This is by far the best channel for comprehensive, incisive, historically accurate facts- the who did what when; how they did it and what was the outcome. If you’re a fan of Civil War history, this channel’s incomparable and no other ones come close.
I've been watching this over and over again, even when falling asleep. You just never know how much your work will impact people, for this I thank you.
Don't You mean The War Between the States week by week? The U.S of A. has yet to have a civil war. But when and if it happens, there will be hell to pay. For The War Between the States won't compare to the bloodbath that would happen! And our fight for lndependence wasn't a revolution, l wish people would quit mislabeling subjects. It's getting quite tedious pointing these small facts out to mankind.
I am so glad I subscribed. Your visuals of unit movement on the battlefield remind me of board games I used to play as a kid (D-Day) long before the internet. I was named after Robert E. Lee and slept on Antietam Battlefield as Boy Scout. I am 74 yro and will never forget picking up surface finds of spent minie balls that were laying every square yard on the field. They had been brought to the surface by 100 years of plowing and planting that field.
@@jimwind7589 I distinctly remember D-DAY, but cannot remember names of Civil War ones. I always played the German side because it was an interesting challenge to see how long I could hold out. My opponent always played the Allies because his need for a guaranteed win overwelmed him. I cannot imagine any scenerio where the Germans could have won in that game.
That was fantastic. Thank you for making such a thorough and well researched video that explores every aspect of the battle. I didn't even know about the morning phase of the battle until watching this.
GREAT work man, can you do like the Seven Days then Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Brandy Station, Gettysburg, Vicksburg, Chickamauga, Forrest’s Raids, then the Wilderness/Spotsylvania/Cold Harbor, Atlanta Campaign, and then finally Early/Sheridan’s Valley Campaigns. I KNOW that is a TON of work, but this is what the people need!!! We love what you’re doing brother!!!
Can't remember where but I'm pretty sure said he's gonna go through the whole civil war, but ye if he does it's gonna take a crap ton of work, good luck to him if he does :)
Growing up in the area (lived a mile from a field hospital and 10ish miles from the battlefield) whenever it snowed all of the parents would take us to the Stone House the go sledding. It really wasn’t until I got in college that I realized the how wild it was that we all loved sliding down these hills as kids that 150+ years ago people fought and died to try and take from each other. I have always thought of myself as lucky for being born there, especially after seeing historical locations aren’t nearly as easy to find in other states as the are in Virginia. Like, how many kids can say they walked past an old field hospital on the way back from school or went sledding on a battlefield when it snowed?
Nice to see the battle expected . I lived and worked in Manassas from 1964 till 2019 and drove through and walked the battle Field many time nice job .
I've been following this channel for a few years now. Love the content. Lived in Virginia most of my life but have never actually visited many of thr numerous battlefields here. But soon I'll be visiting manassas/bullrun and watching this again in preparation for it lol
Great video - very informative and detailed yet it also moves along at a good pace and doesn’t get bogged down (like McDowell’s early morning flank match)
Have watched each one of your videos. Very good. Many I have seen 3-5 times. Enjoy your covering of the entire war not just the East or even the East and West theaters. I very much am hoping to see South Mountain, Antietam, and every contest in the war between the states that you cover here. Very much enjoyed getting to know about the history of the war in the trans mississippi and far west. Very much hope to visit spots I knew nothing about. You have opened my eyes to the entire confitct and taught me things about major fights that I knew quite a bit about. Thank you sir, keep up the good work and hope you as much success and growth of your videos and group of those whom enjoy history. I respect your work and I intend to spread the word about your videos, and page. Very impressive and informative! Thank you sir for your time and attention to getting things right and presenting from a fair and non biased point of view.
Mr. McLean: I’ve had enough of this fighting I’m moving out west! Time traveler: do you want to be remembered by history? Mr. McLean: not particularly why? Time traveler: literally move anywhere else
Fantastic to see the video in its completion, I very much look forward to using clips from it in my upcoming documentary! Thank you for your partnership, and I look forward to the continued growth of your channel!
