James Longstreet: Lee's Old War Horse | Full Biography and Documentary

[@TheWeatherbuff]

The short snippets are great, but I also love these long, comprehensive presentations. Well done, Sir! And, thank you.

[@tjsassaman3576]

Couldn’t agree more. I clicked on only a couple snippets cuz I couldn’t help it, but I’ve been waiting for this one in its long form version!! They’re all so well done!!

[@TheWeatherbuff]

@@tjsassaman3576 Yep! This stuff is great! Good job by The Wilder Historian!

[@tjsassaman3576]

I’ve been trying SO HARD to avoid any of the Longstreet snippets for what felt like forever, haha… I was patiently waiting, I love your long form versions of your civil war biographies!! I’ve learned so much from them. I always really liked Stonewall Jackson, but I’ve become a diehard AP Hill fan after watching his bio. Can’t wait to dig into Longstreet at close to 3.5 hours, so psyched!! Thank you for all your hard work!! PS: If you ever get bored, would love to see a bio on Gouverneur K. Warren. But that’s just me being selfish, my great x 3 grandfather fought with the 118th PA in the V Corps. Mustered in in late July 1863 due to the losses at Gettysburg, and fought through the entire Overland Campaign to Appamatox!! Anyway, thanks again, I’m a huge fan!! Your videos are the best!!

[@Drewpeanuts1]

I was the same way!

[@MrBossman87]

I love these long form bio’s too! Would love to see one of Warren. Hell he could do them for every CW general. They’re so informative. I was an A.P. Hill fan long before the bio was done but I still enjoyed and learned a lot from it. My great x3 grandfather fought in the 30th Virginia , Corse’s Brigade, Picketts Division, Longstreet’s Corps so I’m definitely looking forward to the next 3.5 hours! For your sake and the sake of my civil war obsession here’s to hoping for a Warren bio soon!

[@dolldoll2914]

👩🏻‍💻I watched the 3.5 hours about General Longstreet and it is well worth the time. ❤❤❤ 🙋‍♀️😘🥰🇺🇲

[@richardlindquist5936]

@tjsassaman3576 He and my GGGGF probably shot at each other. 52NC Infantry. Best regards to you!

[@brandonray8409]

Longstreet has always been my favorite General! He was a true soldier! I feel like he gets alot of dislike due to him disagreeing with Robert E Lee. Thank you my friend for great civil war content

[@marknewton6984]

Longstreet was slow day 2 at Gettysburg. Also, jealous of Lee.

[@brandonray8409]

@@marknewton6984 he disagreed with lee and he was right, Picketts charge should have never happened, that far on open ground was one of few mistakes lee made.

[@brandonray8409]

@@nickroberts-xf7oq look, i don’t care how he acted after the war, what books he wrote, and all that, My thing is if He was dead on at Gettysburg. Picketts charge like i said in the other comment should have never happened, it was a stupid move. Longstreet does have his flaws but he was a great general and for me i like what Longstreet was wanting to do at the battle of Gettysburg

[@nickroberts-xf7oq]

@brandonray8409 It was doomed to fail, for sure. But, as Ranger Matt Atkinson points out, Lee could not follow Longstreet's advice. To do so would have cut off his railhead of supply, and would have placed the ANV in a vise between the Federals in Gettysburg and those in DC. Oh, no doubt, Longstreet was a fighter.... "Lee's Old War Horse". But he was also known to be "cautious" - and to a fault at times. I like him because he was a major player in the battle of Fort Sanders in my hometown Knoxville Tennessee.

[@brandonray8409]

@@nickroberts-xf7oq nicely put bro, so i know this question comes up a lot in the civil war, who was better Grant or Lee??? In my opinion Lee was better than Grant, He done so much without the things Grant had in the war. What do you think??

