British Couple Reacts to The American Civil War - OverSimplified (Part 2)

[@ExUSSailor]

"Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate -- we can not consecrate -- we can not hallow -- this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us -- that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion -- that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain -- that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom -- and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth." Abraham Lincoln November 19, 1863

[@joshjones6072]

"The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here..." Seems like we did remember 😉 And yes, this cause is a noble one.

[@ShuffleUpandDeal32]

Fast forward to 2022 and not everyone is created or treated equally in the US.

[@srellison561]

@@ShuffleUpandDeal32 And yet we continually strive to make it so.

[@mbdg6810]

@@ShuffleUpandDeal32 define not created equally. I’m curious what you mean by that.

[@plaidpaisley5918]

Thank you. Best, ever.

[@Rocco1332]

Just a little tidbit: Edwin Booth (brother of John Wilkes-Booth) saved Abraham Lincoln's son, Robert, when he slipped between cars at a train station. This occurred a year or 2 prior to the assassination.

[@williamivey5296]

The movie "Gettysburg" with Martin Sheen as Lee is an impressive retelling of the battle. The US Park Service allowed them to film on the actual battlefield which is really rare. The scenes of Chamberlain's charge down the wooded slopes into the rebel forces was especially gripping. (Jeff Daniels played Chamberlain.)

[@JohnReedy07163]

Most of Gettysburg was actually filmed near Antietam. A few scenes at Little Round Top and near the first day's battles were filmed on site but Pickett's Charge and most of the encampment scenes were filmed in Maryland. And the telling is highly fictionalized and is based off of "The Killer Angels" which is an historical fiction story surrounding at the time, mostly unknown or untold stories of the fighting at Gettysburg

[@jacobherricks6951]

God's and generals is awesome as well

[@Neckromorph]

What I love about the movie Gettysburg is that it tells an unbiased view from both sides. It's a bit too common (especially in recent years) for people to just simply portray the civil war as: "The Union were the good guys and the Confederacy were the bad guys". I think that's a pretty ignorant view of that entire time period.

[@LtCdrXander]

I'm pretty sure the filming was done on land right next to Gettysburg, but not on the battlefield itself. It doesn't show though, since the terrain was more or less the same as it would have been had they done the filming on the actual battlefield

[@williamivey5296]

@@LtCdrXander Most was done at a set location a few miles away, but several scenes were shot at the actual locations in the park. Notably the beginning of Pickett's Charge, Devil's Den, and Little Round Top. It's a pretty safe bet, though, that any scene in which something explodes was shot at one of the set sites 🙂 (In park filming of Pickett's Charge, for example, stopped when they reached Emmitsburg Road, IIRC, about halfway to the Union lines, and the rest was filmed a few miles away.)

[@MrTaxSeason]

General Robert E Lee is one of the greatest military minds in american history. he acknowledged the wrongs of the south and the side he fought for and only fought for his state. he regretted the war and never wanted to be remembered for it

[@stephaniemccracken1324]

He really was an honorable man. And I'm a Northerner(California).

[@donnafoxdavis3215]

Many of us as school children were required to memorize the Gettysburg address. I am so glad that I did because I can still quote much of it. We were also required to memorize the preamble to the constitution of the United States of America. I don’t think either of these requirements exist anymore and what a shame that is. Thank you for your interest in our country.

[@aaronburdon221]

It exists if you're in ROTC. I know that for certain, but I don't know about regular stuff. It was required in my high school civics class as well, but I'd already memorized it a few years earlier in ROTC so it was a piece of cake for me.

[@filthycasual8187]

I was required to memorize the Gettysburg Address in middle school. Unfortunately I did a horrible job at doing so. I'm decent with events, dates are questionable, *details* I kind of suck at remembering. At least when it's forced on me.

[@WhatsIQ]

I didn't even learn about the civil war in school I just learned that slavery existed and with all the propaganda portraying slavery like an american-only thing. I didn't learn anything about history until becoming homeschooled and teaching myself.

[@mbdg6810]

The preamble I at least memorized thanks to a school house rock song. The gettysburg address however, i don’t think has ever been required to memorize in modern schooling.

[@Mrdestiny17]

We had to memorize the Preamble in 5th grade but I never did. Fell in love with American history once I got older and I'm trying to memorize the Declaration of Independence because I feel it's a very important document. I know most of it up until they start directly addressing the kings faults and what the reasons for separation were

[@RicardoRamirez-us7hf]

His speech at Gettysburg. Is also called the Gettysburg address can be heard or read which ever you like. it is short but powerful, a friend of mine told me he had never heard of it before. Which shocked me he said he first heard it at the begaining of the movie Lincoln. But if nothing else maybe if you hear it so will those who watch you.

[@thewiseoldherper7047]

It’s two minutes long. Everyone should look it up and read it now.

[@gawainethefirst]

I recall having to memorize it in high school.

