How did the American Civil War Actually Happen? (Part 2) - All Important Battles of 1861

[@Knowledgia]

The next parts are in the making! What do you think it was the most important event in 1861 during The Civil War? PART 1 -> kzbin.info/www/bejne/mIrEinaiqbGmms0 PART 3 -> kzbin.info/www/bejne/qmaZlKqIraenfZo PART 4 -> kzbin.info/www/bejne/raaVno2Fqtt2qbM Hello there! You can help us increase production by Becoming a Member. Click on the Join Button for exclusive perks! Be the first to see videos, and parts of production and vote on topics : kzbin.info/door/uCuEKq1xuRA0dFQj1qg9-Qjoin You can also support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/Knowledgia . Thank you so much for watching, your constant support and consideration!

[@chaimlaser7956]

Battle of bull run

[@walabalawalaaussie2832]

Union Counterattack it looked like the Confederates were gonna win.

[@JamesMartinelli-jr9mh]

Spy in Washington who smuggled map to our Confederate generals in order to win First Manassas.

[@JamesMartinelli-jr9mh]

The female spy in WASHINGTON D.C. who smuggled a map to our generals so we would win the Battle of First Manassas.

[@georgedoolittle9015]

McClellan takes all of West Virginia in a 4 Week Campaign. West Virginia is granted Statehood in 1863 ... *HOW'S THAT FOR STATES RIGHTS!* Union Railroads now have an unlimited supply of coal and iron including coking coal with which to later mass produce *"Steel"* the first Nation upon this Earth to execute upon this tho this would be effected far after the conclusion of this "Hostility."

[@Abdus_VGC]

General Winfield Scott was such a great and under appreciated figure, he first routed Mexico, then gave Union an upper hand before retiring, and he was a Virginian. He gave union an upper hand and his genius led union to capture the largest city of confederacy New Orleans without even firing a shot. That crippled the confederacy from the get go! Such a genius! Give him his credit due!

[@aaronfleming9426]

True, although I think when we discuss the capture of New Orleans, Admiral David Farragut deserves the lion's share of credit. Farragut, interestingly, was a native of Tennessee, another rebel state.

[@robertortiz-wilson1588]

All so true!

[@StevenMoore-pj2zu]

Very True! Being a South Carolinian I can remember being taught about Gen. Scott and his plan. A true genius. I hat the comments I read that degrade both men on both sides of this conflict.

[@swatcher4543]

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[@andrewgeissinger5242]

I assure you, thousands of shots had to be fired to capture New Orleans. No, there wasn't a battle at the city itself, but there was a naval battle fought at the forts guarding the river below the city.

[@Jisstifer83626]

The flag that flew over fort sumter during the bombardment is now housed in the museum in Charleston. It's amazing to think about what all that flag saw.

[@onlythewise1]

flag saw nothing its a flag

[@neckbone3943]

​@@onlythewise1imagine if the water around the island could talk!!

[@onlythewise1]

@@neckbone3943 say stop peeing in me

[@DennisSullivan-om3oo]

"The south wind blew hard, on that flag." Johnny Cash

[@Twiggster38]

@@onlythewise1 you must be fun at parties.

[@javiervll8077]

I love learning about American history 🇺🇸. Here in Spain 🇪🇸, we study in History class especially the time of the Viceroyalty of New Spain, the American Revolutionary War, the American Civil War and the Spanish-American War of 1898.

[@firingallcylinders2949]

If you like this stuff you should watch Ken Burns: Civil War if you haven't already.

[@beepboop204]

i live in Canada, so we talk about their revolution in terms of Loyalists moving to Canada, then we hype up Brock, Tecumseh and War of 1812, then the Fenian Raids which saw American militants attacking Canadian territory. helped create the desire for our polite request for independence in 1867

[@firingallcylinders2949]

@@beepboop204 Kind of interesting that America thought the Canadians would want to join America but the Canadians were content with British rule. Benedict Arnold went up there and found only Loyalists.

[@theawesomeman9821]

In America, Americans are taught about how Spain colonized the Americas and how Spanairds influenced a lot of American culture.

[@bugsyproductions3140]

Keep in mind, many things on YT regarding US history are biased and incorrect.

[@firingallcylinders2949]

"You people of the South don't know what you are doing. This country will be drenched in blood, and God only knows how it will end". -William T Sherman when he heard the news Sumter was fired on.

[@Grafknar]

“Why?” -The South

[@firingallcylinders2949]

@@Grafknar why what

[@Grafknar]

@@firingallcylinders2949 Why fight? The south just wanted to leave.

[@tsdobbi]

@@Grafknar "Why fight? The south just wanted to leave." The world would descend into anarchy and instability if populations could just decide whenever they want to secede from their parent entity.

[@TheLastKentuckyIrregular9524]

​@@tsdobbiDude... That's literally how the US got started.

[@tablosaf4348]

Finally, after 86 years of waiting :D

[@Knowledgia]

Patience is always rewarded :)

[@54032Zepol]

Amen brother! 🙏 After eighty six years The south shall rise again

[@natheriver8910]

😂😂

[@derrickstorm6976]

​@@corinthian2500ok racist

[@stephenyoung2742]

@@54032Zepol LOSE AGAIN!

[@jonathanmendoza742]

This is the best american civil war documentary...precise ..simplified.. informative.

[@burtmount4308]

na the best one is ken burns 7 part thing. this is just key battles. hes the best their is. another great one is crossing many rivers the true black America history. brace yourself you will catch a small tears

[@RobertDixon-di7ru]

It sure isn’t this one because it has lies in it

[@RobertDixon-di7ru]

lol. You really like this robot? You do know that he has told a few lies here don’t you.

[@onlythewise1]

@@burtmount4308 no you still not know full history or information

[@dcs5343]

​@@RobertDixon-di7ruwhat was one or two of the lies?

[@oliversherman2414]

Imagine going on a picnic on an active battlefield to watch the fighting 😂

[@keeperofthefate]

In North and South miniseries there is actually a scene, where that happens and the panic of northern civilians, when rag tag confederate forces start to close in to their picnic areas.

[@NordicHyperborean]

Let’s get even more Civil War been wanting this era hit hard for a long time now!

[@onlythewise1]

sick

[@NordicHyperborean]

@@onlythewise1 cry harder

[@onlythewise1]

@@NordicHyperborean sick more

[@skip031890]

​@@onlythewise1 Keep crying. This history is just as important as any other part of American history. Get out of your feelings. 🙄

[@onlythewise1]

@@skip031890 oh ok

[@billyjackson2605]

Do more of these civil war videos!

[@Knowledgia]

More to come!

[@anikaahsan1078]

yep!

