Were There Really BLACK CONFEDERATES???!!!

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  • Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
  • Episode 6 of Checkmate, Lincolnites! Debunking the Lost Cause myth that tens of thousands of black men served as soldiers in the Confederate army during the American Civil War.
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    ~REFERENCES~
    [1] “Black Confederate Movement ‘Demented’” (2014). AmericanForum • Black Confederate Move...
    [2] Sam Smith. “Black Confederates: Myth and Legend.” American Battlefield Trust www.battlefiel...
    [3] “25th USCT: The Sable Sons of Uncle Abe.” National Park Service www.nps.gov/ar...
    [4] Justin A. Nystrom. New Orleans After the Civil War (2010). Johns Hopkins Press, Page 20-27
    [5] Kevin M. Levin. Searching for Black Confederates (2019). University of North Carolina Press, Page 45
    [6] James Parton. General Butler in New Orleans (1864). Mason & Hamlin, Page 516-517
    [7] Levin, Page 12-15
    [8] Levin, Page 34-35
    [9] Myra Chandler Sampson & Kevin M. Levin. “The Loyalty of ‘Heroic Black Confederate’ Silas Chandler” (2012). HistoryNet www.historynet...
    [10] Levin, Page 82-83
    [11] James G. Hollandsworth, Jr. Looking for Bob: Black Confederate Pensioners After the Civil War (2007). The Journal of Mississippi History, Vol. LXVIX, Page 304-306
    [12] Lewis H. Steiner. An Account of the Operations of the U.S. Sanitary Commission During the Campaign in Maryland, September 1862 (1862). Anson D. F. Randolph, Page 19-20
    [13] Levin, Page 32-33
    [14] Charles Augustus Stevens. Berdan’s United States Sharpshooters in the Army of the Potomac (1892). Price-McGill Company, Page 54-55
    [15] Levin, Page 44
    [16] Andy Hall. “Frederick Douglass and the ‘N*gro Regiment’ at First Manassas” (2011). Dead Confederates Blog deadconfederat...
    [17] Jaime Amanda Martinez. “Black Confederates” (2018). Encyclopedia Virginia www.encycloped...
    [18] Levin, Page 58-61
    [19] Levin, Page 39
    [20] Levin, Page 46

КОМЕНТАРІ • 8 тис.

  • @tifforo1
    @tifforo1 2 роки тому +3440

    Modern Confederacy apologist: "The Confederacy hired black soldiers! They weren't racist!"
    Historical Confederate leader: "How dare you, sir!"

    • @ramsessdavis2179
      @ramsessdavis2179 Рік тому

      They were racists, because they used as and I'm chattel slavery The Males an Females of the strong Economic South

    • @hayleynew3605
      @hayleynew3605 Рік тому +271

      How dare you? We work so hard on being racist says the confederate soldier

    • @pancytryna9378
      @pancytryna9378 Рік тому +250

      Imagine neo confederate getting a time machine and trying to convince Jefferson Davis to abolish slavery

    • @carywest9256
      @carywest9256 Рік тому

      @@pancytryna9378 lffen the war hadn't came about, the steam tractor was invented in1870. Just think how many farm hands wouldn't have a job.
      Don't know what your moniker means nor care. But this country may have not let all the immigration if the war hadn't come. For the country would have had plenty of workers, North & South.
      The ex-slaves would have been shipped to Africa, and the Native Americans herded onto rezes. And everyone lived happily ever after. You really believe that, the world is just hunky-dory?

    • @pancytryna9378
      @pancytryna9378 Рік тому

      @@carywest9256
      Im going to be honest with you, I have no idea what the fuck are you trying to say

  • @arachnofiend2859
    @arachnofiend2859 3 роки тому +2691

    "If slaves will make good soldiers our whole theory of slavery is wrong." Oh, Cobb, you're so close to the truth...

    • @MrRemicas
      @MrRemicas 3 роки тому +187

      So close, yet so far...

    • @rileyfair5
      @rileyfair5 3 роки тому +13

      Imagine telling others on their history cuz your so focused on slavery even though slavery in the south was never a conversation in 1858 only slavery in the west. Maybe you should understand the relationships between slaves and their owners in the south at that time. Yes some were bad but most were raised in that family and were treated as such, also another reason most slaves continued to live and work on plantations after 1865 plus most they had no other way of survival than to stay

    • @Mark-sl4bw
      @Mark-sl4bw 3 роки тому +293

      @@rileyfair5 Where did you learn that most slaves were treated like family or that slavery in the south wasn't up for debate in 1858? Both of those couldn't be further from the truth.

    • @rileyfair5
      @rileyfair5 3 роки тому +3

      @@Mark-sl4bw no I said slavery in the south wasnt the debate in that time. And by doing my own research. Reading what former slaves have said about their owners. Try listening to HK his family were actually slaves in I think north or south Carolina. Dont be bias when learning our history. Victors dont always speak the truth ua-cam.com/video/BUw_P6w8Rdw/v-deo.html

    • @JohnDoe-fu6zt
      @JohnDoe-fu6zt 3 роки тому +83

      I always thought he was spot on. Former slaves made excellent soldiers, just ask General Grant about the 200,000 serving in the Union armies. And yes, Mr. Cobb, your "whole theory of slavery is wrong." So he was 100% right.

  • @johntaylor7029
    @johntaylor7029 3 роки тому +953

    I love how even the small jokes on this channel, in this case exchanging coffee and tobacco (related products), have historical precedent.

    • @mikaelleonbriones6356
      @mikaelleonbriones6356 3 роки тому +73

      Thank god I wasn't the only one who noticed the historical value of the gift giving scene (as those are the exact same products the Union and Confederacy secretly gave to the other side)

    • @thesweatleaf
      @thesweatleaf 3 роки тому +8

      I bought Cafe Du Monde Coffee and Chicorie after I watch this

    • @kennethfharkin
      @kennethfharkin 3 роки тому +12

      He gave him Folgers; I do not think that counts as coffee.

    • @GatorBLKRFL4440
      @GatorBLKRFL4440 3 роки тому

      @@kennethfharkin shut up lol 😂😂😂

    • @509Gman
      @509Gman 3 роки тому +15

      @@kennethfharkin hey, in the wartime South, a can of Folgers would have been as valuable as a kilo of cocaine.
      What I find funny is his dissing of chicory coffee, since that’s still a New Orleans thing today (albeit mixed with real coffee, iirc)

  • @morriganlefay5438
    @morriganlefay5438 2 роки тому +4135

    'If slaves will make good soldiers our whole theory of slavery is wrong'
    They were so close to realising lmao

    • @warweasel2832
      @warweasel2832 2 роки тому +389

      In that stage where you know you're wrong, but you just won't allow the opportunity to be proven as such. I also have no idea how the idea of being a subservient enlisted man, whose job is to follow orders quickly and well was at all contradictory to their view of African Americans as a "naturally subservient" slave population.

    • @maildaemon
      @maildaemon 2 роки тому +143

      @@warweasel2832 Yeah, even if, at that point, there were doubts in the Confederacy regarding voracity of the foundational theory of slavery, I don't think it would have mattered. They had too much to lose if the institution of slavery was abolished.

    • @occam7382
      @occam7382 2 роки тому

      @@warweasel2832, because according to Confederates, black people were "subhuman" and fundamentally inferior to white people, which was their justification for enslaving black people. So what that asshole was getting at was that if black people were as good or even better than whites at being soldiers, their feverish ideas of Anglo-Saxon racial superiority would be proven wrong in the most spectacular fashion, and by that extension, their whole idea that, in the words of A. Stephens, slavery is the black man's natural and normal condition, would also be wrong. And we can't have that now, can we?

    • @ahiwalter9153
      @ahiwalter9153 Рік тому

      okay, let’s not pretend the view of American-American people was “naturally subservient” they were seen as stupid, physical inferior, incapable & deserved of servitude. To even be comparable or given the chance to show MORE aptitude than a white man was so threatening that it greatly cost the South the war, let’s be real here.

    • @BlaseHenryProductions
      @BlaseHenryProductions Рік тому +99

      @@maildaemonTo rephrase your words, they were in too deep, they sunk too much into it, sunk cost fallacy and all that. They couldn’t turn back even if they knew it meant going off a cliff. They were going to commit to it to the very end.

  • @vurrunna
    @vurrunna 3 роки тому +5076

    I've said it before, and I'll say it again: I really appreciate the relationship between Johnny Rebel and Billy Yank. They disagree on a pretty fundamental level, and frankly Billy Yank would have every right to treat Johnny Rebel as little more than a racist revisionist; but instead, he recognizes that Johnny Rebel is essentially just ignorant of the facts, wanting to believe a version of events that will make him proud of his heritage. They get along very well, telling jokes and giving each other gifts. It speaks to the idea that you'll change more minds through kindness and level-headedness than you ever will through vitriol and anger--yelling at people for people for being stupid might make you feel superior, but it's also the fastest way to make sure someone never listens to a word you say.

    • @AtunSheiFilms
      @AtunSheiFilms  3 роки тому +1814

      This guy gets it

    • @thewest8630
      @thewest8630 3 роки тому +404

      Being born and raised from the South, and having argued with lost causers my whole life, I couldn't agree more.

    • @fernandollanos2587
      @fernandollanos2587 3 роки тому +93

      Excellent insight. Also speaks to Andy’s brilliance.

    • @depthsofpentecost2973
      @depthsofpentecost2973 3 роки тому +173

      Well... other than shooting him in the first episode! 😂

    • @klisterklister2367
      @klisterklister2367 3 роки тому +145

      @@depthsofpentecost2973 he got better

  • @ComradeOgilvy1984
    @ComradeOgilvy1984 3 роки тому +342

    Getting drunk in order to read that viewer comment correctly was fabulous enough to earn a like right there!

    • @ComradeOgilvy1984
      @ComradeOgilvy1984 3 роки тому +22

      "It's [Christmas is] a vile pagan holiday and everyone who celebrates it is going to hell."

    • @Jason32Bourne
      @Jason32Bourne 3 роки тому +13

      I had to pause for a second. I was like now way, holy hell this comment is as bad as it's said.

    • @Vesperitis
      @Vesperitis 3 роки тому +7

      It earned my subscription

  • @johnlittle6836
    @johnlittle6836 3 роки тому +1044

    This is the best Christmas gift since Sherman gave Lincoln Savannah

    • @ibefullofme
      @ibefullofme 3 роки тому +11

      Murmur is a good album

    • @5000rgb
      @5000rgb 3 роки тому +4

      It certainly is but I am missing the relevance to this conversation, unless you believe it's universally relevant.