Fantastic job my dude. I’ve been watching your videos for awhile now and personally I put you up there with epic history tv and historymarche. I love it man
The Depth and Intricacy of your Videos is just Truly Amazing.... I've been reading "4 years in the Stonewall Brigade" by John Overton Casler.... I read his first Hand Experience at the Battle of Manassas and how the 33rd engaged the Brooklyn Zouaves and James P. Daily said "Here they come Boys in four ranks an they're all dressed in Red"...Then I can watch your Videos and see it live in action....And see exactly what he's writing in his Diary....😊🙏❤️💯
I think this is 3rd or 4th time I've watched this vid and I'll probably watch it again a few more times, but it still informs and entertains every time I watch it too. Same with the other vids on the playlist. Keep up the good work! Question: After the 7 Days Campaign are you going to transition to 2nd Manassas?
Once you step in closer from the big overview picture and examine these events in more detail, one is really struck as to how courageous these men were, on both sides. Such valor should never be forgotten, regardless of which uniform they wore.
I like the police essentially stopping a battle. It makes me imagine detectives on another battlefield trying to establish if the 3rd cannon on the right was fired at 1030 or 1045 and collecting witness statements from groups of soldiers trying to look innocent
You are to be congratulated on an excellent presentation, very informative and interesting, your graphics are really outstanding and I imagine took a lot of hard work to put together, but, and there is always a but, it would be beneficial, for me at least, to have a scale on screen to show distance, I found it difficult to envisage the distance between units and places, for all I knew it could have been hundreds of yards or a few miles, it didn’t spoil my enjoyment but it would have enhanced the information you imparted to us viewers. One slightly critical observation, and I had to use Google, the method of signalling used from Signal Hill to General Evans C.S.A might have been a first in American military history, and if that is what you were inferring then please accept my apologies, but it had been in use by European nations during the late 1700s, but more interestingly wired Telegraphy was used during the Crimean war.
The sheer incompetence of command on the Union side is staggering. Committing troops in penny packets to fight outnumbered, while they commanded vastly numerically superior forces should have resulted in a few executions.
Also - where was McDowell during the battle? I think about McClellan, Pope, and Burnside all hanging out at their headquarters way behind the battle lines - and not able to make fast adjustments necessary to control the battle. Mead however was in the saddle moving units all over to plug holes as needed.
Interesting how the Union army disintegrated so readily after the repulse of their attacks and retreated from the field, compared to later Civil War battles where even beaten units wouldn't retreat further once away to a place of relative safety unless actively assaulted. (Think of several times at Antietam, where beaten Confederate units still clung to their ground, even though it's certain a determined Union push would have routed them). The English historian Paddy Griffith took the controversial stance that the US Civil War was not the first modern war, but was the last Napoleonic War--and that the lack of decisive battles in the US Civil War compared to the Napoleonic Wars was due to a combination of West Point military theory, and lack of proper training and discipline. I"ve always taken a dim view of Griffith's work, as I think the more established notion that it was the technology and the increase in defensive firepower that made Civil War battles so indecisive I also allow (as English historian Liddell Hart said about democracies) that democratic armies can have greater unit cohesion than the armies of autocracies--while you do fight more for your comrades than for your country, the fact that regiments were composed of people from the same town who had grown up knowing each other I think could make Civil War units surprisingly resilient under fire. However, it does seem that this battle the Union response after their repulses wasn't that unlike the French response after the repulse of the Old Guard at Waterloo--the army went to pieces, and without that much of an active Confederate pursuit..
My Great Great Great uncle Captain Wesley Mellard of Co D 13th Mississippi Infantry Regiment under Colonel William Barksdale fought at First Manassas We gave those Yankees one hell of a Southern welcome
Such an easy Union victory could've been achieved that day. If only not for the foolishness and stupidity of the Union commanders, excluding McDowell. Had the full brigade advanced and started the fight, they would've swept forward easily. Advancing forward with superior numbers with reinforcements close behind. They could've been able to bring in further more by brushing aside the skirmishers at the stone bridge much quicker too. Giving them massive superior numbers, allowing them to easily take the high ground...and get deployed and ready to fight. Jackson would've arrived to find an already deployed and waiting Union battle line and the tattered remains of what used to be the rebel lines. Such piss poor orders...sending regiments up one at a time...jesus.
the battle couldve gone either way if either side was a little more competent, neither side realized that if they attacked in mass they couldve easily swept the other side away.
@Warhawk yea...just...as a descendant of McDowell...Ive always hated that he got blamed for the failure of his subordinates. I mean...Burnside was always an idiot. He proved that throughout his career...piece mealing men in... Full division forward...sweep away all resistance. :/
Union wearing gray uniforms. Confederates wearing blue uniforms. Both sides using colorful zouaves uniforms. Continental uniforms. Men with no blouses. Men bare chested. At a distance the Star and Bars resembled Old Glory. Soldiers cry, "Who do we shoot at?!" Officers, "Yes!"
