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[@Fuzz32]

Ironically, Booth’s older brother saved Lincoln’s son, Robert, from being crushed by a train in New Jersey in 1863 (possibly 1864). True story.

[@charlesbaldwin3166]

It's also interesting we all learn that Booth was an actor, we don't learn that him, his brother and their father were for there time the equivalent of Hollywood A listers. It would be like if Brad Pitt shot the president.

[@humansvd3269]

The biggest reason Lincoln was shot by booth was because a lot of his friends and people who spoke out against the union were jailed without trials. He saw this as a dictator's action and was a big motivator for killing him.

[@gregoryeatroff8608]

Booth's father had threatened to shoot Andrew Jackson, but never went through with it.

[@humansvd3269]

@@gregoryeatroff8608 To be fair, many wanted him dead but knew he'd kill them.

[@Fuzz32]

@@humansvd3269 truth is, most of the men who shot him often did get killed. Often by Jackson himself.

[@steriopticon2687]

Sherman's army was one of the healthiest in history (up to that point) during their "March to the Sea" because they didn't sit in a camp and get cholera. but kept moving. They also tore up railroad tracks, heated them and bent them around trees, so they couldn't be used. After they got bored with that, they bent them into letters U and S for United States and left them for the rebels to see.

[@cptcarrot5455]

That sounds like the pettiest shit ever and I love it 😂

[@charlesedwards2856]

@@cptcarrot5455 Oh you haven’t heard the half of it. When they did that, they called them “Sherman’s neckties.” He burnt Atlanta to the ground (or at least a good portion of it). He presented the city of Savannah to Lincoln as a Christmas gift, and then pretty much re-invented the “scorched earth” policy of warfare, burning everything in South Carolina until they made it to Charleston. He told his men as they passed from Georgia into South Carolina, and I’m paraphrasing, Here is where secession began and here is where we will end it. He did this partly because the people of Georgia said they would forgive him what he did there if he did equal or worse in South Carolina since they were at the head of the whole thing.

[@humansvd3269]

@@charlesedwards2856 Sherman is one of the reasons the South still won't move on and I've of the biggest reasons the divides between the north and south exist today.

[@afcgeo882]

@@humansvd3269 He’s also the main reason the war ended and the divides have NOTHING to do with him. They were there before and will be there after. The divides are about wealth, racism, and education.

[@humansvd3269]

@@afcgeo882 Incorrect, he carried on scorched earth which caused long lasting damage to state relations. Average southerners who didn't care about slaves were essentially destroyed and were preyed upon why carpetbaggers and companies using union soldiers as musclemen. That's as if a modern general went into California today and destroyed everything because Wells Fargo in San Fransisco supported a California exit. Had Lincoln been alive, we'd likley have less damage and easier healing. But Sherman very much destroyed half the country because he liked it. He most certainly loved to kill Indians.

[@Cifer77]

Keep in mind a soldier marked as "wounded" had a high chance of dying later, "chop it off" or "bandage it up" were pretty much the most common treatments. Infections couldn't be stopped.

[@razkable]

yeah thats why it means many died by disease ...infections

[@charlesedwards2856]

Keep in mind what muskets did. The balls weren’t shot at a high velocity, so when they hit a bone they wouldn’t just break it, it would be shattered. There wasn’t the ability to do surgery like we can today and put in a rod or something. They had to cut it off to give them a proper chance at survival. Unfortunately, they had a VERY rudimentary understanding of germs (i.e. they were still a little-known theory in the 1860’s), so they wouldn’t sanitize the instruments. That is what led to the infections and such that killed the men.

[@Bobbyliscious]

TRUTH! Most of the time they would chop off your leg to cure a gun shot wound!

[@johnalden5821]

@@charlesedwards2856 True, and the caliber of the minie balls was commonly .58 to .60, and they flattened out when fired, so they would spin with the rifling. So these bullets were massive, and they did tremendous damage to extremities -- often forcing the surgeons to amputate.

[@stvsmith2009]

@@charlesedwards2856 While it is true that the minie balls were of large caliber, the "skirt" of a minie ball was essentially hollow. The design of the hollow skirt, caused deformities of the skirt on a minie ball as it travelled down the barrel of a musket, and so they tended to tumble on their way to the intended target, instead of spinning on their axis. Thus when a man was hit by a minie ball, the bullet tended to strike the victim more often on the broad side of the round instead of on the point. This caused a much more massive and lethal wound, and increased the likelihood, that bone would be shattered.

[@tahoemike5828]

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

[@EmberQuill]

I always found it so interesting that a speech which contains the phrase "The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here" happens to be one of the greatest and most remembered speeches in US History.

[@jeffreysian-salas1689]

@@EmberQuill the irony is amazing XD

[@michealdrake3421]

@@EmberQuill I think it's also fitting that it was said after the main speaker spoke for two hours, and even though that was also an address at Gettysburg, this is THE Gettysburg address.

[@tcsam73]

That happens to be the one speech every American kid is required to memorize at some point in their educational career. For me, it was sixth grade. It's a very powerful speech and very succinct.

[@jeffreysian-salas1689]

@@tcsam73 wait...really? I learned it by alternate history fiction books in my senior year. If my teachers knew how I learned most of my knowledge they would pull their hair out XD

[@charlesedwards2856]

Fun fact: at the 21:50 mark you see the funeral parade in New York City. The house in the background you can see two little faces in the 2nd floor window. The house was owned by Theodore Roosevelt Sr., which means the two faces in the window were Theodore Jr. and his brother. For those of you who don’t know, Theodore Roosevelt Jr. would go on to become the 26th President of the U.S., so it is an amazing photograph to have exist showing the end of one president’s life and another president in his childhood.

[@maciedixon3983]

That’s amazing. Wow.

[@mr.b3168]

What's the name of that picture

[@charlesedwards2856]

@@mr.b3168 I think if you just Google “Lincoln funeral parade NYC” it should come up.

[@charlesedwards2856]

This was the 19th century equivalent to the video of a young Bill Clinton meeting JFK back in the early-60’s.

[@DarkRipper117]

The Roosevelt family produced men of stature, that steered this nation through dark times....I am humbled to have know about them....and if anyone would ask about the best presidents this nation has ever had, it would be Sir Theodore Roosevelt and Sir Franklin D. Roosevelt...those are legendary men, along with Sir Abraham Lincoln and the Founding Fathers.

[@slmjm8849]

Also a side note, Edwin Booth (John Wilkes Booth older brother) saved Abraham Lincoln's son Robert when he fell off a train platform in early 1865, before John killed Abraham. Edwin didn't know who that kid was until he received a letter thanking him for saving the president son a few months later. It's pretty crazy.

[@SkullAngel002]

General Grant's karate kick was historically accurate....