[@joelkedrowski726]

As an Army Commander, Lee had some great attributes. But, as a Commander - directly - of Infantry, he had very little experience. He was 'well-studied' in 'classic' warfare. Longstreet served, in the field, as an Infantry Commander off & on, throughout his career. Lee did not. Longstreet's experience, directly in the field, gained for him experience in the handling of Infantry DIRECTLY. He directly saw the advancements in infantry weapons. (Range, advancements in formations, Etc.) Longstreet evolved into the best Infantry Commander in The ANV. (Probably the 'best' on either side of the conflict) By the time of Gettysburg, Longstreet pretty much had it down what could work, and what couldn't, better than anybody. Stuart's strongest point, was excellent recon. Lee lacked that at Gettysburg. He didn't listen to his 'Infantry Expert', & followed advice from lesser individuals, Etc. - The rest was a disaster...

[@ThanksforcensoringmeYoutube]

Very well stated. I agree entirely from what I’ve read.

[@MrSilvertone64]

7:05

[@samcukanow6188]

Lee was an officer of engineers and saw action in Mexico, I'd say he had serious experience commanding troops in the field.

[@arturrofi5933]

It was Longstreet why John bell hood got shot and so many of his friends died in the battlefield when they had the advantage....Longstreet and his treacherous ways of conducting warfare almost turned certain places in US communist or some other type government. James Longstreet and a few of his other treacherous friends along with GRANT had military ambitions when it came to governance... I think, with exception of a few from the Union side who wore blue, they wore a sand color type of coats.... as if they were enlightened from the spirit! JAMES LONGSTREET IS A TREATOR WHO GENERAL LEE SAVED BY DEFAMING HIM EVERY CHANCE HE GOT BECAUSE IF LEE DIDNT DEFAME HIM AND CONSTANTLY KEPT HIS NAME IN THE SPOTLIGHT OF POLITICS, JOHN BELL HOOD WAS GONNA KILL HIM! AND GRANT IS A COWARD AND I WONDER WHAT LINCOLN TOLD HIM OR WORE HIM IN PRIVATE BECAUSE THERE IS NO WAY THAT LINCOLN DIDNT THINK SOMETHING WAS WEONG WITH HIM WINNING SOME OF THOSE BATTLES!

[@MattV-cz7jk]

Lee might be overrated from a Commander standpoint but his talent was keeping all those real talented captains he had working together commanding citizens soldiers

[@Greaser-zz7xo]

Amazing! A great documentary! I love this one as much as A.P Hill’s documentary!

[@Rick-Rarick]

I have already watched all the individual parts to this, but I am glad that you also put them out like this in one long video. Makes for a great download for a long trip, etc.

[@philipcollins5440]

You are a master in teaching us about Longstreet. I look forward to more of your teaching😊

[@killatoefoo5624]

I really do enjoy these long format biographies of these bygone era generals. As a child, now 37 I use to be fascinated by the civil war. I grew up in northwest Alabama about 45 min. Drive from Shiloh battle grounds and been there multiple times I still to this day love visiting that area. My grandfather bought a computer once internet and AOL came into existence. On that computer my grandfather bought a game civil war battle of Antietam and Gettysburg by Sid Myers. I would spend so much of my time playing that game many years. On that game it had all the dif. Commanders and generals of the civil war both union and confederates. Thats when my interest in wanting to know more about those generals what they were like were they hailed from and what called them to join the war and which side all that. Finally now I can get to know about these generals and there actions performed during there times. I’ve read few books but no true biography’s of individual generals. The fact you’ve done your research on these men is astounding and I love it I’m so glad I found your channel. Thanks you for all your work you do to bring us this content you are awesome at what you do man. Not one video I’ve watched has been boring or a lecture it’s always an adventure almost like were there with them in battle the way you tell there story’s. Keep up the great work!❤

[@HistoryGoneWilder]

Thank you so much for the support and for sharing!

[@HistoryGoneWilder]

I grew up playing Civil War Generals 2. I played it for hours, especially the Battle of Antietam.

[@flparkermdpc]

You two guys are the men to whom Shelby Foote referred as "My People." when asked during an😢 interview, what side he would have chosen to join if he had been around during the Civil War. The Federal government has in the last century morphed more and more, into the "Them," against whom Lee and Longstreet fought.

[@danabaas4308]

What a wonderful study of Longstreet. Thanks, really enjoyed it.

[@HistoryGoneWilder]

I'm so glad

[@marknewton6984]

He was slow. Stonewall was fast.