[@morganoconnell9824]

Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate-we can not consecrate-we can not hallow-this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us-that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion-that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain-that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom-and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.

[@goosebump801]

@@morganoconnell9824 Thank you. I get chills every time I read this. @The Beesleys Notice just how many phrases so common today actually originated in the Gettysburg Address 👍❤️💐

[@morganoconnell9824]

@@goosebump801 I remember the first time I read it standing in the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC at 12 years old.

[@williampilling2168]

Many called Lee the American Napolean, and his tactics are still taught today at the US Military Academy.

[@jonathanradut2595]

I always found it interesting that the Gettysburg address is remembered to this day but the two hour speech is not even remembered or mentioned except in books maybe.

[@cpMetis]

10:40 There's a reason the first man Lincoln wanted to lead the Union army.... was Lee.

[@TheForsakenEagle]

The New York draft riot was depicted in the movie Gangs of New York. The attack on Fort Wagner was depicted in the movie Glory.

[@jeffburnham6611]

Glory was a good movie, but also highly fictionalized to fit the narrative.

[@HistoryNerd808]

If you want a really good but more serious video, the American Battlefield Trust's animated map is really good. Also, I'll add that a lot of people who seem to want another civil war to happen don't realize how bad this was. It killed(not wounded, missing, permanently disfigured, or got addicted to heroin or morphine which were liberally given as painkillers so the number affected was far more) 625,000 people. That was about 2% of the US population, at the time, equivalent to about 6.6 million today or the equivalent of the modern UK losing 1.3 million. It was a horrible, horrible, war and left a scar on this country that in a lot of ways still hasn't healed.

[@pointlessvideos2321]

Who tf has ever said they want another civil war???

[@HistoryNerd808]

@@pointlessvideos2321 There are some people who LARP online and extremist groups. Average people don't.

[@MannyLoxx2010]

More like 770,000 killed. On a more recent estimate by the Congressional Battlefields Memorials, an extra 150,000 soldiers are believed to have died or been killed in action during the Civil War. This came out in 2019.

[@HistoryNerd808]

@@MannyLoxx2010 That's the high estimate and it is hard to estimate since it was 160 years ago and there's also been some theories that the death rates of former slaves were undercounted. 625k has long been the accepted number so I went with that, although you are right that more recent estimates by historians have been higher. We will see if any of them ever become firmly accepted. I'm not qualified enough to determine who is right but either way, it was horrific.

[@bond1j89]

Well no one wants another civil war but it happens if it happens, you can only push people so far till they can't take anymore. They pushed people too hard and look what happened, the same mistakes are being made again.

[@pauldshel]

Another interesting event that happened during the Civil War. Our most prestigious cemetery is Arlington which at the beginning of the Civil War was the property of Robert E Lee. This property was his wife’s family property that had been in the family for hundreds of years. A Yankee General turned it into a union cemetery in order to keep Lee from using after the war. Which is now our most honored military cemetery.

[@charlese2714]

The US government actually ended up reimbursing the Lee family for the property. Though I believe this was later on since technically they had just confiscated a citizens private property without any legal authority. As you said a Yankee general just decided to do it.

[@xJamesLaughx]

The "Snapping Turtle McGee" thing is actually a play on a name that General Meade. He was called "That damned old goggle eyed snapping turtle"

[@epa316]

That ending does get surprisingly emotional, when President Lincoln is shot, and afterwards. The comedy abruptly ends, and it gets much more sober.

[@sphjinx1448]

“Somber” is what you mean I think.

[@epa316]

@@sphjinx1448 Sober works too. Merriam-Webster defines Sober (among other things) as "Marked by temperance, moderation, OR SERIOUSNESS."

[@DropkickMurphysFan01]

There could be a whole video about the Booth conspiracy, especially because there were detailed plans to wipe out most of Lincoln’s cabinet. All the others failed for various reasons.

[@theblackbear211]

A lot of people like to forget that the CSA had twice as many conscripts as the USA - even though they had a smaller army. That, and there were exemptions for men at plantations with large numbers of slaves.

[@therambler3055]

That makes sense they needed to match the Union’s army size the best they could.

[@taylorwatson7932]

Referring to your comments at 3:44, this war was extremely personal with many families fighting each other. There are numerous accounts of the fighting stopping-notably at sieges so brothers and cousins could walk out into no man’s land and speak to each other. At this particular battle, two brigades composed almost entirely of Irish immigrants shot at each other. After the Union brigade retreated sustaining terrible losses, the confederate Irish unleashed a torrent of “Arooo” cheers and their former neighbors and even relatives.

[@hoozurmama883]

Highly recommend visiting Gettysburg and walking the battlefield. I hiked up Little Roundtop from Devil's Den. Makes you appreciate the courage of Chamberlain and his men. Seeing the ground really helps you understand the battle. The town is nearly as it was then. They realized immediately the historical significance and preserved the town and ground.