[@skyden24195]

It was taught to him by the Miyagi clan.

[@noahkane26]

@ed petree Don’t forget fence painting. Those guys made a fortune off of that

[@skyden24195]

@@noahkane26 not to mention ice cutting and glass recycling.

[@Yuki_Ika7]

he did steamroll his opponents sometimes

[@mikemclaughlin3306]

Little know fact..... General grant was a ninja

[@tennoryu2794]

You might find it interesting that Arlington National Cemetery where the Old Guard stands sentinel over the Tomb of the Unknowns was Once General Robert E. Lee's home and land. It was seized by Union soldiers early in the war and turned into the Cemetery for Civil War dead.

[@natskivna]

The "Lee" house is still located in Arlington and maintained as a museum to this day and closely overlooks the graves of JFK and RFK. It is a beautiful but sobering place.

[@tennoryu2794]

@@natskivna Yes it is. I got to go once and had a lovely view of Washington D.C. as well. It made me just want to sit there for a moment and not be disturbed. Unfortunately the home was under restoration so not much was open.

[@maddied4669]

Yes! The story of how it became a national cemetery and how they buried union soldiers in Mary Custis Lee’s rose garden is so interesting. I visit the cemetery at least once or twice a year and I am always finding something new

[@BFalline]

Fun Facts!: George Washington Custis Lee, known as Custis, (son of Robert and Mary Anna) won his case in the SCOTUS 5-4 that the land was illegally seized. He chose instead of making the government remove all the graves to sell the land for $150,000 (about 4 million today) back to them. Robert E. Lee's father in law was the owner and it passed to his wife but she could not legally sell it and was seen as a place holder until their son, "Custis" was old enough to inherit the estate.

[@Old-dude53]

The first person buried there was son of a Union general killed in battle. That is who decided to bury his son there as a kind of revenge.

[@charlesedwards2856]

People don’t realize exactly how close the Union was to losing at Gettysburg. Little Round-Top was the highest ground there, overlooking Cemetery Ridge where the Union forces were. It was left undefended when General Dan Sickles took his men out about a half mile in front of the line because he didn’t like where he was (the lowest part of the line) and wanted to be on higher ground. It was literally five minutes that separated the Union forces getting up Little Round Top as opposed to the Confederates. If the South has gotten there, they would have had wide open firing down onto the Union line and wiped them out. The fighting in that area was some of the most brutal of the entire battle. In an area called The Wheatfield, it was said that you could cross it and your feet would never touch the ground because of so many bodies. Lincoln’s 272 words that made up the Gettysburg Address are the most iconic words ever written in our history. He had an incredible command of the English language. When he sat down afterwards, the key speaker of the day, Edward Everett of Massachusetts, said “Mr. President, you said more in two minutes than I said in two hours!” Grant did weep. He was known to have deep feelings about the loses he was suffering and it made him inconsolable for periods. I believe it was after this battle he finally came out of his tent and a subordinate said something like “hell of a day today.”, to which Grant replied “Yes. Whip’em tomorrow, though.” He emerged from his march to the sea days before Christmas 1864 and took the city of Savannah with little-to-no bloodshed, and sent a wire to Lincoln presenting the city as a Christmas gift. When Lincoln gave the speech from the White House, Booth was outside and heard it. When Lincoln mentioned voting rights to African Americans, Booth told one of his co-conspirators “that means N****r citizenship. He has to die!” Before that point, his plan was merely to kidnap Lincoln and force the North to end the war. Booth, as an actor, had his mail delivered to that theater. When he showed up to get it that morning, he heard people saying the president would be there that night. He carefully planned out how he would attack the president, but not what would happen after. He got lucky, as the president’s guard decided to go watch the play, allowing Booth to get into the box. He knew the play and waited for the big joke of it when the crowd would be laughing the loudest to muffle the shot. After he shot Lincoln, he jumped from the box to the stage, catching his spur on the bunting and landing awkwardly, breaking his ankle. He is thought to have said “Sic Semper Tyrannus!”, Latin for “Thus always to tyrants!” meaning death is what happens to tyrants.

[@michealdrake3421]

Booth was also part of a larger conspiracy. The VP and I think the secretary of state were also targeted, but I might be wrong on that last one. In any case, the idea was to decapitate the country's leadership and create a power vacuum that confederate holdouts could exploit to restart the war. However, one of his co-conspirators chickened out, and the other one had both of his guns jam before being beaten with a cane and subdued by his target, I think the VP. All in all, a poorly conceived plan that probably would have failed to accomplish its goal even if it had gone as planned.

[@charlesedwards2856]

@@michealdrake3421 I was already going long on my comment, so I didn’t want to go into it, but yes. You’re confusing the story of the guy who tried to assassinate Andrew Jackson back in the 1830’s with the guns jamming and being beaten. The one who got drunk and lost his nerve was going after Vice President Johnson. The one going after Secretary Seward trued to talk his way into Seward’s house claiming to bring medicine from the doctor for him. He forced his way up to Seward’s room and started stabbing at his face and chest, but Seward having just been in a carriage accident had a big metal contraption all around the area being stabbed at, so he only got a few flesh wounds. I think one of the conspirators was supposed to go after Stanton (Sec. of War), but couldn’t find him. In any case, Booth was the only successful one, largely due to the President’s guard thinking he was safe and leaving to go sit and watch the play instead of doing his job. It really is the one big “what if?” moment of American history since no one knows what Lincoln’s plan was for Reconstruction, if he had one. He had been very forgiving to soldiers and such, but no one knows what would’ve happened to the leaders of the Confederacy.

[@michealdrake3421]

@@charlesedwards2856 Ah, thank you for the correction. That's true too, it really is pure speculation because to my knowledge he never wrote down or discussed any plans for reconstruction.

[@ajfawxecreations7659]

Also of note: "Sic Semper Tyrannus" is a truncated form of a longer latin phrase. The full phrase translates to "Thus always, I shall deliver death unto tyrants." Using the shortened form is sufficient as most people know what it means.

[@charlesedwards2856]

@@ajfawxecreations7659 considering Latin has been a dead language for over 1,000 years, I wouldn’t assume that everyone knows or even knew it back then. I would say they probably knew better back then than we do today since Latin was more frequently used in education and religion, but still.

[@charitiklassen1071]

Because of Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address no one can remember what the actual key speaker said 😂😂

[@BlackJar72]

The brother against brother wasn't just American against American, in many cases it was literal. Especially in states like Kentucky and Tennessee which were at the borders members of the same family would sign-up to fight for different sides; this left some families torn long after the war ended.

[@00black88]

In Alabama that doesn't seem to be the issue tho

[@gracecookie4604]

This is true my family is West Virginian/Kentucky meny family's in the area sent one son to fight for the north and another to fight for the south so that they would be on the winning side

[@411Tom]

@@00black88 One of the best Calvary units in the Union Army was the 1st Alabama Calvary Regiment.

