Ok this guy said more detail and so much accuracy in 4 minuets that i would love to see more of this...
@provenelk8 жыл бұрын
I'm a Brit and these videos are really interesting. The US civil war was a fascinating period.
@neurotic30155 жыл бұрын
@Jupiter rising 2% of the US population died! It doesn't sound like much, but if you put that percentage into the population today that's over 6 million people!
@jacobr80635 жыл бұрын
MiniReaper Sad, but yes, fascinating
@machida584 жыл бұрын
The Civil War was a waste of human life like every other War.
@Flowerz__4 жыл бұрын
Pro Male Revolutionary agreed. Part of the reason it makes it even more interesting to delve into. Figuring out why it happened and also all the things it changed in American history.
@machida584 жыл бұрын
@@Flowerz__ Vested political interests. We could have let those losers seceed the Union and slavery would have been out shortly after.
@mn73928 жыл бұрын
As a teacher of U.S. history I thank you for your videos.
@andrewsilverstein6186 Жыл бұрын
This "In 4 Minutes" series is excellent, thank you
@traviswebb353210 ай бұрын
Right, I love these vids!!
@brianfuller76915 жыл бұрын
Artillery was a major part of the Civil War and a major reason for Union victory. The Union began the war with an artillery advantage which became more pronounced as was continued
@mr.pickles8102 жыл бұрын
Gettysburg has a set of guns on the field that were breech loaders I think they were confederate guns i cant remember but cool tech
@sethwarren81062 жыл бұрын
@@mr.pickles810 probably Whitworth rifled guns imported from England. The Tredegar Iron Works produced cannon along with a few other places but a lot of Confederate artillery were either imported from England or captured on the battlefield.
@andrewwestman2407 Жыл бұрын
Since the introduction to gunpowder, over 60% of battlefield casualties have been from artillery. The Russians refer to it as “The hammer of god.”
@Elbowendj4 жыл бұрын
Thank you from the UK, that was fascinating.
@williambartlett27614 жыл бұрын
An interesting fact that there wasn't enough time to cover was the trunnions on each side of the barrel. Although they looked to be cast in the middle of the tube, they were actually cast slightly above center. This caused the muzzle to dip when fired and the greater mass at the breech of the tube absorbed the bulk of the recoil. I believe there's a snippet in the video that shows the muzzle dipping when fired.
@mrguermo12 жыл бұрын
This is exactly the kind of depth I was looking for, and in a short, visually informative format. Thanks!
@refugeeca8 жыл бұрын
I always wondered if the cannons on the battlefield were typically from the war. That's great to know. Not to be morbid, or disrespectful. But to imagine some of these guns may have a history of carnage behind (or in front) of them.
@SStupendous2 жыл бұрын
They are, yes. Really interesting.
@bobjones24607 жыл бұрын
I bet most cannoners lost their hearing from the exposure to the noise of the blast.
@denierdev97233 жыл бұрын
Same with artillerymen of all wars with artillery
@tylerbowers11002 жыл бұрын
“WHAT???”
@schwunkie Жыл бұрын
@@tylerbowers1100"WHAT DID YOU SAY??!?!??!?!"
@Bluesrock1815Ай бұрын
Yup blood dropped out. I heard 1 going off incredible noise let alone 50-100
@ElBandito4 жыл бұрын
Napoleon loved artillery. One of the reasons why he was so successful in battle.
@SgtMjr5 жыл бұрын
I was at a reenactment camp in Murphreesboro TN in 1990. The Union artillery unit was firing their cannons. Really great sound and presentaion, a very distinctive CRACK! rather than the Boom we all expect. In the middle of all this wonderful Civil War nostalgia three Apache Helicopters flew over O-0!!
@talleman1 Жыл бұрын
Fired quite a bit of artillery reenacting. Always enjoyable.
@richardmason7840 Жыл бұрын
Thanks man good stuff. Be Blessed !
@icantfindausername138 жыл бұрын
3:45 Tom Hanks on the left there
@thurst65107 жыл бұрын
Love this video. I would like to thank everyone who contributed to the creation of this video.
@TheLNERSeries10 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the great information. It really helped with my Civil War project.
@georgeholloman56757 жыл бұрын
would love to see an artillery tactics video from your organization.
@morriganravenchild66137 жыл бұрын
Excellant! Very informative and useful. Thank you.
@Tyyyyuru8 жыл бұрын
good video. it was fast enough for my short attention span.
@Grit4897 жыл бұрын
Fascinating stuff thanks for the video.