[@KNETTWERX]

Sometime when you visit the US, you should stop and visit the Gettysburg battlefield in Pennsylvania. They have monuments for where units were, and some incredible tours available. There are several documentaries and movies about the civil war. Besides Glory that I have seen mentioned, there is Gods and Generals (a very long one about the eastern campaigns), cold Mountain, Gettysburg, etc. The draft riots in NYC was portrayed near the end of Gangs of New York. There are several movies that have tie ins after the civil war like Outlaw Josie Wales, Dances with Wolves, etc. Kind of a side note, The Congressional Medal of Honor was established during the civil war. The first and only woman to earn the medal, Dr Mary Walker, was from my city of residence Oswego, NY. She earned it as a surgeon during the civil war.

[@CaptainFrost32]

For a series of videos, they should start at Independence Hall in Philadelphia, then Gettysburg, then Flight 93, then visit the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial in Pittsburgh, PA. Soldiers and Sailors was started after the Civil War and honors the men and women of every branch of service. Fort Pitt has connections with the French & Indian War (known in Europe as the Seven Year War), and Lewis & Clark started their exploration of the Louisiana Purchase from Pittsburgh.

[@Ameslan1]

Glad you finished second part! OverSimplified Channel is one of my FAVORITE channels on KZbin! In fact, OverSimplified reactions is how I found The Beesleys channel!

[@hubbabubba8083]

I currently live in Fredericksburg and it’s a major Civil War site. My whole state of Virginia is basically America’s “history state”. There is a really nice monument here as well to that Confederate Sergeant who helped Union soldiers at the battle.

[@charlese2714]

I grew up in Northern Virginia and still live here. The history state is right. Jamestown plantation, revolutionary War, civil war, presidential/founding father estates, and of course being right next to DC and all the history that has to offer. Probably contributed to my love of learning history in general. Give me the War of the Roses or the lives of Julius and Augustus before 95% of the entertainment media put out today. The whole world has a grand legacy.

[@jeffburnham6611]

I could be mistaken but I believe that incident involved the 33rd Virginia Emerald Guards (a CSA unit made of mostly Irish farmers) and the 116th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, a unit part of the Federal Irish Brigade under Meagher.

[@kamthornhill477]

I'm happy that the statue survived the insanity of 2020

[@andybiz4273]

I am a US Army National Guard trumpeter and I perform "Taps" at the Soldier's Monument at the Gettysburg National Cemetery every year

[@natskivna]

Ford's Theater and The Peterson house still exist in Washington, D.C.. Both can be toured to see everything surrounding the assassination of Lincoln. The museum underneath Ford's Theater (which is also still a working theater by the way), has the door Boothe peaked through (with the hole he drilled), the pistol Boothe fired, the pillow Lincoln's head laid on (with dried blood stains visible) and many other fascinating artifacts. The Petersen house is set up exactly as it was that night and morning when Lincoln passed away. Fascinating, tragic and moving all at once...highly recommended to tour if you get the chance.

[@tHEdANKcRUSADER]

Lee was married to George Washingtons granddaughter and was one of the greatest military leader ever, he didn’t like slavery and only fought because he thought the founding fathers would have chosen states rights over federal government

[@jasonmistretta4295]

There is a great movie that you might want to check out. It is called "Glory." It was made in 1989. It's about the Massachusetts 54th regiment. It was an All-Black Union army (mostly former slaves). Very emotional brilliant movie that starred Denzel Washington, Morgan Freeman, Matthew Broderick, Andre Braugher, Cary Elwes, & MANY more! It was nominated for 5 Academy Awards. Denzel Washington won his first Academy Award for that movie!

[@hehtdnrsibtbsur7974]

Now this gets me goin

[@deanbrunner261]

You gotta remember that they had to walk everywhere they went. A hundred miles takes a long time to move equipment

[@peterandjunko]

True, however this was the first major conflict to employ railroads for moving troops and supplies. The north had a huge advantage in rail mileage and rolling stock.

[@hoekstratim]

You’ve got to remember that int the US civil War- it was family shooting at other family; literally brother shooting at brothers!

[@ericbarlow6772]

My family is from North Carolina and my great great great grandfather fought for the Union while his little brother fought for the Confederacy.

[@alanh.7668]

I would 😊love to see you two react to the Gettysburg Address 😊

[@jeffmattes5446]

I believe that when told that Grant dark his response was, “find out what he drinks, and send it to the rest of my generals.”

[@ericsanger4408]

Burnside is where we get the term 'side burns'. Also, Picketts charge at Getttysburg is the dumbest strategy in American military history. They literally had to walk a mile in the open field, under fire, cross fences at a road (Chambersburg pike) in front of cannon fire before they even met the line.

[@rodneysisco6364]

Just to illustrate how split the country was in this war , I had ancestors who were generals on both sides . My great great father was the oldest of 4 brothers . He was killed while commanding a brigade under Stonewall Jackson . His youngest brother was killed at Franklin where he was the first man over the Union barricades . His other two brothers ,who both commanded Tennessee regiments were both wounded and captured at Chickamaugua and spent the rest of the war in Union prison camps . On the Union side General Rosecrans who commanded the Army of the Cumberland was also family .

