Just an FYI, the comedy bit about the farmer throughout the two videos is real. Farmer Wilmer McLean farm was part of the battle of First Bull Run/First Manassas. So horrified by what he saw, he moved his family to Appomattox Court House. He literally saw the start of the war and the end of the war. That man was not lucky in his choice of real estate.
At 21:58 there is an open second floor window in the large square building over looking the funeral procession with a 6 year old little boy looking down on the procession. You can barrely see him, but that little boy was Theodore Roosevelt and he would become President just 36 years later in 1901. His cousin, Franklin Roosevelt (FDR) would also become President from 1933-1945. This is an important hisotrical photo.
@@shawnmiller4781 it was confirmed to be him in 1948 right before his wife's death. she confirmed it was him in the photo. As well as records showing that Roosevelts grandfather owned the house in question.
Oh wow, that's cool! It's kind of like meeting your significant other and then realizing that you're in the background of each other's family photo's from a vacation or something
If you ever visit Washington D.C., walking up the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and seeing his statue watch you as he comes into view is extremely moving
It is an extraordinary monument. Viewed from a distance it glimmers like gold in the sunlight. It is, as David Brinkley described it during the funeral of John F Kennedy, a temple.
Vicksburg Mississippi remains as a historic landmark with the battlefield in pristine condition much like the Gettysburg Battlefield in Pennsylvania. Both are national parks with guided tours showing the lines of battle.
Yep, I went to Vicksburg Mississippi last summer. Was great touring the battlefield and seeing what it looked like in person. Went up to Gettysburg after that too. So glad they were able to preserve those battlefields and the history of them as much as they have.
I’ve been to Gettysburg a few times. Beautiful area, it stands in stark contrast to what happened there. I first went in the summer, a few weeks after the anniversary of the battle, and you could feel the heaviness in the air, almost like the smoke and gunpowder was still there, choking you. It’s a solemn place, it almost felt like a holy site. I feel like when that much death and suffering happens in one place, it leaves a mark that you may not be able to see, but you can feel it. I hope to go to Vicksburg and Antietam someday too.
It’s St. Patrick’s Day. Not a big deal in Ireland but ironically a near holiday here in the USA. Before the American Civil War, Irish in the USA faced open prejudice, contempt and even violence. Irish men signed onto the Union by 10s of thousands. Thousands died. One battle, a Confederate general was heard to mutter in frustration…here come them DAMN GREEN FLAGS AGAIN. My grandparents were all from Ireland. I want to thank all the Irish before us, and every American, who has ever put on the uniform and faced fire for defense of my rights. Have a blessed St. Patrick’s Day all. Slainte🍻☘️🇺🇸🇮🇪
Antietam was the bloodiest one day battle of the war, but Gettysburg was the bloodiest battle it lasted for three days in the July sun. There were between 10,000 to 15,000 and killed. The term hooker meaning lady of the night, began in the Civil War. General Hooker brought ladies to entertain his troops. They were known as Hooker's women, which later shortened to hooker.
16:10 Atlanta and its surrounding area were the closest thing the confederacy had to an industrial heartland. Sherman understood that a country’s ability to win a war depends on its ability to manufacture, something obvious to modern generals but not so clear in the 19th century
I’ve been to Gettysburg in Pennsylvania and I will say there was a very Erie feeling. And we walked on the battle field. And our guide said we could be walking on people bc so many bodies where left.
Agreed. Being a local and having been there many times (and even seeing the re-enactments once or twice) it’s hard not to get chills thinking about it.
I love the way Oversimplified tells stories to teach history. They have some terrific writers and really touches all of the essential points of the war. I wish there was a UK equivalent so I could learn your history. I'm sure it is very interesting and just filled with historical events. The British have been everywhere fighting and conquering people.
Oversimplified has done some Eurpoean history but it's all pretty recent (like within the last 100 years or so). Not too much from early or mid eurpoean history
Oversimplified released a "mini-war" video on the Battle of Hastings, and a full video on the life of Henry VIII. Both are worth the watch. I'd really like it if they did the War of the Roses, there's a lot of material that could go into that video.
19:04 when the war began, confederate President Jefferson Davis was largely respected by the southern populace. Now, they were just plain sick of him. Davis had become increasingly draconian as the war dragged on, and he had an aversion to delivering speeches to the confederate lower and middles classes (he only did this twice during the war, while Lincoln delivered speeches to these groups of people in the north consistently). On top of that, Davis was starting to be seen as a man out of touch with reality. When Grant finally defeated Lee at Petersburg, Davis was in church attending the Sunday service. The sermon was interrupted when a boy, not much older than ten, barefoot, exhausted, and wearing the tattered remains of a confederate army uniform, burst through the doors of the church and delivered a note the the confederate president. The note was unsigned, but Davis recognized the handwriting as Lee’s, and it had only one sentence: “my lines are broken in three places, the capital must be evacuated tonight”. While the other confederate leaders were horrified, Davis (possibly trying to keep morale up) insisted that this was a minor setback and that he’d “temporarily” relocate the confederate capital to Danville, about 144 miles southwest of Richmond. Not long afterwards, when he was forced to flee Danville, Davis took a number of troops with him and, while fleeing, did what he called “conducting government by the highway,” signing bills into law and reviewing policy decisions as though nothing had changed. While he might have been doing this to keep morale up, all Davis did was convince most of the remaining confederates that he was delusional. If I had to guess why some respect Davis today, I’d say it’s because of the book tour he went on years after he got out of prison. The older generations of southerners had enough of Davis, but the younger ones, who only knew of the civil war through second hand stories, were enraptured by Davis’ tales, including the parts where he took credit for things done by other confederate leaders.
Lee was a genius and was the main reason the South did so well early on, but Grant was just as good. Grant's love of whiskey was exaggerated by his rivals.
General Sherman’s burning of the south is legendary here. My city Charleston, South Carolina was spared of the burning due to, what some say, a love interest of Sherman being from and living in Charleston and I’m glad he did. It’s a gorgeous city you should take a look at.
As much as I am of northern blood and deep into pre cold war conflicts, I always felt for those people who had their farms and homes burned by the Union. Perhaps there was no other resolution, but I can only imagine the hatred it left behind for generations. The thought of something like that happening today is scary if you believe that our country as a WHOLE stands for life and liberty.
@@bradbutcher8762 But at the end of the day, farms and buildings can be remade but the lives lost in battle cannot. Sherman himself regretted his actions and wished he didn't need to take them.
@@WhiteCamry looks like you need to brush up on your history my friend! The union had seized small fortresses on coastal islands around Charleston (one I live on) but the city didn’t fall until Sherman, about a month and half before the end of the war.
