you can tell this is his bread and butter. On other topics like Bismarck he's more or less just in for the ride. Obviously certain topics are betetr known on certain continents. The whole Bismarck thing isn't quite as unknown and forgotten (in Europe) as he assumed despite the overshadowing by later events. While relatively few europeans know more than the basics about US history.
@@ahmedio5289 plus he's a history teacher so it's not that odd also he seems to enjoy what he does unlike most teachers that I had when I was in school
This guy is like the ultimate reaction channel: Gives full credit to the original content creator Watches ads all the way through Actually gives a lot of really interesting context and backstory instead of just sitting there silently I just found your channel yesterday and I'm glad I did. Keep up the good work! 🙂
My dude's a history teacher. Or course he's going to give his thoughts instead of just sitting there like a crash test dummy. It's why I love this channel.
It's nice how they used the correct actual "Confederate Flag" and not the "Confederate Battle Flag" that everyone thinks of when they think of the confederate flag
The sadness you hear in his voice at the end shows how important Lincoln was and what he meant to this country. Had he lived through reconstruction, who knows what could've happened
Andrew Johnson wouldn’t have come in and started handing out pardons to rich confederates who apologized to him in person, allowing them to go straight back into politics and government.
It's sad that Lincoln never got to be a peacetime president, as it seemed like he was finally starting to be happy toward the end. However, we can take solace in the fact he is far from forgotten. There's a reason his face is up on a mountain, on our current money (twice), and on a giant statue in DC. His name graces streets and businesses all across the country. We treat his words with the same weight as the Declaration and the Constitution. No course on American history is complete without him. We respect the hell out of him.
@@TheKrossRoads To add to that, Lincoln isn't just an American name, he's known worldwide. He's one of, if not the most important president you guys ever had. Yes, Washington might have lead the army that gave you your land, but Lincoln was the man that kept it in one piece and started the work to fix the problem that your founding fathers refused to do, that of slavery.
Grant has been consistently underrated because of the 'Lost Cause' historians and the popular myth of his shortcomings. In reality, being on the offensive is MUCH harder than defending. Fighting in enemy territory is MUCH harder than fighting in your own. Grant fought the entire war on the offensive in enemy territory and was consistently successful. Lee went on the offensive twice and entered Union territory and was defeated both times. Lee was a brilliant tactician on defense and was brilliant at using interior lines. But Grant was a master of logistics and overall strategic planning and was ultimately the victor.
Grant catches a lot of shit for the casualties he incurred despite the fact that happened to practically everyone. Lee gets branded as the genius while Grant simply got lucky and only won because he had more men to lose. It's a real disservice to Grant's achievements.
This is so true. There’s always the idea of “defender’s advantage” which is the idea that the defenders will always have an idea where the attackers will want to go and can plan around that
You have to look at the way Grant fought the war in the west, it was a movement of strategy, , for instance the Vicksburg Campaign, When he frinally crossed the Mississippi River (with NO Supply Base) he Imediately went towards Jackson, MS, curtting off ant resistance in his rear as he trurned back towards Vicksburg, fightin the Battles of Raymond, Chapion Hill and The Big Black. Facing Lee in Virginia, he did not have that luxury, because of the Slowness of Army of the Potomac. Pulling. Out of The Wlderness to get between Lee and Richmond at Spotsylvania Court House or Cold Harbor did not work because of the Army of the Potomac. Stealing the March on Lee across the James River to Petersburg was brilliant, but again fucked up by Winfield Scott Hancock when he did Not immediately move into a wide open Petersburg and end the war. This was the case with All the Battles fought in the eastern theater. Thank God for The Army of the Tennessee with Grant and Sherman in the west, where the war was won anyway..
Northern Virginia also simply couldn't be better designed terrain for defending the South if you *tried*. Between the thick, mature forests and the constant small creeks and rivers flowing northwest to southeast, like the Rapidan, the James, or the North Anna, and indeed, the Potomac on which sits Washington, the terrain was chock full of terrain features that aided the rebels and hindered the Union.
So, I've actually been to Lincoln's tomb. It's actually a really interesting monument. The temporary vault where Lincoln's body was held until the tomb was actually finished is still there. There's also a bronze bust of Lincoln outside that has a shiny, almost golden looking nose. The reason for that is because there is an urban legend in Illinois that rubbing Lincoln's nose brings good luck. Everybody who goes to the tomb rubs his nose.
Don't gloat over victory is something to be learned from. Because when the other side win the next time, they will gloat ten folds in return, brewing more hatred rather than reconciliation.
case in point, nazi's vs soviet union in ww2, all the nazi's aggression, invasion, occupation, oppression, and of course the war crimes, eventually came back to bite them in the ass.
Longstreet had a good understanding of the changes in firepower, but he had some personality issues. George Thomas of the Union was also an excellent modern general. Confederate cavalry leaders Moseby and Forrest were quite good at modern tactics, as well, but better suited to the mobile strike tactics of cavalry.
I believe they missed an extremely impotant battle early in Grant's career in the west. The battle of Shiloh or Pittsburgh Landing in Tennessee. Extremely important battle. I believe it was considered a draw. Similar to Coral Sea in WW2, the Confederate army failed to decisively beat the North. Despite huge losses, the North moved on to take rail town Corinth. Ultimately a victory for Grant. Really showed him as a tactician in battle.
@@jamesvaughn7389 Speaking on Shiloh, the biggest error the Confederates did was focus on the Hornet's Nest for hours, giving time for Lew Wallace and Bull Nelson to arrive to reinforce Grant at Pittsburgh Landing. Things even went worse after Johnston got shot dead.
@@sarpwilliamkugtan973 From what I read, he's notably paid 60 dollars (40 dollars and in gold worth 20 dollars) for a table where they signed the agreement and another table the document was drafted. In today's value, that was $668 and $334 respectively. Not bad for 2 tables honestly.
We were going to go with Kanawha but then they got scared people would get it confused with Kanawha County, so now we get to be confused with the western portion of Virginia instead.
@@Darkblender5 Fun fact, it's actually pretty likely Country Roads is actually based on western Virginia instead of West Virginia itself (as indicated by mention of the Blue Ridge Mountains and the Shenandoah River combined with the fact that John Denver's friends wrote the song on a drive through western Mississippi).
@@Darkblender5 Uhh... I'm sorry? (Just wanted to say something I only found out about recently...) I mean, it's still possible that it's based on West Virginia (the road they were on passes by both parts), so there's that too...
Hey Mr. Terry I had a video idea. It would be cool if you went on popular historical event’s Wikipedia articles to fact check them and to justify if teachers don’t let students use Wikipedia for history projects. Have a very nice day
It’s not that Wikipedia is inaccurate, but the fact that anybody can edit it and there is no expert verifying the information can cause the student to use false information without even knowing
@@jaas0225 Which is why people should use Wikipedia as a starting off point and go to the references that are listed in the article - see where the people who wrote the articles got their information from
@@jaas0225 Well anyone can write anything but they have bots that remove obviously fake and childish editing and fact checkers who devote their time to correct mistakes
Wikipedia is generally accurate and trustable. But it is not itself a source. When you see something on Wikipedia, go to the source that its citing, rather than the article itself.
