Civil War Artillery: The Civil War in Four Minutes

[@tummywubs5071]

Ok this guy said more detail and so much accuracy in 4 minuets that i would love to see more of this...

[@provenelk]

I'm a Brit and these videos are really interesting. The US civil war was a fascinating period.

[@neurotic3015]

@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!

[@jacobr8063]

MiniReaper Sad, but yes, fascinating

[@machida58]

The Civil War was a waste of human life like every other War.

[@Flowerz__]

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.

[@machida58]

@@Flowerz__ Vested political interests. We could have let those losers seceed the Union and slavery would have been out shortly after.

[@mn7392]

As a teacher of U.S. history I thank you for your videos.

[@andrewsilverstein6186]

This "In 4 Minutes" series is excellent, thank you

[@traviswebb3532]

Right, I love these vids!!

[@brianfuller7691]

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.pickles810]

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

[@sethwarren8106]

@@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]

Since the introduction to gunpowder, over 60% of battlefield casualties have been from artillery. The Russians refer to it as “The hammer of god.”

[@Elbowendj]

Thank you from the UK, that was fascinating.

[@williambartlett2761]

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.

[@mrguermo1]

This is exactly the kind of depth I was looking for, and in a short, visually informative format. Thanks!

[@refugeeca]

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.

[@SStupendous]

They are, yes. Really interesting.

[@bobjones2460]

I bet most cannoners lost their hearing from the exposure to the noise of the blast.

[@denierdev9723]

Same with artillerymen of all wars with artillery

[@tylerbowers1100]

“WHAT???”

[@schwunkie]

​@@tylerbowers1100"WHAT DID YOU SAY??!?!??!?!"

[@Bluesrock1815]

Yup blood dropped out. I heard 1 going off incredible noise let alone 50-100

[@ElBandito]

Napoleon loved artillery. One of the reasons why he was so successful in battle.

[@SgtMjr]

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]

Fired quite a bit of artillery reenacting. Always enjoyable.

[@richardmason7840]

Thanks man good stuff. Be Blessed !

[@icantfindausername13]

3:45 Tom Hanks on the left there

[@thurst6510]

Love this video. I would like to thank everyone who contributed to the creation of this video.

[@TheLNERSeries]

Thank you for the great information. It really helped with my Civil War project.

[@georgeholloman5675]

would love to see an artillery tactics video from your organization.

[@morriganravenchild6613]

Excellant! Very informative and useful. Thank you.

[@Tyyyyuru]

good video. it was fast enough for my short attention span.

[@Grit489]

Fascinating stuff thanks for the video.

[@dartagnan1]

Excellent 4 minutes!! ♞

[@JESUSCANSAVE100]

I REALLY ENJOY THE VIDEOS

[@anglohero6295]

The horses were targeted, breaks my heart. Greetings from England.

[@kkonacreed8638]

You didn’t mention how rifled cannons had trouble firing canister because it would mess up the groves in the barrel

[@Jp-jn5bs]

As an Artilleryman, I appreciate this video!!!

[@MuhammadYousaf-yg6tw]

Very nice information of old battery guns

[@winter-qb5bs]

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

[@AaronB99999]

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.pickles810]

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.pickles810]

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

[@SStupendous]

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.

[@spedkaone]

Great information. Thanks

[@dominicvucic8654]

I was hoping for more detail of the types of cannons but this is cool aswell

[@kennyarmer4092]

Wow, I learned so much in this video, I’m definitely a subscriber now!

[@youtubeis...]

Fascinating. A cannonball of info shot right into my brain

[@SStupendous]

That's nothing, a Hotchkiss shell skimmed into my brain and exploded shrapnels of info all over.

[@shexdensmore]

how often were brass or bronze cannons used in the military and what type of brass or bronze was used?

[@Batteryi]

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.

[@UrAverageGamerHD]

Thank you so much for making this video you just saved me from 3 hours of research

[@looseele]

There's a brass cannon at Gettysburg with a huge bulge and a crack in the barrel....if that cannon could tell a tale

[@aerofpv2109]

Those grape shots used for last defence must've been terrifying with limbs flying all over the place.

[@brandichaffey7557]

i want one!!!!!

[@danweyant4909]

Phoenix Iron company, Phoenixville, PA. - outside Philly, right next to Valley Forge

[@QuinnJACKSON-zx1dx]

Thanks for the video...awesome.

[@Odins_Rebel36]

Time to start tracking cannons thanks for the info

[@N6032X]

Very informative

[@lojoe45]

Great job! what makes the ping noise when the key pulled?

