Battle of Shiloh (1862) - American Civil War DOCUMENTARY

This animated historical documentary covers the Battle of Shiloh which was fought in 1862 within the American Civil War between the United States of America and the Confederate States of America. Shiloh was the biggest battle in the first phase of the war between the North and the South and largely decided the fate of the Western Theatre of the conflict. Union forces were commanded by Ulysses S. Grant and Don Carlos Buell, while the Confederacy troops were led by Albert Sidney Johnston and Pierre-Gustave Toutant de Beauregard. The sides suffered almost 25 thousand casualties.
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[@KingsandGenerals]

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[@haugs1718]

Not a word in the description about the mod you used? The Blue and the Grey if I remember. That is an interesting subject althought I can't wait for the continuation of the Napoleonic wars series, the French Revolutionnary wars including the civil war that happened after the 1789 revolution would also be a very interesting subject, unfortunately I don't have anything to offer but my views and thumbs up.

[@rmz9309]

Ottoman war plies

[@deathgun8993]

Please make it a series

[@doc.rankin577]

If I could offer a critique to this video. I feel like the musket fire around the 7 minute mark and continuing through was a bit louder then your narration and it made it awkward to hear you. Maybe make the fire softer to allow for a more dominate narration

[@fulminatus6241]

I noticed the sources section was left blank. Any good ones?

[@1996koke]

A documentary about a civil war battle that is not Gettysburg, what a time to be alive

[@KingsandGenerals]

Yeah :-)

[@primevaltimes]

jorge .espinosa de los monteros The Fall of Vicksburg was arguably more strategically important than the Battle of Gettysburg as well.

[@D00Rb3LL]

Look up the youtube channel civil war trust

[@Veronicastacxj]

Tons of Civil War docs about everything.

[@bulukmayanwarfare1267]

Yea they're doing a very good job at detailing historical events we tend to overlook.

[@ethan1747]

I live near the Shiloh battlefield and have been out there several times. Fun Fact: The Union gunboats weren't able to adjust their cannons high enough due to the steep banks of the Tennessee River. They were still able to shell the Confederate troops by skipping the cannon balls of the banks of the river.

[@CSAFD]

SandwitchEater91 I’m 70 miles from Shiloh, 1 mile from tupelo, 10 miles from brices crossroads and 50 miles from Corinth battlefields. I go to Shiloh quite often

[@C0wb0yBebop]

SandwitchEater91 *off the banks of the river. Cool detail mang.

[@arttay1090]

I visited a couple years ago. Its defiantly something I would recommend to anyone . One of the first things that stuck me (outside of how big the battlefield actuality was) was how steep the cliffs were. No idea how they got stuff on/off those boats.

[@Nozomu_Idai]

I actually didn’t know that being the historian studier I am

[@spookidrew4284]

Reminds me of the golan heights lol. Except I guess more successful lol

[@davidrosner6267]

Shiloh...one of the most important and under-appreciated battles of the American Civil War!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Yeah, it is less covered in comparison, but probably was a top-4 crucial battle of this war.

[@chucktowne]

The Mississippi wasnt cut until the Battle of Vicksburg which was also led by Grant. Also won on July 4 of all days. The day that the south lost its freedom, its freedom to get all that steak from Texas.

[@khalidgagnon8753]

Absolutely. This was the battle that won the war for the north...

[@hermanspaerman3490]

Agree, what if Shiloh had turned into a Bull Run style victory for the confederates. Also, there were lots of charismatic commanders present, Grant, Sherman and Forrest to name few. One can only wonder about the outcome of the war if Grant or Sherman had been lost in the battle instead of Albert Sidney Johnston.

[@JM-fo1te]

*The South Will Rise Again* After this Po' Boy

[@5Mariner]

"I can't spare this man, he fights" No words could better describe General Grant

[@c0sselburn]

Lee knew how to win battles but Grant figured out how to win the war. Mass mobilization, total war, attrition. One of the founders of modern warfare.

[@iansmith3457]

Good points. Not being American (and thus free from the emotion of the civil war), I was taught at University that the North didn’t win because it had more people, coal or factories but because it mobilised what it had much more effectively. It could do this because it retained a powerful executive whereas the South was always fragmented, its leaders herding cats. Not sure I’m with you on mass mobilisation, total war & attrition being particularly modern though. Isn’t that how the Romans drove Hannibal from Italy?

[@c0sselburn]

@@iansmith3457 The percentage of the population mobilized in an industrial society is far greater than what an ancient society could accomplish. By total war I am referring to targeting the infrastructure and economic base of the enemy, most notably in Sherman's romp through Georgia and South Carolina and Sheridan's in the Shenandoah in Virginia. Attrition comes from Grant's understanding that he could replace men and material at a much greater rate than the south so instead of trying to win the perfect, decisive battle against Lee, he just kept attacking. Even if his army lost and suffered greatly, he pushed on because he knew the South would run out of resources and crack first.

