American Civil War: Confederate Invasion of Maryland - “The Most Propitious Time”

[@WarhawkYT]

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[@michaelmccabe3079]

When posting, can you check the youtube subtitles? Some of them are pretty hilarious misinterpretations, but would be problematic for non-native speakers.

[@WarhawkYT]

Thanks for reminding me, those are always the KZbin automated subtitles, I always upload my subtitles but sometimes have to go back and reupload them when KZbin doesn’t get it the first time.

[@AprilHill-ho6qs]

When does the next episode come out?

[@bman8036]

Y'all do GREAT work hope u had a nice break!

[@CivilWarWeekByWeek]

I’m sure this is the furthest north Lee will ever get

[@WarhawkYT]

Oh definitely

[@thomasward963]

If he crosses into Pennsylvania I’ll eat my boot

[@Philbert-s2c]

@@thomasward963 He won't get North of Harrisburg.

[@StonewallTitlow]

@@Philbert-s2c yep. He won’t.

[@johnpotts8308]

Since McLellan was a man of his word, I'm sure he's going to honour his commitment to go home if he doesn't defeat Lee in the forthcoming battle.

[@WarhawkYT]

We will see

[@gallantcavalier3306]

Yeah, and let’s hope that he doesn’t run for President in 1864.

[@thomasfarley5070]

Ummmm, McClellan died over 100 years ago!

[@gallantcavalier3306]

@@thomasfarley5070 Yes indeed friend, we’re just trying to joke around about McClellan.

[@elmascapo6588]

​@@gallantcavalier3306 would have been a victory, had Burnsidd actually listened to Mac and not wasted half the day starrng at butterflies

[@PonianYouTube]

17:24 A cigar in a field! It must be my lucky day! Hey, what's this wrapped aroun- OH MY GOOOOOOOD!!!!!

[@brocksargeant1134]

I used to constantly play Sid Meier's Antietam and South Mountain. When living in Frederick I went over and toured all of the South Mountain passes, Harpers Ferry and the Antietam battlefields. Very much looking forward to the next ones!

[@koenven7012]

I've just spend two weeks in that region looking at different battle sites. Harpers Ferry, Antietam, South Mountain Passes, Gettysburg, etc.

[@scottanos9981]

4:24 it was more because those Marylanders who wanted to join the confederacy did so already in 1861. The people who remained in Maryland by this time were the ones who largely weren't sympathetic to the southern cause

[@WarhawkYT]

What surprised me the most was both Lee and Bragg had high hopes a lot would join them in Maryland and Kentucky but both only got around 200 apiece

[@Philbert-s2c]

@@WarhawkYT Lee seems to have made a number of strategic assumptions throughout the war that simply weren't based on fact. The idea that invading the North in 1863 after the failure of this campaign was just wishful thinking. They were never going to conquer Washington or panic the US government into capitulating.

[@michaelmccabe3079]

@@WarhawkYT Typically, pro-Confederate southerners came from the black belts, while Unionist southerners came from the white belts. A good book on the subject is "The South Versus the South" by William W. Freehling.

[@aaronfleming9426]

@@Philbert-s2c Excellent comment. Strategy was not Lee's forte.

[@avenaoat]

@@WarhawkYT Kentucky was prounionist and the most proconfederate area was West Kentucky. Grant experienced in 1861. Central Kentucky and Eastern Kentucky were prounionist. However there are a few proconfederate counties there as Owen and Trimble at near the Ohio river.

[@nathanappleby5342]

"My general idea is to cut the enemy in two, and defeat him in detail", a classic Napoleonic strategy. I liked the way McClellan deployed the army right after he reorganized it with speed. It goes to show that despite his lack of aggression, he displays some if not all of why he graduated second in his class at West Point. Can't wait to see the next video, hope it comes out soon!

[@WarhawkYT]

Thanks man, I wanted to get this video out asap because we are going to Europe for a few weeks and won’t be able to make new videos. Next one will be in July

[@nathanappleby5342]

@@WarhawkYT Thank you for letting us know!

[@ptauagpt]

George B. definitely the man !! Reorganized and BUILT that Army of the Potamic which Ulysis's inherited .

[@tranchienbinh]

@@WarhawkYT It's almost September already, m'lord.

