Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, Part 1 | "Our Rain of Lead"

[@thomasgentry9624]

The best civil war history channel out there. Stop looking, you found it

[@HistoryGoneWilder]

Thank you so much!

[@g.sergiusfidenas6650]

Well the Overland Campaign it's going full swing it seems, looking forward to this one battle in particular since I am very interested in seeing the specifics of Upton's attack.

[@Rick-Rarick]

A new series? Yes please!

[@tobiasschultz7949]

Thank you for this! I can't wait to see the full battle! Keep up the great work!

[@irockuroll60]

Ah, look at all those Georgia Brigades-Wofford, Bryan, Dubose, & Anderson. Hey Dr., whenever you run out battle maps-maybe do a series on each state (include contributions to the war, famous regiments/brigades/leaders, and basic interesting facts). I have always enjoyed the history of the civil war and being a southern-I have always liked learning about the south. Not until recently (due to your videos and others) did I learn of my home state (GA) and the importance of GA (from being the “Empire State of the South” to its fighting capabilities-18th GA being part of the original Texas brigade to the brigadiers like Benning and the others already mentioned on up to Mclaws and even some consider Longstreet a Georgian). Idk. I always had a fascination of Virgina and the sacrifices Va made but just recently have I noticed what Georgia gave during the war. Seems like Ga always had one of the most, if not the most, regiments in all the major battles in the east one the war got cookin. I think it would be interesting to see all the other states as well.

[@TheJimmyidol]

I love your history from a 60 year old giy on Vancouver Island.!

[@HistoryGoneWilder]

Thank you so much!

[@michaelwilson9986]

When is part 2 coming? Figured it would already been up,Hope All Is Well

[@HistoryGoneWilder]

It will be out tomorrow. They will be our every Tuesday at 7pm.

[@michaelwilson9986]

@@HistoryGoneWilder Thanks Sir

[@RayB50]

I just finished a book that concentrated solely on the attacks of May 12th. The shear magnitude of chaos and destruction on that day has always fascinated me. The human brain cannot even comprehend what happened there.

[@soccernerd27]

Dude, the men of Perrin and Harris's brigades on the Confederate side who went in to relieve and hold the bloody angle for over 12 hours under constant point blank fire until Lee's last line could be established... the experience of those men must have been absolutely horrific.

[@RayB50]

@@soccernerd27 i don't know how they did it...

[@Danjan1208]

I’ve been mesmerized by Spotsylvania ever since I was a kid. The violence and bloodshed sends chills up my spine. As far as sheer brutality goes, I don’t think there’s a civil war battle that compares

[@HistoryGoneWilder]

I believe you are correct, although from the reports, I have to put Shiloh very high on that list for brutality.

[@Danjan1208]

@@HistoryGoneWilder very cool to get a comment back from you! Thank you! Im not as well read on the western theater, but I know the hornets nest @ Shiloh was truly horrific. Appreciate your videos! Please keep up the great work

[@HistoryGoneWilder]

@@Danjan1208 will do. Thank you.

[@RakkasanRakkasan]

First teacher thank you for the info about your guide's at Gettysburg. Second the entire overland campaign and spotsylvania ch is the battle of the war that from reading first hand accounts of that gives me chills and hideous nightmares about. In the Smithsonian museum they have a stump of a tree that would take 2,3 men to reach around that was cut down by musket fire alone.

[@soccernerd27]

that stump is insane. Just the thought of how intense the musket fire must have been to cut it down.

[@RakkasanRakkasan]

@@soccernerd27 yes sir! A story I heard about the battle a Confederate officer stated he threw handfuls of dirt into the faces of union soldiers to keep from being shot how far can you throw loose dirt.

[@ColonizerChan]

>Todd’s Tavern >brock road Man I thought of that small convenience shop on Brock road instead of whatever it was from back in that era.

[@darthcheney7447]

Brutal.

[@liberalman8319]

Does the map say sportsylvania?

[@OhioDan]

Good eye. Would never have noticed otherwise.

[@OhioDan]

Hmm, I wonder how Pendleton managed to make a new road so quickly while this engagement was taking place.

[@bxnnyblues6033]

Possible Grant wanted a supply from Fredericksburg or maybe a good retreat route. Somebody was slow getting to the Courthouse and maybe those poor, half-starved, ragged rebel soldiers had something to do with it.

[@travisbayles870]

My great great great uncle Captain Wesley Mellard Co H 13th Mississippi Infantry Humphreys brigade was there

[@the1magageneral323]

Mentioning the battle of Yellow Tavern where Jeb Stewart was killed?

[@HistoryGoneWilder]

That one will come out on May 28th.

[@the1magageneral323]

@@HistoryGoneWilder Thanks

[@kimberleyannedemong5621]

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[@soccernerd27]

I think people are really sleeping on the Pendleton road out of the wilderness. What a play by Lee. Grant's move out of the wilderness was so well calculated there was really no way the Confederates should have been able to win the race: too bad Sheridan f'd it all up. But even despite that, without the road it never would have been possible. Who cuts their own fucking road out of a place called the Wilderness? What a beast.

[@danielkitchens4512]

Good thing Grant went east because Meade on his own would have been McClellan all over again

[@scottklocke891]

This happened after Meade had won at Gettysburg, also Grant's orders were to keep after Lee's Army. So I doubt Meade would have done a McClellan.

[@scottklocke891]

The Army of the Potomac cheered when there was no skedaddle back to DC@

[@soccernerd27]

I love me some George Meade, but I can't say I disagree. I think Meade showed his offensive limitations in the mine run and Bristow Station Campaigns.

[@tasmanianwalrus583]

This seems like it was very badly managed by the Federals

[@eldorados_lost_searcher]

I won't deny that the opening was mishandled, but it might be that Warren thought that he was facing an ad hoc formation, and so threw his units in piecemeal until it became clear that it was an actual organized defense. Then he had to take time to bring a new division into action. The whole time, he had pressure from behind to get to Spotsylvania so the rest of the army could follow through. All things considered, he should have had a better reconnaissance to figure out what he was facing from the beginning.

[@spacehonky6315]

That's for sure. Infantry being completely surprised by a prepared defense in the middle of the road you're marching on isn't a good look. Jeb Stuart is brilliantly doing exactly what he's supposed to do. Delay, block, and choose the battlefield. Where is the Federal cavalry? Where are the skirmishers and scouts that are supposed tell a general every minute detail of what lies ahead? Maybe those details were lost to history. i just can't fathom how an ENTIRE brigade could "attack" (i use that term loosely🙄) perpendicular to the Confederate defensive line, long after the battle had already started! Smh

[@soccernerd27]

@@spacehonky6315 You're spot on about the questionable lack of federal Cavalry. Phil Sheridan was fucking up real bad on May 7th and 8th

[@soccernerd27]

​@@eldorados_lost_searcher Warren had also been flamed hard by army command for taking too long to arrange his attack in Saunders Field back in the Wilderness. It was definitely a factor in his hasty attacks at Laurel Hill. He couldn't catch a break on the Overland Campaign