[@badguy1481]

Many soldiers, on both sides, were "farm boys". In other words, up until they were sent to military camps for basic training, they had lived isolated lives from the general population. When they were mixed together, in close quarters, with recruits from around the country, those farm boys caught diseases for which they had no immunity. Hence, a major reason for the high death rate due to disease.

[@timheller8475]

The Gettysburg address brings me to tears everytime i read it, its short but the words are so powerful, please read it if you want! love your reactions, love from Buffalo Minnesota USA

[@jeffburnham6611]

@Tim Heller go 1st Mn Vols! Their contribution to the battle is so often overlooked; an understrength company charging and tossing back 2 Confederate brigades, resulting in 82% casualties in just under 5 mins, the most casualties sustained by any unit in such a short time. But they held their ground until more Union forces could be brought over.

[@davidmarquardt2445]

The man who spoke for 2 hours (not that uncommon at the time, it was the fashion so to speak) said after Lincoln spoke, in effect, "The President in 5 minutes said more, and better than I, in 2 hours". It was so short that people were caught off guard, and the photographer for the event, thinking he would have more time, was able to only get a blurry shot of him as he left the podium. The glass plate method had very "slow" emulsions, that is they were not that sensitive to light. So people had to use long exposure times. There are photos of people on a horse that seems to have no head! During the exposure it moved it's head and it blurred out.

[@hassanmohamud3096]

I live in Minneapolis

[@terimiller1813]

Fellow Minnesotan here, proud of our state's contribution to the battle at Gettysburg. The 1st MN Volunteers were the first men to sign up in any Union state due to the MN gov being in D.C. to meet with Lincoln when the first call went out for volunteers for the Union Army. The MN gov was able to present a roster of initial volunteers to Lincoln almost right away. The flag carried by the MN regiment at Gettysburg now hangs in the rotunda of the state capitol in St. Paul, a worn and battered but proud reminder of their sacrifice.

[@gavinnathe3778]

Man, not even just the speech but the bravery or the men on the flanks they were out of ammo and had no backup but they fought with bravery and in a last resort charged into flurry of gun fire

[@randlebrowne2048]

It was actually very common for such a high percentage of soldiers to die from disease, rather than from combat during war. In the times before antibiotics, or even an understanding of germ theory, it was inevitable that many who got sick would die. There was so little understanding of disease prevention, that surgeons would not even wash their hands, or their operating tools, between patients.

[@angiepen]

This, exactly. [nod] It took a long time, and a lot of arguing, to get the more stubborn of the older doctors to even *agree* to start washing their hands before surgery, or between patients, once the idea that cleanliness might actually help surfaced. During the Civil War, though, it wasn't even an idea. But yeah, before (very) modern times, more people have always died in wartime due to disease than wounds. Laying siege to a city has always been a chancy proposition for the besiegers, because once your guys were stuck in camp outside the city, any disease that came by would tear through the troops who were living cheek-by-jowl, and usually pooping way too close to their water supplies. And infected wounds going septic were a whole 'nother thing. :/

[@richardnaulty6724]

Remember one of the things they traded was Honey. Honey has a natural antibiotic property 🙂

[@wppb50]

Yeah, until like WW I the biggest killer in war wasn't the people trying to kill you, it was just how much going camping with 10,000 people sucked.

[@scottydu81]

@@wppb50 I think WWI was the first war where actual battle casualties outnumbered disease deaths (though still crazy high)

[@JPMadden]

It's likely that feces killed more men than combat.

[@YouTubeWatcher9000]

The battle of Gettysburg was the bloodiest battle of the war resulting in over 50,000 casualties over 3 days

[@EmbyCorgi]

Actually, Antietam was actually bloodier than Gettysburg with 22,717 in a single day

[@alanpeterson4939]

Antietam was the bloodiest single day. Gettysburg was the bloodiest battle (the casualties were spread out over the course of three days).

[@jean-paulaudette9246]

Ugh...that number kinda makes my stomach feel like projecting emesis.

[@Perfectly_Cromulent351]

Gettysburg was also the largest battle ever fought in the Western Hemisphere.

[@FlyHenryFly]

@@Perfectly_Cromulent351 the Western Hemisphere also includes most of Europe (Germany, Benelux, France, UK, Iberia, etc)

[@marcanthony7020]

Lincoln is known as “the last casualty of the Civil War”

[@faradayfilms3176]

I thought Joshua Chamberlain was generally given that distinction

[@imperatormaximus8952]

@@faradayfilms3176 Correct me if I’m wrong, but didn’t he die of natural causes?

[@faradayfilms3176]

@@imperatormaximus8952 he died of complications from when he was WIA at Petersburg so people often say he was the last civil war casualty, it was like 40 years later and he was like 85 at the time so I think it's a pretty stupid title but I think it's generally a title he's assigned

[@imperatormaximus8952]

@@faradayfilms3176 Oh I see. Thanks.

[@tradcathgroyper7411]

Bullshit. There were battles in the Civil War even after Lincoln died. Joshua Chamberlain, who died of complications from wounds in 1914, is called the last casualty of the war.

[@fester2306]

I've been to Gettysburg and taken the battlefield tour. It's a very moving experience.

[@stevenclifford2821]

Same here!

[@johnalden5821]

With both Antietam and Gettysburg, it is impressive how large the battlefields are. It can take the better part of a day to hike around and see these historic sites entirely. They are fascinating, and they provoke a sense of awe about the bravery and sacrifice of the men who fought there.

[@michealdrake3421]

I've been to Gettysburg a couple of times, I lived right next to Guilford courthouse for a while, and now I live just a few hours drive from Cape Fear where Fort Fisher protected the last confederate port at Wilmington.

[@samuelerrington754]

I grew up 40 minutes from Gettysburg. Civil War history is huge in Central PA. I now live 40 minutes from Antietam and the battlefield layout for that is just mind-blowing. The Confederates were just cows headed to slaughter in that battle.

[@randolphvanhook5829]

Gettysburg battlefield and cemetery are hallowed ground. If you ever get to go there, I highly recommend visiting President Eisenhower's house which is basically in the park there and has been faithfully kept up to look exactly as it did when Eisenhower lived there in the 50's and 60's.

[@ThaneOfFife22]

The Lincoln family and the Booth family were forever intertwined after that. Robert Todd Lincoln was getting on a train a few years later in Jersey City and tripped. Just as he was about to get run over by a train, a mysterious stranger saved him - it was Edwin Booth. Edwin, John's brother, was horrified by what his brother had done, and it followed him for the rest of his life...but still, Robert Todd was exactly happy to see him.