The word "sideburns" actually did come from General Burnside's facial hair. Some also say that the word "hooker" meaning pr*st*t*te came from General Hooker, but that's just a myth (the word was in common use before the general became a public figure). Vicksburg was important during the war because it was on the Mississippi River. When the Union took control of it, it became impossible for the Confederacy to use the river to transport soldiers and war materiel. It's not a particularly big or important city in today's America. Lincoln was the greatest orator of any president. The Gettysburg Address is a masterpiece of rhetoric. There's a myth that he wrote it on the back of an envelope on his way to the ceremony. In fact, Lincoln worked very hard on that speech. Several drafts still exist. Lincoln's second inaugural address is another stirring speech. Anyone interested in the power of language should read it. Nathan Bedford Forrest, the guy with the funny Confederate statue, was not so funny in real life. At the Battle of Fort Pillow, his forces killed all the black Union soldiers, even those who were trying to surrender or who had been captured. In response, the Union ended the prisoner exchange program they'd had with the Confederates. The southerners ended up putting a lot of Union prisoners in what amounted to a concentration camp in Andersonville, Georgia. Conditions were so horrible there that the prison commandant was executed for war crimes. After the war, Forrest was the first Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, a terrorist organization that fought for white supremacy and against the post-war federal occupation. The thing with WIlmer McLean really did happen. His home was damaged at Bull Run in the first major battle of the war. To keep his family safe, he moved them to a small town miles away called Appomattox Courthouse. Three and half years later, a soldier knocked on his door and asked if they could use his home as a meeting place for Lee to negotiate his surrender to Grant. Later, McLean would say, "The war began in my front yard and ended in my front parlor."
If you go to Sharpsburg (Antietam), you can see Burnside's bridge. 5500 casualties over that thing, alone. The creek below it can be waded. There is some irony in that.
Vicksburg is in state of Mississippi. I have visited the battle field there. Area of the battleground is huge. Battle of Vicksburg Park has partial restored Ironclad ship recover from Mississippi River.
To show you how deep the issue of slavery ran, the State of Mississippi was the last state to ratify the 13th Amendment to outlaw slavery. They finally ratified it in 1995. 130 years after the war.
I've been to Gettysburg. Most of the original town remains intact. You can see on the buildings pitting from the bullets hitting the walls and one building there still has a cannonball wedged in the wall. One building I saw had a bullet hole in the door and I think the story there was the owner of that house was the only civilian casualty and that they had accidentally been shot when a stray bullet went through the door. The cemetery is massive and has a huge memorial to everyone who died in the war. Nearby you can find a platform where Lincoln had come to give his famous Gettysburg Address speech. The hotel he stayed in still exists.
I’ll always remember visiting Ford Theater and the Home across the street where they Cared for Lincolns Wombs. (The bedroom and theater is Practically untouched Since that day Lincoln died)
Mrtech226 and OfficeBlokesDaz , I have also visited Vicksburg. Was visiting a friend from Meridian, MS area. At the old courthouse, museum he pointed out a plak he thought I'd like (I'm from New England) on a big iron staircase it said - a union soldier stated when they entered "how do they expect to win, they can't even make their own stairs" paraphrase. There was a 'forged/made in Cincinnati, Ohio' tag/plate on it.
Robert Todd Lincoln was present at his dad's death. He was also present (or near by) for the assination of Garfield and McKinley. There was also a "curse" since lincoln (broken by George W Bush) was that a president elected in a 0 year would be assisnated. Lincoln (1860) Garfield (1880) McKinley (1900), JFK (1960) and Reagan in 1980 (attempted assination). With Bush being elected in 2000. Roosevelt doesn't count (WW2) as his first term he was elected in 1932. Also Sherman's march to the see was one of a "total war". In addition when Sherman died General Johnston (who surrendered to Sherman) was one of his Pall Bearers. During the procession it was raining and he removed his hat. Someone told Johnston he would get sick if he didn't have his hat on and Johnston said if it was me in there and he in my place he would do the same. Johnston caught a cold and died of pneumonia 1 month later.
There is a mini-series detailing Gettysburg battle simply called Gettysburg. It aired in one hour segments on tv with commercials but the running time is over 4 hours.
Fun fact: The word "sideburn" was coined from Gen. Burnside's name and the term "hooker" to refer to a sex worker was derived from Gen. Hooker's name (because as was common at the time sex workers would follow the the military around to provide services to soldiers).
Four score 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 can not dedicate -- we can not consecrate -- we can not 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 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.--A. Lincoln, November 19, 1863
That thing with the beans actually happens. Joseph broadhead, wanted to take in his harvest as the soldiers began to take what they could for food. They only really know this because his wife Sarah had wrote about it.
Vicksburg is still in Mississippi. It's 46.8 miles west of Jackson. Even though Lee was permitted to rejoin the US army, he was still severely punished for siding with the CSA. His plantation in northeast Virginia is directly across the river from Washington DC and his lands were seized by the army and it was converted into a massive military cemetery for those who died in service. Even two US presidents are buried at Arlington.
Gettysburg, down in Adams County, Pennsylvania, is best experienced in summer, when the battle was fought. No words come when you tour the battlefield, except "wow" (back in the car, when leaving). Most hallowed ground.
The Gettysburg Address in full Four score 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 can not dedicate - we can not consecrate - we can not 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 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.
You should watch the 2012 film Lincoln with Daniel Day Lewis. It’s all about the politics surrounding the end of the war and the efforts to get the 13th amendment passed. It’s not completely accurate but it’s a really good movie. I didn’t go in with high expectations but I found it to be quite touching.
What people don’t really understand about the war is that men on both sides had NO CHOICE but to fight for their side. You either fought, or you were hung.
Yep, and as much as some would argue that the war was more so about slavery don't realize that almost all Southern troops didn't own any slaves. They had to fight for their own culture...Cold Mountain ( Kidman, Jude Law) is a perfect cinimatic example of how the Civil War protected a couple few scared men and sent so many others off to die. EDIT yes many Union men sent others to fight in their stead as well
The city of Vicksburg, Mississippi, is still called that. You may not have heard of it because they're getting into some of the details here that aren't usually part of the common knowledge of the war, outside of history buff circles. But Vicksburg's importance was that it controlled the stretch of the Mississippi River in front of it, from a high point on cliffs, so its cannon had great range. Northern forces had pushed down to it by land from the north, and also nearly up to it from the south after entering the river when they captured New Orleans. Once Vicksburg fell, the North controlled this important waterway of the South for supplies all along its length, dividing the South into east and west halves, which had a devastating effect on the South's supply lines, and their ability for keeping their army in food and materiel.
a overview of the timeline The Lincolns arrived late for the comedy, but the president was reportedly in a fine mood and laughed heartily during the production. Lincoln occupied a private box above the stage with his wife Mary Todd Lincoln, a young army officer named Henry Rathbone and Rathbone’s fiancé, Clara Harris, the daughter of New York Senator Ira Harris. At 10:15, Booth slipped into the box and fired his .44-caliber single-shot derringer pistol into the back of Lincoln’s head. After stabbing Rathbone, who immediately rushed at him, in the shoulder, Booth leapt onto the stage and shouted, “Sic semper tyrannis!” (“Thus ever to tyrants!”-the Virginia state motto). At first, the crowd interpreted the unfolding drama as part of the production, but a scream from the first lady told them otherwise. Although Booth broke his leg in the fall, he managed to leave the theater and escape from Washington on horseback. A 23-year-old doctor named Charles Leale was in the audience and hastened to the presidential box immediately upon hearing the shot and Mary Lincoln’s scream. He found the president slumped in his chair, paralyzed and struggling to breathe. Several soldiers carried Lincoln to a boardinghouse across the street and placed him on a bed. When the surgeon general arrived at the house, he concluded that Lincoln could not be saved and would probably die during the night.Vice President Andrew Johnson, members of Lincoln’s cabinet and several of his closest friends stood vigil by the president’s bedside in the boardinghouse. The first lady lay on a bed in an adjoining room with her eldest son, Robert Todd Lincoln, at her side, overwhelmed with shock and grief. by looking at the news papers it is known that he was stable during the night even though he was mortally wounded and began to decline around 7 AM Finally, Lincoln was pronounced dead at 7:22 a.m. on April 15, 1865, at the age of 56.
