New Zealand Family Reacts to American Civil War Part 2 Oversimplified

[@Toxik431]

In my honest opinion as an American, the Civil War is some of Oversimplified’s best work, also a fun fact about Lee’s surrender during it Grant asked how his men where and Lee responded with “ glad starved “ to which Grant immediately ordered they be sent food and supplies, this act of generosity and others during it led to Lee never allowing a bad word about Grant be spoken in his presence for the rest of his life.

[@jacob4920]

Grant also shushed his men, pretty sternly, when they started cheering after the surrender was signed, and Lee was riding off. That's called "winning with class."

[@cheeseninja1115]

Grant was a good man, but that bit him in the ass during his precedency as he couldn't see the corruption happening due to all his "friends" in government

[@jacob4920]

@@TGun7 This is a KZbin comment section. You have poured way too much effort into your shallow attempts to drag a historical figure down. I'll be real about one thing. What happened, happened, and bitching about it isn't going to change anything.

[@TGun7]

Listen to yourself subject. They already have you geared to quit. U.S. Indoctrination has shaped you into what you are today, a hopeless quitter. You are no different than a Chinese man under the CCP. NOTHING CAN BE DONE, THERE IS NOTHING WE CAN DO! Snap out of it, Jacob. Do your name proud.

[@thatguy2756]

@@TGun7 "It's war baby, what are you gonna do?" ~Abraham Lincoln maybe

[@formerctgovernordannelmall1452]

Interesting fact about Booth: after fleeing from DC, he went to the South, anticipating he would be welcomed as a hero. Virtually nobody gave him shelter because Lincoln would have been far more lenient and peaceful with the South post-Civil War than ANYBODY who would have replaced him

[@JohnDoe-dh4fi]

another fact about John Wilkes Booth before he killed Lincoln John's brother Edwin Booth saved Lincoln's eldest son Robert Todd Lincoln when Robert fell on to some train tracks as the train was coming into the station

[@johnclapperton5556]

The south had no problem if Lincoln had been killed during the war but all americans north or south were horrified by assasination.

[@willnewton1497]

Yeah along as he died because of war not aspiration there gentlemen

[@allisonoconnor8055]

Yet all southern states took him off the ballot🤷🏼🤷🏼🫣

[@formerctgovernordannelmall1452]

@willnewton1497 nobody here is saying they were outstanding people just because they didnt support Booth or his assassination of Lincoln-just that it's funny that Booth miscalculated the optics of his plan so drastically

[@thomasrose5505]

The soldier that climbed the wall to attend to wounded soldiers was Richard Rowland Kirkland, He tended to wounded soldiers on both sides, both sides held their fire as he did this. He was known as The Angel of Maryes Heights.

[@hubbabubba8083]

I’m from Fredericksburg! We have a statue dedicated to the man here at the Sunken Road

[@lyricc2702]

@@hubbabubba8083 also from Fredericksburg! 🙋🏽‍♂️

[@LittleVillage24]

Why does everyone leave out the fact that both sides in the battle were Irish(Irish Brigade)?

[@taminguyen2622]

@@LittleVillage24 because they were Americans FIRST. Sorry you didn't get a participation trophy.

[@LittleVillage24]

@@taminguyen2622 kzbin.info/www/bejne/n5ukqJuJrKaija8 Yeah, a war in which people took up arms for their state instead of their country. You obviously don't know anything about American history. Watch God's and Generals, Gettysburg, Ken Burn's docu-series, the Fighting 69th, etc.

[@Raging-Star]

General Sherman actually had what we would now call Major Depression, and there’s a quote where he was talking about Grant. “ I stuck with him when he was drunk, he stuck with me when I was crazy, and now we stick together forever”

[@randyronny7735]

Yet, Grant did not drink. He was allergic and would get very sick by having only 1 drink. His drunkenness story was pushed by his enemies in the service.

[@jayt9608]

@@randyronny7735, Grant was a prodigious smoker, a fact that killed him in the end.

[@v_lor]

oookay but how does that relate to war (talking to the reply above me)

[@Raging-Star]

@@v_lor IDK

[@william_mills]

@Miles Doyle He also said, "ask and thou shall receive"... which is a pretty easy thing to test... and people test it a LOT... can you guess how often it actually works??? *!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NEVER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!*

[@Fuzz32]

Lincoln’s assassination is one of the greatest ironies of history. The reason being, some time prior, John Wilkes Booth’s elder brother, Edwin, saved Lincoln’s son, Robert, from being crushed to death by a train. And also the brothers were estranged by that point.

[@nicolecastanon8083]

Wow! Really? I’ve never heard of that.

[@heathcoker5457]

@@nicolecastanon8083 true story. There's another KZbin channel if I remember it was Mr. Ballen has the whole story. It's definitely worth the listen.

[@nicolecastanon8083]

@@heathcoker5457 thanks! I’ll go check it out!

[@recjr7685]

There's a theory that Lincoln had himself assassinated to unite the nation against a single shared enemy America was torn apart in the aftermath of the war, everyone hated each other, and Lincoln knew that the only way to unite the fractured nation was by presenting the people with a common enemy And this plan worked, the manhunt for John Wilkes Booth was the biggest manhunt in American history But we'll ultimately never know if Lincoln truly was murdered in cold blood or if he was a martyr, or if Booth was a government agent or a common murderer

[@Gutslinger]

Just discovered that myself. Also can't forget the irony of how similar, yet somewhat opposite, JFK's assassination happened.

[@getalifepolicy9890]

The Natives that fought for the Confederacy were mostly Cherokee, and they had a vendetta against the U.S. Government, due the Government forcing them off their native lands back east, and forcing them to go to what was then called Indian Territory (modern day Oklahoma). That journey was later called the Trail of Tears, due to many deaths along the way..

[@kettch777]

However, they didn't add much to the Confederate war effort, and while small scale wars would erupt for most of the rest of the 19th century, aside from the massacre of the U.S. 7th Cavalry at Little Big Horn in the 1870s, Native Americans never presented a serious threat to the United States again. Eventually Indian Territory was abolished and opened to settlement, and the remaining tribes were forced onto smaller reservations, which still exist today. In 1924, inspired by their excellent service in the First World War, the government granted all Native Americans full citizenship rights.

[@nisiesworld.9889]

I had family on the trail of tears. Devastating.

[@fightingblindly]

Many Native Americans were mad at the American Union government because of their treatment and removal from their lands in the east (georgia, alabama, florida mississippi). They hoped allying with the South would keep their current treaties honored as they had been broken in the past. Ironically the reason many of them were removed from their lands was white settlement in the Southern US in what would become slave states where large landowners were engaged in plantation agriculture and slavery. They found themselves fighting for these same people. Also the Cherokee and several other tribes with origins in the Southeastern US were slave owners (at least many of the wealthy). Many of these tribes had adopted aspects of American and Western European culture and were called kind of insultingly "5 civilized tribes" as if other tribes weren't civilized. Many of these Native Americans didn't believe 13th Amendment and Emancipation Proclamation applied to them and their slaves after the War. Many of their slaves remained slaves into the 1870s over 5 years after the war ended in 1865 and weren't freed until later by threat of force. Some of those slaves and their descendants sought admittance into the tribes where they were enslaved as well as full membership (some had native american blood due to liasons between slaveowners and black enslaved women), but most of these lawsuits have come to nothing. Many settled near reservations and Indian lands where they had been enslaved.