[@jimmiegiboney2473]

Mark 10:47? One of his surprise tactics was to leap over his own men, into the startled opposition, while playing, "Dixie", with his saddle horn! 😁😆

[@EvilLordBane]

One fact they may have left out (for time, I guess) is that the turning point of the civil war, the costliest battle in the deadliest war in US history, was a complete accident. Confederate soldiers wandered into the town of Gettysburg, which is just to the north of the Masion Dixson line, looking for shoes. They ran into union scouts and the two sides opened fire on one another. During the day, both armies were drawn into the area by the sound of gunfire. As a result, the first day of the three-day battle was pure chaos for both sides, while the next two days where a little more planed out.

[@markhamstra1083]

The shoes thing is a myth. It was never mentioned until 14 years later, and there never was any “supply of shoes” to be obtained in Gettysburg or any reason to believe that there would be.

[@donaldharris3037]

Gettysburg was not the turning point of the war even after we lost Vicksburg we still had a chance the South lost the war at Chattanooga once that fell there was no chance of keeping the Yankees out of the heart land

[@lockaby1]

The worst thing about the civil war was relative's having to fight each outher

[@christianoliver3572]

Don't tease me Beesleys!! Love y'all!!

[@harrycrux7757]

Robert E Lee was a legend, he just lost troops and a West Point Grad and was ALL these Generals fought together in the Mexican / Spanish

[@reedperrino6772]

Yes!! Perfect time to log in

[@subitman12]

The battle of Gettysburg was portrayed in the 1993 tv miniseries Gettysburg. It was supposed to be a movie but since the film was over four hours long, it became a miniseries. There were many stars you might recognize.. One you might not recognize was Ted Turner: owner of Turner Broadcasting System (TBS) who did a cameo.

[@williamivey5296]

It was released as a movie in the US. My brother and I watched in a theater and the cannonade ahead of Puckett's charge was deafening on the theater sound system. IIRC Turner played Patton. He also played him in Gods and Generals (which didn't get a theater release)

[@Salty_Balls]

Yeah, it's a movie dude. One long ass movie.

[@WingManFang1]

Also remember statistically most of the casualties were slow and from non fatal wounds getting infected, or other illnesses, most of those thousands of deaths weren’t all at the end of a blade or gun.

[@johnhammonds5143]

Robert E Lee was first in his class at the military academy at West Point. One of the most brilliant tacticians ever. And he and Grant were at West Point at the same time.

[@TheStapleGunKid]

Lee was actually second in his class.

[@terdellferguson216]

Love your reactions! Also: if you're interested in more American Civil War history, check out the movies GLORY (1989) and LINCOLN (2012). Both are fantastic and give a great look into the time. Note: the Oversimplified video says "June 1st" for the start of the Battle of Gettysburg. It's a rare misspeak by them, because it was July, not June.

[@garycamara9955]

We had to memorize the Gettysburg address in school. Also the preamble and the bill of rights.

[@timothyallen2216]

As they should still have to. I had to do it also.

[@mmc8539]

Robert Todd Lincoln, Lincoln’s son, has ties to 3 presidential assassinations. He was present at his father’s bedside when he passed away, 40 feet away approaching Garfield when he was shot, and entering Buffalo when McKinley was shot, visiting him several times before he passed. There’s much more to the story, but that’s a basic summary.

[@janp719]

Fords theatre is in DC with a museum in the basement. It is still a theatre to attend. You can also tour the home across the street and Lincoln’s cottage in DC too.

[@carriescott7621]

This was a hard war to be in. Some people were in split families when part of the family was for the north and rest of the family was for the south. Sometimes they were fighting against brothers, fathers or uncles. Others may have been fight best friends or former neighbors. I just point this out because of the man crossing the line to help the injured soldier. He may have known him. It wasn't a war that you were on a side of a region. It was more who believed in what. That's why a family could have two people in it and each could have fought on opposite sides.

[@Maeshalanadae]

Lee was one of the most brilliant tactical minds our nation has ever had, at least in proportion to the size of the conflict.

[@gregritenour9910]

I wish they would teach history like this in schools because maybe then more kids would be interested in learning the history of so many different things. So many kids and even adults hated history class and history in general but i believe if it was taught this way it would have turned out differently.

[@jamesms4]

At time 3:15 reminds me of something CS Lewis once wrote about Brits during WWII. He wrote the British are the sort who go about sternly proclaiming that torture was too good for their enemies but in the end wind up serving tea and crumpets to the first crashed and wounded German Pilot that showed up at their door. So yeh,,, ye can feel sympathy for yer enemies. It is what makes us human and separates us from the animals.