[@jayman58016]

My 2x great-grandfather was captured at Vicksburg fighting for Georgia. I also had two relatives fight at Gettysburg for the Union. Gettysburg is an amazing place to see.

[@Shintigercurl]

i'm impressed. normally when a reactor does these kinds of vids, they often talk through it, missing bits of info. but you sit there and absorb the information and history and let your face, a pretty face at that, do the reacting. keep it up. :D

[@3COI]

I know this is oversimplified, but when he talks about the cost of Sherman moving through Georgia, it's important to keep in mind that a large portion of that $1.4 Billion was the value of the Black people that were freed from slavery bc they were considered property and therefore valued like property. Also, I'd like to suggest you react to some videos about Reconstruction and Jim Crow.

[@MK_ULTRA420]

Sherman's men also killed southern Black people who took up arms against them to defend their homes.

[@3COI]

@@MK_ULTRA420 I'm sure. Most of those union soldiers weren't on any real moral high ground either. They were there bc they had to be

[@MK_ULTRA420]

@Ashton Todarello I suppose death is a form of freedom...

[@nattattakk3051]

React to a video like the Navajo Code Talkers in WW2, or something for we natives who served/serving with the US military. Semper Fi

[@ajfawxecreations7659]

It's humbling to know that despite all that's been done to your people, you'd still serve in our military. Thank you for your courage and sacrifice. I hope that mine and the newest generation will bring greater awareness and work to right the many injustices we have committed.

[@brwils3378]

Many natives served in the civil war. I believe the last Confederate General to surrender was Native American.

[@SherriLyle80s]

The sadder thing was Mary Todd Lincoln's slow demise from her own mind.

[@StryderK]

Yeah, not a surprise there! her and Abe's favorite son died, had to live and take care of a man going through a war under a shit, and I do mean A SHIT TON of stress...Finally, when the clouds seems to break, her husband dies.......Any person will go crazy under the circumstances!

[@Etatdesiege1979]

That woman lost too much in that war.

[@JPMadden]

Her husband was murdered and she buried 3 of her 4 children. Varina Davis, the second wife of Jefferson Davis, buried 5 of her 6 children.

[@stevenfaber3896]

I live near Gettysburg, PA. If you come to the US, ever, you MUST visit the park. All of the guides will give you a GREAT show and a great personal aspects of the people involved in the battle.

[@Gravelgratious]

21:48 in this procession photo, the mansion on the back left is the Roosevelts mansion. In the window you can see two boys, one of them is 6 year old Theodore Roosevelt. The future 26th president of the United states watching the 16th go by in procession.. Interesting moment in time captured forever in time.

[@MichaelCorryFilms]

Ah. you beat me to it.

[@henrychin4290]

Another great video. I have been to The Antietam, Harpers Ferry, both Manassas, Fredricksburg, and Gettysburg battlefields. Very solemn places. Sacred soil. If you ever are in the USA and want to learn more I definitely recommend visiting as many sites as you can! There are many, many battlefield sites scattered mostly in the South, all worth visiting. Thank you for giving a fresh perception on these videos. They do not cover everything in great detail, but he did hit many of the major pints. Great job!

[@kingseb2252]

I love oversimplified because he dumbs it down and gets the viewer interested enough that they go and learning more about the subject thst he misses

[@lazymansload520]

17:54 in addition to ironclad ships (lookup the Monitor vs the Merrimack as well as the CSS Alabama) other knew technologies that would see greater a few decades later in WWI included primitive submarines (primarily used by the confederates and powered by hand crank), the first Air Force (a handful of hot air balloons used by the union to spy on the confederates), early machine guns (the crank-powered Gatling guns), trench warfare (used in a battle between Grant and Lee at Spottsylvania, I think), and early land mines (commonly called “torpedoes” back then). Sherman encountered a number of these “torpedoes” during his famous March to the Sea. He had an interesting way to deal with them. Sherman had captured confederate soldiers clear any land mines they found, even going as far as telling them “if you get blown up, I don’t care.” Sherman was careful to let some of these captured confederates escape, so they’d tell their superiors what he’s making his prisoners do. After this, Sherman and his troops soon stopped encountering land mines. Among the names given to the ruins Sherman left behind during his march through Georgia were “Sherman’s monuments,” (the lone chimneys of burned down houses or just bare telegraph poles) and “Sherman’s neck ties” (railroad tracks that had been torn from the ground and twisted to make them unusable).

[@maryannebrown2385]

lazymansload I didn’t know that about Sherman having captured Confederate soldiers clear the land mines. That is very interesting. Quite clever of him to make sure the word got back to the Confederate leaders.

[@mikemclaughlin3306]

Also trench war.... it is now considered the first "modern war"..... it started with armies lined up across from each other, like the revolutionary war, but rifle technology made that brutal, and by the end you saw defensive fortifications and long lines of trences..... the Europeans were watching and used this type of warfare during WW1

[@MK_ULTRA420]

And most importantly were the trains which helped the North win the Civil War more than any other factor since it allowed for faster transportation of soldiers and war materials.

[@stt5v2002]

I live in Tennessee. There are battlefields all over the place, with monuments and parks that commemorate the battles.

[@corbinsilvey9005]

I live in tennessee too and yeah your right

[@angusferdinandleonardojone8501]

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

[@derps0n839]

They carried Lincoln's body on a train from DC to Springfield and stopped in a lot of the cities on the way for people to view. It took about 3 weeks and they had to keep doing embalming work because it was springtime and kinda warm. After they put his body in the tomb, people kept trying to break in and take it. In 1901 they encased it in steel and concrete, but just before, they opened the coffin and saw his body well preserved due to all the embalmings. That was the last time anyone ever looked at his body. The coffin was moved 1 or 2 more times around 1930.

[@dchollandjr]

Aye u should react to "the entire history of the world I guess" by bill wurtz

[@CourtneyCoulston]

ahhh yes it's on my watch list. Stay tuned, I'm looking forward to it!

[@DebsStuffs]

yes! You will love it!

[@wonderboy13579]

@@CourtneyCoulston only caution before going in to that video is that, for a lot of reactors that I have seen, the fast pace of the video can be overwhelming and if you aren't ready for it, it will surprise you! but that video is a must watch in my opinion. Great reaction to oversimplified!

[@emmauelbenoit459]

@@CourtneyCoulston Also Courtney react to civil war songs next time

[@skyden24195]

I'm an 80's kid, fan of history, yet my nearly 12 yr old niece was the one to show me "the history...I guess," and I was blown away by, not only the video, but my nieces appreciation for history.

[@vitovirgilio8975]

Another interesting fact is many generals from both sides were dear friend of one another as they had all attended the same military schools and served together before the nation divided. So they literally had to battle their best friends on the battlefield

[@Will-or1vm]

There's actually a really good movie about Gettysburg that stars Jeff Daniels and Martin Sheen.