And now we're seeing the same thing happening in Ukraine. Every European militaries adopting some sort of woodland/muticam pattern uniforms for the pat couple of years and Ukraine and Russia are forced to. wear colourful armbands for identification.
Any more info on the topic mentioned at 31:10. There’s mention of a major in Evans’ second brigade putting down a revolt in South America. Not able to locate more info on this
Re Baltimore, you might have mentioned that Ben Butler moved a regiment of soldiers and a battery of artillery onto the highest hill in the city which kind of ensured its pacification. Re Anaconda Plan ran down the Mississippi Valley and around the coasts and was intended to cut off both the Trans-Mississippi theater and the coastal ports. Btw, a lesson here about why you don't send your men in one regiment at a time.
I thoroughly enjoyed the presentation, got quite mad at some of the 'tactical' decisions. Sherman should have been shot for his stupidity ... but then history has its veil.
Out of curiosity do you play Grand Tactician? I notice that game also has the handful of militia units wearing grey or other non-standard union jackets at Bull Run, and you made sure to color every regiment by their jacket color, if it was known presumably.
More than a company there was one in Jackson's bde I think that's who you are talking about, but there were others as well, sprinkled throughout the volunteers, most were of some prewar militia in NC and VA, and yes, was a company in the 5th VA I think. The others were only small groups of men from mostly local shooting clubs and such in a few of the volunteer companies, hope that helps
I must say I was surprised that Jackson's brigade never got back into the fight after falling back off the hill even with fresh CSA troops coming past them to renew the fight there and at Chinn Ridge. They hadn't been that badly bloodied in their charge and the 33rd VA had plenty of time to recover and get 2nd VA back into the fight.
32 25 hopefully a selected list of Slocum s majors captains and lieutenants were shot for cowardice by their own men and ALL other officers demoted to privates as a sharp lesson to the unit for letting their colonel attack the enemy by himself
Absolutely. Courts-martial for every coward who watched Slocum go to his death alone. They stopped being soldiers at that point, if they ever were to begin with. Shame on them all. Like they say, life is temporary but dishonor is forever.
I've never understood two main things about this battle: 1. Why did union forces, when attacking a position, consistently send only a fraction of their available force in order to do so 2. Why didn't Tyler's division move behind the confederate positions on Henry House Hill after crossing Bull Run? I understand that there was incompetence involved but what was their thought process? To me both decisions seem to be a result of some union doctrine at the time, that these inexperienced officers were following too rigidly, but I'm not sure what that doctrine might have been. If anyone has any answers I'd love to hear
1. The union commanders were extremely inexperienced in leading the amount of troops they had at First Manassas and did not utilize their entire command when attacking, thus always leaving a portion behind. I dont think a single brigade commander attacked with his entire brigade at the same time. 2. Tyler was linking up with the rest of the Federals on Matthews Hill and wouldve been isolated when attacking the Confederates on Henry Hill. Also, that ground he wouldve gone over was rough and hard to traverse with a brigade.
I was born and raised on bull run in manassas .exactly 100 yrs after battle .blackburns ford is only one crossing ..now producing the real battle facts not gov propaganda
How different would history be if the Confederate leaders listened to Jackson who wanted to March on Washington at that point when the Union Army was in complete disarray? We might be reading about the siege and fall of Washington right now. Crazy to think about.
They could have done the same thing during Peninsula Campaign. The "whole" Union Army was transferred to peninsula. The Confederates could have just put a blocking force there. Sent the rest to Washington. Game over.
Interesting how at the start, the Confederacy tried to have a significantly weak “national” Government with the states themselves exercising self rule. And each state tried to have their own militia and didn’t attempt to operate as a national force. That didn’t last long…
@williamstocker584 Words of a doubter doesn't account for much! The reason he is incorrect is a UNION is not a single structure like a house. A Union is a joint effort, with the SINGLE purpose. The purpose never chances because a few sections leave.
@williamstocker584 You can't prove Jesus didn't exist. The fact that Christianity is the world's largest religion, the books of the Bible exist, and the Shroud of Turin exists is evidence that someone was alive to make it happen!