[@charlieeckert4321]

One thing that surprises most people is that the Emancipation Proclaim didn't free all the slaves. It freed the slaves in Confederate states but not slaves in Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland and Delaware (which stayed in the Union). The last two states to free slaves wete Kentucky and Biden's home state of Delaware (when the 13th Amendment was ratified on December 6, 1865). The bloodiest battle was Gettysburg. The bloodiest day was Antietam. And at Cold Harbor, Grant lost 5,000 men in one hour.

[@AdamNisbett]

Yeah, legally it would have been pretty controversial to change the policy on slavery in states that had remained in the union via presidential proclamation rather than via congressional action (Lincoln and others were already working on getting the constitutional amendment passed to free the northern slaves as well) But making it a policy on what to do with “property” from regions actively at war with the USA was much easier to justify.

[@TheAngryXenite]

@@AdamNisbett I'm pretty sure it would be outright unconstitutional, since the federal government seizing property without compensation or legal justification is a due process violation. Even when we ban certain things, we typically have to allow it to remain legal to possess those things if you already do and simply control sales and production. Alcohol was like that under prohibition, and assault rifles are like that right now.

[@AdamNisbett]

@@TheAngryXenite if you consider them property (as most did back then), then yes. And some even argued that declaring the southern slaves free by proclamation was unconstitutional, but because it was limited to regions actively at war with the USA that was something easier to justify even if you did consider the slaves as property rather than humans with constitutional rights of their own.

[@gkiferonhs]

Remember, it wasn't uncommon for people on one side to know people on the other. In my family we had brothers fight on each side. Many of the rifles found on the battlefield showed multiple loads. The command would come to load rifles and they would (others could see if you were loading your gun or not so they would load the gun), but when ordered to fire, they couldn't bring themselves to kill others and their failure to fire would be lost in the volley. Guns had ten or more loads. (It was this hesitancy to fire that caused the US military to change their training to create more hostility toward "the enemy" so that they would fire in combat.)

[@jimmiegiboney2473]

Mark 13:19. What is special about the Chattanooga Choo Choo? The Chattanooga Choo Choo is a historical train and popular American tourist attraction as well as a hotel. Its railroad museum is located in the hotel; guests can choose to bed down in the train's sleeping cars or in rooms in buildings on the property. September 16, 2022.

[@nikoknightpuppetproduction369]

Another amazing video. Keep up the great work. Love from Texas, USA.

[@travisbounds4746]

his tomb is 3km from my house. if you lot ever come to the midwest. its worth a visit

[@theblackbear211]

That assault on the Union Center involved roughly 12,500 men, forming a battle line almost a mile wide. (1600 meters) Moving in close formations, they had to march across a valley roughly 3/4 of mile wide (+/- 1000 meters), Open ground offering very little to no cover, directly into the face of massed rifle fire, and an artillery barrage. Roughly half of them would be killed, wounded or captured in less than an hour. A military disaster, and a human tragedy in a war where lifelong friends, and actual brothers, fought and died on opposite sides.

[@nickwalker2438]

I live right outside of DC and it feels like u can’t go anywhere without being somewhere a battle from the civil war or the revolution was had

[@cbicnone2228]

"Glory" is a good movie about the civil war. It has samual Jackson in it :)

[@shawnmiller4781]

Denzel Washington, Matt Broderick, and the guy that played Wesley on Princess Bride

[@charlespeterwatson9051]

Samuel L. Jackson was not in "Glory".

[@shawnmiller4781]

@@charlespeterwatson9051 Unless he spent five hours in makeup to look like Morgan Freeman

[@jasonw4944]

"Glory" is a great movie and includes the assault on Fort Wagner (5:12)

[@wesleypeters4112]

You can go visit Joshua Chamberlain's house in Brunswick, Maine. There you can see his Medal of Honor that he receieved for his actions at Gettysburg and the bullet that injured him at Petersburg. He was injuried in the hip and groin in 1864 at the Seige of Petersburg and suffered for the remaining part of his life. He had to be operated on by a series of doctors after the war and had to wear an early devise similar to a catheter. Without success, the infections and fevers that came as a result of his injury never subsided. Joshua Chamberlain ended up passing away of war injury complications in 1914. Chamberlain sacrificed his youth and his health to end the institution of slavery. I think many forget this.

[@elkins4406]

A 19th century catheter is hard to think about, isn't it. Ouch. He must have been very strong not to succumb to infection from that plus all the surgeries, given the medical knowledge and technology of the time. I'm not surprised that it shortened his life.

