How The American Civil War Made Canada

[@Canadiana]

It's been a while! This episode is wall-to-wall filled with animations, which took us ages to produce with such a tiny team. Part 2 will be no different! So there may be other 'shorter' episodes released on the channel before Part 2 and we apologize for that. We have no choice as we can't afford another massive delay between episodes. If you'd like to see Canadiana more consistent please consider checking out our Patreon, it's what keeps the series going. Thank you for watching and for your patience! Audio: We have noticed some variance in terms of the audio mix between different devices, if you have headphones, that is the best way to listen!

[@josephvisnovsky1462]

Bold of you to think we are friends with Americans almost 200 years later 😎 Still too soon (satirical history nerd)

[@Canadiana]

@@pragith This episode most certainly wouldn't exist without it! We were fortunate that Midjourney was invented and upgraded alongside the post on this episode. It's both opened a lot of doors for us, but also been a bit of a nightmare. We used many different methods to train and get images in the ballpark of our storyboards, but each image took many many hours to put together in Photoshop. It's still better than nothing, though. We are excited to use it in different ways moving forward!

[@jaredbrooker]

Keep up the good work! The production value of your videos are on point and it's just a matter of time before this channel blows up! Quality vs quantity. Keep it comin'!

[@discipulusperegrinus5125]

Please make a video about the fenian raids .

[@cottontheeastercottontailr265]

Stunning work as alway

[@KenilworthUCCOfficeManager]

As an American, who is a life-long Civil War history nerd, living in Buffalo NY; I found this a fascinating outside perspective. It is, indeed difficult to imagine Canada and the USA at war. -May it ever be so.

[@richardprice5978]

someone needs to look at sam/peg-leg/Stirling price more as he's tried into the ( UK 🇬🇧 spy?? anyone or is it just me about jonn?, i knowledge that Samuel wasn't big on the 🇺🇸 federal/yanky government ) jonn-brown family mentioned ( most family's mentioned later on in lifetime experience were remarried or practiced polygamy as example Samuel remarried after his 1st wife and daughter died pre-1850~ and by 1880~ was on his 3 marriage/polygamy, ps because of political issues/unrest he died single/deforced as he by that point apparently didn't have any backbone to stay/stand by his wife's side or his 3~ son's ) here in the video and also the raids that are in Lewiston Kansas-USA 🇺🇸 +misurary-state-borders-city's/township's and definitely helping or im my opinion was 1 of the 1st civil war battlefront's and also have families like brown/price/nelsons to the founders of the LDS church aka brown+price maybe was the reason for Joseph and hyrum being shot or at least Samuel Maxwell price was that at the seen of the crime as a mob/military/milisha leader yes the Nelson's,browns and prices families decedents im met or lived by and also held there artefacts like Samuel's/silver's weapon's/gun ps the pistol is cursed ( by tar&fathering and torching slave-owners like Nelson and killing Joseph/hyrum in the back-22cl and maybe also 45c and 45-70 but iv only 1st handed seen the 1820~-1860~ 22 Tyler&son/savage ) and im not a big believer in "supernatural activity"

[@b3nzayizkoolyo]

Hope it never happens. I have so many American friends, both online and locals who moved here, as well as family which has parents from both countries. That kind of war would probably be the most devastating the North American continent had ever seen, be it economically, politically, and socially. It would ruin so many people and so many families

[@beng4647]

They basically said they will attack if Trump steals an election.

[@jafo766]

I AM METIS...if we could raise an army that of North Vietnam , a new 10,000 DAY WAR would begin immediately to rid ourselves of British bumfcUKery that is pUKed upon us to this very day........OUI !

[@ScottJB]

​@@b3nzayizkoolyoI have Canadian and American family too. But honestly, the war would be over in weeks. The US would absolutely smash Canada to a pulp. America has 10x the population (more soldiers) and the most powerful military in history. But the truth is, although I love the Canadian people and culture, Canada wouldn't really offer much to the US that it doesn't already have, except for maybe control of the St Lawrence River, and possibly a northerly maritime passage through the Arctic if the ice melts further. So such a conflict is extremely unlikely, ever.

