Civil War Forts: The Civil War in Four Minutes

In this In4 video segment, Historian Garry Adelman explains the various types of earthworks and fortifications used by both sides during the Civil War. From the redans and redoubts of Vicksburg to Fort Pulaski in Georgia, watch now to find out how different fortifications were used during the Civil War and which ones were most effective at stopping the enemy.
This video is part of the American Battlefield Trust's In4 video series, which presents short videos on basic Civil War topics.

[@georgeholloman5675]

It truly is amazing to see how far the civil war has brought military tactics and inventions . I love this page, I love your website. Civil war trust has definitely captured my attention. I look foward to watching more videos. The civil war is hands down the most intriguing time in our nations history to me. I hope to be part in your mission as I look to transition from the military in the next few years.

[@logan_w537]

Like Grand strategy the us military's doctrine is based off the the Vicksburg and overland campaign and Atlanta

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[@Mist3rData]

Very interesting! And Gary, you have an awesome way of sharing your passion for history

[@viberstrike3773]

Keep them coming Gary!!

[@michaelnewton5873]

Corinth unit of Shiloh-Cornith Battlefield has a wonderful display on how a earthwork was constructed.

[@celticman1909]

Virginia farmers complained to the Confederate government that the army had stripped their fields of fences to use the wood for all manner of need including camp fires. A decree was announced to refrain from the practice but no one took it seriously.

[@devins1195]

I would like to know how the Civil War armies treated civilians in occupied territory: such as when commanders took over homes as headquarters...

[@ethanrepublic]

this war was so bloody because it was the end of Napoleonic Line Battles and the start of ww1 Battles through the advances in fast reloading rifles, to Long Ränge Battles and and hiding Behind trenches and laying down on rocks

[@TheKazakh1991]

I have family that was in the 3rd Louisiana.

[@Primergy89]

Precursor of the trench warfare of WW1? Military innovation because of increased Firepower? I think a lot of wrong assumptions are drawn out of the use of trenches during the civil war. First: Semi-permanent trenches and earthworks in open field battles were used together with firearms since the 30 years war, maybe even earlier and those doesn't count as precursor of WW1, aren't they? Second: Today the firepower increased even more, yet no sane commander would order the digging of permanent trenches. Conclusion: Semipermanent Trenches in combination with firearms regularly appear in the military history, where their usage is advisable. If they aren't used its more a matter of cultural prejudices by commanders and / or terrain features which render them useless and maneuver isn't possible. In WW1 the armies were to clunky for maneuver, so it was cheaper to dig trenches. The Civil War saw wide usage of trenches in its second half not because the firepower heralded the age of industrial warfare, but because the terrain and the size of armies allowed so. In the prairie it would have been useless to dig trenches. Trenches doesn't make the Civil War something "unique".

[@rayraymond2952]

In response to tbwpiper: --- [1] Actually, it "was" trench warfare during the War Between The States. --- [2] In the CW (ignoring the very last CW weeks), when properly manned, no such major fortification line was ever directly attacked/assaulted to the point where the defender was forced to lose the position so protected. Examples, Petersburg/Richmond line (in last CW weeks, supply line cut with some assaults & abandoned), Washington, Vicksburg (eventually starved into surrender), Atlanta (supply lines cut & subsequently abandoned), Union Chattanooga, Charleston (abandoned). --- [3] Moral to the story: Defend behind minor through major fortifications whenever possible. When combined with the rifled-musket, you will succeed in the defense until maneuvered out or starved out. Danke & Slainte, Richard

[@Putaspellonyou]

Do we not count the reduction of the Mule Shoe at Spotsylvania?

[@mitchellbracey5234]

@@Putaspellonyou I guess we might call that improperly built, as the salient was inherently vulnerable. Admittedly, the Bloody Angle was my first thought when I played the clip.

[@garymurfee4290]

Great stuff

[@henry6644]

This video was posted on my birthday 😎

[@slantsix6344]

Washington DC was ringed with forts

[@daveanderson3805]

The shape of things to come in a later war on a different continent .l understand that most European powers had observers in America during the war yet they appear not to have learned a thing

[@TheAbleBodiedSoldier]

I was a re-enacted at fort McAllister

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Rica história. Salve os Estados Unidos.

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Two twentyfications put together

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