[@ragingangel13]

What’s funny is that Wilmer McLean was the man whose house was caught in the crossfires at the start of the civil war in Manassas, Virginia. He decided to move his family to Appomattox, Virginia in order to escape the war, where he thought it was safe. However, his new house got caught in the crossfires again at the end of the civil war. Appomattox Court House became the location of General Lee’s surrender to General Grant. Wilmer McLean is known for his quote: *”The war began in my front yard and ended in my parlor.”*

[@kathleenchilcote9127]

There are still some people in the south that call the civil war "The war of Northern agression" 😂

[@HiSummerWasHere]

The thing about soldiers stopping to tend the other side’s wounded and casually trading supplies with each other is that these were literally neighbors, families were divided and fought on opposite sides. They may have met someone they knew on the battlefield. War is hard enough but when you’re fighting against your own friends and neighbors, it’s especially brutal. On another note, one of my favorite things ever is to watch Brits react to the brand new knowledge that England was THIS CLOSE to supporting the confederacy lol

[@ShuffleUpandDeal32]

And that is where the terms Hooker and Sideburn essentially come from, lol.

[@katbrown1449]

When they were across the river fomr illness another rthere , they'd send letters across to cousins and sometimes even brothers across the river from them. They made little boost and sent them across. They also traded things like coffee and tobacco and called out ti their family members

[@meaders2002]

In a note of perspective the losses to the American nation during the Civil War were nearly equal to British losses in WWI 50 years later but in a nation half the size of the Britain of 1914.

[@JohnRodriguesPhotographer]

There is a long movie about Gettysburg. Originally intended as a mini series. Strongly recommend it.

[@adamplace1414]

2:30 it's kind of crazy that "sideburns" are genuinely named after Gen. Burnside.

[@lauralackner6856]

My 7th grade class took a field trip to Washington DC years ago. On our way, we stopped at Gettysburg to look over the land where the battle was held and also tour a small museum dedicated to the battle of Gettysburg and the Civil War in general. In DC, we sat on the steps of the Lincoln memorial. It is massively huge! Although part 1 and 2 did a great job explaining the American Civil War, it failed to mention just how many personal tragedies President Lincoln had to suffer throughout his life(not just the death of his young son.) There are some great videos about Lincoln's life out there if you decide to do a reaction to one.

[@ApexCalibre]

FUN FACT: 25:55 The opened window on the building shows 2 kids. That's Theodore Roosevelt (future President) and his brother the father of Eleanor Roosevelt future wife to FDR (another future President) Another Fun Fact: Woodrow Wilson saw Jefferson David ride past him on horseback supposedly after the war.

[@lukemilliken1957]

The war was personal and philosophical, and split families. There were instances in border states of brother fighting against brother.

[@robertscotton9339]

I like that your definition of a siege is “commitment “, lol

[@j_mill9356]

Fun fact… Arlington National Cemetery is a U.S. military cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, outside Washington, D.C. The site, once the home of legendary Confederate Army commander Robert E. Lee, is now the burial ground for more than 400,000 active duty service members, veterans and family members.

[@russellfisher2853]

I've been to that Battle field and Gettysburg. It was a lot of lee's fault. The Union had all the high ground. Which meant the confederates charged up hill and into fire. And then after losing at both ends of the line. Lee tried a center charge. They got hit from the front and both sidesand were Flanked. Other Confederate officers tried to tell him it's not gonna work. He should have listened. There's a lot more to it. A great movie to watch is Gettysburg. It explains, and shows a whole reenactment of the battle of Gettysburg. This movie is very realistic. And had hundreds of extras, to play the soldiers. Absolutely great movie. You really should watch it, and maybe react to it. If nothing else watch this movie, which has won numerous awards. I guarantee you won't be disappointed.

[@JohnSmith-ct5jd]

Lee may have made a mistake there. You can call Robert E. Lee a lot of things, but a poor general is not one of them.

[@jpmangen]

Lee was a graduate of West Point and new most of the Northern Generals. Indeed most of the Generals were friends.

[@bradparnell614]

I'm from Louisville, KY which isn't too far from Abraham Lincoln's Birthplace in Hodgenville (a little less than an hour drive south). There is a park there which I have visited many times that is full of wonderful history. If you ever visit KY you might want to check it out. As you could tell from the map, KY was in the middle. When they say brother fought brother, in KY that was literal. There are many instances of letters written back home where families had people fighting on both sides. Kentucky really was a microcosm of the Civil War with both Lincoln and Jefferson Davis, the president of the confederacy, being born there. We were taught in school that KY had more volunteers to the south than neighboring Virginia, and more draftees to the north than neighboring Ohio. It was a dark but ever fascinating part of America's history.

[@timothyallen2216]

One of the reasons that the conf, went across the line to help the wounded was because even though they were fighting (the north and the south) they were still family, brothers against brothers and cousins against cousins. The same reasons they traded food. Think about it, if you were fighting your cousins let alone your brothers and you knew they were wounded, wouldn't you do whatever you could do to help them no matter how mad at them you were? That was a very dark time in out nations history. More Americans died in that war by far than any other war we have been involved in. About 2% of our entire population died in that war.

[@jimmiegiboney2473]

Mark 17:45? "GRANT THE BUTCHER"? What? Three wishes? 🤔. 😅😆😂🤣

[@thornie123]

Lee was such a great general his tactics are still taught at West Point. (Well were up until the last 10 years) I think they still are.