[@oldsnare54]

I've been enjoying your videos for a long time. I can't believe you don't have more subs .Really good stuff.

[@HistoryGoneWilder]

Thank you so much! I'm slowly growing. I appreciate all your support.

[@luthrengraves3974]

Fantastically done... Longstreet has always been my favorite soldier in the American civil war

[@seandilallo8718]

Longstreet was a clear-minded, practical and purebred soldier. He bore his incredible loss with dignity and did his duty to the end of the War. In his disagreements with Gen. Lee, he was largely correct. He was also correct in his early advocacy of reconciliation between North and South, and his view that the War itself was foolish and destructive.

[@nickroberts-xf7oq]

He was never correct in his disagreement with Lee.

[@seandilallo8718]

@@nickroberts-xf7oq Lee was a great general, but both of his invasions of the North were misconceived failures.

[@Washington-y8n]

I believe Longstreet was correct with his disagreements with Lee. 🇺🇸

[@Washington-y8n]

I agree with you Sean

[@Hotdog1863]

Longstreet is one of my favorite generals. He had enough smarts to see that when the Civil War was over there was no sense in continuing to try to fight it and it was time to bring the country back together again and time to move on, whether you liked the outcome or not. Parts of the South just couldn't accept that but he had enough sense to see that that's what was needed.

[@caustic7480]

This was brilliant. What a terrific presentation about one of the great men from the US' most romantic and harrowing war.

[@HistoryGoneWilder]

Thank you so much for watching!

[@caustic7480]

@@HistoryGoneWilder thank you for making it! Sending love from the UK 🫶

[@dolldoll2914]

👩🏻‍💻I was introduced to General Longstreet in the film "Gettysburg." I admire this man's tactics and long view of the Northern Army of Virginia objectives. To use the verb "re-deploy" instead of retreat is a wise and Army saving offensives. Longstreet cared for his men and wanted to make the best decisions for saving lives while destroying the enemy. Another general whom I admire is Fieldmarshal Rommel, both of these men have many of the same qualities in practice and protecting men and materials. 🙋‍♀️😘🥰🇺🇲🇬🇧

[@nickroberts-xf7oq]

I wish the 3rd movie in the "Gettysburg trilogy" had been made. I'd love to have seen it follow Longstreet into his independent command in East Tennessee. 💥 🇺🇸 💥

[@marcoschaper1737]

I spent some time with the history of the Afrikakorps commanded by Rommel and many of the soldiers would'nt agree with that. The first thing Rommel was interested in was to reach his target. If it works with small losses, okay. But if not, okay also. Look at his first attack on Tobruk 1941, just one example

[@cuzmcc]

@@nickroberts-xf7oq yeah was going to be called the last fill measure then ted turner pulled out cause he was the money in both those films Gettysburg and gods and generals

[@Gitarzan66]

I'm with the other fellers here. I dig listening to the whole thing again once you post it. Kinda like a refresher course.

[@RealSVTJunkie]

Learned a few things about Longstreet. Thanks for sharing

[@GlennGoryl]

Excellent. Thank you - this is one of the best videos I have ever seen.

[@HistoryGoneWilder]

@@GlennGoryl Thank you so much!

[@lisaz8733]

Great video. I learned a lot. Love the long videos, keep 'em coming!

[@HistoryGoneWilder]

@@lisaz8733 I'm so glad you enjoyed it. Will do.

[@xpress144]

That was an AMAZING production!! Thank you for the wonder vid- and your hard work that went into it. Great job. 🤘🤘🤘🙏🙏

[@BigMrFirebird]

As always, informative and moving. Many thanks for doing this. All the best, from the UK.

[@Jbird1988]

Waited a long time for the full version

[@adamtracey2964]

I love these long form videos

[@jagsdomain203]

Thank you for putting this together

[@HistoryGoneWilder]

Thank you for watching. I greatly appreciate it.

[@jeffro4kag206]

Right now this is my favorite Civil War Channel I mean just absolutely excellent sir

[@HistoryGoneWilder]

Thank you so much!

