fitch93 He is actually pronouncing Cairo correctly, it is pronounced "kay-row" in the Missouri and Illinois area.

[@mattneil1449]

@@Bob_Betker ya there's a place south of me spelled Staunton but nobody from there pronounces the u

[@tomarsandbeyond]

Or pretty much most words in this whole video

[@Shadowman4710]

If I can leave some constructive criticism here, I'd say that your research and graphics are absolutely first class. This channel really needs more subs and views. Having said that, I think you need to work on your pronunciations and cadence while reading your script. It comes off as very choppy and is quite off putting. I almost quit the first video of yours I watched but hung on because of the excellent information you're putting out there. It does suck that presentation is more than half the battle but it's a sad fact of life. If you get your presentation honed a bit more, I'd think this channel will really take off.

[@WarhawkYT]

Thank you Shadow. Have you watched any of my recent videos? Belmont is pretty early in our warhawk career and I feel like we have improved a lot since this video.

[@Shadowman4710]

@@WarhawkYT I'll have to check. I watched the Fort Henry and New Mexico campaigns earlier today. Really excellent research in both.

[@tasha6151]

Shadowman I really agree, and really appreciate your clear and non-offensive way of criticism. We need more of your kind of honest but constructive comments on the internet. Good job!

[@anzaca1]

And there's the weird pronunciation of "magnificent".

[@SirWulfrick]

20:54 LOL, that's badass.

[@zurgesmiecal]

Grant must have been really scared getting captured by the rebels after he burned some of their helpless comrades alive

[@Thisandthat8908]

Fremont was lucky that McClellan overshadowed him in history as a general in over his head.

[@keving2371]

Cape Geer-a doo over the slaw .....slough ...................Theres a chain that goes across the river that was at belmont to columbus to block ship travel

[@JohnSmith-zv8km]

Some more analysis would have been useful, why did Grant send his flanks companies off but not follow them closely enough to support them for a while,had he done so the battle might have been over more quickly and the victory more complete due to his troops being less tired. Having routed the enemy if he had followed them he might also have routed the reinforcements. Hind site is easy but would be nice to know more.

[@spacehonky6315]

Ya got Cairo(kay-roh) Illinois correct but butchered Cape Girardeau(jur-are-doh). I'm enjoying your civil war videos, and impatiently wait for new ones. Thanks for researching the strategies and field tactics employed for each battle. When i visit these battlefields, i am often overwhelmed by the great distances and beautiful monuments. Your brief overviews are a huge help.

[@armorcombatsystems6935]

What program are you using to animate these if I may ask?

[@theequalsgamer2074]

Favorite so far but maybe lower the music just a bit

[@WarhawkYT]

I have the music at the lowest level possible that my editor would allow

[@tomarsandbeyond]

I didn't hear any music at all

[@faithlessberserker5921]

I know you probably meant grants first battle of the civil war but wasn’t he a Mexican American war vet?

[@indy_go_blue6048]

Yes.

[@roysimmons3549]

Grant's success owed a lot to always having a larger amount of troops in most cases.

[@porcine83]

maybe, but the nitwits in the East still manufactured defeat against numerically inferior foes repeatedly.

[@andrewbowles9753]

Interesting

[@brianbanks703]

How can you pronounce rout and route the same?

[@michaelhoffman5348]

It the voice over for these videos generated by an early version of AI? Very choppy like they are spliced together, or I'm speaking to my IPAD, but the content is fine.

[@adamhenrywalker]

It’s not mentioned but the reason President Lincoln removed General Frémont is because Frémont prematurely issued an emancipation of all slaves in Missouri. That was foolish, as Missouri was still divided between Union and Confederate and it was a slave state. Still, Frémont’s heart was in the right place.

[@334outdoors8]

The right thing and the strategic thing are sometimes not the same

[@indy_go_blue6048]

He not only attempted early emancipation, he refused to withdraw it even after Lincoln ordered him to do so. He was a lousy general anyway, as indicated by his loss at McDowell to Jackson the following spring.

[@mitchellhawkes22]

A lot of fighting over slaw.

[@docbailey3265]

Jeer - raw - doe.

[@bodyboardingchronicles602]

TANKERS LEAD THE WAY 👊😎

[@ViktoriousDead]

No

[@johnwherry5807]

Cape jer rar do Cape Girardeau Mo

[@adamhenrywalker]

Yeah! General Frémont!

[@334outdoors8]

Love how you use the local/southern pronunciation of places like Cairo every one knows it should be pronounced or way but names shift over time

[@steventyler8002]

No he’s really butchering the pronunciations. We don’t pronounce it like that. And Cape Girardeau... Girard oh

[@alanpeterson4939]

And a swamp is pronounced “slew”.

[@alias6967]

@@alanpeterson4939 ive lived in the south my entire life and i have never once heard some peckerwood call a swamp a slew. But yeah "cape gearadoo" made me facepalm, but "magnifikent" made me have to stop watching.