[@spencerb891]

Grant was a no talent butcher. Ever heard of cold harbor? Yes he won the war but at an unimaginable cost. Had Lee had anywhere close to the manpower and resources Grant had, Lee would have buried him. Sherman outmaneuvered his opponents and chose to outflank the enemy and only fight when it made sense. He was a much better general than Grant.

[@c0sselburn]

@@spencerb891 A win is a win, as they say. Grant knew the war he was fighting and the enemy he was up against. On the tactical level there was no one who could match Lee, which is why Grant adopted his strategy of a relentless advance, to bludgeon and smash Lee's army into dust. Grant was well aware that his losses were replaceable while for the CSA each man and rifle lost was never coming back and chose to fight an attritional war. As for him being a "no talent", his Vicksburg Campaign screams otherwise.

[@daltonfromt-town391]

@@spencerb891 Take your bullshit lost cause revisionist history somewhere else.

[@MrHermit12]

JOHNSTON needs a caption. Johnston didn't ignore his wounds. He had no feeling in the leg due to injury's from the Mexican-American War. Didn't realize he was shot until right before he died. Not a huge deal but, that map is all over the place missing rivers and most of the cities look out of place. Raleigh on the coast is called Wilmington Still love the Video

[@aegis29]

Wilmington native here, thanks for also pointing that out. ^^

[@Happyhobo117]

As a Missourian from Saint Louis, it bothers me how far south they placed my city

[@uninterruptedrhythm4104]

Kitty Genovese If they followed Longstreets ideas, maybe they could've had a chance

[@chriswhooley9007]

Another reason Johnston didn't have his wound seen to was that it took him a while for him to even realize that he'd been hit. This was due to the fact that before the war, he had sustained a wound which had severed his sciatic nerve and caused him to lose all sense of pain in that leg.

[@indy_go_blue6048]

Murfreesboro is also a bit out of place, being close to Corinth instead of a line south of Nashville and between that city and Chattanooga. Blame the game map for that, I suppose.

[@Algebrodadio]

Sherman: "Well Grant, it's been the Devil's own day." Grant: "A'yup. ... We'll whip'em tomorrow though."

[@AbbeyRoadkill1]

"War is cruelty. There's no use trying to reform it, the crueler it is, the sooner it will be over." --William Tecumseh Sherman

[@byron2521]

Just seen and heard those quotes of Sherman and Grant on Ken Burns Civil War.

[@davidblair9877]

That more or less summarizes their partnership. “Sherman told a fellow officer, ‘I'm a damned sight smarter than Grant; I know more about organization, supply and administration and about everything else than he does; but I'll tell you where he beats me and where he beats the world. He don't care a damn for what the enemy does out of his sight but it scares me like hell.’”

[@CoachingChaos]

The Northerners "are receiving reinforcements by the thousands ..." "If this army does not move and attack them between this and daylight, it will be whipped like hell before 10 O'clock tomorrow." -- NB Forrest

[@worldgonemad5866]

My 5x great-grandfather took a mini ball in the belly at Shiloh. He was an Lt fighting with the Illinois regular militia. Family history said he never was the same after that battle, I think his mind was more injured than his body.

[@johnboy2349]

he became gay afterwards?

[@worldgonemad5866]

@@johnboy2349 we can see where your head is at....

[@caderiddle5996]

Didn’t know an Illinois militia was at that battle, go Illinois!

[@worldgonemad5866]

@@caderiddle5996 , hell yeah brother !

[@xotl2780]

If he was hit in the belly by a minie ball, he would have been lucky to be alive in any case. Maybe not lucky to receive a debilitating, horrific wound for the rest of his life. I doubt it ever healed properly.

[@MerlijnDingemanse]

.... Making it the bloodiest battle in US history up to this point. Up to this point

[@bulukmayanwarfare1267]

Those napoleononic tactics though 😂

[@PaladinPoppie]

Buluk: Mayan Warfare Only the beginning tho.... Later it turned into full blown trench warfare... Sadly they didn’t learn anything from the later part of the war... Would’ve helped them prepare for WW1.

[@bulukmayanwarfare1267]

@@PaladinPoppie very true. in the process of researching battlefield causality amounts throughout history before this war.

[@PaladinPoppie]

Still crazy how they used Napoleonic Tactics. While using rifled muskets... I’m guessing they thought the battles could be won with the bayonet charges... But, the rifling was so accurate charges failed. Crazy how fast tactics changed in that 4 yr period. breech loaders, and repeaters would’ve been even more deadly fighting like this... I’m glad they didn’t have the manufacturing ability to outfit the entire army... The Calvary was outfitted... with them tho.

[@markburch6253]

Are you implying that there will be another American Civil War?

[@reyb3753]

The American Civil War is so interesting to me, I'm so glad your covering this. I also love learning about the Revolutionary War

[@KingsandGenerals]

We'll have more!

[@jpweber345]

My Great Great Great Grandfather was captured in this battle as part of the 18th Wisconsin Infantry in General Prentis's group. Thanks so much for this little documentary Its very well done and very cool to have it laid out what my ancestor went through.