[@guebay-k5y]

From my German point of view and knowledge of the US Civil War, Longstreet was the best general after Lee in the Confederate Army. He recognized after the war that the united states would only exist united and thus laid the foundation for the development of the USA into a world power. He and Grant recognized that it would only work together.

[@wyatthen55]

Dr.Wilder you sir are the best👏

[@jeffr6280]

This was an exceptional bio. I enjoyed every minute of it and learned a lot.

[@HistoryGoneWilder]

Thank you so much!

[@ciscoduncan1490]

Thanks for the video.

[@BadBocher]

Glad to see that not everyone is afraid to tell history and not the new revised version that folks these days sad want to hear and block out everything they don't like and pretend it never happened.

[@kennethmacdonald8561]

I agree with some of the previous comments and would like to add that Stonewall Jackson was responsible for much of the South's early success. Interesting to note that after Jackson's death at Chancellorsville ,, Lee had no major offensive victories in the East.

[@JvP519]

I would love to hear your theory of how differently the war would've gone if Longstreet replaced Bragg as commander.

[@midsouthirish1680]

Bragg was damned disaster! Would be a great commentary for sure.

[@marknewton6984]

Anyone would have been an improvement!

[@scot2588]

I thought for sure this was going to be a "I hate Longstreet" vid but I was pleasantly surprised. And i thought I knew all about Longstreet, but I picked up a few things from this well done vid. Thank the stars you made it clear that he lived in Gainesville, GA and later Augusta when he was growing up. He did identify as a Georgian lol. From his victories with the A.of N. Virginia, to his debacles in TN, and from Palo Alto to Chapultepec, and from Manassas to Appamattox....Good work. Now I want to watch it again. If you haven't already, stop by his tomb in Gainesville, GA the next time you're through. I'm told there is a museum in town for him too but I haven't been yet.

[@HistoryGoneWilder]

Thank you so much for watching and supporting the channel. Please check out my other videos. I think you will enjoy them.

[@brickgamer2011]

General Longstreet and G.H. Thomas are two of my favorites 💯

[@HistoryGoneWilder]

I'll agree with the George Thomas sentiment.

[@sylviahofer1246]

Excellent content. Thanks!

[@HistoryGoneWilder]

Thank you so much! Please check out my other videos.

[@Sup_bro23]

This documentary was so well done. Longstreet had the correct strategy as the South just didn’t have the manpower and resources the North did

[@jochenheiden]

This will keep me busy for a while driving to and from work.

[@Historyteacheraz]

Great detail on a man who is often overlooked or misunderstood. A Teenager’s Guide to the Civil War: A History Book for Teens is a good resource to learn more.

[@zazasnruntz7505]

Why would any non white American read that?

[@K8E666]

I feel deeply sorry for Longstreet. He was in an impossible position at Gettysburg. He HAD his orders from Lee, but he also knew that they wouldn’t work tactically and that Lee was headed towards disaster. The flanking manoeuvre he previously suggested would’ve probably prevented Gettysburg from happening as it did, and it may have ended as a nasty ‘skirmish’ instead of the Confederate disaster that it was. He KNEW that Pickett and his men were riding straight into certain death and he didn’t want to issue the order for that, and who can blame him ??? But again Lee had made his decision and Longstreet couldn’t stop him. Lee rode towards the retreating troops following ‘Picketts Charge’ and personally apologised for the slaughter, but it was too little too late. So yes, Longstreet hid away the night before, refusing to update Lee personally because I think he probably felt he’d lose it if he did, so he chose a messenger instead. A valid choice as far as I can tell. He seems like a really good man, an excellent military strategist and someone who hated wasting the lives of the people under his command. He was not indifferent, if the sacrifice was worth the advantage then fine, but if it wasn’t then he was unwilling to be an active part of the decision. Remember, LEE was in charge and had shot his idea’s down on multiple occasions preceding the battle, he probably left feeling hopeless and embittered with an awful feeling that things were going to go terribly wrong. He was right to feel that way. He’d lost more than 5 children and the loss would’ve changed him, everyone agreed that it had, he’d given up gambling and he saw his troops as his to protect. Bragg should’ve been removed - if ALL of your highest Lieutenants and Generals can see your flaws and actually petition for your removal, then it takes an egotistical arsehole to remain AND to have these very people plead their case in YOUR presence !!! Once the decision went against Longstreet and the other Generals/Lieutenants in favour of Bragg, it was over for Longstreet et al… Bragg was obviously going to take his revenge on his own people - a petty and sociopathic move on his part. I think Longstreet lost heart following this, he’d seen enough death and defeat to know that the South could never recover… There were FAR TOO MANY ‘FRIENDLY FIRE’ INCIDENTS IN THE CONFEDERATE army !! That’s disorganisation at its most egregious level. People can argue that his own accounts and memories of the war differ in some matters with those of others, but they’re bound too. EVERYTIME the human brain ‘remembers’ a prior situation, accesses a memory, it changes the memory in some regard whether big or small and a ‘new’ version of the old memory is recorded. In that way no one’s memory is ever perfect, unless you happen to have an eidetic memory that records perfectly. Emotion, personality, personal perception and experience all change the way we each see the world and alter it to fit our unique needs and circumstances. There’s no ‘one right’ way to see or experience something, there’s your way and then there’s everyone else’s….