If Lincoln had gotten his hands on Booth it would have been a different story. He was an excellent wrestler and tremendously strong. A few weeks prior on a Navy ship, he lifted an axe from a vertical position to a horizontal one using his wrist.
I always Learn more from videos like these. Our political Parties (Republican and Democrat) also Switch On the pendulum Over time. (I.e. the Republican Party today, would be Considered Democratic Party At the time of Lincoln) . Lincoln’s Politics Would be Labeled as “Democrat” Today. Also, the New York Mobs is what the movie “Gangs of New York” was based on. (When rich People Paid Immigrants to Fight in their Place)
I LOVE OverSimplified! Now you have to react to OverSimplified's The Pig War which was between Great Britain and the USA regarding the Canada! Even most American's do not know about "The Pig War"! which happened around the same time as The Revolutionary War and The Civil War!
A bad experience was had by all. Fortunately my direct ancestors on both sides were defeated quickly and taken prisoner, at a time when paroled captives could be exchanged (you were demilitarized for the duration).
It became evident that, in view of the Union's massive superiority in numbers, prisoner exchange was merely prolonging the bloodshed. The conflict needed to be ended as quickly as possible. Commanders such as Grant, Sherman, and others realized this, although the death toll was high.
When you go to the Gettysburg battlefield and return at night with the silence there are many times you can hear rifles being fired cannons going off some have said they've seen Union and Southern soldiers walking through the woods
I watch the movie Gettysvburg every year from july 1-3, breaking it up to watch the days of the battle in the movie on the days they took place (it is a pretty long movie) One of my favorite lines from it is said from Pickett to Lee. When Lee ordered him to take up a defensive position after the charge. As Pickett just stood there in stunned silence, Lee commanded one more time. Lee: General pickett, you must look to your division. Picket: General Lee, I have no division. Stephen Lang does an amazing job in his line delivery here.
If you go to Gettysburg, and you avoid the tour bus sightseeing, and you just walk along the paths, especially when it's a hot summer day and all you can hear is the insects buzzing around, you can feel the history there. Just imagine those men, who had spent most of the war actually WALKING from state to state and wearing woolen uniforms, with the soles of their boots worn through, their stomachs empty. Then those surviving men walked and ran, at times, all the way to Appomattox, and you stand there too... it's overwhelming.
Vicksburg sits on a bluff overlooking the Mississippi River, in Mississippi. When it fell to Grant's siege, ending on July 4, 1863, the Union controlled the river, and the back of the Confederacy was broken. Coupled with R. E. Lee's retreat back down South from Pennsylvania (Lincoln was furious with George Meade for not finishing him off), the tide of battle had turned decisively, and permanently.
Vicksburg is a city that WAS on the Mississippi River (the river has changed course since then) and was key to controlling the River. There was a Northerner in command of the Confederates and he convinced the city to surrender on July 4th because they would get the best terms on that day. Vicksburg did not celebrate July 4th again until 1945.
My father's friend Phil Burnside who's one of General Burnsides descendants had land but the US gov't payed him and his grandmother over $4 million (much much more than the land was worth) because it was historic.
Yall did hear where they said Davis was not put on trail. Because it would prove that the South had the right to succeed from the union by the constitution? The chief Justice of the Supreme Court told Lincoln that.
If you're interested in more European history, check out some of the mini-wars like the Battle of Hastings, the Bucket War, and the full video on Henrey VIII
I'm from North Carolina, we're called the Tarheel state. One story goes in some battle during the Civil War, while the other regiments ran we stood our ground. Someone said those boys from North Carolina must get tar on their heels.
There were far more than 80,000 slaves killed. Especially when you consider that for many "freed" slaves in the south, free wasn't exactly free until they found a safe haven. Many were hunted down and killed by former slave owners. In fact, a one of the southern generals mentioned in this Nathan Bedford Forrest, along with a few other confederate traitors, created the infamous southern terrorist group known as the KKK around 7-8 months after the Civil War ended (Dec 1865). They hunted down and killed freed men and women numbering in the thousands on thousands before being forced to disband by the federal government in 1872. They popped back up again in 1915 and terrorized African Americans, Jewish people, Asian Americans, Latino Americans, Catholics, homosexuals......pretty much anyone who wasn't white, judeo-christian, and heterosexual. They were disband for a 2nd time in 1944. At it's peak, the KKK had around 3 to 4 million members. The KKK has returned but in small numbers. Now days the new "KKK" call themselves the Proud Boys, Oath Keepers, League Of The South, U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement, Patriot Front, Aryan Nations, Aryan Brotherhood, ect.
Definitely do the “Pig War” by oversimplified as well. The people that rioted were mostly Irish immigrants who were already treated horribly (they weren’t considered “white” at that time) and saw no reason they should fight for the country while rich Northerners bought their sons out of service.
I'm taking an Irish history class in college and we discussed this briefly... on the other hand, Irish immigrants in the South weren't opposed to slavery because there was less discrimination against them than in the North (because slaves were lower in the social hierarchy) and if slavery were to be abolished, they feared freed slaves would flood the labor market and steal their jobs as unskilled laborers
Strangely (or maybe not), Lincoln and Davis were born in Kentucky. They were about 200 km from each other. Lincoln's family moved away when he was about 5. Davis' family moved when he was about 2. And even though Kentucky was supposed to be neutral, my great-great-great grandfather fought on the Confederate side.
Vicksburg is in Mississippi, right across the state border from Louisiana. It’s not very big, only about 25,000 people live there. Many stop there while driving to vacation in Florida.
He oversimplified(hehe) the role of Native Americans a little too much. The tribes in Indian Territory(my home state of Oklahoma) joined the south because they held slaves, and because the federal government stopped protecting them from raids by the Plains tribes. Texas confederates promised to take up the slack. After the war, the government considered our treaties broken and opened IT up to more white settlers.
Vicksburg is a city in the state of Mississippi. It is a port city on the Mississippi river that was a vital supply depot for the Confederates after New Orleans fell.
A lot of this is very sugar coated. They make it sound as if West Virginia was anti-slavery so left Virginia. In reality a vote was held in WV to decide what to do. In most places voting was held in Union controlled buildings with troops stationed outside turning voters who sided with the south away. The vote ended up 18,000 plus for joining the north and a little under 800 for staying with the south. The vote would have likely ended up with the same regardless (since the slave population in WV was very small due to most of it being mountains unsuitable for farming) but we can't know for sure since it was rigged. The constitution states that making a state out of another state jurisdiction can't be done without consent from the federal and state government, which they didn't have. They pushed it through regardless using Virginia's succession as the reason to defy the constitution. I'm sure more than the civil war history is treated the same. I'm just familiar with this particular subject because I always found West Virginia's founding to be fascinating since it was done unlike any of the others.
I find it amusing how they always leave out his true words and the promissory note/contract he made with the slaves for the atrocities that had been done against them. It's the promise that descendants of slaves are still fighting for in the US today. If you all really want to know what truly happened to the slaves and their descendants during the reconstruction era these little cute "oversimplified" cartoons aren't where you'll find it. You'll find a very cleansed version of true American history. I know this is the "oversimplified" version, but it doesn't even tell two other major reasons for Lincoln and the Civil War.
