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The Armchair Historian

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@TheArmchairHistorian
@TheArmchairHistorian 2 жыл бұрын
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@jetcraneboyd4278
@jetcraneboyd4278 2 жыл бұрын
Finally a good video about Antietam!
@baseddorset3513
@baseddorset3513 2 жыл бұрын
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@pyromike7237
@pyromike7237 2 жыл бұрын
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@kebabkebab6312 2 жыл бұрын
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@expandedhistory
@expandedhistory 2 жыл бұрын
The rarest words ever spoken: “McClellan decides to attack.”
@woodse0651
@woodse0651 2 жыл бұрын
Right up there with "Burnside, in a stunning act of competence"
@ddrake9
@ddrake9 2 жыл бұрын
McClellan attacked in the peninsular campaign. Out of the whole war only two Union generals would make it to Richmond, which is Grant and McClellan
@rc59191
@rc59191 2 жыл бұрын
Thank God General Meade eventually got put on charge of the Army of The Potomac I had 2 3rd great grandpas serve in it one in the Bucktail Brigade and another in the Iron Brigade they're lucky Mcclean didn't get them both killed.
@eldorados_lost_searcher
@eldorados_lost_searcher 2 жыл бұрын
@@rc59191 Not to downplay your ancestors' experience (I also had relatives in the AoP), but not getting his men killed may have been one of McClellan's major failing as a commander, since he was cautious to the point of inactivity at times.
@brandonconkey2591
@brandonconkey2591 2 жыл бұрын
@@rc59191 a
@daltonroller2998
@daltonroller2998 2 жыл бұрын
Despite this being the bloodiest single-day battle in American history with 21,000+ casualties in the span of 12 hours, I hardly hear of people talk about it in recent years. I’m glad you’ve given your take on this battle, Griffin.
@Terminalsanity
@Terminalsanity 2 жыл бұрын
I think its because it was tactical stalemate and while it was strategic disaster for the Confederacy it wasn't the definitive nail in the coffin for Confederate offensive capability that Gettysburg was. After Gettsyburg there was no hope to March on Washington even on paper, none that dream was dead.
@Jack-sq6xb
@Jack-sq6xb 2 жыл бұрын
I'm from the area but for a really bloody day, what was the result? Lots of teenaged boys dead? Sure. Other than that? Not much. There's a cool campsite but I mean, it happened nearly 130 years ago and much more interesting things happened, in comparison to trench warfare in WWI 21k people isn't as interesting.
@FieldMarshalYT
@FieldMarshalYT 2 жыл бұрын
Meanwhile: the Battle of Malplaquet with 35,000+ casualties in one day
@celston51
@celston51 2 жыл бұрын
@@Terminalsanity Most of the discussion about Antietam focuses on the effects of this conflict outside of the battlefield. Lincoln held off the draft of the Emancipation Proclamation until after Antietam. Confederate prospects of European intervention lessened because of Antietam. It's not THE turning point of the war, but the effects definitely lessened Confederate chances of victory and mobilized the Union to focus on ending slavery.
@eldorados_lost_searcher
@eldorados_lost_searcher 2 жыл бұрын
Not many Harry Turtledove fans here, I take it?
@KyleMiddleton7
@KyleMiddleton7 2 жыл бұрын
A stunning display of competence seems like the highest praise most civil war generals could hope for.
@coryhall7074
@coryhall7074 2 жыл бұрын
In 1861 Burnside was a colonel in the Rhode Island militia, having resigned from the regular army in the 1850s and having only served as an engineer. Less than two years later he led a corps of over 10,000 men, 99% of whom had never been soldiers before the war. Competence was paid for over time and in blood.
@ronandanne1
@ronandanne1 2 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately for the Union soldiers, Burnside would not be very competent at Fredricksburg.
@zoanth4
@zoanth4 2 жыл бұрын
Competence was one of the best qualities of a CW general. They did their job well and nothing more. Most of the over the top commanders with high rep lead the most disastrous attacks and campaigns in the war.
@zoanth4
@zoanth4 2 жыл бұрын
@@ronandanne1 Burnside problems at Fredericksburg were mostly army incompetence and logistical competence that were outside his hands. It was a good plan....if the boats showed when he outnumbered the CSA 5:1.
@jeffeppenbach
@jeffeppenbach 2 жыл бұрын
@@zoanth4 Yes. If Old Brains hadn't botched things, assuming he didn't sabotage things intentionally that time, it might have ended Lee. But, Burnside showed a certain amount of tunnel vision. He would make a plan, then was unable to handle the inevitable changes to that plan. He could have put the entire army to work making pontoons out of the woods, and been across in short order. But, he was locked into his plan. Once across, and engaged in battle, he couldn't get orders out fast enough to his generals to deal with the changing situations. And then, half of those generals seemed to not understand those orders. He failed to make sure that they did as expected. They failed, often by feeding single regiments at a time, when whole brigades or corps were needed. Going back to the battle of the video, the fight for the stone bridge was another example of that tunnel vision. He couldn't seem to comprehend that the stream was little more that waist deep, less in places. But, instead, he fixated on that bridge, which was held for hours by sharpshooters. He could have simply marched his whole corps across the stream, bulldozed the one enemy unit, and been in Lee's flank and rear. Don't get me started about the Battle of the Crater. I'm already late for bed.
@imsomewhatcertain1024
@imsomewhatcertain1024 2 жыл бұрын
4 years going, and The Armchair Historian is still better than the History Channel.
@kyleshiflet9952
@kyleshiflet9952 2 жыл бұрын
Or as it call it know The Misinformation Channel
@imsomewhatcertain1024
@imsomewhatcertain1024 2 жыл бұрын
@@kyleshiflet9952 History Channel’s ‘Network Decay’ started when their reality tv shows kicked off.
@killmeorudie1
@killmeorudie1 2 жыл бұрын
But when the history channel tells this story they don’t leave out the aliens. Lol
@kyleshiflet9952
@kyleshiflet9952 2 жыл бұрын
@@imsomewhatcertain1024 agreed
@PalmelaHanderson
@PalmelaHanderson 2 жыл бұрын
The History Channel hasn't been about history in nearly 20 years. Once they realized shows about bigfoot, aliens, and mythical treasure only loosely based on any credible history pulled in greater numbers, that was it for history on TV.
@TheManFromWaco
@TheManFromWaco 2 жыл бұрын
Abraham Lincoln: "So you're telling me you had the Army of Northern Virginia's entire battleplan practically giftwrapped and handed to you, and the best you could achieve was a tactical draw?" George B. McClellan: "Er... Um... Yes sir." Abraham Lincoln: "I'm surrounded by idiots... but I can still use this."
@chaosXP3RT
@chaosXP3RT 2 жыл бұрын
It wouldn't be long until Abraham Lincoln found Ulysses S. Grant, the best general of the war.
@aidanhunt6872
@aidanhunt6872 2 жыл бұрын
@@chaosXP3RT finally, someone who isnt a Leeaboo
@chaosXP3RT
@chaosXP3RT 2 жыл бұрын
@@aidanhunt6872 Lost Cause Myths are a plague unfortunately
@mackenzieblair8135
@mackenzieblair8135 2 жыл бұрын
Special Order 191 wasn't the ANV's entire battleplan. And the battle wasn't a tactical draw.
@looinrims
@looinrims 2 жыл бұрын
@@aidanhunt6872 winning against the odds>winning with the odds ‘Leeaboo’ isn’t real
@skykid
@skykid 2 жыл бұрын
This battle demonstrates how revolutionary radio was to military engagements. Half of the reason Napoleon was so successful was because he prioritized communication between units and his generals knew him really well. It could also be argue the Wehrmacht's early success in ww2 was only because of radio.
@firingallcylinders2949
@firingallcylinders2949 2 жыл бұрын
That's something that Hollywood is terrible at portraying. Whenever you see ancient combat scenes and an entire Army does something in unison I know it's for a cool scene, but I'm just like wait how did everyone know what to do at the same time? Alexander is one of the few movies that you see them giving orders with flags.