[@DW-nb2zc]

They all should have fought for the confederacy.The CSA would've given them autonomy while keeping the slave system in place

[@lotusinn3]

Yep. Part of it was a vendetta against the US government, other was the economic power of slavery. The latter can’t be excused, but it can be understood.

[@kathygreenbean3132]

The Lincoln Memorial shown at the end is a powerful sight. I had seen so many pictures of it, but when I actually stood there I was brought to tears. I was 14.

[@benyfrank4390]

Hi I’m Benjamin from Minnesota nice to meet you on here and I hope we can be friends

[@DesertPrimrose]

I've been lucky to visit it twice. It's a powerful symbol with added historical significance because of MLK Jr.

[@jayt9608]

I have been once. It is my desire to again stand at his feet.

[@rls25132]

Me too, also the first time seeing it I was 14.

[@tcsam73]

Pictures do not do that statue justice. Standing in front of it was a moving experience, I will remember it for the rest of my life.

[@realbradautry]

What you should understand is that there were significant advances in battlefield medicine during our civil war. Also General Grant went on to become a two term president. The three amendments (14, 15, 16) mentioned at the end were passed during Grant’s administration.

[@NightGraveHunting]

The 14th and 15th amendment were passed in the 60s after the war before grant was president

[@JPMadden]

The 3 amendments were 13-15.

[@johnchettri8506]

Some how this man pulled off a Ceaser and Napoleon at the same time

[@Gutslinger]

Idk if I would say that. Considering that they didn't know what microscopic germs were, and kept their medical utensils in dirty/bloody pots of water.

[@hardcorehistorybuff5230]

@@Gutslinger youre not very smart

[@pwessie]

I'm gonna keep saying it: I don't know what got y'all interested in American history, but you have my utmost respect and thoughtfulness in return for yours.

[@Dcypled]

This is an excellent question. As an American I can guess but I'd love to hear.

[@AaronDarkus]

Well, since the United States is the most famous country in the entire world (in the sense that it influences mostly of the world, specially the western countries), is expectable to see it´s history being the most revised. I write this from the perspective of a non-american.

[@KnightMagnet]

Well One of the things United States is most known for is because of its historical events and monuments that’s the first thing that pop up if you google what US is most known for And why would you question about being interested anyways?American history is unique and interesting,that’s why United States is I’m pretty sure the most famous country in the world

[@ExUmbra117]

I appreciate foreigners who take interest in our history. I had dinner in a French families home in Normandy. They have so much respect and admiration for our history. I remember seeing a massive painting of the battle of Gettysburg above their fireplace. It was very interesting to see it there in their home.

[@sydssolanumsamsys]

@@AaronDarkus what do you mean it's the most revised?

[@winstonsmith8441]

Great video and reaction. Interesting piece of trivia: at the 21:38 mark in the picture of Lincoln's funeral procession through New York City (several such processions occurred as his body was being moved to Illinois for burial) there is a multi-story house, the Roosevelt mansion. On the left side of the picture - in a second story window you can make out two small figures - those are two children and one of them is a seven-year-old future US President, Theodore Roosevelt. The other child is his brother Elliot, the future father of Eleanor Roosevelt who would become the First Lady to President Franklin Roosevelt. The house is that of his grandparents.

[@Posidon09]

I know I'm late but dang that is insane.

[@wesleypeters4112]

When I was younger, my family visited Lincoln's Residence in Springfield, IL. As our tour group came down the main staircase from the second floor, the lady that was our tour guide mentioned that the banister was the same one that Lincoln touched while he resided there (not always is that the case with residences of historical figures, as items tend to get stolen). I got goose bumps as I slid my hand down the banister knowing that Lincoln's hands had graced it.

[@TSE-One]

That's awesome when you vote in the USA atleast when I was a kid my parents voted while at the Boothe kids were able to "practice vote" for a past president and I always picked Abraham Lincoln. That was the good old day's. Although I grew up in the late 90s so it was much different back then especially compared to today in 2021.

[@joshgellis3292]

Lincoln's history is fantastic. I'm a of course a modern Republican and he's still referenced by the big name Conservatives. The recently released movie, 'Lincoln' drama seems to very realistically capture his likely personality, humbleness and depression during those very dark, Civil War days!

[@rustincohle2135]

@@joshgellis3292 Yea, even though modern Republicans don't hold any of Lincoln's ideals. Lincoln's Republican party is not identical to today's Republicans.

[@phredphlintstone6455]

@@rustincohle2135 sure

[@pretzels1460]

I live in Springfield and a family friend used to work at the Lincoln museum/library and got to hold the actual dress Mary Todd was wearing while Abe was shot. Can’t even imagine how cool of an experience that would be.

[@Gutslinger]

I recently learned that John Wilks Boothe had an older brother, who was a more famous actor that loved Lincoln. He was devastated, knowing that his younger brother assassinated Lincoln. Roughly a year before Lincoln was assassinated, John Wilks Boothe's older brother saved Abraham Lincoln's son, Robert Lincoln. John Wilks Boothe's older brother and the owner of Ford's Theater (where Abe Lincoln would be assassinated) were at a train station, where Robert Lincoln happen to fall down onto the train tracks. John Wilks Boothe's older brother pulled Robert Lincoln up and saved his life. John Wilks Boothe's brother had no clue it was Abraham Lincoln's son at the time, but Robert Lincoln knew who he was because he was a famous actor. Sometime after Abraham Lincoln's death. John Wilks Boothe's brother had been told that it was Abe Lincoln's son, whom he saved that day. It helped him kinda get over the shame/guilt he felt from his younger brother assassinating Abe Lincoln.

[@HiSummerWasHere]

Even sadder than Lincoln hoping for a time of personal recovery and happiness and then being assassinated is that his wife, Mary Todd Lincoln, was already emotionally fragile and teetering on the edge of breakdown (they had actually lost a total of three sons), and the surviving son had her institutionalized.

[@ronniemaclaine5234]

@@georginahuitron4800 that's what institutionalized means

[@prodICYN]

@Mary Parks Well yes, it's already sad that he was killed, but add what happened to his wife afterwards, it's even worse

[@RapidsLurker15]

And Lincoln's surviving son was present at the assassination of President James A. Garfield.

[@jayt9608]

Technically the situation is more complicated. Mary and Robert were already astranged at the time of Lincoln's death. However she began traveling with her youngest son, Tad. Her emotional demands were so great that at 18 he died from his health having been destroyed. Robert then arranged to have her confined, but there is evidence that he put her away in the interest of their strained relationship and may have committed a number of...underhanded means to achieve that end. She later gained her freedom and lived out her days with a few friends.