  • @MetallicaMan76
    @MetallicaMan76 3 роки тому +429

    Merry Christmas Atun-Shei you Carpet Bagging Blue-Belly

  • @landonbass83
    @landonbass83 3 роки тому +1617

    There is nothing an American southerner like me likes more than a good history lesson 🇺🇸

    • @samkangal8428
      @samkangal8428 3 роки тому +33

      What about a drink?

    • @kaminsod4077
      @kaminsod4077 3 роки тому +42

      @@samkangal8428 Or a nice joint?

    • @vsaucepuppet697
      @vsaucepuppet697 3 роки тому +70

      same haha. im from Texas and i love this series

    • @samkangal8428
      @samkangal8428 3 роки тому +18

      @@kaminsod4077 i would take both😈

    • @brandonye2569
      @brandonye2569 3 роки тому +16

      Or deep southern fried food message from Arkansas

  • @warlordofbritannia
    @warlordofbritannia 3 роки тому +167

    Things that have happened in “Checkmate, Lincolnites!”:
    -Immortal (?) Confederate soldier who gets resurrected
    -Possession by a Nazi archeologist of said Confederate
    -An exorcism preformed by a VVitchfinder General from Puritan times
    -Advertisements at gunpoint
    -Obi-God Kenobi
    -Whatever the fuck Andy was watching at the start of the episode on tariffs

    • @kmaher1424
      @kmaher1424 3 роки тому +7

      Far more than mere education!

    • @mikaelleonbriones6356
      @mikaelleonbriones6356 3 роки тому +23

      You forgot:
      --Drunk Confederate officer (Christmas Episode)
      --Confederate being threatened at gun point (Sherman Episode)
      --Racist o'meter goign nuts in the end (Poilot Episode)
      --No they did not, yes they did, NO THEY DID NOT, NO, NO, NO SIR, NO (Fight for Slavery Episode)

    • @Reagan1984
      @Reagan1984 3 роки тому +10

      FROM SPACE! (Sherman Ep)

    • @TerrorBlades
      @TerrorBlades 3 роки тому +6

      Why did you have to remind me of that video from the Tariffs!? UGGHHH

    • @lemmonboy6459
      @lemmonboy6459 3 роки тому +3

      Don’t forget the weird Nazi erotica!

  • @AceHawk37
    @AceHawk37 3 роки тому +429

    Best Christmas present I could have asked for, more Checkmate, Lincolinites.

  • @kapitankapital6580
    @kapitankapital6580 3 роки тому +761

    "If slaves would make good soldiers our whole theory of slavery would be wrong"
    Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...

    • @mikaelleonbriones6356
      @mikaelleonbriones6356 3 роки тому +38

      Freed slaves fighting for the Union be like: am I a joke to you.

    • @nomorelibsplease1975r
      @nomorelibsplease1975r 3 роки тому +2

      I know u

    • @__yt9081
      @__yt9081 3 роки тому +1

      The British freed slaves that fought I. Thier army during the American revolution

    • @kapitankapital6580
      @kapitankapital6580 3 роки тому +21

      @@__yt9081 yeah, the British were a bit better at actually freeing at least some of the American slaves who fled the United States, including some efforts at granting them land in the colonies. The British program definitely had a lot of problems, but it was better than the US approach which was to put as many of them back into slavery as possible and, in many states, to completely bar those that were free from public life.

    • @__yt9081
      @__yt9081 3 роки тому +3

      @@kapitankapital6580 the Catholic Church sold thier slaves instead of setting them free

  • @thejoester1011
    @thejoester1011 3 роки тому +1001

    Honestly this man is doing the country a service by debunking this "Lost Cause" bs. I tip my blue hat to you sir!

    • @Afemboywitch
      @Afemboywitch 3 роки тому +24

      I like blue hats the only grey hats I like are ushankas

    • @EpicMetalTime
      @EpicMetalTime 3 роки тому +38

      Yes and there was a time i nearly fell for the Lost Cause bs but thankfully this channel steered me in the right direction

    • @naughtybear2187
      @naughtybear2187 3 роки тому +14

      @@EpicMetalTime you shouldn't let one person decide your views historical or otherwise. Atun is smart but he has his own perspective and therefore bias towards the civil war just as any gentleman should.

    • @thepunisher8676
      @thepunisher8676 3 роки тому +2

      What's the lost cause myth?

    • @thejoester1011
      @thejoester1011 3 роки тому +50

      @@thepunisher8676 A myth formed after the Civil War that the Confederacy was not fighting for slavery but for some other more justifiable reason like states rights, tariffs, or Union "tyranny" in an effort to save face.

  • @TheStreetMan
    @TheStreetMan 3 роки тому +100

    Hey Atun-Shei, as an LSU alumni who graduated with honors in History, wanted to say that your content is pretty awesome and your attention to details/primary sources is unparalleled to other 'History skit' channels. You do our state proud, brother. I really liked your analysis on the NOLA statues video too. I went down to the Historic New Orleans Collection archives for a paper on that same issue a few years back and came to similar conclusions.
    Subscribed!! Keep the content rolling!

    • @MrCricketbuff
      @MrCricketbuff 3 роки тому +1

      You got a degree in history? I’m hoping to do something similar but if there’s no jobs in that market I will be forced to go into a math/science field (gag). Have any advice?

    • @TheStreetMan
      @TheStreetMan 3 роки тому +4

      @@MrCricketbuff I was told some wise advice about Humanities (History, Art, English, etc.) in college: Majoring in STEM or stuff like accounting will start your career off easy after college because you decided to major in a skill. Majoring in Humanities won't have that same easy path to a job, but a smart recruiter will understand that you decided to major in a discipline instead of a skill.
      The difference is that studying a discipline sets you on the path to being more worldly individual, increasing your ability for empathy and critical thinking which leads to competent leadership and social ethos. A skill is simply a skill.
      If you want a more direct example, imagine you are a HR person looking for a newbie software engineer for your company. Two candidates interview: One majored in History as opposed to CompSci. Both can demonstrate basic programming knowledge, yes, but the History person (through their college experience) is able to express themselves more professionally and is generally more worldly/sociable beyond what's explicitly required of them for the job. Remember, this is a hire you will likely spend more time with than your family at home. Who would you be more interested in being around/representing your company? (No offense to CompSci folks, but the anti-social stigma exists for a reason. '-';;)
      So, basically, don't do Humanities and expect it will get you super far by itself-you will end up in minimum wage hell like that. It's great as a stepping stone to future plans like law school or professional development programs that give you the actual skills to progress down a serious career track.
      Also, word of advice, being a Humanities grad student is a trap. There are a plethora of career students out there who just want to be a professor but are deadweight PhDs. The European History position at my state flagship college was vacant for less than a year (because the last professor literally died) and he was a Harvard Master's/PhD. Louisiana's flagship is kind of a joke outside of football, so your competition with higher education in humanities is absolutely ridiculous when the reality is that Harvard candidates are competing for a 60k year associate professorship. STEM professors are in way higher demand because they lead research with monetary value instead of just the cultural value humanity efforts propagate.

    • @MrCricketbuff
      @MrCricketbuff 3 роки тому +2

      @@TheStreetMan Thank you for the realistic words, though I gotta ask for the latter bit, does that mean you also have studied something else?

    • @TheStreetMan
      @TheStreetMan 3 роки тому +2

      @@MrCricketbuff I majored fully in History, but I currently work in an office setting that utilizes community resource management systems (CRMs) to process applications. It's my first "real" job, but it was still entry level with a minimum of 2 years of work experience. Definitely pick up a part time job during college if you can to skirt by the cursed 2-4 years of work experience barrier to entry. Thankfully, all the skills I needed could be learned on the job relatively easily.

  • @hhiimmddoo
    @hhiimmddoo 3 роки тому +55

    This channel has educated me much more than my school ever did. We were taught the lost cause myth as fact and until finding this channel, which deconstructed and disproved it in a way that I didn’t immediately turn off the videos, i still believed it.

    • @possumverde
      @possumverde 3 роки тому

      A decent chunk of the "lost cause" myth is accurate. It's primarily the hero worship/chivalry aspect concerning their leaders/generals and the portrayal of slavery as being beneficial to the slaves where things get silly. The states had a right to secede and Lincoln's actions started the actual war, not the Confederacy's. Also, Lincoln's refusal to recognize their right to leave and decision to force them to stay at gunpoint qualifies it as a war over states rights as it violated the rights granted the states by the 10th amendment. It was pretty much legislation by gun rather than pen. Not exactly a precedent most would want to set.

    • @hannaford111
      @hannaford111 2 роки тому +3

      I don't remember much about the Civil War from school, but I vividly remember my US History teacher in 7th grade going out of his way to say that the Civil War wasn't about slavery, but states' rights. I kinda just took the guy's word for it (obviously, that's BS). The subject never really interested me until much later in life.

    • @jeffreygao3956
      @jeffreygao3956 6 місяців тому +1

      @@hannaford111 But it was provincial(provinces is technically more accurate) rights! The right to use slave labor for profit!

    • @kieranhurst8543
      @kieranhurst8543 5 місяців тому

      ​@@possumverdeplease read the tenth amendment

  • @victoriajenkins1424
    @victoriajenkins1424 3 роки тому +60

    “And though surviving a New Orleans parade can often make you feel like a combat veteran...” 👏💜

  • @WanderingTaoist101
    @WanderingTaoist101 3 роки тому +303

    All I want for Christmas is historical accuracy.

    • @chrysalisamidst
      @chrysalisamidst 3 роки тому +5

      Hallelujah

    • @landonbass83
      @landonbass83 3 роки тому +1

      I like that lol

    • @kmaher1424
      @kmaher1424 3 роки тому +2

      And a bit of wit!

    • @clintfields5728
      @clintfields5728 3 роки тому +6

      I have to admit at first I didn’t like this guy but he’s growing on me and his videos are really good. Now I don’t agree with everything you say but some of your information has made me stop and ponder the possibility, and for that thank you sir!

    • @Celestial_Cerulean
      @Celestial_Cerulean 3 роки тому +2

      @@clintfields5728 good, I’d encourage you to read more into it if you still have doubts. I’ve done most of my own research through books and Articles made by credited historians and 99.9% if not 100% of what he is saying is true. But by all means read about it in your own. It’s a very interesting and important part of American History.

  • @arandomperson8646
    @arandomperson8646 3 роки тому +60

    I'd like to imagine Johnny Reb has actually been convinced that the south was bad and the checkmate lincolnites series is just him and Billy Yank re-enacting their old debates and outside of the series the 2 are actually just good friends and drinking buddies

    • @thewest8630
      @thewest8630 3 роки тому +11

      Even if he hasn't changed his name, they're probably still friends and good drinking buddies. Being a Southerner who has actually studied history, my lost causer friends and family annoy the shit out of me, but they're good company most of the time!