Here's another fun coincidence: Robert E Lee had a distant relative named Richard Henry Lee who was in the Second Continental Congress and actually put forth the resolution that America become a country independent of England. I always find that to be an interesting turn of history.
9:25 You’ve never heard of my town, either. Most people, even in the US, may know of or visit maybe 20 towns/cities, or at least 50 if they’re great at US geography. Around me, I know probably 10 towns locally (in my state or a bordering one), and I know most US capitols offhand, along with (obviously) Houston, L. A., Las Vegas, and Walla Walla, Washington. There are almost 20,000 towns/cities to know, and I know less than 1 percent. I’ve been to Erie, Pennsylvania, and Three Rivers, California, to Pink Hill, North Carolina, and Niagara Falls, in both New York and Ontario. I’ve also spent a few months in the desert heat 3 hours south of Albuquerque, New Mexico. Still not even close to 1% of the US. How much of your country have you seen or know of by fame?
1.3K Thumbs Up + Mine! 👍 You're welcome! I thank you for your fun, digital video recording! It was nice to see and hear your reáctions! 🎬✌️🖖🙏🤓😎🤠 Notes: The assassination event is the source of the old joke, "Other than that, Missus Lincoln, how was the play?" The (American) Civil War, is a source of controversy in more ways than one, of course. But there's one that not a lot of civilians would be aware of, concerning the, "United States Navy". ⚓ Oh, but first, you need to know, that some Mariners are superstitious, and one superstition is that it is considered to be, bad luck, to rename a, boat or ship. 😕 That belief, is probably why, when either side captured a, boat or vessel, the name wasn't changed. So then either navy could have vessels with names that seem to support or honor the other side! That would also explain why when, civilian vessels were taken by either navy, the civilian name would be kept. So suddenly you had improvised warships with funny names or named for sweethearts. 😁 But some were not superstitious like that. When the, CSA, captured the United States Ship Merrimac, a wooden sailing ship, they converted it into into their first, Ironclad warship and it was steam powered! It was renamed the, "Confederate States Ship Virginia". But, Human Behavior, being what it is, the civilians on both sides still called it, "The Merrimack"! Even in the newspapers! There's an episode of, "Star Trek: The Next Generation", that tried to do a subtle reference to that famous duel of the, Ironclads, by having a task force filled with ship names that in the past, has been enemies. Instead of the accurate, "Virginia", the erroneous name, "Merrimack", was used. That was enough for someone or some group, to put an end to such misinformation once and for all! But anyway, I digressed maybe? 🤔 The, "USN", has a proud tradition of naming their vessels after battles that the, USA, won as well as navy land bases or installations, if not the cities those are based in. As well as for naming vessels after our, war heroes. That's where the controversy comes in! There's a frigate or cruiser, with a name, that just happens to match that of a battle won by the, CSA, as well as a, naval facilility in that area! Some people want it renamed, because the, CSA, shouldn't be honored in such a way! Well, I see room to argue there, because of the facilility that still exists. However, there was a, nuclear attack submarine named for, Robert E. Lee, until it was retired, decommissioned, and scrapped. 😁
At the Battle of Cold Harbor, during the last Union advance, the Union lost approximately 7,000-8,000 men in less than 15 minutes, an unbelievable and horrifying statistic, and almost too difficult to comprehend. It was the only action that Grant ever regretted. "I have always regretted that the last assault at Cold Harbor was ever made... No advantage whatever was gained to compensate for the heavy loss we sustained." Also, during the Wilderness Campaign, Grant did weep, apparently uncontrollably one night after a battle. But he didn’t weep during the battle, and he wasn’t crying the next day. Grant was fantastic. And he knew how to whip Lee.
Also, Grant’s terms of surrender were extremely generous. If Lee’s men laid down their arms, they would be helped to all the rations and any medical care they needed. Most of Lee’s men were starving, and even Lee didn’t know how many men he still had under his command. The officers, and any other man who had his own horse, would be able to keep them. It was planting season, and horses would be desperately needed to plow fields. These terms were better than any Lee could’ve hoped for. They were simply sent home as American citizens again. No animosity, no punishment, just repatriation and peace, as Lincoln wanted. He didn’t even care if Jefferson Davis and the leaders of the Confederacy left the country.
Vicksburg wasn't an important or famous town in itself. The victory at Vicksburg was important, because Vicksburg was the last place and stronghold, where the Confederates prevented the complete control of the North over the Mississippi-River and the cutting of the Confederate area in two parts. Vickburg was only the name for a Confederate held, important place and when it fell, it empowered the North and harmed the South. Not because that little city was of any other importance or fame.
Can blood, shed in bitterness, become a permanent bond holding the nation together more strongly than ever before? Lincoln answers his own question--yes.
Just an FYI, the comedy bit about the farmer throughout the two videos is real. Farmer Wilmer McLean farm was part of the battle of First Bull Run/First Manassas. So horrified by what he saw, he moved his family to Appomattox Court House. He literally saw the start of the war and the end of the war. That man was not lucky in his choice of real estate.
But, if his wife was able to run that electric vacuum cleaner, way before electricity was installed in any house. She should have gotten a medal.
Not lucky? The man's name is literally etched into US history forever lol.
McLean could actually say that the war started in his front yard, and ended in his living room, where the formal surrender actually took place.
Real estate is all about location, location, location.
Yeah, he even stated that the war started in his front yard and ended in his parlor.
At 21:58 there is an open second floor window in the large square building over looking the funeral procession with a 6 year old little boy looking down on the procession. You can barrely see him, but that little boy was Theodore Roosevelt and he would become President just 36 years later in 1901. His cousin, Franklin Roosevelt (FDR) would also become President from 1933-1945. This is an important hisotrical photo.
I don't think it has ever been proven but it is highly likely seen Teddy wrote about seeing the procession
And the boy next to him was the father of Eleanor
@@shawnmiller4781 it was confirmed to be him in 1948 right before his wife's death. she confirmed it was him in the photo. As well as records showing that Roosevelts grandfather owned the house in question.
@@shawnmiller4781 It was proven though
Oh wow, that's cool! It's kind of like meeting your significant other and then realizing that you're in the background of each other's family photo's from a vacation or something
If you ever visit Washington D.C., walking up the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and seeing his statue watch you as he comes into view is extremely moving
It is an extraordinary monument. Viewed from a distance it glimmers like gold in the sunlight. It is, as David Brinkley described it during the funeral of John F Kennedy, a temple.
He was such an amazing man. Probably the greatest president the US has ever had. I hope that filth Booth is still burning.
Fun fact about the Lincoln Memorial: it was designed according to the design of the Pantheon in Rome!
@@megano.6121 I believe it was the Parthenon in Athens, Greece.
@@frereM Ahh you’re right, sometimes I mix up my names haha
1:35 General Burnside's facial hair is where "side burns" is derived from
Vicksburg Mississippi remains as a historic landmark with the battlefield in pristine condition much like the Gettysburg Battlefield in Pennsylvania. Both are national parks with guided tours showing the lines of battle.
Yep, I went to Vicksburg Mississippi last summer. Was great touring the battlefield and seeing what it looked like in person. Went up to Gettysburg after that too. So glad they were able to preserve those battlefields and the history of them as much as they have.