[@aaronfleming9426]

The Battle of Bull Run nicely illustrates the numerous significant advantages the rebels had early in the war...although those reasons have little to do with superior generalship or fighting prowess. Both sides were building armies from scratch, but it was much more difficult to train an army to go on the march in enemy territory than to train an army to remain on the defense in friendly territory. That's why we hear phrases about McDowell's army "inching forward". Tactically, it was also much more difficult to keep units in cohesive formation while moving across rugged terrain on the battlefield. Moving from column to line and advancing was hard enough, and became even more difficult under fire. Tactically, the weapons of the day gave a significant advantage to the defender. Attackers crossing hundreds of yards of open ground came under cannon fire long before they could respond with muskets, and attacking artillery would have to unlimber and deploy within range of defenders already prepared to blast them with counter-battery fire. Operationally, Bull Run is also illustrative of the advantage of interior lines of communication. It's no mistake that Beauregard was waiting for McDowell at Manassas Junction...that was precisely where he could receive reinforcements from Johnston by rail, giving the Confederates an enormous advantage of speed over the Union army which, as we noted already, was "inching forward" over dirt road while rebel reinforcements poured in by rail. As the war goes on, we'll see one rebel offensive after another fall apart when it faces the same problems. Jackson's Romney campaign, Zollicoffer's Mill Springs campaign, Bragg's Kentucky campaign, Lee in Maryland in '62 and Pennsylvania in '63...all disasters, for all the same reasons that Union offensives floundered in '61.

[@ziggystardust1122]

Lots of good excuses. Go ask Lincoln why he tried to hire REL. Then go ask him why he had to wait all the time till after Vicksburg until he finally found a general who could and would take full advantage of the superiority of yankee industry and manpower.

[@aaronfleming9426]

@@ziggystardust1122 I think it's pretty clear why Lincoln offered Lee command - Lee was one of the most senior officers in the army and had an excellent reputation. The question we can never know the answer to is: How effective would Lee have been in command of the U.S. Army early in the war? Lee did not have to build the Army of Northern Virginia. He did not have to go on the offensive in enemy territory...and when he did, he floundered. Would he have been able to take advantage of the Union's advantages early on? Maybe, but I don't see it as a sure thing.

[@ziggystardust1122]

@@aaronfleming9426 "I think it's pretty clear why Lincoln offered Lee command". Now that, is straight up pure conjecture (load of horseshit). You have ZERO way of knowing Lincoln's mind in regards to his reasoning behind calling upon REL. Pure hubris on your part. Silly even. Peach Cobbler.

[@paulputz7698]

The South lost New Orleans in one of the most incompetent displays of military blundering in American history. Robert E. Lee is overrated and was certainly not better than Sherman or Joseph Johnston.

[@bryguysays2948]

​@@aaronfleming9426I remember my History teacher is H.S. say that "If General Robert E. Lee took command of Union armies, the Civil War would've only lasted 2 years." Speaks volumes of the man doesn't it?

[@papazataklaattiranimam]

The secession of the Southern states (in chronological order, South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina) in 1860-61 and the ensuing outbreak of armed hostilities were the culmination of decades of growing sectional friction over slavery. Between 1815 and 1861 the economy of the Northern states was rapidly modernizing and diversifying. Although agriculture-mostly smaller farms that relied on free labour-remained the dominant sector in the North, industrialization had taken root there. Moreover, Northerners had invested heavily in an expansive and varied transportation system that included canals, roads, steamboats, and railroads; in financial industries such as banking and insurance; and in a large communications network that featured inexpensive, widely available newspapers, magazines, and books, along with the telegraph. By contrast, the Southern economy was based principally on large farms (plantations) that produced commercial crops such as cotton and that relied on slaves as the main labour force. Rather than invest in factories or railroads as Northerners had done, Southerners invested their money in slaves-even more than in land; by 1860, 84 percent of the capital invested in manufacturing was invested in the free (nonslaveholding) states. Yet, to Southerners, as late as 1860, this appeared to be a sound business decision. The price of cotton, the South’s defining crop, had skyrocketed in the 1850s, and the value of slaves-who were, after all, property-rose commensurately. By 1860 the per capita wealth of Southern whites was twice that of Northerners, and three-fifths of the wealthiest individuals in the country were Southerners.

[@firingallcylinders2949]

It's also important to note not all states internally were on board with secession. Sam Houston of Texas said it was foolish and was not in favor. Certain Virginia delegates wanted out as well, and that is why we have West Virginia.

[@Grafknar]

Which benefited the federal government and the north, especially wealthy, northern bankers. Thank you for explaining some Economics behind this conflict. That always gets left behind.

[@firingallcylinders2949]

@@Grafknar the Norths population and economy was just something the South could not contend with. It's almost like a free economy was more efficient than a slave one.

[@Grafknar]

@@firingallcylinders2949 Well you’re right on the first part. And I will point out that given search disparity, the only logical reason why the south seceded is because they didn’t think the north would try to stop them. After all, how can you form a country by an act of secession, write a Constitution that leaves secession to the states, and then claim the right to try to stop secession?

[@Grafknar]

@@firingallcylinders2949 Also, since free labor is more efficient, slavery was destined to die out on its own - peacefully - as it did almost everywhere else in the west.

[@JamesTempest]

Been waiting on this one for awhile, appreciate it

[@Michael_Brock]

The early to mid union generalship is just a litany of incompetent general after incompetent general. With a few striking exceptions.

[@aaronfleming9426]

If you're referring to the eastern theater, yes. The western and trans-Mississippi theaters was a very different story, with a number of commanders rising to prominence.

[@miniaturejayhawk8702]

Career officers vs Talent officers

[@OK-yy6qz]

Exaggerations. It was just massively harder to go on the offensive with newly formed troops. Lee learned this when he got his ass kicked pretty much every time he went into the offensive. Their defeats are also exaggerated at times. Take the Peninsula campaign: 29.000 Confederate losses to 23.000 Union ones. With the Confederacy having a much harder time replacing their losses. How about the Maryland campaign? Everyone focuses on how McClellan didn't cruch Lee completely forgetting what a disastrous campaign it was for the Confederacy.causing high losses in little time for no reward.

[@aaronfleming9426]

@@OK-yy6qz good comment. The Maryland campaign was a disaster.

[@OK-yy6qz]

​@@aaronfleming9426 you know it's a disaster when the only silver lining even Confederate simps could find was that Lee and his army weren't destroyed entirely

[@virgiljones4808]

My dad grew up in Georgia born in 1932. When he was a kid there were 5 people in the town where he grew up who were born slaves and a ton of folks who's parents were born slaves! My dad died in 2014 and his life ovelaps with my son's who is 15. All this crazy owning people justified by the creation of rasism still has an impact on who we are as a nation. Its amazing how an educated man like Ron DiSantis and Nicky Haley deny the need for education on this topic....amazing! This all didnt happen a long time ago folks just a few generations!

[@jimferris9447]

And to think a descendant of a family that grew very wealthy and powerful by owning numerous plantations and countless slaves was the candidate of one of the US’s primary parties. She very easily could have become president. To whom will she pay reparations for her family’s misdeeds? I don’t think that Haley (a woman of color) and DeSantis (a man whose own demographic - Italians - were singled out and killed in the biggest lynching event ever in US history in New Orleans) are against teaching history - slavery or anything else so evil. They are against revisionists such as Robin DeAngelo.

