Antietam: The Civil War in Four Minutes

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  • @Smedley60
    @Smedley60 9 років тому +117

    How refreshing to hear a summary of Antietam without the usual judgements. Thank you. To me, that's how history should be.

    • @kw19193
      @kw19193 7 років тому +3

      Cheers Randy! I'm with you although I think there was a bit of judgemental opinionising near the front of the vid, to wit: where the narrator speaks of a "demoralized" Army of the Potomic. While I very much doubt the Union forces were happy campers after Fredricksburg the AofP was never unwilling to fight and it's probably fair to say their spirit was never broken . . . they were simply wanting a competent commander. Cheers!

    • @Stiglr
      @Stiglr 7 років тому +7

      Couple of things wrong with your assessment there. One, Fredricksburg happens AFTER Antietam; Antietam was fought in September '62, Fredricksburg in Dec '62. Secondly, the AoP certainly WAS demoralized, after their losses at Cedar Mountain and 2nd Manassas.... and although the return of McClellan did improve morale (he was better than Pope, certainly), it didn't improve the battlefield leadership of the Union army. Most historians will say that it was McClellan's tentative "leadership" that prevented Antietam from being a DECISIVE Union victory. He knew Lee's plan, and had 2:1 manpower advantage, plus an enemy with its back to the Potomac, and still couldn't seal the deal. Little Mac was an able administrator, but a disaster on the actual battlefield.

    • @kw19193
      @kw19193 7 років тому +2

      Hmmm, a response is called for I think. I am well aware of the chronology of the battles being discussed here, so -- I did not make clear that what I was emphasizing was that if Union morale wasn't broken after the Fredricksburg disaster (and it wasn't) then the clumsy half-victory at Antietam wasn't going to seriously impact it either. My bad for the clumsy wording. I'm with you on the slack and utter hopelessness of AoP pre-Grant 'leadership' (I'm on the fence re: Meade . . .). There were no mass desertions after Frericksburg but Burnsides' truly moronic January Mud March drove home to the Union veterans just how incompetent the men deciding their futures were.

    • @kevin6293
      @kevin6293 6 років тому +4

      kw19193, I don’t think it’s an opinion to state that the Army was demoralized after 2nd Bull Run, but its morale supposedly soared after McClellan regained command, so who knows.

  • @4evanc377
    @4evanc377 4 роки тому +22

    I really appreciate the how fast this was without being hard to follow

  • @alcd6333
    @alcd6333 7 років тому +16

    Very comprehensive summary of an incredible battle. The narration, tactical maps, and glimpses of reenactments all work well despite the limited time to tell it.

  • @geek49203
    @geek49203 7 років тому +10

    At last, a quick concise explanation of a very chaotic situation. Thank you!

  • @Andrew-ri5vs
    @Andrew-ri5vs 8 років тому +16

    Very useful, very well explained, thank you!

  • @shiningstaer
    @shiningstaer 2 роки тому

    This is one of the best summaries ever. So much info so quick

  • @danieljenkins5049
    @danieljenkins5049 7 років тому +7

    Excellent summary! Thank you very much.

  • @Bellinghamspence
    @Bellinghamspence 8 років тому +4

    This was very interesting and well done. Kudos. Will search for more of these clips.

  • @kaijones7404
    @kaijones7404 5 років тому +12

    Thank you this helped me with my final project
    :D
    hAVe a GrEat DaY

  • @patrickbush9526
    @patrickbush9526 2 роки тому +1

    Love this channel

  • @mla--v6930
    @mla--v6930 6 років тому +2

    Thank you best description of Antietam yet! And I live in Maryland near the battlefield.

  • @garymiller_85
    @garymiller_85 Рік тому

    I'm halfway through John Keegan's "The American Civil War", and just finished the chapter that touches on Antietam. This video is a concise summary of the battle for those that want to know more of the proceedings of the battle.

