President Lincoln ignored the Constitution and states rights and started a war with the South and punish people who just wanted a good income from their machinery and their cotton trade with England. the northern Congress put a tax on English machinery to stop it that is the trade with England. they wanted the South to buy their more expensive Northern Machinery only... therefore through greedy corruption Lincoln started a war with the South... And as far as slaves go he only freed the slaves in the South to disturb the South ability to fight... Lincoln said if he could have he would not have freed the slaves he never freed the slaves in the North... so now we have a large statue in Washington DC for a man that broke the Constitution. And made the federal government bigger than the state's government. The federal government running the States was never the intention of the founding fathers
@@NeuKrofta As a Virginian, I learned in the 70s the exact opposite. Some states in the CSA forbade enlistment of First Nations members (and that the CSA also did not have an active recruiting policy), while the Union military actively recruited - especially as scouts. Some First Nations tribes like the Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek and Seminole did side with the CSA (due to historic ties with the South), others like the Iroquois Confederacy (btw, Colonel Hasanoanda "Ely Parker" was Tonawanda Seneca of the Iroquois Confederacy) sided with the Union. Of the 20,000+ First Nations people fighting in the Civil War, it would seem that the bulk of them fought for the Union.
@@ericmgarrisonbecause schools in the 70s were the pinnacle of learning....there's no possibility that the information you learned may have changed or been revised.....but hey you keep choosing ignorance in the age of knowledge
Lots of creative liberties here. General Grant's own personal memoirs on this event are a lot less cinematic. He was exhausted, and acknowledged that Lee was as well, and that he had nothing but the utmost respect and sympathy for him. Both men were eager to come to terms, and just wanted for themselves, and their men to be able to go home as quickly and safely as possible. He wasn't arrogantly leaning back and smoking a cigar like a mob boss.
Exactly. I’m always annoyed when they deliberately convey things differently than the way the guy himself said happened. They didn’t need to make Grant into Robert DeNiro from Goodfellas.
@@williambrock3534 lol! Yeah, every man smoking a cigar with a thing back then. But the scenario really is a far cry from how Grant himself described it.
His name is Brigadier General Ely Parker. Not Native American. Edit: You all have terrible reading comprehension and that is very serious issue that worries me for the future of historical content and the interaction with it.
@@robrussell5329A lot of Native Americans were slave holders and the south had a positive relationship with most tribes during the civil war. Although this does not in anyway justify the US governments actions towards Native American tribes.
This scene seems played very tense and grim. The real affair had a professional and matter of fact demeanor. Grant was actually a bit awkward and sad. Also, Grant asked how many men Lee had, and if they needed food. He provided a huge number of rations for the starving confederates.
Grant tried to get the surrender without humiliating Lee or his men so that healing could begin in the country. Grant greatly respected Lee and saw no need to rub in his defeat with harsh terms.
@@rtwashow does this feel “woke” lmao yall shoehorn that word into anything you can and don’t like I swear. it’s become beyond a meaningless boogeyman term.
This doesn't depict this meeting accurately. Lee came in immaculate dress uniform; Grant came later, in mud spattered and rumpled field dress. They were extremely friendly without being fawning or fake, and Grant was so impressed with Lee and so engrossed in conversation, that Lee gently reminded him why they were there.
@webkid4567 I'm not sure I understand the necessity of your intended insult, ineffective though it may be. Perhaps it was to disguise your lack of knowledge: Grant disdained pomp and uniforms. He often wore a civilian hat, and his rank was sewn onto a private's frock.
@@webkid4567 love your comment. There was actually a Robert E. Lee Academy in the next town over from mine while I was growing up in South Carolina. Other slave owning bastard ex-governors also had their names on various schools and buildings and the Confederate battle flag hung beneath the State Flag atop the State House dome (finally removed in the 2000's). So glad I moved out West away from such a stupid state.
Grant's terms to Lee were generous. His men could retain their sidearms, their horses, and personal propery-not slaves-and be paroled. Allowed to return home so long as they never again take up arms against the Union, and, if they honored their paroles, would not face judgement from the Government. Grant also allowed Lee's men to be fed. Rations, captured from Confederate supply trains, are issued to Lee's starving men. Also, Federal troops sat around fires with their former enemies, swapping stories, sharing food, and drinking coffee.
Good stuff here. They ironically traded things and interacted peacefully on holidays like Christmas also. Interesting how war enemies still maintained some kinship
@@livanbardT_T We still kind of are, culturally. Listen to the arguments for 'states' rights' and confederate monuments today and you'll see what I mean.
Thank God he lost his head shortly after. Abe went to hell, and his lunatic wife went off to la la land to channel psychics or whatever. Then our country would suffer and go further away from the founders wishes until finally landing at the insane point we have today. There was a better way to end slavery but of course wealthy elites and tyrants of the north and south thought different while poor and working class suffered
President Lincoln ignored the Constitution and states rights and started a war with the South and punish people who just wanted a good income from their machinery and their cotton trade with England. the northern Congress put a tax on English machinery to stop it that is the trade with England. they wanted the South to buy their more expensive Northern Machinery only... therefore through greedy corruption Lincoln started a war with the South... And as far as slaves go he only freed the slaves in the South to disturb the South ability to fight... Lincoln said if he could have he would not have freed the slaves he never freed the slaves in the North... so now we have a large statue in Washington DC for a man that broke the Constitution. And made the federal government bigger than the state's government. The federal government running the States was never the intention of the founding fathers
Fun fact :the Appatomatox house where the American civil war was ended was in fact, owned by the McLean family. The McLean family in an unsuccessful attempt to avoid the carnage of the civil war,had previously lived in and experienced war as residents of MANASSES Va., where the first civil war battle was fought. The McLean family ironically and unintentionally had moved to Appatomatox Va. to avoid further war problems.
@Cruise-fx9bm In the second time you said Manassas I think you meant FROM not TO. Also interesting fact about Mr. McLean. After the US Civil War ended he was quoted as saying " The War began in my front yard and ended in my front parlor. "
Fun fact:As Lee was riding away his horse from Appomattox Court house a lot of the soldiers actually started to cheer and mock the Confederate Army,General Grant ordered them to stop,and told them to be respectful at the very least until they were out of sight
Not really, Jeferson is not president but he holds that title. And the confederate armies still in arms still consider Jefferson Davis the head of state. If he cant see that, then he is not clear headed.
@@Infernal460You’re clear headed in a different way, Jefferson Davis wasn’t the president during Appomattox, because the war was over and the Union was back together
Ely Parker is the full Seneca Indian that served as a General under Grant. Ely tried to join the army through his congressman. His congressman told him that this was a white man’s war and for him to go back and tend his crops. Somebody told him to go talk to Grant about enlisting and Grant made him a general and that’s why Lee says “at least there’s one real American here.” I love that guy.
I'm reading Grant's personal memoirs now as it was suggested by another commenter on this video series. Available free online as a pfd file which is how I read now that my eyes are getting old. I skipped all the Mexican War stuff and jumped in at Vicksburg. Worth the read.