[@drekkinn]

I've learned more about Canadian history watching your channel than I did in all my years of grade school. Thanks for another great video- stoked for part 2!

[@kontiuka]

Ya, I enjoyed it. Just wish I could remember all these historic facts and dates. They seem to evaporate from my brain instantly.

[@jamesarcher1289]

Currently, our children are lucky to get American History. 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@osmia]

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[@osmia]

Me too!

[@AhhhFkkIt]

You should have paid better attention or gone to a better school?

[@thedudeabides3138]

The entirety of this story would make for a fantastic HBO series. Thank you very much for all the effort the entire team went to in order to bring us this fascinating piece of history.

[@andrewstevenson118]

Definitely. There's a PBS series "The war that made America". Maybe something similar?

[@Fred-mp1vf]

I can't see paying for HBO or anything else, when KZbin is free & has much superior content and variety; with over a million new uploads daily!

[@mikethe1wheelnut]

without bothering to research hbo, the thought makes me very nervous. keep it independent! (..if you can..)

[@thedudeabides3138]

@@mikethe1wheelnut to the best of my knowledge, HBO are independent and responsible for the likes of The Wire, The Sopranos, Succession and Band of Brothers ….they’re the only producers I’d let near the filming of a story with this scope.

[@TheAdvocate4u2]

Right

[@Skyjy10]

I’m Taiwanese, I only learned the American Civil War at school, but didn’t know Canadians were involved in the war too. Thanks for expanding my knowledge on Canadian history.

[@tesmith47]

Glad you are seeing this, most folks from your part of the world don't seem to have much interest in the Civil War

[@IRBry]

many canadians died trying to free slaves, that is often overlooked history if you know what you’re looking for you can still see underground railway signs on peoples houses too

[@DmDrae]

@@tesmith47 many other countries have regular civil wars and political coups. Think about what Taiwan is for a moment: a ‘rebel’ government by current Chinese leadership; the government that existed before the CCP took power.

[@calebchan2005]

I am also part Taiwanese. US born Canadian resident. I find this fascinating too.

[@davidhatton583]

Most Americans don’t either. But more importantly ;when the north won the US had a huge army and there were calls to ‘free the Canadian s’ from British rule too. London changed the status of Canada to make it an essentially free country to dissuade from invading

[@Jefff72]

As an American, I found this extremely educational. I have a pretty good sense of history but I never new this. I'm looking forward to the next part. I grew up in Minnesota and as a border state, I always felt a connection to Canada. We even have a suburb of St. Paul called Little Canada.

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Haha used to live there

[@FightSceneFilmSchool]

At 55k subscribers this channel has the production value of one with a million subs! Blown away by the editing, effects, storytelling, and engaging host! Incredible work!

[@pbohearn]

The problem is that nobody’s going to watch it, but Canadians and maybe some Americans, so your subscriber basis, severely limited by the topic

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[@Blaundee22]

To the Canadiana Team, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR AMAZING WORK. Very grateful and appreciative for all your time and labour put into this utterly gorgeous documentary.

[@Canadiana]

That's very kind! Thank you for watching!

[@davidhollenshead4892]

Excellent work, you gained me as a subscriber...@@Canadiana

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[@MathDM329]

As an American, this is an interesting perspective on history that I hadn’t been exposed to before. I like to think I’m fairly well educated on my country’s history but I had no idea there were battles between the USA and the Canadian colonies after the war of 1812. 14:01 I don’t remember hearing it described in my U.S. history classes as annexation. And I’ve never even heard of the Patriot War. It’s fascinating to hear the perspective of another country’s history

[@Canadiana]

Thanks for watching! We've only scraped the surface of the events in the video. There is so much to cover about each of them!

