Annnndddd we are back! I hope yall enjoy our coverage of the momentous Battle of the Antietam! I know its been a long time since our last American Civil War Video but here we are! Once we are done with this, we are headed to the Western Theater, which we haven't seen since the Battle of Baton Rouge! Also Correction: When talking about the casualties, I somehow missed saying 1300 instead of 13000, my bad yall.
Another point about you arranging the videos in chronological order… we get to know the Generals of both sides of the civil war as they progress in their various commands. We viewers almost feel like we are getting to know each of the Generals as they gain experience. I feel like Gens Trimble and Lawton are almost family. Your videos, with the depth of coverage, are both educational and entertaining
Been waiting for this for over a year. So glad ACW content is back. I loved your Texas series but the ACW is what introduced me to you and will forever be my favorite
@@FieldMarshalYTthe slavers somehow gaslighted themselves into believing that losing more than a quarter of your army in a glorified rear-guard action is somehow a "stalemate" Too bad lincoln was completly braindead when it came to war affairs
I can’t believe how I am genuinely excited about this upcoming video. I love the chronological order of the civil war that you’ve put together. It is like hearing the stories as they happened. Thank you
Genuinely fascinating how McClellan is able to consistently undermine himself with his incredible caution. I so badly want to admire his care for his men to not want to send them to die, but in doing so he just gets more killed by allowing the rebellion to continue. 🤦♂️
@@WarhawkYTthe only realistas chance old Mac had to deliver a "killing blow" to the ANV was with the flanking attack at burnside bridge. But, burnside wasted the entire morning staring at the bridge, despite constant orders from Mac It still amazes me that Abe decided tonreplace Mac, the man who just saved the nation, with bloody burnside
@@elmascapo6588 Cause McClellan was a Democrat and quite rude to Lincoln and his cabinet. If Mac was a Republican and courteous to Lincoln, he would still be in the job.
Love your content, I prefer the regiment level in-depth views over the brigade level in the video but I get it's hard to do the in-depth stuff well for all battles and in a regular basis
What strikes me is that the piecemeal employment of forces isn’t just happening on the army level, by McClellan, but in fact everyone seems to be doing it, down to the division commanders feeding individual brigades into an attack one by one, in addition to failing to coordinate with each other . Arguably that‘s their biggest problem, and it‘s a bit puzzling. Why are they doing that, It can’t all be McClellan. I seem to recall this kind of thing going on to some degree at First and Second Bull Run, so it might be a more general problem with how Union officers approached battles?
It‘s a bit crazy to consider how long it took military organizers to just assign the CO of every formation an immediate deputy who would just take over if he died, rather than one of the subordinate commanders having to drop everything to fill in and the entire chain of command having to immediately bump up a step. The Romans technically did this with their Centuries with the Optio (VERY similar to a lot of modern-day deputy jobs) but it took everyone else almost 2000 years to figure out. Nowadays formations at almost any level (definitely to the platoon but sometimes including the infantry squad) will have a command team of at least two people. … … But not in 1862. In 1862 we die like Reynolds.
@raylast3873 It was only in the American Civil War was this a problem as both sides had a huge lacking of officers due to the US mostly fighting in division-sized battles before. This was not a problem in Europe meanwhile. Nobody expected that overnight, lieutenants would become Majors and Captains would become generals. Eventually, leading to a huge gap in junior officers.
The historical demographes recounted the military and civilian dead of the Civil War and the newer estimation is about 750 000 dead people. Interesting example one of the biggest slave owners in Whashington county Maryland died from illnessess from the wounded around Sharpsburg.
Nothing is ever certain when rolling the iron dice - it could have just likely been Another Cold Harbor - just two years earlier then the first - Sherman couldn’t even dislodge Cleburne outside Chattanooga and it was the “diversion” attack on the other side of the line that lead to victory there or Kenesaw 2 years earlier
Lincoln, ""He's on the run! Chase him down and finish him off!" McClellan, ".....no...." Lincoln, "You know what, old buddy, ol' pal, *you're fired!* "
@elmascapo6588 I agree, McClellan may have been incredibly cautious but he was a genius in what he did best (strategic planning). What McClellan needed was tactically competent subordinates (not just Hooker and Porter) and intelligence (not Pinkerton detectives)
@@imgvillasrc1608 He was only good in logistics. When it came to combat, he was the best general for the south. Because he was inept. Had he the determination of Hancock, Gibbon, he could've swept the rebels from the field. Had he been, ya know, competent in the ability to command, Hooker, along with mansfield at the same time would've struck with Meade using a brigade to clear off Stuart's guns. Burnside...I'm not touching that because he is probably the only general worse then McClellan. McDowell could've done a better job. While I hate grant...he would atleast fight. Thats about all I can say good for him. McClellan wouldn't.