[@manilajohn0182]

With sincere respect, Longstreet's suggestion of a maneuver around the Union left was no longer a viable one after 1 July, because the Confederates lacked the time to carry it out and it was unlikely in the extreme to get them the results that they desired. Lee had no alternative but to either attack or abandon the campaign in failure.

[@jedibusiness789]

I disagree. Having been on the left flank were confederates launched multiple uphill attacks, one wonders why they didn’t move two draws over to their right and attack along the ridge line where Union Artillery was positioned.

[@MattV-cz7jk]

Well Lee wasn’t perfect also even if the Lee Citizen army would have took this large engagement the writing was on the wall. Confederate army could not afford da casualties at had already suffered before this battle Lee was on borrowed time

[@DFameSR14]

Great video

[@kidmohair8151]

for some reason, beknownst only to the algo-deities of the tube-u-all, you and you comprehensive videos fell off my radar. it was only by thinking about whether you had ceased doing these great histories and searching that I have discovered that, no, you are still assiduously still at it! I am looking forward to the catching-up I have to do!

[@joechalmers8428]

Longstreet is one of my favorite people during The War Between The States.

[@HistoryGoneWilder]

I hope you enjoyed the video

[@gilmanmurray6550]

Officially President Lincoln Called it The war of the rebellion. This is backed by a grave marker i saw in the grand rapids Michigan area.

[@theunfortunategeneral]

This series have given me a liking for Longstreet.

[@HistoryGoneWilder]

It made me like him less. Lol

[@OldHickoryAndyJackson]

A well researched topic, Wilder, do you know if Longstreet and Lee ever spoke to each other after the war? The period of 1866-1870.

[@marknewton6984]

Don't think so.

[@bethbartlett5692]

This is an exceptional account Narrative and Narrator.

[@StevenLoby]

Great vid

[@HistoryGoneWilder]

Thank you so much! Please check out my other videos and consider subscribing if you have not done so already.

[@ericreeves5380]

Hero in my Book !!!

[@Georgiana-t4w]

Interesting historical facts 😢

[@michaellafleur15]

Well made documentary, excellently research, narrator has a good voice. Sadness all over. Long live the South.

[@TheRustyLM]

I am thrilled to have discovered your channel. Awesome! 🤓👍

[@HistoryGoneWilder]

I'm so happy you found the channel. Thank you so much for watching!

[@Alex-ej4wm]

Hey man, great job with this. I learned a lot about ol gloomy gus today

[@willielittle9301]

Had General Lee accepted General Longstreet's wise recommendation to not aggressively frontally taking on the powerful Union Army at Gettysburg...maybe...the Army of Northern Virginia would have been better positioned to seize Washington and force President Lincoln to the negotiation table...

[@patjacksonpodium]

Cant help but notice that there are a lot of instances I see of Longstreet's suggestions not being adopted. With hindsight, do you think that his ideas werent pratical or was it that everyone else thought they knew better, and should have listened to him more often?