[@dianaverano7878]

So people could forget about it, your people forget how your great nation was built & organized. People will not be vigilant about slavery. Ordinary people will always be defenseless if they dont know how racism was used as real political policy in the past.

[@Idekreally]

They’re probably not denying the need for education. They’re probably saying the department of education/indoctrination needs to go and education should be privatized. As it was for a long long time. We’re getting dumber. Not smarter. (And I don’t like DeSantis or Haley)

[@Steven-dt5nu]

I have been to the battle of Wilson's Creek. Also had many family members fight in the Civil War. Very interesting time period for our country.

[@jaybee9269]

“May you live in interesting times.”-Chinese curse

[@jopflah416]

I take you to mean you went to the location of the battle. Right?! You didn’t go to the battle….your not Marty McFly or Doc Brown.

[@euwalk]

With a picnic basket?

[@Steven-dt5nu]

@@euwalk No

[@Steven-dt5nu]

@@jopflah416 You got it

[@Squatch_needs_no_heroes]

This is so good. I watched the Burns doc a million years ago, I wish it had been like this.

[@theawesomeman9821]

I understand the Civil War is a sensitive topic but lets try to keep the discourse civil.

[@Royalchess1]

Well- researched and well-commentated!

[@Saladbar1120]

Great video! See y’all in 4 months for part 3!

[@RobertDixon-di7ru]

Great video if you don’t care about the whole truth

[@Twiggster38]

@@RobertDixon-di7ru bro cares so much about being a hater, you're popping up in every comment that likes the video lmaoo.

[@RobertDixon-di7ru]

@@Twiggster38 I’m not a bro. I just don’t like lies

[@Twiggster38]

@ yeah I can tell you’re not a bro lmao, Robert Dixon. Care to elaborate on the lies tho, bro? It’s fair to want to stop lies from spreading but you have to have some backing instead of just running your mouth with no evidence of your own. Otherwise, you seem like you’re lying just as much.

[@johnmilner6419]

Another Great story. However, at 13:50, you should add, "As part of General Scott's Anaconda Plan, the Northern Army planned to invade the South from three directions: Down the Mississippi River, from the Middle States, and along the Eastern Coast. This plan remained in effect until 1865, with General Grant (on the Mississippi) being noticed and promoted by President Lincoln, with General Sherman's March to the Coast, and with victory along the Atlantic Coast finally coming through attrition warfare."

[@brewtank6738]

Super well produced I’m upset there’s no pt 3 up lol

[@derrickstorm6976]

Yoo finally, can't wait for part 3 for the first snow already :))

[@Frenchylikeshikes]

I though that only in 2023 war was a public spectacle, but apparently it is far from being the case, and it was already a spectacle back then for civilians on occasions.

[@kkiat424]

Nice story telling 👍

[@bryceturner1822]

Literally the only people who got away with stopping and boarding a British vessel oml

[@DennisSullivan-om3oo]

@bryceturner1822 They did not want war with Britian. They ended up apologizing and releasing the rebel representatives.

[@Doyouknowgeography]

*General Winfield Scott was such a great and under appreciated figure, he first routed Mexico, then gave Union an upper hand before retiring, and he was a Virginian. He gave union an upper hand and his genius led union to capture the largest city of confederacy New Orleans without even firing a shot. That crippled the confederacy from the get go! Such a genius! Give him his credit due!*

[@dhawthorne1634]

I'm quite excited. We're getting so close to 1863! I'm hoping you cover the burning of a certain bridge, marking a major defeat for the confederacy and what some consider the turning point of the war.

[@autodidactcognitive3103]

I was finally waiting for this video a sequel to first part.

[@adamsfusion]

Dear commenter, beware the comments: It is full of lost causers who are deeply angry that slavery is no longer legal.

[@stephenyoung2742]

On the contrary Women will be the new slaves! 13 year old brides and legal rape for them!

[@jason60chev]

Has next to nothing, to do with slavery, Sir. We cannot tolerate meddling Yankees telling us how to live our lives; Much the same, Sir as we cannot tolerate the current Federal government, from practicing the same. The CSA Officers and leaders were no more treasonist than were Gen Washington and the Continental congress,except that the Continental Army WON their war.

[@prestonwheeler959]

Yeah it really pissed the democrats off the Republicans freed their slaves

[@timfremstad3434]

You're not very smart

[@A.K.sensationalplan]

Superb series of video unique history facts collected in excellent video ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@qigongkylar944]

Truly was a different era. Crazy we had to fight this war.

[@donchampagne6211]

Not crazy since the southerners could not imagine living without slavery.

[@tA_aT287]

​@@donchampagne6211 right..... they didn't want to exercise freedom. Which is crazy why anyone wouldn't want freedom for everyone.

[@justmyopinion9883]

@@tA_aT287Well said. Thank you.

[@flynnwhite9767]

Outstanding videos! Some I learned, some I had forgotten. Slavery is and always was despicable. Owners often freed their slaves in their will (not often heeded) showing they knew it was immortal.

[@nickroberts-xf7oq]

06:00 East Tennessee actually wanted to do the same as West Virginia, and be called the state of East Tennessee. 🇺🇸

[@FlatEarthAdministrator]

No they didn’t or they would have

[@nickroberts-xf7oq]

@@FlatEarthAdministrator Look it up

[@FlatEarthAdministrator]

You say East Tennessee wanted to but East Tennessee didn’t so obviously it wasnt a very strong sentiment or large percentage of East Tennessee state or it would’ve become a reality as it did in Virginia therefor it’s basically a myth you are creating from almost nothing

[@nickroberts-xf7oq]

@FlatEarthAdministrator Actually, ....we were out voted by Middle and West Tennessee on the issue of even having a vote on secession. We most definitely have been, are and always will be different from rest of the state. 🇺🇸 We were the last state to secede, and the first state to rejoin ! Research before making a fool of yourself again. 😉 I would suggest you read the definitive work on the civil war action in this region, "Divided Loyalties" by Digby G Seymour. 🎓

[@nickroberts-xf7oq]

@FlatEarthAdministrator Something else you probably don't know...East Tennessee was under confederate martial law for the first 2 years of the 4 year war. 🤔 💥 Lincoln referred to East Tennessee as "the keystone in the confederate arch", and said that if it (East Tennessee) fell then the rest of the arch would crumble. He also commissioned US General O.O. Howard to "...do something nice for those loyal folks in East Tennessee". The result is LMU in Harrogate Tennessee. 🎩 📜 You DO know General Longstreet lost 800+ men in only 20 minutes at Fort Sanders, right ? ✅️ He was up against 🇺🇸 General Ambrose Burnside and the tables were certainly turned, just 10 days after President Lincoln gave the Gettysburg Address.

[@MariaSarmiento-x8t]

Excellent video the explanation is very clear. Thank!

[@kennethmueller5840]

Fort Sumter battle dramatic but historically inaccurate. Where are the Union ships threatening the city of Charleston, where I live.