[@genkiferal7178]

my kin shot at your kin then

[@MijnAfspeellijst1234]

oke gun shot sound where abit to loud this time, could barely hear you talk with these sound effects

[@KingsandGenerals]

Too many overlapping gun sounds. Won't happen again.

[@HugTower]

Fitting for the "Hornet's Nest"

[@venivinivinci]

I concur

[@MijnAfspeellijst1234]

@@KingsandGeneralsI still liked the video :) Glad you look for feedback

[@MoeLestingYou]

@@KingsandGenerals I respect that you can take feedback and plan to further improve! Good channel

[@mexicoball2529]

US: Yo! Mexico im kicking the CS ass here, how are you holding the French? Mexico: Fine!..... *everything its on fire in the background*

[@TheFiresloth]

Maybe we get a bit carried away...

[@james_baker]

wow, there is no way to make you guys happy. we send troop in 1845. well, invaded. and you're not happy. we don't send troops in 1861, when we should have, to stand shoulder to shoulder with you against the French. and you're not happy. then in 1916 we sent troops, another invasion really, that failed utterly. it's almost like we've been bad neighbors or something. Tell you what, next time the French invade, we'll be there for you, really. By the way, you guys did real good against the French.

[@oddish2253]

One word: "Picante"

[@viking8796]

It’s fine, we’re fiiiine. *arm is shot off* It’s just a flesh wound.

[@mexicoball2529]

1) Make 3 powers send his ships to your most important port >:D 2) Make the French invade you >:D 3) Lose your most important port? D: 4) Lose several battles? D: 5) Win one battle >:D 6) Fight on the same place and lose it this time? D: 7) Mr.USA i dont feel soo good :S (Lose your capitol) 8) Get a puppet installed in your capitol led by an Habsburg 9) Get pushed to the desert in the north 10) Win anyways >:D 11) Kill the Habsburg hoping that someone wont try this in another 47 years starting a global scale war that would end killing millions of people.

[@TheMisterjaso]

My grandparents lived in Savannah, TN. I remember going to see the battlefield when I was a teenager. Such a surreal experience. Thanks for the great video.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks for watching!

[@gremlinking4048]

Yall should do one for the Battle of the Wilderness from the US Civil War. That was a chaotic battle with a lot of strategy and sound tactics by both with mother nature throwing a wrench into both sides.

[@c.w.simpsonproductions1230]

Interesting story: The day after the battle ended, Confederate general Nathan Forrest charged a group of union skirmishers. But just as the union brigade began forming in line of battle, the Southern troopers retreated at the sight of the strong force, and Forrest, who was well in advance of his men, came within a few yards of the Union soldiers before realizing he was all alone. They swarmed him and yelled out, "Kill him! Kill him and his horse!" A Union soldier shoved his musket into Forrest's side and fired, striking him above the hip, penetrating to near the spine. Although he was seriously wounded, Forrest was able to stay on horseback and escape. Forrest would later go on to found the KKK. Think about that: If Forrest had been killed that day, the KKK wouldn't exist.

[@genkiferal7178]

if he hadn't been shot that day, maybe he wouldn't have created the KKK. Maybe he was bitter. Wanting to shoot the horse might've pissed him off, too.

[@snapdragon6601]

Someone else would have probably formed a group like it if he had not survived. There was an entire generation of men in the South who were bitter and angry after the war who were looking to take it out on their usual scapegoats (blacks and jews) regardless of what else happened.

[@evanmoore3114]

@@snapdragon6601 Tiny nitpick, but I don’t think the first incarnation of the Klan was concerned with Jews, and they were more focused on the very specific political goals of controlling the state governments. I don’t think it was until the second Klan in the 1910s and 20s that Jews became a target

[@SisterWomen]

Nor would he have protected and defended my city of Rome in the Atlanta campaign. You may want to read about his relationship with the KKK before his death. He decried its racist turn. Not that youd care.

[@Emil.Fontanot]

He didn't create it tho. They offered him the position of president when the KKK had been already formed.

[@danielbarnes5170]

A part of this Battle was fought on my family’s land.

[@juliuscesear9312]

Wow 😮

[@DavideMontingelliOfficial]

Corinth...is this Pelopponnesian War?🤔😂

[@christermi]

It's the second Peloponnesian war

[@siechamontillado]

Son, have you not heard of the majestic American cities of Cairo, Illinois or Rome, Georgia or Thebes, Illinois or Venice, Florida? I don't what y'all get taught in history class about classical cities, but when we talk about the rise of Rome - well, shoot, they talkin' about when Rome got its first Walmart and Starbucks! Hell, the Library of Alexandria, Virginia is a point-of-pride for most citizens, so you go on now and shoosh about your Pelopapyan War or what-such-nonsense.

[@RoronaDZoro]

This for the rest of the day

[@blankblank6545]

Not to mention Memphis.

[@phanquan579]

@@noger1234 i think it's the name of a native american tribe.