[@warmongerx4520]

As a military history buff myself I've studied Lee his tactical strategy and mindset he was born be a military leader

[@JPMadden]

1) It's not surprising that General Burnside had good sideburns, since they were named after him! 2) Perhaps James misspoke, but the Christmas truce was in 1914 during World War 1. 3) At 13:49, the nurse Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross. She supervised field operations until the Galveston Hurricane in 1900 at age 78 and led the Red Cross until age 83. 4) The man who spoke for two hours before Lincoln at the Gettysburg cemetery dedication was famed orator Edward Everett. After their speeches, Everett wrote to Lincoln "I should be glad if I could flatter myself that I came as near to the central idea of the occasion, in two hours, as you did in two minutes." 5) Modern historians can only guess at the true number of deaths. Recent statistical analyses of birth, death, and immigration rates have indicated that a total of 750,000-850,000 is most likely, with a slight chance of 1,000,000. Remember that the U.S. population was a bit less than one-tenth of what it is now, so imagine 7.5-8.5 million or more dead today. Not including suicides and other deaths, nearly 7000 Americans have been killed in the wars since the September 11 attacks. That means that our Civil War killed more than 1000 times as many people, as a proportion of the population! To make it even worse, the army regiments were mostly composed of men from the same town or county, similar to the "Join up with your pals" policy of the British Army in World War One. There were many regiments of about 1000 men each that got in one or more particularly bloody battles and came home with less than 100 or even 50 men, especially in the South, which fought until they ran out of men and food. It's difficult for us to accept that approximately two-thirds of the deaths came from disease. In an era when the railroads were still new, most Civil War soldiers came from farms and had never travelled more than 50 miles from home. They were thrown together in military camps and began dying of airborne diseases like measles, mumps, diphtheria, scarlet fever, influenza, pneumonia, and typhus; and water-borne diseases like cholera, dysentery, and typhoid fever. I have heard it suggested that diarrhea killed more men than bullets did.

[@DefunctGames]

My favorite thing about this video is how they keep turning the volume up and down, which forces me to counter by turning my volume down and up.

[@jacobpochiba8538]

As a reenactor, the history of this country and that war was and is interesting. Lincoln speech writers wrote a speech and he shortened it. Lincoln sat through a two hour speech and and gave his. It was said that Lincoln was I’ll too. Gettysburg is such a humbling place that is almost surreal to go there and see it. My third G Grandfather was killed in Virginia and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

[@pauldshel]

To truly understand the Civil War you need to study for a good period of time. This video just scratches the surface. It is amazing at how many military weapons were developed along with medicinal supplies , treatments, and medicines. The American Red Cross came out of the Civil War, submarines…etc. It is mind numbing at how the Civil War not just changed America but how it changed the course of the world. Study American History from about 1830 to 1960. The reconstruction period was when you really started to see a major change to American Society.

[@viviandarkbloom100]

I do believe they teach Gen. Lee's tactics at West Point. You have to study him regardless of the ideology he was fighting for.

[@morganrussell8150]

Well done guys you both did well. English Civil War is fascinating as well.

[@jimmiegiboney2473]

Mark 0:00. Howdy! 🤠 "MeTV", relatively showed an episode of either, "Green Acres" or "Petticoat Junction", in which a group of citizens of, Hooterville, went to, Washington, DC. Uncle Joe Carson and his three nieces, visited the famous, Lincoln Memorial. He surprised himself, and the tour group, when he didn't need to read aloud the words written there, as he had them already memorized. 🤓

[@randlebrowne2048]

Sherman would be considered a war criminal if those same actions were done today. His burning of the South is one of the major reasons why their *still* lingering resentment between North and South.

[@JohnSmith-ct5jd]

Maybe, but it was less that the saturation bombings the US inflicted on Germany and Japan during World War Two. And Sherman got results with a lot less cost than Grant. Funny how as soon as the North "took the gloves off" the war ended within a year.

[@Steve-hq4fm]

General Burnsides is actually where the term sideburns comes from!!

[@WingManFang1]

General Lee was one of the only leaders in the South respected by both sides. He was such a good tactician and leader that they made a video game on PC about him. I forget the exact name but it was like (Civil War General Lee) or something, it was an RTS educational game I played back in the day.

[@King_Verb]

We had softball and boxing tournaments when I was deployed to Iraq some 20 years ago...we didn't compete against the enemy..but I understand how a little bit of sport in the middle of conflict can be somewhat therapeutic...without necessarily taking the edge away.

[@birch5757]

Kentucky for the most part fought pretty hard against the South. I've got multiple monuments within 30 minutes of my house. Good on you, Kentuckians.