Sic semper tyrannis is the motto of Virginia and is a Latin phrase meaning "thus always to tyrants". It suggests that bad outcomes will or should befall tyrants.
It was also a phrase Booth knew very well as he often was involved in theatre performances of Shakespeare's 'Julius Ceasar' - where the phrase originates. Really it would be like a Game of Thrones cast member assassinating the president and saying "The North Remembers" or "a Lannister always pays their debts".
Mr. Terry, I recently spent a few weeks in Virginia. I went to D.C. While there, I visited the archives to see all of these documents you've talked about. I recommend all Americans go there. The Constitution and Declaration are almost faded. I was barely able to read them. In the Lincoln Memorial, the Gettysburg address is carved into the wall to the left. The statue of him is massive. There is also an engraved block where MLK stood to make his famous dream speech. If anyone here can make it there, go.
Yeah it is really cool. (just curious if you had a reason like a school thing or just wanted to go there) I went there and New York for a school thing a few years ago it was awesome.
@@beyou1813 I have a best friend that lives in the area. I spent my vacation with her and this was an added bonus. Also went to the USMC Museum. Most badass museum I've ever seen.
5:45 My history teacher once had a student stand near the back of the classroom while he was at the front. He said that from that distance hitting him with a musket ball would be unlikely. It was only around 15 or so feet, if even that.
More interesting fun facts for anyone interested: The sergeant who was giving water to the Union soldiers at Fredericksburg was Richard Kirkland, who was nicknamed the "Angel of Marye's Heights" for his bravery. He would go on to fight several more battles to then lose his life in the Battle of Chickamauga when he became separated from his unit. The Battle of Fort Wagner is one of the battles that African-American combat units saw massive combat (check out the movie Glory to see the particular unit in question). Sadly the first assault on the fort failed and Union troops were buried in mass, but ironically the Confederates messed up by doing that since the dead had polluted their drinking water. This, along with a naval bombardment, helped the Union take the fort a while later. While the war was so divided that even family split to either the Union or Confederacy, "Stonewall" Jackson was no different. In his family his sister became such a staunch Unionist that when news broke out he had died she was sad, but was thankful he could no longer lead a Confederate army. The Battle of Gettysburg turned against Lee similar to what had happened at Antietam, however for different reasons. Antietam failed as the Union managed to learn of his plans and took advantaged, while Gettysburg failed due to lack of information for Lee's side. McClellan's campaign for presidency was a troubled one as he was only a political tool for the Confederacy to defeat Lincoln. While he did try to smear the Union for not giving him adequate resources, his position and the party he was running with made him a rather risky candidate to elect. The military success at Atlanta only sealed the election. Booth being at the second inaugural address done by Lincoln is not fake, not only was he there but he was within firing distance of the president. Whether he didn't do it due the possibility of the South winning or that he would not be able to make an escape is something that still scary to think about this day. Booth was also apart of a Southern group known as the Golden Circle (no not the Kingsman Movie), who desired that once the Confederacy won the war that they would wage conflicts against Mexico, countries that were further south, and the Caribbean to create a ring of slavery to fuel the Confederacy's economy. Sherman's is not the first person to employ scorched Earth tactic but is not the last to do so, some to include would Vlad Tepes and Stalin (who employed such tactics to stop an invasion into their countries). When Lee surrendered a crowd swarmed the White House hoping to hear Lincoln's thoughts on the victory. He instead ordered a band to play Dixie, a Confederate tune, while onlookers wondered why he would do such a thing. He then admitted that Dixie was one of his favorite music and now they had finally captured it, leading to more celebration. The Secret Service was originally created to fight counterfeit currency that was running rampant in the country. They would also serve the president as well but due that no attempts at his life occurred nor anyone proclaiming to try to kill him the Secret Service guard that was guarding Lincoln left for a short time (I think a break or to get something to eat). Sadly it was at this moment is when Booth snuck behind the president. The assassination of Lincoln was apart of three way conspiracy to kill the three highest ranking members of the government. William Seward (Secretary of State and responsible for buying Alaska) was wounded but survived his attacked while Andrew Johnson's attacker did not go through with the attack. It is also worth mentioning that Grant could have also been at Ford's Theatre but due circumstances he could not attend. Robert Lincoln (first son of Lincoln) nearly was killed when he fell on train tracks sometime after the Civil War. One man helped him back onto the platform, who was none other than the brother of his father's killer Edwin Booth. That was long and thank you to any who read all of it. Edit: Added the Robert Lincoln fact.
The secret service was created in 1865, but after Lincoln's death. The only reason I know that is cause I learned that the documents for creating the secret service were actually on Lincoln desk the night he died ! So, interesting fact. But yeah, he did have personal security that was not there when he was shot.
Also, I did read that after the war, General Sherman and General Johnston became a sort of friends and once Sherman died, Johnson stood in his resting place for so long it reached rainfall. Then Johnson died of pneumonia two weeks later.
Just an interesting note on wounded soldiers and the likely hood of death. The bullets at that time would shatter bone and although sanitary measures were established (thanks to a medic/nurse) later in the war, the need for amputation was high. Becoming ill from that alone was common, resulting in many deaths.
The emancipation proclamation went as far as Lincoln's legal authority allowed him. He couldn't as president end slavery he could as commander in chief and head diplomat free the slaves in rebel territory. He initially issued a proclamation that areas still in rebellion on such and such date would have their slaves free ostensibly as a diplomatic measure to threaten the south into returning. He knew they wouldn't take it but it gave him legal legitimacy. He then as commander in chief declared the slaves in the south as illegal contraband that would be set free to harm the south's war efforts and help his own. The question of what to do with captured slaves was a contentious one from the start of the war with Republican generals trying to free them and Democrat generals trying to keep them enslaved. At the start Lincoln actually reversed the policies of emancipation of his generals for political reasons.
I honestly can't tell you how much i love this channel. I went to college for history. That sadly did not work out because of life events out of my control but i never lost my love of history and anthropology. Thank you for making informative and interesting commentary i always feel like I learn something from one of your videos.
Sic semper tyrannis was, and still is, the state motto of Virginia. Booth's brother, Edwin Booth, was the most famous actor in the United States at the time. Edwin saved the life of Robert Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln's son, when Robert Lincoln was swept off his feet on a train platform and found himself dangling over the tracks by a press of a crowd. Booth grabbed him and pulled him back onto the platform. It was before the assassination, when Robert was about 20 or 21.
I just love how Mr. Terry emphatizes the differences between America's story and the rest of the world's. I'm colombian, so, this videos teach me a lot about the history of the United States and this reaction videos are way better than just watching at Oversimplified's videos. Great job, Mr Terry!
in 1956 there was a television game show called, "I've got a secret" which had a person on it, who was a kid in Ford's theater, the night Lincoln was assassinated. It's on UA-cam, I suggest everyone watch it. It's scary when you think about how close the civil war actually was to us time-wise. There are people alive today who were born before the last Union civil war soldier died, which was in 1956, Albert Woolson, if you are interested.
@@kek-senpai243 the point of history is to learn from past mistakes and advancements in civilization just bc you have an unhealthy hatred for communism doesn't mean you shouldn't learn about it
3:40 it's just a bit over 100 miles between the two capitals. I'm always amazed by how close each side's leadership is. In comparison to the entire geography of the war, they could pretty much shout insults at each other the whole time.