[@MikeIsCannonFodder]

I enjoyed this 4 years later! It was kind of surreal for US Civil War information to be talked about in kilometers and numbers shown on screen with a period as the 1000's separator. It's all in line with how this channel does videos, it just really stood out because of the topic.

[@Goirdy]

My ancestor was in the 12th Iowa and was taken prisoner at the Hornet's Nest. Ole Gorhammer. Immigrated here from Norway. Badass dude. He was traded back and end up dying at Vicksburg

[@sirronald9100]

Died for nothing

[@theyoshi202]

@Sir Ronald for nothing? He died to abolish the inhuman, disgusting institution of slavery. One of the more worthy causes wars have been fought over.

[@Killzoneguy117]

Man, I really really really want to see a Kings and Generals series on the American Civil War

[@chucktowne]

General Grant gets demoted for not using proper fortifications at Shiloh but he is arguably the best General of the Union Forces. He was the General who accepted Lee's surrender at Appomatoxx. He was the commander of the entire Union Army from 1864 until the end then went on to be President. It would be nice to see his exploits at Vicksburg or Petersburg in one of these videos.

[@brianfuller5868]

Thanks for covering one of the most important battles of the Civil War. The loss of General Johnson was a major loss for the Confederacy . The loss of the Missippi River was one factor which doomed the CSA.

[@patrickturner6878]

I've been to Shiloh a couple times. My favorite of all the big civil war battlefields. "Two groups of armed civilians under military leadership killing each other with the savagery of the middle ages." is how I like to describe it.

[@emperoripmgproductions3150]

Why did the video have an #Ottomans hastag though

[@DavideMontingelliOfficial]

Turkey is very important in american tradition, did you know?

[@TheWatcher1009]

Ottomans definitely had a hand in the American Civil war

[@LionKing-ew9rm]

Probably a mistake.

[@AdamNoizer]

Cuz the American Civil War was secretly organised and sponsored by the Sultan. It was an inside job. Duh.

[@TyrannosaurusRex5027]

EmperorIPMGProductions it’s not because it was a mistake, It’s because I got crowned king of Byzantium

[@TheStapleGunKid]

"Some of these critics claim that Shiloh was won when Johnston fell, and that if he had not fallen the army under me would have been annihilated or captured. Ifs defeated the Confederates at Shiloh. There is little doubt that we would have been disgracefully beaten if all the shells and bullets fired by us had passed harmlessly over the enemy and if all of theirs had taken effect. Commanding generals are liable to be killed during engagements; and the fact that when he was shot Johnston was leading a brigade to induce it to make a charge which had been repeatedly ordered, is evidence that there was neither the universal demoralization on our side nor the unbounded confidence on theirs which has been claimed. There was, in fact, no hour during the day when I doubted the eventual defeat of the enemy, although I was disappointed that reinforcements so near at hand did not arrive at an earlier hour." --Ulysses S. Grant, 1885 memoirs.

[@xotl2780]

General Grant was arguably the most badass president.

[@marquisdelafayette1929]

Grant is the greatest American General of all time. One of the only to succeed at all levels of war (tactical, operational, and strategic). I just finished Chernows bio on Grant and the man is amazing and it’s sad that revisionists (Lost Causers) have ruined his historical reputation. I truly hope these new rounds of bios paint the true picture of this heroic man. A man who pawned his gold watch for Christmas presents. A man who after his FIL gave him a slave he emancipated him instead of selling him (it would have been like walking away from your house.. all the while chopping firewood and dragging it 20+ miles every day to St Louis to sell). He started public schools so all children (black and white) could learn. Passed the 14th and 15th amendments making black Americans citizens and able to vote. Crushed the KKK by creating the justice department because no southerner would arrest or convict. And countless other things he never gets credit for. And Wallace was full of shit. Didn’t understand the orders? Grants orders were always and clear and to the point. Even Meade said so.

[@TheStapleGunKid]

@@aachoocrony5754 It was defensive. After the battle, Grant received a lot of criticism. Many claimed he only won because of Johnson's death, or he only won because of Don Buell's reinforcements.

[@TheStapleGunKid]

@@aachoocrony5754 Grant does deserve some blame for being taken by surprise, but he deserves praise for recovering from being taken by surprise and not letting his army collapse. There were many other battles in the war where an initial setback cause them to lose their nerve and ultimately the battle, such as William Rosecrans at Chickamauga. But Grant managed to hold firm and lead his army to victory. Shiloh stands out as an interesting event in Grant's career, since it was the only battle he fought in which he was the defender. It was also the only battle in which he started out badly outnumbered.

[@TheStapleGunKid]

@@aachoocrony5754 I think he was more than "decent". He was the only General on either side to completely wipe out an enemy army, a feat he accomplished three times (once at Donelson, once at Vicksburg, and once at Appomattox). Grant never lost a campaign during the war, despite fighting all of them in enemy territory. Even on the rare occasions when he lost a battle, his army responded by moving forward, not backward.

