The Civil War Battle Series: The Road to Appomattox

[@franktrautman1863]

What a beautiful rendition of the battle hymn of the republic!

[@Adam-iq8rv]

When I was a child,.I did a school report on Appomattox. I had never heard the word before and I pronounced it "uh- poe- muh- tox" .the class laughed at me. I am 47 now..scarred for life.

[@sashek8451]

😂🤣😂🤣

[@travisclack4734]

Thank you so much for this series I love American history this series is the most interesting civil war series out there.

[@joeyhunter842]

No it isn’t

[@ronniedurie7752]

I had two Gr-Gr-Grandpa's fighting in the Civil War. On my mothers side my gr-gr-grandpa was in the 2nd Appomattox Virginia Raiders under Gen. Fitzhugh Lee. Actually his family farm was about 1/4 of a mile behind the McClean home through the woods!!!. On my fathers side my Gr-Gr-Grandpa was in the 7th New Jersey Vol Infantry. They both were fighting at Gettysburg Pa. But luckily they were about 3 miles from each other. My Calvary grandpa was on the east side of Gettysburg fighting against Gen. Custer! And my Union Grandpa was in the fighting in the Peach Orchard! I was able to find both of their monuments and felt with tears of what they must have seen and felt!. My southern Grandpa when he surrendered I didn't see that he got a parole paper. Because he didn't need one. All he did was get on his horse and rode that rabbit trial through those woods to his family farm only a 1/4 mile away. They both had seen enough! It was time to bring our country back into focus for the true cause of our Union together because we were going to need that later as we faced other enemies of our American flag!. I Love and respect both of my Gr-Gr-Grandpa's! I have even framed my discharge and mustering out papers of my Union Grandpa! Love it!!!

[@buddygraham1486]

Beautifuly put and said my friend. For sure there will always be enemies that come and go. But, Family is forever! I am a Southerner by Birth and have Family from the North by Marriage. I love both and find that our vunerabilities are very similar. We all have that human vunerability and find that as much as we believe we do not need anyone. We are tied together thru blood and mass. The Northerner likes to forge ahead and take control, while the Southernor will watch for a while then God help you if you cross the line...lol. Since 2020 and the Geat Covid-19 migration of the North. We have a saying down here in the South. "It feels like Shermans March without the fire" and we welcome each and everyone. We will all have another battle to face soon and i have a feeling it will not be between the North or South. But, against Big money whom own the Politicians and the Judicial branches of government. These foes have promoted a cultural divide in this country that will again split this Nation and unfortunately our Families.

[@matthewgabbard6415]

I thought you were stuttering for a minute there haha

[@seandoyle2983]

It's these glimpses into otherwise not well known subjects that I enjoy.

[@rayward3630]

Dr. DePue does maybe the best job describing the battles of the war as anyone.

[@carollee8823]

After seeing what's at the front I'd be in the band too.

[@zzbudzz]

My great great grandfather fought in the 61st Virginia and was paroled at Appomattox .

[@travisbayles870]

Salute from Alabama to your ancestor

[@Tupelo927]

Phenomenal programme by all the speakers. Thank you for sharing.

[@kirklandraab1999]

Excellent presentation

[@leftyshawenuph4026]

This guy reminds me of a girl I met at the club one night. She looked so good in that dim lighting, and dancing in front of the strobe light. Plus I had been drinking. She was a perfect 10. Then I woke up next to her in her bed the next morning with that clear morning sunlight shining on her face, and she looked at me and said "Calvary", when she meant "cavalry". I realized then what a horrible mistake I had made.

[@sashek8451]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@marknewton6984]

We all make mistakes.

[@erichodge567]

​@@marknewton6984, he said "Calvary" for "cavalry" repeatedly and consistently. Bad, especially for a Ph.D historian. Still, it was a very good talk.

[@alanaadams7440]

Battle hymm of the Republic is my favorite

[@Grunt802VT]

Vermont Brigade making the break through in Petersburg!!!! Green Mountain Boys will Always be here!!