Read when he was at West Point and also when he was struggling Before the War started it shows you what kind of character he had as a man he was willing to do whatever it took to feed his family. Also if you want to make it easier on your eyes read a book don't read from an electronic device thriftbooks has cheap used books for at least 15 years I hate having to turn on an electronic device to read.
I have read it quite awhile back and was thinking about doing it again. Instead I will see if it is here or somewhere free as a audiobook. I have become more reliant on them as I get older.
@nostradamus7648 No, the first battle of Bull Run occurred at his home at Manassas, Virginia. While Fort Sumter can claim the first shots fired, the first land battle between the main armies was Manassas. The only casualty at Sumter was a Confederate horse...it was mainly just an artillery showing.
I’ve tried to learn as much as possible about our civil war but I never knew R. E. Lee referred to Col. Ely Parker as the only real American in the room.
General Grant showed up for that meeting dressed in a dirty frock coat, General Lee however did wear his best uniform declaring that if he was going to be General Grant's prisoner he had better be well-dressed.
Grant had been trying to keep up with the armies movements since Sheridan and Meade had been working to make sure Lee didn’t escape to South Carolina. So yeah his baggage fell far behind.
Grant was too busy hunting Lee down to force a surrender; he looked like a soldier. Lee looked like a leader that sent men to die without fighting himself.
I know this may sound a bit trivial, but I want to clarify that this meeting did not happen in a courthouse (1 word-small C) in Appomattox Virginia.(like the dateline in the video suggests) It happened in a private residence owned by Wilmer McLean, in a town called Appomattox Court House (3 words-capital A, capital C, capital H) Virginia.
@@matthewriley7826His house was actually part of the battlefield itself (I used to live about 5 miles from there); it was used as Beauregard's HQ until Union cannon started zeroing in on it. One came through the fireplace and wrecked the meal cooking on it!
PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN KNEW WE NEEDED TO HEAL AND REQUESTED NO RETRIBUTION TO THE SOUTHERN ARMY SO WE SHOULD STAY AS ONE COUNTRY AND NOT TWO. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, UNITED WE STAND DIVIDED WE FALL, SO HELP US GOD!!🙏❤️🇺🇸👍
I am not an American, but I have read that Lee and Grant were polite and respectful to one another when Lee surrendered. It seems to me that this scene tells more about the feelings of the screenwriter and the current political divides in the US than the actual history behind it.
I agree. The axe grinding seeps into a dialog that is supposed to be historic. They can't seem to help themselves. They must be feeling desperate on that modern front.
only you are watching a lie......none of it played out that way. Lee already defied Davis by agreeing to surrender. He was ordered to scatter his troops and continue to fight guerilla warfare. Lee made the honorable decision to not do that, as it would have destroyed the south. It was a very somber affair, with both men of honor having mutual respect. Viewing this video and thinking this is an accurate portrayal would make U.S. Grant cringe
My own father told me he still supports the South and the confederate cause in 2024. I told him I read Ulysses S. Grants book and he told me to not show my face at his house anymore. (My father and his side of the family are extremely wealthy) I proudly accepted his offer. I was in the military for 6 years and just got out a few months ago. I am so damn proud to have served with any black, Hispanic, Asian or Filipinos and I will have y’all’s back no matter what. The *only* thing I think Grant did wrong was not completely snuffing out the confederate politicians and lobbyists after the war
This was a very well done show that really displayed how Grant has been screwed by certain parties that have deliberately twisted history. Grant was one of our greatest and does not get the credit he deserves.
My only complaint with this scene is Robert E Lee doesn’t look or seem like a good casting. Perhaps it was the music in this scene but if I recall there was less tension and more euphoria that the conflict was finally over. When Lee stated to General Parker “At least there’s one real American here” it was derogatory or disrespectful it was a show of respect since Parker was Native American.
If Lee actually said this, I would assume it was whimsical, considering American had been fighting American for five years - something they never lost sight of.
@@tyharris9994 I think gettysburg is a masterclass of movie for its time. But it desperately needs a modern face lift as it feels extremely pg for what the civil war was actually like
Fun fact is this what's happening about 700 mi away here in Baldwin county Alabama we had the battle for fort Blakely where 20,000 plus Union soldiers fought 6,000 Confederate soldiers for several days. This was the last confirmed battle of the American civil war.
The Battle of Palmito Ranch, which took place from May 12-13, 1865, is generally considered the final battle of the American Civil War. The battle took place between Confederate and Union forces at Palmito Ranch in Cameron County, Texas, led by Colonel Theodore H. Barrett and Colonel John S. “Rip” Ford, respectively. The battle is known as the "Last Land Battle" because it occurred one month after General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865.
@@kaylasmith5645 by technicality that is not considered the last battle because they knew that the Confederacy already lost by that point so they were considered criminals fighting the federal government I looked it up and they actually called them criminals. Not Confederates not rebels criminals. I'm not arguing your point I'm just stating the fact that I read something that said that they were not considered Confederates by that point they were considered criminals who were trying to pick a fight.
President Lincoln ignored the Constitution and states rights and started a war with the South and punish people who just wanted a good income from their machinery and their cotton trade with England. the northern Congress put a tax on English machinery to stop it that is the trade with England. they wanted the South to buy their more expensive Northern Machinery only... therefore through greedy corruption Lincoln started a war with the South... And as far as slaves go he only freed the slaves in the South to disturb the South ability to fight... Lincoln said if he could have he would not have freed the slaves he never freed the slaves in the North... so now we have a large statue in Washington DC for a man that broke the Constitution. And made the federal government bigger than the state's government. The federal government running the States was never the intention of the founding fathers
Well, yes, but until a few days later in late April 1865 the actual one 🇺🇲 president 😊 Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in the Ford 🎭 - I think a very 🥶 & cowardly move from the Confederate side. 💀💀💀
This is bs lol. They make it so hostile nd passive aggressive between the two when in reality they were both admiring eachother and acted incredibly humble. Union officers even saluted Lee.
I'm a non-American, this is very big of Gen. Grant. I admire his generosity. Very unfortunate people had to fight a war over slavery. In England they outlawed slavery without bloodshed.
@@markdennison6345 stop with that BS. Read the 1st 2 paragraphs of Mississippi’s Succession Declaration. It explains exactly what the Civil War was all about. Do some reading.
I do not think that England had a dependency on slavery. The Southern economy was built around it at the time. The American Civil War destroyed the southern economy and it didn't start to recover until the 1940s
Per Parker: At the time of surrender, General Lee "stared at me for a moment", said Parker to more than one of his friends and relatives, "He extended his hand and said, 'I am glad to see one real American here.' I shook his hand and said, 'We are all Americans.'" To me it seems Lee is not talking ill towards Native Americans.