@@SoulKiller7Eternal he was such a great general for the south that he's the only federal commander in the east that had a positive k/d ratio Mcdowell got routed, like, actually routed all the way to Washington and you come here claiming that he could had done a better job.
Patience is a virtue we must all develop, and this will be worth the wait! Can't wait to see you do Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville in time You and History Gone Wilder both set the standard for these sorts of videos and you both approach it in different ways that are always informative and unique!
I completely agree with you on that and I especially can’t wait to see the battle of Fredericksburg and the reasons are because at Fredericksburg Lee uttered some words that are among the most famous of the civil war and the words he uttered are “IT IS WELL that this is so terrible! we should grow too fond of it!" And I also can’t wait to see the battle because during the fight at maryes heights the union Irish brigade would fight fellow Irishman who were in the ranks of the 24th Georgia infantry regiment of Cobbs brigade however I also can’t wait to see the battle because the battle of Fredericksburg was where the Irish brigade suffered their most devastating losses and what I mean by that is the Irish brigade brought 1,200 men into the battle but by the next morning only 280 men appeared under arms to represent the Irish brigade.
I've also been there several times. Here where I live I'm: 70 miles from Shiloh 50 miles from Corinth 10 miles from Brice's Crossroads 2 miles from tupelo My land is first day action of the battle of tupelo, my other family land is 2nd day action @ old town creek.
Something about the Cornfield that always shocked me out is that the canister shot from the Union's ordinances destroyed everything. Confederate soldiers looked how a member of his brigade and his gun desintegrated in pieces in front of them
I only recently found your channel so ive currently only watched till Shiloh so itll be a while before I catch up to this but one thing I wanted to say is when I tried to find civil war videos I was looking for videos just like yours but your videos don't pop up when you look up American Civil War videos I had to like search and hunt to find your series for me it wasnt even in the first page when I type in American Civil War documentaries maybe if you typed in a specific battle it would pop up better. But I just wanted to say the ACW at the start confused me slightly when I first glanced at it while scrolling throw it and I think that could also affect the algorithm not having the full "American Civil War" in the title. Idk I just wanted to say my opinion because I can see the immense dedication and research that's gone into it. Epic history recently re changed all their thumbnails and a lot of titles which re kicked them into the algorithm idk if you've thought of doing something similar but it might help, these videos just deserve to have a lot more views. Thank you for your work
@@WarhawkYT I'm glad I could help for real once I started going through your videos and saw how many there were I was genuinely shocked at it not having more views I've watched history videos for years and your channel hasn't popped through my feed somehow. I know key words and hashtags are huge for the algorithm some people even name the video file that they upload to UA-cam a bunch of key words and because the algorithm will look at the file name to get more info ittl take that into account def look into it its basically free marketing also I loved the Texas Revolution video thank you for the hard work
I have been waiting for your video on the battle of Sharpsburg for a year. I have not been disappointed. This video is excellent and is a concise overview of the battle. I did, however, miss not seeing how each regiment function in the battle. Your including, the movement of individual regiments, I considered one of the biggest positives of your series.
Man I just want to say I’ve binged watched all your videos and can confidently say this is your best one yet. You did a great job breaking up each part of the battle and making the chaos easy to understand. Keep at it!
Another battle featuring another defining moment of the legendary 14th Brooklyn Chasseurs since First and Second Bull Run! Also thank you Warhawk for the awesome early birthday gift! :)
It's a pity that you moved from the regimental level of the show to the brigade level… Previously, I was always amazed at the level of video processing that had never been seen anywhere before, it is no longer so unique with brigades. Anyway, thank you so much for the video, I'm still thrilled, thank you!