@dartagnan16 жыл бұрын
Excellent 4 minutes!! ♞
@JESUSCANSAVE10010 жыл бұрын
I REALLY ENJOY THE VIDEOS
@anglohero6295 Жыл бұрын
The horses were targeted, breaks my heart. Greetings from England.
@kkonacreed86382 жыл бұрын
You didn’t mention how rifled cannons had trouble firing canister because it would mess up the groves in the barrel
@Jp-jn5bs5 жыл бұрын
As an Artilleryman, I appreciate this video!!!
@MuhammadYousaf-yg6tw Жыл бұрын
Very nice information of old battery guns
@winter-qb5bs7 жыл бұрын
So if you see an old picture in a meuseum with a cannon in it you can track down the the exact gun unless it was destroyed of course
@AaronB999995 жыл бұрын
I’m curious how effective artillery could be in the 1860s compared to WW1 where it was so dominant. The guns were short range and only fired at what they could see in front of them. The shells were small and the explosives and fusing very primitive. Against massed infantry at less than one mile, probably pretty significant, especially psychologically? I guess infantry had to fight massed back then with no radios to send orders to small units.
@mr.pickles8102 жыл бұрын
I was in a artillery group who portrayed 1st chicago light our sister battery when we were at a range shooting the cannon fired a round that skipped off the first small birm went up over the 100ft born and went into someones garage shy of a 3/4 of a mile away we all were shocked about it and the sister battery paid for damages
@mr.pickles8102 жыл бұрын
1860s had telegraph lines mostly messages relay on horse back. Union had more cannon in a battery than the south did in a battery. The military tactics are different for the tech they had. Standing next to eachother for a smoothbore is why they had lines of infantry but they didnt take into consideration that things were starting to be rifled. As for ww1 id say the closest the two might come would be the battle of Petersburg it had trench warefare but I cant say to much because ive yet to visit Petersburg
@SStupendous2 жыл бұрын
Main reason cannons did less proportional damage was due to their misuse, more modern Generals like Sherman, Stuart and Early often inflicted great casualties with artillery.
@spedkaone11 жыл бұрын
Great information. Thanks
@dominicvucic86543 жыл бұрын
I was hoping for more detail of the types of cannons but this is cool aswell
@kennyarmer4092 Жыл бұрын
Wow, I learned so much in this video, I’m definitely a subscriber now!
@youtubeis...3 жыл бұрын
Fascinating. A cannonball of info shot right into my brain
@SStupendous2 жыл бұрын
That's nothing, a Hotchkiss shell skimmed into my brain and exploded shrapnels of info all over.
@shexdensmore7 жыл бұрын
how often were brass or bronze cannons used in the military and what type of brass or bronze was used?
@Batteryi7 жыл бұрын
Bronze cannon made up the majority of pre Civil War to the end of the Civil War. 6pdrs field guns and 12pdr Napoleons were the most common type of cannon used during the War. Most bronze cannon were made with "Naval Gun Bronze' alloy.
@UrAverageGamerHD8 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for making this video you just saved me from 3 hours of research
@looseele6 жыл бұрын
There's a brass cannon at Gettysburg with a huge bulge and a crack in the barrel....if that cannon could tell a tale
@aerofpv21092 жыл бұрын
Those grape shots used for last defence must've been terrifying with limbs flying all over the place.
@brandichaffey755711 жыл бұрын
i want one!!!!!
@danweyant4909 Жыл бұрын
Phoenix Iron company, Phoenixville, PA. - outside Philly, right next to Valley Forge
@QuinnJACKSON-zx1dx8 ай бұрын
Thanks for the video...awesome.
@Odins_Rebel365 жыл бұрын
Time to start tracking cannons thanks for the info
@N6032X5 жыл бұрын
Very informative
@lojoe4510 жыл бұрын
Great job! what makes the ping noise when the key pulled?
@judd49th9 жыл бұрын
Joe canon It may be the empty brass tube from the used friction primer being blasted out of the vent, by the powder charge detonating inside the breech.
@whatkidscando87317 жыл бұрын
thank you . you helped me with school reaport
@bkokohut19805 жыл бұрын
Now, you just need help with your spelling test.
@mattheww7972 ай бұрын
Sounds like so much fun to live back then
@ImperialScribe5 жыл бұрын
I would not want to be on the receiving end of that.
@AlexDonnett7 жыл бұрын
try walking towards 8 cannons firing canister shot at u. don't think anyone today could do it.
@neurotic30155 жыл бұрын
Especially not the snowflakes
@autumnsgachas92544 жыл бұрын
Well yeah cuz you’d die lmao
@Jeremyramone3 жыл бұрын
Stand and deliver!