[@SALTYDEPLORABLEGARBAGE]

Yeah, my great Uncle was at Wilson's Creek. Just 4 generations ago.

[@walabalawalaaussie2832]

Stefan the great part 2 PLS😭

[@anikaahsan1078]

YESS PLEASE😢

[@tammygross144]

Still great stuff! The struggles of non-Americans presenting American history shows up again here in Part 2 with the mispronunciation of a few words, most notably Lyon. An American would know to say "Lion," not "Leon." Using AI to present the voice over isn't a good idea unless you know where/how to correct it. Still - as before - this is all really well done. Kudos! And thank you!

[@SALTYDEPLORABLEGARBAGE]

Seems like the aggressor almost always has early success in so many cases. Then stalemate, and losing it later.

[@aaronfleming9426]

Actually, the North was on the offensive at Bull Run and Wilson's Creek, the two biggest battles of 1861. The South always did much better when they stayed on the defense, and got creamed when they got aggressive.

[@SALTYDEPLORABLEGARBAGE]

@@aaronfleming9426 How it worked for Hitler even. Had momentum then stalemate and loss. Well, firing on Sumter was the opening aggression that the North was responding to.

[@SALTYDEPLORABLEGARBAGE]

@@aaronfleming9426 My great Uncle was at Wilson's Creek. He used the Arkansas Peace Society as a rouse to cover for preparing a militia that later joined the Arkansas Union 2nd Calvary. They engaged there in Springfield and then at Elkhorn's lodge in NW Arkansas then the unit renamed itself. Their batting average wasn't too hot.

[@SALTYDEPLORABLEGARBAGE]

@@aaronfleming9426 Momentum is difficult to maintain, but if you started the fight what else can you do often enough?

[@aaronfleming9426]

@@SALTYDEPLORABLEGARBAGE There have been plenty of aggressors throughout history who have won. Pretty much anyone who ever conquered anyone else, or any revolutionary movement that succeeded. The Israelites conquered Canaan. Assyria conquered Israel. Babylon attacked and conquered Assyria, and then Persia attacked and conquered Babylon, and then the Macedonians attacked and conquered Persia. Rome conquered just about everybody. Ghengis Khan was pretty aggressive, lol. The Patriots picked a fight with Britain in the American revolution. The USA picked a fight with Mexico and successfully grabbed a huge chunk of real estate.

[@hrshustle]

Been waiting for so long for that!!!!!

[@Toroazul7]

Where’s part 3 mate

[@atlaraviteja6152]

Part 3 please

[@albertmisic3876]

It's surprising. Confederation army was better if we look through the aspect of officers. They had better than North. But they didn't have enough man and industrial capacity for longer war duration. North had five times more man for recruitment and ten times stronger economy. That's like Bulgaria get into war with Spain.

[@wilcowen]

The north still suffered less battle deaths

[@albertmisic3876]

​@@wilcowen No it's not. North had more dead and wounded. Because of Sautern success on the beginning of the war

[@tsdobbi]

We have numerous historical examples of economically and numerically inferior forces winning wars or at the very least forcing peace agreements that don't involve unconditional surrender because they simply made the war too costly for the stronger power (i.e. the Winter War). Or the myriad of post WW2 American wars. The south absolutely could have forced peace and maintained their independence. The "we never had a chance" is just lost causer cope. In the end their leaders failed them and they lost their will to fight on.

[@wilcowen]

@@albertmisic3876 I said deaths very clearly

[@albertmisic3876]

@@tsdobbi Winter War was defeat of Finland no matter of high Soviet casualties. Sauth wanted to surprise government in Washington. They thought that Linkoln, elite and people on North didn't ready for great cost of civil war. Southerners were wrong and lost the war. It was Davide against Goliath if we compared strength. South had to control a territory with size of four France with the population of Denmark.

[@joanhuffman2166]

Let's see if this video discusses the impact of Plasmodium falciparum on the Union Army. Malaria (P. falciparum) was endemic in the South as far north as Washington DC. While P. vivax was endemic as far as the southern end of New England, P. falciparum has a higher mortality rate.

[@TheScotsman1977]

General Sherman's scorched earth campaign was a crime against humanity..

[@sergiogamito7909]

I'm not American so my knowledge is limited, but from what I saw in some videos and documentaries, although union forces were more, the South had a lot of very competent officers and generals, some even brilliant, which is odd because before the war, they all graduated in the same academy, West Point I believe? Correct if I'm wrong. So, why this disparity exist between them? In the end, the lack of manpower and industry was the South achilles heel.

[@aaronfleming9426]

The Union had plenty of competent officers, included several brilliant ones. The problem was building an army capable of going on the offense in enemy territory...that's much more difficult than building an army for defense.

[@sergiogamito7909]

@aaronfleming9426 but didn't the South at the start of the war went on the offensive? And with a pretty good success at most times.

[@aaronfleming9426]

@@sergiogamito7909 No, not really. The campaigns to try to control Kentucky all went badly. Jackson's Romney campaign went badly; Lee's attacks during the Seven Days battles were mismanaged and led to awful casualties and only appeared successful because McClellan ran away after winning repeated tactical victories. Shiloh was an offensive, that failed. There may be a few examples to the contrary. Jackson's Valley campaign was very aggressive and successful, but he was fighting in his own back yard, not going on an offensive campaign. Same thing with 2nd Bull Run, which involved a lot of aggressive maneuvering, but the battle itself was fought largely on the tactical defensive until the final decisive assault late in the battle.

[@OK-yy6qz]

One of the biggest factors was the Mexican war not a couple of years before. The bulk of the forces involved in that war were Southern and thus part of the confederate which made their generals and soldiers much more experienced in the start of the war. That said the Confederate tactical brilliance is greatly overplayed. Despite minor individual victories their overall strategy was bad: fighting a war of Attrition against a greater force

[@aaronfleming9426]

@@OK-yy6qz I generally agree with you. But fighting a war of attrition against a larger force is a time-honored strategy of independence movements. That's how George Washington beat the British in the American Revolution. The difference is that after the disastrous invasion of Canada and the battle of Long Island, Washington avoided offensive campaigns and pitched battles unless he knew he could win. The Confederates didn't learn from Washington, for which we can all be grateful.

[@TrendLegendz]

I really like all your content, it inspires me to do my work just like you.

[@politicsuncensored5617]

The south & the USA would have been better off never having slaves or allowing those who could have been considered to become slaves ever entering the USA. Texas would have been better off staying a independent country of their own. Shalom

[@politicsuncensored5617]

@sonofthesouth2609 Truth~!

[@nard75]

The so called slaves were already here.....they lied......

[@nard75]

Yeah.....the so called idians were really the blacks

[@nard75]

The so called transatlantic slave trade was really the South...Central....and North American slave trade

[@imakedamoney420smokeweed]

Cheap cotton and it's consequences

[@davidkeegan7048]

Fabulous presentations!