[@KenilworthUCCOfficeManager]

The Fenian Invasions are mostly overlooked in US history. Technically, it can be argued that it wasn't so much of an American invasion as it was an Irish one. Yes, they came from the USA, but they certainly weren't acting in our interests. Even as an Irish-American, I can't really see what they really hoped to gain -other than a ride on the noose.

[@dancingdingo]

My 5th grade teacher in the USA was telling me about this and I didn't know what to think. I went to the library ( this was back in the 80's) and couldn't find anything about it. And.... she's right again. She, Mrs. Bryant (an African American) had taught me so much more in the 5th grade that was hidden but now has been proven as true. I'm Apache and she knew so much about my cultural heritage and I was living nearly 2k miles away in NC!

[@AmokCanuck]

​@@Canadianamy favorite tidbit from the pig war is the biggest threat to peace during the 10 years of joint American-British occupation was "the large amounts of alcohol available"

[@MichaelReidOttawa]

@@dancingdingoGod Bless her!

[@Mrgillescarrier]

Enfin de l'histoire de Canada bien présentée et expliquée ! Plein de détails que la plus part de nous ignorons. Continuez!

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[@s2snider]

I'm an old American and never knew this. I wonder what else I was taught in school that either isn't so, or is horribly incomplete. Thanks for this. I plan to watch all your stuff.

[@somebodykares1]

History is written from the Victors perspective but when the Victors have allies who are of another country then who's version of victory will be the one told? The version of the country you live in, or the version of the country your allied too? Plus if there is a tie then who writes that history? I can't say too much about it though either for Im Canadian and I did not know about this, but then again we are not told much about our own history either beyond early settlers and first nations.

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[@donofon1014]

Did they teach you that Franklin and Adams were negotiating with British prime ministers and cabinet ministers .. who had indeed passed bad legislation. Getting nowhere, these Americans wanted the intercession of King George III .. who like all monarch since 1689 had accepted "symbolic " monarchy. Making no progress there they turned to a functioning absolute Bourbon monarch in France. All that Tom Paine rhetoric about horrible kings lives on to this day. You fought a war against a parliamentary constitutional monarchy. A proto democracy with a "hood ornament" in the palace. Bad Bad Mean old George III is an American invention and myth.

[@ArchersGearheadGarage]

Thank you for bringing Canadian history to the world in the most entertaining way possible. Not many Canadians even know their own history

[@jonathanduplantis1403]

We know more about our own and American history than Americans know about their own. And they know nothing about ours.

[@darrenlane6316]

Sadly, American's (United States) don't know much of their own history either.

[@evaklum8974]

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[@That90sShow]

Canada is a useless dump. Nobody cares

[@michaelgolen7747]

I cannot express how amazing your content is. The visuals with impeccable artwork and music that sets the atmosphere to retell some of the most interesting stories I have heard about our continent. Thank you, sincerely. Much love from Minnesota.

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[@chadlegionary3748]

This is my first documentary of yours and it’s absolutely underrated. This documentary is excellent and I’ve learned many new things!

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[@patrickblanchette4337]

As an American, I’m very grateful for all of the support given to us by all of our northern siblings that helped in the fight against the great evil that was slavery (I also appreciate your humility in mentioning that there were Canadians that supported the Confederacy.)🇺🇸♥️🇨🇦!

[@GotoHere]

Those Canadians that supported slavery are the same ones that voted for black face racist Trudeau.

[@evaklum8974]

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[@BolnoyBratchny]

The South was right.

[@That90sShow]

Slavery... 😂😂😂😂

[@alexcher4606]

If theres ever US Canada war all Indians in Canada will run back to their country, then we all win

[@alandyer910]

Superb program! Thanks for telling these little known histories of Canada and with such polished and first class production values.

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These videos are so well produced, and edited. The graphics team did so well, it was a pleasure to watch. Thank you!

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[@SheldonT.]

Another great video by you guys! My wife works for Parks (Conservation Unit) and worked on some of the Fenian artifacts. Canadian history is fascinating.