@よしみ-x5j
@よしみ-x5j 2 жыл бұрын
@@firingallcylinders2949 True. Alexander is pretty good movie.
@Kaiserboo1871
@Kaiserboo1871 2 жыл бұрын
@@よしみ-x5j I thought the movie sucked, but I will concede that the action was accurate to historical warfare. But their portrayal of Alexander as being a sexually confused lover boy is a massive farce. Alexander the Great was one of the most arrogant, egotistical, and selfish men you could meet. He wanted to achieve glory at any cost. He cared little for Greece, his people, or even his empire, he just wanted to conquer. But that doesn’t make for a good, relatable protagonist to modern American audiences.
@matiashogden1240
@matiashogden1240 Жыл бұрын
Another example being Nelson, and how he focused on intent rather than continous control of his whole force
@taylor7772
@taylor7772 2 жыл бұрын
My great great grandfather was a Corporal in the federal army, more specifically, of the 26th Wisconsin regiment. He fought in 17 different engagements, including Gettysburg, Chancellorsville, and the Atlanta campaign.
@patrickm946
@patrickm946 2 жыл бұрын
My great great grandpa was a pvt in company K 10th Louisiana regiment , Stark’s brigade ,under stonewalls command .. he fought in every engagement from the Peninsula campaign to when he was killed in the mine run campaign of dec 1864 ... he captured a New York regiments colors around Winchester during the prelude battles to the Gettysburg campaign
@FEARbraveheart
@FEARbraveheart 2 жыл бұрын
Those southern soldiers weren't so tough after facing off against the Wisconsinites and Minnesotans, were they?
@ballbuster4317
@ballbuster4317 2 жыл бұрын
@@FEARbraveheart and look at you now....taking orders from Ilhan Omar and fighting against the 2nd amendment.....Yankees are the laughing stock of America
@woodlandcreature8857
@woodlandcreature8857 2 жыл бұрын
@@FEARbraveheart that's a pretty cringe and embarrassing response to 2 people talking about their ancestors experiences.
@patrickm946
@patrickm946 2 жыл бұрын
@@FEARbraveheart idk I didn’t know people from 160s years ago ... from what Ik it takes some type of toughness to stand and fight in any war and not run away ... and the history of this battle a it’s bloody legacy, kinda shows that neither side were backing down or turning yellow
@hoponpop3330
@hoponpop3330 2 жыл бұрын
McClellen was extremely popular with his troops He had built the Army from a rag tag group into an actual Army He likewise loved his Army which was he downfall as he was overly cautious.
@firingallcylinders2949
@firingallcylinders2949 2 жыл бұрын
Honestly a really good comparison for him is Captain Sobel in Band of Brothers. Great at training, drilling and getting a unit in order, but a complete buffoon tactically. The men of the 101st said they wouldn't have accomplished what they did in Bastogne if not for Sobel making them the best Airborne unit there was. McLellan took a bunch of rag tag volunteers and made them into the Army of the Potomac. He just couldn't move an Army properly. It's weird because he was very high in his class at West Point, he was liaison for the US to observe the Crimean War so he watched the European Armies fight. He was nicknamed "The Young Napoleon", but just couldn't lead an Army. He also had a huge ego, him and Lincoln butted heads all the time, he would run as a Democrat against Lincoln in 1864 and good thing he lost because he wanted nothing to do with freeing the slaves.
@kristaskrastina2863
@kristaskrastina2863 Жыл бұрын
@@firingallcylinders2949 Nah, Sobel was neither a tactitian nor a strategist - just a drill sergeant with zero use on the battlefield. McClellan, on the other hand, was one of the best strategists of the war. The Peninsula Campaign was planned almost perfectly. Just imagine Grant or Sherman (or maybe even Joe Hooker) executing that plan instead of McClellan himself - the war would be ended in 1862. But McClellan managed to drown himself with over-cautiosness (he also had a very bad recon) and terrible relations with people around him. He was so abrasive Lincoln simply didn't want him anywhere. And McClellan lost in 1864 mostly because of the horrendous program the Democrats had for him. It was contradictory, vague, and McClellan himself didn't believe in it. And Lincoln was waaaaay too experienced in politics to let McClellan win the Electoral College. With direct voting I'd say McClellan could win - with better program, of course. But even if McClellan won the outcome of the war would be the same - by March 1865 the war was nearly over. So McClellan would wrap up the war and reconstruct the country - just as Lincoln did.
@khalidgagnon8753
@khalidgagnon8753 Жыл бұрын
McClellan wasn't as bad a commander in my mind. He started out overly cautious but he was smart enough to capitalize on the information that lee split his army. I also argue that this fight showed a couple issues in the union army that not even McClellan could shake. In the prior peninsular campaign, while he made mistakes, he was constantly getting overly bloated claims on confederate numbers; that would make anyone more cautious, especially on enemy soil. Also during that campaign as well as at Antietam he didn't have "go-to" commanders like Jackson or Hill to work with. Heck just look at burnside for crying out loud. Not saying McClellan was the unions best commander, but I'd argue he was the third best --) behind grant and Sherman
@Sheriff723
@Sheriff723 Жыл бұрын
Even if you think he's better than people give him credit for, you can't discount commanders like Meade and especially George Thomas
@khalidgagnon8753
@khalidgagnon8753 Жыл бұрын
@@Sheriff723 Absolutely not. But in my mind the big 3 are Bronze: Sherman. (Controversial but hear me out) while tactically aggressive and capable, his destruction caused a rift. If Lincoln hadn't proposed such a kind approach to the restructuring of the union, many historians have proposed decades of guerilla fighting might have happened. Long term he almost shot us in the foot. If you put Meade here in bronze, I could believe it. McClellin is no. 2 for his work with the Army of The Potomac and showing spine and very Grant-esque strategies later on. With that said, grant is the gold-medal winner though Edit: you know what.... Sherman is an Honorary mention. Meade gets the spot
@MrWitchking21
@MrWitchking21 2 жыл бұрын
Funny thing is I just watched a brilliant presentation given at Gettysburg about Burnside and how McClellan had unwittingly given him the hardest job. Even modern generals are astounded that Burnside carried the Antietam bridge at all.
@dadbot8480
@dadbot8480 2 жыл бұрын
Burnside is objectively one of the most competent commanders in the entire civil war and they treat him like a doormat here. Shameful.
@coryhall7074
@coryhall7074 2 жыл бұрын
@@dadbot8480 He was an excellent administrator and was almost universally well liked as well as an advocate for repeating weaponry. He should have been made head of the Ordnance Department.
@zoanth4
@zoanth4 2 жыл бұрын
I'm surprised considering only 500 rebels opposed his entire corps at that bridge
@MrWitchking21
@MrWitchking21 2 жыл бұрын
@@zoanth4 At 3 rounds a minute, that's 1,500 mini balls coming your way and all you have is a narrow bridge to get across. The real debacle came at finding a ford, which even the Confederates had trouble with.
@FireandWhiteLight
@FireandWhiteLight 2 жыл бұрын
I was going to comment this! Burnside and McClellan were actually friends since West Point and the fact that he had been demoted from wing commander was only because his other corps, Hooker's, had ended up on the other end of the battlefield, so he took control of his old IX Corps. Plus it was only way after the battle that McClellan altered his report to make Burnside seem as part of the overall assault rather than a diversion, detracting potential blame from himself to put onto Burnside, especially after Fredericksburg and the Mud March.
@SDey47
@SDey47 2 жыл бұрын
“Burnside, in a stunning display of competence.” Lmao.
@woodse0651
@woodse0651 2 жыл бұрын
I totally lost it 🤣
@madarab37
@madarab37 3 ай бұрын
You slip up once at a crater and they never let you forget it.
@cheesecakent
@cheesecakent 2 жыл бұрын
I am convinced that the better sideburns these generals had the better general they were
@wublesmoop6125
@wublesmoop6125 2 жыл бұрын
Burnside has one of the most magnificent sideburns, and he is widely seen as one of the worst Union commanders, famous for blundering into a decisive defeat at Fredericksburg
@omarbradley6807
@omarbradley6807 2 жыл бұрын
And the Crater, and the Mudd march, to add to Burnside list.