[@maureenseel118]

We live in Baltimore which was a pivotal area during the civil war. Funny story, the Booth family plot is here in the Greenmount Cemetary in Baltimore. John Wilkes Booth's grave is unmarked but it's somewhat obvious where he is in the plot (as it's the only unmarked space on the plot). People chose to decorate the entire plot with pennies...Lincoln side up. Earlier this fall we went to Western MD, Pennsylvania and Virginia and were able to spend time at several of the battlefields including Gettysburg, Antietam and Harper's Ferry. I'm a huge Civil War buff.

[@nero7469]

Sherman used a tactic the Russians used against the French and it's called "Scorched Earth"

[@Joy4everM0RE]

Scorched Earth

[@nero7469]

@@Joy4everM0RE thanks I must of hit the t instead of the r on accident

[@MK_ULTRA420]

Confederates: NOOOOO Scorched Earth means burning your _own_ country's land! Sherman: _I am_ burning my own country's land.

[@arkantos2227]

Most Eastern Europe used it, centuries before, against the Mongols and the Ottomans or the Tatars. One time, it even came with it's own expansion pack, the forest of impaled enemies.

[@MK_ULTRA420]

@@arkantos2227 Nightmare Difficulty: Defeat the invading Ottomans using only your personal army because literally only one guy showed up to your Dinner/Call To Arms.

[@JohnJohn-uu4be]

Yes, the statue of Nathan Bedford Forrest in Nashville does look like that and it's right next to a major highway with about 200K daily commuters

[@v.emiltheii-nd.8094]

Fun fact: Rosecrans was supposed to be Lincoln's political candidate but the Secretary of War, Stanford intercepted and buried his letter. So thats where McClellan comes in.

[@joshmeisegeier2279]

Favorite spot in all of America, the back side of the Lincoln Memorial overlooking the Potomac and Arlington National Cemetery. It is at its best at dusk.

[@rileyrogers4473]

You should react to oversimplified American Revolutionary War

[@JAYFLOPROBEATS]

The craziest thing he said to me was how they had a brief truce and the soldiers would trade with each other knowing that they had to fight each other still. That's crazy to think about.

[@stonecoldku4161]

There is a small error in the video. The battle of Gettysburg started on July 1st not June 1st. A recommendation (not for a reaction video as it would be too long) is to watch the movie Gettysburg. An overlooked movie in my opinion that is fairly historically accurate for a Hollywood movie. It doesn't cover the entire battle as well as it should, but what it does cover is amazingly well done and was filmed on the actual battlefield. After Pickett's charge, General Lee went to Pickett to tell him to get his division together and set up a defensive position in case of a Union counter attack, but having lost so many men in the charge Pickett replied in complete sorrow "General Lee. I have no division." A couple of fun facts: Lincoln's hat getting shot off as he observed the battle, actually happened. John Wilkes Booth's older brother Edwin Booth, saved the life of Robert Lincoln, President Lincoln's eldest son, just a few months before John assassinated President Lincoln.

[@joe._.napolitano5]

Another error was when oversimplified was talking about Lee’s surrender at Appomattox Court House. Grant actually has a really bad migraine that morning, it wasn’t because he had been drinking

[@stonecoldku4161]

@@joe._.napolitano5 Before replying to this you should've changed your profile picture to General Cartman Lee.

[@BrotherRowan]

One historian said the revolutionary war made us a country, the civil war showed us what country we would be. Thank you for taking an interest in this country.

[@HemlockRidge]

Courtney, if you have 3 hours to spare, you should watch the movie "Gettysburg". It's really excellent, and pretty damned accurate.

[@emodrmmr007]

watch "glory" too. its about the 54th mass. all black regiment that tried to take fort wagner, which guarded a large port for confederate supplies. during the battle, they lost half their total number, only giving up after 5 attempts to get into the fort. one attempt made it in, but no one made it out alive. as word of their bravery spread, it was a rallying cry for more black soldiers to sign up to fight for the union

[@JPMadden]

It's actually 4 hours long. Only time I've ever seen a movie in a theater which required an intermission. There's even an extended version. Excellent movie, and so is the book it's based on. It's part of a Civil War trilogy written by Michael and Jeff Shaara.

[@laurancedoyle4231]

Thank you, Courtney, for bringing this series (oversimplified) to my attention! I have taught history at the college level and this is so well presented. It is often argued that the US Civil War was about economics, but it was about the economics of slavery -- it all boils down to slavery. I recommend a book - Lincoln and Grant (I think the authors name is Bonestellar?) -- about how the friendship of these two great men worn the Civil War. It could be argued that if the Union had not won the Civil War that there would not be any democratic governments on the Earth today -- it was the test of the survival of the first democracy (outside of the Iroquis Confederation, but that's another story). Democracy has been adopted by most countries today, but it was not clear at all that it would survive as a form of government until the US Civil War was won and slavery abolished.

[@paulcochran1721]

If you ever have time, Ken Burn's "The Civil War ' mini series is very good.

[@BenRollinsActor]

They described John Wilkes Booth as "an actor". Not only was he an actor, he was a VERY famous actor, and greatly admired by the ladies. He was, basically, the Brad Pitt of his day.

[@daltonmoore8971]

"There is nothing left for me to do but go and see General Grant and I would rather die a thousand deaths."

[@Mree17]

Fun fact, Fort Jefferson west of Key West in the Dry Tortugas remained in Union hands throughout the war but needed bricks from Maine to continue its construction. It’s still unfinished to this day but it’s still a sight be hold as it’s the largest masonry structure in the United States.

[@paytondelaney8316]

Little fun fact General Lees wife was the great-step grand daughter of George Washington.

[@thomashiggins9320]

At about 14:00 in your video, you hit the place that describes the real reasons the Confederacy lost the war. The Union had 3 1/2 times the population, five times the industrial capacity, and eight times the railroad mileage, in addition to the ability to manufacture more ships of all sorts -- including more steam-powered ironclads and armored riverboats. The American Civil War marked the first war between a rapidly-industrializing power on one side, and a technologically-backward force on the other. It marked the shift to industrialized warfare. Grant got that, and used it. Sherman got that even better -- and mastered it. That's why William T. Sherman is called the world's first, "modern major-general." He understood the nature of the war, and he understood what it would take to win. It almost drove him crazy, but he pulled out of it, and then committed to the task, fully. The march from Atlanta to Savannah is considered one of the most masterful series of maneuvers in military history. It was an adaptation, on a much larger scale, of what Grant did when he chose to march down the Mississippi on the bank opposite Vicksburg, and then cut himself loose from his supply lines and attack the town from the south and east. Sherman took that same idea, and ran with it. He cut himself loose from him supply lines and marched more than 250 miles, through the heart of Confederate territory, and so vastly mind-f****d the Confederate defenders that he was able to take Savannah without a fight. Once he'd opened the port to Union ships for resupply, he was able to operate freely in the Confederate back-country. So, Sherman marched north to roll up the Confederate forces and re-join Grant, and he brought death and destruction with him. The slaver rebels could do *nothing* to stop him.