John Wilkes Booth was a well known actor, but his brother Edwin Booth was basically the 19th century version of Brad Pitt. Coincidentally, Edwin Booth actually once saved Robert Todd Lincoln (Abe Lincoln's oldest son) from falling to his death off a railroad platform.
When it came to after the war healing Lincoln was going to be nicer to the South that what others wanted. So when he was killed that just added to the punishment the others were wanted to give to the South. I think had Lincoln not been killed the rejoining of the Union would have gone better and maybe then there wouldnt have been so many Civil Rights problems.
Yup. Jackson was shot dead by the 18th North Carolina Infantry at the battle of chancellorsville due to the smoke of the gunfire. Despite the fact that Jackson's general staff kept shouting 'Hold your fire! Hold your fire! It's the General's Staff!'. A North Carolina Regimenter is reported to have shouted in response 'IT'S A DAMN YANKEE TRICK! FIRE!'
Not going to lie. Was very excited to see that Oversimplified did a civil war cover. Not just because it is a very interesting part of the USA but because Mr Terry is an american history teacher. This is a subject he knows well and with info on hand. So a great few episodes to be sure, both Oversimplified and the reactions.
It's amazing to see history on the trend. It's necessary to not forget the good and (specially) the bad stuff humanity has done during its history, so that we dont repeat the same mistakes some centuries later. Excellent video, man.
as a West Virginian who works in tourism, hearing hundreds of tourists say "Western Virginia" I would prefer Left Virginia lol and Sherman......a damn Professional Offensive Scorched Earth Practitioner, dude basically became a land pirate, with less emphasis on greed
Mr Terry, please do a reaction on History Buff's take on Gettysburg movie as well as on Iced Earth's epic Gettysburg trilogy. Sure we know of Sabaton doing history, but Iced Earth, though not a history metal band (though their album The Glorious Burden is history themed), made an epic piece about Gettysburg.
They should have mentioned that Lee told Pickett that his division needed to push forward and Pickett told him with tears in his eyes "General I have no division left". Dude lost pretty much his entire group in one day.
Fun fact: "Ura!" is the battle cry used by the Soviet Armed Forces and Red Army that preceded it. Its usage dates back to the Medieval era, derived from the Mongolian phrase hurray, meaning "to move" or "to attack" The most popular usage of the cry is during World War 2 Soviet charges. You can hear it in war movies as well, where the Soviets charge against Axis troops, like in Stalingrad.
Lincoln was actually alive and surprising amount of time after he was shot despite the more rudimentary medicine and surgery back then. It’s believed if they didn’t spend to much time on one thing (I think it was remove the bullet), he wouldn’t have survived his full life if he had never been shot at all, but he could have lived, though he may have had less brain function due to the metals in the bullet being absorbed in the body.
Rifling is older than the mini ball. One of the advantages of a mini ball is that they can be made undersized and dropped down the barrel, and then the skirt expands to grip the rifling under gas pressure. To use a round ball in a rifle you have to force it down the bore, pre engraving the rifling into the bullet by muscle which is very slow. The mini ball could be used with any rifle and made them as fast to fire as muskets. The choice to use a musket or a rifle before this was one of volume vs accuracy of fire.
I think Edwin Booth (John Wilks Booth older brother)was the main actor and after the president's death announced he will stop acting because of the tragic act his brother did.
Rifling was common before the Civil War. I remember watching a documentary that mentioned them as being an important factor in the American Revolution.
Rifles were difficult to reload compared to muskets so only certain troops could be issued them. Even in 1861-5 there were rifled muskets and then rifles proper as well as muskets still being used. The new Springfield breechload carbine fought off the Rebs at Gettysburg on the first day, but it was issued only to cavalry.
Fun fact: After the defeat of the confederates, they formed the clan we know to day as the KKK (Extremely sorry if your offended, i don't know what else to call it.) America saw his clan as a Terrorist organization and declared war on them. However they soon gave up, that marked the first and only time america actually lost to Terrorist.
Fun Fact: At 39:42 in the background you can see the Roosevelt Mansion, where the future President of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt, watched from the second-story window.
The thing about South Carolina is that it truly has been a secessionist state. Between 1832 and 1833, the Nullification Crisis was occurring which also saw South Carolina essentially telling the federal government that federal laws don't apply in S.C. anymore if the state believed that a law was unfair, including no longer abiding by the Tariff of 1828 (this was the main focus of the event.) At the time President Jackson had flat out said that states cannot do that, whereas his vice president, John C. Calhoun, supported his home state's position. It became so controversial and such a hot topic, that S.C. had threatened to secede from the Union if the federal government attempted to enforce the tariff. So truly, S.C. has always been the problem.
Sir, have you watched the movie "God's and Generals"? It covers the military actions of Stonewall Jackson and the Battle of Fredericksburg... It's actually a prequel movie to the famous "Gettysburg" movie
@Steven Boldt Gods and Generals is the most offensive Civil War movie since The Birth of a Nation. I recommend you watch Atun-Shei Films' video on why this movie is horrible and offensive. It's basically a Lost Cause movie, and it heavily romanticizes slavery.
Lincoln may have been the first president assassinated, but Jackson was the first to have an attempted assassination. Richard Lawrence had pulled a pistol out on Jackson in front of the U.S. Capitol building, attempted to shoot him, the gun misfired. Lawrence pulled out a second pistol and it also misfired. Jackson took notice of this and began to beat the man with his cane. Eventually Lawrence was subdued by several people including "Davy" Crockett.
Normally I don't like reaction videos, but having someone actually care about what they're watching and comments on a channel that I like really changes my perspective. Thanks
You are right how rifling changed the war rifling was around since the first guns, the large reasons rifles were not comely issue compared to muskets it that is took longer to reload compared to the musket not to mention that they were more costly to produce.
The thing I found with this is with Lee they did not mention his health and that during the war he had 3 strokes. He also lost everything due to the war, He never went home it became Arlington National Cemetary the home is still there, Also Lee did not get his citizenship back till President Ford was in office. The reason I know all this is I am part of the Lee family of Virginia and there is so much more about Robert outside of the Civil War. The things he did before and after the war as just as important when you really look at him.
11:00 firstly Lincoln tried everything to make the emancipation stick beyond the initial proclamation. The relatively recent movie and the book Team of Rivals is all about that. Lincon , and the video doesn't point that out well, HAD to deal with political realities. That plays a role in many aspects. In making the war all about the union at first, in emacipating only confederate slaves and many other things. A idealistic, radical abolitionist president, rushing things would probabaly have lost support and the union. And also the slave states still in the union would have been strategically a nightmare on the enemy side. And that was a constant threat. Look at this nice little bit between Washington and the red zone....