[@WarhawkYT]

​@@tranchienbinh im almost done with south mountain ;)

[@natethenoble909]

At 9:20 I actually paused the video and took the time to find Gettysburg on the map too. Its fun to see how interactive and interconnected this whole affair is.

[@kiwilemonbrain6650]

Well, Now you have to do Antietam. You left me at a cliffhanger.

[@WarhawkYT]

South mountain first 😉

[@kiwilemonbrain6650]

@@WarhawkYT 😢 Fair enough, lol.

[@elmascapo6588]

​@@WarhawkYT then Harper Ferry It's only fair, probably Jackson's most forgotten and underrated victory

[@gallantcavalier3306]

Love seeing the Maryland Campaign come to fruition on this amazing channel!!

[@carterl369]

Born and raised in Frederick County, so cool to see these stories that I was raised on now put into video.

[@zacharywerner5745]

lets gooooo this makes my friday's so much better!! thank you warhawk

[@WarhawkYT]

You’re welcome!

[@Bolo2028]

Thanks! You produce excellent content.

[@WarhawkYT]

Thanks man, we try our best!

[@leivabernie]

Excellent work, and well worth the wait man. Thanks for this.

[@WarhawkYT]

Thanks Leiva!

[@hvymettle]

What Lee had gained after Second Manassas was the initiative. His army, however, needed to rest and refit. To move off west into the Valley or South to the Rappahannock River would signal that Lee was unable to maintain the offensive. Lee lacked the siege train and supply line to move east and directly invest DC. So his only choice to retain the initiative was to move north and cross the Potomac into Maryland. Lee moved his army to Frederick from which he could threaten DC or Baltimore behind the security of the Monocacy River if he needed to fight a defensive battle. Expecting McClellan to move more slowly, Lee ordered the bulk of his forces to take Harpers Ferry so he could receive ordnance supplies from the Valley and have a secure line of retreat if needed. When McClellan moved sooner than expected Lee was compelled to evacuate Frederick because he lacked the troops needed to control all of the crossings on the Monocacy and he could conceal his weakness behind South Mountain. The Lost Order induced McClellan to change his advance from Harpers Ferry to Turners Gap where he expected to find Jackson's isolated corps as laid out in the Lost Order. Lee fought his defensive battle at Sharpsburg and retreated into the Valley where McClellan gave him the six weeks he needed to rest, refit, and recruit his army back up to strength.

[@cauanfuentespessoa9837]

Brilliant summary! 👏

[@Onlytheclouds]

Thanks for all these videos throughout the years. I know it’s a lot of work man.

[@kimnelson-barclay7427]

Im 70 now but I roamed the mountains and rivers throughout the area and I can tell you its some rough country. I always admired the men who could survive out there in the 1860s.

[@frederic94000]

Farm boys and even city dwellers were tuf back then. Everybody walked 3or 4 miles a day at least. They were so thin, just like us soldiers in Vietnam.

[@popsrock6622]

For me the troop movements are as interesting as the battle itself! Thank you for this valuable and entertaining information. I love your channel!

[@WarhawkYT]

Thanks pops, battles are only half the war, we can’t forget the movements.

[@frankfowlkes7872]

These video are well prepared and easy to follow. Thanks and I look forward to the next one!

[@aaronfleming9426]

6:38 "McClellan is forced to proceed with caution..." Umm, I don't think anyone ever had to force McClellan to proceed with caution....

[@WarhawkYT]

lol

[@collinsx62]

Just found this channel, these are awesome!

[@matsal3211]

Lee should’ve listen to LongStreet, play defensive with an aggressive officer to attack enemy flanks which was Jackson

[@sergiodavila3290]

Those plans wrapped up in cigars must've looked like quite the generous gift from the southerners. How thoughtful!

[@YesIndubitably]

Great job, I’m looking forward to more of this series

[@tsw9639]

Keep doing these videos. Your content is awesome!

[@roykay4709]

Thanks! Great series and much appreciated

[@WarhawkYT]

Thanks Roy! I’m glad you enjoyed

[@moach57]

Excellent video yet again gents. Soon the ball will get rolling.

[@WarhawkYT]

Thanks Maggy

[@FirstLast-di5sr]

Excellent content and much appreciated as always!

