The Bloody Angle - Union Attack at Spotsylvania | Overland 160

[@Eupher72120]

I, like many others I'm sure, continue to be amazed at the sheer amount of historical perspective all of you gentlemen (and Sarah) put into these videos. All of it without a laser pointer and a rostrum, on site where the action happens, and not without a little drama -- Kris' encounters with the trucks, for example, on the Brock Road. Very glad to see Chris M. back in the saddle (missed him in the first few videos), though Kris and especially Dan Davis are extremely knowledgeable. I have learned more about the Overland Campaign in these few short videos than I ever knew before. Well done, Lady and Gents!

[@kjmav10135]

Back in 1973, I was a 13-year=old kid, exploring my grandmother’s attic in Vermont. I found a cocoa tin, pulled off the cover, and I found a bunch of old, old letters, the first of which was dated July 6, 1863-Gettysburg, PA. I rediscovered my great great grandfather’s Civil War letters. He never came home. We never knew where he died, though. So the next spring break, my Mom and Dad took my brother and I to northern Virginia to see if we could find out. I don’t remember all the details of that trip, but I do remember our excitement as the Spotsylvania Courhouse Park Official (park ranger? I don’t remember) came back to us with an answer. This is where Thomas Brown fought and died. Battle of the Bloody Angle. Years later, when I was in my 30s, I transcribed the letters we had-about 53 of them. I haven’t looked at them lately. I’ll have to do that now that I know what a “picket” is! We donated the original letters to the Vermont Historical Society.

[@Zzyzx--]

Best description of the Mule Shoe battles I've ever heard - great work by the ABT team! You can't get this level of understanding by looking at maps, this is minute-by-minute coverage

[@blablablaimadirtytramp]

You all always do an amazing job. Thank you gang for all you do.

[@ATT-02]

You guys are AWESOME!! I love your enthusiasm!! ITS CONTAGIOUS!! Thank you for the education! 👏👏👏

[@dadsongs]

You folks hit it out of the park, once again!

[@frankofva8803]

Great to see Chris!

[@edwil111]

Both Chris's rock at explaining the battle mechanics! Dan too! This must have been video'd in early April, no tree foliage.

[@TomBoyce-s5h]

One is Kris and the other is Chris!

[@ronyantz7349]

Amazing perspective of the beginning movements of the bloody angle engagement that will be pure carnage and relentless fighting for hours upon hours Team Trust!

[@terryeustice5399]

Chris and Dan as well Kris .Leave the snakes lie. There was a lot of strategy in the battle of the wilderness. Really enjoying your 160 anniversary of this battle. Thank you men for sharing! ❤️💯👊👍

[@chriscarpenter8634]

My ancestor was in the previously jones brigade in the 48th Virginia on the lambert road doing picket duty the night of the grand attack he wrote that they ran around the mule shoe to the right of it looking at a map because they were afraid the main confederate line would shoot them. I’m glad he was spared during most of this terrible attack

[@georgerobertson3862]

I appreciate all the hard work you all put into this I have not miss one of them and learn so much I plan walking Spotsylvania this June

[@annmcgehee1728]

Excellent video, the importance of topography and the rivers in the area definitely played a large part in the battle.

[@sbishop6450]

Loving this, thanks everyone. (enjoying Andys little editorial comments!) 😉

[@AmericanBattlefieldTrust]

😄

[@dindu551]

guys, you are brilliant. thank you

[@jameshann8520]

What we've all been waiting for.

[@mandyblush]

Right right.

[@MrElliotc02]

Another great job...many thanks

[@frankcozin7322]

Great job covering these battles! Keep up the good work!

[@delstanley1349]

12:44 Copperhead? On the road to perdition, this is the last place I would expect Clement Vallandigham!

[@genes.3285]

An excellent video. I wouldn't be too hard on the CCC. If not for them, we wouldn't be seeing anything today. Just flat ground.

[@ebrim5013]

Fantastic video. I can’t help but laugh when I hear that Ewell is saying “Give me enough men and I can hold this line.” Sir, it’s 1864 Confederacy, ‘enough men’ is one luxury you certainly don’t have.

