Battle of North Anna | Overland 160

[@georgegaylord]

A very reputable letter by a lady familiar with the Fox family , possibly a cousin, asserts that Robert E. Lee was having chest pains ,if not a heart attack at the time of the battle. I live less than a mile from the Fox house and have Visited there and relic hunted many times . Not to dispute the trust , but the descendant’s of the Fox family have always stated the chimney struck by the shell that almost killed E. P. Alexander was on the right, the river , side of the house,not the left side towards Hanover Junction. This would have made sense as for it to hit the opposite side of the house it would have first had to clear the peak roof and then hit the chimney. Just a thought and local history I discovered while writing my Senior Thesis paper in 1979. Great videos and I gain new insight into the Overland Campaign with each new addition.

[@ReadyForSummerNow]

Moxley Sorrel was there with Alexander and wrote they were taking shelter that side (opposite the river side)of the house sheltered from the bombardment from the river side(which makes sense). Sorrel also wrote that General Richard Anderson had warned them about falling bricks if the chimneys were hit.

[@georgegaylord]

@@ReadyForSummerNow well Alexander surely would know. Funny how even people who live history can forget things. Thanks for the tidbit

[@lc7822]

I live Between Cold Harbor and Totopotomoy battlefields. My wife and I walk them weekly and really enjoy it. Today we went to North Anna and really enjoyed it. The signage is very good. Also shaded the whole way 4.6 miles for us. Thank you

[@Clare-qo5jv]

I look forward to all these videos and will be remembering these soldiers as Memorial Day approaches. Viewers, remember to give a thumbs up for these videos! Thank you, educators. You are of great value to us.

[@robertlee8474]

Outstanding presentation!!!! Well done!!!!! Thank you.

[@Tomatohater64]

Yet another superb video by the best in "the biz." Thanks, fellas; highly enjoyable.

[@dresqueda]

Great info! I so appreciate this overview of the Overland Campaign. Well done, and thank you! I donated a small amount, because I realize how important it is to preserve the land that's part of The Wilderness.

[@8CountAudio]

When life give you lemons, make an inverted V!

[@michaelvaughn8864]

Right😂💯

[@texmexfla]

Enjoyed the banter and the differing points of view. Well dome! The coffee cup reference was a great commercial plug to savor!

[@vickistevens423]

Another outstanding video in this series. Thank you, Dan, Chris, Kris, and Sarah, for your combined wealth of information.

[@crimony3054]

Grant managed to get his army split into three pieces on two sides of the same river. Lee's greatest victory. Grant quit the field of battle without even trying to dislodge the outnumbered enemy in front of him. People fault Lee for failing to attack and inflict huge casualties on Grant, but the Confederates did just that next at Cold Harbor. Grant decided it was too hot to fight, which gave the Rebels a full day to rest up and dig in. Lee spent the evening fine-tuning the fields of fire in anticipation of the next day. The result was that the Federals encountered a defending force of battle-hardened fighters that they themselves had honed into a hugely lethal killing machine. Sadly, somehow, these battlefields have been lost to neglect and development, even though they are much more accessible than remote areas like Gettysburg.

[@wickedcurve1975]

Important and very good video. Thank you all for your work! I'm looking forward to thinking over your videos as we attend the Fredericksburg cemetery luminaria tomorrow.❤

[@annmcgehee1728]

Excellent video!! Looking forward to the next one….

[@ScottSmith64]

Thanks guys! Love to see where the action occurred. I really like to see the terrain as it is now versus time of battle

[@Baskerville22]

I watched a couple of Dan's presentations two weeks ago and thought he was a little 'sketchy'..... but after watching his presentations today of later Wilderness Campaign videos, I think he's extremely confident on the details and as effective as any of the other Battlefield Trust regulars.

[@learawson2232]

Thank you. I have a lot of digestive issues.

