BLACK GUYS React To The American Civil War - OverSimplified (Part 2 OF Part 2)

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Intro Song: History - Play This For Your Mother
Outro Song: History - Poor Mans Intro
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[@FolkSongsEtAl]

Great review. The biggest tragedy of Lincoln's death was that there was nobody there to ensure that the South was brought into line and the wins for civil rights were embedded. Lincoln's successor, Andrew Johnson was a complete disaster, and is a real reason why racism was allowed to remain so deeply entrenched in Southern Governments and laws.

[@chaost4544]

Lincoln was bookended by two of the worst presidents in US history. Lincoln overseeing Reconstruction would have been a different result than the problems we saw with following presidents. It's not a stretch to think Johnson is largely responsible for the problems we have today.

[@johnmorales6281]

@@chaost4544 no no he was...Andrew Johnson was very lax when it came to the southern states

[@memecliparchives2254]

@@chaost4544 And Woodrow Wilson decades later. It's one thing Jim Crow became a thing I the South. Then he brought it to the federal level.

[@robertwalker7454]

​@@memecliparchives2254They were both some of the worst Presidents. But Theodore Roosevelt is one of the best Presidents

[@katec8796]

Ulysses S. Grant has been so viciously underrated - only recently has his legacy been celebrated as not only the Union general of the Civil War but our true first civil rights president who created the Justice Department who worked to help prosecute the KKK in its infancy. Grant did his best to enforce reconstruction while everyone around him pushed for it's failure. He also appointed African Americans and Jewish Americans to high federal offices and pushed for Native American assimilation rather than the very popular extermination route.

[@Jason-er1vf]

The brilliant part about Grant's strategy is that Lee was able to win against superior forces because of his ability to outmaneuver cautious generals. By going on a direct route and pressing further south, Grant essentially pinned Lee's army between his forces and Richmond, eliminating his ability to maneuver.

[@siyabongamngomezulu9743]

Invading Virginia using the peninsula and overland would have been more advisable strategy for Grant in 1864. He is still a master of war, his use of the rivers to resupply his army was brilliant.

[@russellbeaty7538]

When Grant went after , Lee they were dieing from hunger and diseases from being in the woods all this time a lot of them died from hunger and disease

[@jeffe9083]

Grant won the war on attrition mostly. Lee’s forces were hungry and under armed and supplied. Not to mention no reinforcements. Grant knew if he just threw everything he had at Lee he would eventually fold. That’s why grant was willing to sacrifice every man he had.

[@birch5757]

To use a sports analogy, if you can't hit a jumper, go hard to the hoop.

[@thewiseoldherper7047]

@@jeffe9083 I don’t disagree with much of what you said but I think you’re leaving out some of the context. Grants job was to pin down Lee while Sherman and the rest of the Union armies carved up the south. That’s pretty much what happened for the last year of the war. It took Grant three months to get to Richmond and from that point on Lee was paralyzed. Grant did have some I’ll advised frontal assaults, but those had worked in the west. They did not work in East. The important thing is Grant learned from his mistakes and settled in for a nine month siege.

[@samblustein1918]

One thing about Mary Todd Lincoln that a lot of people don’t realize is just how much she suffered. Despite this, she was still Lincoln’s support. She lost four of five children, suffered through severe mental health issues as a result, and she was literally sitting next to her husband when he was shot in the head. I read somewhere that she never wore colors again, only black. She eventually put into an asylum by her only child left, Robert, when she got older and began to have episodes. They actually really loved each other though.

[@lazymansload520]

I found Lincoln’s strength to be admitting when he was wrong about something, which is nearly unheard of in today’s politicians.

[@Scott-ec4cs]

Couldn't agree more. Lincoln initially believed slavery was a moral wrong because if you do the work, you should get the benefit. But he did consider the black man inferior initially, but these views were based off of little or no direct interactions with black men and women themselves. His original beliefs about blacks changed the more he met and spoke with black men and women, and got to know them as human beings, including Frederick Douglas. Mr. Douglas himself was so impressed and taken by Lincoln's sincere heart and warmth towards him that he declared that Abraham Lincoln was the only person who ever treated him like a man. Lincoln's ability to change his perspective with new information thoroughly impresses me as I have found it to be a quality that people generally lack.

[@ganjabandit5074]

President security wasn’t big at all at the time, in fact the secret service didn’t even begin guarding the president until 1901

[@brandonangstman]

Ironically Lincolns son was saved from being ran over by a train by Edwin Booth who was was John Wilks Booths brother and a huge supporter of President Lincoln.

[@magdelanax2122]

One kind of random thing, this was around the time when Spiritualism was becoming popular (probably as a way to cope with all the death if the war) and Mary Todd Lincoln repeatedly tried to communicate with her dead son's spirit though seances. She literally had seances in the red room of the White House which lead to lots of ghost stories in the years to follow.