[@robertlee8474]

I’m a distance runner who trained 100,000 miles since 1977. I once ran along the roads in the Petersburg Battlefield Park at dark, stopping only to listen to one of the audios. I saw a lady runner running along what was the railroad cut at 2nd Mannasas when I toured there once and know races are held at Gettysburg Battlefield Park. Maybe that shouldn’t be allowed? I know I felt bad after I had finished my workout at Petersburg. Seems disrespectful. Won’t do it again. ( saw that runner, run by you guys) Thank you all. Wonderful videos

[@Eupher72120]

Well, we wouldn't know if that runner had encountered that copperhead -- or not.

[@michaelnewton5873]

Ruckers hike the parks all the time. Public lands are there to use. Also roads are paved perfect for running. Not a cemetery a interpretive park. For the military and everyone else.

[@michaelnewton5873]

@Bodiddley788 The Respect is that these soldiers are being remembered. Europe doesnt have parks to remember there major battles.

[@thomash8501]

Dr. Mackowski, 4:08 to 4:14 you say, " Grant wants everyone all in and with all that pressure he's convinced that Grant is going to break?" Don't you mean Lee?

[@Eupher72120]

Yeah, a verbal gaffe. I caught that too.

[@burrellbikes4969]

What a missed opportunity for the Union army. Twice they had broken the line. Twice they couldn’t push far enough. On the second time, things were going well overall for the Union, but Warren failed to make his assault. Giving Lee just enough of a space to stalemate the muleshoe. Had Warren attacked with his full force…this could have been a seriously decisive battle. The Confederates sure had the advantage of luck over and over again.

[@jankovarik9714]

What I want to know is just how much cramming do you do, prior to shooting the video???

[@AmericanBattlefieldTrust]

Most of this stuff just forever lives in their heads

[@jankovarik9714]

@@AmericanBattlefieldTrust ...that's a scary thought...

[@larrydemaar409]

Nice description and narrative, but it is hard to figure out where you are on the battlefield with the lack of landmarks, other than the snake. What direction were you walking? Need a location and path on a modern battlefield map.

[@HistoricWrath]

24:33 kind of a Missionary Ridge effect. What’s with the Confederates putting their works on the actual crest and not the military crest?

[@paulkoza8652]

Nice.

[@valedslinger6290]

I live on the Old Telegraph Rd at today's Rt 1 in Spotsylvania.

[@Baskerville22]

Why was it called the "Overland Campaign" ?

[@AmericanBattlefieldTrust]

McClellan's 1862 attempt to take Richmond involved a lot of naval operations. 1864 was strictly by land, thus "overland"

[@TomBoyce-s5h]

@@AmericanBattlefieldTrust excellent summary.

[@chuckoffcampus9738]

Which side came up with the "Bloody Angle" name?

[@TomBoyce-s5h]

Both armies.

[@kenthonea3251]

My gg grandfather and his 3 brothers entered the pit of hell with the 1SC Orr’s Rifles and somehow they all lived.

[@tillvalhalla2271]

I had an ancestor with the Louisiana Tigers who was there and helped repulse the breakthrough at the Bloody Angle. Ironically, he was bitten by a snake on May 18th, disabling him.

[@bigsarge2085]

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[@michaelhoffman5348]

I don't think Lee ever thought that Grant was "retreating" when he was shifting his army around to the Fredericksburg Road side of the battlefield. Lee thought that Grant was disengaging to swing around Lee's right AGAIN to try to outflank him. Therefore, Lee started to shift his troops to counter this, but he had guessed incorrectly.

[@-PanzerRabbit-]

If I remember right you guys are walking around where the Stonewall bridge made its last stand...

[@shanerjedi1138]

Chris White's ball cap has seen better days.

[@flymdjets]

The plaque states that Landram House survived the battle and succumbed to fire in 1905.

[@craiggleason8386]

Glad we didn't get to see someone snake bit

[@irockuroll60]

Speaking my of snakes. I see snakes all the time as I mountain bike a lot….any stories about snakes in the civil war? I have thought about this a number of times and can only imagine how many run ins they had marching, camping, and on campaign. Also, snakes were much more populated back then due to population growth and development.

[@irockuroll60]

@@andygossard4293 this is true. Prob the same for the pacific theatre during WW2

[@culloden23]

The copperhead wanted peace. Thats all….

[@josephoneill1450]

Confederate Engineer, Martin Luther Smith, from my understanding, laid these lines out by moonlight, along with other engineers present for this work. If so, might not the absence of adequate light been a huge factor in how poorly these lines were laid out?

[@jeremygriggs4906]

I grew up on Plantation Forrest dr found a minie ball in a creek in the woods in the early 90’s when I was a kid