Yeah, marching to engage the confederates that soon was absolutely a mistake. But I have to infer that the politicians wrongly assumed that the many armature units of drill militias and clubs would already be good enough to use those skills in full battle.
Americans tend to make "first" claims without research. Trains: In fact, the first use of railways for military movement likely occurred in 1846 when the Prussian Army moved an entire Army Corps with guns to a place near Krakow during the Krakow Uprising. Though Prussia was not involved in the conflict, they feared that the Uprising would lead to a general rebellion in the Prussian-held areas of Poland. Semaphore: Semaphore signalling during battles was developed in the 9th Century by the Ottoman Turks. Napoleon had developed a semaphore network across all of Europe to run messages across the continent with unprecedented speed.
The confederate cause could have been won if they aggressively pushed after the retreating union army Many at the time wondered openly why Gen Beauregard did not do so…
Prob would’ve sent like single regiments after the whole army lol. Not like a lot would have been accomplished. The armies of 1864-1865 are still a long ways away from this point
I think there are somethings off on your timeline. The call by Davis for 100,000 men was the day before the firing on Ft. Sumter. Plus the Southern States also suspended Habeas Corpus.
The way that John Slocum got killed... He yells LET'S GO!!! And runs out front and yet no one follows him in his valiant effort poor guy......
Fr at least he was optimistic about it
😂😂😂😂
Leroy JENKINSSSSSSS
At least the man was leading by example.
Poor failed the loyalty check for his command
This is by far the best channel for comprehensive, incisive, historically accurate facts- the who did what when; how they did it and what was the outcome. If you’re a fan of Civil War history, this channel’s incomparable and no other ones come close.
I've been watching this over and over again, even when falling asleep. You just never know how much your work will impact people, for this I thank you.
Man I thought the Union had it, it must be the terrain. Good thing we’ll will never fight here again
Clever - I see what you did there!
Totally, the Confederates will soon march upon Washington D.C. and end the war before it could fully start.
If we don't learn the lessons of history we are doomed to repeat it
Don't You mean The War Between the States week by week?
The U.S of A. has yet to have a civil war. But when and if it happens, there will be hell to pay. For The War Between the States won't compare to the bloodbath that would happen!
And our fight for lndependence wasn't a revolution, l wish people would quit mislabeling subjects. It's getting quite tedious pointing these small facts out to mankind.
We hope
I am so glad I subscribed. Your visuals of unit movement on the battlefield remind me of board games I used to play as a kid (D-Day) long before the internet. I was named after Robert E. Lee and slept on Antietam Battlefield as Boy Scout. I am 74 yro and will never forget picking up surface finds of spent minie balls that were laying every square yard on the field. They had been brought to the surface by 100 years of plowing and planting that field.
Avalon Hill Board games?
@@jimwind7589 Yes, with the hexagon spaces on the board.
@@robertrobert7924 I never bought any of the Civil war ones,but wish I did. Cheers
@@jimwind7589 I distinctly remember D-DAY, but cannot remember names of Civil War ones. I always played the German side because it was an interesting challenge to see how long I could hold out. My opponent always played the Allies because his need for a guaranteed win overwelmed him. I cannot imagine any scenerio where the Germans could have won in that game.
That was fantastic. Thank you for making such a thorough and well researched video that explores every aspect of the battle. I didn't even know about the morning phase of the battle until watching this.
GREAT work man, can you do like the Seven Days then Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Brandy Station, Gettysburg, Vicksburg, Chickamauga, Forrest’s Raids, then the Wilderness/Spotsylvania/Cold Harbor, Atlanta Campaign, and then finally Early/Sheridan’s Valley Campaigns. I KNOW that is a TON of work, but this is what the people need!!! We love what you’re doing brother!!!
Can't remember where but I'm pretty sure said he's gonna go through the whole civil war, but ye if he does it's gonna take a crap ton of work, good luck to him if he does :)
They are gonna do it all in good time
Where is the love for the second battle on this very same battlefield? 😉
Idk how I forgot about 2nd Manassas
In due we will make it to those battles.
This is by far one of my favorite channels. Thanks for keeping my people’s deeds and heroics alive
A complete masterpiece, keep the videos coming definitely need more attention to this time period
Great work! Glad I was able to catch this as it premiered live for once! We love your animated battle videos!
Ayy I'm glad you enjoy our content The Sietch!
@@WarhawkYT Can you do Texas Revolution?