[@markmccormack1796]

Very good detail and story telling.

[@crumbum2]

I've never been so happy for fast forward as when those ladies came on to sing. Thank you youtube!

[@MosinShooter109]

Thanks for the warning homes

[@ptschmidt99]

@@MosinShooter109 m ko m

[@Skydv2005]

Wow.

[@jpvanden1]

Yeah, that was pretty rough lol

[@alanaadams7440]

Per Carl Sandburg book Lincoln told a woman who came to the White House "I will never see peace as this war is killing me."

[@gsilcoful]

Thank you.

[@alanaadams7440]

Mr and Mrs Grant were supposed to go to the theatre but Mrs Grant thought Mary Lincoln was such a disagreeable person they declined

[@marknewton6984]

"Beside that, Mrs.Lincoln, how did you enjoy the play?"

[@alainarchambault2331]

If you get bored with the speeches on letters and such, the talk on the war commences again at 45:00

[@lawrence9506]

Thanks.

[@89RealThe]

Thank you

[@jasonskaggs5538]

You truly are a life saver lol

[@kurtc6302]

Dr DePue 👍

[@GregJay]

An ironic historical fact the war began on a farmers land Wilmer McLean, the civil war started and ended at the same man's house.

[@EK-gr9gd]

Pity, the lecture about Petersburg isn't in the playlist.

[@paulmorales3815]

At 5:59 the speaker said fifteenth corps, I think he means the xxv corps

[@alanaadams7440]

It has been estimated that 1-2 million horses and mules died in the civil war

[@Yora21]

They called it the Confederates' Waterloo. What followed was Lee's retreat from Moscow.

[@pantheman6139]

Ooooo deep cut! I like it 👍🏿

[@SlitchBatty]

Waterloo is nowhere near Moscow

[@TheDavidlloydjones]

@@SlitchBatty If Trump gets back in, there's a job waiting for you in the State Department, John. Hell, you're qualified to be his DCIA.

[@noneofyoudamnbuisness2608]

😂😂😂 wow!! That went way the fu*k over your head.

[@MothaLuva]

The victory of the Union is overrated.

[@leftyshawenuph4026]

The singing at the very end... would be perfect played in a haunted house, or outside your house on Halloween to terrify the trick-or-treat kids, or to induce vomiting if you swallow poison, or to run the rats out of the immediate area. I want to buy the CD and give it to my nasty neighbor.

[@wilshirewarrior2783]

Historians..please the name of horse troops is cavalry…not calvary

[@Korkzorz]

Is the Petersburg presentation on KZbin as well? I was unable to find it.

[@zacharyhuffman1863]

That's what I've been looking for

[@Jon.A.Scholt]

Is there one on Fredericksburg?

[@alanaadams7440]

I haven't found it either

[@kentuckygoblins8236]

It sounds like this was a 13 part series, but they only uploaded about 6 of them. I wish they’d upload all of them because they’re superb.

[@travisclack4734]

@@Jon.A.Scholt okay I thought I just couldn’t use KZbin lol after Vicksburg I tried to find it.

[@NoelG702]

You guys never added the presentation in between cold harbor and Appomattox. Why?

[@andytucker6783]

Thank God I'm a Yankee from candlewood lake in Connecticut. Now i live in east chico California. I've been to nearly every state mexico n Canada etc. Nothing beats union blue America

[@leftyshawenuph4026]

You haven't been to NC. I also have been to every state (except Maine). The southeast and the northwest and the CO/UT Rockies beat the northeast relentlessly with a club.

[@juniorbutler8934]

Nuthn beats union blue…….cept confederate grey…..we greybacks don’t like Yankees down here….

[@leftyshawenuph4026]

@@juniorbutler8934 Speak for yourself. You country rednecks are in the minority. The VAST majority of us southerners aren't living like it's still 1865. Grow up. Read something, why don't ya?

[@otakonjunkie]

@@juniorbutler8934 then why does this video end with Lee surrendering?