[@USGrant-rr2by]

Longstreet knew the CSA could never compete with the North in terms of Logistics, supplies, and especially manpower. He thought Lee should have adopted a longterm defensive strategy taking into account the other theaters. Lee, on the other hand only really cared about his beloved VA, thought the only way to win was to destroy the AOP, and could/would not adapt to the more modern war(total war) the CW became! Longstreet, like Grant and Sherman knew the South could not continue to sustain massive casualties in every battle they fought!! Lee's casualty rate (20%) for the entire war was even more than Grant's (15%) the supposed "butcher". Lee was the butcher! So yes, in hindsight the CSA would have probably been better served with Longstreet in an advisory role to Davis. Especially later in the war. Just my opinion.

[@deanbraden7695]

Am I really gonna have to listen to piano playing on repeat in the background for three hours to catch this documentary?

[@rmr3403]

Awesome.

[@EndingSimple]

So, Longstreet stopped one of his subordinates from using what where in effect landmines. Looks like the US Civil War was at least spared that particular modern horror.

[@CarolinaThreeper3534]

Our history is amazing

[@brt-jn7kg]

When I was a kid we would play the game what if you could go back in time and take something to a Civil War battle to change it what would you take? Some would say this Gunner that Gunner this bomb or an airplane I was always of the opinion that if you just took two handheld radios you would have won the war in 1862

[@michaelritchie7699]

It’s romantic to think about the South’s cause, state’s rights, and other related issues, however they fought to preserve their way of life & society which included the preservation of slavery. Of course history is much more complicated than this “right & wrong” issue, but while the Southern states had the freedom to secede, their reasoning was wrong, and foolish. The South would have never won the Civil war, unless the Northern states had decided to stop fighting.

[@logank444]

It has took the South over 100 years to recover from the economics of slavery(some still haven't recovered). Slavery doesn't work with capitalism as slaves aren't consumers. Another 20 or 30 years of slavery and the south would be worse yet

[@DigginIt-MarkH]

Maybe the North shouldn't have started the Civil War...🤔

[@bethbartlett5692]

My G-Grandfather X 6 founded Lynchburg, VA, I didn't realize that the Confederate Administration had so often spent time there, and with their families. There were times Lee should have listened to Longstreet, and a few where the reverse was obvious. Human Lower Mind, where all wars originate and are played out. The greater Confederacy weakness was a lack of cooperation by Jefferson Davis, again, Human "Lower Mind aka Ego Mind" is the observable weakness, in this and all subjects. I'm certain Longstreet and Lee were pleased that it was Grant that was the Commanding General for Lee to conclude the war with. Grant was such a true military man with great Maturity and balanced of thought and humility. ... and I'm Irish/Catholic, lol I'm use to the Southern Prejudices that continue today, they don't bother me, at all. (Tennessee, USA) I can only hope that those of Military Service can do the same when folks and/or the Press choose to judge them. Beth Bartlett Sociologist/Behavioralist and Historian

[@kairotorres1848]

James "Pete"Longstreet, Soldier's Soldier.

[@markphelt6395]

I used to swim and workout at a Gym named Lee Gym on Longstreet rd. on Fr Bragg.

[@adhdoggo9614]

Longstreet was cool as steel..

[@Rhett_Kierbow]

Do one on John b gordon

[@HistoryGoneWilder]

I'd love to. You can join the patreon page and vote on the next poll. He won't be on the next poll, I don't think, but I can definitely put him on the one after that.

[@zackwhite501]

⁠@@HistoryGoneWilder Awesome videos. I’ve never joined a Patreon before but will do it to vote in that poll. I’d like to know more about him. My understanding is that he was a real piece of poo poo and really hurt Georgia as governor. Selling the railroads for nothing and bankrupting the state for a generation.

[@Feathermason]

w0w!!...TY !!