@ballbuster4317
@ballbuster4317 2 жыл бұрын
Ambrose Burnside was a horrible commander....learn some history casual
@UnPaidWorker
@UnPaidWorker 2 жыл бұрын
Fredericksburg wasn't entirely his fault
@brianwilke592
@brianwilke592 2 жыл бұрын
Probably better check out Griffin's upcoming video (if he has it) on Fredericksburg. Burnside ordered a frontal assault, up a hill, with no cover or concealment, on an icy day, against another sunken road. The Fighting Irish Brigade once again found themselves in the wrong place, wrong time, shall we say....
@expandedhistory
@expandedhistory 2 жыл бұрын
I’m currently working on my lesson plans for the upcoming school year for my US History class as a History teacher. I love the fact that you uploaded this video as it aligns with the Civil War time period I’m going to be covering. I can’t wait to show this video to my future students!
@sethkoch7114
@sethkoch7114 2 жыл бұрын
Wait, how do you have time to be. History teacher and a History KZbinr? Isn’t that really hard to balance things?
@expandedhistory
@expandedhistory 2 жыл бұрын
@@sethkoch7114 Great question! It’s just like anything in this world. I have a passion for teaching and History. So when it comes to being able to teach History through KZbin and teaching History in the classrooms, I don’t see it as a job, I see it as an opportunity to be able to do what I love while having fun! Hope that answers your question.
@BobPantsSpongeSquare97
@BobPantsSpongeSquare97 2 жыл бұрын
Im in school right to be a history teacher and damn creating lesson plans can be a real pain in the ass
@expandedhistory
@expandedhistory 2 жыл бұрын
@@BobPantsSpongeSquare97 Yeah the lesson plans are honestly the hardest part. What gets me every time is ensuring that I’m able to keep the class on track while keeping it fun and educational.
@johnqpublic2718
@johnqpublic2718 2 жыл бұрын
@@sethkoch7114 not having to be teaching classes 5 days a week during the summer doesn't hurt.
@RyanKing00
@RyanKing00 2 жыл бұрын
I was born in Maryland, a little over an hour away from these battlefields. You can still find signs of the battle to this day. A lot of the old fences are still there, and you can occasionally (although *much* rarer these days) find old chunks of lead or shrapnel buried deep into the dirt or trees.
@aceous99
@aceous99 2 жыл бұрын
cool dude
@hanburbger7782
@hanburbger7782 2 жыл бұрын
@Itzcoatl bro why are you watching the video
@Roketsune
@Roketsune 2 жыл бұрын
Femboy fox furry! *waves paw*
@Sasha-nl8ry
@Sasha-nl8ry 2 жыл бұрын
@Itzcoatl that was terrible bait lmao
@MOX-ch2
@MOX-ch2 2 жыл бұрын
Imagine how it must've looked like only a few decades after the war
@TheWax70
@TheWax70 2 жыл бұрын
I live right by an old hospital to the battle. Hard to believe a place so peaceful now had such a big battle. Thanks for making this!
@CodytheHun123
@CodytheHun123 2 жыл бұрын
Ayyyyy it’s the legend himself!
@Tanker19
@Tanker19 2 жыл бұрын
Just moved from living in Sharpsburg all my life. Nice quietish town lots of fun memories of swimming/floating in the creek and running or biking the trail that cuts through the battlefield. Crazy you can still see civil war influence like the one building in town with a old cannonball part of the second story lol
@RealRotkohl
@RealRotkohl 2 жыл бұрын
I lived in a small town in Germany, which has a good portion of its town walls from around the 30 Years War, or earlier, still having cannonballs sticking. Stuff like that, even a single cannonball, preserves a piece of History.
@Tanker19
@Tanker19 2 жыл бұрын
@@RealRotkohl sounds amazing! It’s great to have history all around you and so important to preserve it for the next generation and the next and it’s great to know it’ll stand the test of time.
@Marlord77
@Marlord77 2 жыл бұрын
I live around sharpsburg
@LiveFreeHitYou
@LiveFreeHitYou 2 жыл бұрын
I lived in Dargan and went to Sharpsburg elementary, Nutters is goated
@Tanker19
@Tanker19 2 жыл бұрын
@@LiveFreeHitYou awesome! The old elementary got torn down and a new bigger one got built in 2020 and it’s ginormous and nutters is legit the only good ice cream possibly in all of Maryland lol.
@ethanarnold4441
@ethanarnold4441 2 жыл бұрын
I like that Griffin called General Burnside a "facial hair pioneer."
@stardragon7893
@stardragon7893 2 жыл бұрын
It's beautiful.
@Sangth123
@Sangth123 2 жыл бұрын
Fun fact, he's literally where we get the term "sideburns" from.
@ratbastard1811
@ratbastard1811 2 жыл бұрын
yeah! and that bitch started the NRA 1871
@Gawainer
@Gawainer Жыл бұрын
Aww, not a word about Clara Barton. She took a bullet through her dress while giving water to wounded men and wrapping their wounds. She was just as heroic as the men!
@simplyheck
@simplyheck 2 жыл бұрын
The game "War of Rights" covers this battle, I highly recommend the game to anyone interested
@sgtirish5915
@sgtirish5915 2 жыл бұрын
Also if you want to play seriously and not here the nword every other match, join a regiment/group, it helps a lot. For the confederate side I recommend 24th Georgia, Army of Northern Virginia, or Pickett’s Brigade. For Union I recommend IX Corps, IVB, or II Corps (Union)
@BASEDKAISER
@BASEDKAISER 2 жыл бұрын
@@sgtirish5915 But that's half the fun
@sgtirish5915
@sgtirish5915 2 жыл бұрын
@@BASEDKAISER you gotta point there
@boss-anova
@boss-anova 10 ай бұрын
​@@BASEDKAISER saying the n-word shouldnt be considered "fun" whats wrong with you?
@CGHELIPILOT
@CGHELIPILOT 9 ай бұрын
@@boss-anovait’s part of the rp. And the rp is hilarious
@Camm0Blue
@Camm0Blue 2 жыл бұрын
I'm glad you covered Antietam, I grew up in Sharpsburg and learned quite alot about the battle growing up. Unfortunately no one knows about it and thus don't have any idea where I come from or the significance of the battle that occurred lol. I'll show my dad this and he'll certainly get a kick out of it. Thank you!
@zyanego3170
@zyanego3170 2 жыл бұрын
And, did you show it to your Dad?
@aaronfleming9426
@aaronfleming9426 Жыл бұрын
Over 200,000 people visit Antietam in person each year, so I'm not sure how you figure "no one knows about it".
@DevinEMILE
@DevinEMILE 5 ай бұрын
It’s mentioned directly in Hell on Wheels. The main character is a former confederate who fought In The battle and him and a union solider have some words about it.
@michaelsinger4638
@michaelsinger4638 2 жыл бұрын
McClellan threw away a golden opportunity to crush Lee here. He knew Lee’s battle plan. Had Lee backed up and badly outnumbered, and Lee did not have Jackson’s troops for most of the day. Talk about not getting out of your own way.
@FireandWhiteLight
@FireandWhiteLight 2 жыл бұрын
I partially agree. The Lost Order was crucial in understanding that Lee was split up, but it didn't have exact numbers and troop compositions, plus it was out of date when it was passed to McClellan. But McClellan, even thinking he may be outnumbered and with his orders only being to defend Washington, swings his mixed army north west and defeats Lee and elements of the ANV at South Mountain. Lee, to his credit, regroups at Sharpsburg and uses the creek as a great natural obstacle. Realising forcing his way across the creek is ridiculous, McClellan's conservative plan is to attack from the north (as shown in the video) with just a few corps and see how it goes, with Burnside as a diversion whose orders then get changed. I will criticize Mac here for not having a council of war and getting his corps commanders together so they can see the overall battleplan, but all things considered, McClellan does enough and Lee is forced to strategically withdraw. You are right, it could have been a golden opportunity, but we are playing Monday morning quarterback here.
@michaelsinger4638
@michaelsinger4638 2 жыл бұрын
Mac blew so many chances to beat Lee. Even people at the time criticized him for it.