  • @PeteV80
    @PeteV80 7 років тому +6

    Extremely well done

  • @Lagmaster33
    @Lagmaster33 6 років тому +4

    4 min video has the information of a 10 min video. Good job!

    • @cindyknudson2715
      @cindyknudson2715 Місяць тому

      Or an hour on the History or Discovery channels

  • @JohnnyReb
    @JohnnyReb 3 роки тому +6

    "As we went over them in crossing the road, a wounded reb made a thrust at me with his bayonet; turning my head to look at him, I saw that he was badly hurt, and continued on."
    ~Corporal Charles A. Hale, 5th New Hampshire Infantry Regiment.
    Source: The Story of My Personal Experience at the Battle of Antietam
    ____

  • @carleenmiyamoto8314
    @carleenmiyamoto8314 6 років тому +2

    This is very useful! thank you!

  • @55098
    @55098 7 років тому +5

    Sid Meier's Gettysburg game was excellent to fight this battle

  • @Seroc99
    @Seroc99 8 років тому +5

    These are great

  • @bug1444
    @bug1444 4 роки тому +125

    my teacher told me to watch this and answer the questions soooo...

    • @bug1444
      @bug1444 4 роки тому +10

      Robert E. Lee crossed which river? Explain what Robert E. Lee was trying to accomplish. 0:24

    • @bug1444
      @bug1444 4 роки тому +9

      Who chased / pursued Robert E. Lee? 0:32

    • @bug1444
      @bug1444 4 роки тому +9

      How many troops did the Union and Confederates have? Explain who had the best advantage in battle. 1:24

    • @bug1444
      @bug1444 4 роки тому +9

      How long did the battle last? What is the Battle of Antietam known as? (Mention how many died) 11.5 hours, known as the bloodiest battle in American history, 23,000 casualties

    • @bug1444
      @bug1444 4 роки тому +11

      After the battle Abraham Lincoln issued what speech /decree? Explain what it did 4:10

  • @vincentp9081
    @vincentp9081 5 років тому +8

    These Men fought and died in American soil so that our future of going to school , work and fun on weekends is secured...
    May the fallen union soldiers and confederates ALL rest in peace...

    • @jeffguzman6497
      @jeffguzman6497 5 років тому +1

      Vincent F what would’ve happen if south won

    • @vincentp9081
      @vincentp9081 5 років тому +1

      @@jeffguzman6497 there are too many variables to decide the outcome if the confederacy had won the war...

    • @chinoodin4735
      @chinoodin4735 4 роки тому +1

      Jeff Guzman ...they would live to fight again? The whole southwest had just been acquired (ten years earlier) with Texas being confederate and northwest was still populated by America’s natives. West coast was open for civil unrest until loyalties were established. Good question...

    • @maryclevenger5946
      @maryclevenger5946 4 роки тому

      @J D It appears that accomplishment is solely yours. Congratulations.

  • @BlindTastingWithComedians
    @BlindTastingWithComedians 4 роки тому

    This was great.

  • @christopherboudreau2451
    @christopherboudreau2451 Рік тому

    This should be required watching

  • @henryblood435
    @henryblood435 3 роки тому +2

    Ayoo Brunswick junior high school 😩🥶💯

  • @nathanwilliams1143
    @nathanwilliams1143 8 років тому +5

    Enjoyed the video =^.^=

  • @a1081042
    @a1081042 5 років тому +5

    The proclamation did not free slaves in the Union states (Maryland, Delaware, Kentucky and Missouri).

  • @slantsix6344
    @slantsix6344 7 років тому +4

    Almost every soldier was wounded in this battle. Bloodiest day in American History.