    • @mikaelleonbriones6356
      @mikaelleonbriones6356 3 роки тому +2

      @@thewest8630 Mr. The West, you could try and show your lost causer family and friends this Checkmate Lincolnites Show, it's hilarious and pretty convincing so it might do the work on those hard core dixie boys

  • @iapetusmccool
    @iapetusmccool 3 роки тому +415

    Even if this claim was true, I don't think it would be particularly meaningful, or say anything good about the Confederacy.
    European colonial empires made extensive use of native soldiers, but they were still racist and exploitative. But they realised that the most effective way to utilize racism was to treat certain people (e.g local elites, or tribes or ethnic groups with a strong martial culture) as superior to the other locals, and grant them some privileges accordingly. That way they will support the system because they benefit from it (or at least think they do).
    From the video, it sounds that something similar was happening in New Orleans, but the Confederates were to stuck in their ways to take advantage of it.
    So in short, the Confederates were too racist to even do racism effectively.

    • @svyatosloveharkonnen9434
      @svyatosloveharkonnen9434 3 роки тому +2

      And what makes you think that the northerners staged a war to free the slaves?
      Well, it's just expensive, and the capitalists in the north themselves are still racists
      For example Lincoln said that slaves would be freed only to capture the south
      I think the war was about taxes
      For the North to take over the south and the Elites of the north to control the South
      No one cared about the slaves
      In the north, blacks were used as cheap labor and a means to lower the price of labor
      А с чего ты взял, что в северяне устроили войну чтобы освободить рабов?
      Ну вот просто это дорого стоит, а капиталисты на севере сами расисты ещё те
      Например Линкольн говорил что рабов освобождать будет только для захвата юга
      Я думаю, что война была из-за налогов
      Чтобы Север захватил юг и Элиты севера контролировали Юг
      На рабов всем плевать было
      На севере чернокожие использовались как дешёвая рабочая сила и средство для снижения цены на труд

    • @iapetusmccool
      @iapetusmccool 3 роки тому +92

      @@svyatosloveharkonnen9434 that has absolutely nothing to do with what I was saying.

    • @pattersong6637
      @pattersong6637 3 роки тому +25

      As he pointed out in the video re: New Orleans, the black Confederate regiment in Louisiana were free blacks in basically the only area of the South where there were any significant number of free blacks, and had very different interests than the enslaved population.

    • @rakninja
      @rakninja 3 роки тому +2

      the union also was too racist to do it right after a time, itself. the "five civilized tribes" took to taking on the european way of life as the best means of survival, and were used in this role against the more hostile tribes. but as time went on, the US honored less and less of the treaties, resulting in such atrocities as the trail of tears, and also the "indian wars."
      even now, the US will shit all over its treaties with the tribes if it can extract some value from the transaction.

    • @scl1332
      @scl1332 3 роки тому +5

      Sounds abt right…here in America we have a special kind of racism and stupidity

  • @user-xr5mj2pt2j
    @user-xr5mj2pt2j 3 роки тому +33

    one of the many great features of Atun-Shei is that HE CITES HIS SOURCES! Time and again, the best historical channels cite sources for further reading.

  • @stormyprawn
    @stormyprawn 10 місяців тому +11

    "If slaves will make good soldiers our whole theory of slavery is wrong"
    The irony is so juicy.

  • @warcrimeenjoyer219
    @warcrimeenjoyer219 3 роки тому +141

    The Great War of northern aggression cough cough “southern aggression”

    • @Wasserkaktus
      @Wasserkaktus 3 роки тому +20

      Great War? More like a teenage emo rebellion taken way too far.

    • @Wasserkaktus
      @Wasserkaktus 3 роки тому +30

      @@eye4991 How and why do Lost Causers like you continue to exist despite all evidence showing that the entire Confederacy existed solely for the purpose of maintaining Slavery?
      Also, you missed the point completely (I am not remotely surprised): Lost Causers who constantly harp about how "noble" their Civil War are like 50 year olds who still try to cling onto their teenage youth by dressing/acting like the emo kids they were for a small portion of their life. Seriously, the South has been around for hundreds of years, yet you lost Causers cling to the five-six "rebellious" years as your "best".

    • @mossadagent1576
      @mossadagent1576 3 роки тому +23

      Just one quick question: WHO FIRED FIRST AT FORT SUMPTER YOU YELLOW-BELLIED, GOOD FOR NOTHING LOST CAUSER?

    • @TheNinthGeneration1
      @TheNinthGeneration1 3 роки тому +4

      @@eye4991 the union is right because the union won the war

    • @arachnofiend2859
      @arachnofiend2859 3 роки тому +17

      @@eye4991 John Brown is a national hero

  • @ForgottenHonor0
    @ForgottenHonor0 3 роки тому +12

    Merry Christmas, Atun-shei! I want to thank you for continuing this series. I haven't learned more about the Civil War since my college history professor (coincidentally from North Carolina) absolutely demolished the myth of the "lost cause" of the South!

  • @rickbarents9336
    @rickbarents9336 Рік тому +9

    It’s crazy how entertaining and informative this is.

  • @tsmotions3446
    @tsmotions3446 3 роки тому +13

    After watching your video about being a UA-camr, I realize that these videos are a pain to make. So thanks a lot, man. And Happy Holidays.

  • @winterwombat
    @winterwombat 3 роки тому +89

    Rule #1 of studying history: The past is more complicated than you think it is. Rule #2 of studying history: Being aware of Rule #1 doesn't make you immune to it. These Checkmate, Lincoinites! videos really show just how much work goes into building a detailed understanding of past events, and how it's important to look at evidence through a critical lens. They also demonstrate the unfortunate reality how much more effort it takes to debunk myths compared to spreading them, which I appreciate.

    • @c0nd0rd4myt
      @c0nd0rd4myt 3 роки тому +6

      "A lie will make its way around the world before the truth can put it's boots on" Mark Twain

    • @jeffreygao3956
      @jeffreygao3956 2 роки тому +2

      @@c0nd0rd4myt And Twain missed the part where the lie peters itself out.

    • @petrie911
      @petrie911 Рік тому +4

      Rule #3: The people of the past were not stupid, evil, or alien. They were humans just like you.

  • @silvershocknicktail6638
    @silvershocknicktail6638 Рік тому +11

    "If black slaves make good soldiers our whole theory of slavery is wrong." - Ooooh, so close.

  • @Preston6757
    @Preston6757 3 роки тому +33

    My guy out here exchanging gifts with himself...

    • @octavianpopescu4776
      @octavianpopescu4776 3 роки тому +2

      My only question is: why didn't I think of this before? Give myself gifts... That's brilliant!

  • @emceeunderdogrising
    @emceeunderdogrising 3 роки тому +16

    This channel is so good. I haven't really gotten into Civil War research heavily so it's great to hear this from someone who has.

  • @lavaknight3682
    @lavaknight3682 3 роки тому +32

    Head canon: Johnny Reb is a real time traveling confederate, while Atun Shei is a modern dude

    • @mikaelleonbriones6356
      @mikaelleonbriones6356 3 роки тому +2

      "Yes, I fought in it" - Johnny Reb also;
      Billy: Do you own slaves
      Johnny: Yes of course
      - part of the script of the first episode, so yep either he meet Doctor Who or Dr Emett Brown cuz the dude can time travel, BUT maybe Billy Yank also tiem travel's cuz the guy knows TOO MUCH about the war

    • @johnfraire6931
      @johnfraire6931 3 роки тому +5

      I like to believe that Johnny Reb is a warp-being created by the Confederate reenactor community's sub consciousnesses collected into one entity that changes "character" every time he "dies"; while being unable to admit that he's not actually his "character" for some trans-universal time-y winey ruleset. And as demonstrated by the first episode and confirmed in the second, "Billy Yank" is Atun-Shei hisself; and in addition, both beings can be possessed by other warp-beings, such as the angsty-hipster and nu-Nazi collective consciousnesses.
      If it exists, you can over-analyze it

  • @robloxplayer0003
    @robloxplayer0003 6 місяців тому +11

    The tf2 update gap lasted longer than the confederacy.

    • @Eyebagdude
      @Eyebagdude 6 місяців тому +2

      Yeah but thats gonna outlast us all the second time around

  • @saintbrush4398
    @saintbrush4398 3 роки тому +26

    Merry Christmas to Billy Yank and Johnny Reb!

  • @teucer915
    @teucer915 9 місяців тому +5

    I'm reminded of this video today when I saw a Facebook comment saying the reason Lincoln didn't originally want to do the emancipation proclamation was because his support mostly came from the north and that's where most of the slave holders were. Which is so confused I couldn't even formulate a coherent reply.

  • @santiagocastro6333
    @santiagocastro6333 3 роки тому +53

    *"Chekamaet Lincoinites"*
    ~ Johnny Rebel 2020

  • @aiseanaivalu2143
    @aiseanaivalu2143 3 роки тому +25

    Its great to see that Obi Wan has the Almighty high ground.

  • @jonsmith5626
    @jonsmith5626 3 роки тому +10

    Can you do a Valentine's special for these two lovebirds?
    Love your stuff!

  • @Free-dw6uc
    @Free-dw6uc 3 роки тому +8

    Another episode of Shei getting drunk and talking to himself for half an hour. This is truly a gift. Merry Christmas

  • @trusarmor4957
    @trusarmor4957 3 роки тому +66

    'No no no, its a throwback to the old days'
    ...
    Me- So it IS a Bomb.

  • @thr335ix7
    @thr335ix7 3 роки тому +26

    I feel like these guys are more bickering friends who have very different ideologies but still like each others company

  • @ogrehaslayers605
    @ogrehaslayers605 3 роки тому +13

    I fucking DIED at Obi Wan saying “Hello There”!!! 🤣

  • @silasmcnichols7337
    @silasmcnichols7337 3 роки тому +10

    The editing with having both of them in the same shot is really good.

    • @babyinuyasha
      @babyinuyasha 3 роки тому +1

      The method he uses is actually quite old, it's one of the oldest methods used in filmmaking. He sits on either side of the camera, records each character's lines separately then edits them together.

  • @greenberry6019
    @greenberry6019 Рік тому +14

    Isn't it depressing that these videos can exist as basically complete, stone-solid debunkings of every facet of the Lost Cause myth, and yet there will always be just as many people in the comments regurgitating every lie with just as much conviction as before?