Yes, but its generally just called Appomattox. fun fact though, the house where he surrendered was owned by a family that owned a house in the middle of the Bull Run battlefield. After first Bull Run the family sold that house and moved to a place where they thought there'd be less chance of armies turning up. Also, all the officers souvenired the furniture straight after Grant left the premises...
The only thing humiliating is the ignorance of true history. President Lincoln ignored the Constitution and states rights and started a war with the South and punish people who just wanted a good income from their machinery and their cotton trade with England. the northern Congress put a tax on English machinery to stop it that is the trade with England. they wanted the South to buy their more expensive Northern Machinery only... therefore through greedy corruption Lincoln started a war with the South... And as far as slaves go he only freed the slaves in the South to disturb the South ability to fight... Lincoln said if he could have he would not have freed the slaves he never freed the slaves in the North... so now we have a large statue in Washington DC for a man that broke the Constitution. And made the federal government bigger than the state's government. The federal government running the States was never the intention of the founding fathers
No, because one side had far more resource and man power. WW1 Allies win because of man power recources. WW2 Allies win because of man power recources. Its far more humiliating for the North taking as long as it did to win.
@@Infernal460 I wasn't referring to resources, but to the simple fact Lee from a family of high society, from early thought how to lead men, having to surrender to grant a low society failed business men.
@Infernal460 Not at all. Surrender is up to the loser. Thry could have kept fighting to the man if they were brave/foolish enough. That doesn't make it more embarrassing. The Confederacy took over 600,000 American lives.
Lincoln was smart - very smart. He wanted peace. Move forward, immediately. The welfare of the nation is more important than everything else. Its' why Ford pardoned Nixon. And its why Trump will never go to jail.
@@jerrynobbe2705 He was and he wasn't. The unconditional surrender stuff is well-recorded. But a lot of his own men did not respect him. Abraham Lincoln even sent spies to keep check on him. To make sure he wasn't too drunk. He was definitely humble though, his humility is recorded throughout his career and by countless sources.
Sadly, the destruction, the suffering, ; the thiefts of all kinds; tthe rapes, and horrors suffered upon the Southern states continued for decades at the hands of the Army that originally invaded them.
Well, he wasn't really quite as good as his legend, but most of the criticisms leveled at him by modern, revisionist historians aren't really valid either.
At this point in the war, Robert E Lee already was defying Davis. He made the honorable choice to surrender, rather than send his men to scatter to do guerilla war (which would have devastated the country). Rather than honor this noble decision, bolshevik style rewriting of history occurs here......where we pretend things were said in that room that were not. Ulysses S Grant would be ashamed of this comment section
Decent dude, who had a lot of conflicting beliefs, he tried to stay true to them til the end of his life, he didn’t even think the csa was allowed to secede but he chose virginia over the union
Tradition is the democracy of the dead. The current generation is not granted license to erase monuments and the mutual respect of the combatants in this horrific struggle -- the first modern war.
Mmmmmm, gonna have to disagree. Most historical accounts will tell you that Nathan Bedford Forrest was the best tactician. Sherman was probably the best strategist. Grant understood “bloody math” and was willing to lose more men than the south had to lose.
@@masterplokoon8803 Poseur Ranks the World: Civil War Generals 1 Robert E Lee (Confederacy) 2 Ulysses S Grant (Union) ... 3 William T Sherman (Union) ... 4 Stonewall Jackson (Confederacy) ... 5 Philip Sheridan (Union) ... 6 Nathan Bedford Forrest (Confederacy) ... 7 James Longstreet (Confederacy) ... 8 George Meade (Union) ...
@@masterplokoon8803 oddly enough, Lee held him in high regard General Robert E. Lee, C.S.A., to someone who had slandered Grant: "Sir, if you ever again presume to speak disrespectfully of General Grant in my presence, either you or I will sever his connection with this University. (Yet Lee had a slightly different opinion in 1864, when he wrote his son: "His talent and strategy consists in accumulating overwhelming numbers.")"
They are fairly accurate from what I have read over the years, although they did make Lee out to be more of an ass towards Grant than he really was. Lee did look down on Grant because Lee was from an aristocratic family and a family of soldiers and leaders of men. Grant was just a common man and all Lee knew of him prior to 1862 was that he was forced to resign his commission in like 1854 for being drunk on duty.
@@vanringoLee would have brine poured on slaves that he was having flogged. Slavery made monsters of its perpetrators. Grant was an infinitely better man than Lee, and he also beat Lee at war.
@@vanringoThat's not totally true. Lee and Grant both served in the Mexican War together under General Scott. As an important staff officer to General Scott, Lee would have at least been familiar with Grant who was an officer who had received some noteriarty during the campaign. And I believe in real life Lee had to bring Grant back to the task at hand as Grant had started reminiscing with him regarding the war. Not saying they were fast friends but they had likely encountered each other.
@@donpietruk1517 Lee and Grant briefly met one time during the Mexican American War. Lee.while he remembered meeting Grant, could not remember anything about him. Just because they were in the Army at the same time, doesn't mean they knew each other. Lee was several years ahead of Grant and was in the Engineering Corps. Grant was a quartermaster in the infantry for part of the war. So yes Lee did look down on Grant and was genuinely shocked at how Grant treated not only Lee, but his officers and the rank and file troops. Lee hated that he lost to a common mid ranked cadet that showed no aptitude for anything other than map making and horses during his time at Weat Point. And then became a drunkard after the war and was forced to resign from the Army in disgrace due to being drunk on duty.
Truman was a strong 💪 President. He did alot to end WW2. He saved alot of American British Australian Allied warriors! From having to attack mainland Japan and further deaths. Roosevelt made that law that took good average Americans gold and other coinage. He had a silver tongue.
The story behind this house and it’s owners at the time of these peace talks is insane. I believe I read before that the owner wanted nothing to do with the war and so when it came to his home town and destroyed his house he moved away, events repeated a year or so later at which point he moved further away from the war to a quiet farmstead in Appomattox, VA. History’s got a funny rhyming scheme.
I think the part is after the battle of Shiloh. The scene where Buckner and Longstreet tell Lee to not underestimate Ulysess Grant. I love that scene. At the end you see Lee with worried eyes lol
I had read somewhere that Lee had asked Grant to feed his men for they had not eaten well in a few days or sum like that, they shoulda added that line in there
Come on up to the north and fight us then if you’re so passionate. You won’t cuz you’re all a bunch of kitties that know they will lose….again…and again
Misleading. Grant was a bit in awe of Lee as he fought for him in the Mexican-American war and admired his great leadership. It wasn’t a tense moment and Grant also asked Lee if his soldiers were hungry and fed them
Oh the irony. Lee acknowledging the native American officer, Grant smoking a cigar, the tobacco of which undoubtedly was grown on a southern plantation....
That's the scene I was talking about, a Native American general from the Seneca Nation! While my people, the Chiricahua Apache were still fighting against and scouting for the 6th Calvary
@Aziair Yeah my family history is in books. I'm a direct descendant of Warm Springs Chiricahua Apache chief's Victorio, Mangas Coloradas, and Loco. I am also a direct descendant of US Chiricahua Apache scouts Charles Martine Sr and Paul Guydelkon Sr.