[@yake222]

It's a shame they didn't talk about Harriet Tubman, she was a badass.

[@hymanocohann2698]

The freed folk should have been given training and arms, the kkk would never have survived as they were all cowards.

[@lindseysquire8417]

Seriously. I still want her to replace Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill.

[@TheMyrmo]

Seriously, a lot of people were badasses.

[@TheMyrmo]

@@lindseysquire8417 Andrew Jackson's face on money is a DIRECT INSULT to everything he fought for.

[@patrickkelly1590]

@@lindseysquire8417 Personally I would prefer someone more recent like Rosa Parks, Amelia Earhart, or any one of the women that demanded women being able to vote. I'm not say Harriet Tubman isn't a good choice, I would enjoy if all of the U.S. bills had more modern figure heads.

[@tomchesley2604]

In the Civil War documentary by Ken Burns a historian said the North fought the first half of the war with one hand behind it's back. Grant and Sherman were the second hand...

[@jean-paulaudette9246]

Fun Fact: The state of Virginia extends farther to the west, than the westernmost point of West Virginia.

[@411Tom]

During the early 20th century there were reunions at Gettysburg. At one reunion Confederate veterans walked across the field where Picket's charge took place. When they got to the wall they stopped and gave out a rebel yell. Some of the Union veterans later said that when they heard the rebel yell a chill went down their spines.

[@eurow3808]

Crying at bits of this reminds me why I’m a goddamn patriot and love my country.

[@eurow3808]

Also It’s an awesome description of war

[@benschultz1784]

The American Civil War saw many technologies and tactics that would play into World War 1. Trench warfare late in the war. Dr. Richard J. Gatling created the first machine gun in 1864 to PREVENT heavy casualties (a device still in use today albeit powered by an electric motor- miniguns and Vulcan autocannons). Aerial reconnaissance from hot air balloons. Armored gunboats with rotating turrets. Also General Ambrose Burnside is how we got the term "sideburns" General Hooker's name is also a term in American English for... other reasons...

[@lazymansload520]

14:49 this is true, Lincoln was almost killed by a confederate sniper here.

[@dastemplar9681]

If you want to see some stuff on the Black Union soldiers, I highly recommend Glory (1989) by far one of the best Civil War movies made, which tells the story of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment which was the first regular segregated volunteer regiment in the Union army. The bravery that regiment displayed when they charged at Fort Wagner was truly an admirable display of courage under fire as they spearheaded the assault.

[@SebasTian58323]

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

[@williamvesey3679]

Memorized and delivered as an 8th grader as so many other school children did.

[@quacksalverextraordinaire4706]

Hello, Courtney from Baltimore, MD, USA. Just found your channel and I’m enjoying it immensely. As a student of history with a life long interest in the American Civil War that included participation in Civil War re-enactments and even writing a novel set during the period, I found these videos very enjoyable. If you are interested in learning more, I suggest you watch the Ken Burns documentary “The Civil War.” It’s pretty objective, well researched, informative and entertaining as it tells the tale of this great tragedy through the use of contemporary photos, music, letters and documents as well as interviews with some of the leading historians of the time period.

[@kjw1886]

A large part of the state of Alabamas budget, the year after the war went fore prosthetic legs and arms fore vetarens.

[@cslapler007]

If you're really interested in more of this history and ever can get to the states, Springfield IL might be really interesting - about 3 hours from Chicago by car. Lincoln museum, home, and grave-site monument and the old Capitol building. The museum is exceptional and covers not only the war but all of the controversy of the times, propaganda, special presentations etc. I've been multiple times. There's a lot of other Lincoln things in the general area since he grew up in the area, such as Lincoln's New Salem to the northwest which is a reconstructed village where he spent some of his young adult years.

[@v.emiltheii-nd.8094]

Yeah, the war was pretty tragic. Even families fought each other on both sides.

[@PixelatedH2O]

It's been 20 years since I was in school and learned about the Civil War. I'd forgotten a lot! With this last week just happening I was awaiting the next American Civil War. These two videos showed me it's basically already started.

[@xGoodOldSmurfehx]

and all this is why Lincoln is the greatest president the US has ever had, Washington set the whole thing up but Lincoln became the embodiment of wisdom and a beacon of light for the nation in its greatest need as it should be for any great leaders even i never realized just how much of an impact he has had until i studied him and the civil war a bit more i also want to point out that theres crazy history for every single part of North America, Canada and Mexico also hold unsung heroes with tragic and heroic exploits of all sorts, North America is truly the home of the brave i recommend checking out Canada during the two world wars, as its identity was being forged through mud and blood in Europe you hear of countless acts of fearless bravery and courage Mexico's history is also fairly violent but also too complicated to sum up in one sentence in what little time North American countries have existed, i find all of their history be very rich and volatile to say the least

[@prind142]

Yea Lincoln was a strong leader but he was no beacon of liberty, he censored newspapers, arrested tons of people and held them without trial, regularly defied the courts, put down draft riots by shooting the rioters, and sanctioned Sherman raping and pillaging the south and there was indeed alot of raping.

[@jimmiegiboney2473]

Mark 0:01. Before viewing your video, I shared it. I included a bit of trivia too. "Interesting sidenote! One of the comments mentions the, "Burning of Atlanta", and that reminded me of some movie trivia. (Ahem.) In the movie, "Gone With the Wind", they have that famous scene about the burning of that Georgia city. But it doesn't look right, does it? That's because to represent "Atlanta", rather than burn down a set that could be used in Westerns and other Civil War movies, they chose to burn down a set that they were done with. The native village set from, "King Kong"! Unless someone digitally remastered that movie to improve the special effects, the burning buildings do look like primitive huts."

[@shawnketterman8926]

I always felt sad for lee, he pretty much tarnished/sacrificed his excellent military career for his Loyalty to his State Great General imo

[@corbinsilvey9005]

He also fought for the south cause his sons joined he said he would not bare arms against his sons

[@davidneel8327]

The cavalry move that Grant did at Vicksburg is portrayed to some extent in the movie The Horse Soldiers with John Wayne.

[@jamesgantner6809]

Good catch. Just finished the book, Grant, and the Grierson raid into Tennessee during the Vicksburg campaign was mentioned.

[@philliefanalex94]

If I may, I want to recommend two Civil War movies to check out, if you’re interested in learning more about it: 1. Lincoln- takes place during the last few months of Lincoln’s life, with the end of the war, passing of the 13th Amendment, etc. 2. Glory- about the 54th Massachusetts Regiment, the first all black regiment in the Union Army

[@marcos3497]

I recommended Gettysburg for her. The bayonet charge is inspiring and I believe the movie is filmed on the battlefield.