    • @ElizaWebbg
      @ElizaWebbg Рік тому

      Isn't it depressing how you take a snarky video by a UA-camr, who like any other human has a bias as absolute undeniable fact?

    • @greenberry6019
      @greenberry6019 Рік тому +9

      @elizabethwebbgouen 200 years of historians and the words of the confederateas themselves all agree. It's not just this guy.
      You need to understand that believing the South wasn't fighting for slavery is the same as believing the Earth is flat. You're denying reality

    • @danomyte67
      @danomyte67 Рік тому +6

      @@ElizaWebbgell him and hundreds of official historians saying the same thing

    • @thegoldavenger.3829
      @thegoldavenger.3829 Рік тому +8

      @@ElizaWebbg But unlike you his snark is justified by him, Y’know, actually backing up his facts with historical evidence

    • @ElizaWebbg
      @ElizaWebbg Рік тому

      @@thegoldavenger.3829 Sure. 😉

  • @burgerbro6753
    @burgerbro6753 3 роки тому +18

    24:38
    Wait, so you're telling me i can now literally checkmate linconites?

  • @notoriousbbeg4147
    @notoriousbbeg4147 Рік тому +6

    "NOOOOOOO!!!! If black people can fight, then our whole theory of slavery is wrong"
    YOU DON'T SAY

  • @joshuabale4923
    @joshuabale4923 3 роки тому +11

    Dude I just love how Billy and Johnny are the ultimate frenemies.

  • @MrScottbot101
    @MrScottbot101 3 роки тому +8

    “And though surviving a New Orleans parade can often make you feel like a combat veteran…”
    Amen to that!

  • @noelsantacruz5282
    @noelsantacruz5282 3 роки тому +32

    Obi-Wan Jesus was really the cherry on top for me.

  • @rossmcl1776
    @rossmcl1776 3 роки тому +7

    I love the fact you actually wrapped those presents.

  • @Winaska
    @Winaska 3 роки тому +13

    The information about the 1st Louisiana was very interesting.

  • @jakeypakey
    @jakeypakey 3 роки тому +8

    The is really good stuff. I managed to win 2 arguments about the Civil war, basing my knowledge on these videos. Thankyou.

  • @Goran1138
    @Goran1138 3 роки тому +11

    Waaaaait.
    Why general of the Grand Army of the Repulic Obi Wan Kenobi helping separatists?
    Its treason then...

  • @Not_actually_a_commie
    @Not_actually_a_commie 3 роки тому +17

    One of my favorite parts of this series is honestly Johnny Reb. It would be really easy to make him an irredeemable racist, but he isn't. Johnny is a likable character; he advocates a crappy cause, sure, but he seems like an otherwise decent guy. He's usually pretty genial with Billy Yank, even going so far as to give him presents, and the only really intentionally racist thing he's ever said (to my knowledge) was played off as him being possessed by the Nazi, not as his own opinion.
    TLDR, it's really cool that this series can tear apart Lost Cause narratives without constantly insulting the people who believe in them.

    • @vespiary2066
      @vespiary2066 3 роки тому +7

      Also, Johnny Reb's motivations for defending the confederacy always seems to stem from a motivation of having to reconcile being a good person with supporting the confederacy. He always needs to argue and believe in the most morally acceptable version of the confederacy, as opposed to actually defending the heinous things it actually did.

    • @cobbler9113
      @cobbler9113 3 роки тому

      I think modern day political discourse is a prime example of how not very far insulting people gets you. It’s refreshing to see a discussion on a controversial topic (even if it probably shouldn’t be) where the opposite side is treated with respect and that the assumption is they’re decent individuals.

  • @idontknowaboutthat1904
    @idontknowaboutthat1904 Рік тому +2

    I want to thank the creator of this channel for this excellent, valuable resource of history for analysis we can't get access to in public schools because of the conservative, political pressure of the lost cause propaganda movement; this video can educate the nonsense lies right out of whole populations by showing them actual evidence AND the context which nullifies so much of confederate and neo confederate mythology with a more extensive view of early American culture.
    I enjoy reading history and I'm impressed by the explanations and nuance he presents so easily and succinctly as to cover so much of this unfortunately controversial topic and the background culture it arose out of and how it continues affecting us today, and using modern humor to do so. Very well done.

  • @solowolf7418
    @solowolf7418 Рік тому +7

    It’s amusing that Confederate apologists make these claims even though they fought tooth and nail to keep US armed forces segregated. Segregation in the US military only came to an end during the Korean conflict, almost 100 years later

    • @TheStapleGunKid
      @TheStapleGunKid Рік тому

      Interesting fact: The US navy actually has never been fully segregated. Blacks were allowed to serve since the days of the revolution. Granted they were severely restriced in what jobs they could perform and could almost never be officers, but the navy never prohibited blacks from serving.

    • @solowolf7418
      @solowolf7418 Рік тому +1

      @@TheStapleGunKid Dude it’s still segregation. African soldiers were allowed to serve in Army as well but they were not integrated and could not have leadership roles

    • @TheStapleGunKid
      @TheStapleGunKid Рік тому

      @@solowolf7418 Actually for much of America's history, blacks could not serve at all in the army during peacetime, and in war they were usually not allowed to serve until years after the war started, when it was clear more men were needed because the conflict was taking too long. That what's distignushes the navy, in that it never prohibited blacks from serving at any time.

  • @napoleonibonaparte7198
    @napoleonibonaparte7198 3 роки тому +11

    The Obi Wan portions were great.

  • @kanastrasza
    @kanastrasza 3 роки тому +9

    7:12 You can't fool me, that's just you with Instagram filters.

  • @jameskarg3240
    @jameskarg3240 3 роки тому +5

    well I never, have we lived to see the day Johnney Reb ADMITS defeat?

  • @CAP198462
    @CAP198462 7 місяців тому +3

    “Johnny Reb has dysentery”
    Oregon trail intensifies

  • @thehandoftheking3314
    @thehandoftheking3314 2 роки тому +4

    There's a guy on Quora pretending to be Atun-shei who claims he's "realised the truth but UA-cam won't let me take down my anti south videos".

  • @timothygarraty2390
    @timothygarraty2390 3 роки тому +10

    The lord always has the high ground

    • @mikeakersa8566
      @mikeakersa8566 3 роки тому +3

      "Hello there." Jesus said to Lazarus

    • @timothygarraty2390
      @timothygarraty2390 3 роки тому +2

      @@mikeakersa8566 and to him the lord sayth "General Kenobi"

  • @Scutt_le
    @Scutt_le 9 місяців тому +2

    I love how this series has devolved from bitter enemies debating,to sort of Frenemies having a more civil discussion

  • @eatingpancakesrightnow2786
    @eatingpancakesrightnow2786 3 роки тому +4

    "Take this, it is book of primary sources to counter Billy's arguments."
    "Sau-ces?!"

  • @pennyforyourthots
    @pennyforyourthots 3 роки тому +19

    Did you actually quit smoking recently or is that just for the bit? If so, goodonya

    • @mikaelleonbriones6356
      @mikaelleonbriones6356 3 роки тому

      @Ramon Borlongan He smoked a special cigar in at the begingin of the Tariffs (Checkmate) video

    • @mikaelleonbriones6356
      @mikaelleonbriones6356 3 роки тому

      @Ramon Borlongan Oh yep, that one in which Atun is watching a vid about a maniac kissing dolls, what a nightmare, I still belive the best episode is the one of: The War of Northern Agression!?!?!?!?!?!?!.

  • @donaldreynolds6857
    @donaldreynolds6857 3 роки тому +9523

    A black man named Robert Smalls was captain of the Confederate gunboat CSS Planter. But only after he stole it first.

    • @mikaelleonbriones6356
      @mikaelleonbriones6356 3 роки тому +774

      He was also one of the main people who pushed Lincoln to adopt an Emancipation Proclamation

    • @neilpemberton5523
      @neilpemberton5523 3 роки тому +748

      He was amazingly brave and cool-headed. He wore a hat and timed his run for freedom in the pre-dawn gloom so observers from shore would not be able to tell he was black. He steered his boat under the shore batteries with his and other slave families below decks, and ran up a white flag when he reached the union blockade.

    • @helbent4
      @helbent4 3 роки тому +425

      Unless I missed it there is no movie about this guy. Seriously, why is there no movie about this dude?

    • @nosebleeds6305
      @nosebleeds6305 3 роки тому +183

      they had us in the first half not gonna lie

    • @gordonfreeman8109
      @gordonfreeman8109 3 роки тому +165

      What an absolute Chad

  • @joeystromboli2036
    @joeystromboli2036 3 роки тому +1114

    The Wii U lasted longer than the confederacy

  • @fryingpancakes8445
    @fryingpancakes8445 3 роки тому +2564

    "If slaves will make good soldiers our whole theory of slavery is wrong." -Howell Cobb. Also known as the biggest self-roast of 1864.

    • @raptordoniv6779
      @raptordoniv6779 3 роки тому +11

      How was it the biggest roast of 1864? I don’t really understand it.

    • @EdgieAlias
      @EdgieAlias 3 роки тому +305

      @@raptordoniv6779 Because their theory of slavery was wrong.

    • @raptordoniv6779
      @raptordoniv6779 3 роки тому +18

      @@EdgieAlias oh ok

    • @wpc9163
      @wpc9163 3 роки тому +38

      "The reasons that induce me to recommend the employment of [black] troops at all render the effect of the measures I have suggested upon slavery immaterial, and in my opinion the best means of securing the efficiency and fidelity of this auxiliary force would be to accompany the measure with a well-digested plan of gradual and general emancipation." General Robert E Lee
      As you can see, Cobb and his ilk didn't speak for all Confederates. Neither did Cleburne's proposal, which included gradual, universal (Confederate) emancipation, crash against a solid wall of refusal, as it's portrayed in the video as having done. In fact, around 13 senior-ranked officers gave full support to it. Three other senior-ranked officers gave limited support to it.
      Contrary to myth, all Southern people don't think exactly alike.

    • @509Gman
      @509Gman 3 роки тому +8

      @@wpc9163 and it’s interesting that integration measures in later incarnations of the US Army produced similar civil rights precedents.

  • @JP12345
    @JP12345 3 роки тому +2466

    Sometimes I unironically forget these two are the same person

    • @jesseberg3271
      @jesseberg3271 3 роки тому +131

      That last shot was amazingly well edited for what is essentially an amateur production.

    • @neilpemberton5523
      @neilpemberton5523 3 роки тому +201

      Twin brothers. One raised in the South and the other in the North. The war between brothers boiled down to a single conversation.