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[@jasonrideout4836]

My sister is a history teacher in elementary school in Toronto..i showed her your channel..now every day she shows her students a video from your channel...i hope you grow beyond your dreams and continue to bring content to us and as many of our youth as possible...

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[@That90sShow]

History teacher in elementary?? 😂😂😂

[@nikigonz]

@@That90sShowI had a history teacher in elementary school. My elementary school went from k-8 and by grade 7, our teachers began rotary so I had a different teacher for history than I did for science or other subjects. It’s not common but it’s not unimaginable or anything😅

[@aaronbown8119]

Exceptional!! As a lifelong student of Canadian/American history, this warmed my heart!!! This should be mandatory content for all Canadian history classes. My kids are soooo uninformed about basic Canadian history

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[@bigredmarchingon3200]

Fantastic to see a organization of people doing such a great job telling our stories thank you.

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[@jeremiefaucher-goulet3365]

Absolutely mind blowing. Not only the content, not only the perfect narration and story telling, not only the incredibly high video production quality and top notch editing... No, this is freaking genius. Each time I watch one of your videos I go thinking this can't get better than this, and you have me in the wrong each time. Wow!

[@evaklum8974]

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[@jeffbowes1]

Canadiana is the the best KZbin channel for entertaining Canadian History. It would be excellent in our classrooms.

[@evaklum8974]

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[@Prel8]

An excellent video. Well written, well narrated and nicely animated. Looking forward to part 2.

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[@proactiveinvestorandlife316]

history narrated in the best and best of the manner. Gave me goosebumps time and time again throughout the show! loved it thoroughly!!

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[@blogbalkanstories4805]

Wow. A fascinating documentary. I'm fairly familiar with the history of the Civil War, but this aspect is completely new for me. Thanks for this very concise history lesson.

[@evaklum8974]

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[@DarkenSeyreth]

Stories like these are why I love this channel. I had no idea about any of our involvement in the American Civil War, let alone how close we got to war with them at the time. You guys are seriously doing a great service to Canadians with your work! One comment however, I much preferred your old art style to the AI generated looking stuff you used this episode. I hope you'll consider going back to it.

[@Canadiana]

Thanks for the kind words! We try to give each episode their own visual style, to reflect the uniqueness of the stories. In this case, we wanted to bring low resolution archival imagery to life as best we could--some of the historic figures we included have but a single headshot to their name. There were a lot of 'action sequences' that we had developed storyboards for, as well. But we lack an illustrator who'd be willing to work unpaid like we do. So we were very fortunate to see AI image generators develop alongside our post-production. However, not a single scene in the episode is AI generated whole-cloth. Each one was painstakingly shaped and edited to fit our storyboards in Photoshop--we spent hundreds and hundreds of hours making the AI generated images our own. We have always done similar in past episodes, but these animations do have a bit more polish thanks to using AI pieces rather than public domain oil paintings and the like. We would have had to cancel this two-parter if it wasn't for AI generated imagery (used as a baseline), strictly due to the sheer amount of animation. But if you aren't a fan, know that only the Civil War two-parter will look like this. Every episode gets its own brush. And the next non-Civil War episode has no AI influence of note.

[@DarkenSeyreth]

@@Canadiana Thanks for the amazing reply. The hard work is evidently there with the animations, as they really did add a lot to the episode, AI generated or not. Glad that you are able to use the AI art as a great tool for your work, but I look forward to the other styles you can come up with. Again, I love your content, as someone who feels like they were failed by the Canadian education system to be taught about their own country, and a history lover, there are lots of amazing things you are teaching me.

[@Canadiana]

Thank you for the kind words! We are fortunate to do our small part in helping to spread awareness of these incredible stories. We too were underwhelmed by the way history was taught to us in school. We hope you like the next episode's visual style more (we do agree with you that the 'AI-look' can get a little tiresome.)

[@emjaydark2811]

Many Canadians fought in the Civil War, including my great grandfather who had a deep religious revulsion to slavery. The sword he used is still in family possession. He was awarded a life long pension by America for his service.