The civil war also saw the debut of the Gatling gun which required 3 people to operate the cannon sized death machine, and some me used their personal rifles in some cases as well such as the new lever action rifles as well
despite the debut of this tech the Gatling gun was not often used. It was a trench defender at Petersburg but bought personally rather than issued. The Army only started using it after the war
@@SantomPh it's just when you think of a Gatling gun, most people think of mini guns and the GAU-7 Avenger, and it is just mind blowing that the first variants of that tech (even if it was hand-cranked and not used often) were first used in the Civil War, mainly because it doesnt sound true. :)
It is estimated that Lincoln wouldn’t have died with modern medicine. He would just have been paralyzed so today the shot wouldn’t have been fatal and Booth would’ve failed to do his mission
The furthest north the CSA got was a church in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania. There is a crack in the pillars of the Carlisle (PA) courthouse from a cannon ball. Also research the Battle of Sterretts Gap (Pennsylvania) All these took place North of Gettysburg. About a 1 hour drive
Funny story:I live in a REPUBLICAN country in a REPUBLICAN state,and my neighbor has a flag on her house saying "Want change? Vote Republican" You explaining how voting works reminded me of that.
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I wanted to point out two things: 1) Booth didn't assassinate Lincoln because he got drunk and made a bad decision as you might gather from this video. He had gone as far as to plan it out, plant guns on his escape route, and conspired with several other people (who were later hanged). It was a very calculated murder. 2) When the slaves were made free men and women, they didn't throw their hands up and rejoice. They traded one hell for another. People still discriminated against them, they struggled finding jobs, they had no house, they had no land, and they were still easily blamed for crimes they didn't commit and killed for it. Even today, the ripple effect is felt where African Americans grow up in poorer neighborhoods, which have poorer schools, which results is worse jobs, and they are still discriminated against.
Sic Semper Tyrannis is also the state motto of Boothe's home state of Virginia, originally directed at King George III. Obviously also directed at Julius Caeser originally, but there's a really decent chance that Boothe wasn't specifically referring to Caeser. I've read that Boothe himself wasn't that well versed in history and the classics, but I don't know how true that is. Anyway. Real jerk, Boothe was. Don't be like him.
Booth would have known that phrase from his theatre work. He often took part in Shakespearean plays including 'Julius Ceasar' - where the phrase originates.
General Burnside is where the term sideburns comes from, he left the army after Fredericksburg to make carbines for the Union. General Hooker always had a brothel following him around so that's where "hooker' comes from
Mr. Terry: I feel like I can’t add that much
Also Mr. Terry: *video is twice the length of the original*
Oh, how humble. It amazes me just how humble Terry is.
you can tell this is his bread and butter. On other topics like Bismarck he's more or less just in for the ride.
Obviously certain topics are betetr known on certain continents. The whole Bismarck thing isn't quite as unknown and forgotten (in Europe) as he assumed despite the overshadowing by later events. While relatively few europeans know more than the basics about US history.
@@5Andysalive so then Terry is great at this video because he's an American and it's about the American civil war?
@@ahmedio5289 plus he's a history teacher so it's not that odd also he seems to enjoy what he does unlike most teachers that I had when I was in school
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This guy is like the ultimate reaction channel:
Gives full credit to the original content creator
Watches ads all the way through
Actually gives a lot of really interesting context and backstory instead of just sitting there silently
I just found your channel yesterday and I'm glad I did. Keep up the good work! 🙂
welcome to class with the best teacher :)
take a seat and have a good time..
there are no grades here… good thing... i'd never do homework again…
I found this channel recently too! Could say he is a high quality reactor
My dude's a history teacher. Or course he's going to give his thoughts instead of just sitting there like a crash test dummy. It's why I love this channel.
He definitely deserves more subscribers.
You won't regret it! Awesome channel.
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somehow I can see either Moo or Nogla says that.
That will be my new motto
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It's nice how they used the correct actual "Confederate Flag" and not the "Confederate Battle Flag" that everyone thinks of when they think of the confederate flag
it would still be accurate because they are talking about the armies
Still symbolizes the same piece of shit Confederacy...
@@swirvinbirds1971 Both sides are shit
Vexacore Gaming europeans when the union made the war about emancipation lol
@@chaseandrews5796 well one started the war to keep their slaves so
The sadness you hear in his voice at the end shows how important Lincoln was and what he meant to this country. Had he lived through reconstruction, who knows what could've happened
Andrew Johnson wouldn’t have come in and started handing out pardons to rich confederates who apologized to him in person, allowing them to go straight back into politics and government.
It's sad that Lincoln never got to be a peacetime president, as it seemed like he was finally starting to be happy toward the end.
However, we can take solace in the fact he is far from forgotten. There's a reason his face is up on a mountain, on our current money (twice), and on a giant statue in DC. His name graces streets and businesses all across the country. We treat his words with the same weight as the Declaration and the Constitution. No course on American history is complete without him. We respect the hell out of him.
Lincoln best republican
@@blankblank5409 yey.
@@TheKrossRoads To add to that, Lincoln isn't just an American name, he's known worldwide. He's one of, if not the most important president you guys ever had. Yes, Washington might have lead the army that gave you your land, but Lincoln was the man that kept it in one piece and started the work to fix the problem that your founding fathers refused to do, that of slavery.
Grant has been consistently underrated because of the 'Lost Cause' historians and the popular myth of his shortcomings. In reality, being on the offensive is MUCH harder than defending. Fighting in enemy territory is MUCH harder than fighting in your own. Grant fought the entire war on the offensive in enemy territory and was consistently successful. Lee went on the offensive twice and entered Union territory and was defeated both times. Lee was a brilliant tactician on defense and was brilliant at using interior lines. But Grant was a master of logistics and overall strategic planning and was ultimately the victor.
Grant catches a lot of shit for the casualties he incurred despite the fact that happened to practically everyone. Lee gets branded as the genius while Grant simply got lucky and only won because he had more men to lose. It's a real disservice to Grant's achievements.
★ Froggie Animation ★ and Woodrow Wilson
This is so true. There’s always the idea of “defender’s advantage” which is the idea that the defenders will always have an idea where the attackers will want to go and can plan around that
You have to look at the way Grant fought the war in the west, it was a movement of strategy, , for instance the Vicksburg Campaign, When he frinally crossed the Mississippi River (with NO Supply Base) he Imediately went towards Jackson, MS, curtting off ant resistance in his rear as he trurned back towards Vicksburg, fightin the Battles of Raymond, Chapion Hill and The Big Black. Facing Lee in Virginia, he did not have that luxury, because of the Slowness of Army of the Potomac. Pulling. Out of The Wlderness to get between Lee and Richmond at Spotsylvania Court House or Cold Harbor did not work because of the Army of the Potomac. Stealing the March on Lee across the James River to Petersburg was brilliant, but again fucked up by Winfield Scott Hancock when he did Not immediately move into a wide open Petersburg and end the war. This was the case with All the Battles fought in the eastern theater. Thank God for The Army of the Tennessee with Grant and Sherman in the west, where the war was won anyway..
Northern Virginia also simply couldn't be better designed terrain for defending the South if you *tried*. Between the thick, mature forests and the constant small creeks and rivers flowing northwest to southeast, like the Rapidan, the James, or the North Anna, and indeed, the Potomac on which sits Washington, the terrain was chock full of terrain features that aided the rebels and hindered the Union.
Fun fact, Lincoln actually pardoned my relative during the Civil War for abandonment.
Really?
Somebody in my family tree got hanged for desertion by the Union army!
