The Battle of Spotsylvania Court House | Full Documentary And Animated Battle Map

[@pegrathwol]

Great video! A really nice job of breaking down the tactical movements to fire on both sides. Well done sir. I live about a half an hour from Spotsylvania Courthouse Battlefield. I can tell you, it's one of the best preserved battlefields this side of Gettysburg. Well worth the visit. But all over Northern Virginia, the reaver's blade of the developer is knocking at the door. I've watched many former battlefields be transformed into gas stations, chain restaurants, strip malls, parking lots, and subdivisions. If you want to preserve places like this battlefield, consider donating to American Battlefield Trust and Central Virginia Battlefield trust. They will preserve this hallowed ground so it's available for our children and grandchildren.

[@Bushmaster3327]

I made it all the way to the last 4 minutes before the grandkids woke up, and like baby birds, they were chirping for breakfast. What a great video about our history, the brutality of war, and the men who fought for our freedom. Thank you sir !

[@HistoryGoneWilder]

Thank you so much for watching!

[@ethanpf449]

Love these full length videos

[@jonpage4029]

Some of the most accurate and interesting research I've seen. Well done

[@michaelhenry8890]

Thank you so much for this content. Genuinely grateful.

[@stephentaylor9630]

Outstanding video! The amount time and effort to put this together must be acknowledged. The maps and animation were superb. I have a relative who was a Private who served with the Union Amry with VI Corp (Wright), 3rd Brigade (Ricketts), 106th NY Volunteer Infantry Regiment, Company I. I watched the video twice. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to see the NY 106th deployed. My own research shows that the NY 106th was included in the order of battle. Can you provide any additional information on the deployments of the 106th? Once again, great job!

[@rs91268]

Awesome video sir

[@ellietobe]

The Civil War is a mystery to me. How men can do such things to each other is beyond my understanding. I have seen Grant called a “butcher” because of this and other battles. You have to have a strong will to see men killed and maimed along with all of the other brutality and then continue on. I don’t believe that Grant was any more of a “butcher” than Lee was. Lee, himself, said that he knew that they could not win the war but that he had to let them learn that fact for themselves. What a terrible waste of life and responsibility for massive suffering. I believe that the war would have ended much sooner if Lincoln had not had the most unwilling of Generals from the beginning. It was not until Grant and Sherman did the most difficult of brutal deeds in order to end the war that tide of the war turned.

[@jimplummer4879]

Agreed.

[@jimplummer4879]

The only drawback of the war ending early might have been the continuation of slavery.

[@michaellynnhardy]

Congratulations. A great deal of work went into the depiction of the movements -- May 12 was amazingly helpful to understanding

[@HistoryGoneWilder]

I'm so glad you enjoyed and learned from it.

[@vm.999]

Excellent Intel

[@crippledcrow2384]

Looks like the Union caught the worst of it at Spotsylvania. Poor 2nd Corps caught hell because Grant and Mead put too much confidence in Hancock the Magnificent, and his troops were always the ones who made the charge.

[@StephenLuke]

RIP To the 2,725 Union troops and 1,515 Confederate troops who were killed in the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House

[@RhonwenBear]

My 4x great grandfather Henry Weigner was part of the PA 96th Infantry regiment and was injured and captured during this battle.

[@hw260]

General Nathan Bedford Forrest would have likely turned the tide quickly in the Confederate's favor. Just his specialty. Up close, violent, hand-to-hand combat in what was the Mule Shoe/Salient nightmare. Lee's missed opportunity. Another great video, Doc.

[@bulldogmadhav5762]

There is no reason to believe he would have made a difference. I don’t understand why people act like he is some kind of god. He is a competent Calvary commander Highly overrated

[@hw260]

@@bulldogmadhav5762 Exactly Bulldog...You don't understand. You never will. Ignorance is bliss.

[@buckdraper303]

@@hw260 He was better than just a competent cavalry commander, but his participation there wouldn't have changed the trajectory of the campaign as a whole. The South was irrevocably losing.

[@johnnyrambo7659]

Forrest was an idiot, but he had heart. To suggest he would have turned the tide of this battle is laughable.

[@hw260]

@@johnnyrambo7659 Keep your very uneducated opinions to yourself. Not interested. Bugger off.

[@89volvowithlazers]

The only way to count casualties is to count the muster now who knows the initial muster? 10k casualties each easy wounded missing pow and deserters

[@oldtruthteller2512]

Hell on earth