When General Gordon came opposite me I had the bugle blown and the entire line came to 'attention,' preparatory to executing this movement of the manual successively and by regiments as Gordon's columns should pass before our front, each in turn. "The General was riding in advance of his troops, his chin drooped to his breast, downhearted and dejected in appearance almost beyond description. At the sound of that machine like snap of arms, however, General Gordon started, caught in a moment its significance, and instantly assumed the finest attitude of a soldier. He wheeled his horse facing me, touching him gently with the spur, so that the animal slightly reared, and as he wheeled, horse and rider made one motion, the horse's head swung down with a graceful bow, and General Gordon dropped his swordpoint to his toe in salutation. "By word of mouth General Gordon sent back orders to the rear that his own troops take the same position of the manual in the march past as did our line. That was done, and a truly imposing sight was the mutual salutation and farewell. Joshua L. Chamberlain.
Great video and I love when he said “There’s only one president now.”
"Abraham Lincoln"
@@Aziairyep
@@Aziair For 3 more days
President Lincoln ignored the Constitution and states rights and started a war with the South and punish people who just wanted a good income from their machinery and their cotton trade with England. the northern Congress put a tax on English machinery to stop it that is the trade with England. they wanted the South to buy their more expensive Northern Machinery only... therefore through greedy corruption Lincoln started a war with the South...
And as far as slaves go he only freed the slaves in the South to disturb the South ability to fight... Lincoln said if he could have he would not have freed the slaves he never freed the slaves in the North... so now we have a large statue in Washington DC for a man that broke the Constitution. And made the federal government bigger than the state's government.
The federal government running the States was never the intention of the founding fathers
@@danstone8783 I think you mean 6 more days.
General Parker was a native American. That's what Lee was referring to when he said" One real American here"
God, that punches even deeper then.
Most of the American Indians fought for the Confederacy
@@NeuKrofta As a Virginian, I learned in the 70s the exact opposite. Some states in the CSA forbade enlistment of First Nations members (and that the CSA also did not have an active recruiting policy), while the Union military actively recruited - especially as scouts. Some First Nations tribes like the Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek and Seminole did side with the CSA (due to historic ties with the South), others like the Iroquois Confederacy (btw, Colonel Hasanoanda "Ely Parker" was Tonawanda Seneca of the Iroquois Confederacy) sided with the Union. Of the 20,000+ First Nations people fighting in the Civil War, it would seem that the bulk of them fought for the Union.
@@ericmgarrison you learned wrong
@@ericmgarrisonbecause schools in the 70s were the pinnacle of learning....there's no possibility that the information you learned may have changed or been revised.....but hey you keep choosing ignorance in the age of knowledge
Lots of creative liberties here. General Grant's own personal memoirs on this event are a lot less cinematic. He was exhausted, and acknowledged that Lee was as well, and that he had nothing but the utmost respect and sympathy for him.
Both men were eager to come to terms, and just wanted for themselves, and their men to be able to go home as quickly and safely as possible.
He wasn't arrogantly leaning back and smoking a cigar like a mob boss.
😂😂 “like a mob boss” so true!! 🤣
Exactly. I’m always annoyed when they deliberately convey things differently than the way the guy himself said happened. They didn’t need to make Grant into Robert DeNiro from Goodfellas.
but muh Union.
Id bet my paycheck he was smoking a cigar but i agree on the mob boss statement
@@williambrock3534 lol! Yeah, every man smoking a cigar with a thing back then. But the scenario really is a far cry from how Grant himself described it.
Love how they included the one Native American that actually wrote the terms of surrender and gave them to Lee
No doubt offered in generosity; it was the ultimate insult. Can we feed your troops...
His name is Brigadier General Ely Parker. Not Native American.
Edit: You all have terrible reading comprehension and that is very serious issue that worries me for the future of historical content and the interaction with it.
@@robrussell5329majority of native Americans fought for the confederacy
@@robrussell5329A lot of Native Americans were slave holders and the south had a positive relationship with most tribes during the civil war. Although this does not in anyway justify the US governments actions towards Native American tribes.
@@waroftherebellion.His Seneca name was Hasanoanda.
This scene seems played very tense and grim. The real affair had a professional and matter of fact demeanor. Grant was actually a bit awkward and sad. Also, Grant asked how many men Lee had, and if they needed food. He provided a huge number of rations for the starving confederates.
32,000
Yes I agree! Don’t remember anyone documenting that statement by R Lee about the “room” Grant was reported to be very cordial and conversational
Grant tried to get the surrender without humiliating Lee or his men so that healing could begin in the country.
Grant greatly respected Lee and saw no need to rub in his defeat with harsh terms.
Yeah, this has the feel of *wokeness* shoehorned into it. :(
@@rtwashow does this feel “woke” lmao yall shoehorn that word into anything you can and don’t like I swear. it’s become beyond a meaningless boogeyman term.
This doesn't depict this meeting accurately. Lee came in immaculate dress uniform; Grant came later, in mud spattered and rumpled field dress. They were extremely friendly without being fawning or fake, and Grant was so impressed with Lee and so engrossed in conversation, that Lee gently reminded him why they were there.
Woah. Didn’t know you were there. It’s Fkn TV.
Right. Grant wore a private's frock.
Yeah this totally doesn't seem biased in one direction at all. Did they teach you this at R. E. Lee High School in Alabama or something?
@webkid4567 I'm not sure I understand the necessity of your intended insult, ineffective though it may be. Perhaps it was to disguise your lack of knowledge: Grant disdained pomp and uniforms. He often wore a civilian hat, and his rank was sewn onto a private's frock.
@@webkid4567 love your comment. There was actually a Robert E. Lee Academy in the next town over from mine while I was growing up in South Carolina. Other slave owning bastard ex-governors also had their names on various schools and buildings and the Confederate battle flag hung beneath the State Flag atop the State House dome (finally removed in the 2000's). So glad I moved out West away from such a stupid state.
Grant's terms to Lee were generous. His men could retain their sidearms, their horses, and personal propery-not slaves-and be paroled. Allowed to return home so long as they never again take up arms against the Union, and, if they honored their paroles, would not face judgement from the Government.
Grant also allowed Lee's men to be fed. Rations, captured from Confederate supply trains, are issued to Lee's starving men. Also, Federal troops sat around fires with their former enemies, swapping stories, sharing food, and drinking coffee.
Any less and you Americans would still be fighting this war.
@@livanbard not really, at this point confederacy was getting annihilated
Good stuff here. They ironically traded things and interacted peacefully on holidays like Christmas also. Interesting how war enemies still maintained some kinship
@@livanbardT_T We still kind of are, culturally. Listen to the arguments for 'states' rights' and confederate monuments today and you'll see what I mean.
@@indoom666 maybe, it depends. I can see the Civil War becoming very Vietnam like in the case of harsh terms.