[@chrisbaldwin3609]

He was rather stoic but knew the game was up after Gettysburg

[@K8E666]

After watching multiple episodes of the American Civil War you can see the difference between the Confederacy and the Union. The Confederacy wasn’t as disciplined as the Union, and its telling from the Battle of Gettysburg onwards. The Confederacy was made up of multiple brilliant Individuals who were superb military strategists but worked alongside each other instead of as a single fighting force. You had President Jefferson Davis, Lee, Jackson, Longstreet, Jubal Early, Polk, Hood, Hill(s), Holmes, Smith, Stewart, Pickett, Beauregard etc and they were all brilliant individually but often didn’t get along with each other and therefore didn’t fight well together. They weren’t always a cohesive force, and they had fewer soldiers and resources than the Union, so they needed to be more of a ‘team’ than they were. The Union was a more regular army and more cohesive than the Confederacy. They weren’t better, and the early Confederate victories, with less men and less firepower shows this. The military brilliance of individual officers often carried the day for the South. But this reliance on individual excellence couldn’t last forever and personal squabbles and differences of opinion and character were to cause serious problems that led to multiple losses on the battlefield. The Union didn’t exploit these inside conflicts as well as they should have, especially in the early years. But the Union had more men, more firepower and more resources than the South, and by the time Grant came into his own as leader they began to inflict greater losses on the South that couldn’t be sustained or replaced.

[@BamBamBigelow.]

Longstreet had a bullet proof beard 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@xisotopex]

longstreets hesitancy on the 2nd was because he could see how it was going to play out and that it was not a winnable situation no matter what happened?

[@MikeHawkins-fb7mr]

There’s no proof that he hesitated and Lee died and he never said anything about Longstreet at Gettysburg

[@rudi_tabootie]

The dawn order was a fable made up by Early after the war.

[@mauricekerr8841]

Hear saying that he was stationed at fort bliss and am watching this while at fort bliss

[@bethbartlett5692]

His Uncle was 17 lbs at birth!?! 3:20 (A single child that large would surely kill the Mother!) Mercy! .

[@mikehocking4836]

Funny everyone talks about the south and slavery what about what the union done to Native Americans but we never hear about that my opinion

[@daviddoherty2841]

As w/ slavery, we don't hear it constantly

[@petemarshall-ij9ke]

Thank God for Lee, Jackson, and Forrest. They could have settled with Lincoln and gotten what they wanted...but they fought instead. That generated Sherman's March, and then Reconstruction. (The best era in America). That also led to a great man like Obama becoming president. America is finally great!!!

[@Jay-lw4jj]

What color is Lee

[@DutchUnion]

Glory to Lee, Jackson, Forrest and Longstreet who were as patriotic as Washington was in his day

[@USGrant-rr2by]

Washington was a traitor to GB. Those others were traitors to the US. Both FACTS. Quit trying to glorify traitors to this country.

[@markponn9622]

Traitors All.

[@beedalton9675]

Preserve slavery..... sure... traitors... lee capture free black when he invaded the north... and had slaves that tried to escape whipped mercifully...... well lee surrendered grant won...

[@Drewpeanuts1]

They were traitors. Democrats have always been a stain on our country

[@guysmalley]

I suppose you would still want slaves ? I prefer to look at them as misguided Americans . You sully the name of Washington? The difference is Washington with less men won he was part of creating this great country. The South tried to break it apart over economics and having slaves. In the end we are all Americans

[@zackwhite501]

What’s with the context bubble about Zachary Taylor? Is there a Zachary Taylor conspiracy going around?

[@xisotopex]

George Porter Alexander's book was really really good.

[@ИринаКим-ъ5ч]

Harris Joseph Robinson Mark Allen Michael

[@EndingSimple]

Oh, the iron people back then. Losing three children to scarlet fever and continuing to go on with life. Those were some tough folk. Not the snowflakes we got today.

[@johnhughes597]

Let that great conflict stand as a lesson that we should not allow history to repeat itself. The divisions in Washington DC are cringe worthy. What will it take to arouse compromise and unity in this present day?

[@jacoblongbrake8230]

Does anybody else find it weird that all of the characters in the Civil War before the war started somehow around each other In the vastness of the West. It's kind of weird and doesn't make sense to me

[@JohnGay-l2z]

Who was the greatest general of the Civil War? The man that turned down General Winfield Scott's request to lead the Union Army at the start of the Civil War..General Robert E. LEE.