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[@alaindeturing62]

This channel's videos are always worth the wait. Most unique history content on the platform

[@Canadiana]

Thank you and thanks for watching!

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[@dennisschwartzentruber3204]

Excellent work ! Should be on the agenda for every Canadian school as proof that our history is intriguing and important !

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[@Jerdpo]

Jeeez guys you've outdone yourselves!

[@Canadiana]

Thank you!!

[@RickImus]

Thanks

[@Canadiana]

Thanks so much!

[@corwingiant]

I'm an American Civil War enthusiast from the states. I can't tell you how much I enjoyed this finding this. I definitely will be checking your other content. Thanks.

[@evaklum8974]

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[@LeslieLewis46]

Thanks! You have so many stories to tell us that we need to hear

[@kitagawa2122]

you should give your money to me

[@BMoney8600]

As an American I never knew any of this. I wish I was told about the effects of the American Civil War in Canada. This is super fascinating.

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[@brad3042]

I appreciate seeing a Canadian perspective on the American Civil War. I honestly do not remember learning about what really sparked that war. I've always believed that slavery and not "states rights" was the core cause of the Civil War. I personally feel a strong kinship with the people of Canada and their culture and contributions to American culture as well.

[@sadak163]

How was it about states rights? States rights for what? To own slaves. Y’all are a joke. Every state wrote why they succeeded and zero mentioned states rights. Almost all of them mentioned slavery

[@margaretr5701]

Glad to hear you feel kinship, you might be a rarity.😊

[@Atheos-1]

The civil war, ACCORDING TO EVERY SOUTHERN STATE'S CESSATION DOCUMENT, was about slavery and their "right" to have them.

[@bowencreer3922]

Slavery is the root cause of everything people talk about. The “states right” in question being the right to practice slavery. The founding documents of the confederacy made it clear they were seceding to protect slavery.

[@CAROLDDISCOVER-2025]

​@@margaretr5701why is it that Canadians seem to express feelings of a lack of kinship between our two countries???

[@keatscubes]

This was insanelyyyyyy well done. I'm so impressed.

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[@pauljalbert]

Incredibly well-made video, guys! I learned many things, the most important being that I still have so much to learn about Canadian and American history, a realization that has continuously repeated itself over the years by the mere fact of being a native of Quebec City. Documents such as these are also desperately needed in these times as is it distressingly clear that history tends to repeat itself.

[@lteredsta8]

Thank you .from a canadian homeschooling mama your content is so valuable, appreciated and very much enjoyed. Thank you.

[@5onic]

I never been so glued to the screen and interested in a youtube video in a long time. Fantastic work.

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Thanks!

[@Canadiana]

Thanks very much!

[@wile123456]

Well made high quality documentary. Also have to apploud you for great pacing. None of the annoying slowness of traditional documentaries with filler interviews. Thw story is in the focus and we appreciate it lots.

[@kxrv6629]

Awesome video! The more we have traveled around Eastern Canada the last two Summers, the more we learn of how the histories of the US and Canada are intertwined and how little we learned about it in school. And how the US hasn’t always been a very good neighbor. We are currently traveling up the St. Lawrence River and stopped at the site of the Battle of the Windmill. Last year we stopped at the nearby US Civil War Memorial honoring Canadians who fought and/or died in it. Fascinating!

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[@BrainBubbled]

Thank you again @Canadiana for your huge work on such an ambitious look at more of our history. We so need more of this! Excited for Part 2.

[@scotthess9205]

You guys are amazing at teaching history. Your hard work and dedication really shines through in the videos

[@Undergrounddweller_1030]

Very interesting this makes me as proud as ever to be canadian i love this

[@siechamontillado]

This would be so awesome in IMAX.

[@Ifinishedyoutube]

Yes it would. Thank you for this thought.

[@sandwich5412]

That’s a great compliment

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[@Yes_lawl]

Watching this in Science Worlds Theatre would be awesome

[@redefv]

Sent from Vlogging Through History! Subscribed for sure!