Growing up in the area (lived a mile from a field hospital and 10ish miles from the battlefield) whenever it snowed all of the parents would take us to the Stone House the go sledding.
It really wasn’t until I got in college that I realized the how wild it was that we all loved sliding down these hills as kids that 150+ years ago people fought and died to try and take from each other.
I have always thought of myself as lucky for being born there, especially after seeing historical locations aren’t nearly as easy to find in other states as the are in Virginia. Like, how many kids can say they walked past an old field hospital on the way back from school or went sledding on a battlefield when it snowed?
long but feels short. informative without dragging. great work
glad you enjoyed it, Gregorio!
Nice to see the battle expected . I lived and worked in Manassas from 1964 till 2019 and drove through and walked the battle Field many time nice job .
I've been following this channel for a few years now. Love the content. Lived in Virginia most of my life but have never actually visited many of thr numerous battlefields here. But soon I'll be visiting manassas/bullrun and watching this again in preparation for it lol
Lots of details not normally known such as the Baltimore Riots and Lincoln's suppression by martial law there. Well done!
Truly amazing documentary, engineering carnage, so much to learn - Henry House the focus. I'm a former Manassas resident. Thank you
Great video - very informative and detailed yet it also moves along at a good pace and doesn’t get bogged down (like McDowell’s early morning flank match)
lol thank you Fett!
boy that is one detailed description, best I have ever seen by far.
Have watched each one of your videos. Very good. Many I have seen 3-5 times. Enjoy your covering of the entire war not just the East or even the East and West theaters. I very much am hoping to see South Mountain, Antietam, and every contest in the war between the states that you cover here. Very much enjoyed getting to know about the history of the war in the trans mississippi and far west. Very much hope to visit spots I knew nothing about. You have opened my eyes to the entire confitct and taught me things about major fights that I knew quite a bit about. Thank you sir, keep up the good work and hope you as much success and growth of your videos and group of those whom enjoy history. I respect your work and I intend to spread the word about your videos, and page. Very impressive and informative! Thank you sir for your time and attention to getting things right and presenting from a fair and non biased point of view.
Thank you so much for all the great work done on this battle, Well done Warhawk!
Excellently done and the effort put into this video is much appreciated.
Mr. McLean: I’ve had enough of this fighting I’m moving out west!
Time traveler: do you want to be remembered by history?
Mr. McLean: not particularly why?
Time traveler: literally move anywhere else
Fantastic to see the video in its completion, I very much look forward to using clips from it in my upcoming documentary! Thank you for your partnership, and I look forward to the continued growth of your channel!
Ive watched your videos about 100 times or more cant wait for the newer stuff.
Excellent video -- I finally understand what happened at the First Battle of Manassas! Thank you.
Fantastic job my dude. I’ve been watching your videos for awhile now and personally I put you up there with epic history tv and historymarche. I love it man
As someone who own a bullet fired from this battle, I absolutely loved this! Sub earned sir!
Very well done. Your hard work is obvious.
The Depth and Intricacy of your Videos is just Truly Amazing.... I've been reading "4 years in the Stonewall Brigade" by John Overton Casler.... I read his first Hand Experience at the Battle of Manassas and how the 33rd engaged the Brooklyn Zouaves and James P. Daily said "Here they come Boys in four ranks an they're all dressed in Red"...Then I can watch your Videos and see it live in action....And see exactly what he's writing in his Diary....😊🙏❤️💯
Well done, very informative. Love these videos. Just a quick correction at 59:29, although awarded by Congress, it is simply the Medal of Honor.
Fantastic video, very interesting. Bravo
So well done !! Thank you very much for you wonderful work !!!
This is so incredibly well done!
Loving these!!! Keep up the amazing work 👏
And shame on Slocum's men for not following him into battle.
Yeah that was sad
Great channel man! I recently found it. I didn't know much of the military history of the US civil war. Greetings from Argentina.
I think this is 3rd or 4th time I've watched this vid and I'll probably watch it again a few more times, but it still informs and entertains every time I watch it too. Same with the other vids on the playlist. Keep up the good work! Question: After the 7 Days Campaign are you going to transition to 2nd Manassas?
Once you step in closer from the big overview picture and examine these events in more detail, one is really struck as to how courageous these men were, on both sides. Such valor should never be forgotten, regardless of which uniform they wore.
Both the courage of the men and the ineptness of the high commands.
This documentary is exceptional! Thank you for sharing
"Wait a minute, how did this happen? We're smarter than this!"