"There's only one president now"... Mike drop!
Thank God he lost his head shortly after. Abe went to hell, and his lunatic wife went off to la la land to channel psychics or whatever. Then our country would suffer and go further away from the founders wishes until finally landing at the insane point we have today. There was a better way to end slavery but of course wealthy elites and tyrants of the north and south thought different while poor and working class suffered
President Lincoln ignored the Constitution and states rights and started a war with the South and punish people who just wanted a good income from their machinery and their cotton trade with England. the northern Congress put a tax on English machinery to stop it that is the trade with England. they wanted the South to buy their more expensive Northern Machinery only... therefore through greedy corruption Lincoln started a war with the South...
And as far as slaves go he only freed the slaves in the South to disturb the South ability to fight... Lincoln said if he could have he would not have freed the slaves he never freed the slaves in the North... so now we have a large statue in Washington DC for a man that broke the Constitution. And made the federal government bigger than the state's government.
The federal government running the States was never the intention of the founding fathers
😂
“There’s only no president now”-a few months later in a theatre followed by a head drop 😂😅
@@user-de7mb9rn9wWrong. 6 days later, not a few months later.
Interesting they had separate tables for Lee and Grant rather than have them at opposite ends of a large table.
Why?
This was all done on the fly. They used what they had in the house.
Fun fact :the Appatomatox house where the American civil war was ended was in fact, owned by the McLean
family.
The McLean family in an unsuccessful attempt to avoid the carnage of the civil war,had previously lived in and experienced war as residents of MANASSES Va.,
where the first civil war battle was fought.
The McLean family ironically and unintentionally had moved to Appatomatox Va.
to avoid further war problems.
@Cruise-fx9bm In the second time you said Manassas I think you meant FROM not TO. Also interesting fact about Mr. McLean. After the US Civil War ended he was quoted as saying " The War began in my front yard and ended in my front parlor. "
@@herondelatorre4023 thanks for the assist I'll correct
Fun fact:As Lee was riding away his horse from Appomattox Court house a lot of the soldiers actually started to cheer and mock the Confederate Army,General Grant ordered them to stop,and told them to be respectful at the very least until they were out of sight
i was looking for someone who said this, thank you.
I love this Grant. He’s so steady and clear-headed.
Not really, Jeferson is not president but he holds that title.
And the confederate armies still in arms still consider Jefferson Davis the head of state.
If he cant see that, then he is not clear headed.
@@Infernal460You’re clear headed in a different way, Jefferson Davis wasn’t the president during Appomattox, because the war was over and the Union was back together
Ely Parker is the full Seneca Indian that served as a General under Grant. Ely tried to join the army through his congressman. His congressman told him that this was a white man’s war and for him to go back and tend his crops. Somebody told him to go talk to Grant about enlisting and Grant made him a general and that’s why Lee says “at least there’s one real American here.” I love that guy.
@@MacArthur22 You don't know your history Lee's surrender does not end the war.
The last active confederate army is in Texas.
@@MacArthur22 No wrong, Lee's surrender does not end the war. The last confederate active army is in Texas.
I'm reading Grant's personal memoirs now as it was suggested by another commenter on this video series. Available free online as a pfd file which is how I read now that my eyes are getting old. I skipped all the Mexican War stuff and jumped in at Vicksburg. Worth the read.
Were exactly you got that, I would like to read it
@@JoaoSoares-rs6ec OceanofPDF.
Read when he was at West Point and also when he was struggling Before the War started it shows you what kind of character he had as a man he was willing to do whatever it took to feed his family. Also if you want to make it easier on your eyes read a book don't read from an electronic device thriftbooks has cheap used books for at least 15 years I hate having to turn on an electronic device to read.
Mexican War is a great part! That is where he talks about running past the Mexican Army on his horse getting shot at!
I have read it quite awhile back and was thinking about doing it again. Instead I will see if it is here or somewhere free as a audiobook. I have become more reliant on them as I get older.
Lee was virginian royalty. His loyalty to Virginia overrode his loyalty to the u.s. his wife was the granddaughter of Washington.
I have NO respect for Lee, Virginia "royalty" or not.
@@gogreen7794 they turned his home and orhard into a cemetery.
@@paulclissold1525Did he deserve any less, following a usurper to hell and killing so many of his countrymen?
Then you are not a real virgin@@gogreen7794
General Ely Parker was a Seneca on General Grant's staff. President Grant appointed Ely Parker as his Commissioner of Indian Affairs.
Fun fact the person who owned this home where the civil war ended also owned the home where the civil war started
Indeed. Wilmer McLean. He could rightfully say that the War began in his front yard, and ended in his front parlor.
He owned Fort Sumter?
COOL
@nostradamus7648 No, the first battle of Bull Run occurred at his home at Manassas, Virginia. While Fort Sumter can claim the first shots fired, the first land battle between the main armies was Manassas. The only casualty at Sumter was a Confederate horse...it was mainly just an artillery showing.
Wow! Interesting bit of trivia I didn’t know
Props to the camera man for going back in time and recording this.
I absolutely love humor like this. Thanks for the laugh. 😂
@@thelonesomefisherman7425 😎
I’ve tried to learn as much as possible about our civil war but I never knew R. E. Lee referred to Col. Ely Parker as the only real American in the room.
Parker was native - from a tribe in New York area I think.
He was Seneca
That's because he didn't. Modern PC crap
@@allanshikhvarg5090 no it happened in reality actully
@@allanshikhvarg5090it’s not modern crap. It’s been written down since the war.😂
Ely Parker was a Tonawanda Seneca.
Footage from the 1860s was pretty good!
You see, though, how that Ektachrome 35mm stock loses the yellows and reds over the centuries.
Yeah seriously! Good vhs 📼 back then
All of these comments are stupid. THIS IS A RECREATION, NOT REAL.
@@RonGerstein-tf5tp how dare you judge their film making skill in the 1800s you should be ashammmmmmmed!🤣
@@ReidHenderson There were no film making skills in the 1800s
General Lee's comment to Parker was an apology after mistakenly thinking Parker was black. When he is corrected he says the famous line.
Lee didn't want to shake his hand. When informed that Parker was in fact a Native he shook his hand, calling him a real American
@@SantomPh sir you can look it up
@SantomPh So for all of Lee's grandiose demeanour he was just a dirty ra4ist like his men.
FALSE
@@T555BIRD you can literally look it up
General Grant showed up for that meeting dressed in a dirty frock coat, General Lee however did wear his best uniform declaring that if he was going to be General Grant's prisoner he had better be well-dressed.
Grant had been trying to keep up with the armies movements since Sheridan and Meade had been working to make sure Lee didn’t escape to South Carolina. So yeah his baggage fell far behind.
Perfect example of how looks ain't everything
That's so gay
Grant was too busy hunting Lee down to force a surrender; he looked like a soldier. Lee looked like a leader that sent men to die without fighting himself.
@@kingace6186 Which isn't true at all. Just look at Lee's campaigns before the civil war.