[@indy_go_blue6048]

@@alias6967 And other than my military time and 6 years living in Georgia, I've lived the rest of my life in Illinois and Indiana, and we pronounce it "slew." I did, however, get a bit tickled when I first heard the pronunciation of the county that surrounds Warner-Robbins (south of Macon/Bibb Cty, GA) as How-stun when I'd always heard it pronounced Hew-stun.

[@imherwerdio6852]

Great video, but Cape Girardeau is Jih-rahr-doe, not a similar pronunciation to Didgeridoo.

[@alphalunamare]

'Kayro' seems odd but if that's how the locals call it then so be it. As for pronouncing 'Slow' (ow as in how = Slough) even the english have problems!

[@billwilson3609]

Slough is pronounced as slew when referring to swamps and as sluff when referring to discarding.

[@model-man7802]

Cape Gee rah doo??

[@JustDrewSometimes]

Ok, who narrated?

[@WarhawkYT]

According to most people, a robot 💀

[@judex2314]

Tell me your not from Missouri without telling me

[@WarhawkYT]

I’m not from misery

[@MrEsMysteriesMagicks]

Really can't justify subscribing until the narration improves roughly 1,000%.

[@WarhawkYT]

very old video, have you seen our recent ones?

[@zurgesmiecal]

"accident"

[@Coopdaddy70]

Girardeau is pronounced GER RAD Dough

[@alias6967]

Lmao no its not. More like jerawrdo

[@charliehansen6584]

I know its two years later at this point, but you don't need to introduce the commanders of units until they become tactically relevant and that might help with the flow of your talking

[@WarhawkYT]

Thank you for the tip, we are planning on redoing this video

[@davidbowman4259]

Hooray for Grant! Hooray for the Union!

[@RedFxd]

I miss the old narrator:(

[@The_Unrepentant_McClellanite]

I do believe it is the same person, for the voice of the narrator in this video sounds exactly the same as the voice of the narrator who narrated Wilson's Creek and Balls Bluff.

[@WarhawkYT]

We might have some use of him pertaining to an invasion by a very bushy man. ;)

[@craignedoff991]

👍🙏

[@1989gibbi]

You have serious pronunciation issues

[@MarkH10]

Could you describe the benefits of refusing to research basic elements such as pronunciation?

[@drewschumann1]

Agreed. If the narrator can't even pronounce simple words, maybe the OP needs to rethink their plans.

[@diehard2705]

Have either of you considered not being a cunt to someone that’s putting a lot of effort into their videos? If you don’t like it make something better

[@pauloakwood9208]

Great history and a well put together video. But goodness me, every time the narrator says: 'Ka-Ro' (for Cairo,) my whole body would shutter. That aside, I would certainly recommend this channel.

[@reset-xs9ql]

at 1:18 Cairo.. um like the egyptian city it is named after is not pronounced "K row". lol what are you Canadian?

[@logankevitt8401]

That is how people in the south say it, southern pronunciation of local cities are different than you’d expect. He actually did a really good job getting it right when it comes to how Americans who lived there would and still say it

[@danielbackley9301]

@@logankevitt8401 Actually the town is called Kay-Ro . BTW I'm from Chicago

[@jacksonguillory8114]

@@danielbackley9301 the guy above me is a very smart yankee :)

[@dadsonworldwide3238]

So engrained in making the usa what it has become

[@Dannyvirk]

K-row?

[@334outdoors8]

Yes k-row is the local pronunciation Madrid is mA-drid when it’s a local place name like how Arab, Al is A-rab and Birmingham is well Birmingham not burmingam

[@Fitch93]

@@334outdoors8 Interesting, I knew a couple people who were from Ki-row..

[@videotgrl]

K row is right. Ulysses is “you-less--eee”

[@videotgrl]

Slough is pronounced “slew.” Rhymes with new.

[@tomarsandbeyond]

@@videotgrl you-liss-ease

[@paultribbett7765]

you mispronounce way too many words

[@allfredo7753]

Again and again what we see throughout this American Civil War is- the Union side is seemingly always better prepared, armed and can in many battles 'afford' to trade casualties while the Confederates were always short on men and resupplies (The difference between the the numerically superior Northern states in - men, money and time- the outcome could be nothing but ultimately a Union victory!!!! I "hate slavery of men over men'- but I like the idea of a people resisting an overburdening Gov. that forces people against their will! Think FREE all you Americans!

[@frankchisman7188]

Warhawk, Your graphics and understanding of the movements of the units is commendable. However, you, absolutely, have to learn how to pronounce words in American English language, or find someone who knows how to. Your mispronunciations actually make my teeth hurt.

[@aceous99]

ew lisis s grant

[@opalescencedoll7840]

Long live Dixie!

[@diehard2705]

Traitor.

[@opalescencedoll7840]

@@diehard2705 dam right

[@jacksonguillory8114]

@@diehard2705 dont talk about yourself like that sweetie.

[@diehard2705]

@@jacksonguillory8114 “I know you are but what am I?” lol I haven’t heard that since middle school. Dixie was another name for the south, The south succeeded from the US, Therefore southerners that succeeded were traitors and anyone currently supporting them is also a traitor.