McClellan never lost a battle vs Lee people need to read books he actually inflicted more casualties to Lee than any other General the problem with McClellan was he was to humane and exaggerated enemy numbers he simply would not use his army he loved his men but as Lee put it himself "You must sacrifice those things you love in order to achieve victory".
Yes, Grant didn’t build the Army of the Potomac and had no problem grinding it down to the point he was stripping Washington DC forts to replace the significant losses in the overland campaign
If Mcclellan actually focused his generals(Mansfield, Summer, Hooker) on the corn field and Sunken road then they could have completely defeated the Confederates. The problem with the battle overall has to be Burnsides failure to move up to take the bridge in the first place. Also Mcclellan failing to bring up reinforcements in the right area like the center or on the left to ford across the water to take the bridge long before AP Hill took the field.
Thats the problem, McClellan did not really have a plan, he didnt enforce his plan with all his officers, and was worried about Lee's phantom brigades hiding behind every hill.
@@WarhawkYT That and Burnside did not figure how important it was for him as a rear guard unit to trap the Confederates on the other side of the river. If Burnside's and Hooker's attacks were timed for the same time it would be different results.
Let‘s not forget Franklin, too. He wasn’t present for the battle, but his mission was definitely crucial to what McClellan was doing, and his failure to push forward probably hampered his own side badly.
@@WarhawkYT Are you doing the whole campaign all in one go, or break it out into different battles? It was a big campaign, and Richmond (KY) and Munfordville (which actually is in progress as Antietam unfolds) probably deserve their own videos at the least.
Antietam is my favorite battle of the Civil War. All the mistakes, all the casualties all the missed opportunities just incredible.. a landscape turned red.
Yep, I asked him on this earlier in the comments, and he said his next two videos are the invasion of Kentucky up to the capture of Frankfort, and then one focusing on Perryville itself.
J: “Ain’t you happy bro? Now we got our farms!” S: “True, that’s perfect!” A: “Yes! Now we’ll finally have our peaceful place where nobody will EVER disturb our peace! After all, we’re Poffenbergers!” Sept. 16, 1862: 😅😅😅
Annnndddd we are back! I hope yall enjoy our coverage of the momentous Battle of the Antietam! I know its been a long time since our last American Civil War Video but here we are! Once we are done with this, we are headed to the Western Theater, which we haven't seen since the Battle of Baton Rouge!
Also Correction: When talking about the casualties, I somehow missed saying 1300 instead of 13000, my bad yall.
What about sheperdstown?
Did you read Stephen W. Sears
"Landscape Turned Red" the battle of Antietam book?
@@gergofordospecs7475 yessir, it was my primary source for the video!
It's good to have you back! Been looking forward to more videos from you. Glad you did your research. I hope you and yours are well
Your channel is so underrated
Another point about you arranging the videos in chronological order… we get to know the Generals of both sides of the civil war as they progress in their various commands.
We viewers almost feel like we are getting to know each of the Generals as they gain experience. I feel like Gens Trimble and Lawton are almost family.
Your videos, with the depth of coverage, are both educational and entertaining
thats one thing i really like about making it in chronological order, its cool seeing like General Meade going from a brigade to army command.
Here on this Channel gentlemen, we shall make our stand
Yessir!
Sedgewick had his AirPods in.
oh god the confederates are attacking and sedgwick is not looking
Hoods texans were the "shock" troops of the ANV.
"Texans always movem'"
My fellow Texans 🤠
Easy to see that a monumental amount of effort went into this. Thanks for helping preserve our history!
Thank you SMJ! I enjoyed making it!
The black hats are back in action after south mountain, and on the single bloodiest day in American history
But the battle of Antietam is one of the most horrific days in the civil war, and I can’t wait to see how the channel shows us the battle.
The Black Hats have always kicked tail wherever they go.
"MCLELLAAAAAAANNNNNNNN!!!!!! WERE ARE MY VICTORIES"- Lincoln probably. Love the content. Excellent video, very high quality. Cheers from Estonia
Thank you very much!
Been waiting for this for over a year. So glad ACW content is back. I loved your Texas series but the ACW is what introduced me to you and will forever be my favorite
Mentally preparing myself to cringe at McClellan’s titanic effort to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory here.
who doesnt? lol
More like stalemate but yeah pretty much
He was good at that.