[@juniorbutler8934]

@@otakonjunkie logistics...

[@russkevski69]

Great series, have enjoyed listening to the lectures a lot and it has helped me a lot with understanding the Civil War a lot more. In saying that I have a question. I have noticed in most of the series that Dr DePue constantly mentions how many regiments are from Illinois, and I am curious as to why he points that out? Being from Australia, not sure where they are from makes it overly relevant in the context of battle. Thanks

[@richardm123]

Most of these lectures are being presented at the Lincoln Presidential Library in Springfield, Illinois. So my guess would be that it would be for the audience

[@ralphranzinger4197]

It never occurred to me that Unconditional Surrender Grant gave very light Surrender terms to Lee..... that shows how Important that Surrender was to Grant. On the Other hand, Commanders know when to quit. It took long enough for Lee to do so, but he did. Tat is a view lost in 20th and 21st century.

[@alanaadams7440]

The saddest song of all is Tapps

[@gamingwhatwecan]

#2 in the battle series playlist and it's about letters and music and a few battles at the end. This playlist doesn't make sense.

[@jimc.goodfellas]

"Jubal Early" is like the perfect name for a Southern Confederate

[@johnhughes3963]

Wilmer Mclean was my great uncle!

[@johnfranklin1955]

Chamberlain gives his great description of the surrender ceremony, unfortunately some it is Chamberlain’s BS.

[@indy_go_blue6048]

TYVM. I deeply respect JLC but the cult of Chamberlain gets sickening sometimes. For example, 20th ME wasn't "chosen for the honor" of accepting the surrender, it just happened to be available and next in line for an assignment. It WAS an honor, but they weren't specifically "chosen" for it.

[@tamlandipper29]

Ah! Jaysis! Some crappy ad for Cheap Chinese nail clippers kicked off in the middle of the Bonny Blue Flag at THREE TIMES THE VOLUME. Whingeing aside, as good a point as any to say DO NOT BUY from these specific retailers. They are knock offs or terrible quality if you get anything at all.

[@sashek8451]

😂😂😂😂

[@TheDavidlloydjones]

I thought kids learned this in Sunday school: guys on horses: cavalry. Calvary? Guys on crosses.

[@BoulderCreekSteve]

I thought kids learned this in school: stop copying poor writing techniques of your peers. You: I didn’t learn the lesson. Me: Annoyed by you children, knock it off .

[@marknewton6984]

Jesus on horseback would be called what?

[@luzalgarin9518]

The Bible foretells a time when peace will be achieved​ not through mankind. Psalm 46:9 says regarding the Creator, Jehovah God: “He is making wars to cease to the extremity of the earth.” Jehovah God will accomplish true peace by means of his Kingdom, for which many sincere people have repeatedly prayed Matthew 6:9, 10: "Our Father in the heavens, let your name be sanctified. Let your Kingdom come. Let your will take place, as in heaven, also on earth." His Kingdom is not an elusive condition of the heart; it is a real government through which God will establish peace from one end of the earth to the other. The inspired prophet Isaiah foretold that subjects of that government will not “learn war anymore.” (Isaiah 2:4) By means of a worldwide educational program, people will learn to live in peace and thus “beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning shears.”

[@DarthMercanto]

I disagree that Davis was calling for Guerrilla Warfare

[@macattack144]

👏

[@hlysnan6418]

I could go for some shad...

[@jimplummer4879]

Hey 7th Rhode Island.

[@decimated550]

17:13 Another presenter gives a talk on the content and style of Civil War letters

[@JdL1495]

Southern planter society--the society of rich men, grown fat on the free and brutalizing labor of enslaved Africans--deserved to end in the gallows; but was instead allowed to revive and flourish through a campaign of terror waged by the reincarnated Confederate army, the Ku Klux Klan, and the thorough re-writing of history that southern scholars were later allowed to engage in. That was the true tragedy of the conclusion of the war. We had the chance to rip out root and stem the very rotten foundations of southern society, and instead we delivered them freedom with full honor and dignity.