[@MattZaycYT]

Many people died. This is tragic for everyone. Lincoln died too and this is also tragic. He was no perfect man but who is? Be proud of your country. You are part of it. Good and evil lives inside the nation the same way it lives inside us. Everyday we are in a battle to decide which will prevail. May God help us win against the evil. I love you. 🇺🇲❤️💙🤍

[@brannbee]

I read somewhere that President Grant then General Grant, was supposed to be at the theatre with Lincoln the night he was shot, but his wife couldn’t stand Lincolns wife. They said she ha been a victim of Mary’s “acid tongue”. In her defense she had a lot of traumatic experiences and was probably battling many demons.

[@kairoshin]

I've only been in war, not in prison, but I'd choose war over prison every time. Yes, war is definitely hell, but give me the animated contest of combat over languishing in a prison cell any day. War brings out the best and worst in people, it puts their true nature on display. I imagine prison does something similar, in it's own way. The difference I think is that combat has a way of affirming you are alive, and that life is worth living (and defending). Prison, I would imagine, would feel a lot like dying slowly and make death seem preferable to living (in incarceration).

[@silvershadow4297]

Here in North Carolina, we still have many roads and streets named after Civil war heroes from both sides. Examples in include Grant and Robert E lee

[@ODUBlue]

And Ft. Bragg, a huge base and Airborne operations hub, named for a Confederate general also. I've lived here in NC for 10 years this month, and that fact has never ceased to weird me out.

[@seanmatthewking]

Some of y’all still fly the Confederate flag too. I seent it. Seent it in California too tho. That makes even less sense.

[@Divinemakyr]

@@seanmatthewking I don't have a problem with people flying the confederate flag, if people want to make themselves a laughingstock by flying the biggest loss in American history go right ahead.

[@jennifermorris6848]

Watching this over Independence Day weekend. I should pause and wish all a happy Belated Juneteenth.

[@lazymansload520]

Atlanta was probably the closest thing the confederacy had to an industrial heartland, and Sherman understood something known by modern generals, but not well understood by 19th century ones: a country’s ability to win a war often depended on its ability to manufacture. The south in general had fewer machines and factories than the north, and the slave owners only had themselves to blame for that. Before the war, they fought to keep new machines out of the south to prevent people from questioning why anyone needed slavery. Ironically, once the war happened, this decision not them in the ass.

[@MlTCH]

I’d rather fight for a good cause like destroying slavery and dying for 4 years than spend it useless in a jail cell. You said comment and that’s mine.

[@Ckamaya]

In my opinion, every time I see a penny and wondered WHY Abraham Lincoln's face couldn't be valued more like Benjamin Franklin's on a hundred dollar bill and WHY it had to be copper, I'm humbled to remember that he represented for EVERY individual American's freedom. EVERY....ONE.

[@saranonimus9211]

It's hard to know what you'd do in a situation you've never been in. I want to believe that if I knew my cause was just, I'd never stop, because giving up means giving up on justice, and what's my life compared to that? Lincoln must have suffered immense pressure with all the lives lost, but if he stopped, all those lives were just wasted.

[@thezdbailey]

That is the story of any of our lives, although not the consequence that Lincoln dealt with.

[@jeaninem6868]

You're right...JFK and Lincoln had tragic lives since they were born

[@jamesmurphy3415]

The problem is you wouldn't go to prison ... deserters were hung

[@chaost4544]

The question of "would you rather fight in a war or go to prison" is complicated and depends on the war. WWII... sign me the fuck up. Vietnam... hell no.

[@johnmorales6281]

WW2 on the eastern...got me fucked up lol

[@chaost4544]

@@johnmorales6281 to the gulag with you! 😂

[@johnmorales6281]

@@chaost4544 I'll be dead before then

[@seanmatthewking]

Okay...but to be clear...sign you the fuck up for which side 🧐 jk lol

[@thatlightskinkid793]

As a Australian can still respect what Abe did for black people

[@Stardweller1]

If you guys haven't already, I suggest you react to the film Glory, from 1989. One of the best Civil War movies out there!

[@lappingmatch]

Love the work, as always. My only suggestion, is invest in lapel microphones to be able to isolate both of your audio just as clearly as the video and then you can remove any background noise. They aren't expensive if you don't want "TV grade", and you can input multiple audio channels into whatever program you use for editing! Again, keep up the awesome content.

[@lappingmatch]

Also let us not forget those who came before; Let us remember the lessons and lead with their passionate example, well into our futures.

[@6gunbeaufordiii514]

true story: I have a chess set that's civil war themed. The kings are Jefferson Davis for confederates and Abe Lincoln for the union (queens are Grant and Lee)... I opened it the other week and somehow Abe's head broke off in the box. I have no idea how it broke and i chuckled that of all the pieces to break... it was Abe's head

[@richardanzlovar5372]

Good job on your channel glad to be a subscriber.