  • @rexfrommn3316
    @rexfrommn3316 6 років тому +2

    We need to be mindful at Antietam most of the worst casualties were caused by buck and ball rounds and buckshot rounds fired from percussion cap smoothbore muskets. The Minie ball from a rifled Emfield and Sprimgfield musket were used at Antietem. At this stage of the Civil War, many Union and Confederate regiments were almost entirely equipped with percussion cap smoothbore muskets. These smoothbore muskets were vastly improved with the percussion cap making them highly reliable. Green soldiers had a much easier time training with the percussion cap. The .69 caliber ball fired from a smoothbore musket had an effective range of about 150 meters. Buck and ball rounds with a .69 caliber ball and three buckshot rounds had an effective range of a hundred meters but were highly effective at 50 to 70 meters. Much of the fighting in the cornfield and especially at the Bloody Lane saw both Union and Confederate regiments firing buck and ball rounds or buckshot rounds from smoothbore muskets with a mixture of Minie balls fired from rifled muskets. At close quarters fighting ranges of 50 meters or closer the buck and ball rounds from percussion cap muskets were devastating causing horrendous casualties.
    Most of the terrible casualties at Antietem appear to have been caused by buck and ball rounds and buckshot rounds fired at close range from regiments equipped with smoothbore muskets. A lesser portion of the Antietam casualties came from Minie balls fired from rifled muskets. The deadly canister rounds from smoothbore Napoleon 12 pounder cannon also added greatly to the butcher's bill. I think the rifled musket with the Minie ball was important. However, at Antietam the old percussion cap smoothbore musket with buck and ball rounds did the bulk of the killing and maiming at close quarters causing horrendous casualties, carnage, and suffering. We should not overestimate the Minie ball while underestimating the buck and ball rounds or buckshot rounds from reliable percussion cap smoothbore muskets. At close range on a smoke filled low visibility often in heavy brush or forested Civil War battlefield, the percussion cap smoothbore musket with buck and ball rounds or buckshot rounds were more effective. These percussion cap smoothbore muskets with buck and ball rounds at close quarters combat ranges had a much higher probability of actually hitting a human enemy target than the Minie ball.
    www.davide-pedersoli.com/rivista-dettaglio.asp/l_fr/idne_89/69-ball-buck-and-ball-and-buckshot-cartridges-of-the-us-army.html

    • @12thDecember
      @12thDecember 4 роки тому

      Thank you for pointing out the devastating nature of the casualties and the artillery responsible for them.

  • @lesknight4541
    @lesknight4541 6 років тому +1

    Well done indeed

  • @trajan75
    @trajan75 8 років тому +37

    Lee and Jackson didn't really beat McClellan in the Peninsula Campaign. McClellan beat himself. Just as he didn't press his advantage at Antietam.

    • @josephhewes3923
      @josephhewes3923 4 роки тому +3

      You're half right. McClellan treated tactical draws as defeats in the Peninsula campaign, and interpreted Lee's behavior as evidence of his own misunderstanding of Confederate troop strength. As for the so-called advantage he had at Antietam, that is greatly exaggerated.

  • @marshalhaynes3007
    @marshalhaynes3007 5 років тому +5

    Doesnt mention the union had 20% more casualties than the South and that M hesitated AGAIN and let Lee slip away and prolong the war for years. Like Gettysburg, though, it was a victory for the union because they drove Lee from the field and because the South had no replacements. Glad slavery was ended in any case.

  • @justinfryday4826
    @justinfryday4826 7 років тому +4

    I’m in Antietam watching this

  • @henryblood435
    @henryblood435 3 роки тому +1

    Yo wuts good Brunswick

  • @Mrbone009
    @Mrbone009 4 роки тому

    Passionate energetic

  • @generalPWNS
    @generalPWNS 6 років тому +2

    wow, i wish this could be 8 minutes!

  • @lovatojonasfan1
    @lovatojonasfan1 6 років тому +1

    I just realized two of the corps commanders in this battle would become leaders of the Army of the Potomac.

  • @aerofpv2109
    @aerofpv2109 2 роки тому

    I wonder which Europeans powers he refers to at the end? And on who's side?

  • @12thDecember
    @12thDecember 4 роки тому +2

    Great summary of the battle, but Garry Adelman's speaking style is too hyper. Makes it difficult to absorb the information. I've seen him in another Civil War battle info video where he narrates in a calm voice.