[@pechorin100]

Well said.

[@gerrytyrrell1507]

Agree Lee,Davis,& especially that arch rebel Bedford Forrest got off lightly. The rebellion was not brought to the right conclusion.

[@johncollorafi257]

It's actually even worse than all that. The south tried to conquer vast parts of the Union and turn them into slave states, and planned the same in Central America. This is proven in detail in a book on Amazon, Knights of the Golden Circle, by David Keehn.

[@buddygraham1486]

Well, what ever end you scoundrels would have desired seems to be in the heart of the Democratic Party to this day and led by those such as yourselves bent on revenge and a beligerent attitude of domination. All i can say is come and get you some and believe me when i say it. The men of the South were fighting for alot more than slavery. That was the Black mans reason and rightly so, but sadly have used this to try and revenge their plight to this day. It will not end well for you or your race if this or any other such cause is used to try and liberate the American White male from his God given place on this contenant. We as Americans first and foremost have and will again prove our worth on the battle field. The culture of damnation that is so prevalent in our society today will not succeed and will only lead to a cleansing that will make the Great Civil War look like a skirmish. Gods will on earth as it is in heaven will be the final outcome. Amen

[@Tupelo927]

@@buddygraham1486 The south *is* rising in many ways...drug abuse & overdoses, teen pregnancy, maternal mortality, obesity, diabetes, crime, prisoners, suicide, poverty, high school dropouts. Focus your ire on local politicians, Buddy.

[@brucehutchinson9527]

🙏🏻🇼🇸❤🇼🇸🙏🏿

[@MG-dj7jv]

Who is Eileen?!?

[@leftyshawenuph4026]

This guy is an expert. "Cal-va-ry" Oh. Maybe not.

[@paulbrewster4819]

There are some less well informed watchers. Ergo, a few dates would be helpful.

[@garyhead2554]

I want to make one point just one Slavery was an American Problem not just a Southern Problem, We are taught in school that the south alone was responsible for slavery and that just is not true, Slavery existed in this country before we even had a country, We should have freed everyone in the first revolution but we did not that is why I personally believe that it was a National problem and not just a southern one Lincoln himself said if he could keep the Union together without freeing the slaves he would do it.

[@Dbobcol]

Slavery existed everywhere in the world at some point and still exists today. It’s ugly the way it had to exist in this country. But at the time of the revolution, all the colonies needed to be united against Great Britain or else it would’ve failed. If they were to end slavery at the founding of the country the southern states would’ve wanted nothing to do with the United States. Idk where you went to school but I was never taught slavery was only a southern issue. It had always been a national issue. All the compromises, the Supreme Court cases, bleeding Kansas, it was never something that was being ignored. With the exception of where congress agreed they wouldn’t discuss the issue of slavery for the first 30 years it had always been a hot button issue. As soon as that compromise expired, calls for abolition were made by northern politicians in congress. One was even caned for denouncing slavery in the congressional chamber. I get what your point is and I’m not disagreeing with it entirely. The southern plantation owners are still mostly responsible for slavery in this country, as they were the ones who needed them . Also you need to preserve a county under the rule of the federal government before you can outlaw slavery in it .I just think you’re leaving out a lot of historical context and information to maintain your position.

[@johnpeter4184]

Appomattox should have never happened. From late July 3rd Gen.Mead should have persued Lee's army of Northern Virginia killing and capturing as many as possible. Those not killed or wounded could care for their own in a camp like Andersonville.

[@Dbobcol]

If we’re going by that logic, the war should’ve been finished soon after Hooker moved on Chancellorsville. Plus the Union prison camp in Elmira, NY had the nickname “Hell-mira” for a reason. Meade had good reason to not pursue Lee after Gettysburg, namely it was the battle with the most casualties on both sides. Along with Meade being very new in command, it’s understandable why he’d be hesitant to pursue. With all the casualties one can only assume that unit cohesion was too low for a big pursuit of Lees army across the Potomac.