[@joelwillems4081]

I'm not a Mary Todd sympathizer. She was fragile before any of her sons or husband died. When she was widowed, she was walking around with a literal fortune for that time, about $1,000,000 in today's money, because her husband patriotically invested in war bonds. But she sneakily got a sizable pension from Congress and worked to increase it after Pres. Garfield was killed and left a wife and seven children. To be fair, few women would have been up to the task of being Abe's wife but Mary definitely wasn't one of those.

[@gizmoandbackgaming]

I love the fact that you are giving your children a home school life. I also love the idea of exposing them to other parts of the world and letting them see all the wonderful places and history from around the world. You are the best example of parenting I have seen in a long time. Much love from Tennessee.

[@yomama8311]

That princess Leia with the mustache woke them up real quick!! 😂 lol love you guys and gals! Keep making us smile!!

[@yomama8311]

I just saw the part where Atlanta responded to the name Atlanta Georgia!! That’s hilarious, that’s where I’m at!! Folks around here refer to it as the ATL. And some people refer to it as the Dirty South! Lol #AtlantaGa

[@russellbeaty7538]

Yeah we should always make fun of people who fight and die in wars

[@slayfadeaway3506]

@@russellbeaty7538 it ain’t that deep💀

[@Jesussayspayattention]

One of GG Grandfathers on my Father's side, Archibald McAllister, served as Pennsylvanian Congressman under President Abraham Lincoln and his Yay Vote was the final one that passed and ratified the Abolition of Slavery Act during our Nations Civil War.

[@jujubees5855]

Glory is a good movie about one of the valiant Black regiments.

[@Naxela135]

one of my favorite movies

[@Thatguyjack758]

Matthew Broderick nailed that role

[@carladams5891]

I've seen it many times and think it's the best performance for Matthew Broderick, Carrey Elwes, Morgan Freeman and Denzel Washington!!

[@eileenbaran7040]

My favorite movie, so many parts of the movie that showed such disrespect for the southern people who they invaded and his men never did anything that could be questioned, the best was when Broderick went into the office of the man that decides who gets clothing, shoes etc. pulled a gun on him for his regiments shoes and clothing, amazing movie and what a crazy ending when the white army after having issues with them was yelling get them hell 54th

[@an_anishinaabe_son]

There were over 180 thousand free black men who fought for the Confederacy.

[@MrSimpsoma]

I know a guy that lives in Lower Hutt, NZ He's 6truck driver there. I'm a retired truck driver in America. I watch all the videos and you have a beautiful family! And ya'll look great together!

[@hunglikeahorse---fly]

Your loving, beautiful faces are just what we needed to see. You make our days so much more enjoyable showing us part of your life and how you spend your days. ❤❤❤

[@shawnblackhurst5246]

I was born in Northern Illinois. Used to visit Lincoln’s Tomb yearly on his birthday, in my Civil War uniform. Re-enacted battles with the 23rd Illinois Volunteer infantry(Mulligans Irish Brigade).

[@joshgellis3292]

Sheesh- how epic!

[@MrAtticus2008]

Fun Fact: In that funeral procession photo in the middle window of the building to the left are two boys. One is future president Theodore Roosevelt and the other is his brother.

[@bigdoggo9101]

"Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth, on this continent, a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived, and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting-place for those who here gave their lives, that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. But, in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate-we cannot hallow-this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us-that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they here gave the last full measure of devotion-that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain-that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth."

[@withacy]

You know, before I saw this, I was thinking about posting this (The Gettysburg Address), too! We had to memorize it in the sixth grade. I always got messed up and turned around in the who was dedicated to what part near the end.

[@clukskin]

@@withacy i too had to memorize it, and we had to recite it directly to our teacher. one of the hardest tests i've ever had to take, and one we were not allowed to fail. if you could not fully recite it, you went sat down and started practicing again. as i recall this was a several days thing as the class was fairly large. i wonder what they teach in schools now.

[@withacy]

@@clukskin We had to recite it to the whole class (only about 20-25 kids), from the front! But I guess that was incentive & punishment enough. the teacher would correct us when we went wrong or made a mistake, made us say it the correct way, then go on. Of course, everyone who was done was bored & not paying attention, and everyone who hadn’t gone yet was studying & silently practicing, so it wasn’t so bad. I think this was 7th grade, Maybe 8th. (I realized it couldn’t have been 6th after I wrote that.) Of course, if we’d done it your way, I’d still remember it! Or if it was a song. That’s why I still know the 50 states in alphabetical order and the preamble to the constitution!

[@rls25132]

The Gettysburg Address always gives me chills as such a masterful dedication. Lincoln was a brilliant orator.

[@Necrosisx]

“The World will little note, nor long remember what we say here” This from perhaps one of the greatest speeches ever given.

[@ThatCrazySylveonIsAtItAgain]

Interesting tidbit of trivia: General Hooker had so many... er, prostitutes, that they were often referred to as "Hooker's Private Army" which was later shortened to hookers. Not the most family friendly bit of trivia, but it's the only random fact from this era I know. The rest of the Civil War is pretty much general knowledge for me and my fellow Americans.

[@lauradekalb6538]

Another piece of trivia---sideburns are a spoonerism of Burnsides' name and when I was in school my teacher told us that's how we get the word sideburns.

[@lynnmertz3555]

Gettysburg is an amazing place to visit over the 4th of July, with battle re- enactments and so much history to learn about the civil war that really wasn’t shown in the videos. The cemetery, the homes and memorials. The town is so amazing and sad at the same time. They teach you about the medicine, some that is actually part of medicines used today, and the tragedy that happened there. Love you guys and glad you enjoy seeing our history, and what we still fight for today. ❤️🌹👍🏻

[@benyfrank4390]

Hi I’m Benjamin from Minnesota hope we can be friends if you don’t mind

[@marshalljarnagin9370]

Watch: Last Witness to Lincoln Assassination I've Got a Secret. The last living witness to his assassination describes what he saw that day on an old American game show. It's short, but quite interesting.

[@Cashcrop54]

I saw that for the first time in 2019 or so. That is amazing to see. The panel got onto him pretty quick if I remember rightly.

[@stinkbug4321]

Oddly enough, his concern was more for the person that leapt from the balcony and sprung his ankle. He was only young at the time so maybe he thought somebody was shooting at him and he was jumping to get away.

[@zackslechta5517]

My Great-Great-Great-Great Grandfather fought in the Battle of Vicksburg for the union army. His name was Johann Christian Geisenheimer and he was a corporal in the Wisconsin 20th Army Regiment, D company.

[@tradcathgroyper7411]

The name "sideburns" comes from "Burnside."

[@SaltyMinorcan]

"Like Grant took Richmond," is an old saying meaning a thorough and decisive victory.

[@mrs.antihero]

My dad's side of the family have always been soldiers as far back as I can trace. I have ancestors who fought in the Revolution, the War of 1812, and the Civil War (on the union side), in the Battle of King's Mountain, which they didn't mention, but was one of the most pivotal battles of the Civil War. I love Oversimplified. They make great edutaining videos, making history accessible to everyone.

[@Gene-Hancock-Ky]

The old veterans held annual reunions until the 1950's! The Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) and the United Confederate Veterans (UCV). On some rare occasions they would gather together and celebrate as one! Lots of old films on the internet about these groups and their reunions! (I am a collector of their memorabilia)

[@LuckyDoge]

Oh thank goodness I was waiting for this.