I’ve been to Gettysburg a few times. Beautiful area, it stands in stark contrast to what happened there. I first went in the summer, a few weeks after the anniversary of the battle, and you could feel the heaviness in the air, almost like the smoke and gunpowder was still there, choking you. It’s a solemn place, it almost felt like a holy site. I feel like when that much death and suffering happens in one place, it leaves a mark that you may not be able to see, but you can feel it. I hope to go to Vicksburg and Antietam someday too.
"Is it BTK" Had me dying.🤣😂
"The Pig War" is great. Not very significant in historical terms, but loaded with comic touches -- culminating in an epic jab at Canada.
It’s St. Patrick’s Day. Not a big deal in Ireland but ironically a near holiday here in the USA. Before the American Civil War, Irish in the USA faced open prejudice, contempt and even violence. Irish men signed onto the Union by 10s of thousands. Thousands died. One battle, a Confederate general was heard to mutter in frustration…here come them DAMN GREEN FLAGS AGAIN.
My grandparents were all from Ireland. I want to thank all the Irish before us, and every American, who has ever put on the uniform and faced fire for defense of my rights. Have a blessed St. Patrick’s Day all. Slainte🍻☘️🇺🇸🇮🇪
Antietam was the bloodiest one day battle of the war, but Gettysburg was the bloodiest battle it lasted for three days in the July sun.
There were between 10,000 to 15,000 and killed.
The term hooker meaning lady of the night, began in the Civil War.
General Hooker brought ladies to entertain his troops.
They were known as Hooker's women, which later shortened to hooker.
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huh? so that's where the name came from.
16:10 Atlanta and its surrounding area were the closest thing the confederacy had to an industrial heartland. Sherman understood that a country’s ability to win a war depends on its ability to manufacture, something obvious to modern generals but not so clear in the 19th century
I’ve been to Gettysburg in Pennsylvania and I will say there was a very Erie feeling. And we walked on the battle field. And our guide said we could be walking on people bc so many bodies where left.
Agreed. Being a local and having been there many times (and even seeing the re-enactments once or twice) it’s hard not to get chills thinking about it.
I love the way Oversimplified tells stories to teach history. They have some terrific writers and really touches all of the essential points of the war.
I wish there was a UK equivalent so I could learn your history. I'm sure it is very interesting and just filled with historical events. The British have been everywhere fighting and conquering people.
Oversimplified has done some Eurpoean history but it's all pretty recent (like within the last 100 years or so). Not too much from early or mid eurpoean history
Oversimplified released a "mini-war" video on the Battle of Hastings, and a full video on the life of Henry VIII. Both are worth the watch. I'd really like it if they did the War of the Roses, there's a lot of material that could go into that video.
There's History Matters, which was Ten Minute History originally, but it's quite full on.
19:04 when the war began, confederate President Jefferson Davis was largely respected by the southern populace. Now, they were just plain sick of him. Davis had become increasingly draconian as the war dragged on, and he had an aversion to delivering speeches to the confederate lower and middles classes (he only did this twice during the war, while Lincoln delivered speeches to these groups of people in the north consistently). On top of that, Davis was starting to be seen as a man out of touch with reality.
When Grant finally defeated Lee at Petersburg, Davis was in church attending the Sunday service. The sermon was interrupted when a boy, not much older than ten, barefoot, exhausted, and wearing the tattered remains of a confederate army uniform, burst through the doors of the church and delivered a note the the confederate president. The note was unsigned, but Davis recognized the handwriting as Lee’s, and it had only one sentence: “my lines are broken in three places, the capital must be evacuated tonight”.
While the other confederate leaders were horrified, Davis (possibly trying to keep morale up) insisted that this was a minor setback and that he’d “temporarily” relocate the confederate capital to Danville, about 144 miles southwest of Richmond. Not long afterwards, when he was forced to flee Danville, Davis took a number of troops with him and, while fleeing, did what he called “conducting government by the highway,” signing bills into law and reviewing policy decisions as though nothing had changed. While he might have been doing this to keep morale up, all Davis did was convince most of the remaining confederates that he was delusional.
If I had to guess why some respect Davis today, I’d say it’s because of the book tour he went on years after he got out of prison. The older generations of southerners had enough of Davis, but the younger ones, who only knew of the civil war through second hand stories, were enraptured by Davis’ tales, including the parts where he took credit for things done by other confederate leaders.
But, he had awesome cheekbones, a major component.
Lee was a genius and was the main reason the South did so well early on, but Grant was just as good. Grant's love of whiskey was exaggerated by his rivals.
I just got done reading his biography. His rivals really would use any bit of gossip to undermine him. He was an incredibly interesting man
General Sherman’s burning of the south is legendary here. My city Charleston, South Carolina was spared of the burning due to, what some say, a love interest of Sherman being from and living in Charleston and I’m glad he did. It’s a gorgeous city you should take a look at.
As much as I am of northern blood and deep into pre cold war conflicts, I always felt for those people who had their farms and homes burned by the Union. Perhaps there was no other resolution, but I can only imagine the hatred it left behind for generations. The thought of something like that happening today is scary if you believe that our country as a WHOLE stands for life and liberty.
@@bradbutcher8762 But at the end of the day, farms and buildings can be remade but the lives lost in battle cannot. Sherman himself regretted his actions and wished he didn't need to take them.
Sherman did reside briefly in Charleston, but he was not from there.
Charleston was an occupied port, like Savannah. Burning a city you're occupying makes no sense.
@@WhiteCamry looks like you need to brush up on your history my friend! The union had seized small fortresses on coastal islands around Charleston (one I live on) but the city didn’t fall until Sherman, about a month and half before the end of the war.
The word "sideburns" actually did come from General Burnside's facial hair. Some also say that the word "hooker" meaning pr*st*t*te came from General Hooker, but that's just a myth (the word was in common use before the general became a public figure).
Vicksburg was important during the war because it was on the Mississippi River. When the Union took control of it, it became impossible for the Confederacy to use the river to transport soldiers and war materiel. It's not a particularly big or important city in today's America.
Lincoln was the greatest orator of any president. The Gettysburg Address is a masterpiece of rhetoric. There's a myth that he wrote it on the back of an envelope on his way to the ceremony. In fact, Lincoln worked very hard on that speech. Several drafts still exist.
Lincoln's second inaugural address is another stirring speech. Anyone interested in the power of language should read it.
Nathan Bedford Forrest, the guy with the funny Confederate statue, was not so funny in real life. At the Battle of Fort Pillow, his forces killed all the black Union soldiers, even those who were trying to surrender or who had been captured. In response, the Union ended the prisoner exchange program they'd had with the Confederates. The southerners ended up putting a lot of Union prisoners in what amounted to a concentration camp in Andersonville, Georgia. Conditions were so horrible there that the prison commandant was executed for war crimes. After the war, Forrest was the first Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, a terrorist organization that fought for white supremacy and against the post-war federal occupation.
The thing with WIlmer McLean really did happen. His home was damaged at Bull Run in the first major battle of the war. To keep his family safe, he moved them to a small town miles away called Appomattox Courthouse. Three and half years later, a soldier knocked on his door and asked if they could use his home as a meeting place for Lee to negotiate his surrender to Grant. Later, McLean would say, "The war began in my front yard and ended in my front parlor."
Wilmer Mclean's wife should get a medal for being able to run that electric vacuum cleaner, years before electricity was installed in any house.