[@greghoyt4061]

Wonderfully made documentary! It’s great learning more about our friends to the north. We’ve definitely had a few spats in the past, and we definitely still have our differences today, but Canada really is the best neighbor we could ever ask for. I look forward to Part 2, and will be checking out your other uploads in the meantime. Subbed!

[@thomaslecky5301]

These animations and music are incredible! Great show!

[@alexd481]

This was a well made and very educational video. Some of my ancestors were Quebecois, and they came down to the USA about the same time as Confederation was occurring in Canada. There is a lot of mixed heritage on both sides of the border, Americans with Canadian heritage, or Canadians with American heritage. It's not uncommon, to find people whose ancestors were on both sides during pivotal historical events. Most American schools teach very little Canadian history post 1812, but given the historical connections between the two countries, maybe students should learn both.

[@jasonhaven7170]

There's no such thing as "Canadian" or "American" heritage unless you're actually native. You're European.

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Vlogging Through History sent me. This is an excellent video!

[@joelmciver]

I just recently found this channel and you folks are making some amazing content with great production value, great job!. As a Canadian I really wish they taught us more history like this in high school! I'm looking forward to watching your next videos! Thanks gang

[@autuer833]

Wow! Wonderful documentary. Had me hooked from the beginning, great use of visuals!

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What a great channel, top notch production and story telling.

[@Landenlusk]

I lived in Chatham a majority of my life and I’d know the history but not to this extent thank you for shining a light on history

[@kylegoodreau2170]

Tilbury kid Right here!!!

[@evanisnor8697]

A great story. Thanks for telling it with the intensity it deserves!

[@bradyelich2745]

This channel should have at least 35 million subscribers ....

[@kevinjohnson-lf3kj]

This was an Excellent production...Nice to see Canada history...Its Aboot time we see this..Really..Aboot Time.

[@RC-ot5nw]

Canadian history is fascinating. I am an American and I love history. My Wife is Canadian and I spend my summers in Quebec learning French and learning about Canadian culture, which I might add is under threat of being diminished. History is very much a part of every tradition and every culture should cherish it's traditions.

[@alexcrowbz]

I'm a Québécois and appreciate your comment very much. God bless

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[@zachl3330]

First time you guys popped up in my algorithm but I hope this puts you on the radar of more Americans! Kudos - this is all really well produced.

[@miffedmax]

One of our oldest family photos is from the Civil War era and shows my ancestors proudly posing in front of their farm, accompanied by some British soldiers sent to guard the border. We've always had family who lived right on the border, and while my line ended up on the US side, I'm quite proud to be of Canadian descent and always enjoy learning more about Canadian history.

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[@rogerspaulding6569]

Honestly the best historical content on the web! Keep up the good work.

[@sparky8574]

I never knew how many heroes from Canada fought in our civil war against an evil. Forever thankful for our northern friends.

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[@lewis7315]

My Mother's Maine relitives told me at least hundreds of Maine men went North to work in Canada during the Civil War to avoid being drafted into the Union Army.

[@margaretr5701]

The same happened in later wars, such as Vietnam, not every USA citizen was in agreement.

[@SandfordSmythe]

​@@margaretr5701Not in agreement, or just had better things to do with their lives than dying on a battlefield.

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[@rubbersoul3723]

American watching from the State of Rhode Island in the U.S.-great job-nice mini doc-had no idea about this stuff!

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[@Carthybp]

This was amazing. KZbin is so saturated with American everything, it's so great to see more content about Canadian history.

[@chickenfishhybrid44]

It's an American App and there's almost 9 times as many Americans as there are Canadians..

[@richd1108]

Fantastic production and an eye opener to a complex and great history.

[@palmpurusdiotech3432]

I’m a American but two of my best friends on xbox live are Canadian. Was blessed with getting to meet one of them in person recently. Absolutely love our Northern Neighbors. Also incredible video

[@Canadiana]

Very cool! Thanks for watching!