- Brigadier General Irvin McDowell, 6:00 PM, July 21st, 1861.
quite a big bruh moment for the United States Army.
Another perfect work
thx for your effort. you created some great piece of history lesson.
I like the police essentially stopping a battle. It makes me imagine detectives on another battlefield trying to establish if the 3rd cannon on the right was fired at 1030 or 1045 and collecting witness statements from groups of soldiers trying to look innocent
I congratulate the narrator for being one of the few who CAN pronounce secede. Most of the others say succeed
The ongoing time line record is very helpful.
You are to be congratulated on an excellent presentation, very informative and interesting, your graphics are really outstanding and I imagine took a lot of hard work to put together, but, and there is always a but, it would be beneficial, for me at least, to have a scale on screen to show distance, I found it difficult to envisage the distance between units and places, for all I knew it could have been hundreds of yards or a few miles, it didn’t spoil my enjoyment but it would have enhanced the information you imparted to us viewers.
One slightly critical observation, and I had to use Google, the method of signalling used from Signal Hill to General Evans C.S.A might have been a first in American military history, and if that is what you were inferring then please accept my apologies, but it had been in use by European nations during the late 1700s, but more interestingly wired Telegraphy was used during the Crimean war.
Glad to see this Allan, we are of course mentioning Signal Hill associated with the First Battle of Manassas
The sheer incompetence of command on the Union side is staggering. Committing troops in penny packets to fight outnumbered, while they commanded vastly numerically superior forces should have resulted in a few executions.
Not only superior numbers but weaponry that VASTLY was ahead of the rebels
Leroy Slocum Jenkins...RIP
Absolutely brilliant.
“Hold on boys, here come those red legged devil’s again.”
Also - where was McDowell during the battle? I think about McClellan, Pope, and Burnside all hanging out at their headquarters way behind the battle lines - and not able to make fast adjustments necessary to control the battle. Mead however was in the saddle moving units all over to plug holes as needed.
Bang up job keeping the country together James Fagchanan
Thanks for this. Very interesting.
Interesting how the Union army disintegrated so readily after the repulse of their attacks and retreated from the field, compared to later Civil War battles where even beaten units wouldn't retreat further once away to a place of relative safety unless actively assaulted. (Think of several times at Antietam, where beaten Confederate units still clung to their ground, even though it's certain a determined Union push would have routed them).
The English historian Paddy Griffith took the controversial stance that the US Civil War was not the first modern war, but was the last Napoleonic War--and that the lack of decisive battles in the US Civil War compared to the Napoleonic Wars was due to a combination of West Point military theory, and lack of proper training and discipline. I"ve always taken a dim view of Griffith's work, as I think the more established notion that it was the technology and the increase in defensive firepower that made Civil War battles so indecisive I also allow (as English historian Liddell Hart said about democracies) that democratic armies can have greater unit cohesion than the armies of autocracies--while you do fight more for your comrades than for your country, the fact that regiments were composed of people from the same town who had grown up knowing each other I think could make Civil War units surprisingly resilient under fire.
However, it does seem that this battle the Union response after their repulses wasn't that unlike the French response after the repulse of the Old Guard at Waterloo--the army went to pieces, and without that much of an active Confederate pursuit..
Your videos are amazing, on par with the great military history channels, I am curious, where do you get your information for all of these?
Thanks Bigremy, if you take a look at our description you will see the sources we used to make the videos.
Thanks for posting!
That was awesome. I enjoyed that. Battle of the crater ??? Next some time?
My Great Great Great uncle Captain Wesley Mellard of Co D 13th Mississippi Infantry Regiment under Colonel William Barksdale fought at First Manassas We gave those Yankees one hell of a Southern welcome
@why are commies always pro-semite but anti-christ thanks
Id like to see some more naval battles. Its always the most unmentioned part ACW history
Great work! What's your source for your map showing the Union disposition on the Night of July 20th?
Such an easy Union victory could've been achieved that day. If only not for the foolishness and stupidity of the Union commanders, excluding McDowell. Had the full brigade advanced and started the fight, they would've swept forward easily. Advancing forward with superior numbers with reinforcements close behind. They could've been able to bring in further more by brushing aside the skirmishers at the stone bridge much quicker too. Giving them massive superior numbers, allowing them to easily take the high ground...and get deployed and ready to fight.