If you go to Sharpsburg (Antietam), you can see Burnside's bridge. 5500 casualties over that thing, alone. The creek below it can be waded. There is some irony in that.
Vicksburg is in state of Mississippi. I have visited the battle field there. Area of the battleground is huge. Battle of Vicksburg Park has partial restored Ironclad ship recover from Mississippi River.
I remember my 8th grade Washington D.C. trip and visiting Ford's theater and seeing the Lincoln Memorial. Amazing feeling
Me too! I got a picture standing right in front of it, and I still have that picture
If you guys watch the movie "Glory" youll enjoy it. It talks about this time and one of the first blk soliders to participate in the civil war
To show you how deep the issue of slavery ran, the State of Mississippi was the last state to ratify the 13th Amendment to outlaw slavery. They finally ratified it in 1995. 130 years after the war.
It's hard to appreciate the scale of Gettysburg until you drive around the area and visit the battlegrounds.
I've been to Gettysburg. Most of the original town remains intact. You can see on the buildings pitting from the bullets hitting the walls and one building there still has a cannonball wedged in the wall. One building I saw had a bullet hole in the door and I think the story there was the owner of that house was the only civilian casualty and that they had accidentally been shot when a stray bullet went through the door. The cemetery is massive and has a huge memorial to everyone who died in the war. Nearby you can find a platform where Lincoln had come to give his famous Gettysburg Address speech. The hotel he stayed in still exists.
I’ll always remember visiting Ford Theater and the Home across the street where they Cared for Lincolns Wombs. (The bedroom and theater is Practically untouched Since that day Lincoln died)
The theater is still active.
Mrtech226 and OfficeBlokesDaz , I have also visited Vicksburg. Was visiting a friend from Meridian, MS area. At the old courthouse, museum he pointed out a plak he thought I'd like (I'm from New England) on a big iron staircase it said - a union soldier stated when they entered "how do they expect to win, they can't even make their own stairs" paraphrase. There was a 'forged/made in Cincinnati, Ohio' tag/plate on it.
Robert Todd Lincoln was present at his dad's death. He was also present (or near by) for the assination of Garfield and McKinley. There was also a "curse" since lincoln (broken by George W Bush) was that a president elected in a 0 year would be assisnated. Lincoln (1860) Garfield (1880) McKinley (1900), JFK (1960) and Reagan in 1980 (attempted assination). With Bush being elected in 2000. Roosevelt doesn't count (WW2) as his first term he was elected in 1932.
Also Sherman's march to the see was one of a "total war". In addition when Sherman died General Johnston (who surrendered to Sherman) was one of his Pall Bearers. During the procession it was raining and he removed his hat. Someone told Johnston he would get sick if he didn't have his hat on and Johnston said if it was me in there and he in my place he would do the same. Johnston caught a cold and died of pneumonia 1 month later.
Anyone ever hear of Australia’s Emu War?
I've heard of crocodile Dundee and Men at Work.
@@heywoodjablowme8120 Australia at one point had a technical war against emus in an effort to curb their population. The emus won.
Yes and he Emu's won.
There is a mini-series detailing Gettysburg battle simply called Gettysburg. It aired in one hour segments on tv with commercials but the running time is over 4 hours.
Fun Fact" Vicksburg did not celebrate the 4th of July for like 80 years.
More oversimplified guys, it’s just too good
Fun fact: The word "sideburn" was coined from Gen. Burnside's name and the term "hooker" to refer to a sex worker was derived from Gen. Hooker's name (because as was common at the time sex workers would follow the the military around to provide services to soldiers).
The oversimplified on the French revolution is also fun 😂😅😅
Four score 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 can not dedicate -- we can not consecrate -- we can not 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 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.--A. Lincoln, November 19, 1863
love the reaction! i actually live in the Fredericksburg area in Virginia and have been to the battle sites. its a really cool experience
That thing with the beans actually happens. Joseph broadhead, wanted to take in his harvest as the soldiers began to take what they could for food. They only really know this because his wife Sarah had wrote about it.
Vicksburg is still in Mississippi. It's 46.8 miles west of Jackson.
Even though Lee was permitted to rejoin the US army, he was still severely punished for siding with the CSA. His plantation in northeast Virginia is directly across the river from Washington DC and his lands were seized by the army and it was converted into a massive military cemetery for those who died in service. Even two US presidents are buried at Arlington.
Gettysburg, down in Adams County, Pennsylvania, is best experienced in summer, when the battle was fought. No words come when you tour the battlefield, except "wow" (back in the car, when leaving). Most hallowed ground.
The Gettysburg Address in full
Four score 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 can not dedicate - we can not consecrate - we can not 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 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.
You make great reaction videos. I like em and I don't care who knows it. well done.
You should watch the 2012 film Lincoln with Daniel Day Lewis. It’s all about the politics surrounding the end of the war and the efforts to get the 13th amendment passed. It’s not completely accurate but it’s a really good movie. I didn’t go in with high expectations but I found it to be quite touching.
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That was quick, I just finished watcing the first one lol
After losing the 1864 election, General McClellan threw a fit and moved to Europe.
What people don’t really understand about the war is that men on both sides had NO CHOICE but to fight for their side. You either fought, or you were hung.
Yup, the draft was a thing
*hanged
Or you went West. It must have been nice to be able to just change your name and move to another town.
The proper term is hanged. To be killed by hanging is too be hanged.
Yep, and as much as some would argue that the war was more so about slavery don't realize that almost all Southern troops didn't own any slaves. They had to fight for their own culture...Cold Mountain ( Kidman, Jude Law) is a perfect cinimatic example of how the Civil War protected a couple few scared men and sent so many others off to die.
EDIT yes many Union men sent others to fight in their stead as well
The city of Vicksburg, Mississippi, is still called that. You may not have heard of it because they're getting into some of the details here that aren't usually part of the common knowledge of the war, outside of history buff circles. But Vicksburg's importance was that it controlled the stretch of the Mississippi River in front of it, from a high point on cliffs, so its cannon had great range. Northern forces had pushed down to it by land from the north, and also nearly up to it from the south after entering the river when they captured New Orleans. Once Vicksburg fell, the North controlled this important waterway of the South for supplies all along its length, dividing the South into east and west halves, which had a devastating effect on the South's supply lines, and their ability for keeping their army in food and materiel.
a overview of the timeline
The Lincolns arrived late for the comedy, but the president was reportedly in a fine mood and laughed heartily during the production. Lincoln occupied a private box above the stage with his wife Mary Todd Lincoln, a young army officer named Henry Rathbone and Rathbone’s fiancé, Clara Harris, the daughter of New York Senator Ira Harris.
At 10:15, Booth slipped into the box and fired his .44-caliber single-shot derringer pistol into the back of Lincoln’s head. After stabbing Rathbone, who immediately rushed at him, in the shoulder, Booth leapt onto the stage and shouted, “Sic semper tyrannis!” (“Thus ever to tyrants!”-the Virginia state motto). At first, the crowd interpreted the unfolding drama as part of the production, but a scream from the first lady told them otherwise. Although Booth broke his leg in the fall, he managed to leave the theater and escape from Washington on horseback.
