How did Civil War soldiers fight a battle?
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- Опубліковано 14 жов 2024
- In this newest installment of Battlefield U, Douglas Ullman Jr. details just how exactly battles of the Civil War got started and how they finished, and expands on Civil War fighting styles and battle tactics.
Welcome to Battlefield U! We provide answers to your questions about the Civil War, Revolutionary War and War of 1812. We aim to increase your baseline knowledge for school, battlefield visits or just to help you show off at social events. Check in on Tuesdays for our newest Battlefield U installment.
My question is how did they have such bravery? I mean obviously different times, different mindsets. I can't imagine how they would fight, especially after seeing wave after wave getting demolished by their opponents.
Well running away and being labeled a coward was often considered worse by many men than having to fight like this. It’s more complicated than that but that’s one reason.
350 men in a regiment? Where did that figure come from? I could see that being the case later on in the war when understrength, i guess
True: Regimental Muster strength was a 1000 men, and 65% casualties was not uncommon for some Regiments after a couple of engagements. And more Regiments were added to the number of regiments in a Brigade to keep the brigades strength up as the regimental strength decreased, but it was often not enough to maintain Division, Corp, and Army strengths as the war progressed.
What about cavalry and artillery formations and manoeuvres? What about sieges (some of the most important civil war battles)?
Antietam the bloodiest day of American history: 22,000 casualties in 12 hours.
Shiloh the bloodiest 2 days with 23,000 casualties
Gettysburg the bloodiest 3 days with 53,000 casualties.
World War Two battles in Europe and pacific 7,000+ killed in week long battles as well as in Vietnam with modern day weapons while the casualties of the civil war were with single shot rifles and cannon.
Started the war with 50 year old tactics and ended the war with tactics for 50 years in the future
Tactics always lag behind the weaponry and many generals usually fight the last war. They are often slow to adapt.
The next war starts with the old methods and new weapons .
I wonder how sharpshooters fought a battle in the civil war because i went to see my 3x great uncle and aunts house in Gettysburg Pennsylvania and in the attic was the blood of dead confederate sharpshooters on the floorboards of the attic and I know that they found sharpshooter bullets
Is this actually true
Just took a nibble not even a bite off my sandwich and the video was over!!
How about explaining when troops in the civil war first started employing the rifled weapons. That would be a nice video.
"Git thar fustest with the mostest" Thanks for the video
And that is how we got hurry up and wait.
Nice vid
I live near spanish fort alabama , can u guys do a series on that battle ?
How about a video on the war of the Trans Mississippi campaigns ....... New Mexico or Red River or Wilson's Creek?
I went there it was so cool
Cool video!
The civil war was considered the first modern war
And industrial war, european powers also profited from it
Andrew S Especially France and Britain. They gave the Confederacy a lot of weapons and ships.
Dude, how can you have a confederate flag on your profile pic. The flag of traitors.
no that was the crimean war
Dr Doom what?
Perhaps I misunderstand the definition of "effective range", those rifled muskets couldn't hit and down a target at 400 yards, could they?
Back when fightin' was fightin'!💪
Imagine if just one guy had a full automatic ar...
and ring the bell.
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