  • @frgaracing3331
    @frgaracing3331 3 роки тому

    nice

  • @bentleydoge179
    @bentleydoge179 4 роки тому +2

    Who's watching in history?

  • @superscion8108
    @superscion8108 7 років тому +3

    An amazing and telling truth... Yes, a very important victory -- that even though breaking from the Union was something all the states were capable of doing if they disagreed with the centralizing authority by which they were brought into this union, what was Law of GOD stood first above this... as its -- true -- purpose, this conflict, rose to the voice of GOD. And that all must someday abide by, "Man shall not enslave man."

  • @trueanonymous3112
    @trueanonymous3112 3 роки тому +2

    Wait a minute this isn't Captain America: Civil War

  • @devins1195
    @devins1195 2 роки тому

    Who’s that young guy narrating?

  • @bigsarge2085
    @bigsarge2085 2 роки тому +1

    👍

  • @rewardunkind4541
    @rewardunkind4541 3 роки тому

    The union that ran to the towns shouldn’t run that fast they should’ve take it by surprise that’s why they lost in the battle

  • @mahanedits8957
    @mahanedits8957 4 роки тому +1

    too fast, I put it in 0.7 speed

  • @reyjusuf
    @reyjusuf 6 років тому +2

    The Union was preserved due to dumb luck

    • @kevin6293
      @kevin6293 6 років тому +3

      ReyJusuf, the luck of having greater manpower and productive capacity?

    • @thefrenchareharlequins2743
      @thefrenchareharlequins2743 3 роки тому

      @@kevin6293 "But guys, we have le industry and manpower!" - Abraham Lincoln, after the Fall of Philadelphia.

    • @kevin6293
      @kevin6293 3 роки тому

      @@thefrenchareharlequins2743 that’s why Philadelphia was never taken by the confederates.

    • @thefrenchareharlequins2743
      @thefrenchareharlequins2743 3 роки тому

      @@kevin6293 Because McClellan had a stopped clock moment?

  • @lilyyost471
    @lilyyost471 7 років тому +1

    I am confused how the Union basically won

    • @MrColinWarde
      @MrColinWarde 7 років тому +8

      Typically the victor was decided by who held the ground and the defeated were decided by who left the field. This is a technicality that may have been left over from the Napoleonic war, or it may be a European view that persisted in the textbooks and mentality of the Union and Confederate generals. A lot of times the Confederates felt like the won battles by generating more casualties on the other side, but they were still losing in a lot of perspectives. They won in some aspects but not in others. At Antietam/Sharpsburg the Confederates left the field the next day and the Federals followed them so by technicality the Union won. The difficulty is understanding the mindset of so many Union commanders not pressing the advantage of attacking fleeing armies when the opportunity came up over and over in many theaters of the war.

    • @slantsix6344
      @slantsix6344 7 років тому +5

      The South had a smaller force, but inflicted more casualties on the larger Union army. At the end of the day, the one holding the field is the victor. Same with the Revolutionary War battle of Guilford Courthouse, the British troops were shot down in great numbers, but the American troops retreated after they had done damage and the British army held the ground and were considered the victors. Cornwallis said that another such victory would ruin the army.

    • @kevin6293
      @kevin6293 6 років тому +2

      It’s like the War of 1812. Everyone seems to think it was a draw, but if you actually look at it in detail you can see that the US certainly lost.

    • @Mr.Byrnes
      @Mr.Byrnes 4 роки тому

      Kevin Ellington Not true at all

    • @chinoodin4735
      @chinoodin4735 4 роки тому

      LilyLotusPad ...the inevitable flanking maneuver. In the last years after grant took charge, rebs always held the best defensive position with lesser manpower. Reb troops had great earthworks protecting their vulnerabilities plus they had good insight to where union troops were headed. Grant would hold battle in each confrontation til no give was given at huge cost to life, then move down toward Richmond, until he finally flanked lee beyond what Lee could match. Each move was a costly union adventure in human life and not much different for confederates limited resources. But Rebs didn’t retreat as union kept flanking them, forcing rebs to follow. Confederates by this time had lost a lot of their army without replenishing. In the end, Union ranks had superiority in numbers, supplies, firepower and put Lees army of Virginia under siege. Lee’s army had little to work with, food, powder... Lees army was finally surrounded making a last attempt to escape from Richmond. Grant was dogged, Lee was cunning. The end. Each side fought hard, each side had good and bad leadership. Each side used tactics that are still used today. Each side had respect for their adversary. Resources to keep the battle going being the underlying weakness of south.