[@robertclarke6081]

Just like the rev war rebels were traitors to the British crown Washington Jefferson Franklin and all the rest.

[@andrewsmith9861]

Kentucky like Missouri , looks on paper to be a neutral state because their governments were divided into rival factions, where only the pro union branch would later be recognized as legitimate. When the Germans took Paris and set up the Vichy government in ww2 France was in the same position as those states. I would point out that had the Germans won, history would view the Vichy government as the legitimate government, and the free French government would be essentially “rebels”. In reality more Missourians and Kentuckians were far more likely to support the south , as both states had a large portion of slaves by percentage of their total population. Kentucky , like my home state of Arkansas, stayed neutral until Lincoln violated that neutrality by demanding we send troops to fight for the union. At this point Arkansas joined to confederate cause, Missouri and Kentucky were unable to join due to their governments being essentially compromised by carpet bagging and corruption. I think to say the southerners violated the neutrality is short-sided union propaganda.

[@briansass4865]

Over 55,000 soldiers from Kentucky served in the United States Army. About 33,000 served in the Confederate army.

[@avenaoat]

​@@briansass4865 "35,000 Kentuckians served as Confederate soldiers; an estimated 125,000 Kentuckians served as Union soldiers.Approximately 24,000 Black Kentuckians, free and enslaved, served as Union soldiers." Kentucky had 19% slave population. The West Virgians were counted recently exactly and there 50-50% were the rate for the Union or Confederat soldiers, but West Virgina got plus 11 counties to the original planed new state area (from Jefferson (Harper's Ferry) to McDowell counties, where were originaly stronger Confederat sentiment). Deleware was almost 100% Unionist soldiers during the Civil War but the slavery population was only less than 2%. Maryland gave about 45 000 soldiers for the Union and about 5 000 soldiers for the Confederacy. Maryland 12,7% slave population. Missouri slave population was 9,7%!!!!! The StLouis city, the Ozarck area and the border of Iowa were the Unionist areas and the most dense slavery area the "small Dixie" around the Missouri river middle of the state was the Confederat sentiment area. Missouri gave about 110 000 soldiers to the Union and 40000 soldiers to the Confederaty. Look at the other side. The first and second (East) Tennessee regiments fought Under George Thomas for the Union january of 1861 in the battle of Mill springs in Kentucky! North Carolina (mainly West part of North Carolina) gave about 15000 soldiers to the Union! The Unionist part Ozarck region in Missoury has a second part in Arkansas and these areas had low % slavery population and the Arkanses Ozarck region gave soldiers to the Union too!

[@avenaoat]

Funny the dense slavery populated "little Dixie" counties around the Missouri river middle of the state were the pro Confederat area and gave 40 000 soldiers to the Confederat Army and the low% slave populated counties as St Louis Ozark region and the Iowa border region gave 110 000 soldiers to the Union. Lincoln most important aim was to hold the border states as Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, Deleware in the Union and he got a plus present West Virginia during the conflict. BTW the the low% slavery populated Ozarck region of Arkansas gave soldiers to the Union as the similar low% slavery regions in East Tennessee or West part of North Carolina.

[@geraldmiller5260]

Please, learn to say "Ulysses" correctly.

[@howardbursee307]

Grant's real name is Hiram Ulysses Grant, not U.S. Grant. The U.S. stood for "Unconditional Surrender" Grant.

[@helpinghal]

You are correct that Grant's birth name was Hiram Ulysses Grant. However, his name was listed as Ulysses Simpson Grant on his nomination papers to West Point. Grant adopted the name and from that point was knkwn as U.S. Grant. Some of his friends from West Point called him Sam, as in "Uncle Sam" Grant. It is true that he became famous as Unconditional Surrender Grant after his victory at Fort Donelson

[@thecomcon1865]

Well researched but your narration is difficult to listen to. I was interested but had to sign off because your read was so jerky. You might look into getting a narrator.

[@brettpeacock9116]

Who dafuq is "You-Lee-Sees" s Grant. Do you mean "You- Liss -sees" S Grant? And for that Matter the Missouri City is "Kye -Ro" (Like the Capital of Egypt) , not "Kay Ro".... You attempt at correct pronunciation of common names and places is irritating and laughable in a purportedly serious documentary video. But other than that, I do commend the minute by minute overview of the battles, although you insist on obscuring half the location geography with giant portraits of the unit commanders... a simple name plate would do, along with a simpler colour code - Blue for Union and Red for Confederate. Your audience is largely American, so anything more complex would be wasted. It would also help if the topography of the locales was at least shown, not just fields and woods.

[@Shadowman4710]

Actually he got the pronunciation of Cairo, Illinois. That's how they pronounce it there.

[@markbridwell8972]

Where in the hell did "they" get this narrator ? It's obvious he has never received adequate training in public speaking . Can't handle another word .

[@thesouthernhistorian4153]

​@@markbridwell8972any reason to be an asshole since this narrator owns the channel?

[@Guitcad1]

AI or bot voice. Your mispronunciations are a dead giveaway. "Magnifi---𝙠𝙚𝙣𝙩"? Really?

[@WarhawkYT]

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