[@bethhowton2719]

History is a great thing to have. I am enjoying your journey into the passed. Enjoy

[@sillymamacita3854]

Friday with my favs 😁❤❤❤

[@chadbassalo5293]

Did you miss the part where Abe Lincoln was the first Republican. He started the GOP.

[@iamclinicallysick6505]

Man got setup 💀

[@guestsuperguest403]

Truth be told what would you do if you wake up in the morning and your told that not only did your state suceed from the union but now your being drafted to fight in the civil war!! That's gotta suck

[@alexisrussell1904]

Love you guys have a good night.

[@mitchellgillon2583]

You forgot Malcolm X.

[@jackmeyer8656]

Who else likes the video before it even starts

[@larrymcjones]

“Clara Abortion” y’all wild for that 😂

[@freckles7184]

I loved your reaction.

[@Jdb74985]

I'm pretty sure that was BTS too 😂

[@stratejic1020]

Republican Party forever! 🐘🇺🇲

[@despair_ts1823]

👍 👍 👍

[@umaiar]

Somebody didn't read up on the New Deal... The party platforms switched on the early 1900s, the current Democrats are what the Republicans were, and vice-versa. This is one link of several the describe it, so you're welcome to research it as you see fit: www.livescience.com/amp/34241-democratic-republican-parties-switch-platforms.html

[@stratejic1020]

@@umaiar Oh god not this please just spare me the nightmare of dealing with another big brained gen z idiot

[@stratejic1020]

@@umaiar look my guy I would like to send you a video proving you wrong but the thing is KZbin supports your information so as soon as I post it KZbin is going to remove it so if you would like to get absolutely destroyed you can contact me on Discord my tag is "We're going home#8389"

[@umaiar]

@@stratejic1020 lol, no worries there, first I'm a politically moderate GenXer that finds comments like "Republican Party forever" (or democrat, or any other malleable ethos) to be dogmatic and willfully ignorant. Second, look at the map from this video and compare the red and blue to the current map, either we migrated or populations geographically, or the populations switched platforms. Finally, spend 15 minutes to look it up. There's content everywhere (including KZbin), about it. Try, for once, looking at resources that aren't just your echo chamber. If Ben Shapiro is your god, or you believe that any particular politician is infallible, then don't bother. But at least pretend to work from a position of information rather than just calling people names. Or just straw man it. After all ignorance is bliss, right?

[@respectfuldebatesonsportsb9701]

@dnttrstourop… you say would of deserted but I have a feeling that if you had been a slave for years and been a victim of the disgraceful and disgusting nature of being a slave I have no doubt you would of joined the fight and never gave up

[@davegilbertson4907]

Wow intense information. Nice to flip on KZbin and learn something. Them cancel culture people what be tearing statues down need to pick up a history book.

[@dylanjones268]

65.2k subs, 5,254 views and only 383 likes after 7 days. Something isn't right here.. that's a lot of people too lazy to hit a button. If you enjoy making this youtube content, keep at it. If likes are what drives you, I think based on this example.. if it were me, I couldn't be bothered. Is there anything you enjoy doing in front of a camera besides reactions? If so, that's what I would focus on. If you can do something you love for a living, you should.

[@does_it_matter_]

Been to prison as long as u land at a good spot and mind yourz and sta d up for yourz. U aight. That war shit could end up with you catching a cannonball put bo where

[@kuriboh.1483]

yo tbh i say real dudes do win unfortunately its the cost of their life.

[@MatthewYoink]

Even back then republicans weren’t liked for the status quo disruption to bring about the change we needed to forge a more perfect nation. If I needed to fight to ensure the American way of life endured; Veni ut pugnem, nam dies bonus est quo mori. Nil desperandum. Esto quod Es. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@sodblitz3445]

American soldiers have always made the claim they are fighting for freedom.. the Union soldiers were the last to really live up to that legacy.

[@ribps289]

Jesuscrist you guys take a while to post

[@jameshaynes6992]

Lincoln was a man. He was not a KING so his powers were limited. He had to work within the system hoping to maintain the nation while abolishing slavery. A lack of knowledge causes people to destroy Lincoln statues or remove his name. It’s amazing the sacrifices made by “whites” to end slavery. A better knowledge of those sacrifices could really help this country’s race issues. Also - the truth about slavery. It wasn’t just whites that owned slaves., There were blacks and Indians that had slaves. As the Bible says - “the LOVE of money is the root of all evil!” Sadly, in today’s world there is still forms of slavery. Look at China and other similar places. As the NBA tries to make $$$$ they turn their face away from those forms of slavery. The LOVE of money...

[@davidmoore2868]

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[@moahdaalmakhleh4080]

Free Palestine

[@benwood535]

From the river to the sea, my friend.

[@elise2432]

Wrong video