@FireandWhiteLight
@FireandWhiteLight 2 жыл бұрын
@@michaelsinger4638 I agree, the Peninsular campaign should have been game over for Richmond, and during the Seven Days he completely hands the initiative over to Lee when it could have been much more even.
@enternamehere2222
@enternamehere2222 2 жыл бұрын
@@michaelsinger4638 My counter-argument is that he keeps getting into positions where he can beat Lee. Getting to the finish line and then fumbling a draw is certainly better than what Pope, Burnside and Hooker did.
@wezacker6482
@wezacker6482 2 жыл бұрын
Mac reminds me of a car factory administrator that is popular with the staff, has everything organized perfectly, paychecks out on time & the cafeteria serving good food that forgets that the factory is there to make cars.
@jouhanneus
@jouhanneus 2 жыл бұрын
I went to the battlefield at Antietam/Sharpsburg in March 2018. It was windy and cold, so I was pretty much alone. I stopped and stood for a good long while at Bloody Lane. It’s a strange thing, to stand at the exact spot where so many were killed. Sort of eerie, with the wind blowing and the trees rustling…
@robertkendall2410
@robertkendall2410 Жыл бұрын
Thanks! Great work 👍
@conserva-chan2735
@conserva-chan2735 2 жыл бұрын
I would love a vid on the Portuguese Colonial War. It's a super unique and criminally underrated war that would make for an awesome video.
@ChevyChase301
@ChevyChase301 2 жыл бұрын
You mean with the ottomans? Or Africans? Native Brazilians? Indonesians? 😂
@conserva-chan2735
@conserva-chan2735 2 жыл бұрын
@@ChevyChase301 the Cold war conflict in Africa when Portugal basically fought their equivalent of the Vietnam war across three theatres and would've won if not for the Carnation Revolution
@carloshenriquezimmer7543
@carloshenriquezimmer7543 2 жыл бұрын
@@ChevyChase301 The Ultramar? The Indians? New Guinea? Southeast China?... We can spend a looong time at this
@conserva-chan2735
@conserva-chan2735 2 жыл бұрын
@@carloshenriquezimmer7543 Portugal historically has been the most disproportionately powerful and militarily successful country ever
@VeteranR
@VeteranR 2 жыл бұрын
I agree with this. Then again I'm a sucker for anything Cold War related so yea. 😆
@baneofbanes
@baneofbanes 2 жыл бұрын
I’ve been to Antietam and Gettysburg. Hard to imagine thousands of people dying in such beautiful places.
@Marlord77
@Marlord77 2 жыл бұрын
Ye
@Marlord77
@Marlord77 2 жыл бұрын
I live on the antietam battlefield it’s beautiful
@ChevyChase301
@ChevyChase301 2 жыл бұрын
I’m a lot more used to seeing Germany or the Balkans in battle videos but seeing my home state is much more surreal
@user-v117
@user-v117 2 жыл бұрын
Although I watch your videos through a translator, the way you explain everything on the shelves makes me think that you are the most interesting desk historian. You're the best desk historian I've ever watched. Thank you very much!
@acatwithwiskers9273
@acatwithwiskers9273 2 жыл бұрын
Where are you from. 🤔
@user-v117
@user-v117 2 жыл бұрын
@@acatwithwiskers9273 I'm from Russia my friend
@generationm2059
@generationm2059 2 жыл бұрын
@@user-v117 Thanks for your interest in our history and stay safe.👍
@johnboy4025
@johnboy4025 2 жыл бұрын
McClellan’s big flaw of several was being overly cautious. Grant was bold and knew his capabilities and thus saw lots of victories.
@mrhumble2937
@mrhumble2937 Жыл бұрын
I get it tho, he thought he was the last army of America. Didn't want to attack unless he was sure.
@aaronfleming9426
@aaronfleming9426 Жыл бұрын
@@mrhumble2937 he thought that because he had an enormous ego. If he'd been paying attention to anything else in the war he would have known about how the aggressive action of generals like Thomas and Grant were paying off in the west.
@thunderbird7020
@thunderbird7020 2 жыл бұрын
It’s baffling how McClellan had everything handed to him on a cigarette and could have eliminated Lee right there and then, but just didn’t.
@ST-zm3lm
@ST-zm3lm 2 жыл бұрын
For such an ostensibly ambitious man, it’s crazy that he could’ve ended the confederacy’s military resistance right there and then. He probably could’ve beaten Lincoln in the following election if he had.
@evryatis9231
@evryatis9231 2 жыл бұрын
@@ST-zm3lm alright, you know that the CSA is planning an attack on the capital now what? don't make it sound easy, through the mess that was warfare back then, it was definitely a pain to organise literally anything
@johnnicholas7420
@johnnicholas7420 2 жыл бұрын
McClellan's army was assembled on the march from the Army of the Potomac, Pope's Army of Virginia, Burnside's Ninth Corps from North Carolina. Many of the commanders had never worked together before. One-quarter of the army was made up of recruits that had only enlisted six weeks earlier. (The 16th CT had only learned to load their muskets the day before the battle. The brigades of French's division had only been assembled together as a division the previous day as well.) The Confederates had interior lines which allowed them to shift troops to report to threats whereas McClellan had to remain on the other side of Antietam Creek to maintain contact with his army. McClellan could only react to what he saw or what messages he received. By the time he could issue an order, the situation had already changed and the Confederates seem to miraculously to appear from woodlots that he can't see into.
@grisht9896
@grisht9896 2 жыл бұрын
Choosing to pursue a retreating army after seeing thousands of your soldiers die in Antietam is a hard choice
@mjfleming319
@mjfleming319 2 жыл бұрын
@@johnnicholas7420 that’s an accurate recitation of McClellans excuses. It doesn’t account for the many things he could have done to achieve victory...things other generals were doing in other theaters.
@brycehelton571
@brycehelton571 2 жыл бұрын
I have been waiting for this day for years, ever since my group of reenactors re-enacted this battle I’ve wanted to see an over view of it on this channel. Good one!
@InsanityRerun
@InsanityRerun 2 жыл бұрын
I went to Antietam Elementary and grew up right near the battlefield remains. Nobody in our area doesn't know the details about this battle and for good reason. May that tradition never cease.
@Marlord77
@Marlord77 2 жыл бұрын
You mean sharpsburg elementary not Antietam elementary
@notcooper339
@notcooper339 3 ай бұрын
It’s important to remember the American civil war. We cannot let bigotry divide us again
@Agent_3141
@Agent_3141 2 жыл бұрын
I remember this battle from Darkest of Days. Man going through that cornfield multiple times was crazy
@hatuletoh
@hatuletoh 2 жыл бұрын
Conventional wisdom is that Gettysburg was Lee's greatest mistake, but I think a case can me made that Antietam was the battle he should never have fought. Yes, Lee managed to escape back to Virginia with his army mostly intact, but he lost the very best, most committed southern soldiers--the ones who hadn't slipped out of the ranks when the army marched north of Virginia, and who had been hardy enough to keep up throughout the campaign. Those were the Confederate soliders whose morale was sky-high after stopping one Union army on the peninsula outside Richmond and routing another at Sexond Bull Run. Given that Lee knew McClellan was in possession of Order 191 and therefore knew the Confederate army was dispersed, and given that Lee knew he would have to fight on enemy territory with his back to the river, one would think the better strategy would have been to have consolidatied the army and slipped back across the Potomac instead of turning to fight. A battle like Antietam that ended in "bloody stalemate" was actually a pretty favorable result for the Confederates all things considered, and it's hard not to wonder what a better, or at least more offensively minded Union commander might have accomplished. Political consequences aside--when would the Emancipation Proclamation have been released had there not been a battle in September of 1862?--imagine a Confederate army in the spring of 1863 with 10 or 15K more veterans in its ranks, not to mention all the line and lower-ranking field officers, who were, as usual, lost in greater proportion at Antietam, and who were the backbone of Lee's army. And a large percentage of those veterans would have been fast-marching, hard-charging II Corps men, veterans of Jackson's Valley Campania; the sort of high-quality, highly motivated soliders that the Confederates could never replace once lost. In short, the best soliders the Confederates had or would ever have. True, the Union army would also have been saved the casualties from Antietam, but the number of troops was never the problem for the Union, it was experience and quality that were the issues, and no major battle in the fall of 1862 would just have meant more green Union regiments on the field whenever the next battle occurred. To put it another way, each solider killed or maimed in battle was far more damaging to the Confederacy than to the Union, so to have avoided the single bloodiest day of combat would have been a disproportionately greater benefit to the South. And maybe if he hadn't gotten them killed in a battle that could have been avoided. Lee might have been able to have used those excellent soliders decisively on a hypothetical future battlefield.