@@batboy555 as always, the reality is a bit more complex
@@FieldMarshalYTthe slavers somehow gaslighted themselves into believing that losing more than a quarter of your army in a glorified rear-guard action is somehow a "stalemate"
Too bad lincoln was completly braindead when it came to war affairs
I can’t believe how I am genuinely excited about this upcoming video. I love the chronological order of the civil war that you’ve put together. It is like hearing the stories as they happened.
Thank you
Thank you eric!
Really quality stuff, makes it so much easier to visualize the tactics involved that you just don't get with large overviews
Thank you Sakai!
The quoted Sgt. Andrews of the 1st Georgia Regulars is my GGG Grandfather.
aayyyyyyyyyyy
Genuinely fascinating how McClellan is able to consistently undermine himself with his incredible caution. I so badly want to admire his care for his men to not want to send them to die, but in doing so he just gets more killed by allowing the rebellion to continue. 🤦♂️
Really is surprising all the chances he had to destroy Lee and didn’t capitalize on them
@@WarhawkYTthe only realistas chance old Mac had to deliver a "killing blow" to the ANV was with the flanking attack at burnside bridge.
But, burnside wasted the entire morning staring at the bridge, despite constant orders from Mac
It still amazes me that Abe decided tonreplace Mac, the man who just saved the nation, with bloody burnside
@@elmascapo6588 Cause McClellan was a Democrat and quite rude to Lincoln and his cabinet.
If Mac was a Republican and courteous to Lincoln, he would still be in the job.
@@imgvillasrc1608he was clearly bad at politics.
Love your content, I prefer the regiment level in-depth views over the brigade level in the video but I get it's hard to do the in-depth stuff well for all battles and in a regular basis
Well worth the year long wait
Glad to hear that simply!
Great video, as always. Keep up the good work!
Thank you Robert!
Time to go back and watch hours of your videos
I hope you enjoy!
_"I didn't lose... I merely failed to win!"_
couldnt say it better than that haha
Epic based and War of Rights pilled
Hey Warhawk can we get individual regiments again with the state & number I really liked that !
Thank you for your amazing work! I love these videos.
My pleasure!
Thanks!
No problem!
Excellent work warhawk
Thank you kindly
Hell yeah war of rights advertisement
mcclellan made Lee look good, there is so many times Lee would’ve lost badly if McClellan had his act together.
What strikes me is that the piecemeal employment of forces isn’t just happening on the army level, by McClellan, but in fact everyone seems to be doing it, down to the division commanders feeding individual brigades into an attack one by one, in addition to failing to coordinate with each other . Arguably that‘s their biggest problem, and it‘s a bit puzzling. Why are they doing that, It can’t all be McClellan.
I seem to recall this kind of thing going on to some degree at First and Second Bull Run, so it might be a more general problem with how Union officers approached battles?
It‘s a bit crazy to consider how long it took military organizers to just assign the CO of every formation an immediate deputy who would just take over if he died, rather than one of the subordinate commanders having to drop everything to fill in and the entire chain of command having to immediately bump up a step.
The Romans technically did this with their Centuries with the Optio (VERY similar to a lot of modern-day deputy jobs) but it took everyone else almost 2000 years to figure out. Nowadays formations at almost any level (definitely to the platoon but sometimes including the infantry squad) will have a command team of at least two people.
…
…
But not in 1862. In 1862 we die like Reynolds.
@raylast3873 It was only in the American Civil War was this a problem as both sides had a huge lacking of officers due to the US mostly fighting in division-sized battles before. This was not a problem in Europe meanwhile.
Nobody expected that overnight, lieutenants would become Majors and Captains would become generals. Eventually, leading to a huge gap in junior officers.
@@imgvillasrc1608 having more officers mitigates but does not fundamentally solve this problem.
The historical demographes recounted the military and civilian dead of the Civil War and the newer estimation is about 750 000 dead people.
Interesting example one of the biggest slave owners in Whashington county Maryland died from illnessess from the wounded around Sharpsburg.