A 23-year-old doctor named Charles Leale was in the audience and hastened to the presidential box immediately upon hearing the shot and Mary Lincoln’s scream. He found the president slumped in his chair, paralyzed and struggling to breathe. Several soldiers carried Lincoln to a boardinghouse across the street and placed him on a bed. When the surgeon general arrived at the house, he concluded that Lincoln could not be saved and would probably die during the night.Vice President Andrew Johnson, members of Lincoln’s cabinet and several of his closest friends stood vigil by the president’s bedside in the boardinghouse. The first lady lay on a bed in an adjoining room with her eldest son, Robert Todd Lincoln, at her side, overwhelmed with shock and grief.
by looking at the news papers it is known that he was stable during the night even though he was mortally wounded and began to decline around 7 AM
Finally, Lincoln was pronounced dead at 7:22 a.m. on April 15, 1865, at the age of 56.
If Lincoln had gotten his hands on Booth it would have been a different story. He was an excellent wrestler and tremendously strong. A few weeks prior on a Navy ship, he lifted an axe from a vertical position to a horizontal one using his wrist.
I always Learn more from videos like these.
Our political Parties (Republican and Democrat) also Switch On the pendulum Over time. (I.e. the Republican Party today, would be Considered Democratic Party At the time of Lincoln) .
Lincoln’s Politics Would be Labeled as “Democrat” Today.
Also, the New York Mobs is what the movie “Gangs of New York” was based on. (When rich People Paid Immigrants to Fight in their Place)
If the excellent Ken Burns Civil War documentary is accurate the next time the City of Vickburg had a 4th of July celebration would be July 4, 1942.
I LOVE OverSimplified! Now you have to react to OverSimplified's The Pig War which was between Great Britain and the USA regarding the Canada! Even most American's do not know about "The Pig War"! which happened around the same time as The Revolutionary War and The Civil War!
His World War 2 videos are quite good as well, also “pig wars” is a funny one
A bad experience was had by all. Fortunately my direct ancestors on both sides were defeated quickly and taken prisoner, at a time when paroled captives could be exchanged (you were demilitarized for the duration).
It became evident that, in view of the Union's massive superiority in numbers, prisoner exchange was merely prolonging the bloodshed. The conflict needed to be ended as quickly as possible. Commanders such as Grant, Sherman, and others realized this, although the death toll was high.
When you go to the Gettysburg battlefield and return at night with the silence there are many times you can hear rifles being fired cannons going off some have said they've seen Union and Southern soldiers walking through the woods
I watch the movie Gettysvburg every year from july 1-3, breaking it up to watch the days of the battle in the movie on the days they took place (it is a pretty long movie) One of my favorite lines from it is said from Pickett to Lee. When Lee ordered him to take up a defensive position after the charge. As Pickett just stood there in stunned silence, Lee commanded one more time.
Lee: General pickett, you must look to your division.
Picket: General Lee, I have no division.
Stephen Lang does an amazing job in his line delivery here.
If you go to Gettysburg, and you avoid the tour bus sightseeing, and you just walk along the paths, especially when it's a hot summer day and all you can hear is the insects buzzing around, you can feel the history there. Just imagine those men, who had spent most of the war actually WALKING from state to state and wearing woolen uniforms, with the soles of their boots worn through, their stomachs empty. Then those surviving men walked and ran, at times, all the way to Appomattox, and you stand there too... it's overwhelming.
Vicksburg sits on a bluff overlooking the Mississippi River, in Mississippi. When it fell to Grant's siege, ending on July 4, 1863, the Union controlled the river, and the back of the Confederacy was broken. Coupled with R. E. Lee's retreat back down South from Pennsylvania (Lincoln was furious with George Meade for not finishing him off), the tide of battle had turned decisively, and permanently.
Vicksburg is a city that WAS on the Mississippi River (the river has changed course since then) and was key to controlling the River. There was a Northerner in command of the Confederates and he convinced the city to surrender on July 4th because they would get the best terms on that day.
Vicksburg did not celebrate July 4th again until 1945.
1942 per the Ken Burns Civil War documentary
@@shawnmiller4781 1942 seems more believable because by that point the whole country is committed to World War 2.
The Pig War is a great oversimplified video
My father's friend Phil Burnside who's one of General Burnsides descendants had land but the US gov't payed him and his grandmother over $4 million (much much more than the land was worth) because it was historic.
I've had Burnside bourbon. Has a picture of Burnside on the bottle and it got me. Had to buy it because of the sideburns.
Yall did hear where they said Davis was not put on trail. Because it would prove that the South had the right to succeed from the union by the constitution? The chief Justice of the Supreme Court told Lincoln that.
lincoln has probably one of the dopest statues ever
“The Pig War” by oversimplified is the next one you should watch! It’s the next chronologically and has a lot to do with Britain
If you're interested in more European history, check out some of the mini-wars like the Battle of Hastings, the Bucket War, and the full video on Henrey VIII
I'm from North Carolina, we're called the Tarheel state. One story goes in some battle during the Civil War, while the other regiments ran we stood our ground. Someone said those boys from North Carolina must get tar on their heels.
There were far more than 80,000 slaves killed. Especially when you consider that for many "freed" slaves in the south, free wasn't exactly free until they found a safe haven. Many were hunted down and killed by former slave owners. In fact, a one of the southern generals mentioned in this Nathan Bedford Forrest, along with a few other confederate traitors, created the infamous southern terrorist group known as the KKK around 7-8 months after the Civil War ended (Dec 1865). They hunted down and killed freed men and women numbering in the thousands on thousands before being forced to disband by the federal government in 1872. They popped back up again in 1915 and terrorized African Americans, Jewish people, Asian Americans, Latino Americans, Catholics, homosexuals......pretty much anyone who wasn't white, judeo-christian, and heterosexual. They were disband for a 2nd time in 1944. At it's peak, the KKK had around 3 to 4 million members. The KKK has returned but in small numbers. Now days the new "KKK" call themselves the Proud Boys, Oath Keepers, League Of The South, U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement, Patriot Front, Aryan Nations, Aryan Brotherhood, ect.
Definitely do the “Pig War” by oversimplified as well.
The people that rioted were mostly Irish immigrants who were already treated horribly (they weren’t considered “white” at that time) and saw no reason they should fight for the country while rich Northerners bought their sons out of service.
I'm taking an Irish history class in college and we discussed this briefly... on the other hand, Irish immigrants in the South weren't opposed to slavery because there was less discrimination against them than in the North (because slaves were lower in the social hierarchy) and if slavery were to be abolished, they feared freed slaves would flood the labor market and steal their jobs as unskilled laborers
Vicksburg is in Mississippi, on bluff above the river. And yes, it's still Vicksburg.
Mark 9:52. The song about the, "Chattanooga Choo-Choo", is about a famous train from there. You can visit it and even stay in a hotel near it! 🚂🚃
23,000 men died at Antietam (Sharpsburg) alone on September 17, 1862. It remains the single bloodiest day on the North American continent.
The play was "Our American Cousin".
Available on TV.
Strangely (or maybe not), Lincoln and Davis were born in Kentucky. They were about 200 km from each other. Lincoln's family moved away when he was about 5. Davis' family moved when he was about 2. And even though Kentucky was supposed to be neutral, my great-great-great grandfather fought on the Confederate side.
Vicksburg is in Mississippi, right across the state border from Louisiana. It’s not very big, only about 25,000 people live there. Many stop there while driving to vacation in Florida.
He oversimplified(hehe) the role of Native Americans a little too much. The tribes in Indian Territory(my home state of Oklahoma) joined the south because they held slaves, and because the federal government stopped protecting them from raids by the Plains tribes. Texas confederates promised to take up the slack. After the war, the government considered our treaties broken and opened IT up to more white settlers.