@よしみ-x5j
@よしみ-x5j 2 жыл бұрын
Interesting
@NotInMyRepublic
@NotInMyRepublic 2 жыл бұрын
Very logical and well thought out argument. I do quibble w one thing. Lee deciding he wanted the battle. Antietam, like Gettysburg, were thrust upon him. Only Antietam was more desperate because his army was widely dispersed. Lee would have been crushed piecemeal if he hadn't quickly consolidated (cuz it's like the opposing team had his playbook and layout of all movements) Jackson did very well to stop the initial steamroll by the Union. Came down to leadership. If leadership swapped and Lee was commanding the North (like Winfield Scott had offered) Lee would have destroyed the army of n Virginia and prob have been our 17th president. The rest of what you said is on point.
@Jaljfkao
@Jaljfkao 2 жыл бұрын
good quality alt hist idea but passionate enough to be a lost causer
@hatuletoh
@hatuletoh 2 жыл бұрын
@@Jaljfkao The passion is only for the history. Screw the lost cause and all its adherents.
@rimshot2270
@rimshot2270 2 жыл бұрын
And what does it matter? He lost.
@MimesAgainstHunmanity
@MimesAgainstHunmanity 2 жыл бұрын
McClellan was one of the South's best generals. Had the Union had better leadership the War would have been over in a year.
@CivilWarWeekByWeek
@CivilWarWeekByWeek 2 жыл бұрын
Nice, Antietam is such an interesting battle with it being basically the height of confederate command being in the same area
@CJ_1406
@CJ_1406 2 жыл бұрын
Fun Fact: Colonel Robert Gould Shaw was also in this battle. After this, he would later lead the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment and met his end in the famous assault on Fort Wagner.
@calvinwalters1556
@calvinwalters1556 2 жыл бұрын
To anyone that has the opportunity I recommend visiting the Antietam battlefield in early December. Every year they put out luminaries for every causality of the battle. Pictures don't do it justice, the sight of fields of seemingly endless luminaries is something words simply cannot describe.
@Blalack77
@Blalack77 2 жыл бұрын
Is there such thing as a pyrrhic draw? It seems like the Civil War has been such a touchy topic lately that you don't hear as much about it these days. I'm glad Armchair Historian "goes there" with the touchy topics. These things are still important.
@PotatoNo
@PotatoNo 2 жыл бұрын
What exactly is "touchy"? Slavery is bad and the Confederates were traitors who lost. Not very controversial.
@Blalack77
@Blalack77 2 жыл бұрын
@@PotatoNo Your smart ass attitude sounds pretty touchy about it.
@Blalack77
@Blalack77 2 жыл бұрын
@@PotatoNo And if you think walking on eggshells to discuss any historical topic is a good thing and/or inserting op-ed instead of just telling what happened is a good idea - you're wrong.
@PotatoNo
@PotatoNo 2 жыл бұрын
@@Blalack77 Are you illiterate?
@OK-yy6qz
@OK-yy6qz Жыл бұрын
Maybe but this was certainly not it. By all accounts Antietam was a tactical victory for the North and a disastrous end to the Maryland campaign for the South. The only silver lining for the Confederacy was that their army was not completely Anhiliated afterwards (Which Mcllelan probably could have done if he wasn't so cautious)
@nutzslappergaming6767
@nutzslappergaming6767 2 жыл бұрын
Gotta say I’m loving F&M so far great job guys!
@ianfitzpatrick2230
@ianfitzpatrick2230 2 жыл бұрын
So far I’ve enjoyed your game! I think the overall art between your games and videos make for a great experience! Again I hope the best for your team and you! I plan on purchasing your DLC content and I’ve had quite the time playing through the Crimean story! I can’t wait to play as Prussia! I have quite the German heritage and I’d love to explore vicariously their journey!
@vicenzostella1390
@vicenzostella1390 Жыл бұрын
I remember visiting the Antietam Battlefield so many times as a kid. Growing up on western Maryland, Antietam (battlefield and creek) was practically in my backyard. However, this has been an extremely helpful source of history for the battle. Thanks!
@DraftTheHippies
@DraftTheHippies 2 жыл бұрын
Antietam was a really rare type of battle. Where both sides suffered heavy casualties because both sides were evenly matched and competent (even though up until Antietam and Gettysburg, the Union leadership was pretty incompetent)
@RockandrollNegro
@RockandrollNegro 2 жыл бұрын
Calling the Union generals *competent* at any point until Confederate surrender would be generous. If the South had the North's resources and all things were equal aside from leadership, then Richmond would be the capitol of the U.S. today and we'd be wondering how Lincoln could've ecer thought he'd beat a better army.
@geographyhistorygeopolitic3851
@geographyhistorygeopolitic3851 2 жыл бұрын
​@@RockandrollNegro The south were also always on the defense and had the home turf advantage. Sorry but Grant was a greater general then Lee. Grant had a long term strategy to win the war, and was able to adapt his strategy to fix. He was great at logistics, and great at maneuver warfare, as he showed in the Western theatre; while Lee was busy blowing his last chance at Gettysburg, Grant was busy capturing 30,000 Confederates and cutting the Confederacy in half at the strategically far more important Siege of Vicksburg. In the west he was a logistician and very good at maneuver warfare, and eviscerated the Confederacy. When he moved over to the East he looked at what needed to be done and utterly changed his strategic style, turning into a logistics centered grinding commander, pinning Lee down and never giving his army time to recover. That wasn’t the Grant of the West. That was a strategist looking at the right strategy to win the war while Lee was almost entirely focused on the strip of coast round Virginia. Lee, once he stopped being cautious, was very good at what he did. But if at Chancellorsville a concussion hadn’t lead to 40,000 unused Union reserves he’d have been crushed. If at Antietam McClellan hadn’t been such a blithering incompetent that he (a) left 20,000 unused reserves, (b) had coordinated the three sections of his army so they attacked at the same time rather than let Lee shuffle reinforcements between them, and (c) had been more aggressive about having a copy of Lee’s battle plan Lee would have been crushed; he only got as far as he did through a mix of luck and early Union general incompetence. But Lee did what he did which was tactics heavy, strategy and logistics light; he couldn’t get his troops the equipment they needed even while the Confederacy had them, and his entire strategic focus was centered round Virginia. And for people who claim Grant only won through grinding, I’d cite the Seven Days Battles and the Battle of Gaines Mill in particular where Lee had almost 50% more troops than McClellan and still took over a thousand more casualties to win the battlefield. Indeed across the whole of the Seven Days Lee lost over 4,000 more troops than McClellan did in order to win the field - troops the Confederacy badly needed. Ultimately Lee was overpromoted. He’d have been an outstanding corps commander and Lt. General as he was very good at taking what he had and using it to win on the battlefield, and was lucky (as at Chancellorsville). But Grant was better at picking when to fight, where to fight, and how to fight.
@johnnicholas7420
@johnnicholas7420 2 жыл бұрын
@@RockandrollNegro There were plenty of Confederate generals that were just as incompetent. When people talk about Stonewall Jackson, I ask them which one? The Jackson of Chancellorsville or The Seven Days? Second Manassas or Fredericksburg? And actually, the Confederacy had the resources to win the war up until late 1864, but they squandered those resources. The United States had to conquer an area that was greater in size than the distance between Paris and Moscow. They also had to garrison areas they had taken and supply their armies over long distances. During the Atlanta Campaign, Sherman's armies had a supply line that stretched 400 miles back to Louisville, KY. That negated much of their advantage in manpower.