I play these while playing grand tactician
An Old Dragoon Officer...
may he rest in peace
Could you make a video of the battle of Brice Crossroads
It would be nice if even in the bigger battles when some regiment did something noteworthy you could show it on the map. Otherwise W video 😁
Thanks Sirkaapo!
Amazing!
Thanks!
Stellar
indubitably
Hayes Crossroad
8:24 I swear I'm not related yall!
I really imagine what would Grant or Sherman do if they had the AOTP command at this battle instead of McLellan?
Grant would’ve definitely sent all his men against Lee and over run his position with his numerical superiority
If my aunt had balls she would be my uncle.
@@WarhawkYTProbably would have been bloody as hell, but maybe not much more so than the battle already was.
Nothing is ever certain when rolling the iron dice - it could have just likely been Another Cold Harbor - just two years earlier then the first - Sherman couldn’t even dislodge Cleburne outside Chattanooga and it was the “diversion” attack on the other side of the line that lead to victory there or Kenesaw 2 years earlier
Union dub
*Battle of Sharpsburg*
Antietam is a name of a creek…
Say it Southern
Sha-rps-bu-rg
@@WarhawkYT 🤣 good stuff 👍
Hi
Hi
Man McClellan sucked!
Great video, but did I miss something with the Rebel flag? I guess the real flag is offensive 😂😂
Blud apparently does not know what the Confederate national flag is
He used the real CSA flag, idk why so many people think that battle flag of Army of North Virginia was their national flag
Dummy
You are the best ACW UA-camr by far!
thank you Blue fox!
This is your best video yet! Absolutely excellent stuff.
Glad you think so!
I teach US history at a small private school and I used the entire battle in class on Sept 18th (Had to preview it before showing it)
Glad to hear that! Im a history teacher too but sadly I dont teach US history haha
HistoryMarche sent me
welcome Sir Rob!
Lincoln, ""He's on the run! Chase him down and finish him off!"
McClellan, ".....no...."
Lincoln, "You know what, old buddy, ol' pal, *you're fired!* "
Single habdely the 2nd wrost desition of the war
@elmascapo6588 I agree, McClellan may have been incredibly cautious but he was a genius in what he did best (strategic planning).
What McClellan needed was tactically competent subordinates (not just Hooker and Porter) and intelligence (not Pinkerton detectives)
It‘s actually somewhat controversial whether McClellan was adequately supplied at that point and whether his complaints weren’t justified.
@@imgvillasrc1608 He was only good in logistics. When it came to combat, he was the best general for the south. Because he was inept. Had he the determination of Hancock, Gibbon, he could've swept the rebels from the field.
Had he been, ya know, competent in the ability to command, Hooker, along with mansfield at the same time would've struck with Meade using a brigade to clear off Stuart's guns.
Burnside...I'm not touching that because he is probably the only general worse then McClellan. McDowell could've done a better job.
While I hate grant...he would atleast fight. Thats about all I can say good for him. McClellan wouldn't.
@@SoulKiller7Eternal he was such a great general for the south that he's the only federal commander in the east that had a positive k/d ratio
Mcdowell got routed, like, actually routed all the way to Washington and you come here claiming that he could had done a better job.
doing history and civil war fans a big service with your hard work it's very much appreciated.
thank you!
Patience is a virtue we must all develop, and this will be worth the wait!
Can't wait to see you do Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville in time
You and History Gone Wilder both set the standard for these sorts of videos and you both approach it in different ways that are always informative and unique!
I completely agree with you on that and I especially can’t wait to see the battle of Fredericksburg and the reasons are because at Fredericksburg Lee uttered some words that are among the most famous of the civil war and the words he uttered are “IT IS WELL that this is so terrible! we should grow too fond of it!" And I also can’t wait to see the battle because during the fight at maryes heights the union Irish brigade would fight fellow Irishman who were in the ranks of the 24th Georgia infantry regiment of Cobbs brigade however I also can’t wait to see the battle because the battle of Fredericksburg was where the Irish brigade suffered their most devastating losses and what I mean by that is the Irish brigade brought 1,200 men into the battle but by the next morning only 280 men appeared under arms to represent the Irish brigade.
I play War of rights and thoroughly enjoy it. Company B of the 1st Louisiana Zouave Battalion here. Keep up the amazing work!!!