I know this may sound a bit trivial, but I want to clarify that this meeting did not happen in a courthouse (1 word-small C) in Appomattox Virginia.(like the dateline in the video suggests) It happened in a private residence owned by Wilmer McLean, in a town called Appomattox Court House (3 words-capital A, capital C, capital H) Virginia.
And that William McLean used to live close to Manassas, but moved after the battle only to witness basically the end of the war.
Right on!
@@matthewriley7826 Indeed, the war began in his front yard, and ended in his front parlor.
@@matthewriley7826His house was actually part of the battlefield itself (I used to live about 5 miles from there); it was used as Beauregard's HQ until Union cannon started zeroing in on it. One came through the fireplace and wrecked the meal cooking on it!
lol no it happened in an actual courthouse in that village, fucking wannabe historian RETARD (6 letters, all capital).
I grew up 20 minutes away from Appomattox Va .... visited the surrendering grounds many times... We had a Family Portrait taken there
PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN KNEW WE NEEDED TO HEAL AND REQUESTED NO RETRIBUTION TO THE SOUTHERN ARMY SO WE SHOULD STAY AS ONE COUNTRY AND NOT TWO. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, UNITED WE STAND DIVIDED WE FALL, SO HELP US GOD!!🙏❤️🇺🇸👍
I am not an American, but I have read that Lee and Grant were polite and respectful to one another when Lee surrendered. It seems to me that this scene tells more about the feelings of the screenwriter and the current political divides in the US than the actual history behind it.
I agree. The axe grinding seeps into a dialog that is supposed to be historic. They can't seem to help themselves. They must be feeling desperate on that modern front.
One of the most incredible moments in American history.
only you are watching a lie......none of it played out that way. Lee already defied Davis by agreeing to surrender. He was ordered to scatter his troops and continue to fight guerilla warfare. Lee made the honorable decision to not do that, as it would have destroyed the south. It was a very somber affair, with both men of honor having mutual respect. Viewing this video and thinking this is an accurate portrayal would make U.S. Grant cringe
My own father told me he still supports the South and the confederate cause in 2024. I told him I read Ulysses S. Grants book and he told me to not show my face at his house anymore. (My father and his side of the family are extremely wealthy) I proudly accepted his offer. I was in the military for 6 years and just got out a few months ago. I am so damn proud to have served with any black, Hispanic, Asian or Filipinos and I will have y’all’s back no matter what. The *only* thing I think Grant did wrong was not completely snuffing out the confederate politicians and lobbyists after the war
General Grants grandson lived just a mile or so from my present location here in Bonita, California, a suburbia of San Diego.
I worked with the wife of one of Lee's great grandnephews.
His $50's rule!
This was a very well done show that really displayed how Grant has been screwed by certain parties that have deliberately twisted history. Grant was one of our greatest and does not get the credit he deserves.
Very true.
What was this show called
@@TheTroy1955 It's called simply "Grant", and it's on Amazon now.
Talking about being a fly on the wall! That was one historical moment in our history. To much death & bloodshed.
Too*****
Every scene in this movie is great
Movie name?
@@cyrellejericquintos9887dances with wolves
Yes but undortunately south loose the war can you imagine teh totaly opposite ? Two america North and South
Unfortunately
@@mikehev222lol no
Ely Parker, a member of Grant’s staff, drafted the terms of surrender. He was Haudenosaunee (Iroquois), a real American.
Not General Lee looking in camera in the first few seconds lmao
😂😂😂
Hymns of the Republic by S.C. Gwynne. Highly recommend that book for civil war history. One of the chapters is about this surrender. Pretty spot on.
I've been seeing these shorts lately, so I watched the series last night. It was fantastic
Whats it called?
@@TheREALJWMGaming it’s called “Grant”. Leonardo DiCarpio is listed as its executive producer.
What series?
Grant miniseries
My only complaint with this scene is Robert E Lee doesn’t look or seem like a good casting. Perhaps it was the music in this scene but if I recall there was less tension and more euphoria that the conflict was finally over. When Lee stated to General Parker “At least there’s one real American here” it was derogatory or disrespectful it was a show of respect since Parker was Native American.
If Lee actually said this, I would assume it was whimsical, considering American had been fighting American for five years - something they never lost sight of.
You might like the movie " Gettysburg " better in terms of Lee's casting. That's my favorite movie.
@@tyharris9994 I think gettysburg is a masterclass of movie for its time. But it desperately needs a modern face lift as it feels extremely pg for what the civil war was actually like
What movie is this
@@josephpurdy4664Schindler’s List
Fun fact is this what's happening about 700 mi away here in Baldwin county Alabama we had the battle for fort Blakely where 20,000 plus Union soldiers fought 6,000 Confederate soldiers for several days. This was the last confirmed battle of the American civil war.
The Battle of Palmito Ranch, which took place from May 12-13, 1865, is generally considered the final battle of the American Civil War. The battle took place between Confederate and Union forces at Palmito Ranch in Cameron County, Texas, led by Colonel Theodore H. Barrett and Colonel John S. “Rip” Ford, respectively. The battle is known as the "Last Land Battle" because it occurred one month after General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865.
@@kaylasmith5645 by technicality that is not considered the last battle because they knew that the Confederacy already lost by that point so they were considered criminals fighting the federal government I looked it up and they actually called them criminals. Not Confederates not rebels criminals. I'm not arguing your point I'm just stating the fact that I read something that said that they were not considered Confederates by that point they were considered criminals who were trying to pick a fight.
"There's is only one president now."
Very diplomatic, but there was only one president the whole time
President Lincoln ignored the Constitution and states rights and started a war with the South and punish people who just wanted a good income from their machinery and their cotton trade with England. the northern Congress put a tax on English machinery to stop it that is the trade with England. they wanted the South to buy their more expensive Northern Machinery only... therefore through greedy corruption Lincoln started a war with the South...
And as far as slaves go he only freed the slaves in the South to disturb the South ability to fight... Lincoln said if he could have he would not have freed the slaves he never freed the slaves in the North... so now we have a large statue in Washington DC for a man that broke the Constitution. And made the federal government bigger than the state's government.
The federal government running the States was never the intention of the founding fathers
Well, yes, but until a few days later in late April 1865 the actual one 🇺🇲 president 😊 Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in the Ford 🎭 - I think a very 🥶 & cowardly move from the Confederate side. 💀💀💀
A) It's not diplomatic.
B) Not true, there were presidents of clubs, social groups, and businesses in 1865.
@@Infernal460 I think what Grant meant to say was one PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, not of small, private organizations.
@@herondelatorre4023 yeah cause the CSA wasnt the use
Btw f*ck the USA 😁 evil country
Great mini series.
I need to watch this show.
Which show. I also want to watch
@@GuzzarAwan its called Grant it came out in 2020.
Thank you. My question answered.
Meanwhile General Grant is killing himself with that damn cigar.