Jackson would've arrived to find an already deployed and waiting Union battle line and the tattered remains of what used to be the rebel lines.
Such piss poor orders...sending regiments up one at a time...jesus.
the battle couldve gone either way if either side was a little more competent, neither side realized that if they attacked in mass they couldve easily swept the other side away.
@Warhawk yea...just...as a descendant of McDowell...Ive always hated that he got blamed for the failure of his subordinates.
I mean...Burnside was always an idiot. He proved that throughout his career...piece mealing men in...
Full division forward...sweep away all resistance. :/
Union wearing gray uniforms. Confederates wearing blue uniforms. Both sides using colorful zouaves uniforms. Continental uniforms. Men with no blouses. Men bare chested. At a distance the Star and Bars resembled Old Glory.
Soldiers cry, "Who do we shoot at?!"
Officers, "Yes!"
And now we're seeing the same thing happening in Ukraine. Every European militaries adopting some sort of woodland/muticam pattern uniforms for the pat couple of years and Ukraine and Russia are forced to. wear colourful armbands for identification.
Any more info on the topic mentioned at 31:10. There’s mention of a major in Evans’ second brigade putting down a revolt in South America. Not able to locate more info on this
Not his brigade but him himself
I think that the 13 rebels who were prisoners of war might feel like sh....t
Shanks Evans sounds like a blast to drink whiskey with.
was washington ringed with strongpoints at this stage of the war? was advance on DC an option? great video
7:25 OH MAN THAT'S THE 39TH NY! My reg on War of Rights! DIO E POPOLO
Re Baltimore, you might have mentioned that Ben Butler moved a regiment of soldiers and a battery of artillery onto the highest hill in the city which kind of ensured its pacification.
Re Anaconda Plan ran down the Mississippi Valley and around the coasts and was intended to cut off both the Trans-Mississippi theater and the coastal ports. Btw, a lesson here about why you don't send your men in one regiment at a time.
Killed + Wounded doesn't equal Casualties? what are they?
I thoroughly enjoyed the presentation, got quite mad at some of the 'tactical' decisions. Sherman should have been shot for his stupidity ... but then history has its veil.
+ missing and/or captured
Great video, would like to see Brandy Station or south mountain in future videos.
Thanks eechan! We will get to those battles when they are due to fight.
god bless how do I get a 3 month enlistment?? in modern times i got 4 years in the marine corps
thats barley well not even enuff time to train at all
Two armies of 18,000 fought each other for hours, and less than 1,000 were killed?
It speaks to how uncoordinated and impotent both armies were at the start of the war. Piecemeal commitment, garbage communication and timidity.
Out of curiosity do you play Grand Tactician? I notice that game also has the handful of militia units wearing grey or other non-standard union jackets at Bull Run, and you made sure to color every regiment by their jacket color, if it was known presumably.
Great work.
Dont forget I believe it was a company not sure but i remember hearing of a group of men in revolutionary war uniforms at Manassas I think
More than a company there was one in Jackson's bde I think that's who you are talking about, but there were others as well, sprinkled throughout the volunteers, most were of some prewar militia in NC and VA, and yes, was a company in the 5th VA I think. The others were only small groups of men from mostly local shooting clubs and such in a few of the volunteer companies, hope that helps
Thank you so much!
thanks Miss!
So this is where I recognize that voice from
I like your channels
I must say I was surprised that Jackson's brigade never got back into the fight after falling back off the hill even with fresh CSA troops coming past them to renew the fight there and at Chinn Ridge. They hadn't been that badly bloodied in their charge and the 33rd VA had plenty of time to recover and get 2nd VA back into the fight.
Jackson's Brigade took the brunt of the casualties for holding like a stone wall
Good info
Should have taken Washington immediately after First Manassas
Major mistake by the Rebels for not doing so
Why are both armies shown in same colours in the animation? Sometimes a little confusing in otherwise great documentary
Because that’s how it was in real life.
32 25 hopefully a selected list of Slocum s majors captains and lieutenants were shot for cowardice by their own men and ALL other officers demoted to privates as a sharp lesson to the unit for letting their colonel attack the enemy by himself
Absolutely. Courts-martial for every coward who watched Slocum go to his death alone. They stopped being soldiers at that point, if they ever were to begin with. Shame on them all. Like they say, life is temporary but dishonor is forever.