[@johnpeter4184]

@@Dbobcol 5 months ago!! After Grant was informed about conditions at Andersonville by Sherman.. Grant cut ration way back in the pow camps in the north. The smart guys became galvanized... 😃

[@Dbobcol]

@@johnpeter4184 grant always making the baller moves. I wouldn’t wanna be a prisoner for either side in that war tbh tho

[@marknewton6984]

Did you know Andersonnville was only a prison for 14 months at the end? Grant stopped all prisoner exchanged, which made people mad.

[@hookares8551]

Why is this called the Battle Series?

[@Mishigansux]

Because there are multiple lectures covering a number of battles...

[@humbertoflores2545]

Because there are many videos of civil war battles lectures in chronological order.

[@willoutlaw4971]

Thank you Generals Meade, Grant, Sherman, and Sheridan. Thank you for killing as many Confederate traitors as you did. Unfortunately you did not kill enough of them.

[@trevorthompson8252]

Fuck you.

[@alanaadams7440]

Wow

[@scottobryant1]

Appomattox was when the republic was lost

[@trevorthompson8252]

@@scottobryant1 so much truth in that.

[@scottobryant1]

@@trevorthompson8252 the war of northern aggression was when the people of the south lost their freedom forever, I fear

[@methanbreather]

without all the fluff, 45minutes long....

[@ltrain4479]

The singers at the end are really really bad. So out of tune.

[@bellztoll]

It was really bad, everything else was top top notch.

[@Khasidon]

00:45 "it was followed by the most tragic moment in American history", now I was sure he would say that despite slavery was abolished, black people was still not free because of laws after reconstruction and the Jim Crow laws. But no, he said the assassination of Lincoln.

[@jamesmiller5331]

Because reconstruction could have been so much different with President Lincoln serving his presidency and being around for after. The assassination hurt our country to this very day.

[@Khasidon]

@@jamesmiller5331 That's guess-work.

[@jamesmiller5331]

@@Khasidon it's educated guesswork

[@berthadean536]

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[@quill444]

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[@bcaddiction]

It's CAVALRY, not Calvary! Good God man think of the kittens!

[@ami2evil]

The "singing" made my ears bleed...

[@travisbayles870]

Had I foreseen the events of subjugation I would have preferred to have died at Appomattox General Robert E Lee Confederate Army

[@joiewood1301]

Those ladies singing at the end were so off key

[@ChadIsAmazingMakeADifference]

can't believe a thing. i love propaganda tho

[@cavandavidson1185]

Ridiculous shouty presentation.

[@kyleknowdpp172]

Awesome presentation until the last bit....blatantly killed a great song with a absolutely horrid rendering

[@hookares8551]

When these lecturers start quoting civilians or the rank and file, they are adding fill. Time to go elsewhere.

[@zekleinhammer]

Rank and file is very interesting to me. These are the men who died to win or lose the war.

[@creedlang419]

@@zekleinhammer I definitely agree..

[@henrylansky4177]

You do not understand history.

[@henrylansky4177]

You should stick to military history if that is the case. What you’re describing is the comprehensive study of history.

[@tracioliver1498]

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[@2nikola2]

Johny Reb shall rise again!

[@crumbum2]

Zombies are real!

[@davidc4983]

Johnny reb better sit the fuck down before he gets spanked into submission again

[@josephcockburn7524]

@@davidc4983 how are you going to do that?

[@willoutlaw4971]

Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, and all confederates who supported secession should have been summarily executed within 3 days of the end of the civil war. No trial, no debate, no " lost cause". Just a rope and mass hangings. Treason is a capital crime punishable by death.

[@neilhillis9858]

Same way the anti-American traitor sewer-rats were dealt with before - by meeting the slave-holders' aggression with overwhelming force. The "Lost Cause trash could not keep up a fight these days though - illiteracy being a bigger encumbrance these days than back then.

[@steelydan449]

That singing at the end is not very good. Wow