[@Develpup]

Can you imagine being alive at a time like this? Massed together in large formations and men dying by the hundreds? Shit must've sucked.

[@KingsandGenerals]

You know what is worse? No one learned from this war and it was scaled up 10-fold during the Great War.

[@Develpup]

@@KingsandGenerals I couldn't agree more.

[@LuisBrito-ly1ko]

Kings and Generals Well, they learned something. People copy pasted American Ironclads and Submarines to replace wooden vessels.

[@chrisproost7290]

@@KingsandGenerals Worse still, it's not like there weren't plenty of other lessons across the board (tactics, tech, logistics, medicine etc) and far closer to home for the European powers to learn well from. Some of those were glaring, and in retrospect at least, unmistakable, going from the Crimea onwards.

[@mrivard81]

@@KingsandGenerals Oh, yay.... is this the all so often placed "They fought using outdated tactics" argument? I always love this one. Which part was outdated? And how should they have fought? Lol.... Oh, I know.... they charged across open ground at an entrenched enemy. 🙄 So outdated in the context of its time.... ya know, before fully mobilized, rapid moving,force became a legit tech? There WAS NO OTHER way to achieve offensive objectives in those days without charging the enemy position. The fact they did so (in WW1) under heavy machine gun fire, and sniper fire, is immaterial. Extremely deadly, but immaterial to argument.

[@blakeluccason9971]

I watch constantly and will soon be on the patreon once I move

[@KingsandGenerals]

We appreciate the thought!

[@Muhammed552]

who knows maybe Mehmed 2 resurrected and established america by himself

[@Jeremyramone]

Spotsylvania would be a great one to make a video on too, this was brilliant, vielen dank

[@Nikkimond]

We should have a WW1 video for November 11th to celebrate 100 years of the war ending.

[@KingsandGenerals]

We'll see!

[@oddish2253]

@Kings and Generals can you collaborate with the #TheGreatWar

[@HaloFTW55]

Maybe the battles of the Marne or Ypres? Both are significant.

[@SamuelHallEngland]

Yes please!

[@zackdines]

Ypres for sure.

[@ltrain4479]

A little fun fact. Out of the 98 photos that exist of actual civil war dead only 2 were from the western theater. 1 from Shiloh which showed some dead horses and 1 from Corinth which showed some dead confederates. Thats all we had from the western theater in terms of photos of the dead. The south had a hard time as the war went on getting the chemicals for the glass plates needed to make the photos because of the blockade. Also most photographers were from the north and followed the Army of the Potomac in the Eastern theater. The battles in the east were very close to each other while the battles in the West were pretty spread out. Some battles had 2 names. The north tended to name battles after the nearest body of water or structure, whereas the south would name it after the closest town or city. A couple examples would be Shiloh/Pittsburgh Landing, Bull Run/Manassas, Antietam/Sharpsburg, Wilderness/Spotsylvania.

[@bobwallace9814]

My GGGG Grand father's farm was close enough he could hear the cannon fire. He killed a Union straggler looking to loot in the farmhouse. His son and nephews, cavalry members fought in that battle.

[@Donnoha]

Did he shoot him in the face as he was coming up the stairs?

[@simonzagonski1150]

thats murder

[@Doc_Tar]

Here in the states we're told the union was taken unawares just waking up that first morning at Shiloh. The rebels were slowed on the first day from so many stragglers looting the abandoned union camps where breakfast had been all laid out for Sherman's men.

[@shawngilliland243]

@Doc Tar - Those men must have been very hungry indeed. Confederate supply was often quite bad. And the search by Confederate soldiers for shoes believed to be at a factory in Gettysburg led to running into Union troops and that battle taking place around the town.

[@nicolavivarelli4127]

Great documentary of an important battle of the Civil War. Thanks from Italy

[@jaydeister9305]

Wow! Great job, this is really amazing!

[@elvinaduda4657]

Just here to thank the patreon supporters who keep on suggesting these gold videos. Able in the eyes of men, worthy in the eyes of the gods.

[@5Mariner]

Although I would have preferred the Battle of Nashville, I really appreciate the time and effort you guys put into this. The battle of Shiloh was one of the most intense and costly battles in American history and deserves to be remembered. Many thanks

[@ravendon]

Wish there was a civil war playlist.

[@abdulfattahmuhammad534]

I am glad the decision was made to cover the civil war. There are many battles in the American civil war that much can be taken away from.. I look foward to seeing more..Well done Kings and Generals..

[@philRminiatures]

Glad to look at this from France, not the most played period here...Informative and very nicely done!👍

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you :-)

[@matthewkuchinski1769]

Great to see you broaden your subject matter for your videos! I would like to suggest that as you cover the American Civil War, you should cover the Battles of Arkansas Post, Pea Ridge, Prairie Grove, Valverde, Glorieta Pass, and New Ulm. Although these engagements are not as well known amongst the general public as the Battles of Gettysburg, Antietam, Bull Run/Manassas, and the Siege of Vicksburg, they were strategically important engagements which determined the course of the American Civil War. For example, Pea Ridge and Prairie Grove were both about control of Missouri, a state which was a vital agricultural base, industrial center, manpower pool, and logistics hub. Valverde and Glorieta Pass concerned the New Mexico Campaign, which determined the fate of the Southwest and California.