Now you guys should do a reaction to the Movie Glory.
If the South would've Won we'd of had it made. Great song
Vicksburg is in Mississippi..still there
Vicksburg is a city in the state of Mississippi. It is a port city on the Mississippi river that was a vital supply depot for the Confederates after New Orleans fell.
Clara Barton, the Founder of The American Red Cross
Happy Memorial Day.
A lot of this is very sugar coated. They make it sound as if West Virginia was anti-slavery so left Virginia.
In reality a vote was held in WV to decide what to do. In most places voting was held in Union controlled buildings with troops stationed outside turning voters who sided with the south away. The vote ended up 18,000 plus for joining the north and a little under 800 for staying with the south. The vote would have likely ended up with the same regardless (since the slave population in WV was very small due to most of it being mountains unsuitable for farming) but we can't know for sure since it was rigged.
The constitution states that making a state out of another state jurisdiction can't be done without consent from the federal and state government, which they didn't have. They pushed it through regardless using Virginia's succession as the reason to defy the constitution.
I'm sure more than the civil war history is treated the same. I'm just familiar with this particular subject because I always found West Virginia's founding to be fascinating since it was done unlike any of the others.
My Great Great Grandfather William W Hiatt a Union soldier was taken prisoner at Vicksburg.
Vicksburg is in Mississippi, I live about 40miles from there in Louisiana.
I find it amusing how they always leave out his true words and the promissory note/contract he made with the slaves for the atrocities that had been done against them. It's the promise that descendants of slaves are still fighting for in the US today. If you all really want to know what truly happened to the slaves and their descendants during the reconstruction era these little cute "oversimplified" cartoons aren't where you'll find it. You'll find a very cleansed version of true American history. I know this is the "oversimplified" version, but it doesn't even tell two other major reasons for Lincoln and the Civil War.
Here's another fun coincidence: Robert E Lee had a distant relative named Richard Henry Lee who was in the Second Continental Congress and actually put forth the resolution that America become a country independent of England. I always find that to be an interesting turn of history.
one thing was sure. america was one of the greetest nation but that was long ago and lincoln was a part of this world
River traffic and a main railroad junction made Vicksburg an important location.
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Important to note slavery was never actually fully abolished.
Y’all should go a reaction to the Pig War by Oversimplified.
Thanks for trying to understand
9:25 You’ve never heard of my town, either. Most people, even in the US, may know of or visit maybe 20 towns/cities, or at least 50 if they’re great at US geography. Around me, I know probably 10 towns locally (in my state or a bordering one), and I know most US capitols offhand, along with (obviously) Houston, L. A., Las Vegas, and Walla Walla, Washington. There are almost 20,000 towns/cities to know, and I know less than 1 percent. I’ve been to Erie, Pennsylvania, and Three Rivers, California, to Pink Hill, North Carolina, and Niagara Falls, in both New York and Ontario. I’ve also spent a few months in the desert heat 3 hours south of Albuquerque, New Mexico. Still not even close to 1% of the US. How much of your country have you seen or know of by fame?
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Notes: The assassination event is the source of the old joke, "Other than that, Missus Lincoln, how was the play?"
The (American) Civil War, is a source of controversy in more ways than one, of course. But there's one that not a lot of civilians would be aware of, concerning the, "United States Navy". ⚓
Oh, but first, you need to know, that some Mariners are superstitious, and one superstition is that it is considered to be, bad luck, to rename a, boat or ship. 😕
That belief, is probably why, when either side captured a, boat or vessel, the name wasn't changed. So then either navy could have vessels with names that seem to support or honor the other side!
That would also explain why when, civilian vessels were taken by either navy, the civilian name would be kept. So suddenly you had improvised warships with funny names or named for sweethearts. 😁
But some were not superstitious like that. When the, CSA, captured the United States Ship Merrimac, a wooden sailing ship, they converted it into into their first, Ironclad warship and it was steam powered! It was renamed the, "Confederate States Ship Virginia". But, Human Behavior, being what it is, the civilians on both sides still called it, "The Merrimack"! Even in the newspapers!
There's an episode of, "Star Trek: The Next Generation", that tried to do a subtle reference to that famous duel of the, Ironclads, by having a task force filled with ship names that in the past, has been enemies. Instead of the accurate, "Virginia", the erroneous name, "Merrimack", was used. That was enough for someone or some group, to put an end to such misinformation once and for all!
But anyway, I digressed maybe? 🤔
The, "USN", has a proud tradition of naming their vessels after battles that the, USA, won as well as navy land bases or installations, if not the cities those are based in. As well as for naming vessels after our, war heroes.
That's where the controversy comes in! There's a frigate or cruiser, with a name, that just happens to match that of a battle won by the, CSA, as well as a, naval facilility in that area! Some people want it renamed, because the, CSA, shouldn't be honored in such a way! Well, I see room to argue there, because of the facilility that still exists.
However, there was a, nuclear attack submarine named for, Robert E. Lee, until it was retired, decommissioned, and scrapped. 😁
At the Battle of Cold Harbor, during the last Union advance, the Union lost approximately 7,000-8,000 men in less than 15 minutes, an unbelievable and horrifying statistic, and almost too difficult to comprehend. It was the only action that Grant ever regretted. "I have always regretted that the last assault at Cold Harbor was ever made... No advantage whatever was gained to compensate for the heavy loss we sustained." Also, during the Wilderness Campaign, Grant did weep, apparently uncontrollably one night after a battle. But he didn’t weep during the battle, and he wasn’t crying the next day. Grant was fantastic. And he knew how to whip Lee.
Also, Grant’s terms of surrender were extremely generous. If Lee’s men laid down their arms, they would be helped to all the rations and any medical care they needed. Most of Lee’s men were starving, and even Lee didn’t know how many men he still had under his command. The officers, and any other man who had his own horse, would be able to keep them. It was planting season, and horses would be desperately needed to plow fields. These terms were better than any Lee could’ve hoped for. They were simply sent home as American citizens again. No animosity, no punishment, just repatriation and peace, as Lincoln wanted. He didn’t even care if Jefferson Davis and the leaders of the Confederacy left the country.
i used to live in Gettysburg the cannons are still there.
Virgil Cain is my name, and I rode on the Danville train
Till Stoneman's cavalry came, and tore up the tracks again
Please do the Pig war of 1859 it's really funny and pretty historical
If you haven't seen Gone with the Wind, this is a good background for the movie.
Imagine if Robert E. Lee was on the Union side with all the supplies and men. He would have ended the war in 2 weeks LOL
Nah he lacked any real full war strategy
It was offered to him. I’ve stood in his living room where he considered it one night.
It's okay. I live in the U.S. and had no idea what state Vicksburg was in.
Lincoln died in the bed that Booth had used a week earlier
Vicksburg wasn't an important or famous town in itself. The victory at Vicksburg was important, because Vicksburg was the last place and stronghold, where the Confederates prevented the complete control of the North over the Mississippi-River and the cutting of the Confederate area in two parts.
Vickburg was only the name for a Confederate held, important place and when it fell, it empowered the North and harmed the South. Not because that little city was of any other importance or fame.
Can blood, shed in bitterness, become a permanent bond holding the nation together more strongly than ever before? Lincoln answers his own question--yes.