Battle of Chancellorsville (Part 1 / 2) - 1863 | American Civil War

[@HISTORIA_MUNDI]

I'm waiting for the second part🥺

[@maverickngoose4643]

Can’t wait for part 2 :/

[@stacyvonn8036]

Where's part 2

[@sanelamarinkovic8876]

Master has never delivered since

[@Elnaroth]

please come back

[@lc8199]

Part 2

[@ferda9476]

Fun fact: at 6:08, the officer who said that was George Meade, the guy who ended up taking Hooker's job.

[@flymdjets]

Where's Part 2?

[@OhioDan]

I've heard that General Hooker had an artillery shell knock him senseless for several hours and that none of his subordinates knew of his specific plan of attack. If true, that may be one reason why the union's battle plan changed so drastically. Excellent animation and video.

[@OwlWise]

Thanks! General Hooker was knocked senseless, but this was later on in the battle, and will be covered in Part Two of this video.

[@OhioDan]

Ah, OK. I look forward to seeing it.

[@PraiseDog]

I don't know where you get that he changed his battle plan. Stephen Sears does not say that in his book. I suggest anyone read that book, here we have the longstanding interpretation of the battle. It is mythological to an extent. For example, no, Hooker was not oblivious to the possibility of a flanking movement. You never can be sure, those can be diversions. But he definitely gave orders to deal with that possibility to two Corp commanders. One failed to obey orders (the 11th corp), and for the other a communications failure caused the order to move his corp to bolster that flank to be received too late. I don't concur that Lee was brilliant in this battle. He had no idea what was going on for 3 days. Hooker just had an incredible string of bad luck. He made one big mistake that you mention here, but that would not have doomed him. Two months later Lee fought a battle where he did not have so much luck, and we know who that one turned out. Hooker is underrated as a general, Lee overrated. Both were good, but one better than he is given credit for (as he showed later in the war in Tennessee), and the other not as good as people think, as he showed once he was not facing inept field commanders such as McClellan, Pope, and Burnside. Hooker would have won this battle 4 out of 5 times, he just had horrible random bad luck, too many things just went wrong, and he had not had time to weed out some commanders who needed the boot.

[@OhioDan]

@@PraiseDog A good reply. I don't disagree on the idea of Lee getting lucky and having his very risky plan of splitting his outnumbered forces actually pay off. Also, I'd say getting knocked senseless with artillery was part of Hooker's bad luck, even if his subordinates should have performed much better than they did.

[@TheQWERTY173]

Awesome video! looking forward to the next one

[@Theinsalad]

Nice video👌

[@relmcheatham]

Yorktown line, Balls bluff, and the ride around McClellan are always fun battles/campaigns that get overlooked in the grand scheme of the war that I’d like to suggest for coverage. I’ve loved your videos so far, and hope the channel takes off someday!

[@PraiseDog]

The flanking was not a surprise to Hooker. He had anticipated the possibility and taken steps to deal with the possibility. Both steps failed, one due to 11th corp commander Howard's negligence, not protecting his exposed flank as he had been ordered, and the other just plain bad luck. The telegraph had failed, and a rider sent ordering Reynolds to move his crop to support the 11th on that flank. The rider got lost (even with nearly a fool moon) and the order was delayed. Regardless, the event was not decisive. The 11th corp was the weakest corp, as they showed again at Gettysburg. The battle was lost the next day, primarily due to Hooker getting concussed by the cannon ball explosion leaving the Union without leadership at the most crucial time int he battle. The South had used up all reserves at this point, and the Union had plenty reserves. But no leader to move them where they were needed. Couch, and Hooker himself did not realized how incapacitated his was, so he did not relinquish command. At that point the Union was on the verge of victory, but that one cannon ball changed everything. A bit to one side of where it hit, Hooker is killed, Couch takes over immediately, moves reserves to drive off the Confederates, and you would have had a crushing Union victory.

[@blakelester1776]

Lee didn’t have a good retreat option. Also he knew that Hooker positioning himself in the Virginia wilderness gave a potential opportunity. Your separation numbers are a bit off. Jackson had 25-27k men and Lee had 15-17k left

[@jessewright2319]

Hooker could have crushed the ANV if he hadn't inexplicably ordered them to retreat on the 1st.