[@Grafknar]

It is so unbelievably rare to actually see truthful explanations of unconstitutional actions taken by Lincoln and accurate reporting of the early days of the war. I couldn’t care less about the confederacy - but thank you for being truthful.

[@beepboop204]

funny, i think the problem lies prior to Lincoln with all the impossible compromises that had been created. cant wait for your hot take on that.

[@aaronfleming9426]

It's not rare at all. I don't think I've read a single book or watched a major documentary that overlooks those things. What IS a bit more rare is Confederate sympathizers who realize that censoring speech and the mail, and political violence, was an every-day reality in the slave states for decades before the war.

[@DennisSullivan-om3oo]

Rare to see criticism, of Lincoln? You are new to You Tube comments? You do know that this is not real history? It is in the genre called alternate history.

[@aaronfleming9426]

@@DennisSullivan-om3oo this guy Grafknar is a dyed in the wool Lost Causer. He thinks it's rare to see criticism of Lincoln because he's so out of touch with genuine historical scholarship.

[@Grafknar]

@@aaronfleming9426 There is one ironclad way to tell whether or not someone is a lost cause person. Screw the confederacy. They had slavery in their constitution. If you still think I am a lost cause fan, you have no idea what that is.

[@bigsidable]

I grew up in Pittsburgh PA. WENT to every war memorial in PA. MOVED to California at 19. 1975 Got married have a son. We flew back to PA to see my mother in 86. Drove from Pittsburgh to Philadelphia to show my son where this country started and how much the State of Pennsylvania had in the Fight for freedom in America. Plus my first job out of high school I worked at Republic Steel. Shipping steel across America and the world. I've said before that we just didn't build a city. We built a Nation

[@DaveSCameron]

I can almost hear the European shipyards rubbing their hands at the thoughts of the coming contracts for vessels to watch the new world destroy itself and what a catastrophic war it came to be. 🇬🇧🙏🇺🇸☘️

[@firingallcylinders2949]

The Northern Industrial might was so far and away more than than the South they were making ships for other armies such as Italy during the war.

[@DaveSCameron]

@@firingallcylinders2949 yes and I am in England and we built ships for the Confederate states. 👍 🇬🇧🙏🇺🇸

[@tsdobbi]

The North was literally building ships for European countries throughout the war, lmao.

[@firingallcylinders2949]

@@DaveSCameron And the British didn't join the Confederacy...hmm can't imagine why

[@DaveSCameron]

@@firingallcylinders2949 Not officially as we are all aware but CSS Alabama came from Birkenhead. 👍

[@brokenbridge6316]

Nice video

[@avenaoat]

Jefferson Davis was West Point graduate, was Secretary of War earlier. Lincoln was lawyer and simple politician. So Jefferson Davis found the good generals quiclier as Lincoln!

[@aaronfleming9426]

Meh. Jefferson picked some real dogs too. Polk, Pemberton, Bragg...never could get past his personal friendship with those guys. Lincoln, on the other hand, figured out how to fire incompetent generals. Well, at least sometimes. Never did get rid of Banks and Butler. I can never figure those two out.

[@joelmonsion1639]

No part 3 out yet?

[@54032Zepol]

Away down South in the land of traitors Rattlesnakes and alligators Right away (right away) Come away (come away) Right away (right away) Come away (come away) Where cotton's king and men are chattels Union boys will win the battles Right away (right away) Come away (come away) Right away (right away) Come away (come away) We'll all go down to Dixie, away, away Each Dixie boy must understand that he must mind his Uncle Sam Away (away) Away (away) We'll all go down to Dixie Away (away) Away (away) We'll all go down to Dixie I wish I was in Baltimore I'd make secession traitors roar Right away (right away) Come away (come away) Right away (right away) Come away (come away) We'll put the traitors all to route I'll bet my boots we'll whip 'em out Right away (right away) Come away (come away) Right away (right away) Come away (come away) We'll all go down to Dixie, away, away Each Dixie boy must understand that he must mind his Uncle Sam Away (away) Away (away) We'll all go down to Dixie! Away (away) Away (away) We'll all go down to Dixie Oh, may our Stars and Stripes still wave Forever o'er the fee and brave Right away (right away) Come away (come away) Right away (right away) Come away (come away) And let our motto ever be Forever Union and for liberty Right away (right away) Come away (come away) Ride away (ride away) Come away (come away) We'll all go down to Dixie, away, away Each Dixie boy must understand that he must mind his Uncle Sam Away (away) Away (away) We'll all go down to Dixie Away (away) Away (away) We'll all go down to Dixie!

[@Grafknar]

As sung by Cornwallis’ troops? I mean that sounds a little bloody for people who want to share a country with their former fellow rebels against the crown.

[@phonyzebra3848]

⁠@@Grafknar yeah, of course it’s bloody? It’s a war song, Grafknar. Wars are bloody. Did you not know that?

[@Grafknar]

@@phonyzebra3848 You missed that point like a stormtrooper. 😂

[@sethleger6105]

Based on your last name I bet you don’t even have a family member who participated in the conflict buddy

[@DennisSullivan-om3oo]

If only it had been that easy. The south wind blew hard on that...flag, Johnny Cash.

[@chaimlaser7956]

Finallyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

[@Knowledgia]

Thanks for the patience and support!

[@chaimlaser7956]

@@Knowledgia You’re welcome

[@Mr.Paticles]

After outlawing slavery Britain is willing to let other Countries to have slaves to fuel their economy. In the end Britain almost certainly supported slavery so long as they do not own slaves themselves

[@Musclesandnursing]

The Arab Muslims of the Ottoman Empire were much larger supported of slavery

[@estebancontreras8184]

THIS IS LOOOOMG OVERDUE 🎉

[@KangaKucha]

Well from what I understand, except Virginia but eventually it falls after years, the war is one sided in Union favour despite lasting 4 years ish. Also ironically at the Fort Sumter battle (sorry bad speller) there are no deaths until the next day when it gives up and to show so, they do this cannon fire thing. The cannon instead blows up, taking at least one union soldiers life with it.

[@bryguysays2948]

"One-sided but took 4 years." Doesn't sound so one-sided.

[@OK-yy6qz]

​@@bryguysays2948 i mean you need to realise armies of the time moved very slow. And The American South was pretty huge

[@wrenchguy2937]

Love this!!

[@peteromega]

Imagine if the French, Spain, Portuguese and British came together and bud into their business

[@Iwidifbdnqqo]

I still cant understand why British and French didnt help the South

[@bugsyproductions3140]

Imagine if Godzilla attacked

[@aaronfleming9426]

@@Iwidifbdnqqo Four pretty simple reasons: 1. Britain hated slavery. 2. It's not great geopolitics for monarchies to support rebellions. 3. The British wanted nothing to do with a naval war with the United States. 4. They could make money hand over fist either way, so why get too involved if you can make bank by not getting involved?

[@franzjoseph1837]

​@@aaronfleming9426also Indian, Egyptian, and ottoman cotton exports existed

[@aaronfleming9426]

@@franzjoseph1837 That is also true.

