Vicksburg Campaign: The Civil War in Four Minutes

[@johndufford5561]

Mr. Winchell, an absolutely impossible task (all the intricacies of Vicksburg in four minutes!) flawlessly researched and presented. Very well done, sir. I thank you.

[@TheStapleGunKid]

People call Lee a great General, but Grant was the only general in the Civil War who eliminated an entire opposing army, something he did three times (Donelson, Vicksburg, and Appomatox)

[@Marcfj]

TheStapleGunKid - That is only because the North had far more resources at its disposal. My great-great-grandfather fought at Fort Donelson and wrote when his commanding officers surrendered that it was, "the darkest hour of my life." He was then a P.O.W. at Fort Morton until he was exchanged. He then fought again at Vicksburg and was captured there and sent to Fort Delaware as a P.O.W. once again but was exchanged in 1864 and then fought at Fort Blakeley and was captured again and was sent to Ship Island in the Gulf. He died of natural causes in 1911. He was with the Mississippi 4th Infantry Regiment Company F "Sons of the South."

[@TheStapleGunKid]

@@Marcfj It wasn't just due to more resources. No other Northern general destroyed an opposing army either.

[@Cruxispal]

@Marcfj Im pretty sure at Vicksburg Grant had the same size army compared to each Confederate Army he fought. It wasn't until he won five battles in a row and laid siege to Vicksburg that the Union finally sent reinforcements. He was also behind enemy lines and essentially cut off from supplies.

[@Marcfj]

@@Cruxispal - The Confederates at Vicksburg were outnumbered by more than two to one. The Union controlled the Mississippi river and used it to supply its army. Also, the Union had to lay siege to Vicksburg because it lost every time it tried to take Vicksburg by force.

[@Cruxispal]

@Marcfj During the actual siege yes, but during Grant's campaign leading up to it, they were quite evenly matched. There is a reason why the Vicksburg campaign has long been studied at Westpoint and Lee's tactics aren't really touched. Grant understood larger scale strategy and operational logistics to a degree that is still relevant today.

[@Tyyyyuru]

i can't spare this man he fights! great video.

[@Strideo1]

Looking at you, General George B. McClellan.

[@johnfleet235]

People do not realize what an achievement that Vicksburg Campaign was for General Grant and his army. He violated every rule that was taught at West Point. It was like playing poker holding only 3 Jacks. He succeeded because both Washington and Richmond did not expect Grant to break the rules of war and go for the victory. This campaign is still studied at military academies all over the world.

[@aquillafleetwood8180]

My great grandfather, John Mallard Stuckey (1833-1900) fought for the South in this battle and was wounded and captured by the North. He was later traded for Northern prisoners captured by the South that were Masons too! You can google, John Mallard Stuckey, youtube, to see his photo taken in 1899 before he died in 1900! My g-g-granfather Sgt. Charles Fleetwood fought for the North! He led a 1,000 man all Cherokee regiment in the Battle of Honey Springs! My g-g-g-g-grandfather Nicholas Thomas Fain was killed in the Revolutionary War in the Battle of King Mountain in Tenneesee! Family info....

[@afriendlyrebel5709]

Be grateful! Your ancestors fought with bravery

[@misterjag]

The pivotable battle was at Champion Hill. My great-great grandfather was a second lieutenant in one of the Illinois regiments that flanked the Confederates driving them from the field and dooming them to defeat in Vicksburg.

[@TANQ31]

mine was in the 187th volunteer regiment ! from white county IL

[@Zarastro54]

It's funny to hear neo-con's claim the the rebs were winning the war up until Gettysburg. Sure they won several impressive victories in the East, but Vicksburg shows how the war was _really_ going. Even had Lee won Gettysburg, Vicksburg still would have been lost, and Lee still would have had to siege Washington DC, an impossible task. He would have been forced back West to confront Grant while another Union army was raised in the East. All in all, Lee's "achievements" in the East amounted to Hannibal's achievements in his invasion of Rome, hollow. Rejoicing about Lee's victories is like celebrating beating a fever while your body was eaten away by cancer.

[@noahorakwue2653]

That may not be entirely true, all the rebels had to do was hold out until Lincoln was forced to recognize southern independence if General Lee won the battle of Gettysburg and invaded the north it might have caused enough of an out-roar in the northern states and the federal government that Lincoln would have to negotiate with the confederacy.

[@noahorakwue2653]

Are you talking about me or bh5496

[@gabeslist]

I really like your use of metaphors.