@firingallcylinders2949
@firingallcylinders2949 2 жыл бұрын
@@RockandrollNegro The South with a few exceptions like Forrest were completely inept out west. The Confederates got their asses handed to them in Mississippi, Tennessee and Louisiana because of incompetent Confederate Officers.
@toad2117
@toad2117 2 жыл бұрын
@@geographyhistorygeopolitic3851 you can find just as many “ifs” that would have been much more favorable for the CSA too
@brucewelty7684
@brucewelty7684 2 жыл бұрын
"At West Point, he was an energetic and ambitious cadet, deeply interested in the teachings of Dennis Hart Mahan and the theoretical strategic principles of Antoine-Henri Jomini. His closest friends were aristocratic southerners including George Pickett, Dabney Maury, Cadmus Wilcox, and A. P. Hill. These associations gave McClellan what he considered to be an appreciation of the southern mind and an understanding of the political and military implications of the sectional differences in the United States that led to the Civil War." George was basically a Southern Democrat who had little interest in prosecuting a war that violated his own personal beliefs.
@jeremiahkivi4256
@jeremiahkivi4256 2 жыл бұрын
Wisconsinites are known as Sconnies. That's with a short "o". Also a note about Burnside's Bridge, if not for Burnside ordering the initial single charge across the bridge, casualties would be much lower and the Rebels wouldn't have had time to retreat. The "river" is about 6 inches at its deepest there. If he ordered a full mass charge across the river instead of just the bridge, Lee would've been pressed to not be completely routed or encircled.
@henryblack9553
@henryblack9553 2 жыл бұрын
No we aren't. We call ourselves Wisconsinites. Not Sconnies, that's some fib tier stuff.
@jeremiahkivi4256
@jeremiahkivi4256 2 жыл бұрын
@@henryblack9553 you clearly are not a Badger fan, ergo not from Wisconsin.
@henryblack9553
@henryblack9553 2 жыл бұрын
@@jeremiahkivi4256 I'm from Sheboygan...
@jeremiahkivi4256
@jeremiahkivi4256 2 жыл бұрын
@@henryblack9553 ah that's ur problem right there. Southeast is all that Milwaukee garbage.
@johnnicholas7420
@johnnicholas7420 2 жыл бұрын
Jeremiah Kivi That is not true. Burnside made several attempts to get across the creek. Antietam Creek today is not the same it was in 1862. The bottom of the creek in 1862 was soft, had a much faster current than now, and very steep banks. It could only be forded in a couple of places. The army's engineers had found a ford the day before but somehow failed to inform Burnside that the banks were too steep. A ford to the south of the bridge was only wide enough for soldiers to cross single file. That attack ended in failure. An attempt to reach another ford north of the bridge misfired when Crook's brigade went to the wrong place. Even when Snavely's Ford was found farther south, the banks were too for artillery to cross. They had to return to the bridge to cross the creek.
@BrownFoxWarrior
@BrownFoxWarrior 2 жыл бұрын
I remember going on several trips with one of my old Boy Scout troops back in the day. It's a surreal place to wander knowing all that took place.
@tzaryr
@tzaryr 2 жыл бұрын
0:22 You sound like you were about to laugh right here for some reason😂
@gameking50P
@gameking50P Жыл бұрын
It's crazy and puzzling how McClellan was such an excellent trainer and organiser in the way he built up the Army of the Potomac and the men LOVED him but was such a poor field commander
@shanedurnell4521
@shanedurnell4521 2 жыл бұрын
Great vid. At 6:13 the rebels are referred to be in a corn field but the animation shows wheat or some other small grain
@russianbee4973
@russianbee4973 2 жыл бұрын
maybe it was reused. or there was a miscommunication with the animator
@Mintman83
@Mintman83 2 жыл бұрын
I used to live in Sharpsburg MD 200 yards from the battlefield. The land my house is on was used as a horse stable for the battleground. I hated to mow the lawn because it was on a very steep mountain top.
@lucianoosorio5942
@lucianoosorio5942 2 жыл бұрын
“I didn’t lose, I mearly failed to win! George B McClellan
@litlpunch
@litlpunch 2 жыл бұрын
I remember reading that the most violent event ever to take place on U.S. soil, was World War II fought in the Philippines. During WW2, the USA had colonies (e.g. Guam, Hawai'I and Philippines). The reconquest of the Philippines was one of the most bloodiest afairs in US history. This campaign cost an estiimate of one million Filipinoes their lives. Who were caught in the crossfire and died due through bombardments from US airplanes. Take Manilla for example, then the sixth-largest city in the US, that was decimated completely. Further reading: Daniel Immerwahr, The greater United States: Territory and Empire in U.S. History, 2016)
@eodyn7
@eodyn7 2 жыл бұрын
They shouldn't have fought. When you fight the US, more often than not, you lose. Your only hope is we get bored and leave.
@enderlinde3152
@enderlinde3152 2 жыл бұрын
@@eodyn7 Or protests at home get too bad, or money goes dry
@Jack-sq6xb
@Jack-sq6xb 2 жыл бұрын
@@eodyn7 you know that the Phillipines were conquered by japan right and this was against Japan. So we were killing American subjects and allies in the fight against japan
@Voucher765
@Voucher765 2 жыл бұрын
You must be referring to the Battle Of Bataan which happened immediately following Pearl Harbor in 1942.
@TheJuris1973
@TheJuris1973 2 жыл бұрын
@@Voucher765 no he means the reconquest. the death toll of Filipinos during the reconquest was far higher than anything the Americans suffered at Bataan or Corregidor.
@sof5858
@sof5858 2 жыл бұрын
Am enjoying your American Civil War videos. I've only got a basic knowledge of the war so your impartial videos do help in understanding the tactics used by both sides. Always seems like either side is always just 'one' maneuver away from the break through.
@firingallcylinders2949
@firingallcylinders2949 2 жыл бұрын
I recommend Ken Burns Civil War...best documentary you'll ever watch on the topic.
@LostInTheFarmersMarket
@LostInTheFarmersMarket 2 жыл бұрын
This is an excellent video covering a battle that was kind of skipped in the movies, not really well covered in normal school history books and glossed over in general.
@samb5096
@samb5096 2 жыл бұрын
I’m having a shitty day and can I just say I say I saw “Bloodiest Day” and I’m like….”you know it brother..” Cept that day was Antietam and today is Saturday and I’m just happy for a new video.
@thomasmalloryevans2932
@thomasmalloryevans2932 Жыл бұрын
My great-great grandfather, J.W. Evans (Ga. 44th Regiment, Company D) was shot through the left arm at Antietam, and taken prisoner at Sharpsburg, Maryland for the remainder of the war - he died on September 14th, 1921, almost exactly 59 years after that horrific day - he was 81 years old - he is buried right up the street from my house, on Evans Drive in Riverdale, Ga.
@scottkrater2131
@scottkrater2131 2 жыл бұрын
This is a fine introduction to Civil War history, but lacking details. 27th Indiana found the copy of Lee's orders wrapped around some cigars. The orders made it up to McLellan, but not the cigars. McLellan was removed from command after the Peninsula Campaign to be succeeded by Pope, who was relieved after 2nd Manassas. McClellan was the only General left to Lincoln at the time and the Army of the Potomac loved him. Lincoln didn't face any serious political opposition to war at that time. McClellan made the Army of the Potomac what it eventually turned out to be, he just wasn't willing to face the arithmetic of war and take the casualties necessary to win.
@FelipeJaquez
@FelipeJaquez 2 жыл бұрын
The Union had a hard time finding experienced and competent Generals during the start of the conflict because many of the battle proven commanders who fought in the Mexican-American war a decade prior were mostly from the Southern region of the United States.
@ryeguy7941
@ryeguy7941 2 жыл бұрын
So basically the North had armies with no generals to lead and the South had generals with no armies to lead.
@jackthorton10
@jackthorton10 2 жыл бұрын
One without the other,
@BASEDKAISER
@BASEDKAISER 2 жыл бұрын
@@ryeguy7941 The south also lacked pretty much every basic resource to wage war.
