Sacred Trust Talks 2013 - Matt Atkinson

"1863: The Siege of Vicksburg"

[@jamesa.7604]

Ranger Matt Atkinson is one of the very best lecturers I have had the opportunity to listen to. Awesome Program.

[@tomservo5347]

Mr. Atkinson keeps it real with impeccable comedic quips and pauses.

[@liedenier]

+James Robert Ditto

[@Smedley60]

I have enjoyed every talk I've seen Ranger Atkinson give. Too often, humor is absent in historical presentations.

[@hellcat8137]

LOVE this guy! Wish he had more talks on KZbin.

[@danieltorresdeluna4844]

no quiero que te pase nada😐 desechó tierra unos tipos que se usan en KZbin

[@uscwatts]

This guy is the best. More Matt videos.

[@51TGM71]

I really enjoy watching Matt´s videos back here in Sweden. Wished there were more.

[@edwardyost915]

Thank you, Matt! I always enjoy your humor and easy style of presenting historical information, which can keep those non-civil war buffs intrigued. Those of us who are civil war buffs, simply enjoy listening to you!

[@claybmt]

Love all of Matt Atkinson's lectures and tours, but being born and raised in Vicksburg kinda makes this one my favorite.

[@marymoriarity2555]

I just found this video. Well presented lecture with just a touch of humor. I learn something from each of his battlefield tours and lectures.

[@leonidaslantz5249]

Matt Atkinson has the best summations of his lectures!!!

[@thomast8539]

Ranger Matt is in the same league as Shelby Foote and Bob Ross when it comes to demonstrating and delivering their knowledge with just the right amount of humor.

[@lorigoodwin269]

Good job Matt! I always enjoy your presentations and tours of the Gettysberg battlefield. :)

[@sparkey6746]

Ranger Matt is a national treasure.

[@CAROLUSPRIMA]

Multi-talented fellow. Deftly strikes that razor's edge of the right admixture of information and entertainment. Not an easy thing to do.

[@bethluther3950]

What a treat to see Matt at the start of his career !!!

[@marymoriarity2555]

Always enjoy Matt Atkinson’s lectures. Historical facts presented with humor even in a serious situation like this.

[@movieklump]

My favorite ranger.

[@danieltorresdeluna4844]

😐📱 no más está emocionado

[@danieltorresdeluna4844]

☺ no por miedo a la vuelta

[@marymoriarity2555]

I have missed all the battle walks or lectures you taped and presented. I hope once the virus is under control pictures are permitted as well as ranger lead walks that you will be putting up new programs for viewing.

[@gcjbhar]

Atkinson is the absolute best orator/lecturer there is for the American Civil war!!!

[@marymoriarity2555]

This the second time I’ve seen This video on Vicksburg and I know I got more information from her today. Matt Atkinson is one of the best speakers was just the right amount of humor in my opinion. Thank you to someone for uploading the video

[@gsilcoful]

Thank you Matt. I enjoy your watching and learning from you on your youtube videos. You do a very good job.

[@brucetempleton2256]

Bruce Templeton Matt Atkinson I agree with Randy below you present your topics the best ever! Thank you!

[@JoeNicks389]

Glad I stop to view this lecture. Never knew that much about Vicksburg. Now I do, thanks to Mr. Atkinson. Hope to one day visit Gettysburg and maybe take in one of his lectures. JN

[@rvz77]

Holy COW!! They gave over that much ammo & artillery?? 🥸🤯🤦🏽‍♂️

[@jonrolfson1686]

Matt Atkinson - Ranger extraordinaire: He leaves the folks laughing and intellectually enhanced, all the while ensuring that Yogi never, ever kept a Pic-a-Nic Basket!

[@willoutlaw4971]

If the Confederates had such top notch generals and soldiers why did they lose the American Civil War. Lee beaten at Antietam, Gettysburg, and Petersburg. Stonewall Jackson gunned down by his own men in May of 1863. Lost at Vicksburg, Jackson, Miss. Natchez, New Orleans, Mobile, etc. etc... Sherman beat the devil out of Hood and created very bad memories in Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina. By the way; Lee and his "army" kidnapped numerous African Americans living in Pennsylvania in 1863. The victims of Lees criminal conduct were sent into slavery in the South. Is there a list of the names of those victims of that Confederate criminal action?

[@HarrierDubois]

Is the Ed he’s referencing to, Ed Bearss?

[@b1005c]

And he married a southerner... Story of my life :)

[@carywest9256]

From my understanding, he is either is divorced or separated from Angie. And she is a. Yankee from Pennsylvania.

[@marymoriarity2555]

A lot surrender events happened on July 4 in CW. Grant again generous surrender terms. It prepared him for Lee’s surrender at Appomattox.

[@philipgior3312]

Matt rules!

[@bertosborn8290]

Don’t blame Pemberton for losing Vicksburg. The blame lies with Joe Johnston for his lack of support and with Grant who whipped everyone he fought against.

[@ftffighter]

GO MATT!!

[@madigan1916]

"Ed don't know anything about Vicksburg..." LOL!

[@crimony3054]

Grant's strategy is a microcosm of the entire Union plan to win. He accepted that the Confederate big guns in Vicksburg could sink any transport sent down the river, but he realized that if overwhelmed with ships they could not sink them all -- the military concept of local superiority. Then he figured that to succeed, he only needed to commit to losing about 40% of his supply ships, a big cost but one the Union could afford. The Union could afford big losses. This is the same strategy he employed in the Overland Campaign a year later. He just kept sending the soldiers into the fight. The Union lost a lot of men, particularly at Cold Harbor, but they had the men to lose. The Confederacy didn't.

[@DTwxrisk]

your an idiot. Thats was not grants strategy at all

[@willoutlaw4971]

Does displaying the rebel flag mean that you intend to marry your sister?

[@matthewemery5933]

FUNNY KNOWLEDGEABLE