[@normajeanmcdaniel4491]

@Lucky Doge -- Me, too!!! Aren't they great?

[@LuckyDoge]

@@normajeanmcdaniel4491 Ye

[@Toco59]

3:47 Despite the end of the war, there was a lot of turmoil between Americans for ages to come, it spiked alot of fights, brawls, disagreements, murders, including the fued between the Hatfields and the McCoys.

[@HistoryNerd808]

The Reconstruction Amendments are so important to US history that the period has sometimes been called our "Second Founding." The 14th in particular has been used for everything from establishing birthright citizenship to banning racial segregation to legalizing gay marriage nationally.

[@jeffburnham6611]

The 14th Amendment which was ratified in 1868, had nothing to do with Gay marriage; it was about ensuring the rights of natural born and naturalized US Citizens, primarily former slaves born in the US. The issue regarding Gay marriage and the legalizing of it was solely left to the individual states granted under the 10th Amendment. Several attempts to pass the Federal Marriage Act have been attempted which would ban Gay marriage, but it has never passed, and in most cases never made it out of committee.

[@HistoryNerd808]

@@jeffburnham6611 I wasn't making a judgement on the decision itself either way, only stating that the 14th Amendment was used to legalize it nationally which it was in 2015's Obergefell v. Hodges.

[@jakesbel8237]

Unfortunately Lincoln wanted the Union to heal and his replacement wanted the South to pay a heavy price. Two completely different plans of reconstruction.

[@Jeff_Lichtman]

@@jakesbel8237 Andrew Johnson was a southerner who did what he could to sabotage reconstruction. It was the radical Republicans in Congress who were punitive toward the former Confederate states. If Lincoln hadn't been assassinated, he would probably have chosen a middle path, with the rights of former slaves protected while the economy of the south was rebuilt.

[@jakesbel8237]

@@Jeff_Lichtman agreed and just about wiped out the tribes.

[@royalloki4792]

“I thought he was in some sort of carriage or something” “no you’re thinking of another one.” It’s a shame that there are other ones but I would assume you are thinking of John F Kennedy. He was shot while riding in his motorcade in Dallas in 1963.

[@georgea5991]

Or Franz Ferdinand, who was also assassinated in a car.

[@royalloki4792]

@@georgea5991 yeah but I think she was specifically thinking of another US president

[@stephenkammerling9479]

That was the last time the President rode in an open car.

[@willnewton1497]

Maybe Garfield but he was shot in train station by a pissed off party member and McKinley got shot on a train by Leon Cźgolz (I think that's how you spell his last name) but he was an anarchist mean while jackson had several attempts happen on his life but he fought them off and Zachary Taylor died of like phunomia from taking taking to long on his inaugural speech while it was raining @stephenkammerling9479

[@MarsJenkar]

@@willnewton1497 It was William Henry Harrison who died from pneumonia from the inaugural speech (a month after said speech). Zachary Taylor died of a stomach disease over a year after inauguration.

[@dylandylanson4448]

Wilmer McLean: the man who had a war begin in his front yard, and who had it end in his front parlor.

[@allentoyokawa9068]

General Burnside is where we got the term sideburns from!

[@gregweatherup9596]

The specific count is sometimes calculated slightly differently, but regardless of the precise number, the Civil War had the highest American body count in American history of any war, disaster, outbreak, or specific event - until it was just recently surpassed by a certain currently rampant disease.

[@andypham4216]

I grew up in York, PA. Not far from Gettysburg. Every child around here grew up visiting the battlefield there for school at least once and probably with their families too. It is a sobering experience as an adult when you can really grasp what happened there. For the kids it is really fun. You get to see cannons etc and there is a section of rock formations there called "Devil's Den" that is really fun to run around and climb in and out of.

[@jwo7777777]

I am a descendant of the Chancellor family for whom the town of Chancellorsville, Virginia was named. We have in our possession a ceramic platter from which the entire household (regardless of position or color) is supposed to have enjoyed a meal of fried chicken while sitting on the front porch, watching the battle between Hooker and Lee. The story recounts that as the fighting drifted uncomfortably close to the house, the group entered the cellar and fled through a tunnel that exited some substantial distance behind the house.

[@rhysezenkner7302]

My wife is Native American and the reason the did fight was for promises that we broken after the war. The true story of what happen to the native Americans is very sad and horrible, none of which is taught is schools. I learned truth after I met my wife.

[@0potion]

My middle school history teacher actually had some nave American ancestry. And so when we did Kansas history which is the state I grew up in he also did a portion on Native American history. I mean considering how awfully they were treated I don't understand how the media hasn't tried to back them as much as they have the black community...

[@gradylovelace5859]

@@0potionhe Africans were kidnapped, shipped, killed, put in horrific conditions, raped, chained, shackled, beaten, drowned, worked to death and taken from there land and culture. And all those things first happened on the ships going to the buyers! America was just one of the countries that Africans were sold to! Why wasn’t your question about why America was so merciful and generous to Asians? They wasn’t enslaved and was paid for their labor. Most Native Americans don’t want anything to do with American society

[@SkyKid002]

Must be based on where you grew up because here in Virginia we definitely were taught about native Americans and their roles throughout American (and Virginia history)

[@terryjohnson5579]

Nah America not teaching crucial history about the genocide and horrific treatment of its own native population. Not ever in this world. Feckin Hell.

[@joshuacordero8163]

That’s a great reaction, I like the way you engage the kids!! I hope you continue reacting to the oversimplified videos

[@sebastian-sec]

that general Lee is a BEAST!!!!!! what a great general!!!!!

[@cameronspence4977]

Grant and Lee were both extremely competent and capable generals. I believe they were actually roommates when they were at military college (west point?)

[@Ramsius_1]

Sweet!! more for me to watch this evening!!! but i already know its going to be super amazing from the amazing NZ fam!!! 🙃😉

[@scottywright8146]

I really enjoy watching your reactions and other vlogs. Your family is very real and sometimes I feel like we are all an extended family. You guys rock! Thank you for showing the rest of the world how life in other parts of the world are different yet in many ways the same.

[@williamdezso4310]

The casualties at Gettysburg on both sides were 51,000 from three days of fighting.

[@etchisketch5090]

Funny how you mentioned that the people at the top like generals were not hateful to each other the reason why is, before the war many of the generals on both sides attended the same school Westpoint (A US army officer school) so when the states split the same guys that they went to school with and we’re buddies with now commanded army’s against each other, as a matter of fact after some battles when one general would surrender to another instead of being taking prisoner and treated harshly, the winning general would often take the loosing general to his own private quarters and they would drink, catch up, talk about their old school days and share war stories with each other. War for officers back then was seen as a gentleman’s game, where after fights they would shake hand and tell each other good game (not literally).