[@jeffburnham6611]

@@marcos3497 Gettysburg gives a pretty good overview of the events of the battle, but unfortunately is more of a Confederate propaganda piece. Lots of inaccuracies in the movie.

[@AC-gb7do]

Glory was a great film, the entire cast was amazing.

[@pauld6967]

I agree with Alex Tomasone's recommendations. Both are very good films.

[@EmberQuill]

Lincoln is one of the most respected US Presidents of all time. Just about every survey ranks him in the top three with George Washington and Franklin D. Roosevelt. He said during his Gettysburg Address, "The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here." Turns out he was wrong, and it become one of the most well-known speeches in US history.

[@dallasoliver1933]

Yay, part 2 ! Thank you :) Next, can you please do oversimplified The American Revolution?

[@lazymansload520]

16:02 Atlanta was the closest thing the confederacy had to a major industrial center (the second closest being Richmond). Sherman, unlike most nineteenth century generals, recognized that a country’s ability to win a war depended on its ability to manufacture. Under Sherman’s occupation, much of Atlanta was burned to the ground, and many in the south still curse Sherman to this day. We have no evidence that Sherman ordered the burning, but we know he did next to nothing to stop it.

[@randlebrowne2048]

By today's standards, he would be considered a war criminal for his actions. Of course, this was long before the Geneva conventions.

[@bedinor]

The CSA was starting to industrialize more before the war broke out, its also estimated that slavery wouldve just gone away on its own in the CSA within 15-30 years. However, with massive destruction in the south it was next to impossible and is why they are still relatively poor today.

[@lazymansload520]

@@bedinor not quite; the southern slave owners fought tooth and nail to keep industry out of the south for fear people might question the need for slavery. If this delusional less than one percent that ran the southern society were so hellbent on keeping slavery that they’d prevent modernization AND start a civil war, I doubt anything short of violence would have gotten them to abolish slavery. For example, shortly before the fall of Richmond, Lincoln met with confederate diplomats aboard the river queen to discuss possibly ending the war. These talks went nowhere, but Lincoln actually asked if they’d surrender if he let them keep slavery for another 3 decades. According to their own records, the confederate diplomats refused, saying they’d only stop fighting if slavery was allowed to exist in perpetuity. Lincoln then informed them of the passing of the thirteenth amendment, saying that he couldn’t actually let them keep their slaves even if he wanted to. This pissed off the confederate diplomats.

[@Hakuna65Matata]

Note: Gettysburg is actually haunted with Union and Confederate soldiers.

[@daddydunbar4777]

Dang

[@patrick6897]

Sherman's "March to the Sea" from Atlanta to Savannah really exemplified the tactic "scorched earth" where if it helped the enemy earlier, it sure as heck won't now (or if I can't have it, they can't either). Some of the effects of his march on the agricultural economy are estimated to have continued well into the 20th century. His taking of Atlanta is also majorly important because the city was one of the Confederacy's biggest and most crucial railroad hubs. This effectively cut the South into thirds as seen on the graphic and stopped supplies from getting anywhere.

[@betathoughtexperiment]

Until World War II every war had more casualties from disease then battle

[@scottydu81]

I thought WWI was but they're both part of the same huge 20 year conflict so it's fine

[@pottsdc]

Right up to the 20th century, it was very common for disease deaths to outnumber battle deaths. Army camps were notoriously unsanitary.

[@v.emiltheii-nd.8094]

Nathan Bedfort Forest: - Was the founder of KKK (from which he distanced himself later) - Forrest was the name Gump got from him due to his mother being a Confederate Southern sympathizer.

[@cypher515]

I read a book written in 1996 where a protagonist (a colonel in the National Guard, presently at the National Training Center for tank combat in CA) was a great admirer of Nathan Bedford Forrest's cavalry expertise. The head of the base, General Diggs, most assuredly black, said "You'll forgive me if I don't share your enthusiasm for the man. The SOB did form the Klan." The colonel didn't exactly back away, just saying "I don't like THAT about him but dot dot dot". Okay, the book was _Executive Orders_ by Tom Clancy. I don't know if I could even begin to imagine even as obviously conservative an author as Clancy daring to write _that_ in a book in 2020.

[@badguy1481]

Nathan Bedford Forest was also accused of standing by and watching his men murder Black troops after they had already surrendered.

[@cypher515]

@@badguy1481 Yeah. Actually it makes me wonder if Clancy either f'd up on his research or just had a few too many apologists in his metaphorical inbox. Then again Tom was 'colorblind' as he often said, which, let's be honest, it causes you to miss reality a lot.

[@robertfisher8359]

Glad you loved the two videos. Idea of two countries...there's a series of books on that by Harry Turtledove (also the world of that setting is splendidly covered between Alternate History and Emperor Tigerstar going from the ACW through World War II, also recommended if you are interested). Fun fact: The Battle of Gettysburg saw roughly the same number of Americans killed in 3 days as the entire 15 years of US involvement of the Vietnam War.

[@alanpeterson4939]

Lincoln was the closest “Christ-like” figure in our nation’s history. He gave everything for our sins, including his life. That’s why he is so revered.

[@peterwilliams2887]

You sir, are extremely ignorant.

[@peterwilliams2887]

Lincoln was nowhere near Christ like, he was an asshole in real life, read some of the letters he sent and etc, he was very narasscitic. Dude why do you think he was assassinated so freaking publicly and violently? He was not a like able dude in his time, and was very very big on a huge federal government, which no one wanted at the time, as that defeated the whole point of the nation. Lots of governmental problems where caused and created by this war and the fact we all ignore it is frightening. The ONLY reason everyone praises him is because of the freeing of slaves, yet no one seems to remember that the majority of slaves of EVERYWHERE in the US were not told they were not freed until several years later. And the WHOLE point of the civil war was because they realized if they freed salves they could get more tax revenue, not because it was the “moral choice”, or else the slaves would have been freed at the very beginning of the war. Full stop

[@alanpeterson4939]

Everyone is entitled to an opinion. Even you.

[@peterwilliams2887]

Alan Peterson I’m sorry if this came across as rude, but like I grew up being forced to know this stuff at 5th grade, and it’s just not historically correct that the North was on the side of the angels here is all I’m saying. We can all agree I think slavery was the foundational reason for this war, I’m sure, but it just scares me that people think there was a justifiable cause for there to be a war, and the bloodiest in our nation. History repeats itself if we don’t learn from it that’s all.