  • @Covey7342
    @Covey7342 6 років тому

    *Sharpsburg. It’s okay not everyone can be %100 correct

  • @dalegribble9567
    @dalegribble9567 7 років тому +1

    Not 4:00. It’s 4:44 lies

  • @suckemk.o.4352
    @suckemk.o.4352 3 роки тому

    How tf was that four minutes? Took forever!*

  • @joshueabelis473
    @joshueabelis473 5 років тому +1

    McClellan and persue two words that always make me doulbe take. Ha

  • @mr.michaelklostermann8506
    @mr.michaelklostermann8506 4 роки тому

    Some of the commenters - both ways - need to see how the great majority of the survivors embraced each other in "brotherly love and affection" as it says in Ken Burns' documentary. (re: the Gettysburg 75th anniversary re-enactment)

    • @seospider
      @seospider 10 місяців тому

      Yes, once white Northerners gave up on Reconstruction and allowed the South to implement Jim Crow segregation and unleash Klan terrorism, whites reconciled as evidenced by the Gettysburg reunions. Heck, Woodrow Wilson didn't even mention slavery at the 50th reunion, and back in D.C. he was busy resegregating the federal civil service.

  • @thomasquarterly3869
    @thomasquarterly3869 6 років тому +1

    shrek wazoski

  • @Ansley212
    @Ansley212 8 років тому +6

    *The Third War of Independence.*

    • @liamyoung7289
      @liamyoung7289 7 років тому

      Ansley212 Isn't that the second?

    • @SarisTX
      @SarisTX 6 років тому

      War of 1812 is considered to be the second war of independence.

    • @williamcarter1993
      @williamcarter1993 6 років тому +2

      nah,try- The war of preserve slavery

  • @worddunlap
    @worddunlap 5 років тому +2

    Battle of Sharpsburg during the war of Northern aggression on the peaceful country folks of the confederated states.

  • @jordantanu7148
    @jordantanu7148 7 років тому +1

    what led the confederate and union to fight here?

    • @lovatojonasfan1
      @lovatojonasfan1 6 років тому +1

      Jordan Tanu Lee invaded, saw he was in a bind, and decided to make a stand anyway.

  • @pattystomper1
    @pattystomper1 4 роки тому +1

    It was never about freeing the slaves.
    It was to invent "wage earners" by re-naming slaves, "Share Croppers". That way, the new Federal Income Tax (created by Lincoln) could extort more money from the South.
    The minimum earning requirement to qualify for the tax was $800/yr.
    Northern factory workers only made $450 per year.
    But the New law regarded 1/3 of a plantation's earnings as the worker's share.
    So the math goes:
    A plantation profits $150,000.
    One third (or $50,000) goes to the sharecroppers.
    If a plantation had 50 slaves (now called sharecroppers), that comes to $1000 per man.
    That is above the $800 cutoff.
    So the South paid Federal Taxes, while the North did not.
    Some might argue that the slaves were free to migrate North, but the Union also held them in the South through "Sharecropper's Debt Laws" (Formerly called "The Fugitive Slave Act").
    That way, The North could tax blacks without having to pay them $800 for working in their factories.
    General Robert E. Lee was fighting on the black's behalf, so they wouldn't be subjected to these immoral taxes.
    And people want to tear down his statue, because they believe the "It was all about slavery" lie.
    Did you know that Dred Scott sued for his freedom, because he lived in the north and his master died, but the Federal Courts claimed he wasn't a citizen, and didn't have that right. So he remained enslaved.
    Meanwhile, black people in the South were permitted to buy their freedom, and run their own business.
    Slavery was dying off on its own, but the North seized the opportunity to extort money from the South, which paid for the weapons and war ships they used against the South.

