The Battlefield Today | History on Location | Vicksburg - 9

The ninth in a series exploring the locations associated with the Union attempts to take the stronghold of Vicksburg during the American Civil War. In this episode, we look at the battlefield as it is today, including some of the most prominent monuments.
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10 - The Dead of Vicksburg
11 - USS Cairo
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[@mattgames7543]

Absolutely love all of your content. I did a module on the US Civil War a the University of Kent, and my module leader, Erik Mathisen managed to inspire a great amount of interest in me for this war, especially for a Brit!

[@Cyberlucy]

Thanks so much for the peek at the Illinois monument. My great great grandfather was a surgeon with the 76th Illinois and his name is on the monument. This whole series has really helped me get a handle on what actually happened there.

[@user-oh6eg4ny3h]

Another unsung hero that doesn’t get talked about as much in the siege of Vicksburg is Benjamin Henry Grierson. Him and his Calvary diverted so many southern troops in the Vicksburg campaign luring them away from Grants masterplan. Went as far as putting southern uniforms on to confuse the enemy after a raid. This was called Grierson’s raid. William T Sherman commented on grierson’s raid calling it the “finest moment of the campaign”Ironically before the war when he was young he was scared of horses due to a incident. But he grew to be confident with them He would give the south a major morale blow by beating Forrest’s Calvary in battle. (One of the kkk founders and Forrest Gump family relative). after the war Benjamin would help to form the Buffalo troops with African Americans. He was criticized for working with blacks. Another criticism he was given by his war buds such as Philip sherdian when Benjamin treated the Indians humanly and positively during the Indian wars after the civil war

[@refile1024]

I have to really thank you for all your content. It reignited my love of history and now have been going on historical vacations like the trips you have been doing. Keep it up, you give me ideas on trips I can take myself

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much love and support from the middle east! Learned so much about the interesting and beautiful interconnected web of American history from you. May God bless you as you continue to educate and entertain people. Love from Saudi Arabia

[@TribeTaz]

Will say it again, this series should be shown in classes. This was an amazing series

[@Frostee968]

What a great series. I live close to Vicksburg and always would visit when I was younger, I need to go back!

[@mitchellhedden1978]

Keep pumping out the original content as it keeps improving. My suggestion would be more visual aids like maybe adding more still images of what you’re talking about. Pictures of the people involved etc.

[@uwantsun]

Thank you for this. I am very grateful.

[@krebsgewehr]

Love these, really relaxing with some really cool info and sights.

[@phantomtitan9792]

Fascinating information

[@msspi764]

Nicely done.

[@steveclarke6257]

Chris, timestamp 1:30 looks very like the image you have as your desktop wallpaper. If it's the same monument it must be A little odd to get so close to something so familiar for the first time.

[@VloggingThroughHistory]

It is the same monument. My ancestor's unit, the 20th Ohio. It was amazing to finally be where he served.

[@dereklee796]

very nice!

[@beastmode_bryan8]

I want to go there.

[@Rayrandhy]

Whenever i feel lonely i just watch your vlogs, and then i feel like my dad talking to me in open spaces. Honestly you look like the kinder version of my father lol.

[@mitchellhedden1978]

He’s kinda like a real life Ned Flanders and I mean that in the best way possible. I doubt Ned would drink Mountain Dew but VTH is a multi dimensional character haha.

[@ryanburns6780]

That poor Kansas monument is the worst state monument you’ll ever see on a Civil War battlefield. It was clearly some kids 4th grade art project.

[@TheBency]

Good video! I've been by the Texas monument hundreds of times and never noticed the beard, or it's been so long that I totally forgot. I'm glad to see Fort Hill and the Yazoo canal. It's been too long since I've been through there. I'm excited to see if you do a video about the USS Cairo.

[@guythatpaysforyourhandouts2478]

The steele bayou campaign that was part of that is interesting too

[@dennisatkins9837]

That terrain is typical of the terrain just a few miles down the road from where I live. As you get closer to the Mississippi River it looks very much like the Vicksburg terrain. I’m in west Tennessee.

[@guythatpaysforyourhandouts2478]

You can also visit the grave of the only camel I'm aware of in the civil war there too

[@jjmachtej3387]

I commented this on video 8 of Vicksburg, but much of this land was owned by my 4x great grandfather.

[@to0c0ol42]

My mother went to Vicksburg and she pick up a book that was written by a woman that survived the siege. It's called "My Cave Life" and I gotta say it's a pretty interesting book. And as a Missourian I am so happy that our monument is better than the Kansas one.

[@jeffhallinan8188]

Chris, love the series. I am a Civil War historical reenactor and love researching the subject. I recently came across an old photo album that contains original Civil War Ohio Volunteers portraits. I want to send the images I found to you, via email. Maybe one of them are related or served with one of your ancestors.

[@VloggingThroughHistory]

Thank you Jeff, I would appreciate that. [e-mail]

[@marshallmathers7745]

Love this original content a lot. Keep going on giving us this tours. And if you can, please react to oversimplified’s video on 3 kingdoms 🙌

[@texanwokey8366]

As a Texan myself I am not surprised lol, gotta always represent the star

[@anderskorsback4104]

Which way did Grant get his supplies and reinforcements to the siege? From New Orleans? I can't imagine he kept a supply line going straight under the riverside guns of Vicksburg.

[@yochaigal2543]

Can you please react to the Yom Kippur and six day wars by kings and generals and to the SABATON song counterstrike?

[@johnmichaelchance1151]

Imagine you’re in a battle and the enemy is charging at with a real eagle screaming at you on a pole.😂

[@caesarion1399]

Where is the music from throughout this. It feels very appropriate

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👍👍

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can you visit any ww2 battlefields

[@VloggingThroughHistory]

I will be in 2022

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