[@alexiaNBC]

One thing Oversimplified forgot about the Gettysburg battle was a moment where the Union line almost collapsed on Day 2 because of a hole in their line near Cemetery Hill. Seeing the gap and a Virginian brigade moving towards them, Union General Hancock found one regiment, the 1st Minnesota, and asked if they could hold that position long enough for reinforcements. WIthout any hesitation, the regiment brandished bayonets after firing a volley at the Confederate brigade and charged ferociously into the brigade shocking the southerners. Despite a high 82% casualty rate, the line was reinforced and the rest of the regiment returned with a captured Virginian battle flag that is still housed in the Minnesota state rotunda.

[@BrokebutCreative]

Was oversimplified not descriptive enough? Jfc

[@Trifler500]

There's a movie called "News of the World" with Tom Hanks that takes place during the period right after the Civil War, in the union-occupied south. There are some interesting scenes showing how civilians interacted with the union patrols. Especially a scene where a crowd starts becoming worked up about how much they hated having the union soldiers there, and Tom Hanks' character, despite having been a captain in the Confederate army, calms them all down.

[@TheLastKentuckyIrregular9524]

It does skip over a lot of the atrocities committed by Union troops though. Not much mention of the thefts, rapes, murders, etc. I mean, there was a reason they were so despised.

[@Trifler500]

@@TheLastKentuckyIrregular9524 Unfortunately, a lot of problems arise with any army left unsupervised far from command. I doubt it would have been any different if it was a Confederate army in the north. Take away the bad behavior and you're left with the issues, which is what the scene in the movie looks at.

[@JGW845]

​@@Trifler500 Lee's Army was the only Confederate force to penetrate into the "North." As far as Lee's command, any verifiable offense against a woman by one of his men was punishable by death. My understanding is that while Sherman's regulars where well disciplined his " bummers" were less so and there are many stories of sexual assaults committed by them. Reportedly Sherman paid no attention to these complaints. It is one of the many reasons that Sherman is despised to this day in the South.

[@jaredgilmore3102]

@@JGW845 You should look at Atun-Shei Films video on Sherman, much of those stories were southern and democrat propaganda spread during reconstruction and later during the 1900s by racist historians like Woodrow Wilson. There was no more atrocities in Sherman's drive to the south than in any other campaign of the period (South did similar atrocities in their northern invasions and raids) Sherman did not let any cases go and their are documented cases of northern troops being executed for those crimes much in line with other campaigns in the war.

[@z54964380]

@@jaredgilmore3102 I wouldn’t say no more atrocities on Sherman’s offensive than other campaigns, I mean the guy’s strategy was to literally target the population to weaken support for the confederate military. And if the result of the ww2 Imperial Japanese military’s official strategy of “Kill all, burn all, loot all” in China is to be referenced, I think we can agree that strategies targeting civilians would be markedly more brutal and atrocious than any civilian collateral damages from conventional military engagements.

[@swinkyy7846]

Was waiting so long for this! Love watching people outside America learn about our Civil War. It's so rich with heart-touching story and great tragedy, it's truly a history-lover's dream!

[@jonwallace6204]

Grant vs Lee is one of those great military campaigns where two of the greatest generals of all time squared off. Like Rommel v Patton.

[@user-os1in7kt5j]

Watch the film "gettysburg" it follows Professor Joshua Chamberlain's into becoming a hero. One thing which is not in the film, he once fell off his horse and was covered in mud while behind enemy lines. the confederates solders did not see he was wearing blue but they saw his rank. When he realized they did not shoot him. he gave them order to charge. and he led them right into a trap back where his men where.

[@JPMadden]

I recently read his war memoir, which was written in the long-winded, overly-dramatic style of the 1800s. That incident occurred in 1865, in the week or so before the surrender at Appomattox Court House.

[@theguywhoasked5591]

It is a great film. Also, Joshua Chamberlin was the dean of Bowdoin College which is only a few miles away from my house. And after the war he become the Governor of Maine.

[@bethanymills1945]

Gettysburg and Gods & Generals were both great at explaining the hearts of the soldiers and what they were fighting for.

[@an_anishinaabe_son]

@T4, what you said is incorrect.

[@JPMadden]

@@an_anishinaabe_son What part? How so?

[@eugenemarcus6292]

I came across your blog accidentally. I'm so happy I did. Your family is a wonderful example of what a great family should be. Your children are/ will be great global citizens. Thank you for your amazing views and commitment to education. As an American citizen, I applaud and thank you.

[@jessieratcliff168]

You guys are always laughing and happy. I just love it. Have a great weekend.

[@jamesbednar8625]

Awesome video!! As for the Native Americans - YES, there were tribes that sided with the North and there were tribes that sided with the South AND OWNED slaves, and there were tribes that tried to stay as neutral as possible. These tribes were primarily west of the Mississippi River. Also, just because there was a major war going on in the nation, conflicts with white settlers/military & Native Americans did not stop. There were terrible encounters and horrendous depredations committed by BOTH sides. During the summer of 1862 the Minnesota Sioux rose up in rebellion because of LATE or NO payments for treaty violations. Also, greedy/immoral government officials contributed to this uprising. This became known as the Minnesota Sioux Uprising. Lasting roughly a month, many persons on Both sides were slaughtered with the town of New Ulm, Minnesota, beign attacked and burned down. Eventually, over 300+ Native Americans were captured and sentenced to death. President Lincoln reduced that number to roughly 30 and they were hanged - this became the largest mass-execution in American history (not many people know about that). Also, during late November 1864, a cavalry regiment in Colorado attacked/slaughtered a Native American village along the banks of Sand Creek - this became known as the Sand Creek Massacre and the site is now part of the National Park System, well worth the visit. Depending on sources, over 100-150 Native Americans were killed, mostly women/children/elderly. The village and food and other necessities were destroyed, thus leaving the Native Americans on the open plains during the winter without provisions (does get brutally cold out there).This incident was so brutal/unnecessary that it made it to President Lincoln's attention and there was an official investigation. The survivors regrouped in western Kansas and decided to attack the town of Julesburg, Colorado, in order to capture some supplies to survive the winter. Just about everyone in USA knows about the Civil War EAST of the Mississippi River. I enjoy learning and telling people about the war WEST of the Mississippi River for the war there was just as brutal, if not more so, than in the East and it is not as well known or written about. Also, the last Confederate army to officially surrender was in Texas and it was a mixture of whites and Native Americans commanded by a Cherokee Chieftain Stan Watie.

[@SkyKid002]

Slavery wasn't invented by Europeans and they didn't have a monopoly on it. There was slavery in Africa and America before European contact. Not trying to diminish the trans-atlantic slave trade or America's chattel slavery but its not exclusively European lol

[@amandaaiman7383]

I absolutely love your videos. They are really cool and fun to watch.

[@kathybeeson4350]

I can't believe how your kids have grown. Enjoy all of you.

[@jacobpickering3057]

Hello from Chattanooga, Tennessee.

[@thehowlinggamer5784]

An interesting fact about Petersburg is that Chamberlain, the man who led the charge at Little Round Top, was wounded at Petersburg. However, the wound resulted in complications that followed him the rest of his life until he passed away in 1914 with it being determined that complications from that wound as the result of his death. As a result this made him the last official casualty of the war.

[@justanotheryoutubefan8070]

Always love your reactions! Much love from California!