[@alanpeterson4939]

Mr. Williams, I had a great, great grandfather die fighting for the Union. He’s buried in the National Battlefield Cemetery in Chattanooga. I have visited his grave. Most of my family is from Minnesota and Wisconsin, northern states. However, I have spent the majority of my life in the south. My daughters were born in the south. I consider myself southern. I know the divide that tore the country apart. I also know the divide had no choice but Civil War to resolve it. Lincoln didn’t want it, and did not originally care if slavery ended or continued. All he wanted was a preserved union. But, when the time came, he was the one who decided to issue The Emancipation Proclamation, against the advice of many. He bore the burden of sending men to their deaths (as did many others). But, without Lincoln, there would not be a single nation. We are what we are because of him. And he died for it. That’s why there are Lincoln museums, statues, and a Lincoln Memorial. Was he perfect? Heck no. But he held this nation together and wanted to bring the defeated southerners back into the family in peace. I admire him for it, and he is often considered to be our greatest President for it.

[@12hairyjohn]

Many roads radiated from Gettysburg, making it strategically important, like Bastogne in WWII, Read Lincoln's 2nd Inaugural an well as the Gettysburg address. Atlanta was another transportation hub, as was Petersburg. And transportation was a Confederate weakness.

[@joshuaroman5410]

you should react to "History Buffs Gettysburg"!!

[@tgates0314]

If you get the opportunity to visit Washington DC, you can go see Ford Theatre where Lincoln was shot. When I was there a couple of years ago, I couldn't go inside as it was being restored, but I understand it is now open to the public as a historic tour. Across the street, the boarding house where he died was clearly marked. It is a sobering experience to stand in front of the theater. I took a picture of my son in front of it and later found historic images of it in which I realized that where my son was standing was the only building standing at the time. It was very cool to experience standing there knowing the historical impact that building had on American society.

[@Nextgen04]

Hi courtney love the vids

[@CourtneyCoulston]

Hiya!! Thank you so much!! ❤️

[@robbinhuckelberry4168]

My Army Training Company was A Co 1stBN 19th REGT( Rock of Chickamauga) we said Rock like a chicken whenever we could get away with it, sooooo many pushups lol.

[@cicad2007]

My great-great grandfather was in the Confederate army. Well, until he decided the South was gonna lose, then he went North and joined the Union Militia in Pennsylvania. He eventually became an Admiral in the Union Navy. Go granddad! :-)

[@JPMadden]

I suppose switching sides was not unheard of for foot soldiers, or for men to join the navy after their army enlistment ended, but to be trusted enough to become an admiral after switching sides is extraordinary.

[@WonderGeology]

Lincoln suffered from severe depression all of his life; collapsing many times as a young man from "Melancholy." He would hardly sleep at night and would prowl the telegraph office waiting for news from his generals. That he persevered through not only the War but personal tragedy and personal mental illness makes this man all the more remarkable!

[@wolver73]

The tactics used were appropriate for the Napoleonic wars, but murderous against the technology of the day.

[@Rickyp0123]

Right. Technology had gotten ahead of tactics. The result was a terribly tragic loss of life.

[@randlebrowne2048]

Soldiers of that (and earlier) eras had good reasons to fight in line formation like they did. Those reasons were the existence of cavalry and the single shot rifles they used. It was just too easy for an infantryman to get swarmed, or run down, by fast moving horsemen if not grouped together with other bayonet armed soldiers. The rate of fire for these rifles was just too slow to allow for a follow-up shot if you were to miss the fast moving enemy. Also, if you were to spread out your soldiers; but, the enemy didn't, then your men would be individually outnumbered during any bayonet charge. If the war had been just a few years later, newer weapons like the lever-action rifle and the Gatling gun would have allowed for much greater tactical flexibility. These weapons actually started to see service just as the war was ending.

[@Rickyp0123]

@@randlebrowne2048 Oh good comment. That makes sense to me.

[@bradleyvogelsang6851]

=And those tactics didn't seem to change much until after WW1, just send waves of men at the enemy.

[@Rickyp0123]

@@bradleyvogelsang6851 then even in WWII, D-Day, they kind of had to do the same thing.

[@Jawsjawsjawsrg]

My great great grandfather fought in that war, him and his 4 brothers, 10 minutes after becoming a citizen. He would fight in 7 of the 10 bloodiest battels including Gettysburg. He was the only one of him and his 4 other brother to survive. (as far as we know.) He only lost a pinky from a gun cleaning accident.

[@ernestopineda2515]

Oh watching an part 2 oversimplified video?, yeah there's a tax for that

[@thatonefriend4600]

Lol

[@ssmitty]

*stamp*

[@jasonfire3434]

Dude... uncool

[@Stardweller1]

Something potentially tragic to know - Lincoln's assassin, John Wilkes Booth, was a famous actor, and Lincoln was one of his fans.

[@mattni2026]

Trump: "I didn't lose, I just failed to win!"

[@GhostShipBaychimo]

One of the rarely talked about parts of the Civil war was the Horrific Guerrilla fighting between Kansas and Missouri. I recommend watching Mr. Beat’s video called “Why Missouri and Kansas Hate Each other”

[@stephenkronfeld9228]

I have visited several of the places discussed in this video. I have been to Harper's Ferry, site of the John Brown raid. I have also been to the Antietam and Gettysburg battlefields. I live in Maryland, which was a border state in the Civil War. It was a slave state that didn't join the Confederacy. Many Marylanders fought for the Union, but there were also some who fought for the Confederacy.

[@AwkwardDogeE]

I studied all of this in the 8th grade and next semester I'm probably going to go over this again. Its a good review so yeah.

[@heartless_raven]

I’m new to your channel but I was waiting for this. I love your reactions before they’re so genuine and your energy feels so real.

[@badguy1481]

The video was GREAT! It hit almost ALL the very important battles and strategies of the Civil War.

[@antaine1916]

Even after the war, Vicksburg refused to celebrate the 4th of July until WWI, two generations later.

[@lazymansload520]

9:04 Picket’s Charge was the undoing of confederate efforts in the battle. To put into perspective how high the confederate casualties were, Lee encountered recuperating. Lee did not yet know that the charge failed, and said to Picket “General Picket, you must look to your division.” To this, Picket morosely replied “General Lee, I have no division.”

[@edschultheis9537]

Many of both the Union Army officers and Confederate Army officers gained their military schooling and training (before the war), learning along side each other at The United States Military Academy (USMA) in West Point, New York. Long List of Union Army officers educated at the USMA >> en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Union_Army_officers_educated_at_the_United_States_Military_Academy Long List of Confederate States Army officers educated at the USMA >> en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Confederate_States_Army_officers_educated_at_the_United_States_Military_Academy Ed Schultheis Washington state, USA

[@chriscrane1482]

I highly recommend visiting Gettysburg and Antietam if you get the chance. You can easily spend a week checking everything out but even just a few days is a great experience.