[@crpunkwon571]

Part 3 plss

[@KTA1sVidsandFacts]

Imagine starting a war over the right to own another human being, winning most of the major battles in the first half of the war and then still managing to lose.

[@Legendary_UA]

Imagine thinking that was the reason behind the war. How stupid.

[@bentankersley2988]

Trying to imagine..but it’s so hard to when that wasn’t the real reason 😂

[@gnomeimporta6912]

Imagine most of the North's cities becoming shitholes thanks to the property they liberated LMAO

[@KTA1sVidsandFacts]

@@Legendary_UA “Our new government['s]...foundations are laid, its cornerstone rests upon the great truth, that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery-subordination to the superior race-is his natural and normal condition. This, our new government, is the first, in the history of the world, based upon this great physical, philosophical, and moral truth.” Alexander H. Stephens, the deliverer of the cornerstone speech. “Vice President” of the CSA. “The Lost Cause of the Confederacy (or simply the Lost Cause) is an American pseudohistorical negationist myth that claims the cause of the Confederate States during the American Civil War was just, heroic, and not centered on slavery. First enunciated in 1866, it has continued to influence racism, gender roles, and religious attitudes in the Southern United States to the present day.” Each Dixie boy must understand that he must mind his Uncle Sam.

[@bcvc3365]

Thank you 🙏 🇺🇸

[@bladestar2322]

The South started off with the better Generals. The North had far inferior Generals. This changed as the War went on. The Union Generals became better, the Southern ones Died.

[@aaronfleming9426]

The Union lost plenty of dead generals too. Something in the culture of the northern states seems to have created the capacity for developing more leadership as time went on.

[@bladestar2322]

The ones the South lost were more important. The ones the South lost were irreplaceable.

[@aaronfleming9426]

@@bladestar2322 What makes them any less replaceable than the Northern generals? Heck, the Army of the Potomac lost Kearney - arguably the best division commander in the army - at Chantilly, then lost Reno - arguably the best corps commander in the army - at South Mountain, just days later. Then Mansfield, another corps commander, went down at Antietam two days after Reno. But the AotP just keeps chugging along. Fire Burnside, fire Hooker, and Meade steps up for days later and creams Lee at Gettysburg DESPITE his best corps commander being killed in the early fighting, because guys like Warren and Hancock stepped up when the chips were down. A.S.Johnston, a completely untested general, dies at Shiloh and the rebels are like, "irreplaceable, lost cause, no one else like him, it was all over then and there". But WHY couldn't the south produce more quality generals?

[@bladestar2322]

I think just losing Stonewall Jackson and J.E.B. Stuart definitely crippled the South.

[@aaronfleming9426]

@@bladestar2322 Well I think losing Kearney and Reno and Mansfield crippled the North at Antietam...but they were replaced. You're still not answering the question: Why was the north able to replace generals, but the south was not?

[@THECHIEF-1981]

Where is part 3 ? I just discovered this today. Its a year old. Im i missing something?

[@theily1724]

Because Billy Yank was still too busy making bad short films to defeat Johnny Reb.

[@firingallcylinders2949]

Like what

[@DaveSCameron]

Some brilliant songs though you must admit... 🙏☘️

[@Squatch_needs_no_heroes]

I miss Shelby Foote.

[@olivia-nelson]

Simply beautiful... my heart cries tears of joy to see our heritage still carried on by such . May the Lord bless every defense of freedom, the constitution, and the Confederate flag.

[@tsdocholiday8965]

The traitors flag you mean

[@stephenyoung2742]

@@tsdocholiday8965 Yeah, the freedom BS is just the same BS! I live out west we have our cities and counties named after the union victors and true patriots! Seems they keep discounting the wests residents just has capable of being able to shoot and fight! Vicksburg was the turning point! South being stupid enough to invade Union territory gave up their homefield advantage and pretty much sunk having a peace deal!

[@olivia-nelson]

@@tsdocholiday8965 One good southern man is a good as two dozen Yankees! In this case 600 , Dixie Forever!

[@aaronfleming9426]

@@olivia-nelson Really? Why did 350 Union soldiers beat 2,000 rebels at Athens, MO? Why did 4,000 Union soldiers beat over 6,000 rebels at Mill Springs, KY? Why did 35,000 Union soldiers hold off 55,000 rebels at Gaines Mill and then retire after sundown? Why couldn't 50,000 rebels crush 25,000 Union men at Horseshoe Ridge? Why couldn't 6,000 rebels defeat 3,000 Union men at Honey Springs?

[@seanwalters1977]

Things that lasted longer than your "heritage": Party of Five (TV show), Ghostbusters cereal, Zune, the band LFO, any can of tuna (shelf life over 5 years), American Gladiators (TV show), Doritos Locos Tacos, etc

[@Pauln71]

For all of the people saying the South had a right to leave.... It's over. They lost. If you currently live in the United States of America. You are living in the Country that Lincoln, Grant, Sherman and Sheridan helped to preserve.. Get over it

[@kidfox3971]

As a Tennessean I'm very proud of my Confederate ancestors, and my Union ancestors as Tennessee had some Union sympathies in the North. Both sides of the war had very legitimate aspirations, to secure state autonomy from a far-distant capital and to preserve as strong and unified country. Lazy so-called historians will say that it was all about slavery, that was only the catalyst. To say that slavery would have still existed in the South if the Confederacy won is very presumptuous, it would be like if Britain won the War of 1812 and we looked back on it saying "slavery would still exist in the United States today if Britain didn't win". It was up to the states to decide if they abolished it or not which they most certainly could have done if they chose to, to pretend that slavery immediately degrades a society to the bottom of the barrel is to ignore the fact that your precious infallible African nations still practice slavery to this day. The Romans took millions of slaves just in one war, the Spartan Kingdom was comprised mostly of slaves who were killed for sport in recruit training, yet we worship the two of them as being the pinnacles of great civilization while labeling the Confederacy as barbaric.

[@aaronfleming9426]

It is true, however, that the Confederates told us very plainly that protecting slavery was their highest priority. And many of them - no less than Jefferson Davis, who had his eye on Cuba for decades - wanted to expand slavery around the Caribbean. They had convinced themselves that slavery was a positive force for goodness and morality...we have no reason to believe that slavery would have died out any time soon after secession. On a friendly note...as an Iowan I'm glad we're still one country. I just spent three night camping in Jasper, Tennessee, last week, and the people were friendly and the country is gorgeous. I will gladly vacation in Tennessee again!

[@michaelvasquez9645]

One was thousands of years ago, other was 3 generations ago. Non slavery was the norm, so yea, the confederacy was barbarism

[@mayflowerkid4422]

I think it's all barbaric. I don't worship. Who is 'we'? you.

[@fynnkessels2488]

Washington D. C. seems misplaced on the maps. It directly borders Virginia across the Potomac, doesn't it?