@teddyhaynes9876 Жыл бұрын
Dumb comment, nobody back then did it either they died dipshit lol , I’ll give ya this tho , them boys back then had guts , but sadly many threw there life’s away
@bastogne3154 жыл бұрын
I'm half way through a book on Gettysburg. I didn't realise canon could fire HE shells back then.
@tomtrenter32084 ай бұрын
The cannon shells were filled with black powder not a high explosive.
@paul-silasmills53688 жыл бұрын
shout out to all the reenactors from the 1st ohio light artillery battery L
@maineoutdoorsman6778 жыл бұрын
Very nice .i liked a lot .they took an saved life's .helped keep America together.
@johnchambers29964 жыл бұрын
The worst thing was the solid round shot that was used to tear infantry formations apart so the cavalry could finish them off. Napoleon didn't say that "To the cannons all men are equal" for nothing. Also, the poor horses were generally the element that paid the high price in artillery duels.
@SStupendous2 жыл бұрын
Bolts were even worse, the rifled solid shot. Also more commonly used. Read about people's heads destroyed like "eggs" by the guns. Cavalry was very, very rarely used to attack infantry like that, sorry but that's largely misinformation.
@johnchambers29962 жыл бұрын
@@SStupendous I was talking about "Napoleonic" war, four decades earlier.; the Whitworth hadn't been invented yet... and cavalry (without horse artillery) was used to attack the British boxes at Waterloo.
@SStupendous2 жыл бұрын
@@johnchambers2996 AH, the Napoleonic Wars. Nevermind. While I read your comment I was thinking, "Isn't he talking about Napoleon's day?" Yeah sorry that makes more sense. The infantry squares you're talking about, and how they used cav attack tactics.
@johnchambers29962 жыл бұрын
@@SStupendous Read Keegan's book "The Face of Battle" where he summarizes Agincourt, Waterloo, and The Somme.from the perspective of the infantry, cavalry, and the artillery. Apparently, the Marshall Ney's cavalry weren't very effective against the squares as the horses didn't like plowing into mass formations. The overall synopsis is that battles are nice to romanticize just as long as you weren't there.
@gabrielnguyen5580 Жыл бұрын
what color were the carraiges?
@johnaugsburger6192 Жыл бұрын
Thanks
@frickpoo66445 жыл бұрын
amazing vid.thx
@jjackomin2 жыл бұрын
I spent the greater part of my adult life where the 3 inch ordnance rife was manufactured, Phoenixville PA. Many of the cannons currently on display at Gettysburg have P.I.C. stamped on the muzzle. Phoenix Iron Company. It was always my understanding that Lee invaded Pennsylvania with the first intention to take control of Harrisburg and then turn East towards Philadelphia. However, the Phoenix Iron Company was a target to be destroyed on the way to Philadelphia. I have not been able to confirm that. Does anyone know where I should look for confirmation?
@damienspiers21404 жыл бұрын
Actually pretty much everyone Manning a cannon had Gauntlets on just in case you had a sub-optimal crew and or they had to reach their hand into the hot barrel of a cannon to get out the ball because it failed to ignite for the shell like we're going to mention
@pedroaguilarjr.98386 жыл бұрын
Give them the blizzards!!!! - John Riley
@joseflittle44938 жыл бұрын
Hmm. Interesting round up. I don't show much interest in the American civil war for many reasons, but this is good.
@SStupendous2 жыл бұрын
Why not?
@sir.phillip26974 жыл бұрын
i live in the town that the cannon in the video was made lots of history here
@nathanbrady85293 жыл бұрын
Was this filmed at Gettysburg?
@AmericanBattlefieldTrust3 жыл бұрын
Yes it was.
@nathanbrady85293 жыл бұрын
@@AmericanBattlefieldTrust Thank you for verifying I'm not crazy. I live 20 minutes from the field and have spent countless hours there. Thank you for your amazing videos!
@AmericanBattlefieldTrust3 жыл бұрын
@@nathanbrady8529 Being located in DC, Gettysburg, Antietam and Manassas end up being the back drop of most of our stuff 😆
@geetarinmofo5 жыл бұрын
I wonder what the status is on the hearing claims are with the VA?
@mikeseigel65664 жыл бұрын
“Not militarily related”
@rapedanina59526 жыл бұрын
Canister shot is awesome in total war ACW mod
@grizzlycountry10304 жыл бұрын
*"ACCURATELY SOMETIMES"*
@interman77156 ай бұрын
Whitworth was a brilliant engineer.
@mojo9291 Жыл бұрын
Shrapnel, invented by Henry Shrapnel. One time is not a joke.