RIP and Nice.
Lincoln pardoned dozens of young men who had gone AWOL or abandoned the frontlines. There’s a great scene depicting this in “Lincoln.”
My 5th Great Uncle was killed at Fredericksburg in 1864.
So, I've actually been to Lincoln's tomb. It's actually a really interesting monument. The temporary vault where Lincoln's body was held until the tomb was actually finished is still there. There's also a bronze bust of Lincoln outside that has a shiny, almost golden looking nose. The reason for that is because there is an urban legend in Illinois that rubbing Lincoln's nose brings good luck. Everybody who goes to the tomb rubs his nose.
Don't gloat over victory is something to be learned from. Because when the other side win the next time, they will gloat ten folds in return, brewing more hatred rather than reconciliation.
France in WW2 knows this better than anyone.
America right now lol
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case in point, nazi's vs soviet union in ww2,
all the nazi's aggression, invasion, occupation, oppression, and of course the war crimes, eventually came back to bite them in the ass.
Under those stipulations, the only true victory is complete annihilation.
It's a slippery slope, friend- the handholds are few and far between.
At Lincoln’s presidential museum in Springfield Illinois, there is a shirt in the gift shop that says “That was so 4 score and 7 years ago”
I've seen that, I live 30 minutes from Springfield in Petersburg (il)
Gravytrain202 I used to live in Bloomington which is 1 hour away. I went to that museum all the time. Beautiful place!
I live in Decatur. I own that shirt. I also bought a Union hat, a Lincoln nutcracker, and a kit to make Lincoln's boyhood home out of Lincoln logs.
The Lincoln Museum in Springfield, IL is a cool place to visit. I went there several times on field trips.
@@MrPeaTearGryfin have you been to Salem? It's just outside Petersburg and is dope to visit if your into Lincoln
Seems like Lee, Grant, and Sherman were the only generals to adapt to the new style of war.
Joe Johnston: Am I a joke to you?
Stonewall Jackson started to, before his untimely death. In fact, Gettysburg might have gone a lot differently if he was alive.
Longstreet had a good understanding of the changes in firepower, but he had some personality issues. George Thomas of the Union was also an excellent modern general. Confederate cavalry leaders Moseby and Forrest were quite good at modern tactics, as well, but better suited to the mobile strike tactics of cavalry.
I believe they missed an extremely impotant battle early in Grant's career in the west. The battle of Shiloh or Pittsburgh Landing in Tennessee. Extremely important battle.
I believe it was considered a draw. Similar to Coral Sea in WW2, the Confederate army failed to decisively beat the North. Despite huge losses, the North moved on to take rail town Corinth. Ultimately a victory for Grant. Really showed him as a tactician in battle.
@@jamesvaughn7389 Speaking on Shiloh, the biggest error the Confederates did was focus on the Hornet's Nest for hours, giving time for Lew Wallace and Bull Nelson to arrive to reinforce Grant at Pittsburgh Landing. Things even went worse after Johnston got shot dead.
Sherman: “what do you want me to do” Lincoln: “rip and tear until it is done”
I think general Sherman was underrated, if he stayed in Atlanta then the war would've taken a lot longer.
He wrote a letter to the mayor of Atlanta that explained that he was thinking exactly that.
I've always thought of him as the unsung hero because of all of the (deserved) praise Grant gets.
That’s why they named the tank after him
@@christopherthurber8667 ya the m4 sherman
@@pinheadlarry1977 and all probably 200 variants
We got Hookers, Sideburns, Sherman Tank, and a future President out of this war.
M3 Lee, Grant, and Stuart light/medium tanks as well
@@benn454 M3 Lee and the upgrade is M4 Sherman? I see what they did there
@@RandomWitcher Dony forget the Sheridan tank too
They can take sleepy Joe back!
Fun fact: Grant's generals took all the furniture in poor Wilmer McClean's house as souvenirs.
Man, Wilmer McClean just couldn't catch a break
I really hope that that guy McClean got some good money for that
That fact doesn't sound very fun if you're Wilmer McClean
Well... that's less that Martha has to clean
@@sarpwilliamkugtan973 From what I read, he's notably paid 60 dollars (40 dollars and in gold worth 20 dollars) for a table where they signed the agreement and another table the document was drafted. In today's value, that was $668 and $334 respectively. Not bad for 2 tables honestly.
They definitely should've gone for "Big Mountain Momma State" instead.
Or Kanawha.
We were going to go with Kanawha but then they got scared people would get it confused with Kanawha County, so now we get to be confused with the western portion of Virginia instead.
Hey, at least the song is famous today.
@@Darkblender5
Fun fact, it's actually pretty likely Country Roads is actually based on western Virginia instead of West Virginia itself (as indicated by mention of the Blue Ridge Mountains and the Shenandoah River combined with the fact that John Denver's friends wrote the song on a drive through western Mississippi).
@@Jason_Altea Them are fightin' words, mister.
@@Darkblender5
Uhh... I'm sorry?
(Just wanted to say something I only found out about recently...)
I mean, it's still possible that it's based on West Virginia (the road they were on passes by both parts), so there's that too...
Hey Mr. Terry
I had a video idea. It would be cool if you went on popular historical event’s Wikipedia articles to fact check them and to justify if teachers don’t let students use Wikipedia for history projects. Have a very nice day
It’s not that Wikipedia is inaccurate, but the fact that anybody can edit it and there is no expert verifying the information can cause the student to use false information without even knowing
@@jaas0225 Which is why people should use Wikipedia as a starting off point and go to the references that are listed in the article - see where the people who wrote the articles got their information from
damn... Thats aint that bad idea.. He really has a huge platform there to talk about.. its wikipedia... everything and everythink is there xD
@@jaas0225 Well anyone can write anything but they have bots that remove obviously fake and childish editing and fact checkers who devote their time to correct mistakes
Wikipedia is generally accurate and trustable. But it is not itself a source. When you see something on Wikipedia, go to the source that its citing, rather than the article itself.
Mr. Terry always adding interesting side information that adds context to the big picture. Great Channel man!
I remember when mr terry only had 1,000-2000 subs. Great to see how you’ve grown with such a novel content concept.
Sic semper tyrannis is the motto of Virginia and is a Latin phrase meaning "thus always to tyrants". It suggests that bad outcomes will or should befall tyrants.
It was also a phrase Booth knew very well as he often was involved in theatre performances of Shakespeare's 'Julius Ceasar' - where the phrase originates.
Really it would be like a Game of Thrones cast member assassinating the president and saying "The North Remembers" or "a Lannister always pays their debts".
Mr. Terry, I recently spent a few weeks in Virginia. I went to D.C. While there, I visited the archives to see all of these documents you've talked about. I recommend all Americans go there. The Constitution and Declaration are almost faded. I was barely able to read them. In the Lincoln Memorial, the Gettysburg address is carved into the wall to the left. The statue of him is massive. There is also an engraved block where MLK stood to make his famous dream speech. If anyone here can make it there, go.
Yeah it is really cool. (just curious if you had a reason like a school thing or just wanted to go there) I went there and New York for a school thing a few years ago it was awesome.