Awesome bro, during my time playing war of rights, I was with the 1st Texas!
I've been to Antietam. You can walk along the Sunken Road. At Burnside's Bridge, you can still see the rifle pits Toombs' Georgians used.
its beautiful, ive been there twice and would love to go again
I've also been there several times.
Here where I live I'm:
70 miles from Shiloh
50 miles from Corinth
10 miles from Brice's Crossroads
2 miles from tupelo
My land is first day action of the battle of tupelo, my other family land is 2nd day action @ old town creek.
Babe wake up, new Warhawk video just dropped
Was hoping there would be a regimental break down of the battles but it was such a huge engagement I could see why you wouldn't be able to do that
I’ll do regimental breakdowns for smaller battles we cover, the big ones will not be brigades. I was already considering this change months ago
Yep. Notification is on. Cheers from Tennessee
Damn, that‘s two times Hooker getting wounded was a lucky break for Lee.
"War of Rights"... Such a troll title for a game.
The right for a state to keep an entire group of people in bondage... is not a right.
well thats the name of the game
Kamala harris voter
@@Randy-nk2neare you implying that trump voters want to secede from the union?
Well well well.. look who finalllly decided to show their colors
Well well well……
Epic
Indeed
Something about the Cornfield that always shocked me out is that the canister shot from the Union's ordinances destroyed everything. Confederate soldiers looked how a member of his brigade and his gun desintegrated in pieces in front of them
Good stuff. One of your best videos
Much appreciated
I only recently found your channel so ive currently only watched till Shiloh so itll be a while before I catch up to this but one thing I wanted to say is when I tried to find civil war videos I was looking for videos just like yours but your videos don't pop up when you look up American Civil War videos I had to like search and hunt to find your series for me it wasnt even in the first page when I type in American Civil War documentaries maybe if you typed in a specific battle it would pop up better. But I just wanted to say the ACW at the start confused me slightly when I first glanced at it while scrolling throw it and I think that could also affect the algorithm not having the full "American Civil War" in the title. Idk I just wanted to say my opinion because I can see the immense dedication and research that's gone into it. Epic history recently re changed all their thumbnails and a lot of titles which re kicked them into the algorithm idk if you've thought of doing something similar but it might help, these videos just deserve to have a lot more views. Thank you for your work
Thank you dude, I didnt realize this at all.
@@WarhawkYT I'm glad I could help for real once I started going through your videos and saw how many there were I was genuinely shocked at it not having more views I've watched history videos for years and your channel hasn't popped through my feed somehow. I know key words and hashtags are huge for the algorithm some people even name the video file that they upload to UA-cam a bunch of key words and because the algorithm will look at the file name to get more info ittl take that into account def look into it its basically free marketing also I loved the Texas Revolution video thank you for the hard work
I really love how the video came out on the 162nd anniversary of the battle.
That was the plan Chase 😉
Lee did the same thing at Gettysburg, waited the whole day on the 4th and Meade did nothing just like McClellan
Nicely done, I’m sure Garry Adelman will approve
I have been waiting for your video on the battle of Sharpsburg for a year. I have not been disappointed. This video is excellent and is a concise overview of the battle. I did, however, miss not seeing how each regiment function in the battle. Your including, the movement of individual regiments, I considered one of the biggest positives of your series.
Thank you WT! I've been planning on switching to brigades around this point. I miss the regiments yet I do not miss animating each one haha
Welcome back!
we are back bb
Alright bub,
Ya earned a subscription
Law’s Alabamians**** not Mississippians
As Count Dooku would say: "I've been looking forward to this"
Man I just want to say I’ve binged watched all your videos and can confidently say this is your best one yet. You did a great job breaking up each part of the battle and making the chaos easy to understand. Keep at it!
Thanks aidan, that was my plan!
Historymarche sent me
Hood was my ggg-grandfather
Another battle featuring another defining moment of the legendary 14th Brooklyn Chasseurs since First and Second Bull Run!
Also thank you Warhawk for the awesome early birthday gift! :)
You're welcome and Happy Birthday imgvillasrc!
It's a pity that you moved from the regimental level of the show to the brigade level…
Previously, I was always amazed at the level of video processing that had never been seen anywhere before, it is no longer so unique with brigades.