@SD11729
@SD11729 2 жыл бұрын
@@ryeguy7941 honestly Southern Generals are overrated. A lot of them were good at tactics, but their delusions of grandeur when it came to warfare had them throw their already limited manpower into unnecessary and costly battles.
@mjfleming319
@mjfleming319 2 жыл бұрын
Both sides were unbelievably unprepared, but the Union had to undertake an invasion of a landmass larger than that conquered by Napoleon...with an army initially composed of less than 16,000 men spread from California to Florida, from Maine to Minnesota. It was much simpler to form an army for defense than to build and lead an army prepared for the complex task of invasion.
@gallantcavalier3306
@gallantcavalier3306 2 жыл бұрын
I remember watching an episode of the documentary series: Civil War Journal, and the episode was about McClellan. All of the historians in the interviews listed why McClellan was “incapable” of commanding a field army. I would recommend anyone who wants to understand and learn more about McClellan, watch that episode of Civil War Journal.
@chaosXP3RT
@chaosXP3RT 2 жыл бұрын
I would you cover Ulysses S. Grant's brilliant Vicksburg Campaign and dispell the lies and myths about General Grant.
@garrettmetting6938
@garrettmetting6938 2 жыл бұрын
Watch atun sheis video about the generals of the civil war. He gives you what you want here. It's from his series checkmate lincolnites
@omarbradley6807
@omarbradley6807 2 жыл бұрын
Yes, Grant was slandered by the press, who was managed by no military personal, same for Sherman, their constant attacks on militaries who won in the field by the New York press, was the best propaganda for the Confederacy
@liamflynn1120
@liamflynn1120 2 жыл бұрын
The animation quality is so fricking good. The shot at 14:24 is one of my favorite you've ever done. Fantastic video!
@usmcgrunt_1944
@usmcgrunt_1944 2 жыл бұрын
I've been to the battlefield before. Went this March for spring break. Above all it still astounds me just how large of a place Antietam really is. It's quiet too, definitely more quiet than it was on that one single day in 1862. That silence really speaks to you as you retrace the steps of the men that fought on the field that day, almost as if you can hear the conflict going on in your head.
@brandondowd6470
@brandondowd6470 2 жыл бұрын
I portrayed the 4th texas there, and we walked the same steps they did, charged the sane spot and camped the same spot they did, same day 160years later, Check out the liberty rifles for a vid of it.
@mwalker.81
@mwalker.81 2 жыл бұрын
Order 191 was not hand written by Lee, heads up! They new it was legitimate because a union colonel recognized his friends signature. Love your content.
@c.w.simpsonproductions1230
@c.w.simpsonproductions1230 2 жыл бұрын
If Grant had been in command during this battle, the war may have been ended far sooner.
@omarbradley6807
@omarbradley6807 2 жыл бұрын
Well, who would have taken Vicksburg? who was far more important than Virginia.
@aaronfleming9426
@aaronfleming9426 Жыл бұрын
@@omarbradley6807 Thomas certainly or Rosecrans possibly could have taken Vicksburg. Not to take away from the brilliance of Grant's Vicksburg campaign, which was absolutely top-notch, but he wasn't the only competent commander in the west.
@flyingsquirrell6953
@flyingsquirrell6953 7 ай бұрын
@@aaronfleming9426 True, practically all of the Union generals out west were skilled.
@jasondouglas6755
@jasondouglas6755 2 жыл бұрын
I would love to see something like this on the Vicksburg campaign.
@soni3608
@soni3608 2 жыл бұрын
And the Arizona campaigns
@generalfred9426
@generalfred9426 2 жыл бұрын
"And to show you the power of the Union I sawed this rebellion in half." -General Grant, probably.
@EnigmaEnginseer
@EnigmaEnginseer 2 жыл бұрын
@@generalfred9426 “That’s a lot of damage, how about a little more?” -General Sherman
2 жыл бұрын
It will be great that you bring to us a video about the Peninsular Campaign, because is interesting to see what near the Union been to end the war if McClellan would have been more aggressive on the field and in the same way how nearly Lee would been of Destroying the invasion army if Stonewall Jackson maked well his movements.
@mikeheavener2510
@mikeheavener2510 2 жыл бұрын
man I went here as a kid maybe 12-13 years old spent 4 days there. trying to fathom how insane that battle was is hard to imagine
@rolf2655
@rolf2655 2 жыл бұрын
Lots of love for our comrade armchair historian
@davididiart5934
@davididiart5934 2 жыл бұрын
After Ken Burns, it seems no one has really tried to tackle the US Civil War like this. Thanks Armchair! More light should be shone on this fascinating time! Now if only we could bring Shelby Foote back to life...
@billparrish4385
@billparrish4385 2 жыл бұрын
We once visited this field, and what a moving experience! Not from anything happening on the day of our visit (it was a rather quiet summer day, sunny and warm weather, a light breeze, not that many other visitors), but from what had happened there nearly a century and a half earlier. Standing near the corn field, the Dunker church, the sunken road, Burnside's bridge, not feeling modern or superior at all, but small in the face of so much courage and bravery and fear and pain, the echoes of it still strong, the very landscape still drenched in it so many years later, though deceptively quiet. All of it an assault not on the senses, but definitely on the heart. Lives, so many, many lives, cut short before their time, on both sides, each one no doubt loved by many souls in their small corner of the world from which they hailed. Grieving mothers, wives, children who had seen their young man march off down the road, only to receive in his place some years later a letter, perhaps from him or his command. A piece of paper! Small recompense for an entire man. And how did our young man die? Blown apart by a cannon volley? Repelled while assaulting a corn field? Slowed while wading a creek not knee deep, enough to be targeted by a sharpshooter hidden in a bramble patch? How pointless it must have sounded to those back home, whose heart would always ache for the loss. And yet, the thing must needs be seen through. People ought not own other people! Nor ought a nation needlessly divide over that question, weakening itself on a world stage where opportunistic foreign enemies were waiting to gobble up the remaining parts piecemeal and feast on the untold natural resources left unprotected. This home of liberty, of justice, of the greatest experiment in self-governance the world had ever seen, was too important to be allowed to fall apart. The thing must needs be seen through. Still, cold comfort to a grieving mother in her rocking chair, reading her Bible by candlelight, through the lonely watches of the night....
@SpaceMonkeyBoi
@SpaceMonkeyBoi 2 жыл бұрын
I love how this chamber also covers wars from other eras besides the 20th century.
@JaredFong595
@JaredFong595 2 жыл бұрын
There are some historians who would insist that General Burnside was a much more competent and less petty general than most give him credit for. He did not hesitate to attack the bridge and in fact tried several times. His flanking force was given bad intelligence by McClellan's staff and they took longer to find the ford to cross the creek. But the most interesting part of it is that both Burnside and McClellan would write that his attack on the bridge was intended to be a diversion not the main attack. It was only when things went poorly on the Union right that McClellan pushed Burnside to move and save the day. If he intended Burnside's attack to save the day, he should have given him support. The IX corps was quite literally by itself on the left flank. He's definitely not the best general in the war, but he was far from the worst.
@phraya_techapit9910
@phraya_techapit9910 2 жыл бұрын
Union soldier: "Oh boy it's my lucky day! A cigar in the field. Hey, what's this wrapped around- OH MYYY GOOOSSSHHH!!"
@vincerebel745
@vincerebel745 2 жыл бұрын
Another great video! Hope this will become a series
@zombies101lover
@zombies101lover 2 жыл бұрын
My girlfriend’s parents got married in Dunker Church and we live not that far from the battlefield. Always happy to see one of my favorite history channels cover stuff so close to home!
@JaketheJust
@JaketheJust 2 жыл бұрын
In the Battle of Shiloh, the amount of Americans lost in that one battle was equivalent to the entire American casualties in the American War for Independence
@Marlord77
@Marlord77 2 жыл бұрын
Shiloh and Antietam had about the same amount of casualties but Antietam lasted one day and Shiloh lasted two
@Swaglos
@Swaglos 2 жыл бұрын
Love the fact, that the song "irish volunteer" is playing in the background in the beginning. The song is praising McClellan.