[@aniketdixit8633]

You should also cover the Siege of Richmond and the Appomattox Campaign

[@MrHermit12]

@@aniketdixit8633 Siege of Petersburg was technically the siege of Richmond.

[@aniketdixit8633]

MrWhyBsBInc. The entire reason Grant didn’t attack Richmond directly was that it was too well fortified by supply depots and railways. In order to truly attack and beat Richmond, he had to first cut the railways. So yea, while the siege on Petersburg did indirectly besiege Richmond, if he had actually tried to capture it, I would like to think that the superior Confederate position would stop it.

[@MrHermit12]

Yeah, I just didn't know if I or you was mistaken never heard it referred to as Siege of Richmond. Wasn't trying to be pretentiously correcting. @@aniketdixit8633

[@aniketdixit8633]

MrWhyBsBInc I know. I just love talking about the Civil War, and it goes overboard sometimes. Sorry. But yeah you’re right. Many historians do refer to it as the siege of Richmond, and the majority of them call it the Petersburg-Richmond campaign.

[@amaninthestreet8002]

Excellent piece of work mate.

[@edwardludwig6360]

Awesome!!! This is one of my favorite KZbin channels, thank you for covering Shiloh 😊

[@mr.goldenglasses6839]

This is epic, Alexa can we get a civil war series.

[@Flow86767]

Thank you, what I really like about your channel is that you do battles from all moments in history and all period! I would like to see a video about operation medak pocket... ;)

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you for watching :)

[@bulukmayanwarfare1267]

That is one of the strengths of this channel

[@fallout76arizona15]

Thank you for posting this video

[@gianlucaborg195]

Awesome. Very well done. Everything one can expect and more can be found in these documentaries!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you very much. :-)

[@unleashingpotential-psycho9433]

Thank you for the video.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you for watching :)

[@LionKing-ew9rm]

We are dying to see the next Diadochi!!!! And the Syrian war between Ptolemy 2 and Antiochus.

[@amourringinton120]

A battle were persia actually win ?

[@KingsandGenerals]

Next year.

[@LionKing-ew9rm]

@@KingsandGenerals THANKS!

[@byshopwilliams8256]

Yall dont want to see Americans kill each other?

[@sectorgovernor]

I wait for the Mongols...

[@cooldeisel1861]

This was the best battle documentary I've seen on the civil war battles

[@Brandon_737]

This was great. Its hard to find videos like this. Hope to see more at some point.

[@maxwalsh58]

Im pumped, I've been waiting for some new America content since the battle of new orleans vid

[@KingsandGenerals]

Hopefully, we delivered. :-)

[@maxwalsh58]

@@KingsandGenerals the video was great and you guys make incredible content I love every video keep it up

[@DarkFilmDirector]

Thank you so much for doing a video on this battle! There's also an excellent documentary on this battle called "Shiloh: Fiery Trial" you can find on youtube. It goes much more in depth and explains the behavior and rational for the Confederate attack in more detail. It came very close to being successful but at such a heavy cost that President Jefferson Davis said "The south never smiled again" in the west following Shiloh. Although, General Johnston did not "ignore" the wound in so much as he likely didn't feel that his artery was struck. His nerve was damaged from a pelvic wound sustained in a duel in Texas. He had sent his medical staff away to tend to the thousands of wounded both Confederate and Union alike. Also, it was discovered that this bullet was of the type fired by an 1853 Enfield pattern rifle which was largely the style of rifle used by the Confederates in this period. So it is likely that while he was leading a charge in person through the peach orchard, he was struck by a bullet from his own men accidentally when returning fire to the Union positions. Also, Wallace's pursuit was not supported because the cautious General Halleck gave Grant specific orders to maintain his position and do not pursue. My 3rd great grandfather Pvt Albert Monroe Johnston served with the 22nd Mississippi Co K. Ironically, his brigade under Stathams command is the one that was charging the peach orchard when Gen Albert Sidney Johnston was struck behind the knee, leading them in person from the front. I've been doing extensive genealogy to see if my line is tied with General Johnston's but so far its very unclear though they were both from the same area of Kentucky. Unlike Albert Sidney Johnston though, my family were so-called devout "new school" Presbyterians that objected to slavery and were not part of the so-called "Fire Eater" pro-slavery Democrats. The new school Presbyterians were open to blacks in the congregation, some even having black ministers. I always found it a weird twist of fate that this battle killed General Johnston yet spared my ancestor since he was in the thick of the hardest fighting at the peach orchard and hornet's nest. My ancestor spoke often of other battles, but almost never about Shiloh simply because it was so vicious and desperate and he likely had PTSD from it. As bloody as Shiloh was, it was actually the two battles around Corinth that was most disastrous for the Army of Mississippi. The siege of Corinth caused an outbreak of dysentery or cholera that killed most of my ancestral family, including thousands of non-combatants. After the siege, my ancestor fought at the Battle of Baton Rouge and survived that charge as well under heavy Union artillery fire, his unit taking 25% casualties even higher than at Shiloh. Then at the 2nd Battle of Corinth when General Earl Van Dorn decided to try and attack the entrenched Union troops, my ancestor was severely wounded by an Illinois skirmisher when they crossed the Chewalia railroad. According to his letters, he grabbed the rifle of a fallen comrade next to him while laying prone in the weeds and killed the skirmisher before he could reload. The thigh wound nearly killed him and limped the rest of his life. This war had devastating consequences for Mississippi, especially with the burning of Oxford and the surrounding farms led to the family farm lost, the women raped, and their belongings looted. He later joined the Mississippi cavalry under overall command of Nathan Bedford Forrest when his wound finally healed after 10 months. After the surrender, he like a large portion of many former Confederates not wanting to be a part of the chaos and racial violence abandoned the south and went west. The family although proud of their southern heritage and survival against all odds, became ardently loyal to the union and has served in military capacity in every single major American war since. Governor Sam Houston's cynicism and foreboding about secession turned out to be prophetic. The whole darn thing was unnecessary and in spite of the fire-eaters in the state legislatures in the south, slavery was becoming rapidly outdated with the coming of industry and manufacturing and religious sentiments even in the south were starting to turn against it. Without the war, slavery would have ended within 10-20 years anyway. A folly and calamitous conflict that should never have happened so that some rich planters could stay rich.