[@davidlord7364]

Informaitive and well presented

[@gappayayo4602]

Great content as always

[@WarhawkYT]

Thanks gappay

[@carterl369]

Always loved the Maryland campaign as a local to the area. In fact I just commuted through Leesburg to get home

[@ddjay1363]

@Warhawk Another good vid. 🙂 Keep 'em coming!

[@ToxicGazelle]

Learning a lot about the invasion of MD looks like I got some sights to see

[@witlesscloudz]

Great video as always guys

[@patrickmckay619]

Your videos are awesome

[@WarhawkYT]

Thank you so much 😀

[@internalsnowman1]

I’m a big fan of this keep going it’s really good

[@WarhawkYT]

Thanks man, we surely will!

[@ethanpf449]

Can't wait for South Mountain and Harper's Ferrry

[@WarhawkYT]

You’ll have to wait a bit, the Warhawk crew is helping out to Europe on a trip, so no new videos for some time.

[@ethanpf449]

@@WarhawkYT I can wait

[@timschrage1694]

A great article was written about the potential culprit, who recklessly misplaced the order. It was done via in depth detective work and the likely suspect was Henry Kyd Douglas a cigar smoker a staff officer in Jackson's command. It wasn't DH Hill, he never got Lee's copy of order 191 but was able to produce Jackson's years later.

[@johnmoser1162]

Great stuff !

[@darthcheney7447]

Well Done.

[@gallantcavalier3306]

Will you include Stuart’s second ride around McClellan to Chambersburg?

[@Cakevspie94]

It amazes me that the discovered order wasn't even encrypted. Even Caesar's army in BC used basic encryption

[@Joeys-Channel]

Awesome

[@talamioros]

I gotta say, who subtitled this...the auto-generated subtitles are actually marginally better than the provided "English" subtitles.

[@DamonNomad82]

While understandable that Confederate troops would sing "Maryland, My Maryland" when entering that state, the fact they did so as an invasion force was somewhat ironic considering some of the lyrics of the song. "The despot's heel is on thy shore, Maryland, my Maryland! His torch is at thy temple door, Maryland, my Maryland!" One could argue that Lee's army was playing the song's "despot" by invading, and re-contextualize the song as a call to arms to defend the state from the Confederate invaders, rather than the songwriter's original intent as a protest against the Federal crackdown on the pro-Confederate elements within the state...

[@gallantcavalier3306]

“Avenge the patriotic gore, That flecked the streets of Baltimore And be the battle queen of yore Maryland, my Maryland.” Couldn’t resist trying to continue. But you make a good point in this, especially considering the pro-Union counties that The Army of Northern Virginia marched through on the move northward.

[@marknewton6984]

Hard to see Lee as a despot...

[@theyowiehunters7698]

Mr Hawk, would you please tell me where you source your artwork? Would love to collect some of these without YT's compression on them. Thank you if you can find the time. Great episode.

[@gallantcavalier3306]

Will we see the daring cavalry breakout from Harpers Ferry?

[@WarhawkYT]

Perhaps, I reminded Woody to include Mr Davis’ miraculous escape

[@gallantcavalier3306]

@@WarhawkYT Ah yes!! Colonel Ben “Grimes” Davis of the 8th Illinois Cavalry.

[@mattmullin928]

The way the narrater says Maryland always cracks me up

[@WarhawkYT]

im glad im funny ;)

[@mrbaab5932]

The lived in the town named after Pleasanton for a couple years in California.

[@IronBrigade0]

I CANNOT wait for Battle of Antietam !!!

[@star5398]

This is all happening right where I live so I constantly go, "oh I know that town"

[@micahistory]

interesting video

[@charonsferryold]

As a long resident of Frederick, it's fascinating to read about how the people here before me reacted to these armies. I imagine the jeers to the rebels and cheers to the federal troops both had a background feeling of dread that these men would all soon slaughter each other.

[@zach7193]

Pretty good.

[@WarhawkYT]

It’s aight

[@ptauagpt]

Antietam the bloodiest 1 day battle of the Civil War.

[@dennismoore7935]

they were arrogant people, those rebels, weren't that welcome

[@jonpeters9148]

they wernt a bunch of war criminals mind,shermans march to the sea,the routine murder of men of military age in the western theatre,fredericksburg etc etc.

[@frederic94000]

Arrogant bare-footed and stinky too😂😂😂

[@NoelG702]

Lee invaded the wrong part of Maryland if he was looking for support. Central, Southern, and Eastern Maryland is where the confederate support was highest.