    • @randomnameseventytwo1307
      @randomnameseventytwo1307 3 роки тому +81

      @@neilpemberton5523 and now im imagining a Christmas dinner after the war ended and it being awkward for them having to sit across from one another

    • @theodoreroosevelt8261
      @theodoreroosevelt8261 3 роки тому +43

      We can just keep saying they're twins who chose different sides in the war

    • @randomnameseventytwo1307
      @randomnameseventytwo1307 3 роки тому +2

      @@theodoreroosevelt8261 i disagree sir

  • @RaptorJesus
    @RaptorJesus 2 роки тому +2481

    I appreciate the fact that you portray Johhny Reb as someone fundamentally decent, holding no actual racist or bigoted views, and genuinely just wants to believe his ancestors and people *weren't* those things. Even the "questionable" views he does hold seem to come from a place of genuine ignorance rather than malice. It would've been so much easier to write him as trailer-trash, and I cannot say how much it pleases me you didn't.

    • @KennyHazy97
      @KennyHazy97 2 роки тому +529

      He's gotten better ever since the VVitchfinder-General exorcised the Nazi out of him.

    • @blixer8384
      @blixer8384 2 роки тому

      To be fair Johnny Reb did hold some pretty racists views early on but that was because he was possessed by Klaus the Nazi but the Witchfinder General exorcised him and he’s been less racists ever since.

    • @MsZsc
      @MsZsc 2 роки тому +268

      @@KennyHazy97 atun shei lore

    • @brandonmorel2658
      @brandonmorel2658 2 роки тому +72

      I don't think Atun Shei holds much respect or empathy for his Johnny Reb character. Reb is constantly belittled, proven wrong and portrayed as a wacko who constantly nitpicks historic accounts and refuses to accept the fact that his views are wrong in any way. Johnny Reb is mostly characterized as the whitey lost causer trailer-trash he is parodying, a strawman who deserves no mercy or actual empathy. If the writer thought he were deserving of any respect then each episode would spend some more time understanding why Reb believes in the Lost Cause Myth. Reb himself has said he was a slave owner, solidifying even more his scumbag nature. Put simply he *is* written as a bad person who deserves to be gunned down, he was in the first episode actually.

    • @Killzoneguy117
      @Killzoneguy117 2 роки тому

      @@brandonmorel2658 Well what exactly do you want him to say? That Johnny Reb is a genius who is completely correct in his views on the Confederacy and its reasons?
      The reality is, if you seriously looked at the Confederate States of America, you look at what they themselves said their cause was, look at what they were in effect fighting for, you would have to be an idiot to seriously believe that they had anything resembling a just cause. You can respect their determination and willingness to fight, their perseverance in the face of terrible battlefield conditions. Their resolve to keep fighting even as the war devastated their homes. But at the end of the day, you have to acknowledge the simple fact that they were fighting for an unjust cause and that if they had won, the world would objectively have been worse off for it. And if you cannot acknowledge that, if you cannot acknowledge slavery as a defining characteristic of the Confederate struggle, even as the Confederate states themselves admitted it to be, well then... I'm sorry to blunt but you are a moron.
      Frankly, at that point, I'd have more respect for you if you acknowledged slavery as a cause and actually endorsed slavery as an institution. Because at least then, you're not willfully blind to the truth. You just... take a very very very different moral lesson from those facts. If nothing else, I can always respect Thucydides' maxim about the strong inevitably dominating the weak. Even if many of us may find that view to not be ethically palatable.

  • @JJMcCullough
    @JJMcCullough 3 роки тому +5273

    I tried to name a more iconic duo, but I could not :(

    • @Weekly247
      @Weekly247 3 роки тому +158

      It's always cool to see two youtubers you watch commenting on eachothers videos, a rare but great sight

    • @lealien9247
      @lealien9247 3 роки тому +101

      Communism and starvation

    • @writingwithspears9015
      @writingwithspears9015 3 роки тому +12

      Justine and Tabitha

    • @joshuafan4419
      @joshuafan4419 3 роки тому +50

      A JJ and Atun-Shei collab would blow the pants off of my mind legs.

    • @JJMcCullough
      @JJMcCullough 3 роки тому +74

      @@joshuafan4419 He cameoed in one of my flag videos!

  • @mjlamey1066
    @mjlamey1066 3 роки тому +8313

    The amount of effort and talent it takes to write, shoot, and act this is ridiculous, we need to give this man more money and influence.

    • @mjlamey1066
      @mjlamey1066 3 роки тому +449

      And getting the timing just right must be a pain in the ass

    • @AtunSheiFilms
      @AtunSheiFilms  3 роки тому +2061

      I'll take the money but could do without the influence. Merry Christmas!

    • @alexmorris6954
      @alexmorris6954 3 роки тому +198

      @@AtunSheiFilms what about woman and drugs?

    • @ericbrown175
      @ericbrown175 3 роки тому +117

      @@alexmorris6954 give him money and he can have those too!

    • @patrickazzarella6729
      @patrickazzarella6729 3 роки тому +45

      @@alexmorris6954 he has a girlfriend lol

  • @austinfowler2707
    @austinfowler2707 3 роки тому +470

    The biggest thing that disproves the idea of black confederate soldiers is the lack of documentation.
    If they were in fact soldiers, what was their rank? What was the highest rank a black confederate soldier ever recived and who received it?
    Where is the contract? All enlisting members have to sign a contract. What is the length of the contract? What regiment were they assigned to? Who was their commanding officer?
    And every soldier is given compensation for their contract? What was their pay? How did the confederacy send money to the bank accounts?
    And were they're any disciplinary actions taken on these soldiers? This shit is documented. Even in the union. So the idea that they would be seen as soldiers...is entirely without merit. And if there were, why don't we have statues in the south about them?

    • @chestydajarhead
      @chestydajarhead 2 роки тому +21

      Let me be clear that the following are just a small example of proof that blacks served in the confederacy. I also want to state for the record that i know that all slaves were not treated fairly and i want to also let it be known i DO NOT, HAVE NOT be a proponnent of slavery that it is a horrible instituition
      At least one Black Confederate was a non-commissioned officer. James Washington, Co. D 34th Texas Cavalry, “Terrell’s Texas Cavalry” became it’s 3rd Sergeant. In comparison, The highest-ranking Black Union soldier during the war was a Sergeant Major.
      Free black musicians, cooks, soldiers and teamsters earned the same pay as white confederate privates. This was not the case in the Union army where blacks did not receive equal pay. At the Confederate Buffalo Forge in Rockbridge County, Virginia, skilled black workers “earned on average three times the wages of white Confederate soldiers and more than most Confederate army officers ($350-$600 a year).
      Nearly 180,000 Black Southerners, from Virginia alone, provided logistical support for the Confederate military. Many were highly skilled workers. These included a wide range of jobs: nurses, military engineers, teamsters, ordnance department workers, brakemen, firemen, harness makers, blacksmiths, wagonmakers, boatmen, mechanics, wheelwrights, etc. In the 1920’S Confederate pensions were finally allowed to those workers that were still living. Many thousands more served in other Confederate States.
      The first military monument in the US Capitol that honors an African-American soldier is the Confederate monument at Arlington National cemetery. The monument was designed 1914 by Moses Ezekiel, a Jewish Confederate, who wanted to correctly portray the “racial makeup” in the Confederate Army. A black Confederate soldier is depicted marching in step with white Confederate soldiers. Also shown is one “white soldier giving his child to a black woman for protection”. - Source: Edward Smith, African American professor at the American University, Washington DC.
      Black Confederate heritage is beginning to receive the attention it deserves. For instance, Terri Williams, a black journalist for the Suffolk “Virginia Pilot” newspaper, writes: “I’ve had to re-examine my feelings toward the [Confederate] flag…It started when I read a newspaper article about an elderly black man whose ancestor worked with the Confederate forces. The man spoke with pride about his family member’s contribution to the cause, was photographed with the [Confederate] flag draped over his lap…that’s why I now have no definite stand on just what the flag symbolizes, because it no longer is their history, or my history, but our history.”
      sources
      Charles Kelly Barrow, et. al. Forgotten Confederates: An Anthology About Black Southerners (1995). Currently the best book on the subject.
      Ervin L. Jordan, Jr. Black Confederates and Afro-Yankees in Civil War Virginia (1995). Well researched and very good source of information on Black Confederates, but has a strong Union bias.
      Richard Rollins. Black Southerners in Gray (1994). Also an excellent source.
      Dr. Edward Smith and Nelson Winbush, “Black Southern Heritage”. An excellent educational video. Mr. Winbush is a descendent of a Black Confederate and a member of the Sons of Confederate Veterans (SCV).

    • @dillonblair6491
      @dillonblair6491 2 роки тому +3

      @@chestydajarhead
      Lmao you're literally defending slavery.
      Also the people who were "workers" were slaves and unpaid.
      James Washington being a black confederate doesn't seem to be evidenced anywhere i can see, where are you getting this from?
      That statue you're referring to about "the racial makeup" of the confederates army depicts a slave helping white owners.
      "The Confederate Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery includes a depiction of an enslaved black woman holding the child of a white"
      And then the last paragraph is conjecture

    • @chestydajarhead
      @chestydajarhead 2 роки тому

      @@dillonblair6491 I'm sorry i didn't know that your reading skills were not able to pick up the part where i wrote that i am not a proponent of slavery .....also that you are not correct in your statements ,please learn to read and do research before your ignorant mouth makes you a fool

    • @LordVader1094
      @LordVader1094 Рік тому

      ​@@chestydajarheadNothing but anecdotal evidence.
      180,00 support staff are not soldiers. They were (as this video mentions) slaves serving their masters. None were paid. None had ranks. None of them were official Confederate soldiers.
      As OP says, any real soldiers would've been officially documented to some degree, yet none are.

    • @jeffreygao3956
      @jeffreygao3956 Рік тому +1

      If slaves make good soldiers, then the entire theory of slavery is wrong.

  • @BarkyLondon
    @BarkyLondon 3 роки тому +3824

    "As this Facebook meme clearly demonstrates..." is the level of proof that most people seem to be satisfied with these days, tbh.