    • @seospider
      @seospider 10 місяців тому +1

      "General Robert E. Lee was fighting on the black's behalf"🤣🤣🤣

    • @mondoseguendo6113
      @mondoseguendo6113 Місяць тому

      Wow you’re a new level of delusional 😂😂😂

  • @rithikm310
    @rithikm310 3 роки тому

    top 10 rappers eminem was too afraid to diss

  • @bills.prestonesquire6946
    @bills.prestonesquire6946 3 роки тому +1

    peepee poopoo

  • @ryadboulasbaa6335
    @ryadboulasbaa6335 2 роки тому

    inpaindaily

  • @tberkoff
    @tberkoff 7 років тому +19

    Unionists? I think they are called US troops.

    • @roadent217
      @roadent217 7 років тому +7

      Eh. They were also often called Federals or Yankees, so...

    • @patriotpatriot473
      @patriotpatriot473 7 років тому +14

      Damned yankees is the proper term.

  • @HappyPappynKatyTX
    @HappyPappynKatyTX 4 роки тому +1

    Fun fact: Historians say the civil war was over slavery. This vid, again, proves, the civil war started well before any mention of slavery.

    • @francisluglio6611
      @francisluglio6611 4 роки тому +2

      Not true. For the north it wasn't about slavery but the north didn't start the war. It's pretty obvious that the south started the war and any reliance on what the north did afterwards implies you have no evidence from the south to support your argument

    • @HappyPappynKatyTX
      @HappyPappynKatyTX 4 роки тому

      @@francisluglio6611 you said a whole lot of nothing

    • @francisluglio6611
      @francisluglio6611 4 роки тому +1

      Harry Paul Garcia let's just agree that your comprehension of basic logic is weak and let anyone who reads our comments decide

    • @HappyPappynKatyTX
      @HappyPappynKatyTX 4 роки тому

      @@francisluglio6611 you still said nothing! Read the first statement, all facts

    • @francisluglio6611
      @francisluglio6611 4 роки тому

      Harry Paul Garcia it's also a fact that 2+2=4. Doesn't mean that 2+2 factors into this. It's pretty simple, the people who start the war are the ones that decide what it's being fought over

  • @eridianthat0nealt990
    @eridianthat0nealt990 4 роки тому

    First person to ask who Joe is gets a subscriber

  • @doyleperkins4916
    @doyleperkins4916 4 роки тому

    He had as much resolve as he had courage to INVADE THE NORTH...

    • @ShidaiTaino
      @ShidaiTaino 4 роки тому +1

      Lee Parker I mean it’s not like he had a choice

  • @Jemalacane0
    @Jemalacane0 8 років тому +1

    Gettysburg had a higher death toll.

  • @lorigoodwin1970
    @lorigoodwin1970 4 роки тому +1

    Talking way too fast!

  • @ratman9976
    @ratman9976 2 роки тому

    Yo this like fortnite

  • @fourlifer8119
    @fourlifer8119 6 років тому +1

    Doo doo

  • @noverdinho
    @noverdinho 6 років тому +1

    McClellan was one of the lousiest and useless war strategists ever existed. He got all conditions on him (having enemy's intel is one of the rarest and the best war privileges a commander ever have) and still could not make any striking decisions ! Hes worth only as a logistic and administrative drill officer really, much like Cpt. Herbert Sobel. The only good Union commander of this battle was LUCK.

  • @ghostsolorio9478
    @ghostsolorio9478 4 роки тому

    He talked to fast couldnt understand a thing

  • @Jaywhypees11thToe
    @Jaywhypees11thToe 3 роки тому

    Mans be talking faster than my teachers when I'm tryna take notes