[@JordanDavis-ce2yy]

I’m a descendant of the Arapaho tribe- my dad is an elder, and my great great grandmother was the sole survivor of her family at the Sand Creek Massacre. The natives were all retry much forced into helping in order to survive. Crazy! Love you guys!

[@Drakijy]

Howdy from Jorja! I live where General Sherman marched through Georgia. You can still see evidence of his army's activities, or rather, you can see a lack of evidence of history before his army's activities. He left no buildings, no crops, nor orchards in his wake. The state built an interstate highway from Savannah to Macon and Macon to Atlanta in his path since it was pretty much a scar across the state. Oh, and I know this was an oversimplified version of events, but Sherman did not destroy Savannah when his troops arrived. I was taught in primary school that he arrived in Savannah around Christmas time and saw the beauty of the city and decided to gift it to President Lincoln for the holiday. Anyway, I thought that I would share that. As always, thank you for the great video!

[@Madison-iw8ix]

That's the best Christmas present I've ever heard of.

[@jasonpatterson8091]

The biggest reason Native Americans fought in the Civil War was that they believed (or had been assured) that if whichever side they were fighting for won, their tribal land rights would be respected. There certainly were some who fought in opposition or support of slavery or simply for food and pay, but it was mostly about their long term land guarantees. I'll leave it to you to guess whether those guarantees were honored or not.

[@mudbug73us]

I love the "accessible" history from this channel , they do a fabulous job of condensing huge amounts of info into digestible chunks. A fact I dont believe was covered - the Civil War was the most deadly war in American history, nearly 750,000 men died. AS a comparison, World War Two cost the US about 405,000 dead.

[@nathanhollywoodbrookshire1417]

It was covered

[@Revan42142]

It "helps" that that statistic counts the dead from both sides, whereas in WWII the number referenced is only one side of the war. Civil Wars are kinda biased like that

[@Cashcrop54]

Wish that somebody like this was around when I went to school. 95% of what I now know about the Civil War came after I graduated. I learned more in these 2 videos than when in school. The PBS documentary by Ken Burns and the 3 volume "The Civil War" by Shelby Foote have contributed heavily in that 95%. And here I learned something. Thank you for doing these videos! I salute you and your family!

[@okarab]

What an great way to get the kids to appreciate the fight for human equality, and history in general. You have an awesome family!

[@TheLastKentuckyIrregular9524]

Not sure how teaching them a false history teaches them about equality.

[@thatguy2756]

@@TheLastKentuckyIrregular9524 someone sounds salty

[@TheLastKentuckyIrregular9524]

@@thatguy2756 I dislike propagandistic history. Teaching that the civil war was about freeing slaves is akin to teaching that the Iraq war was really about WMDs.

[@thatguy2756]

@@TheLastKentuckyIrregular9524 Very salty

[@georgea5991]

@@TheLastKentuckyIrregular9524 Yet, the end result was slaves being freed.

[@TSE-One]

Hello from the west coast united 🇺🇲 states I find as an American you videos are very spot on in regards to us history. Even though I learned this in school I enjoy your videos alot. Also I have family in both New Zealand and Australia. Thank you for your hardwork on the videos and keep up the excellent work. Best regards, C K Waygood

[@8erttownsk]

I literally laughed out loud when Atlanta looked up as if she was watching the names of the new patreons go up through the ceiling or something. The timing was too perfect

[@JoeBuchanan-d8l]

9:05 General Pickett who led this charge and lost the vast majority of his division, when General Lee told him to regather his troops he said the now famous quote “general Lee, I have no division” a good representation of this would be from the movie Gettysburg which depicted this famous battle including all the strategies

[@kinjiru731]

You might be interested in the Navajo Code Talkers, there may be some good videos on them. They were Navajo Native Americans who played an important role in World War 2. They were the subject of the movie Windtalkers.

[@francishaight2062]

Thanks guys for sharing your reaction to this part 2. The American Civil War is both voluminous as a subject and inescapably sad, the deeper you go into it, not to mention horrifying when you think about the scale of violence in places like Gettysburg, a 3 day battle, 50 to 70 thousand casualties. So it has a darkness to it that can be haunting especially for those of us who live here in the states and who have ancestors who fought in it and, in some cases, never came home. You’re a beautiful family! Thanks again!

[@Labyrinth6000]

You should do Napoleon, Russian Revolution, or Prohibition next by Oversimplified, they're my other favorites.

[@finleycooper6407]

Defitnely WW1 and 2

[@veminemshady8482]

Napoleon for sure

[@jacob4920]

Let's just be honest. Everything "Oversimplified" does is outstanding. I honestly would show these videos to my children, in class, if I were a teacher myself. They're entertaining, and would absolutely hold their attention. After the videos were over, I would then make that the lesson for the rest of the period. Simple. Straightforward. To the point. And best of all: DEVOID OF POLITICAL STAINING! Alas, I will never be a teacher, because I suck in front of crowds. Especially crowds of kids.

[@providedyeti1518]

@@veminemshady8482 Napoleon is a great general and his video is equally as great

[@youthemann734]

The Russian revolution was my favorite video of oversimplified

[@kettch777]

Knowing the history, it's hard not to get choked up visiting the Lincoln memorial. Especially reading the dedication on the wall: "In this temple, as in the hearts of the people for whom he preserved the Union, the memory of Abraham Lincoln is enshrined forever."

[@theblackbear211]

Thanks for watching. A truly challenging time - when it was actually true that brothers and best friends fought on opposite sides - each for their own reasons, and their individual understanding of the situation.

[@nolame100]

I know guys, this is an old video for you, and I have watched it over and over a few times, but I love how you guys discuss it, and feel you probably have learned a lot about humanity!! Thanks for doing it. I am, and was born an American, and it still touches me! Thanks!

[@edwardamo]

You might enjoy checking out the poem "O Captain! My Captain!" by Walt Whitman. A moving tribute to Abraham Lincoln after the tragedy of his assassination just when the preservation of the Union was finally accomplished.

[@bowen1704]

Union had 8 slave states in 1864 actually. New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, Missouri, West Virginia, Louisiana, and Tennessee

[@davidmccormick7451]

I love how much you are interested in AMERICA and it's history.

[@hunglikeahorse---fly]

They seem to know and understand American history than most Americans that live here.

[@justinwhitley775]

@@hunglikeahorse---fly my observation every video I watch.

[@bluestarchronicles]

@Gomu Gomu No Mi it’d be nice if they seceded. They just keep costing the rest of us money keeping them afloat while they keep their heads in the clouds.

[@bluestarchronicles]

@@hunglikeahorse---fly there’s a lot of us so it’s good economically. Capitalism is a wonderful thing. Kudos. Seriously.

[@randomness435]

@Gary Adame Haha! True!

[@genestatler2514]

I really enjoyed watching this wonderful NZ family watch and learn about our American civil war. There's something very heartwarming about seeing a family from another country honoring us Americans in this way. I truly love you people!!!