@@beyou1813 I have a best friend that lives in the area. I spent my vacation with her and this was an added bonus. Also went to the USMC Museum. Most badass museum I've ever seen.
Stonewall Jackson probably would have survived but his men also dropped the stretcher
5:45 My history teacher once had a student stand near the back of the classroom while he was at the front. He said that from that distance hitting him with a musket ball would be unlikely. It was only around 15 or so feet, if even that.
Muskets were pretty much just spears if you really think about it
musket were actually incredibly accurate and would had definitely hit them
More interesting fun facts for anyone interested:
The sergeant who was giving water to the Union soldiers at Fredericksburg was Richard Kirkland, who was nicknamed the "Angel of Marye's Heights" for his bravery. He would go on to fight several more battles to then lose his life in the Battle of Chickamauga when he became separated from his unit.
The Battle of Fort Wagner is one of the battles that African-American combat units saw massive combat (check out the movie Glory to see the particular unit in question). Sadly the first assault on the fort failed and Union troops were buried in mass, but ironically the Confederates messed up by doing that since the dead had polluted their drinking water. This, along with a naval bombardment, helped the Union take the fort a while later.
While the war was so divided that even family split to either the Union or Confederacy, "Stonewall" Jackson was no different. In his family his sister became such a staunch Unionist that when news broke out he had died she was sad, but was thankful he could no longer lead a Confederate army.
The Battle of Gettysburg turned against Lee similar to what had happened at Antietam, however for different reasons. Antietam failed as the Union managed to learn of his plans and took advantaged, while Gettysburg failed due to lack of information for Lee's side.
McClellan's campaign for presidency was a troubled one as he was only a political tool for the Confederacy to defeat Lincoln. While he did try to smear the Union for not giving him adequate resources, his position and the party he was running with made him a rather risky candidate to elect. The military success at Atlanta only sealed the election.
Booth being at the second inaugural address done by Lincoln is not fake, not only was he there but he was within firing distance of the president. Whether he didn't do it due the possibility of the South winning or that he would not be able to make an escape is something that still scary to think about this day.
Booth was also apart of a Southern group known as the Golden Circle (no not the Kingsman Movie), who desired that once the Confederacy won the war that they would wage conflicts against Mexico, countries that were further south, and the Caribbean to create a ring of slavery to fuel the Confederacy's economy.
Sherman's is not the first person to employ scorched Earth tactic but is not the last to do so, some to include would Vlad Tepes and Stalin (who employed such tactics to stop an invasion into their countries).
When Lee surrendered a crowd swarmed the White House hoping to hear Lincoln's thoughts on the victory. He instead ordered a band to play Dixie, a Confederate tune, while onlookers wondered why he would do such a thing. He then admitted that Dixie was one of his favorite music and now they had finally captured it, leading to more celebration.
The Secret Service was originally created to fight counterfeit currency that was running rampant in the country. They would also serve the president as well but due that no attempts at his life occurred nor anyone proclaiming to try to kill him the Secret Service guard that was guarding Lincoln left for a short time (I think a break or to get something to eat). Sadly it was at this moment is when Booth snuck behind the president.
The assassination of Lincoln was apart of three way conspiracy to kill the three highest ranking members of the government. William Seward (Secretary of State and responsible for buying Alaska) was wounded but survived his attacked while Andrew Johnson's attacker did not go through with the attack. It is also worth mentioning that Grant could have also been at Ford's Theatre but due circumstances he could not attend.
Robert Lincoln (first son of Lincoln) nearly was killed when he fell on train tracks sometime after the Civil War. One man helped him back onto the platform, who was none other than the brother of his father's killer Edwin Booth.
That was long and thank you to any who read all of it.
Edit: Added the Robert Lincoln fact.
The secret service was created in 1865, but after Lincoln's death. The only reason I know that is cause I learned that the documents for creating the secret service were actually on Lincoln desk the night he died ! So, interesting fact. But yeah, he did have personal security that was not there when he was shot.
Also, I did read that after the war, General Sherman and General Johnston became a sort of friends and once Sherman died, Johnson stood in his resting place for so long it reached rainfall. Then Johnson died of pneumonia two weeks later.
Just an interesting note on wounded soldiers and the likely hood of death. The bullets at that time would shatter bone and although sanitary measures were established (thanks to a medic/nurse) later in the war, the need for amputation was high. Becoming ill from that alone was common, resulting in many deaths.
Hey Mr. Terry, I stumbled across your channel like a week ago and watched like all your videos. Annnnnnd you helped me change my major
The emancipation proclamation went as far as Lincoln's legal authority allowed him. He couldn't as president end slavery he could as commander in chief and head diplomat free the slaves in rebel territory.
He initially issued a proclamation that areas still in rebellion on such and such date would have their slaves free ostensibly as a diplomatic measure to threaten the south into returning. He knew they wouldn't take it but it gave him legal legitimacy. He then as commander in chief declared the slaves in the south as illegal contraband that would be set free to harm the south's war efforts and help his own. The question of what to do with captured slaves was a contentious one from the start of the war with Republican generals trying to free them and Democrat generals trying to keep them enslaved. At the start Lincoln actually reversed the policies of emancipation of his generals for political reasons.
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Almost heaven
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Virginia II: Mountain Boogaloo
I appreciate the salute you gave when going over Lincoln’s death. Respect
My favorite teacher! I’m ready for class.
Yes
I love history
I honestly can't tell you how much i love this channel. I went to college for history. That sadly did not work out because of life events out of my control but i never lost my love of history and anthropology. Thank you for making informative and interesting commentary i always feel like I learn something from one of your videos.
I love the little detail of having Edwin Stanton not react to the "suspension joke". A man famous for being thought of as uptight and very apathetic.
Sic semper tyrannis was, and still is, the state motto of Virginia.
Booth's brother, Edwin Booth, was the most famous actor in the United States at the time. Edwin saved the life of Robert Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln's son, when Robert Lincoln was swept off his feet on a train platform and found himself dangling over the tracks by a press of a crowd. Booth grabbed him and pulled him back onto the platform. It was before the assassination, when Robert was about 20 or 21.
People need to take note more of this seriously, it's probably the biggest coincidence in history.
I just love how Mr. Terry emphatizes the differences between America's story and the rest of the world's. I'm colombian, so, this videos teach me a lot about the history of the United States and this reaction videos are way better than just watching at Oversimplified's videos.
Great job, Mr Terry!
in 1956 there was a television game show called, "I've got a secret" which had a person on it, who was a kid in Ford's theater, the night Lincoln was assassinated. It's on UA-cam, I suggest everyone watch it. It's scary when you think about how close the civil war actually was to us time-wise. There are people alive today who were born before the last Union civil war soldier died, which was in 1956, Albert Woolson, if you are interested.
I'm not even American but hearing this stuff about Abraham Lincoln and how Oversimplified tell his story and how it ended made me cry a little.
😢
This feels kinda like being back in school again, except the teacher is actually interesting and there’s no homework afterwards.
Speaking of civil wars, Russia had an interesting one too! Be great if you checked it out!
Starving populists, protests, Lenin, revolution, and then communism, that's literally how it went.
@@firedskull5015 looks like a good recipe for a civil war to me, just swap out the important person and with a more flexible end goal.