[@GainingDespair]

Yeah Abe Lincoln wasn't exactly anti slavery, I had family on the Confederate side of the war. I don't know how many greats he is, but my great x grandfather Jasper Strong owned a slave construction company, he was one of the rare types who paid slaves, and allowed them to buy their freedom. He was from Pensacola Florida, and he new Abe Lincoln personally, they would frequently write each other letters. He had on multiple occasions done work for the US government, before the war, and during the war before he passed away. Abe Lincoln knew my great x grandfather well enough to know what type of work he did, he never really seemed to care as he did a lot of work for him, and the government. They build a few military forts for the US government, and while we don't know a ton of details given how long ago it was we still have some of the letters they shared in our family.

[@tsdocholiday8965]

Yeah he was more not wanting slavery to expand then ending it entirely. He said many times in his speeches and when asking the southern states not to leave that he wouldn’t take there slaves. However later on after befriending some freed slaves his attitude did change and he did make the war about slaves to keep the British and France out of it

[@stephenyoung2742]

@@tsdocholiday8965 Take away the Souths labor force plus they fought and died too! Once they shed blood for country that sealed that!

[@aaronfleming9426]

Lincoln was indeed anti-slavery. That was a specific political term, closely related to the "free soil" movement, and was considered more moderate than the abolitionist position. It meant that Lincoln was morally opposed to slavery, and committed to preventing the spread of slavery, even though he believed the Constitution allowed slavery where it already existed.

[@motomanxxxmotomanxxx]

It's amazing how politicians cause wars and all the deaths associated with them. This is the greatest sin a person can perform. And many have a clear conscience afterwards., feeling they were taking part in some greater destiny.

[@homelessjesse9453]

I know it hurts the collective pride of southerners, but Lee was a terrible general. Not only did he fail to capitalize on the early successes of 1861, but he led to the blunders of Antietam and Gettysburg. How anyone could consider this fool a genius is beyond me.

[@danielkitchens4512]

Lee hold his own at antietam even with the union knowing his disposition and out numbering him it ended Lee's invasion but the union failed to carry the ground and let Lee go back over the Potomac. Gettysburg i can agree with you on part but for a union army that stayed on those hills and did not want to fight in open ground even after Picketts charge is a bit disgraceful, Lee came close to winning at Gettysburg even with the union holding the high ground, outnumbering him and better supplied. I think the greater blunder was letting Lee go back to Virginia twice without seriously engaging him or even trying to destroy his army, yet if general Lee is so bad why did his enemy's fear him so?

[@homelessjesse9453]

@@danielkitchens4512 "yet if general Lee is so bad why did his enemy's fear him so?" Probably because they were just as incompetent as he was. Pickets Charge alone should've ended his career. He actually thought he was Napoleon, and let his ego get his soldiers killed. It's like dude, for one, you're using tactics 50 years old. For another, You're no Napoleon.

[@doublepoet7852]

@@homelessjesse9453 you think you could have done better?

[@thewaffleiron9670]

​@@doublepoet7852 one does not have to be a pilot to say that someone messed up when there is a helicopter crashed into a tree

[@homelessjesse9453]

@@thewaffleiron9670 Exactly. One blunder after another. To think the south could've actually won had they taken an undefended D.C after the first battle of Bull Run................

[@federicovaladez7166]

Any news regarding part 3? 😅

[@Knowledgia]

Part 3 is here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qmaZlKqIraenfZo

[@gregscott1672]

The bottom line, the South lost!

[@LauraWarnelo]

We're the only culture that this country has deep South

[@virgiljones4808]

Its not a good culture Laura. Not a good one. You should go to New York, Boston or the Midwest. Lots of culture out there ​@LauraWarnelo

[@The_Kingmaker]

The caption in the lower right says 1961 at 13:13. 😮

[@brunolima7402]

Usa is too big for its own good. The Union might've won the war but the cultural divide is still there. It should be at least 2 different countries. People that live in less populated states shouldn't be subservient of the whims of the people that life in states such as New York or California.

[@wilcowen]

New York isn't the second most populous state

[@tsdobbi]

Dude, it won't work. Every single state is politically divided, it doesn't matter who is ultimately elected. The only way you can get the result you are looking for would be a horrendous case of border gore. If mostly red and blue states turned into two separate countries, you wouldn't solve the political divide. Now you would just have too countries with the same political divide. I don't know on what planet you think everyone can just up and then decide to move to which ever US country more closely (currently) fits their political leanings. Example. I live in Illinois. Outside the North Eastern corner of the state where chicago is, damn near the entirety of the rest of the state is red. The state would undoubtedly join the "democrat" country, simply due to the majority population of blue. So now what do all those down staters do? Move to republican land? They can't take their farmland with them, so they would have to stay, or give up their entire livelihood to move.

[@TheLastKentuckyIrregular9524]

​@@tsdobbiIllinois would join the Red state alliance. Chicago might resist, but the rest of the state would secede. It isn't that the US couldn't split, it's that the urban centers would have to be cowed before peace was established. And that'd be relatively easy. Simple siege and they'd be forced to capitulate.

[@wyattmcgee1]

Nah. As a matter of fact, we aren’t big enough. We need to annex Canada.

[@TheLastKentuckyIrregular9524]

@@wyattmcgee1 The western Canadian provinces, but they can keep the eastern coast. Trudeau and his communist cronies are better left to stew in their own filth.

[@lukasj19999]

Any idea what the music is called at 11:00?

[@roman..leave.me.to.my.circles]

When Abraham Lincoln launched his military invasion of the Southern States to prevent their peaceful and democratic assertion of independence, he ushered in a radically different Union than the one the Founders intended Whether it was slavery, tariffs, or a redefinition of Federal powers, really matters little. The question of whether we live in a voluntary government or a compulsory one, enforced at gunpoint, was answered with the death and maiming of almost a million Americans from 1861 to 1865. At the heart of the ever-encroaching State that we find ourselves living under is the legacy of Abraham Lincoln. Every tyrant, from Karl Marx to Woodrow Wilson, FDR to Adolf Hitler, George W Bush and Barack Obama, have embraced the Lincoln mantle in both their writings and their actions. sic semper tyrannis

[@xandercruz900]

> to prevent their peaceful and democratic assertion of independence Now THAT is some revisionist bullshite.

[@firingallcylinders2949]

The South started the war, the North finished it. You shouldn't have kept the slaves. Maybe if the reason for secession was more legitimate, but people keeping humans as free labor tends to be a terrible reason to leave a Union. (Waits for some baloney Lost Cause reply about it not being about slavery)

[@tsdobbi]

"sic semper tyrannis" All talk but no action Joe.