[@Matthew-rr4de]

Employing the inverted "V" was simply one more display of Lee's ability to use topography to his advantage. Had he had Jackson, had he not himself been ill, the outcome may well have been very different. The opposition was well advised to fall back and entrench.

[@Tomatohater64]

Aside from Gettysburg, it sounds like Lee may have assumed that Grant would be as ineffectual and battle wary as were many previous Union generals. But Grant proved to be every bit as aggressive as Lee. Just a guess by me.

[@hoytoy100]

When can the team walk the site of the “Blood River Battle” along the Potomac River. Supposed to be at a golf course.

[@McNair39thNC]

It would’ve been cool if you could’ve showed us the damage to the door by the artillery round!

[@Tmindful182]

Great content

[@jhsams1977]

Can someone post a link to the other video of the fox home. Thank you

[@ReadyForSummerNow]

“Never fight up hill, me boys. Never fight up hill”…Lee said in delirium

[@mitchellbracey5234]

Aye! Lol

[@blakebufford6239]

😂😂😂 It wasn't Lee who was delirious.

[@chuckoffcampus9738]

Buttermilk is about the best thing you can drink if you have a GI issue. It's loaded with good probiotics.

[@McNair39thNC]

Sure, if you can gag it down! I love biscuits and cornbread made with it, but I’m not gonna drink it

[@tillvalhalla2271]

​@@McNair39thNC I'm with you on that one!

[@hokie7373]

Even if we can’t go in the house are the grounds open or will they be open at some point with interpretation on it

[@ScottSmith64]

I live near battle of brandywine in Pennsylvania. Walked these miles many times. Without you this would be destroyed

[@EliseLayne-jg1vk]

I’m looking for the Fox House video you mentioned and am not able to locate. Can you point me in the right direction? Thank you. This series is fantastic!

[@tumbleweed2240]

I also love a cold glass of buttermilk on a hot day ❤

[@McNair39thNC]

🤢

[@davidlavin3492]

Must be cold….gloves and heavy jackets

[@genenoud9048]

No kidding. I see people in Michigan wear less in the winter

[@dadsongs]

I noticed that an inscription on the map on the Federal right reads WRIGHT (Sedgwick). Understanding that Sedgwick died just a matter of a couy days previous, how much longer would historians typically include the names of fallen leaders on their maps? I hope you know what I mean. Thanks! Great job as always.

[@Gitarzan66]

Dan Davis, The other Kris White. Those dudes could pass for cousins.

[@jesterboykins2899]

Chris white says he doesn’t believe Lee spoke the words his staff officer says he did. “We must strike them a blow” Why? He does this a lot. Discredits first hand accounts written and spoken by men who were there themselves. Why does Chris do this? Does he really think he knows more about what happened I. These places during the war than the people who were there and witnessed it and wrote about it. Lying isn’t something this people did much if at all. Someone’s word then meant a lot more than it does now. Just bugs me he thinks he knows more than the people who were there and witnessed it. Come down off your pedestal Chris. Jeez dude.

[@prestonlard7687]

How important is it that lee says we must strike them a blow come on they spent the whole war trying to strike them a blow ŵhat a silly thing to even debate

[@michaelhoffman5348]

Ahh gotta love these 21st century armchair generals - as for Lee and his buttermilk; with rations low and calorie intake on the wane, you would have LOVED an ice cold glass of buttermilk to fill you up. Just sayin...

[@DeepRiverAsheville]

I think this was the weakest video in the Overland 160 Series so far because most of it by far was just the Chris’s talking to us from the middle of a field, leaving me hungry to see just where was Lee’s inverted V and where were Grant’s troops down by the river crossings..

[@johnzajac9849]

If you use the French pronunciation for the plural of corps, then please use the French pronunciation of regiments, thus, ‘regimohn' and the same for the plural for divisions, thus, ‘divisiohn’. It is less confusing for the viewer.

[@ReadyForSummerNow]

Psh…

[@johnzajac9849]

@@ReadyForSummerNow Bwaaaaaa-aaAAAAAAAAAH!