[@judd49th]

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.

[@whatkidscando8731]

thank you . you helped me with school reaport

[@bkokohut1980]

Now, you just need help with your spelling test.

[@mattheww797]

Sounds like so much fun to live back then

[@ImperialScribe]

I would not want to be on the receiving end of that.

[@AlexDonnett]

try walking towards 8 cannons firing canister shot at u. don't think anyone today could do it.

[@neurotic3015]

Especially not the snowflakes

[@autumnsgachas9254]

Well yeah cuz you’d die lmao

[@Jeremyramone]

Stand and deliver!

[@teddyhaynes9876]

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

[@bastogne315]

I'm half way through a book on Gettysburg. I didn't realise canon could fire HE shells back then.

[@tomtrenter3208]

The cannon shells were filled with black powder not a high explosive.

[@paul-silasmills5368]

shout out to all the reenactors from the 1st ohio light artillery battery L

[@maineoutdoorsman677]

Very nice .i liked a lot .they took an saved life's .helped keep America together.

[@johnchambers2996]

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.

[@SStupendous]

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.

[@johnchambers2996]

@@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.

[@SStupendous]

@@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.

[@johnchambers2996]

@@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]

what color were the carraiges?

[@johnaugsburger6192]

Thanks

[@frickpoo6644]

amazing vid.thx

[@jjackomin]

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?

[@damienspiers2140]

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.9838]

Give them the blizzards!!!! - John Riley

[@joseflittle4493]

Hmm. Interesting round up. I don't show much interest in the American civil war for many reasons, but this is good.

[@SStupendous]

Why not?

[@sir.phillip2697]

i live in the town that the cannon in the video was made lots of history here

[@nathanbrady8529]

Was this filmed at Gettysburg?

[@AmericanBattlefieldTrust]

Yes it was.

[@nathanbrady8529]

@@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!

[@AmericanBattlefieldTrust]

@@nathanbrady8529 Being located in DC, Gettysburg, Antietam and Manassas end up being the back drop of most of our stuff 😆

[@geetarinmofo]

I wonder what the status is on the hearing claims are with the VA?

[@mikeseigel6566]

“Not militarily related”

[@rapedanina5952]

Canister shot is awesome in total war ACW mod

[@grizzlycountry1030]

*"ACCURATELY SOMETIMES"*

[@interman7715]

Whitworth was a brilliant engineer.

[@mojo9291]

Shrapnel, invented by Henry Shrapnel. One time is not a joke.

[@user-mt4vo4ey5n]

Ask 1000 people where the word "Shrapnel" came and I'll bet 998 don't know.

[@ws2228]

I think his first name was SMITHEREENS

[@georgiavanhouten9360]

Wow, You look so handsome Garry, Nice makeover

[@augustuswayne9676]

Makes you think, why didn't they develop more of a fire and manuver tactics ??? I would rather have been a sharpshooter or sniper !!

[@josephblumenthal1228]

Question: Where did artillery hide all that gunpowder during battles

[@danielkohli1542]

Usually in the ammunition boxes on the limbers and caissons that are grouped in with the canon

[@SStupendous]

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.

[@haim0z]

whos here because of War of Rights?

[@NicheBiche1169]

What’s that

[@collinlampkins]

correction! it takes 6 people to load a 12 pounder

[@collinlampkins]

blackpanther 12 pounder cannon of course

[@reginaldbowls7180]

Why would I resect a gun that killed so many.

[@richardpcrowe]

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.

[@ryangerardcomedy425]

that grapeshot must have turned men into mush

[@shaneboardwell1060]

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.

[@sergueiothonucci1638]

😃

[@mosesmarlboro5401]

It will recoil 8 feet! *shows video of cannon recoiling 2 feet*

[@fbksfrank4]

Thumb guy!

[@MaxRavenclaw]

18 horses to move and fire EACH cannon? 18 horses? A small mistake there, I'm guessing. 3:05

[@B20C0]

***** Cannon + Supplies.

[@judd49th]

***** 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.

[@TheAiurica]

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.

[@HemlockRidge]

There were riding horses involved as well.

[@hunterhiros3515]

💣☠💣 BOOM

[@shonnicholascrotty6532]

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!

[@paghal11]

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_killa8919]

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[@Lngshirt]

I think that was a racist cannon. I am offended.

[@ricksolari9570]

Interesting, but you talk too fast. Four minutes be damned.

[@brotherbroseph1416]

I need 1