[@siyiroancreint]

You do know he lost...

[@markphelt6395]

Ha! It’s funny because there was a road on Ft Bragg name after Longstreet. How vengeful

[@thomasmccrea8149]

Suffolk locally is pronounced “Suff-uck” or Suf-fuck” Just like Norfolk is pronounced “Nor-fuck” ( not Nor-Folk” ……. Sorry I hope my pronunciation does not seem ungentleman like , just spelling how it is routinely pronounced by folks in eastern Virginia. Thanks for the videos and history lesson. We absolutely love your work!

[@Texastruckernooa]

This was my Great Great Grandfather.

[@pauldourlet]

LOngstreet's wifewas amazing .She died in 1962 .During World War 2 she worked as a Riveter on building Bombers --she was 80.

[@zackwhite501]

@@pauldourletWhen Georgia Power was going to build a hydroelectric dam in the Mountains to provide power for Atlanta she was a serious force against it. I think it was the first one in the state. She mounted a whole campaign but was ultimately unsuccessful. Im not sure of her reasoning. Im fuzzy on the details but she was definitely a strong and interesting woman.

[@thomashazlewood4658]

From all that I've read, Longstreet never accepted the fact that he had to answer to superiors. He bred that same contemptible attitude among his subordinates. He begrudgingly followed orders at his own pace. The sobriquet that Lee gave him, 'Warhorse', was almost certainly an failed attempt to appease Longstreet's ego.

[@ryanrusch3976]

According to the story that is 100% false, you don’t give someone a nickname when you thought they died to pump their ego, ya do it because you were worried for them.

[@SemperFido01]

Is the Payton Manning mentioned a forefather of the football family?

[@HistoryGoneWilder]

Yes, he is.

[@randolphkersey5155]

How could anyone just graduating from the USMA be a brevet 2LT? 2LT is the bottom of the officer ranks.

[@ronaldgreen8423]

The Confederates had the cooler uniforms and the most unforgettable flag.🤔

[@marknewton6984]

And better generals...

[@nickroberts-xf7oq]

Uniforms that brought on lots of "friendly fire" ..... they should've thought things through a little. 🤔

[@nickroberts-xf7oq]

​@@marknewton6984 😆

[@BamBamBigelow..]

Capturing a city is a big deal

[@gilmanmurray6550]

Did a ancestor of Dent marry a ancestor of Grant.

[@donnalayton6876]

How would you like your brother disparaging your Grandparents, your wife, your children, your country and it's people, the Commonwelth, and terriorties? I would be so angry and forget I among those he "bad mouthed" snd his wife was as bad. I would never speak to him again. If he entered the country I would leave the country until he left.

[@crawford4140]

Makes me wonder how much different things would have been if Longstreet had sided with the north and was with Grant throughout his campaigns both west and east.

[@paulwallis7586]

Looks like there was another Gettysburg address, from the other side, a bit later. Point made.

[@elizabradley4797]

I dislike hearing about the horrific torturing of a horse. Apply it yourself& see if you find it meaningful to mention.

[@BlueOpinion]

I know even modern day, that politics get into Army Command... But holy crap was Politics worse then civilian generals in the southern leaderships.

[@LtSump]

Funny thing. Admiring a traitor. I just can't.

[@CrushDepth19]

the Egyptians built the pyramids with slaves, we don't spend all day crapping on them, do we?

[@SlitchBatty]

I thought more of Longstreet before watching this.

[@HistoryGoneWilder]

@@SlitchBatty same here.

[@garyhead2554]

They call it the Civil War, I call it the war to prevent Southern Independence.

[@wyattmcgee1]

Good thing too.

[@deckardcain8507]

@@wyattmcgee1 why would that be a good thing?

[@wyattmcgee1]

@@deckardcain8507 Because the South has no right for independence. I say that as a southerner.

[@deckardcain8507]

@@wyattmcgee1 that is interesting. and who gets to have rights for independence? Is there some criteria to be met?

[@wyattmcgee1]

@@deckardcain8507 The nation is the only rightful source of political power.

[@jacksonbriles4816]

God bless Dixie land