    • @bowen1704
      @bowen1704 3 роки тому +7

      “It is however of primary importance that the Africans should know that the service is voluntary on their part. As to the name of the troops, the general thinks you cannot do better than consult the men themselves. His only objection to calling them colored troops was that the enemy had selected that designation for theirs. But this has no weight against the choice of the troops and he recommends that they be called colored or if they prefer, they can be called simply Confederate troops or volunteers. Everything should be done to impress them with the responsibility and character of their position, and while of course due respect and subordination should be exacted, they should be so treated as to feel that their obligations are those of any other soldier and their rights and privileges dependent in law & order as obligations upon others as upon theirselves. Harshness and contemptuous or offensive language or conduct to them must be forbidden and they should be made to forget as soon as possible that they were regarded as menials. You will readily understand however how to conciliate their good will & elevate the tone and character of the men” - Robert E Lee to General Ewell on black confederate soldiers

    • @BarkyLondon
      @BarkyLondon 3 роки тому +180

      @@bowen1704 Oh, wow, one lofty quote out of line with the reality of the situation has totally changed my mind on this whole complex issue. Thank you for enlightening me

    • @bowen1704
      @bowen1704 3 роки тому +2

      “Lee viewed slavery as a evil.” - Historians Douglas Cohn and Jim Kelly
      “In this enlightened age, there are few I believe, but what will acknowledge, that slavery as an institution, is a moral & political evil in any Country.” - Robert E Lee 1856
      “While we see the Course of the final abolition of human slavery is onward, & we give it the aid of our prayers & all justifiable means in our power we must leave the progress as well as the result in his hands who Sees the end” - Robert E Lee 1856
      “I am rejoiced that slavery is abolished. I believe it will be greatly for the interests of the South. So fully am I satisfied of this, as regards Virginia especially, that I would cheerfully have lost all I have lost by the war, and have suffered all I have suffered, to have this object attained.” - Robert E Lee 1865
      “I can anticipate no greater calamity for the country than a dissolution of the Union. It would be an accumulation of all the evils we complain of, and I am willing to sacrifice anything but honor for its preservation.” Robert E Lee 1861
      “During my research, came across instances where black men stated they were soldiers. Soldiers were clearly crossed out and body servant or teamster on pension applications replaced it.” - Black Historian Ervin Jordan
      I can assure you, that the gallant hearts that throb beneath its sacred folds, will only be content, when this glorious banner is planted first and foremost in the coming struggle for our independence. - John Bell Hood
      “For my part, I have no hesitancy from the first that, right or wrong, alone or otherwise, I go with Virginia.” - JEB Stuart
      “I would rather be a private in Virginia’s army than a general in any army that was going to coerce her.” - JEB Stuart

    • @BarkyLondon
      @BarkyLondon 3 роки тому +98

      @@bowen1704 Wow, even more quotes! I'm definitely convinced of the righteousness of the southern cause now. I will now be erecting a Confederate flag outside my house so I can show poor hapless Yankees the error of their ways. Thank you for your service

    • @bowen1704
      @bowen1704 3 роки тому +2

      @@BarkyLondon Don’t forget old glory. “Raise your children to love the United States.” - Robert E Lee

  • @mister_i9245
    @mister_i9245 3 роки тому +886

    My Dad liked to watch your channel before he passed, he said he liked you because you 'tell it like it is'

    • @AtunSheiFilms
      @AtunSheiFilms  3 роки тому +358

      My condolences. Death sucks.

    • @CoffeeSuccubus
      @CoffeeSuccubus 3 роки тому +100

      @@AtunSheiFilms Both Unionites and Confederates can agree
      Death sucks

    • @JimbobZ17
      @JimbobZ17 3 роки тому +4

      @J. E. B. Stuart you are a disgrace to Gen. J.E.B. Stuart name.

    • @Derginator
      @Derginator 3 роки тому +1

      @@JimbobZ17 snowflake ❄️

    • @paltheporg7821
      @paltheporg7821 3 роки тому +5

      I’m sorry for your loss.

  • @tysondennis1016
    @tysondennis1016 7 місяців тому +188

    Confederates: “We can’t be racist, we have black men fighting for us!”
    Slaves: “We don’t want to fight-“
    Confederates: “Shut up!”

    • @holzmann-
      @holzmann- 6 місяців тому +1

      You think the black soldiers in the Union had a choice to fight? Surely there was slavery, but that didn't cause the civil war. Back then, slavery was still legal in every state.

    • @yunuss58
      @yunuss58 6 місяців тому +6

      @@holzmann- man, read the fucking secession documents of those states. Nearly all mention slavery. Also the Cornerstone speech

    • @Eyebagdude
      @Eyebagdude 6 місяців тому +12

      @@holzmann-and sure it was legal but spousal rape was until the late eighties but it wasn’t socially acceptable

    • @baneofbanes
      @baneofbanes 5 місяців тому +14

      @@holzmann-yes they did in fact have a choice.

    • @Meyr3356
      @Meyr3356 4 місяці тому +5

      @@holzmann- No it wasn't, at least, not the kind you're speaking of.
      It's literally the point of the Dred v. Scott (Does a slave's status as property become null if they are in a location where it is illegal for them to be property).

  • @theoian
    @theoian 3 роки тому +5775

    "My confederate ancestor wasn't racist, he had black friends."

    • @helbent4
      @helbent4 3 роки тому +310

      In fact some of his closest friends were black.

    • @thewest8630
      @thewest8630 3 роки тому +445

      "Yea. We loved Aunt Betty! She raised all of my family. Had to whip her a few times to teach her to behave, but you know how it is. We love black people!"

    • @helbent4
      @helbent4 3 роки тому +233

      @@thewest8630 "...and they love us! And the Confederacy."

    • @theoian
      @theoian 3 роки тому +122

      @@Wheninrome6042 uhm.. yeah? That's the joke lol

    • @trevorwalsh9443
      @trevorwalsh9443 3 роки тому +14

      @@Wheninrome6042 Which the Dumbest shit I ever heard in my life

  • @morsecode980
    @morsecode980 3 роки тому +3220

    Whites fighting for the North: “I’m fighting to preserve the Union!”
    Whites fighting for the South: “I’m fighting for state’s rights!”
    Blacks fighting for the North: “I’m fighting for my fucking life!”
    Blacks fighting for the South: “I don’t even wanna be here bruh”

    • @nicholashollis1522
      @nicholashollis1522 3 роки тому +541

      A state's right to what? 😏

    • @morsecode980
      @morsecode980 3 роки тому +96

      @@nicholashollis1522 lmao

    • @helbent4
      @helbent4 3 роки тому +217

      @@nicholashollis1522 Certainly not the Northern states' rights to refuse to hand over escaped slaves!

    • @morsecode980
      @morsecode980 3 роки тому +31

      @Leonard squirrel Eh, it was more to keep the USA together than anything else

    • @ieatmice751
      @ieatmice751 3 роки тому +161

      @@morsecode980 as the war progressed, abolition became a major goal for the Union army, especially for the soldiers on the ground who saw firsthand the condition slaves lived it

  • @HistorywithCy
    @HistorywithCy 3 роки тому +312

    The next installment of my favorite Atun-Shei series. No wrapping necessary...thank you for the wonderful holiday gift! And thank you Atun-Shei films for a great 2020. Looking forward to 2021, stay safe!

  • @lucasmatiasdelaguilamacdon7798
    @lucasmatiasdelaguilamacdon7798 3 роки тому +1781

    I met a deep southerner from Tennessee once that had a southern unionist ancestor and was dang proud of it. He talked about how his ancestor was amongst the few locals from his small town being friendly and welcoming towards local ex-slaves after the war ended.

    • @thicclegendfeep4050
      @thicclegendfeep4050 3 роки тому +116

      That's awsome

    • @MalrexMontresor
      @MalrexMontresor 3 роки тому +195

      I wish I had a Southern unionist ancestor. For my family, our Southern cousins in Louisiana blamed us for them losing all their slaves during the war and making them poor (they had borrowed heavily on their slaves as collateral and thus lost all their land due to excessive debt). We didn't have a proper family reunion with both Northern and Southern branches until the late 1970's. Then sometime in 2003, we discovered we had black relatives (due to our Southern cousins' fondness for raping their slaves) and my grandmother invited them to join the family reunions. Which sparked a big debate, and a good portion of my Southern relatives refusing to come back to the family reunions. As you can guess, the ones most adverse to spending time with our black cousins are the biggest lost causers.

    • @thicclegendfeep4050
      @thicclegendfeep4050 3 роки тому +93

      @@MalrexMontresor my uncle even hangs a Virginia battle flag in his barn, despite having no traitor heritage whatsoever, I can't even fathom this kind of stupidity

    • @MalrexMontresor
      @MalrexMontresor 3 роки тому +108

      @@thicclegendfeep4050 I've always wondered about this dynamic of people with zero Southern heritage and only Union ancestors supporting the Confederacy. Ultimately, it comes down to only two reasons: 1. They have completely fallen for Lost Cause propaganda and believe that the CSA was fighting for "State's Rights". 2. Or they are racist and actually believe slavery was a good thing.

    • @thicclegendfeep4050
      @thicclegendfeep4050 3 роки тому +39

      @@MalrexMontresor bit of both for them unfortunately

  • @Yannis1a
    @Yannis1a 3 роки тому +915

    Confederate Capitan: "Poor Silas, they captured him! Those yankees are probably torturing him for information"
    Soldier: "Isn't that your slave, sir?"
    Confederate Capitan: "Ha! We are save! Silas infiltrated the enemy army to betray them before they overwhelm us"
    Soldier: "They are charging, sir"
    Confederate Capitan: "Any second Now"
    Soldier: "He is aiming at you, sir"
    Confederate Capitan: "Any second Now"

    • @manperson5315
      @manperson5315 3 роки тому +65

      *POP*

    • @509Gman
      @509Gman 3 роки тому +32

      @@manperson5315 Silas, y u do dis?

    • @Pikkabuu
      @Pikkabuu 3 роки тому +71

      @@509Gman
      You aren't using the right words.
      Et tu Silas.

    • @mikaelleonbriones6356
      @mikaelleonbriones6356 3 роки тому +12

      *BANG*

    • @Khronos12
      @Khronos12 3 роки тому +49

      @@509Gman Silas! You were black all this time?

  • @wordsdistorted
    @wordsdistorted Рік тому +422

    This was probably THE biggest myth I used to believe to be true. I even remember doing a school project and finding so many websites peddling this info with pictures and everything. My teacher didn't even tell me I was wrong... It's a shame America waits until the college level to teach critical thinking skills, as well as the listing and vetting of sources.

    • @jester7061
      @jester7061 Рік тому +27

      I would argue even colleges don’t teach critical thinking but that depends on your professor

    • @Valyssi
      @Valyssi Рік тому

      Critical thinking, you mean **looks through DeSantis-approved dictionary** communism

    • @ConfusedRevolutionary
      @ConfusedRevolutionary Рік тому

      😊😊

    • @stevenpringle9492
      @stevenpringle9492 Рік тому +14

      It's a shame you had to go to college to realize Black Confederate soldiers is a bunch of BS.😂

    • @Civilwar.relics
      @Civilwar.relics 10 місяців тому

      So in all that learning you never heard of holt collier, or William ellison son lol. Looks like you didn't try very hard

  • @FlyingTooFast
    @FlyingTooFast 3 роки тому +1957

    Anyone else notice with every checkmate lincolnites, he starts to climb the ranks in the Union army?