[@lukasburza2431]

Hello thank you for your story i just wanna ask because you said after that you were almost in any war so i am just asking if even in war against native cause i have native ancestors so wanna know if you have some story too

[@blairhicks9553]

I love this channel and adding civil war content just adds to that love

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you. :-)

[@frederickiiprussia7699]

I really love you're animation, combined with the detailed battle statistics

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks!

[@vinodvarghese78]

The American Civil War is something very interesting to follow in history. Good video. Cheers!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you! It is always interesting to learn how the civil wars are seen from the outside.

[@stevenmoore4612]

I remember when I took a civil war class back in high school, all the generals and battles/skirmishes I remember very well. By the way the name Grant sounds better when said in an English accent. It’s the way the A is pronounced makes it sound more smooth.

[@e.o9679]

Kings and generals, i love your channel, your content is unpararelled, thank you for all the great content!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks!

[@KHK001]

Great video!

[@carlos89784]

Soldier: "General, you are bleeding." General Johnston: "I have got no time to bleed."

[@alialahmad4329]

Bleeding is a state of mind

[@alialahmad4329]

I identify as not bleeding

[@meathooksmcgee662]

Soldier: "Psst, you're bleeding." General: "I find its best to stay out of other people's affairs."

[@theyoshi202]

He had suffered a leg injury in the Mexican-American war so he couldn’t feel the wound and didn’t know how bad it was iirc. Correct me if I’m wrong please, this is completely from my potentially wrong memory.

[@carlos89784]

@@theyoshi202 I have no idea. He was indeed injured in a duel in 1837, shot in the hip, but I didn't do any further search past wikipedia.

[@bensyson3438]

Wooooo US civil war :D my favourite !! Hey from London 😃

[@miamidolphinsfan]

a very awesome video, thanks so much for this !!

[@Kariakas]

Great video as always, I really enjoy your content.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Appreciate the kind words! :-)

[@jimbrady735]

My relative was John Langton and fought in the 18th Wisconsin. He was briefly captured on the first day in the hornets nest and was able to escape.

[@bodassassin6387]

My great great great grandfather was wounded and captured during this battle.

[@slw22]

this was soooo good you guys have to do more of thee on the civil war.

[@SLACKPLAN9]

Lincoln proved to the Army that Halleck was better off being a Logistics General, than a combat one, when Halleck was given that exact role under Grant. Halleck was chafing from that move by Lincoln, but it was still proven that Grant and Halleck actually worked really well in their roles.

[@rexattack18]

Could you guys do the First and Second Battle of Manassas? It's my hometown and I have never really found a strategic video about it.

[@VirtualnomadVirtualnomad]

When generals used to fight and die in the battlefields

[@davidhoward437]

But a general should be directing the battle, not fighting in it. Grant was rarely foolish enough to put himself in danger.

[@alialahmad4329]

If jontson didn't maybe he could have won

[@minsapint8007]

Lieutenant Colonel Herbert Jones, VC, OBE died leading a charge against an Argentinian machine gun position in the Falklands. An account which I read observed that he was at least 2 ranks above the level that should have been directly involved in such an attack.

[@HerpDerpUrp]

It's a huge blunder to have the commander on the front lines, his job is to direct his troops and make strategic choices. Forget all that romanticism you read about in novels.