@jasondouglas6755
@jasondouglas6755 2 жыл бұрын
Lincoln: He's on the run, chase him down and finish him off McClellan: ...NO Lincoln: You know what buddy old pal, you're fired!
@swedzan6835
@swedzan6835 2 жыл бұрын
getting better and better every video
@heresyhunter4100
@heresyhunter4100 2 жыл бұрын
I love the inclusion of the Battle Hymn of the Republic at the end. I know it's a small detail, but I think it fits very nicely with the final monologue.
@Thomk121
@Thomk121 7 ай бұрын
I've helped set up the Illumination 3 times. It is a very long 2 days of setting up and then you go out and light them all on Saturday night. So beautiful, so sad, so unfortunate.
@bidyarnovhazarika494
@bidyarnovhazarika494 2 жыл бұрын
Please make more Civil War videos!!! With much love from India 🇮🇳
@bidyarnovhazarika494
@bidyarnovhazarika494 2 жыл бұрын
@TAİMUR KHAN (HİNDU SLAYER) American
@bidyarnovhazarika494
@bidyarnovhazarika494 2 жыл бұрын
@GENGHİS KHAN (CRUEL HORDES) Please write clearly what you are saying.
@quickeveryoneactlega
@quickeveryoneactlega 2 жыл бұрын
I know the song (@3:00) in the background from my old fife and drum days, but I just can't remember the title!... 'Hell on the Wabash'? 'Drums and Guns'?
@fireballg125
@fireballg125 19 күн бұрын
I do currently play fife and drum music for civil war reenacting and it sounds like He’ll on the Wabash
@MaxYoung-Maxinfet
@MaxYoung-Maxinfet 2 жыл бұрын
Please do a video on Sherman's march to the sea. I am curious about the logistics of it and its overall effect on the war. Since it was basically proto-total war it is also interesting how it affected later wars.
@rookcapcoldblood2618
@rookcapcoldblood2618 2 жыл бұрын
I’d be careful with how I describe the March to the Sea. It was not the terroristic and scorched earth horror story that the Southerners like to tell. The army actually did very little of the destruction attributed to them. Most of the loss of property was due to the bummers who traveled on the outskirts of the Army and the Confederates setting fire to their own cities to slow the Union advance. Sherman only burned down military and communications equipment, which unfortunately sometimes spread to civilian homes. As for the idea that they took whatever they could and burned everything else, Sherman had no supply lines for his forces, and needed to forage and take from the local populace as every army in that time period across the entire world did, meaning that the Southerners tried to stop him from taking what they had to feed his troops by burning it. In short, I don’t think his tactics or his behavior at all affected how later wars were fought, at least not to the degree that you’re assuming.
@SD11729
@SD11729 2 жыл бұрын
@@rookcapcoldblood2618 was actually gonna comment the same thing. A lot of the impact of the March was the fear campaign against the South that went along with it rather than any physical damage. Grant talked about destroying the South a lot more than he actually destroyed the South.
@mjfleming319
@mjfleming319 2 жыл бұрын
Sherman may be the most overrated general of the war, and his march was his most overrated action.
@SD11729
@SD11729 2 жыл бұрын
@@mjfleming319 you’re forgetting that Robert E Lee and Stonewall Jackson both exist lol
@mjfleming319
@mjfleming319 2 жыл бұрын
@@SD11729 no, they’re overrated but they actually won some battles.
@billsimmons8983
@billsimmons8983 Жыл бұрын
if you ever get to visit the battlefield itself, it is really an experience. Would recommend it highly!
@Cat_DeGaulle
@Cat_DeGaulle 7 ай бұрын
Away down south in the land of tratiors🗣🔥
@MichCube
@MichCube 19 күн бұрын
Rattle snakes and allegators
@rickyhenry4958
@rickyhenry4958 2 жыл бұрын
Visited there last year and it’s definitely something you won’t forget.
@jekabsojarsulskis9740
@jekabsojarsulskis9740 2 жыл бұрын
Grey clad scarecrows! God damn Griffin, you and your team can make anyone laugh. After seeing this vid, grate quality as usual, my distinguished sir, I'm getting the DLC and the rest of the bundle for Fire and Menuever. Can't really have the game without you yanks and Johnny Reb
@peregrinehope8378
@peregrinehope8378 2 жыл бұрын
My great great grandfather and extra great uncle were both part of a civil war (14th Michigan and Irish Brigade). Both were brave men. My extra great uncle made good friends with a escaped slave in the 14th. Odd fellows, they were
@HistoryMonarch1999
@HistoryMonarch1999 2 жыл бұрын
This is a little thing but I like how you use federal and rebel as much as confederate and Union, cause it reminds people that yeah this is a rebellion, not a war between two sovereign nations. Idk it’s a personal thing cause I started thinking how words have importance in teaching history
@Smartyvoy
@Smartyvoy 2 жыл бұрын
Well it was a civil war.
@HistoryMonarch1999
@HistoryMonarch1999 2 жыл бұрын
@@Smartyvoy i noticed
@Grimy-ks3um
@Grimy-ks3um 2 жыл бұрын
This was a big point about the Civil war in my middle school U.S history class, glad to see a youtuber make a video about it.
@mosestheleader25
@mosestheleader25 2 жыл бұрын
as horrible as the US Civil War was with hundreds of thousands of death, at the same time, half way around the world, Qing China had been going through the Taiping Rebellion with a death toll in the tens of millions. it just boggles the mind.
@omarbradley6807
@omarbradley6807 2 жыл бұрын
Just look for the An Liu Zhang rebelion...
@mosestheleader25
@mosestheleader25 2 жыл бұрын
@@omarbradley6807 ah yes, who could forget the classic human buffet.
@dutch.1899
@dutch.1899 Жыл бұрын
"Armchair you're up cmon you studied this battle you now wats gonna happen "yea lets get in this pond.
@Games-jd3tf
@Games-jd3tf 2 жыл бұрын
Can you pls do Croatian war for independence 1990 to 1995
@mdwtk
@mdwtk 3 ай бұрын
McClellan was an outstanding general when his back was to the wall or in defence of the nation, alongside good in logistics, organization, generally keeping the army in top shape, etc. He was definitely the right choice for the early war eastern theatre where most generals were not used to fighting the confederacy and with misconceptions that they would surrender easily.
@buckrogers7498
@buckrogers7498 Жыл бұрын
There were only 12,000 American casualties at Antietam.
@karl_franz_prince_and_emperor
@karl_franz_prince_and_emperor Жыл бұрын
There was 12,000 casualties per side, 24,000 total
@Jake-rs9nq
@Jake-rs9nq Жыл бұрын
The two armies were from the CSA and the USA. The "A" in both stood for America.
@buckrogers7498
@buckrogers7498 Жыл бұрын
I mean if you consider traitors American, sure.
@Toche44
@Toche44 2 жыл бұрын
“In a rare display of competence, Burnside sends in his reserves.” - 😂 😂
@warclericwill4
@warclericwill4 2 жыл бұрын
I got Fire and Maneuver last night when I got home from being out of town. Bought the civil war pack immediately and am having a blast with the confederacy. The aggressive mobile play style is my personal favorite.
@Ohmygodstfu2045
@Ohmygodstfu2045 2 жыл бұрын
How do you get past the tutorial
@warclericwill4
@warclericwill4 2 жыл бұрын
@@Ohmygodstfu2045 just hit escape and exit if you get stuck that’s what I did
@Nobody10115
@Nobody10115 2 жыл бұрын
I actually was up at Antietam just a few weeks ago, neat to see this pop up just after I was there.
@supernovel7514
@supernovel7514 2 жыл бұрын
Does anyone else find something so creepy about the Civil War?
@redaug4212
@redaug4212 2 жыл бұрын
No. The American Civil War is kino
@scottanno8861
@scottanno8861 2 жыл бұрын
Like that it's soon to be upon us again?
@jd1759
@jd1759 2 жыл бұрын
Great video and series. Just a note at 9:52 and other scenes. The rifles shown are flintlocks which were mostly out of use by this period, replaced by percussion cap ignition systems. FYI.
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