[@maggie2sticks717]

Neocons? You mean people who haven't been brainwashed by Yankee Education?

[@natemullikin6248]

The northern public was as fickle then as the country is today. People are people. Lincoln was aware of how fragile public opinion was and did not have the easy mass propaganda machines of WW2. The north won by attrition and devastating the industrial base of the South including its machinery of slavery. The war was the North's to lose.

[@erraticonteuse]

Well, I didn't have a *direct* ancestor at Vicksburg like so many other people here did, but I did have a 1st cousin 5x removed killed here. Wilhelm/William Diedrich Dicke. Came to America as a 6-year-old boy, gave his life to preserve the Union before he could even vote. Oh, and a more distant cousin (6th cousin 6x removed) was in command of the Army of the Tennessee 😊

[@jmccallion2394]

These four-minute summaries are pure gold nuggets!

[@killercobra3744]

My great great grandfather Isham Irving Thomas served in the 46th infantry regiment. He was in group D aka the rankin county farmers. The were captured and sent to Tennessee. Isham went back to war and was captured again, so this time he was sent to Detroit prison. Story is that he got home buy borrowing a horse/mule every night and would let it go in the morning. My great great grandfather came out of the war as a Srgt.

[@Marcfj]

KillerCobra - My great-great-grandfather, Benjamin H. Bounds was with the 4th Mississippi Infantry Regiment company F AKA "Sons of the South". He was a POW three times and was sent to Fort Delaware after being captured at Vicksburg. He was exchanged and fought again at the Battle of Fort Blakely at the end of the war. He was then a POW on Ship island.

[@bardleyb7218]

Reading Grant’s memoir and this helps tremendously to visualize that campaign, Thanks!

[@andrewroberts7428]

battlefield trust's videos have been such an amazing accompaniment to grant's memoirs!!!

[@antiglobaljoel532]

My 4th great grandfather was there- Private George Lancaster Nason, 3rd Mississippi Infantry Battalion. He was paroled at Vicksburg on July 10.

[@kenl5608]

it rounds to 5 minutes tho-

[@michaelweber3998]

ikr

[@seadog2396]

So sue them. Geezus....

[@Strideo1]

Oh no!

[@paulrubio3918]

This video does an excellent job of narrating what happened in the Vicksburg campaign, especially in what led up to it. Good work! Thank you.

[@johndufford5561]

Beg your pardon, sir. I spelled your name incorrectly: Winschel. Again, very well done & much appreciated.

[@aaronfreeman4986]

My Great-Great-Great Grandfather fought in the battle of Vicksburg. Apprently he was assigned to a ditch. He was captured, and allowed to return home after signing he wouldn't rejoin the war.

[@JamesJones-cx5pk]

I grew up here and it's still fascinating that events not far from my house had such international/world consequences.👍

[@shaunmauldin871]

I recently toured The Battle of Vicksburg as a bucket list item. It was AMAZING!! ALL the monuments are beautiful and being there was breath taking!

[@swannoir]

Such a brilliant campaign. Thank you for this quick overview, well done. Clap Clap Clap

[@willmo42]

It would be great to see a war department episode discussing Vicksburg. Keep up the great work civil war trust!

[@fuahpabeut8349]

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[@andrewmoore8635]

Visited Vicksburg earlier today. I highly recommend if you are interested in civil war history.

[@12thDecember]

Well done, sir. Thank you.

[@davewilson3113]

Thank you for explaining this.

[@MrGray-dx8sw]

I just had to watch this video my 2nd great grandfather fought in this battle he wrote about it in his civil war journal.

[@Darthbelal]

Paraphrasing Oliver Twist, more please!

[@DRF1001]

Hehe

[@kalon227]

Funny, my wife and I just finished watching the old version of “OT” with Alec Guinness. Great story and movie. 5/25/2024 11 pm.

[@charleslockley8059]

My great grandfather Pvt. Vernon H. Lockley, Co.A Waul''s Texas Legion, Cavalry, died from disease just before siege of Vicksburg began.....he was 37 years old.

[@lukehauser1182]

One question - why four minutes, and not say five or three and a half? Just curious

[@seeking70]

Excellent briefing

[@barbeonline351]

First time in countless accounts of Vicksburg that I have heard has the tale been told that the Federal forces were always at work encroaching on the Confederate lines. Before the tale has been one of bombardments, alcohol, and "out camping" the opponents.