[@gregorylittle1461]

I would very much like to see more documentaries on the American Civil War. Thank you for your in-depth treatment.

[@2serveand2protect]

DAMN! YOURS CHANNEL IS GOOD! VERY good work, mate! Big, big thanks - very quick and "straight-to-the-point" videos & materials! Excellent for people who are just "approaching" History NOW, but also very good for those who know a lot, and - sometims - need to be reminded!

[@isingwer]

I love this video, it's a shame you guys didn't follow up on the rest of grant's campaign in the west, or do any other civil war battles

[@Oxtocoatl13]

Would love to see videos from the same period but from different wars! Your video on Tuyuti is one of my favourites. Maybe similar videos on the French invasion of Mexico, or the Taiping revolt in China?

[@KingsandGenerals]

We will cover those eventually!

[@brandonray8409]

Love this! Love this channel! I Live and from Corinth Ms! This battle means a lot to me!! Thank u!

[@markuhler2664]

Well done in an uncommon area for you. Looking forward to this becoming a series.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks! More in 2019!

[@ltrain4479]

This was really well done. You should do the Battle of Chancellorsville next. It was a big victory for the south and kicked off Robert E Lee's march north in June of 1863 which we all know led to Gettysburg a month later. It is also where Stonewall Jackson was killed by friendly fire. He made an amazing flank attack on the Army of the Potomac's 3rd Corps.

[@BeratLjumani]

I love how you guys even though you have a set style that gets people’s attentions. You always are trying either new big stylistic changes like your tactics and weapons series, your ancient American Empire series or just small little things like throwing in battle footage like at 4:40 over the regular map. I love all the battle/historical channels and subscribed to all, but yours channel really is the first citizen amongst them. The different styles, the best narrator(who needs to do an Ottoman campaign...), and the scheduled videos make you guys great. Btw what is your plan for November? American battles cause thanksgiving or Ottoman cause Turkey :P

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you for the kind words :) Our schedule is posted weekly on patreon, so it would be unfair to share it here. But I all I can say, next 4 videos will not be related to any series that we are currently doing.

[@reggieorabuena6242]

Excellent info.

[@HistoryHouseProductions]

Excellent video, as usual.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you for watching :)

[@Odin029]

The map's a little skewed. Murfreesboro is too far south and west, it's only about 40 miles (64km) from Nashville and Memphis is too far north, but very well done video

[@dflatt1783]

More American Civil War battles please :) :)

[@Redmaile25]

Love, love, love your channel!!!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you

[@humanpwns]

You're making my sunday complete :)

[@kingofstrategy5260]

wow nice graphics 10/10 quality

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you for watching :)

[@brad6288]

Do You think you can do A video on the Mexican-American War?

[@KingsandGenerals]

We are thinking about it!

[@alexeltroll]

@@KingsandGenerals yes please i would be very nice

[@jamesweikel2594]

So many battles of the civil war id love to see covered

[@CanadaMMA]

Quality work as always guys

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you for watching :)

[@darkberserker8991]

o man i really liked this one, plz do more about the civil war

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks, will consider!

[@HundarGamings]

Do more battles like this

[@KingsandGenerals]

There will be more

[@izayahwilliams4554]

Yes. I've been waiting for the civil war to be covered

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you for watching :)

[@shawngilliland243]

@Kings and Generals - Also sometimes called the Battle of Pittsburg Landing, which you mentioned. Good video on an important battle in the War Between the States. Thank you!

[@onardico]

Nice Please do a video about leipzig battle

[@KingsandGenerals]

It is on our list!

[@onardico]

thank you!

[@boldandbrash8431]

There were men of every nation laid on those bloody plains. There were fathers, sons, and brothers all numbered with the slain. The wounded men were crying for help from everywhere While others who were dying were offering God their prayer: 'Protect my wife and children, if it is Thy holy will.' O such were the prayers I heard that night on Shiloh Hill.

[@keithbrown7685]

and there was bad poetry as well

[@generalbooger9146]

Shiloh Church ya dipshit

[@stevestringer7351]

Good video. Some important details were a little skimmed over. I have heard a few different figures on the numbers of troops for both sides. But, overall, thisbis a pretty good video with interesting graphics. Thank you and keep 'em coming.

[@shaolindreams]

Great video.... really helps with the American civil war to get a visual picture of what was going on. Especially as this era as it's not taught here a great deal.

[@cisco3775]

At 1:20 you labeled a city ‘Harrisburg’ in Virginia when it should be ‘Harrisonburg’

[@abelramirez7320]

Confederate Scouts: Working their ass off, traversing the terrain to gain valuable intelligence on the enemy. Confederate General: Ignores intelligence reports. Scouts: Am I a joke to you?

[@recordman555]

As far as city placements are concerned, that's the most jacked-up map of Tennessee I've ever seen.

[@SDNickyRocks]

Thanks for sharing. Captain Ward Hurlburt (Corporal at the time of this battle) is my great great grandpa.