This is bs lol. They make it so hostile nd passive aggressive between the two when in reality they were both admiring eachother and acted incredibly humble. Union officers even saluted Lee.
Grant was a badass
This series seems pretty cool but that dude looks NOTHING like Lee.
I'm a non-American, this is very big of Gen. Grant. I admire his generosity. Very unfortunate people had to fight a war over slavery. In England they outlawed slavery without bloodshed.
It had more to do than just slavery.
@@markdennison6345 stop with that BS. Read the 1st 2 paragraphs of Mississippi’s Succession Declaration. It explains exactly what the Civil War was all about. Do some reading.
Don't buy into those old lost cause myths, it was about slavery, no way around it
@@markdennison6345 it's all about slavery for the southerners
I do not think that England had a dependency on slavery. The Southern economy was built around it at the time. The American Civil War destroyed the southern economy and it didn't start to recover until the 1940s
One of the saddest days in USA history...
True that
Loved this mini series on Grant.
what is the name of it, if you don't mind me asking.
@@alihandemiral7049 just “ GRANT” it was a three part miniseries on History channel in 2020 during pandemic. I enjoyed it at the time.
@@alihandemiral7049 I want to say it’s called Grant, made in 2020, a mini series just like aforementioned.
@@itzluke8257 much obliged!
Great scene.
Per Parker:
At the time of surrender, General Lee "stared at me for a moment", said Parker to more than one of his friends and relatives, "He extended his hand and said, 'I am glad to see one real American here.' I shook his hand and said, 'We are all Americans.'"
To me it seems Lee is not talking ill towards Native Americans.
Correct me if I am wrong, but didn't Lee surrender at Appomattox Court House, and not Appomattox.
Yes, but its generally just called Appomattox. fun fact though, the house where he surrendered was owned by a family that owned a house in the middle of the Bull Run battlefield. After first Bull Run the family sold that house and moved to a place where they thought there'd be less chance of armies turning up. Also, all the officers souvenired the furniture straight after Grant left the premises...
@@tileuxThe houseowner could rightly say that the war began in his kitchen and ended in his living room!
@@Bartz01able I heard it as him saying " The War began in my front yard and ended in my front parlor. "
@@herondelatorre4023 Wilmer McLean
@@oscargrouch7962 Exactly. 👍
If you read the Biography of lee and Ulysses this was not General Lee behavior or what happened.
What movie is this?
“Never fight uphill, me boys, never fight uphill”
.Robert E. Lee.
They said Grant had a terrible headache and once Lee surrendered the migraine left Grant.
"There is only one president" the greatest of them all, Abe Lincoln!
Great series
What movie is this from ?
“Grant” (2020). Surprisingly, Leonardo DiCaprio is listed as it executive producer.
Grant miniseries. He also helped on some other ones too
One from high society surrendering to one from common backgrounds, that must have been humiliating,
The only thing humiliating is the ignorance of true history.
President Lincoln ignored the Constitution and states rights and started a war with the South and punish people who just wanted a good income from their machinery and their cotton trade with England. the northern Congress put a tax on English machinery to stop it that is the trade with England. they wanted the South to buy their more expensive Northern Machinery only... therefore through greedy corruption Lincoln started a war with the South...
And as far as slaves go he only freed the slaves in the South to disturb the South ability to fight... Lincoln said if he could have he would not have freed the slaves he never freed the slaves in the North... so now we have a large statue in Washington DC for a man that broke the Constitution. And made the federal government bigger than the state's government.
The federal government running the States was never the intention of the founding fathers
No, because one side had far more resource and man power.
WW1 Allies win because of man power recources.
WW2 Allies win because of man power recources.
Its far more humiliating for the North taking as long as it did to win.
@@Infernal460 I wasn't referring to resources, but to the simple fact Lee from a family of high society, from early thought how to lead men, having to surrender to grant a low society failed business men.
@@Infernal460 as to the comment in question you clearly have no idea what a war is nor how things are done,
@Infernal460 Not at all. Surrender is up to the loser. Thry could have kept fighting to the man if they were brave/foolish enough. That doesn't make it more embarrassing. The Confederacy took over 600,000 American lives.
Nothing is more American than saying fuck the federal government.
Damned straight.
Movie name? Dont recognize it an looks like a good watch
Bio-Dome
it's a 3 part documentary show called "Grant"
@@geilleadh4852and where can we find it ?
No one got charged with insurrection.
Because the north was trying to be nice and we thought it would help heal the country.
@@liberalman8319 Lincoln. Grant too, with Lincoln’s direction. Not “the North. “. Plenty wanted retribution, thus the impeachment of A Johnson.
They Pardon the south and no one was charged after the war
Lincoln was smart - very smart. He wanted peace. Move forward, immediately. The welfare of the nation is more important than everything else. Its' why Ford pardoned Nixon. And its why Trump will never go to jail.
No one tried to overthrow a democratically elected leader. They just succeeded.
I can't unsee this
The guy playing Grant looks like Tommy Lee Jones, and the guy playing Lee looks like Christian Bale
Been there so many times..
Often wondered about the final conversation...
Lee stopped the war from becoming a guerilla war most commands wanted to go on
I hope grant was like this badass in real life.
He absolutely was
@@jerrynobbe2705 He was and he wasn't. The unconditional surrender stuff is well-recorded.
But a lot of his own men did not respect him. Abraham Lincoln even sent spies to keep check on him. To make sure he wasn't too drunk.
He was definitely humble though, his humility is recorded throughout his career and by countless sources.
Sadly, the destruction, the suffering, ; the thiefts of all kinds; tthe rapes, and horrors suffered upon the Southern states continued for decades at the hands of the Army that originally invaded them.
Grant was a remarkable man.
Lee was the best general by far, true leader
General Pickett and his men had a different opinion.
Well, he wasn't really quite as good as his legend, but most of the criticisms leveled at him by modern, revisionist historians aren't really valid either.
At this point in the war, Robert E Lee already was defying Davis. He made the honorable choice to surrender, rather than send his men to scatter to do guerilla war (which would have devastated the country). Rather than honor this noble decision, bolshevik style rewriting of history occurs here......where we pretend things were said in that room that were not. Ulysses S Grant would be ashamed of this comment section
Decent dude, who had a lot of conflicting beliefs, he tried to stay true to them til the end of his life, he didn’t even think the csa was allowed to secede but he chose virginia over the union
Lee was a racist slave holding clown no good in him
That's probably peak cigar-enjoyment right there. Sitting back, watching your enemy sign surrender papers knowing your brutal war is over.
Tradition is the democracy of the dead. The current generation is not granted license to erase monuments and the mutual respect of the combatants in this horrific struggle -- the first modern war.
Makes grant look very arrogant, when from what I’ve read, he was respectful, and respected Lee
Grant learned from every mistake he made and was easily the greatest general of that war.
Mmmmmm, gonna have to disagree. Most historical accounts will tell you that Nathan Bedford Forrest was the best tactician. Sherman was probably the best strategist. Grant understood “bloody math” and was willing to lose more men than the south had to lose.