@@4thamendment237 fr that was messed up he was so optimistic and pumped up just for no on to listen to his orders and he gets killed alone
Up and coming Montemayor out here😏👏
Remember the two US Navy Squadrons sent by Lincoln to Charleston Harbor before the "first shot."
my Blood Relative is James Ricketts a Brig. General of the Artillery
55:30 what is a "hired slave"?
If you needed a slave you could rent(hire) from a willing owner!
I wonder how colonel shanks got his nickname 😅
I've never understood two main things about this battle:
1. Why did union forces, when attacking a position, consistently send only a fraction of their available force in order to do so
2. Why didn't Tyler's division move behind the confederate positions on Henry House Hill after crossing Bull Run?
I understand that there was incompetence involved but what was their thought process? To me both decisions seem to be a result of some union doctrine at the time, that these inexperienced officers were following too rigidly, but I'm not sure what that doctrine might have been.
If anyone has any answers I'd love to hear
1. The union commanders were extremely inexperienced in leading the amount of troops they had at First Manassas and did not utilize their entire command when attacking, thus always leaving a portion behind. I dont think a single brigade commander attacked with his entire brigade at the same time.
2. Tyler was linking up with the rest of the Federals on Matthews Hill and wouldve been isolated when attacking the Confederates on Henry Hill. Also, that ground he wouldve gone over was rough and hard to traverse with a brigade.
@@WarhawkYT Wow that's even more interesting than I thought it would be, thank you!
I was born and raised on bull run in manassas .exactly 100 yrs after battle .blackburns ford is only one crossing ..now producing the real battle facts not gov propaganda
How different would history be if the Confederate leaders listened to Jackson who wanted to March on Washington at that point when the Union Army was in complete disarray? We might be reading about the siege and fall of Washington right now. Crazy to think about.
They could have done the same thing during Peninsula Campaign. The "whole" Union Army was transferred to peninsula. The Confederates could have just put a blocking force there. Sent the rest to Washington. Game over.
Col Nathaniel 'Shanks' Evans' photo reminds me of the Mask of Scents in Zelda Majora's Mask lol
I like to joke he looks like a demon spawned from hell
Interesting how at the start, the Confederacy tried to have a significantly weak “national”
Government with the states themselves exercising self rule. And each state tried to have their own militia and didn’t attempt to operate as a national force. That didn’t last long…
"A house divided cannot stand" is not Lincoln, it is Bible)
"A house divided against itself cannot stand." -Jesus Christ 33 A.D.
The Union is not a house. It was created to work FOR the States, not to be their MASTER!
Words by a fictional character said by a real person
@williamstocker584 Words of a doubter doesn't account for much! The reason he is incorrect is a UNION is not a single structure like a house. A Union is a joint effort, with the SINGLE purpose. The purpose never chances because a few sections leave.
@williamstocker584 You can't prove Jesus didn't exist. The fact that Christianity is the world's largest religion, the books of the Bible exist, and the Shroud of Turin exists is evidence that someone was alive to make it happen!
Do the battle of chickamuaga please?
we will when we get there!
Yeah, marching to engage the confederates that soon was absolutely a mistake. But I have to infer that the politicians wrongly assumed that the many armature units of drill militias and clubs would already be good enough to use those skills in full battle.
Americans tend to make "first" claims without research.
Trains: In fact, the first use of railways for military movement likely occurred in 1846 when the Prussian Army moved an entire Army Corps with guns to a place near Krakow during the Krakow Uprising. Though Prussia was not involved in the conflict, they feared that the Uprising would lead to a general rebellion in the Prussian-held areas of Poland.
Semaphore: Semaphore signalling during battles was developed in the 9th Century by the Ottoman Turks. Napoleon had developed a semaphore network across all of Europe to run messages across the continent with unprecedented speed.
I think we are more interested in the accuracy of military movements and doctrine, then who did what first, but good job for doing your research.
The confederate cause could have been won if they aggressively pushed after the retreating union army
Many at the time wondered openly why Gen Beauregard did not do so…
Prob would’ve sent like single regiments after the whole army lol. Not like a lot would have been accomplished. The armies of 1864-1865 are still a long ways away from this point
strange, we all know the first shots were fired by North on the southern fort
Nope, Confederate militiamen were attacking federal property (forts and Arsenals) before Lincoln was even inaugurated as president.
I think there are somethings off on your timeline. The call by Davis for 100,000 men was the day before the firing on Ft. Sumter. Plus the Southern States also suspended Habeas Corpus.