@@firedskull5015 Yes but there's a lot more details that go into it and that's what people want to see
@@belland_dog8235 how many people would want a lesson on communism (other than the communists)?
@@kek-senpai243 the point of history is to learn from past mistakes and advancements in civilization just bc you have an unhealthy hatred for communism doesn't mean you shouldn't learn about it
3:40 it's just a bit over 100 miles between the two capitals. I'm always amazed by how close each side's leadership is. In comparison to the entire geography of the war, they could pretty much shout insults at each other the whole time.
John Wilkes Booth was a well known actor, but his brother Edwin Booth was basically the 19th century version of Brad Pitt.
Coincidentally, Edwin Booth actually once saved Robert Todd Lincoln (Abe Lincoln's oldest son) from falling to his death off a railroad platform.
highlight of my day is seeing a new Mr. Terry upload
I was so excited to see this dropped and I just found this channel two days ago. Excellent work.
When it came to after the war healing Lincoln was going to be nicer to the South that what others wanted. So when he was killed that just added to the punishment the others were wanted to give to the South. I think had Lincoln not been killed the rejoining of the Union would have gone better and maybe then there wouldnt have been so many Civil Rights problems.
Shortsighted decisions gave way to poor results, basically.
Yup. Jackson was shot dead by the 18th North Carolina Infantry at the battle of chancellorsville due to the smoke of the gunfire. Despite the fact that Jackson's general staff kept shouting 'Hold your fire! Hold your fire! It's the General's Staff!'. A North Carolina Regimenter is reported to have shouted in response 'IT'S A DAMN YANKEE TRICK! FIRE!'
To quote John Oliver on the statue of Nathan Bedford Forrest, "it's what it would look like if a nickel did cocaine."
Not going to lie. Was very excited to see that Oversimplified did a civil war cover. Not just because it is a very interesting part of the USA but because Mr Terry is an american history teacher. This is a subject he knows well and with info on hand. So a great few episodes to be sure, both Oversimplified and the reactions.
Those cheekbones.
It's amazing to see history on the trend. It's necessary to not forget the good and (specially) the bad stuff humanity has done during its history, so that we dont repeat the same mistakes some centuries later.
Excellent video, man.
Booth shouted "Sic Semper Tyrannis" Which is both the state motto of Virginia, and a declaration of will to fight all tyrannical leaders.
Your profile picture is interesting...
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I actually found while watching oversimplified history. Love that you play their work and add your own tidbits in... Keep up the good work!
as a West Virginian who works in tourism, hearing hundreds of tourists say "Western Virginia" I would prefer Left Virginia lol
and Sherman......a damn Professional Offensive Scorched Earth Practitioner, dude basically became a land pirate, with less emphasis on greed
land pirate, thats great xD
Ahhh that's why the WW2 tanks were named Lee and Sherman after the general's in the civil I just noticed that
Even the british grant was named after General grant. The americans used the M3 Lee (confederate) and the british named The M3 Grant (union)
Mr Terry, please do a reaction on History Buff's take on Gettysburg movie as well as on Iced Earth's epic Gettysburg trilogy. Sure we know of Sabaton doing history, but Iced Earth, though not a history metal band (though their album The Glorious Burden is history themed), made an epic piece about Gettysburg.
Shinku Kirito Ichika, suggestions go in our discord server
Here’s the link!
discord.gg/EUjsngY
Gettysburg trilogy is in my mind Iced Earth's best work
@@benandrew21 alongside Clear the Way
They’re not here for your beans!
Mr. Terry: *Laughs in knowledge*
That camera quality is great man. Really clear.
They should have mentioned that Lee told Pickett that his division needed to push forward and Pickett told him with tears in his eyes "General I have no division left". Dude lost pretty much his entire group in one day.
I would love to watch it if I don't have school tmr and my dad is yelling at me for not going to sleep :)
Me too man.
this is school
Its 5:33 in the morning where I'm at and I still havent slept....
@@leathermanwave1 ikr
The line battle tactics in the civil war were mainly still used for communication purposes and keeping discipline.
The south during late war in a nutshell:
Objective updated:
*survive*
If they used sun tzu art of war the war would of ended in 30 min.
I love the intro to your Channel Mr. Terry. “OOOOORRRRAHHHHH”
Fun fact: "Ura!" is the battle cry used by the Soviet Armed Forces and Red Army that preceded it. Its usage dates back to the Medieval era, derived from the Mongolian phrase hurray, meaning "to move" or "to attack"
The most popular usage of the cry is during World War 2 Soviet charges.
You can hear it in war movies as well, where the Soviets charge against Axis troops, like in Stalingrad.
Lincoln was actually alive and surprising amount of time after he was shot despite the more rudimentary medicine and surgery back then. It’s believed if they didn’t spend to much time on one thing (I think it was remove the bullet), he wouldn’t have survived his full life if he had never been shot at all, but he could have lived, though he may have had less brain function due to the metals in the bullet being absorbed in the body.
I think it was something like 17 hours he was alive and doctors and surgeons were trying to help him every second of it.
wow this is really premiering when i need to finish my hw for school huh
Rifling is older than the mini ball. One of the advantages of a mini ball is that they can be made undersized and dropped down the barrel, and then the skirt expands to grip the rifling under gas pressure. To use a round ball in a rifle you have to force it down the bore, pre engraving the rifling into the bullet by muscle which is very slow. The mini ball could be used with any rifle and made them as fast to fire as muskets. The choice to use a musket or a rifle before this was one of volume vs accuracy of fire.
I think Edwin Booth (John Wilks Booth older brother)was the main actor and after the president's death announced he will stop acting because of the tragic act his brother did.
He also saved the life of Lincoln’s son many years later.
The guard that was meant to protect Lincoln was busy drinking in the same bar that John was drinking in.
I say we fire him, honestly.
Can you please react to Overly sarcastic productions. They do videos about history and myths and legends.
As well as history... Blue does a ton of history
@@Kuronosa i already said that
Suggestions go in the discord server
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Mutton Chops is the word you are looking for in regards to Burnside.
Rifling was common before the Civil War. I remember watching a documentary that mentioned them as being an important factor in the American Revolution.
Rifles were difficult to reload compared to muskets so only certain troops could be issued them. Even in 1861-5 there were rifled muskets and then rifles proper as well as muskets still being used. The new Springfield breechload carbine fought off the Rebs at Gettysburg on the first day, but it was issued only to cavalry.
Yes they def where around in the Napoleonic wars... they also had the barrel spin (sorry forgot the actual word) back then in rifles too
Fun fact:
After the defeat of the confederates, they formed the clan we know to day as the KKK (Extremely sorry if your offended, i don't know what else to call it.)
America saw his clan as a Terrorist organization and declared war on them. However they soon gave up, that marked the first and only time america actually lost to Terrorist.
I love how he gives all the credit to oversimplified , even though he uses the video , respect ✊
Fun Fact: At 39:42 in the background you can see the Roosevelt Mansion, where the future President of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt, watched from the second-story window.