@@jeremywalsh5666 Grant was the best strategist. He was smeared by the Lost Cause apologists but he was the best in that war.
@@masterplokoon8803 Poseur Ranks the World: Civil War Generals
1 Robert E Lee (Confederacy)
2 Ulysses S Grant (Union) ...
3 William T Sherman (Union) ...
4 Stonewall Jackson (Confederacy) ...
5 Philip Sheridan (Union) ...
6 Nathan Bedford Forrest (Confederacy) ...
7 James Longstreet (Confederacy) ...
8 George Meade (Union) ...
@@masterplokoon8803 oddly enough, Lee held him in high regard
General Robert E. Lee, C.S.A., to someone who had slandered Grant:
"Sir, if you ever again presume to speak disrespectfully of General Grant in my presence, either you or I will sever his connection with this University. (Yet Lee had a slightly different opinion in 1864, when he wrote his son: "His talent and strategy consists in accumulating overwhelming numbers.")"
@@jeremywalsh5666 Sherman was merely executing Grant's strategy. You need to study Grant's campaigns in more detail.
Grant came in all dirty at Lee’s surrender and apologized to Lee for it so why is he in a uniform that’s clean and pressed.
Are these conversations historically correct and accurate???
I’ve heard the “at least there’s one true American” story before, but I have no idea if it actually happened or not.
They are fairly accurate from what I have read over the years, although they did make Lee out to be more of an ass towards Grant than he really was. Lee did look down on Grant because Lee was from an aristocratic family and a family of soldiers and leaders of men. Grant was just a common man and all Lee knew of him prior to 1862 was that he was forced to resign his commission in like 1854 for being drunk on duty.
@@vanringoLee would have brine poured on slaves that he was having flogged. Slavery made monsters of its perpetrators. Grant was an infinitely better man than Lee, and he also beat Lee at war.
@@vanringoThat's not totally true. Lee and Grant both served in the Mexican War together under General Scott. As an important staff officer to General Scott, Lee would have at least been familiar with Grant who was an officer who had received some noteriarty during the campaign. And I believe in real life Lee had to bring Grant back to the task at hand as Grant had started reminiscing with him regarding the war. Not saying they were fast friends but they had likely encountered each other.
@@donpietruk1517 Lee and Grant briefly met one time during the Mexican American War. Lee.while he remembered meeting Grant, could not remember anything about him. Just because they were in the Army at the same time, doesn't mean they knew each other. Lee was several years ahead of Grant and was in the Engineering Corps. Grant was a quartermaster in the infantry for part of the war. So yes Lee did look down on Grant and was genuinely shocked at how Grant treated not only Lee, but his officers and the rank and file troops. Lee hated that he lost to a common mid ranked cadet that showed no aptitude for anything other than map making and horses during his time at Weat Point. And then became a drunkard after the war and was forced to resign from the Army in disgrace due to being drunk on duty.
They still dont accept it
Never, never, never...... 😂😂😂
?tf does that even mean😂you see any slaves any black men or woman in chains😂😂
“They”? You mean Presidents Jimmy Carter, Truman, Johnson, Clinton, etc? Or you didn’t accept those southerners?
@@Nill757 🤣seems like the southerners dont accept anyone
Truman was a strong 💪 President. He did alot to end WW2. He saved alot of American British Australian Allied warriors! From having to attack mainland Japan and further deaths. Roosevelt made that law that took good average Americans gold and other coinage. He had a silver tongue.
The story behind this house and it’s owners at the time of these peace talks is insane. I believe I read before that the owner wanted nothing to do with the war and so when it came to his home town and destroyed his house he moved away, events repeated a year or so later at which point he moved further away from the war to a quiet farmstead in Appomattox, VA. History’s got a funny rhyming scheme.
Grant knew how to light a cigar
Only 1 President on the whole damn planet.
I think the part is after the battle of Shiloh. The scene where Buckner and Longstreet tell Lee to not underestimate Ulysess Grant. I love that scene. At the end you see Lee with worried eyes lol
Longstreet wasn't at Shiloh and neither was Lee
@@Jarhead1086
No. I was talking about the series. The scenes
can I buy this DVD somewhere because this is really a good series
Most likely check Amazon
non toxic matches weren’t invented until 1911. if general grant actually lit his cigar with a match in that time, it would have been his last.
Its so sad that they lost.
They were betrayed by the court😢😢😢
The war of northern aggression
who attacked first
The war the south started
Strange for Lee to compliment Parker, given his real life opinions of natives.
I had read somewhere that Lee had asked Grant to feed his men for they had not eaten well in a few days or sum like that, they shoulda added that line in there
The end Of Freedom
The worst day for all Americans
Spoken like a treasonous coward
Come on up to the north and fight us then if you’re so passionate. You won’t cuz you’re all a bunch of kitties that know they will lose….again…and again
The terms were too generous.
Grant was a drunk
Horror stories by the fire would be a great idea for a video.
Misleading. Grant was a bit in awe of Lee as he fought for him in the Mexican-American war and admired his great leadership. It wasn’t a tense moment and Grant also asked Lee if his soldiers were hungry and fed them
At the time; Grant Commanded the biggest baddest Military of its time, perhaps of all including the Present by comparisons!
Crazy how the North is looked at in a bad light and the South is romanticize about all you need to no about this country.
I remeber this
Shut up nerd
Oh the irony. Lee acknowledging the native American officer, Grant smoking a cigar, the tobacco of which undoubtedly was grown on a southern plantation....
Probably was a Cuban cigar from the Spanish empire
You know I'm starting to understand what the south was fighting for back then.....
That's the scene I was talking about, a Native American general from the Seneca Nation! While my people, the Chiricahua Apache were still fighting against and scouting for the 6th Calvary
Great scene, thanks for the short story!
@Aziair Yeah my family history is in books. I'm a direct descendant of Warm Springs Chiricahua Apache chief's Victorio, Mangas Coloradas, and Loco. I am also a direct descendant of US Chiricahua Apache scouts Charles Martine Sr and Paul Guydelkon Sr.
Guaranteed this is not how this went down
When General Gordon came opposite me I had the bugle blown and the entire line came to 'attention,' preparatory to executing this movement of the manual successively and by regiments as Gordon's columns should pass before our front, each in turn.
"The General was riding in advance of his troops, his chin drooped to his breast, downhearted and dejected in appearance almost beyond description. At the sound of that machine like snap of arms, however, General Gordon started, caught in a moment its significance, and instantly assumed the finest attitude of a soldier. He wheeled his horse facing me, touching him gently with the spur, so that the animal slightly reared, and as he wheeled, horse and rider made one motion, the horse's head swung down with a graceful bow, and General Gordon dropped his swordpoint to his toe in salutation.
"By word of mouth General Gordon sent back orders to the rear that his own troops take the same position of the manual in the march past as did our line. That was done, and a truly imposing sight was the mutual salutation and farewell.
Joshua L. Chamberlain.