    • @ultramarinescaptain3840
      @ultramarinescaptain3840 3 роки тому +210

      Wait. You right.

    • @garrett9769
      @garrett9769 3 роки тому +194

      Haha yes. I suppose at the end of CL he'll have General's stars. 😄

    • @generalsherman1213
      @generalsherman1213 3 роки тому +360

      Oh shit I think he's after my rank

    • @garrett9769
      @garrett9769 3 роки тому +36

      @General Sherman 😂😂

    • @FlyingTooFast
      @FlyingTooFast 3 роки тому +73

      @@generalsherman1213 don't worry Sherman.....
      You and grant are still my favorite guys.....

  • @ollaniuspius1211
    @ollaniuspius1211 3 роки тому +589

    I know it all went down-hill afterwards, but I truly think it's nice that Johnny Reb got him a present.

    • @thebohemian814
      @thebohemian814 3 роки тому +9

      Hey it’s Christmas.

    • @SpectralTime
      @SpectralTime 3 роки тому +26

      Way I see it, if he really hated his opposite number that much, he’d just stop showing up.

    • @mikaelleonbriones6356
      @mikaelleonbriones6356 3 роки тому +17

      So cool that J. Reb got drunk totally runingin the intro and I LOVE IT

    • @harshbansal7982
      @harshbansal7982 3 роки тому +9

      Really liked the ending as well .

    • @gabivermes2501
      @gabivermes2501 3 роки тому +7

      When they're not arguing over who's side is right they're surprisingly wholesome

  • @alleycat7482
    @alleycat7482 3 роки тому +589

    "Help me Obi-Wan, you're my only hope."
    -Johnny Reb, Dec. 2020

    • @jeffersonclippership2588
      @jeffersonclippership2588 3 роки тому +28

      "And remember, Catholics and Quakers worship the devil and should be killed" -General Kenobi

    • @weldonwin
      @weldonwin 3 роки тому +14

      *"THE CONFDERACY OF INDEPENDENT SYSTEMS, ARE WRETCHED SINNERS, UNWORTHY OF THE FORCE'S LOVE!!!"*

    • @slitor
      @slitor 3 роки тому

      God damnit! Why did it take me so LONG to figure out that JOKE!
      Shouldn't have used Prequel Obi-Wan.

    • @twistedQC
      @twistedQC 3 роки тому

      HELLO THERE!!!!!!!!

  • @MSNL123
    @MSNL123 3 роки тому +672

    Honestly, the more I hear about lost cause myths, the more I think that the most fatal concoction to a lost cause believer would be that which would allow any confederate politician or army officer to ressurect for as little as 15 minutes.

    • @JamesF0790
      @JamesF0790 2 роки тому +139

      The phrase "Never meet your heroes" would never be more true than that.

    • @Destroyer_V0
      @Destroyer_V0 Рік тому +50

      This should be interesting with recent developments in the attunshei cinematic universe.

    • @lightmetro7508
      @lightmetro7508 Рік тому +19

      @@Destroyer_V0 johnny is about to learn the meaning of "never meet your heroes"

    • @Destroyer_V0
      @Destroyer_V0 Рік тому +6

      @@lightmetro7508 Indeed

    • @scottbivins4758
      @scottbivins4758 Рік тому +1

      I think if you listened to both music on both sides the union and the Confederacy it paints a picture we cant just say slavery was the only cause for it cuz it wasn't it was one of many reason for the war. More than anything it was cultural difference between north and South. Listen to im good ole rebel 2nd south Carolina string band and Southern soldier by 2nd Carolina string band. Every Confederate had their reason for picking up Arms for dixie and you know what if it had to be done again god damn it it would be apart of it. Im not a racist i just have my veiws on government and America aint gotten better its gotten worse.

  • @northchurch753
    @northchurch753 3 роки тому +650

    Having Ewan McGregor as God answering Johnny Reb's prayer had me in stitches. Great video sir, and as always:
    Thou art a wretched sinner, utterly unworthy of God's love. A fountain o' pollution is deep within thy nature, and thou livest as a winter tree, unprofitable, fit only to be hewn down and burned. Steep thy life in prayer, and hope that God sees fit to show mercy upon thy corrupted soul.

    • @ScarriorIII
      @ScarriorIII 3 роки тому +15

      There's a meme out there with obi wan in a picture frame and the caption says " grandma, that's not Jesus." XD

    • @joshuawells835
      @joshuawells835 3 роки тому +5

      Does that mean Darth Maul is the Devil?

    • @wisewolftony
      @wisewolftony 3 роки тому

      @@joshuawells835 Nah Darth Maul was never really as evil as he seemed to be. Sure he wasn't a good guy or anything. But he didn't have a choice in the matter to become Palpatine apprentice as his mother was promised that position but then Palpatine just grabbed Maul one day and decided he would become his apprentice. After Phantom Menace he lost his mind for awhile and after regaining it decided to take over the crime syndicate and Mandalore in order gain enough power to take his revenge on Obi Wan and over throw Palpatine. But he was defeated by Palpatine and kept captive until the group of Mandalorians he was the leader of rescued him. After that his goal was to lure Obi Wan to Mandalore so he could kill Anakin as he knew that Anakin was to become the apprantice of Palpatine and that they would rule over the galaxy. He tried to convince Ahsoka to join him and she was going to until she asked him what he wanted with Anakin and he told her but she refused to believe that Anakin would join the Sith. He was then beaten by Ahsoka and captured but after Order 66 was ordered to happen Ahsoka let Maul escape because she needed someone to create a distraction. He then escaped and went back to leading his crime syndicate.
      So Palpatine is the devil and Maul is just more like some guy who was tricked by the devil. Only way you could call Maul the devil is if you decide to call Palpatine God. As Lucifer aka the Devil rebelled against his father god and was cast out for doing so. And Maul did rebel against Palpatine and was cast out by him.

    • @joshuawells835
      @joshuawells835 3 роки тому +1

      @@wisewolftony Fair, however, Maul himself would disagree, as he said he chose to become a Sith, only for it to turn on him. It was his choice, even as it was chosen for him. Rewatch the scene in the Mandalorian throne room when he kills Satine.

  • @Earlesstag
    @Earlesstag 3 роки тому +1742

    The most unrealistic thing about these series is how the confederate guy just sits there and lets you talk. usually you get 3 to 4 words out and they are all ready screaming

    • @Iijjccbb
      @Iijjccbb 3 роки тому +188

      Clearly these two were friends before the war

    • @williamblackfyre4866
      @williamblackfyre4866 3 роки тому +29

      Word? How many confederate soldiers have you conversed with in your life?

    • @Earlesstag
      @Earlesstag 3 роки тому +206

      @@williamblackfyre4866 I've talked to quite a few people who are pro confederacy, which I thought was the implied meaning. I apologize I'll make sure I'm incredibly clear and persice next time

    • @williamblackfyre4866
      @williamblackfyre4866 3 роки тому +3

      @@Earlesstag ok, but would you still call someone that is pro confederacy, a confederate? That is what I was hung up on. I'm not sure if it's a typo or you say it funny so you spelled it different, but it's 'precise' not per.

    • @deez1356
      @deez1356 3 роки тому +114

      @@williamblackfyre4866 shut

  • @SiraSpirit
    @SiraSpirit 3 роки тому +460

    "As diverse as a college admissions photo." So exactly one Black guy appearing in every photo? Great line.

    • @brandonk.4864
      @brandonk.4864 3 роки тому +40

      @@MatthewChenault come on dude, give it up

    • @zekedia2223
      @zekedia2223 3 роки тому +10

      @@brandonk.4864 Well, he isn’t wrong about most Union regiments. The US Army was segregated for decades after the Civil War. I can’t speak of “most left wing circles” because I am not part of “left wing circles”, and I doubt Matthew is either.

    • @internetman1213
      @internetman1213 3 роки тому +18

      @@zekedia2223 it’s not that Matthew Chenault is wrong, but it’s just trying to save face for the confederacy. Here I’ll give you an example :
      ‘Oh yeah! The Yankees segregated their troops, and were racists! Meanwhile our southern brethren fought alongside colored ‘troops’! What’s that? Confederacy fighting for the rights to own slaves? You know northerners had slaves! What do you mean they’re the ones who fought for and ratified the 13th amendment?’
      See what I mean?

    • @zekedia2223
      @zekedia2223 3 роки тому +3

      @@internetman1213 Yeah, I know what you mean, Mr. Internet Man.

    • @mikaelleonbriones6356
      @mikaelleonbriones6356 3 роки тому +6

      The way he said "Photo" remined me of the "Chillin' yearing for freedom yankee tyranny"

  • @PitterPatter20
    @PitterPatter20 3 роки тому +1247

    This should be really easy to prove. Lost Causers should be able to point to regiments in the Confederate order of battle, not resorting to these random collections of sources. Unless they actually want us to believe that the Confederate Army was desegregated when the Union's wasn't lol. Which they might actually attempt knowing them. There's also the fact that even if they were right and black soldiers fought for the Confederacy it still wouldn't prove the war wasn't about slavery lmao. It's wrong and it's pointless.

    • @AtunSheiFilms
      @AtunSheiFilms  3 роки тому +569

      There actually are some people who claim the Confederate army was desegregated. Or that blacks were "officially" prohibited from enlisting,* but because Confederate officers were just so cool and chill they let blacks fight for them anyway.
      There are some Lost Cause myths that are reasonable but misguided, misleading or simplistic. This one is just wrong, wrong, wrong - the mental gymnastics are astounding.
      *EDIT: As soldiers, that is. Like I said in the video some free blacks enlisted as musicians, cooks, etc.

    • @williambrown1095
      @williambrown1095 3 роки тому +23

      @@AtunSheiFilms Try reading "towards the end of the war, Southern Officers were so desperate they didn't look very close." {could be. there's a lot of "half Breed" enlisted. didn't say who. {and my family said "half white" when the last white was in the seventeenth century. We fought for the Union. But you're treading on hate now. Try to talk to a few southerners. We don't bite.} [ok, usually don't bite. Bark a lot}

    • @messman10
      @messman10 3 роки тому +26

      @@AtunSheiFilms Since you had "Godly McGregor:" 2 Timothy 4:3: people 'want their ears tickled.'
      Basically, anything that contradicts a belief, a person wants to dump from their mind.
      I think 'shrinks' call the phenomenon "confirmation bias."
      But yeah, the gymnastics are amazing and super creative.