[@travr6]

Kentucky voted against Lincoln both times. Nearly every single civil war monument in Kentucky is Confederate en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_American_Civil_War_monuments_in_Kentucky

[@birch5757]

@@travr6 rigged voting

[@antoineporche-rideaux4841]

kentucky 1 of the 2 most racist states along with Mississippi did not fight pretty hard against the south

[@antoineporche-rideaux4841]

@@travr6 kentucky 1 of the top 2 most racist states except Louisville which they consider themselves part of ohio was for slavery

[@travr6]

@@antoineporche-rideaux4841 Not sure where you got that stat from but Ky has been run by DEMOCRATS for all but 6 of the last 70 years. Democrats are the party of KKK and Jim Crow. Louisville is probably the most racist part of Kentucky actually.

[@helifanodobezanozi7689]

Great reaction! Fun fact: Historians have identified the then 7 year old, future president of the US Theodore Roosevelt watching the Lincoln funeral procession from a second story window of his house. The image is at 25:58.

[@cyberus1438]

I am an American politician, and I do not leave DC without paying homage to the Lincoln memorial. Absolutely and truly an American icon that we should all aspire to

[@markthompson6220]

The way she said "thinkin'" at 10:42 makes me think Millie could swing a decent southern US accent 👌 enjoyed the video as always!

[@TheCosmicGenius]

The football match truce that broke out was during the 1st world war, not the 2nd. Took place on Dec 24, 1914.

[@bradparnell614]

I can't imagine any way possible that could have happened during WWII. Not a chance. Paul McCartney has a nice video related to that WWI Christmas event for his song "Pipes of Peace".

[@rg20322]

Keep in mind that these Southern Generals - not all of them - were trained at West Point prior to the war.

[@rg20322]

General Meade was steadfast.

[@giafoneozu9998]

the soldiers in old room fought 5 days in a row, no break, these are the insane fighters!

[@stevec3223]

December 24th 1914, the Christmas truce. It was an unofficial ceasefire by both sides to celebrate and enjoy the holiday. Just shows no matter what side you belong to if you bleed then you're same as me

[@Jeff_Lichtman]

Sideburns got their name from General Burnside. Some claim that the word "hooker" got its slang meaning from General Hooker, but that's not really true. Lee made a blunder at Gettysburg in ordering what's now known as Pickett's Charge. I have been to Gettysburg and seen the battlefield. Those soldiers had to charge across three quarters of a mile of open ground with no cover at all into rifle and artillery fire. The Union soldiers, in the meantime, were firing from behind a rock wall. It was impossible. A few Confederate soldiers did reach a point in the wall that came to be called "The High Water Mark of the Confederacy." On the other hand, General Meade failed to capitalize on Lee's mistake. He should have ordered an attack on Lee's army while they were weakened and in disarray. Instead, he let them leave. In effect, he used a defensive strategy, in which the goal was to drive the enemy out of Union territory. Lincoln wasn't happy about it. If Meade had pursued and defeated Lee, it might shortened the war by several months, at least.There's an apocryphal story that Meade sent Lincoln a message after the battle saying, "The enemy has been driven from our land," to which Lincoln was supposed to have asked, "When will they understand that it is all our land?" Lincoln was America's most eloquent president. Please consider reacting to both the Gettysburg Address and his Second Inaugural Address. Both are masterpieces of rhetoric. Nathan Bedford Forrest, the general with the funny statue, was not such a funny guy in real life. After the Battle of Fort Pillow, his troops killed all the black soldiers who tried to surrender, which even then was a serious war crime. After the war, Forrest was the first Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan. Grant was a brilliant general, not just because he understood things like strategy and logistics. He knew what his job was. He understood that, for the Union, it wasn't a defensive war. The Union would win only if he pursued and completely defeated Lee's army. This is something earlier Union generals didn't seem to grasp. The effect of Sherman's march to the sea was more direct than convincing the plantation owners that continuing the war would be too costly. By burning farms, destroying railroads, and doing other damage to infrastructure, he made it very hard for the Confederacy to supply its troops. An army can't fight if it has no food or ammunition. The thing with Wilmer McLean really did happen. His house was shelled in the First Battle of Bull Run (the first major battle of the war), so he moved his family to a remote town called Appomattox Court House, in the hope of keeping them safe. Three and a half years later, a messenger sent by Lee knocked on McLean's door and asked if they could use his home as a meeting place to negotiate the surrender. McLean would later say, "The war began in my front yard and ended in my front parlor."

[@janp719]

Lee owned most or all of the county I live in outside of Washington, DC. My great grandfather fought for the Union from PA.

[@TheNewRevolution]

If you want to see what really happened watch the movie "Lincoln" where Daniel Day-Lewis brilliantly portrays America's greatest president. The movie is fantastic and show you things you didn't know. Especially how Lincoln was able to achieve preserving the Union by basically out smarting everyone.

[@shawnmiller4781]

Skip the move and watch the Ken Burns Documentary “The Civil War” It kind of set the standard for documentaries when it came out

[@jimmiegiboney2473]

Mark 5:29. According to some lore accounts, "Hooker", as a Slanguage term for, "Prostitute", is based on his surname, because he allowed women to discreetly follow his men at a safe distance. 😁