[@timofeegraaay8165]

I would love to visit New Zealand myself. It is a huge distance for an American my age, but it appears to be so gorgeous and the people ( Kiwis) that I have met are really good people. Would love to ride the train on the North Island, they had a TV show here on it. It was absolutely fascinating to me. Good video, thumbs up. I have been to Canada, England, Wales, Ireland, Norway and Denmark. New Zealand has to be done before I can’t walk or worse!

[@billknauss7963]

Got to DC about 50 years ago. I remember visiting Ford's Theater where Lincoln was shot. The public was allowed to climb the stairs up to the box where Lincoln sat but we couldn't go into the box. Also, there was a bit of a museum in the basement where they still had the pistol that Booth used to shoot Lincoln. Then we went across the street to the house where Lincoln was carried after the shooting. Lincoln had to be laid diagonally across the bed because he was too tall for the bed. They still had the blood-stained pillow on the bed encased in clear plastic. I will never forget that trip.

[@misstijones2725]

Fun Fact: The US Army Air Corp was created during the Civil War as well as the 1st US Submarines. The US Army Air Corps made and used Hot Air Balloons to drop bombs, and to also spy on the enemy. This was later transformed into SAC (Strategic Air Command) in the US Air Force unofficially in 1945'7 ish and then officially in the 1950s Korean War under the command of the famous General Lemay, and in 2019 form the newest branch for spying and counter intelligence in the US Armed Forces: The Space Force. The submarines would later make up the now US Navy nuclear fleet. The 1st submarine was called the CSS H. L. Hunley and was built by the Confederate States of America. It was successful at sinking a war ship during the Civil War, and now the USA has the strongest submarine and Naval fleet in the world. As for Native Americans, I am of the Blackfoot Nation of the Siksika Tribe. Native Americans were promised on both sides of the Civil War to have their tribal lands left alone along with the buffalo herds that fed most all Native peoples. This was yet another lie by the government to all Native peoples. After the Civil War came the American Indian war which saw the extinction of dozens of Native American tribes completely My own grandmother was given away in marriage to a white man in exchange for ten percent of his logging company which allowed our people to buy land and other provisions instead of being forced into a treaty with a lying government. Because she married outside her race she was no longer considered Native American. She was considered nothing; not even human, and was forced to mark "other" as her "race" on all applications and medical forms. Native women werent considered human until Republicans changed the laws and passed a bill in the 1970s allowing Native Americans to vote as well as retain their Native American Ancestry up to a "16th blood quantum" meaning our offspring are considered Native Americans if they have at least a 16th of Native Blood in them. However, the women who married outside their race before the 1970s wouldn't be allowed to be anything as that was the "trade" Republicans mad with Democrats in order for the bill to pass. To this day I still have to mark "other" on all applications, military and veteran forms, medical records, and education forms because I am still not considered any "race" in the USA as there is no box to check for "American". Its called "affirmative action" and is the single most racist and divisive thing in the USA today that keeps segregation alive. Hopefully one day it will change to check one of two things: 1. American 2. Non-American

[@EmperorHelix]

Well said. I'm Puerto Rican and I find it extremely offensive that I can't choose Hispanic as my race; there's no option for it (but I can pick it in "ethnicity"). I guess TECHNICALLY I'm "Native American" because the Taino people were native to Hispaniola, but as far as I'm concerned, I'm an American. And I served on a submarine, the USS Columbia, named after our nation and Lady Liberty. Proudest years of my life. My picture you see was taken on the bridge of the Columbia off the coast of Hawaii during local operations/training. I'm one of the very few people who can say they smoked a cigar on top of a submarine at sunset. Oh, and Let's Go Brandon.

[@cameronspence4977]

​@EmperorHelix well you know you are allowed to choose whatever race you want to. You should choose whatever race you think you are the most of, I believe is the guidance. That is how it was intended to work

[@Vonwra]

Fun fact Sherman had his troops sometimes bend the rails in the letters U S

[@patriciaanderson8556]

The Native Americans thought they would be restored to their former lands, but that was out of the question and it just ended. The Generals were all classmates from Westpoint, the Army College for Army Officers. I lost multiple family members in that War. Three were GGrandfather's the rest were children of the families. It's still effecting us.

[@bigjake2061]

What we're their names?

[@williamsporing1500]

Kweh….yea, they were always jacking us Indians around. They still do!

[@disappointinggamers4729]

It is funny how it's always so many Americans believe that white people were the only ones to enslave. Some natives did support slavery and owner slaves themselves. Stand Watie is one who owned plantation and slaves, Creek and Choctaw Seminole, Cherokee, and Osage Indians all fought with the south.

[@Gutslinger]

21:38 If you look into the 2nd story window of that building, you can see two children. The smallest one is Theodore Roosevelt, who would grow up and become one of the most popular and influential Presidents. He's the reason we call stuffed bears Teddy Bears. He's one of the heads on Mount Rushmore with George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Abraham Lincoln. Robin Williams also played as him in the movie "Night of the Museum."

[@bellamarley9455]

Your family is just too precious. I wish Americans love our great country of the USA half as much as you love our country. 😊

[@lokiodinson2326]

I wouldn't say that Americans don't love our country, but it's more like as Americans, we see more of the bad stuff going on than what other countries see. Where others see a "Land of Opportunity" we see that for a good part of the population, no matter how hard you work, you're never going to advance. For every story about how someone rose from poverty to make it big, there are hundreds or thousands who have worked just as hard and are still stuck in poverty.

[@an_anishinaabe_son]

Real Americans do love our country!

[@lotusinn3]

People criticizing the country is the highest form of love and patriotism, the forefathers stated as much. Remember your history.

[@an_anishinaabe_son]

@@lotusinn3 Edmund Burke said, "the only thing necessary for evil to triumph, is for good men to do nothing". I would add and ask, "if good men do nothing, are they good?" The Motion of Pictures, criticising one's country is not love and patriotism. To stop talking and actually DO something to fix the mess IS love and patriotism; anything less is treason.

[@lotusinn3]

@@an_anishinaabe_son Criticism is an action, thus is it doing something, which directly contrasts with pretending an issue doesn’t exist which is the highest form of treason. A direct slap in the face to every single American activist and patriot who came before and stood for the values and morals defined by the Framers. It’s that simple. If criticism is treason, then willful ignorance is something far worse. Theodore Roosevelt - “To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American people.” That’s from a President himself. Benjamin Franklin - “It is the first responsibility of every citizen to question authority.” Your quote by Burke says it all, and in fact supports my position. The men who pretend there are no issues and willingly ignore the logical criticisms others espouse are all that that are required for evil to pervert the morality of the nation.

[@jamesdooling4139]

Research the Comanche Tribe. They scalped my great, great, great grandfather. The last man to be scalped. He was a US Marshall defending Texas. They were brutal. Like Dothraki... My grandfather's portrait hangs in the Institute of Texan Cultures in San Antonio.

[@paytonlacroix2297]

I'm so happy to have found your channel. As a 21 year old in America, and have been here for all my life, learning about these things in my history classes. Seeing the commentary and reactions from your family is really eye opening. To me, personally, American history just seems normal. I'm not sure if this is the opinion of every American but, in mine, I feel as we have been a country built on violence since the very beginning. And it still reigns true today. So seeing a fresh reaction for people who have never heard about these wars has been an eye opener. Thank you for creating these videos with your family and learning about our history. As it appears normal to me, there is, apparently, a vastly different outlook from other countries learning how horrible our country's legacy is told. It's a shock to you guys how violent and argumentative we are a country for so long, however, it is refreshing to me for outsiders to learn about it.