    • @philmccracken7520
      @philmccracken7520 3 роки тому +4

      Holt Collier , John Nolan,Bass Reeves , Amos Rucker ,, read learn , enough said

    • @thewizard7396
      @thewizard7396 3 роки тому +27

      "Misinterpreting interpretation is the name, revisionising is the game."
      -Probably the UDC

  • @dragoninthewest1
    @dragoninthewest1 2 роки тому +231

    I love that the intro is very historically accurate. I heard there was a huge black market trade of coffee and tobacco during the Civil War

    • @Andandand25
      @Andandand25 Рік тому +9

      I believe it is part of the reason why chicory in coffee is popular in New Orleans.

    • @whyjnot420
      @whyjnot420 Рік тому

      @@Andandand25 And not because it is a laxitive?

    • @TheUSgoverment
      @TheUSgoverment Рік тому +10

      @@Andandand25 no.
      Chicory was popularized because of the blokade which also caused the black market.
      They didn't have any regular coffee so tried to make do with that

    • @curtisthomas2670
      @curtisthomas2670 Рік тому +2

      Roasted okra seeds were used as a coffee substitute

    • @petermmm42
      @petermmm42 4 місяці тому

      The hell that confederates doing in a black market? Thought they didn't like that stuff /j

  • @wyattplayzgaming
    @wyattplayzgaming 3 роки тому +1675

    Southerner here, I love this. Definitely agree that the Confederacy was wrong and was formed upon slavery. But Mr. Reb, please never concede, we need more of this amazing series!

    • @Bushwackinggroyper
      @Bushwackinggroyper 3 роки тому +28

      sherman didn’t burn enough we should have charged every single traitor that killed innocent american men protecting the union

    • @evanceier8577
      @evanceier8577 3 роки тому +173

      @@Bushwackinggroyper WHOAH okay then
      That's uncalled for

    • @kaidenhall2718
      @kaidenhall2718 3 роки тому +12

      The rebel is called Johnny and the Union one is called billy yank

    • @evanceier8577
      @evanceier8577 3 роки тому +27

      @@kaidenhall2718 yeah, johnny reb

    • @anonymoushiram7672
      @anonymoushiram7672 3 роки тому +3

      Shame he only plans on making 10 total

  • @murphyrutledge5590
    @murphyrutledge5590 3 роки тому +1081

    “As this Facebook meme clearly indicates.”

    • @jammehrmann1871
      @jammehrmann1871 3 роки тому +19

      fakt

    • @EdgieAlias
      @EdgieAlias 3 роки тому +40

      Had a debate with an anti-masker who almost did the same shit verbatim. This was after they told me to stop watching CNN, of course.

    • @naughtybear2187
      @naughtybear2187 3 роки тому +4

      @@EdgieAlias even though the rally the debater stood behind is asinine, the advice he gives rings true. If you value unbiased news information then I highly suggest to stick to other mediums other than C.N.N.

    • @palestalemale8831
      @palestalemale8831 3 роки тому +14

      @@naughtybear2187 ok name those media outlets. Tell us where you get your "unbiased" media. 😅🤣😂

    • @naughtybear2187
      @naughtybear2187 3 роки тому +2

      @@palestalemale8831 idk how about you look into that on your own accord. I like how I told you to think for yourself and you still end up asking me on how to do that. 😅🤣😂

  • @danielduvernay3207
    @danielduvernay3207 3 роки тому +346

    He actually does a pretty good job trying to argue for the Confederate cause, it's not like he's only addressing one thing, he's trying to find the best evidence for the Confederacy.

    • @stevendorries
      @stevendorries 3 роки тому +87

      Yeah, because if you don’t present the absolutely strongest version of an argument you are rebutting you leave your rebuttal vulnerable to some flaw that you overlooked. It’s the inverse of a strawman.

    • @sciencealltheway
      @sciencealltheway 3 роки тому +39

      @@stevendorries I believe the technical term is “steelman”.

    • @Lordmun445
      @Lordmun445 3 роки тому +8

      @@sciencealltheway ironman

    • @aureavita8653
      @aureavita8653 3 роки тому +6

      @@Lordmun445 Fe-man

    • @johntaylor7029
      @johntaylor7029 3 роки тому +16

      My professor told me the best way to win an argument is to actually be right, and that you can't even know what is right unless you know the issues to the fullest extent. Big reason I like this channel, use of sources and it's never one sided.

  • @theomegajuice8660
    @theomegajuice8660 2 роки тому +154

    "If slaves will make good soldiers then our whole theory of slavery is wrong"
    So apparently they had self-aware wolves in the 19th century too

  • @lukasuhlenkamp9850
    @lukasuhlenkamp9850 3 роки тому +4135

    I like that the chess set itself contradicts the “northern aggression” myth, given that in chess white makes the first move

    • @SidheKnight
      @SidheKnight 3 роки тому +457

      The colors are also appropiate, given that the Union ended up freeing the (black) slaves, and the Confederacy fought for.. you know.

    • @dergotzvonberlichingen4880
      @dergotzvonberlichingen4880 3 роки тому +120

      @@SidheKnight staterights?

    • @levimalone4433
      @levimalone4433 3 роки тому +59

      There is no way you actually believe the colors have anything to do with racism the game is over 1500 years old the colors are a simple result of black and white material being both easier to obtain and easier to differentiate.
      When you play chess you can have black make the first move, no one is going to hurt you. Me and my friends flip coins to decide who goes first.

    • @SidheKnight
      @SidheKnight 3 роки тому +397

      @@levimalone4433 Of course I don't believe the colors are racist.
      I just thought it was oddly appropiate that the Confederate side played with white pieces since, you know, the whole white supremacy thing, and the Union gets the black pieces, which is fitting since they ended up freeing the black slaves.
      The fact that, customarily, white plays first (just like the South attacked first) is the cherry on top.

    • @dergotzvonberlichingen4880
      @dergotzvonberlichingen4880 3 роки тому +88

      @@levimalone4433 1. Modern chess is only 500 Years old, Three where others Version before, but chess as we now it, is from the 15.Century.
      2. You can flip coins, but white goes first. This is the rule, you can play it with other rule, but is it chess then?

  • @SpunkyMcGoo
    @SpunkyMcGoo 3 роки тому +384

    the coffee gag as a transition into the first comment is fucking brilliant

    • @granderonde599
      @granderonde599 3 роки тому +12

      I was wondering where he was going with the elaborate set up. Worth the wait!

    • @bastage5932
      @bastage5932 3 роки тому +5

      @@granderonde599 I kinda just assumed it was one long attempt at taking the piss out of Gods and Generals

    • @mfitzburger5137
      @mfitzburger5137 3 роки тому +4

      even better than the Folgers incest commercial reference?

    • @gabrielegenota1480
      @gabrielegenota1480 3 роки тому

      @@bastage5932 I thought it was a sponsor or something lMAO

  • @kevinbertram4828
    @kevinbertram4828 3 роки тому +363

    Is Ewan McGregor the Confederate Jesus?

    • @alessiobellotti3912
      @alessiobellotti3912 3 роки тому +66

      He's jesus period

    • @sarahluise3153
      @sarahluise3153 3 роки тому +92

      Ironic considering Obi Wan Kenobi help destroy a Confederacy

    • @HRush-lu6fj
      @HRush-lu6fj 3 роки тому +10

      He’s just two brothers from Minnesota fighting over a postage stamp.

    • @GUNROCKS1990
      @GUNROCKS1990 3 роки тому

      Oh no 😂

    • @weldonwin
      @weldonwin 3 роки тому +13

      "THE CONFEDERACY OF INDEPENDENT SYSTEMS ARE VILE PAPISTS, NOT WORTHY OF THE FORCES LOVE!!!"

  • @StefanMilo
    @StefanMilo 3 роки тому +134

    Truly, a christmas gift for all

  • @johnwall7968
    @johnwall7968 3 роки тому +267

    I'm a simple man. I see a notification from Atun-Shei: I drop everything and watch.

    • @johnnotrealname8168
      @johnnotrealname8168 3 роки тому +1

      I hate how much this has filled comments pages.

    • @wierdalien1
      @wierdalien1 3 роки тому

      @@johnnotrealname8168 but in this tis true

    • @johnnotrealname8168
      @johnnotrealname8168 3 роки тому

      @@wierdalien1 It is overused. Hence the frustration, like people complaining about modern pop in old time music, and how cultured they are. It is true but monotonous.

    • @wierdalien1
      @wierdalien1 3 роки тому

      @@johnnotrealname8168 i mean, they arent right there.

  • @kitjohnson2767
    @kitjohnson2767 2 роки тому +163

    “Our great and glorious Confederacy was as diverse as a college admissions photo.”
    That made me laugh.
    Though I will say in the Silas Chandler photo the white guy looks FAR more scared than Silas.

    • @BadWebDiver
      @BadWebDiver 10 місяців тому +3

      They also looked extremely close, if you know what I mean...

    • @Jackson_the_king66
      @Jackson_the_king66 10 місяців тому +2

      @@BadWebDiverthought that too

  • @Artur_M.
    @Artur_M. 3 роки тому +172

    This might be the best episode of "Checkmate, Lincolnites!" yet. The ending was so wholesome! I'm actually starting to see some character development in Johnny Reb, he kinda accepted losing the argument in the end here. I wonder if the next episode will be about the Native Confederates (or rather the Native/Indigenous Americans in the Civil War in general)? At least in that case poor Johnny will have some better footing.
    Also, the topic covered this time makes me even more curious about your opinion of the 1999 movie Ride with the Devil, because the "exceptionally loyal slave fighting with his master" motive was featured there in a nuanced way if I remember correctly (it was a long time since I watched that movie).

    • @harshbansal7982
      @harshbansal7982 3 роки тому +19

      I want the next video to be about Robert e lee . There’s a lot of stuff surrounding him and I wonder how much of it is true or not.

    • @MiloTheCrotonian
      @MiloTheCrotonian 3 роки тому +4

      I think this video actually shown that Confederates are still flawed humans just like the rest of us

    • @ogrehaslayers605
      @ogrehaslayers605 3 роки тому +1

      Yes.

    • @BB-hx4mj
      @BB-hx4mj 3 роки тому +2

      Artur M. you’re under almost every history video on UA-cam I’ve watched.

    • @Artur_M.
      @Artur_M. 3 роки тому +2

      @@BB-hx4mj I'm trying my best. Now it's a struggle more than ever because I got Kingdom Come: Deliverance for Christmas. I mean I'm very busy with serious work. 😅