[@danny__dimes6606]

This is a master class historical video essay that definitely earned my like and sub. Love to our brothers in the North from Texas

[@trekkienzl2862]

This documentary was beautifully done. Well done.

[@missthang4982]

Very well done sir! Subscribed, bell on and shared!! 🤜💥🤛 Sudbury, Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦✌️

[@ojosmacabros]

As a Canadian it's refreshing to see Canadian history content on KZbin

[@mimandshaindy4906]

That was fantastic

[@Canadiana]

Thanks!

[@jamesl9520]

As an American and history nerd I'm glad I discovered this channel. Looking forward to learning more Canadian history

[@golden_smaug]

The quality of this video is astoundingggg OMG, I wouldn't be surprised if I had found it on HBO or something rather than YT but nonetheless it deserves a huuge congrats!

[@catdogman23]

That was an incredibly well placed Wilhelm scream, I was going to subscribe anyway but now I have to.

[@catdogman23]

10:30

[@Canadiana]

Good spot!

[@rideausheep]

Well done. I've sent this to my nephew who is a producer.

[@jackbassett9365]

My Great Great Grandfather Isaac Brock Leary of Napanee Canada West (Ontario) fought in the Union Army. I don't know any more about it than that. I have his Grand Army of the Republic (a civil War veterans organisation) medallion.

[@antonleimbach648]

Your storytelling is superb. The animations are also excellent. This is some of the best content I have seen on KZbin!

[@Canadiana]

That's too kind! Thanks!

[@anulfadventures]

Well done I really enjoyed your presentation. My Great Grandfather Abe Brennan received a medal for both the 1966 and the 1870 Finian Raids. An infantryman with the Wellington fusiliers or some such thing in the first and then as an artillery driver during the second raid. Before you move into Western Canadian history (1869- ) I think you should read The North-west is Our Mother by Jean Teillet as a perspective from the Metis point of view on the annexation by Canada. Canadians and Ottawa in particular does not come across in the typical light.

[@MeatGoblin88]

This is one of those things that I've never wondered about and then enjoyed learning about it. Great video.

[@Stoner_Street]

As a Canadian, I watched this stoned as fuck I still understood everything. Couldn’t be prouder to be Canadian 🇨🇦

[@kakyle1]

I've never commented on a KZbin video in my life but this was incredible

[@marcusweber7436]

John Brown is the greatest ever American. His soul is marching on.

[@howtubeable]

John Brown was a madman and a murderer. Don't glorify violence to feed your self-righteousness.

[@NoOne-py5or]

Truly an American hero, i feel their needs to be statues of him in the south to be honest.

[@chickenfishhybrid44]

Greatest ever? Idk about that

[@marcusweber7436]

@@chickenfishhybrid44 You wouldn't.

[@kylegoodreau2170]

​@@marcusweber7436 cause he isn't that's why lol

[@seeyan9944]

As someone who watches a lot of KZbin videos. This is one of the most highest quality of it all that I ever seen in my KZbin watching career. I never knew something like this can ever exist. This video alone set a new standard for KZbin making. Words alone may never reach to my joy of watching KZbin video, however I hope this comment makes a little difference to your content creation, this video and even when that one day when you have read this comment too.

[@Canadiana]

Thank you!

[@Chris-i9g-w4t]

Bizarre. Just yesterday it occurred to me that Canada confederated only two years after the end of the US Civil War and I wondered what relevance those two events had to each other. And then this video, from a channel I'd never heard of before, just pops up in my "suggested" feed. Thanks!

[@Canadiana]

This was very much our headspace before we dove into the research. In school we were taught next to nothing about the Civil War.

[@avroarchitect1793]

The answer is everthing. It was the straw that broke the camel's back. A united and well militarised US was an ecistential threat to Canada's independence from the US. Our countries histories are tied at the hip. Brother nations in the best meaning of the word. Both the children of the same parents but are both unique and have different personalities. We have fought and have made peace. And whatever happens to and in one inevitably affects the other, though the US likes to ignore that fact.