@user-mt4vo4ey5n5 жыл бұрын
Ask 1000 people where the word "Shrapnel" came and I'll bet 998 don't know.
@ws22285 жыл бұрын
I think his first name was SMITHEREENS
@georgiavanhouten93603 жыл бұрын
Wow, You look so handsome Garry, Nice makeover
@augustuswayne96766 жыл бұрын
Makes you think, why didn't they develop more of a fire and manuver tactics ??? I would rather have been a sharpshooter or sniper !!
@josephblumenthal12284 жыл бұрын
Question: Where did artillery hide all that gunpowder during battles
@danielkohli15424 жыл бұрын
Usually in the ammunition boxes on the limbers and caissons that are grouped in with the canon
@SStupendous2 жыл бұрын
Huh? The smoke they can't and still can't really hide. Gunpowder cartridges by then were connected to the main shells as they are now, and were in cassions, which of course are still used too.
@haim0z3 жыл бұрын
whos here because of War of Rights?
@NicheBiche1169Ай бұрын
What’s that
@collinlampkins9 жыл бұрын
correction! it takes 6 people to load a 12 pounder
@collinlampkins9 жыл бұрын
blackpanther 12 pounder cannon of course
@reginaldbowls71805 жыл бұрын
Why would I resect a gun that killed so many.
@richardpcrowe6 ай бұрын
The Union artillery was far-far superior to that of the Confederates. In fact, IMO, two of the greatest disasters of the Army of Northern Virginia; Malvern Hill and Pickett's Charge at Gettysburg, were largely due to the failure of Confederate artillery/ At Malvern Hill - the Confederates could not amass as much artillery as was recommended by General Longstreet. What artillery they did deploy was totally obliterated by the Union guns within a few minutes. Confederate General D.H. Hill is said to have remarked that if he could combine his infantry with Union artillery, he could beat any army in the world. At Gettysburg, the massed Confederate artillery was ineffective in softening up Union forces prior to Pickett's charge. This was due both to the utilization of the guns and the amount of ammunition they had to throw at the Yankees, I would assume that there were at least two reasons for the superiority of Yankee artillery over that of the Rebels: 1. the Union had far greater industrial capacity and was able to out produce the Confederacy in numbers and quality of guns and 2. The Union had a far greater supply of gunpowder and shot so, they were able to practice with their guns to a greater degree and could expend more ammunition during any battle.
@ryangerardcomedy4255 жыл бұрын
that grapeshot must have turned men into mush
@shaneboardwell10605 жыл бұрын
Book Review G Funk often times people were killed indirectly by their comrades' bones acting as shrapnel after their bodies got blown up! Crazy and sobering to think about.
@sergueiothonucci163810 ай бұрын
😃
@mosesmarlboro54015 жыл бұрын
It will recoil 8 feet! *shows video of cannon recoiling 2 feet*
@fbksfrank42 жыл бұрын
Thumb guy!
@MaxRavenclaw10 жыл бұрын
18 horses to move and fire EACH cannon? 18 horses? A small mistake there, I'm guessing. 3:05
@B20C09 жыл бұрын
***** Cannon + Supplies.
@judd49th9 жыл бұрын
***** The Federals used six horses to move each artillery piece and its limber. Probably another six to move the caisson, for 12 horses per gun. There'd be more teams to pull the battery wagon and forge, but they weren't assigned to guns 1:1 like the caissons. The Rebs were usually short of horses during the war, so used four horses per gun, instead of six.
@TheAiurica8 жыл бұрын
And maybe a lot of spare horses. Horses tend to die, and not only on the battlefield. And you can't afford to leave behind the cannons or the supplies due to lack of horses. So, there must be a lot of horses around.
@HemlockRidge5 жыл бұрын
There were riding horses involved as well.
@hunterhiros35158 жыл бұрын
💣☠💣 BOOM
@shonnicholascrotty65324 жыл бұрын
If there is no fuel and the 3rd world war linger, s on these skills of horse drawn artillery will again be so relevant on the battle field these reactors of the civil war subconsciously know this! And of coarse Calvary! At the battle of Stalingrad the German army was fuel starved and recruited many horses to carry men and munition!
@paghal112 жыл бұрын
If there is no fuel, there will be no ammo for the guns, and no way to make the guns in the first place. We'll all be back to fighting with stone age tools or throwing rocks. Come to think of it, that would be progress.
@tactical_killa89196 жыл бұрын
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@Lngshirt5 жыл бұрын
I think that was a racist cannon. I am offended.
@ricksolari95705 жыл бұрын
Interesting, but you talk too fast. Four minutes be damned.