[@definitelynotasimp2408]

Grant at that time is an example of *hater's gonna hate*

[@colatf2]

Yea he gets too much hate as a president as well, he wasn't a racist and he had good plans for the country, but it was undermined by his political inexperience. He got taken advantage of by the politicians he hired to work for him as president. If it wasn't for that, he would probably be ranked way higher on the list of best presidents.

[@jamesearly7697]

Outstanding overview!

[@GamingwithWario]

great review video👍👌

[@badger1338]

good video

[@BodyTrust]

Using the present tense and the future conditional tense (Grant does this, and Grant would do that) cheapens the sanctity of this historic event. The narration should speak of these events in the past and past perfect (Grant did this, and Grant had done that), which gives the story the gravitas it deserves. It's not a headline ripped from today's news cycle.

[@kalon227]

My GG grandfather was there pvt Joseph Chairs Perkins E co, 35th Mississippi. Glad he lived so I live. Sorry he fought on the wrong side for a bad cause (one human can own another human) he owned no slaves was a Miller in Starkville, Mississippi.

[@Abdus_VGC]

No need to be sorry for your GG grandfather my man, he stood for what he regarded as correct. He may not be, because he might have been drafted. We just appreciate history and learn from it. Those who have learnt and their future generations made the USA the formidable force it is.

[@kalon227]

@@Abdus_VGC thank you. Kind words. I have another gg grandfather fought for Alabama. Btw we live in Fort Worth drive thru Vicksburg to visit our navy son at Jacksonville. I’ve looked for those canals that Grant tried to go around Vicksburg but never have seen them. I think that’s dried up and his trying was at a Mississippi flood stage.

[@geometricalpancake3815]

The music is too loud, I can't hear what he's saying

[@primordial407]

Geometrical Pancake Turn on captions

[@88dog]

Great job

[@bryancmcdonald3978]

Great synopsis. Sir. 😎 Bryan _____ My , Texas synopsis - is Red eye. (Jokingly) that is, general Grant was usually passed out from - Red eye - (rot gut). "Subordinates" -- requesting orders would ( just attack ) cannot go wrong ? Right 👍. ----- President Teddy Roosevelt charging up San Juan Hill was tied to his horse and totally inebriated. Mr Ed ? ; I wonder what the horse's name was - that made it to the top ? Sober they could have took a bead on the president. 🔥 😨 Whom ; is in Grant's tomb? A fool is known by a multitude of words but they took it out

[@bryancmcdonald3978]

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[@dominiquegarcia6767]

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[@roberthoover4491]

Pemberton was from Pennsylvania and was an idiot. There should have been no Champion Hill. The Warren County side of the Big Black River is a high bluff and the East /Hinds County side is flat and open. The bluff had a huge trench line and supply road. The Union advance had to cross open fields and cross the river under heavy fire. So, why would Pemberton ever fight anywhere but here? I think he did it on purpose to lose. My friend lives on the bluff and there is a trench and cannon emplacements in his backyard.

[@ComradeOgilvy1984]

No. Pemberton was already cut off from communication, reinforcements, and supply. Falling back behind the Big Black River buys temporary physical safety, but does not solve the problem of a deteriorating strategic picture. Pemberton needed to give Grant a bloody nose in order to have plausible paths to linking up with Johnston's reinforcements.

[@Kaijuus]

Sigh. The surrender... my Great Great Great Grandpa lost many personal properties that day. Though Pemberton tried to negotiated to allow my family to keep the slaves. He gave in at the end. Such a tragedy.

[@froghare7516]

Hog and hominy was no longer available.

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[@ancientheart2532]

To Bobby Lee and the Army of N..V.!

[@jayr178]

There was no reason for a civil war. Was stupid

[@maggie2sticks717]

I don't understand how Lincoln or Davis are celebrated. They both have thousands of dead soldier's blood on their souls.

[@SantomPh]

as opposed to who? Your hero Greta Thurnberg?

[@gyroe1970]

wow left out all the misery grant layed upon the innocent int he city

[@maggie2sticks717]

Sherman was horrific.

[@davidgoldin5759]

The city was fortified and a military position with artillery commanding and firing on shipping on the Mississippi River. That made it a legitimate military target. The Confederate Army essentially made the city and it's civilians hostages.

[@davidgoldin5759]

He liberated hundreds of thousand of people from enslavement Maggie, so there's that.@@maggie2sticks717

[@mgway4661]

War is war

[@MariE-bz2eq]

They had it coming. What do you expect in warfare?

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