[@alanpattee4383]

NOOOO! I HAVE TO WAIT TILL SUNDAY 😭😭😭

[@WarhawkYT]

Rip

[@roysimmons3549]

Bull Run threatened Washington twice. On casualties Union like Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville were.heavier.

[@illinoismotionpicturestudi5065]

16:47 Nice use of grammar, General

[@SarisTX]

Impeccable language sir

[@seancarney3024]

Wow, three cigarettes. This is my lucky day! -Barton W Michael

[@TheNotoriousSAJ75]

Robert E. Lee is the best!

[@Johnathan-ww7gf]

Mr harringtonnnn🔛🔝

[@WarhawkYT]

Vasquez or Longstreth?

[@Johnathan-ww7gf]

@@WarhawkYT Vasquez senorrr🦅

[@stevecooper7883]

Commenting for the algorithm

[@WarhawkYT]

Gracias señor

[@jameskbarron]

If only Lee had used encryption for his orders. To be fair, I'm surprised McClellan could put his knowledge of the orders to use. He may be the worst general to ever reach so high a level of command in US history.

[@christopherroberts2183]

The Confederate Army is one of the best examples of a formidable fighting force being hampered by poor logistics. I wonder how things would've went if they took a full on guerrilla/insurgency plan instead of a straight up conventional war.

[@frederic94000]

They would have obtain what they were fighting for the preservation of slavery and expansion of slavery in the Southwest, maybe in the caribean too. but a guerilla/insurgent war is awfull for the civilians and the soldiers. The white south population would have been "reduced" ...

[@garymiller9192]

Whats next?

[@WarhawkYT]

south mountain

[@garymiller9192]

When

[@randolphruff9870]

It's an interest presentation but you're peddling the same nonsense about Stuart that people do with the Gettysburg campaign. Stuart's responsibilities were screening the advance and clearing out the enemy from Loudon County (as you note). This is the same in the Gettysburg campaign, although the path was longer and more dangerous through the Valley. However, once across the Potomac, Stuart's ability to provide the same actions was virtually impossible, and this was not the objective of his force. Why was it impossible? Aside from the fact that the ANV was no longer in Virginia once crossing the Potomac (both campaigns), and thus in enemy territory, the g topography and sheer area of land to be covered in screening was multiplied exponentially. Each campaign offered different challenges, but once into Maryland, Stuart's role was no longer about the screening of mountain passes, but to probe far east of Lee's army to confuse the Federals about the actual location of Lee. Threats against various cities (which your presentation notes) like Washington and Baltimore, and other in to Gettysburg campaign, forced the Union forces to proceed more slowly and carefully out of concern for getting caught out of position. Stuarts's efforts in both campaigns bought Lee precious time to consolidate, organize, and rest his army after many hard miles of marching was essential. Additionally, far too many incorrect assumptions are made as to Stuart being Lee's only reconnaissance assets. For one thing, Stuart's cavalry was attached to Longstreet's 1st Corps on the Maryland Campaign, and Lee had other cavalry units with his army. Also, during the Maryland Invasion the real reason Lee was forced to fight so soon was because McClellan captured orders detailing his campaign plans. In the Gettysburg campaign Stuart left three entire brigades with Lee for recon and screening efforts. The noting that Lee was blind because of Stuart's absence in either campaign is a charming little myth that keeps getting repeated without any real analysis of the facts.

[@evilstorm5954]

Why do I know McLellan fkd this up?🤣😂👍

[@imcloaking]

Hi

[@WarhawkYT]

Hi

[@markhill7596]

the old drop false orders with cigars trick

[@WarhawkYT]

I don’t think that was intentional lol

[@hvymettle]

It's called a ruse de guerre. Before finding the order, military logic compelled McClellan to move his main body to a junction with the Harpers Ferry garrison. After receiving the Lost Order, McClellan changed his plan because the Lost Order made it clear that Jackson's Corps would be at Boonsboro, on his right flank in Pleasant Valley if he moved to Harpers Ferry. So McClellan sent his main body to Turner's Gap to deal with Jackson's Corps, sending only a reinforced corps to the relief of Harpers Ferry. Nowhere in the special order is Jackson directed to march to Harpers Ferry. McClaws is the general tasked with the capture of Harpers Ferry. Professional historians tend to dismiss the possibility that it was a ruse de guerre, but reading the order for oneself, looking at a map, and reasoning through the options, it sure seems possible.