[@roman..leave.me.to.my.circles]

@@firingallcylinders2949 I didn't have any slaves or a time machine and I born and raised in iowa lol There were no casualties during the Confederate bombardment of Fort Sumter at the start of the Civil War. The only Union deaths came during the evacuation: One soldier was killed, and another mortally wounded in an accidental explosion during a planned 100-gun salute. Really Lincoln over reacted. Its wasn't so much battle more like “aggressive negotiations” negotiations with cannons

[@wilcowen]

​@@roman..leave.me.to.my.circles the confederates still attacked union forts

[@Sug4r.r]

HOW DID I NOT SEE THIS UPLOAD SOONER OMG AHHHH

[@TommyTomTompkins]

Relax Charlie

[@yonahshifren1161]

The south shall rise again! Every red blooded American realises today how righteous the southern struggle for independence was and how the Union victory ended the American idea and brought us where we are today. May God bless the secession movement today and may He preserve the south. God bless Dixie

[@gcam7103]

Every red blooded American recognizes that enough blood was shed during the civil. They value the lives of their neighbors and recognizes that the only person that would benefit from another civil war is the enemies of our country. You think the borders are bad now. Without the support of the US the cartels will eat you for breakfast. They’ve been fighting while you’ve lived in safety and comfort of the US government. You’re welcome son.

[@epic.production]

Will you continue the history of the Roman Empire?

[@commonsenseisntcommon1776]

The south had better Generals, better Calvary but less infrastructure.

[@aaronfleming9426]

Not so sure about better generals, but it's a lot easier to get your army ready to defend against attack than to build an army capable of effectively going on the offense. 1st Bull Run had all the Confederate advantages on display...the value of interior lines of communication, advantages of the tactical defense, etc.

[@francoismarc3]

no part 3?

[@JoelGalvan-w6y]

Honest Abe, sorriest president ever, he really resended the bill of rights.the confederacy, was its own separate country. It was not a civil war but a battle berween 2 separate country's, south had a president, senate and its own currency. Recognized by the world Bank as such. South was tired of being heavily taxed..

[@aaronfleming9426]

Whereas the rebels were paragons of freedom, crusading for the betterment of all humanity.....

[@burtmount4308]

not ken burns good. but you did great i will subb

[@Muddybagclean]

Jesus Loves You

[@Joe-sw9nk]

Jesus ain't an American

[@paulclissold1525]

@@Joe-sw9nk wish he loved democracy

[@mayflowerkid4422]

why are troops depicted as moving envelopes?

[@9822703]

it is a modern way of showing troop types. the x in the rectangle indicates that it is infantry. a slash means cavalry.

[@Iwidifbdnqqo]

General Lee is GOAT

[@grzegorzk5149]

i like that you are staying truthful to the facts. too many these days say american civil war was started because of differences on slavery, politicising the matter

[@aaronfleming9426]

People "these days" don't have to say the civil war was started because of slavery. The people who actually started the war told us it was about slavery.

[@zenever0]

As a stated goal, the North's primary objective was the preservation of the Union. However, the primary goal of the Confederacy, as evidenced by their own articles of secession, state constitutions, and other legal documents, was the preservation of the institution of slavery. If the South was concerned about States' Rights, they wouldn't have spent the 1850s stepping all over the Northern states' rights like the Fugitive Slave Act. If your enemy is fighting to maintain slavery, even if you don't state it out loud, you are fighting to end slavery.

[@aaronfleming9426]

@@zenever0 Well said.

[@prestonwheeler959]

​@aaronfleming9426 the democrats were really angry when the Republicans freed their slaves.

[@bluebubbadog2080]

The south had better generals and more moral for the first half of the war

[@franzjoseph1837]

In the East out West idk lolo

[@elmerwalter1964]

When does part 3 come out

[@Mur76ad70]

Freedom for Palestine 🇵🇸

[@DaveSCameron]

Well of course yes, what it has in common with the American civil war however escapes me... 📚🙏

[@54032Zepol]

Good luck 😂

[@DaveSCameron]

@@54032Zepol Nice sentiment but what's funny?

[@TheLastKentuckyIrregular9524]

Maybe when they stop using their children as human shields and attacking civilians. Personally, I say the Israelis should just glass the entirety of the West Bank and be done with them.

[@54032Zepol]

@@DaveSCameron free for Palestine is funny, they're free and yet do nothing with it just a bunch of 🤡 that want their sand dunes and scraggly lands back before the Israelites turned into a prosperous lands.

[@TheLastKentuckyIrregular9524]

It relatively simple why the South managed to accumlate so many early victories. We had better troops and officers. The typical Southern soldier was more experienced in shooting ans fighting than the typical Union recruit. This is backed up by numerous journals amd letters from Union soldiers during the war. Hell, its the entire reason the NRA was founded. And msot people forget that almost the entirety of West Point's officer cadets joined the South alogn with many of its graduates. There was a stronger Southern traditon of service and it showed. The Union only won because of numbers and supplies. The South couldnt match their war mahcine once it got to rolling.

[@Johnny_McClintock]

The Union didnt only win cause of Numbers. Smh. South may have been better troops at the beginning but definitely not when the war got into full swing. And the North had great generals like Grant that embarrassed Robert E. LEE in the later years

[@TheLastKentuckyIrregular9524]

@@Johnny_McClintock You clearly don't know your history. The Northern troops never managed to actually match the Confederacy. And Grant was a terrible battlefield commander. He bumbled his way to victory in the west (literally his entire army was almost destroyed in the first engagement because he forgot to leave someone in charge while he road away from the front) and then saw more casualties in a shorter span than any other general in the war. In the course of a single campaign he lost more men than the entirety of Lee's command. And in every instance where they fought, Grant won because of numbers and supply. It was literally his entire strategy. That's why he threw men into the shredder in every single engagement. He knew he could win by sheer weight of numbers. And while that counts as good tactics from the Soviets, it doesn't for anyone else. And you know damn well that if Lee and Grant had been pitted against one another with equally armed and supplied troops and equal numbers, Lee would win every single time.

[@wilcowen]

​@@TheLastKentuckyIrregular9524 and Lee somehow wasnt?

[@bombyouup62]

The "machine" that got going was created by us Southerners in the first place.

[@aaronfleming9426]

It's simple, but not in the way you think. 1. It's much easier to build an army for the strategic and logistical defense, and since both sides were essentially building their armies from scratch, that gave an enormous advantage to the rebels. 2. The weapons of the day gave a significant advantage to the defender. Again, that favored the rebels. There are plenty of examples of outnumbered Union armies beating a larger Confederate force. At Athens, MO, 350 Union soldiers whipped 2,000 rebels. Mill Springs saw 4k Union soldiers wipe a rebel army of 6k off the map. Honey Springs, 3k Union beat 6k rebel. A fluke at Chickamauga crushed the Union right wing, that's true...and then 30k Union soldiers kicked the snot out of 60k rebels at Horseshoe Ridge and then withdrew under cover of darkness. 35k at Gaines Mill held off 55k, and withdrew after nightfall. On and on. And look at how Lee fared when he went on the offensive: Seven Days included numerous debacles (Malvern Hill, for example) with nearly double the combat casualties of McClellan. Maryland campaign, utter failure. Gettysburg, total failure. What's the common denominator? The attacker always lost significantly more men.

[@samwill7259]

If anything it seems we didn't kill enough traitors

[@lylecampbell9036]

My home town of Baker City, OR was named after Edward Baker.