Robert E. Lee and the discussion on how he is a genius in military, reminds me of Rommel
The thing about South Carolina is that it truly has been a secessionist state. Between 1832 and 1833, the Nullification Crisis was occurring which also saw South Carolina essentially telling the federal government that federal laws don't apply in S.C. anymore if the state believed that a law was unfair, including no longer abiding by the Tariff of 1828 (this was the main focus of the event.) At the time President Jackson had flat out said that states cannot do that, whereas his vice president, John C. Calhoun, supported his home state's position. It became so controversial and such a hot topic, that S.C. had threatened to secede from the Union if the federal government attempted to enforce the tariff. So truly, S.C. has always been the problem.
Sir, have you watched the movie "God's and Generals"? It covers the military actions of Stonewall Jackson and the Battle of Fredericksburg... It's actually a prequel movie to the famous "Gettysburg" movie
isn't that the 'lost cause' movie?
@Steven Boldt Gods and Generals is the most offensive Civil War movie since The Birth of a Nation. I recommend you watch Atun-Shei Films' video on why this movie is horrible and offensive. It's basically a Lost Cause movie, and it heavily romanticizes slavery.
Lincoln may have been the first president assassinated, but Jackson was the first to have an attempted assassination. Richard Lawrence had pulled a pistol out on Jackson in front of the U.S. Capitol building, attempted to shoot him, the gun misfired. Lawrence pulled out a second pistol and it also misfired. Jackson took notice of this and began to beat the man with his cane. Eventually Lawrence was subdued by several people including "Davy" Crockett.
Normally I don't like reaction videos, but having someone actually care about what they're watching and comments on a channel that I like really changes my perspective. Thanks
Richmond is pretty much right around the corner from where I live, and I can confirm, the ruins of some of those fires remain.
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You are right how rifling changed the war rifling was around since the first guns, the large reasons rifles were not comely issue compared to muskets it that is took longer to reload compared to the musket not to mention that they were more costly to produce.
The thing I found with this is with Lee they did not mention his health and that during the war he had 3 strokes. He also lost everything due to the war, He never went home it became Arlington National Cemetary the home is still there, Also Lee did not get his citizenship back till President Ford was in office. The reason I know all this is I am part of the Lee family of Virginia and there is so much more about Robert outside of the Civil War. The things he did before and after the war as just as important when you really look at him.
with the emancipation proclamation, it's like trying to get a defensive rattlesnake to NOT attack you. it's just not gonna work
11:00 firstly Lincoln tried everything to make the emancipation stick beyond the initial proclamation. The relatively recent movie and the book Team of Rivals is all about that.
Lincon , and the video doesn't point that out well, HAD to deal with political realities. That plays a role in many aspects. In making the war all about the union at first, in emacipating only confederate slaves and many other things. A idealistic, radical abolitionist president, rushing things would probabaly have lost support and the union.
And also the slave states still in the union would have been strategically a nightmare on the enemy side. And that was a constant threat. Look at this nice little bit between Washington and the red zone....
The civil war also saw the debut of the Gatling gun which required 3 people to operate the cannon sized death machine, and some me used their personal rifles in some cases as well such as the new lever action rifles as well
despite the debut of this tech the Gatling gun was not often used. It was a trench defender at Petersburg but bought personally rather than issued. The Army only started using it after the war
@@SantomPh it's just when you think of a Gatling gun, most people think of mini guns and the GAU-7 Avenger, and it is just mind blowing that the first variants of that tech (even if it was hand-cranked and not used often) were first used in the Civil War, mainly because it doesnt sound true. :)
You should react to "The Battle of Midway 1942: Told from the Japanese Perspective (1/2)" by Montemayor.
It is estimated that Lincoln wouldn’t have died with modern medicine. He would just have been paralyzed so today the shot wouldn’t have been fatal and Booth would’ve failed to do his mission
I had to turn off live chat cause It is annoying, appreciate what you do
The furthest north the CSA got was a church in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania.
There is a crack in the pillars of the Carlisle (PA) courthouse from a cannon ball.
Also research the Battle of Sterretts Gap (Pennsylvania)
All these took place North of Gettysburg. About a 1 hour drive
Lincoln: Okay I’m gonna free the slaves
But not really...
I have been to Gettysburg before, yet that was when I was little. I do hope we can go back there again next year.
dude been waiting for this im so excited
Am I the only one that noticed that at 13:08 Grant moved a bishop from a white square to a black Square?
102 more minutes until the premier starts
Funny story:I live in a REPUBLICAN country in a REPUBLICAN state,and my neighbor has a flag on her house saying "Want change? Vote Republican"
You explaining how voting works reminded me of that.
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As a moderator for Mr. Terry, I wanted to say something about the chat last night.
Before the video started, I was the only mod online, and most of you acted very improperly, not just in general, but towards me as well.
This community is built on respecting others and their opinions.
Last night, I banned very many users for spam, after it got too bad I had to give up and I had to start banning key offenders.
When I asked you to stop, multiple times, many of you simply continued on or even insulted me,
“Yo, can someone tell the mod to shut up?”
“Tell that mod to shut the fuck up!”
This behavior crude and insulting, and it will not be tolerated.
If you think Mr. Terry was pleased with your behavior, you are sorely mistaken. Eventually I did call in my fellow mods to help, but unfortunately, Mr. Terry isn’t very good at this whole UA-cam thing, and he didn’t know, at the time, how to put the chat on slow mode.
So not only were you insulting me and my efforts to create order within the chat, you were giving Mr. Terry a hard time as well.
To the people who tried to help, thank you, your efforts mean a lot to me, despite the fact that you could only do so little.
Thank you.
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I always find it funny when a moderator for a youtube channel starts thinking they command the same respect as a member of the secret service
I wanted to point out two things:
1) Booth didn't assassinate Lincoln because he got drunk and made a bad decision as you might gather from this video. He had gone as far as to plan it out, plant guns on his escape route, and conspired with several other people (who were later hanged). It was a very calculated murder.
2) When the slaves were made free men and women, they didn't throw their hands up and rejoice. They traded one hell for another. People still discriminated against them, they struggled finding jobs, they had no house, they had no land, and they were still easily blamed for crimes they didn't commit and killed for it. Even today, the ripple effect is felt where African Americans grow up in poorer neighborhoods, which have poorer schools, which results is worse jobs, and they are still discriminated against.
Sic Semper Tyrannis is also the state motto of Boothe's home state of Virginia, originally directed at King George III. Obviously also directed at Julius Caeser originally, but there's a really decent chance that Boothe wasn't specifically referring to Caeser. I've read that Boothe himself wasn't that well versed in history and the classics, but I don't know how true that is.
Anyway. Real jerk, Boothe was. Don't be like him.
Booth would have known that phrase from his theatre work. He often took part in Shakespearean plays including 'Julius Ceasar' - where the phrase originates.
Shakespearean actor John Wilkes Booth didn't know about the line from the play "Julius Caesar"?
@@drewpamon alright. I'm not a historical source of truth. So clearly my qualification of "I don't know how true that is" is "None. None true"
If you guys seen Forrest gump, nathan Bedford Forrest is what gump is named after and the great confederate calvary general was in the kkk
G'damn it was worth to watch u at 3 am
General Burnside is where the term sideburns comes from, he left the army after Fredericksburg to make carbines for the Union. General Hooker always had a brothel following him around so that's where "hooker' comes from
Yikes.