[@aaronfleming9426]

@@hvymettle What exactly would Lee gain from giving McClellan his real plans? I would think a successful ruse would be deceptive. No, Jackson isn't ordered to go to Harper's Ferry, but he's ordered to pass just north of it and intercept the garrison as it attempts to flee. As it happened, the garrison stayed put and forced Lee to adjust and use the remainder of Jackson's corps to capture it, but he didn't know that at the time the order was written. Considering that there's no apparent deception; nothing to be gained by giving McClellan his actual plans; and the fact that Lee's staff work was typically poor; it just seems far more likely that it wasn't a ruse.

[@janlindtner305]

👍

[@WarhawkYT]

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[@CMDRFandragon]

The real reason the Confederates didnt have shoes....

[@WarhawkYT]

General Lee loved feet and ordered his troops to march barefoot so he can see their dirty stinky move in the dust and mud

[@joshuafuchs180]

The south shall rise again

[@WarhawkYT]

Maybe someday, we will see

[@joshuafuchs180]

@@WarhawkYT hey man your videos are great on par with the best military history channels sometimes I feel like I can see the battle keep it up man I appreciate your hard work and I absolutely enjoy it

[@FieldMarshalYT]

"How many times do we have to teach you this lesson old man?"

[@Philbert-s2c]

Yeah sure. And I have land in the Florida swamps I want to sell you. The Confederacy is long dead...and rightfully so.

[@frederic94000]

Well to fight you need soldiers and southtron fatties are no longer able to walk more than half a mile, i hope it will rise again...to be crush, face down pounded by the north just like last time.😂😂😂

[@alphalunamare]

13:30 ..How things might hve been different if he had ever walked in the 'shoes' of his common soldiers .... A bigger Cretin than Custer but woe betide mentioning that simple truth.

[@LawIV]

@1:03 Robert E Lee was a bottom for Traveler

[@lostpapertown]

Again harrisburg the key for lee to win free to Take but no again

[@frederic94000]

Very Good video, but that anti union bias is pretty distasteful

[@WarhawkYT]

where is the confederate bias in the video? lol

[@frederic94000]

@@WarhawkYT a lot of little things, especially the sentence that you repeat in almost all your videos " what the président Lincoln called a rebellion" for exemple. it also seems that you constantly avoid the subject of slavery like in this video where you don't even mention the hundreds of people who have been abducted and enslaved. by the rebel army during this Maryland campaign.... smells like confederate bias to me. Sorry for my english i am not American or british

[@frederic94000]

@@WarhawkYT the videos are nevertheless excellent and I do not miss a single one. but since I'm not American, or rather I'm not from the Deep South, I have a little trouble understanding the leniency of the authorities in the post-war North. in my country these renegade generals and senior officers would have been tried and then beheaded at the end for wanting to destroy the motherland. the result of this leniency and that today in many states in the United States traitors are considered heroes. I assure you that for a foreigner it is bizarre.

[@williamstocker584]

He’s not being bias your just not mature enough to hear the story from both sides

[@frederic94000]

I know the story from both side, i ve read plenty of southern soldiers diary and southern newspapers BEFORE AND DURING the war, and they said very clearly why they fought. For the élite it was to expand slavery in the new states (senate slave states majority). For the simple poor soldiers who didnt own slave, they didnt want blacks to be considered their equal, to have the same rights. And once again they were very very clear, in the dozens diaries ive read. Plus thank to slavery, the poorest white, will never fall at the botom of the social ladder. At the end of the war, strangely they start to say that they didnt fight to expand and preserve, their" pelicular southern institution" no no of course.. they fought For state rights😂😂😂 not for slavery. I think im mature enough to see its bullshit. But you, like others, are not mature enough to understand it. You know it is possible to be admirative of the fighting spirit and fortitude of the south during the civil war, but at the same time disgusted and horrified by their beliefs and objectives. Just read the state declarations of secession hilight the words slavery and pellicular institution 😅 , read soldiers diary why they fought. Read the southern papers DURING THE WAR. You guys need to grow up.

[@gbafongbafon]

Reparations today! Reparations tomorrow! Reparations forever!