[@WellismoCoaching]

I wish this was the Canadian history we got in school. Riveting, gorgeous animation, great storytelling. Thank you for putting this out there.

[@peterwatts74]

I'm Australian and found this fascinating. There is so much we don't know about Canada

[@Balognamanforya]

Want to know a wild fact about Canada? Since technically, nuclear war would almost certainly be the end of everything, Canada doesn't need nuclear weapons, not because we don't need to defend ourself, that not the reason, it's because we have enough arsenic in a single cave here in canada frozen that if we'd dumped even 1/7th of it into the ocean, we'd could end the world, and we've had that capacity for a good 50-100 years. You can thank the gold miners.

[@alaingadbois2276]

@@BalognamanforyaCanada, the greatest arsenic power in the world! Be warned Vladimir!

[@paulparry953]

So glad your back, like usual loved your episode looking foward to next one.

[@timothyallen6411]

Having visited Canada perhaps a half dozen times, I have always enjoyed the people and experience. The mention of 10,000 Canadians in the Union Army is very surprising to me. In a nutshell, how might that number have come about? I will close with this personal story. One winter long ago, my wife and I vacationed in Florida. As we eased ourselves into the spa's large, rambling hot tub that held at least a dozen people, I asked where people were from. Except for us two, everyone else was from Canada! They chuckled when asked if the last one to leave Canada had remembered to turn out the lights.

[@Flintlockon]

If 10,000 Canadians fighting for the Union Army is surprising it has to be understood how anti-slavery the British Empire was at this time and that includes Canada. Even though Britain was officialy neutral in the civil war 10,000 Canadians fought for the Union and as many as 50,000 British and Irish people traveled across the Atlantic and also fought in the American civil war on the side of the Union Army while at the same time Britain fortified Canada in case the Union Army turned around and attacked them. Crazy times but slavery had to go.

[@SuperCatacata]

​​​@@FlintlockonThe British people were definitely righteous enough to help for what was right. The Government on the other hand lamented the lost trade partner that was the south. Not to mention it's hard to keep moral highground in a govt struggling with it's own child labor issues, carving up and exploiting half the world from Africa to Asia, etc.

[@himanshutripathi6114]

We need to learn the art of storytelling from this channel .......... not through animations , but actual sights make it lively and interesting ............ kudos to team Canadiana ...........

[@TonyBongo869]

The guy who wrote the music for Canada’s national anthem served in the civil war like you said, and the American national anthem was inspired by Canadians ( British if you want to be precise) shelling an American fort.

[@ellaluna5514]

I think Canada 🇨🇦 was the winner of the National Anthem contest.

[@victoriapearce6145]

Excellent job. Thankyou for a thorough rendering. Look forward to future episodes

[@RickImus]

It's a good day when there's a new Canadiana episode! South-West Ontario still speaks to us: Uncle Tom's Cabin, Buxton National Historic Site, sports as culture in Chatham and London.

[@kylegoodreau2170]

yep good old south Buxton...final destination of the underground Railroad

[@dannick100]

amazing doc! the quality of these keep getting higher and higher. well done

[@Swenthorian]

8:25 West Virginia was not in the CSA.

[@Canadiana]

The map is based on the very start of the Civil War. Before Virginia split.

[@Swenthorian]

@@Canadiana Ah, gotcha! Thanks for the context.

[@sibberianno6333]

The production, writing and editing of this video is so good it puts big documentary companies like DW to shame. Can't wait for part 2!

[@gregwiens9146]

Amazingly well done. As a Canadian I am embarrassed that the British were neutral. The North was far from perfect, but the South was clearly in the wrong.

[@michaelcutler5538]

These episodes may be a ton of work, but the effort and passion really show. Extremely well done!!

[@SilentArrow2001]

Even if some Canadian politicians might talk shit on an international stage about the US (Trudeau) I and honestly most Americans like the Canadian people.