[@1177kc]

There’s an interesting museum at Vicksburg in an ironclad that was pulled up from the river bottom. That hill that it keeps showing has a lookout and the cemetery there by the hill is fascinating. There are monuments for each state militia.

[@george217]

The Confederate General who was shot by his own troops was Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson. He was actually shot in the left arm and had to have it amputated. It looked like he would survive, but he later died of pneumonia...

[@pauldourlet]

Longstreet was also shot by his own troops in The Wilderness and badly wounded (he died in 1904 )Longstreet recovered to fight again later in the war. His presence was sorely missed by Lee who needed his best expert on fighting defensively . Longstreet's last wife died in 1962.

[@jacob4920]

@@pauldourlet His last WIFE??? Dude... most people's last CHILDREN die off sixty years after they do. Not their wives! How young must Longstreet's last lover been, to live that long?! That's just... gross!!

[@TheLastKentuckyIrregular9524]

Stonewall Jackson is also one of the Southerners that didn't support slavery. He was actually in legal trouble for holding bible studies for slaves and helping teach them to read (which was illegal). He actually considered them people unlike many in the North or South.

[@pauldourlet]

@@jacob4920 She was 34 and he was 76. .

[@jacob4920]

@@pauldourlet Yeesh... A 42 year difference. How low was that lady's self-esteem?

[@LisaLynn71]

I like it when you do these fun little history vids, So cool to watch, Thank you so much for sharing these with us..

[@LarryHatch]

In my city of Raleigh, North Carolina, we were occupied by General William Tecumseh Sherman who had just burned down Atlanta and Columbia, killing thousands of citizens and animals, leaving thousands of stores and homes as ashes. His troops were itching to burn down Raleigh, another strong, southern capitol city. President Lincoln was killed and Sherman's troops were very angry at the southern conspirators who did the awful deed. They desperately wanted to burn down Raleigh and leave it in ruins. Lincoln's Vice President and the new President of the US was Andrew Johnson, who was born in downtown Raleigh. It would not be a good career move for Gen. Sherman or his officers to burn down his new boss' home town! Right? So Raleigh was spared but this quirk of history, because VP (now President) Johnson was a southerner even though Lincoln was a northerner. History moves in strange ways.

[@donforeman9051]

Wow...Sherman burned Atlanta in 1864, Lincoln died in April of 1865 way after the March to the sea..the main reason Sherman didn't burn Raleigh was because it didn't have no significant military advantages for the south and was the last state to secede but still had many pro union supporters.

[@64MDW]

America is, and always will be, a work in progress. That's one of the great things about it.

[@SherriLyle80s]

There are tons of battles with native americans for different causes. Usually it has to do with the promises one side or another gives versus what they thought was best for their tribe. Some tribes even bought and sold slaves as well so some wanted to keep slavery

[@TheLastKentuckyIrregular9524]

And the Confederacy offered natives congressional representation. Stand Watie (the last Confederate General to surrender) knew the Union couldn't be trusted. He was proven right after the war when Sherman and Grant tried to genocide the natives for gold and land.

[@SherriLyle80s]

@@TheLastKentuckyIrregular9524 least we not forget Jackson? The Southern president who butchered natives and stole one, murdered her family, and made her call him father?

[@NiZell071489]

Lived 40 mins away from Gettysburg. Visited there several times they do a good job of preserving history there, and looking at the fields can really get to you. Bullets and things were still being found in trees and in the area. Can't climb the towers anymore

[@normanfury8259]

Most Native Americans fought for the Confederacy. While many disliked the Confederate practice of slavery, they understandably hated the Unions genocide and conquest of Native lands more. The last Confederate unit to surrender were actually Native, the Cheerokee Braves.

[@LavergneBalls9]

Many natives disliked the practice of slavery.... Yet many practiced slavery

[@MeanLaQueefa]

Many practiced slavery, like my tribe. Also one of my relatives was involved with Lincoln’s assassination.

[@jeffreyheronemus1917]

And oddly it was Southern slave interests and expansion of King Cotton that forced the Cherokee out of their homelands..

[@singood7790]

Oddly enough Indians are not native an also purged the land from other tribes but I guess it only matters when it's white ppl.

[@Killswitch1411]

So its kind of like every culture and country has been guilty of doing bad things.. Some just like to place more blame on others.

[@josephdillon5203]

during the battle of gettysburgh, the had the largest artillary barrage in the western hemisphere to date; the sound of the cannons could have been heard all the way in philidelphia

[@EmperorHelix]

Even in D.C. It's why in Iced Earth's song "High Water Mark" the lyric "in Washington D.C Lincoln feels the earth shake" I don't recommend listening to the song; it's the 3rd and final part of the Gettysburg trilogy. starting with "The Devil To Pay" and "Hold At All Costs." I highly recommend listening to the whole thing; it's the most American thing I've ever listened to and is my favorite song(s) to this day.

[@mangafan9991]

Fun fact: When Sherman was marching through Georgia freeing slaves he came across my ancestors. They were all free african americans who had their own town and told him they didnt need any help haha

[@theguywhoasked5591]

Fun fact, Joshua Chamberlain who held the left flank during the Battle of Gettysburg was the dean of Bowdoin College which is only a few miles away from my house. One of the houses he lived in is located just across the street from the campus. I drive past the college and his old house nearly everyday. After the war he would go on to become the Governor of Maine.

[@pointlessvideos2321]

Fun fact, General Lee was actually asked to be the head general for the Union, but he felt that he should be loyal to his state, so he stayed with the south even tho he didn’t really believe in what the south wanted

[@TheAlphatitan]

Thatvwas in part one, which they watched.

[@BrettCagwin49ers]

Actually no. Lee was a racist who thought that slavery should never end by any means but "when God wills it" and that there should be nothing done socially, legally or militarily about it. He actually had a reputation as being a pretty cruel master of the slaves he inherited from his wife's family.

[@HistoryNerd808]

What Steve said. I think you can deduce what his views on secession were too by the fact he fought for the CSA. I'm not a fan of using slavery to judge figures from that time(since I don't believe in judging historical figures by modern values and in a vacuum) but he was probably at best ambivalent on secession due to the fact that he went to fight for the CSA and the idea that he was a shining beacon of virtue who fought against what he believed, is Lost Cause Revisionism. He was a massive supporter of slavery and that is well-documented in his letters.

[@juanvaldez7279]

General Lee was a opportunist POS racist and judging people of a time with modern views would be a reasonable argument BUT other modern country had already shared the Slavery is wrong view as well did more then half of this one hints A war over it. Let me guess you still call the Civil War .The War of Northern Aggression?

[@SSLLPPGG11]

So glad you are interested in history. I like the use of humor to explain some of the things that happened and yet bring it together for what we as Americans still need to accomplish from that war. Thanks for sharing your lives and interests with us NZ fam!!!