Anyway, thank you so much for the video, I'm still thrilled, thank you!
Yeah, battles are just getting bigger and bigger combined with the less amount of time i have. Thanks though
Nice timing, Warhawk!
Perfect!
Thanks! Long form videos help me listen and sleep so adding this to my favorites. Worth every penny
You're very welcome Shifty!
McClellan never lost a battle vs Lee people need to read books he actually inflicted more casualties to Lee than any other General the problem with McClellan was he was to humane and exaggerated enemy numbers he simply would not use his army he loved his men but as Lee put it himself "You must sacrifice those things you love in order to achieve victory".
Yes, Grant didn’t build the Army of the Potomac and had no problem grinding it down to the point he was stripping Washington DC forts to replace the significant losses in the overland campaign
Are you planning on making a video about Shepherdstown in the future?
No I am not, next video coming up will be Bragg's Heartland Campaign.
Crimean pog!
Good to see more Civil War videos.....
thank you ether.....
History Marche sent me
Welcome josh!
If Mcclellan actually focused his generals(Mansfield, Summer, Hooker) on the corn field and Sunken road then they could have completely defeated the Confederates. The problem with the battle overall has to be Burnsides failure to move up to take the bridge in the first place. Also Mcclellan failing to bring up reinforcements in the right area like the center or on the left to ford across the water to take the bridge long before AP Hill took the field.
Thats the problem, McClellan did not really have a plan, he didnt enforce his plan with all his officers, and was worried about Lee's phantom brigades hiding behind every hill.
@@WarhawkYT That and Burnside did not figure how important it was for him as a rear guard unit to trap the Confederates on the other side of the river. If Burnside's and Hooker's attacks were timed for the same time it would be different results.
@@the1magageneral323Mac's original plan was for both attacks to be timed
But burnsides just wasted the entire morning doing nothing
Let‘s not forget Franklin, too. He wasn’t present for the battle, but his mission was definitely crucial to what McClellan was doing, and his failure to push forward probably hampered his own side badly.
@@raylast3873 What mission was that and how does that have to do with the many flaws in the battleplan?
Hell yea been exited for this one!
here it is Zac!
Good breakdown you did on this video. Abraham’s political move for abolishing slavery on the confederates was a checkmate on the chess board.
Yessir!! Perryville next ?!
Perryville campaign first
@@WarhawkYT God Bless You ! 🫶🏾
@@WarhawkYT Are you doing the whole campaign all in one go, or break it out into different battles? It was a big campaign, and Richmond (KY) and Munfordville (which actually is in progress as Antietam unfolds) probably deserve their own videos at the least.
@@thomasrinschler6783 the video will lead up to Perryville. So it will cover Bragg taking over all the way to him taking Frankfort KY
@@WarhawkYT Sounds good!
Antietam is my favorite battle of the Civil War. All the mistakes, all the casualties all the missed opportunities just incredible.. a landscape turned red.
1:39 probably the best ad I have ever seen for a history video.
The man is back!!!
Yessir!
Battle of Perryville, Ky is comin up Oct. 8, 1862
Yep, I asked him on this earlier in the comments, and he said his next two videos are the invasion of Kentucky up to the capture of Frankfort, and then one focusing on Perryville itself.
@@thomasrinschler6783 didn’t know however thanks for lettin me know
Finally.
indeed
Playing this battle on ultimate general civil war...great vid mate...👍👍👍👍
Does it release differently? Video says 1 hour ago it came out but there’s comments from 4 days ago
Its been set to premier 4 days ago which allows people to comment but not watch it
@@WarhawkYT oh okay, thanks for another great video!
Finally!
indeed!
Excellent work!! Have been waiting for a detailed description of this battle! Well done! Can't wait for more!
Thank you very much!
That was great, many thanks
Glad you enjoyed it
The battle that is (partially) famous for being the divergence point of Harry Turtledove's TL-191/Southern Victory series.
Lesss goooo WH is so back!
J: “Ain’t you happy bro? Now we got our farms!”
S: “True, that’s perfect!”
A: “Yes! Now we’ll finally have our peaceful place where nobody will EVER disturb our peace! After all, we’re Poffenbergers!”
Sept. 16, 1862: 😅😅😅