The American Civil War - OverSimplified (Part 1)

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  • @magmatube1755
    @magmatube1755 3 роки тому +41117

    you know the person is important when they get more than just dots for eyes

    • @iceberg2466
      @iceberg2466 3 роки тому +3222

      And when they have a detailed face
      Lol this is the most likes I have ever had thanks I guess

    • @magmatube1755
      @magmatube1755 3 роки тому +534

      @@iceberg2466 indeed

    • @HarjTheOne1
      @HarjTheOne1 3 роки тому +179

      Mhm

    • @hannahjoseph2347
      @hannahjoseph2347 3 роки тому +1077

      *Cries in Hitler and Stalin*

    • @whippage2238
      @whippage2238 3 роки тому +609

      You know the person is bad when they have a picture for there face

  • @cheeseoffthevine6292
    @cheeseoffthevine6292 4 роки тому +3059

    "It was the Confederates who fired the first sh-" WENDY'S AD: THIS IS AMERICA'S FAVORITE BREAKFAST

    • @mdruffel
      @mdruffel 4 роки тому +134

      "It was the confederate who fired the sho-"
      Ad: have some Kentucy fried Chicken
      This happen for me

    • @adgVelaepyaety
      @adgVelaepyaety 4 роки тому +68

      Wendy’s Caused The War.

    • @romanempire8139
      @romanempire8139 4 роки тому +9

      You just don't know it yet

    • @lolbit1232
      @lolbit1232 4 роки тому +12

      @night mark bruh...this was about a ad having funny timing

    • @antred11
      @antred11 4 роки тому +5

      @wthNOname Ugh, yes we do.

  • @PurooRoy
    @PurooRoy 5 місяців тому +489

    John Brown seems like an absolute chad. I always love it when someone who looks like they would be absolute bullies turn out to be compassionate towards everyone.

    • @quinnholloway5400
      @quinnholloway5400 2 місяці тому +14

      Good heart and intentions
      But a bit of a backfire when he put it into action

    • @jacaredosvudu1638
      @jacaredosvudu1638 2 місяці тому +14

      And i little too moronic in tactics
      Not to mention, a black man was killed by his party
      But still, based figure

    • @wildfire9280
      @wildfire9280 2 місяці тому +7

      John Brown is the American edition of a Buddhist fierce deity.

    • @UnprofessionalProfessor
      @UnprofessionalProfessor 2 місяці тому +4

      "Turn out to be compassionate towards everyone," wew, lad, do you not know anything about this man😂

    • @Thorpinator
      @Thorpinator Місяць тому

      Slavers aren't people in John Brown's eyes

  • @tahniyadaziz2148
    @tahniyadaziz2148 3 місяці тому +647

    John Brown is the literal definition of chaotic good

    • @turtlelord8021
      @turtlelord8021 2 місяці тому +28

      I mean, I wouldn't say his methods were good. He still wanted to carve a path of blood through the south, but his intentions were definitely noble.

    • @thebighoney9034
      @thebighoney9034 2 місяці тому

      that's literally what chaotic good means. He operates in "chaos", hence the "not so good" method but his goals are for the greater good. @@turtlelord8021

    • @doctorballs8309
      @doctorballs8309 2 місяці тому +3

      Evil

    • @discoboycraft2409
      @discoboycraft2409 Місяць тому +1

      lol

    • @Not_Real_Person1
      @Not_Real_Person1 22 дні тому +18

      @@doctorballs8309He was a anti slavery warlord who wanted to end slavery.
      He was a W

  • @tylerwagner6882
    @tylerwagner6882 4 роки тому +5623

    Politicians carried weapons in self defense”
    *Pulls out rocket launcher*

    • @finnwiggins1597
      @finnwiggins1597 4 роки тому +79

      Tyler Wagner gta be like

    • @zeothesnowwolf2937
      @zeothesnowwolf2937 4 роки тому +153

      It's actually funny because the south was still agriculture based, while the north was industrial, so the south have old muskets and pistols while the north has Smaw's and.... Whatever that other thing was

    • @neko281
      @neko281 4 роки тому +21

      Tyler Wagner historically accurate games nowadays.....

    • @TheOneGuy1111
      @TheOneGuy1111 4 роки тому +18

      'Murica

    • @HolahkuTaigiTWFormosanDiplomat
      @HolahkuTaigiTWFormosanDiplomat 4 роки тому +3

      :0

  • @the.abrahamlincoln
    @the.abrahamlincoln 3 роки тому +5451

    "what is it babies do again WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA" I'm a good baby

    • @adityas3587
      @adityas3587 3 роки тому +89

      @@forest7205 no problem, we'll get you 40 thousand men

    • @definitelynothitler2201
      @definitelynothitler2201 3 роки тому +81

      BUT IF THEY HAVE 40 000 MEN I'LL NEED 50 000

    • @Jakexp1000
      @Jakexp1000 3 роки тому +65

      We NeEd 60,000 MeN!!

    • @askagainquick7826
      @askagainquick7826 3 роки тому +54

      @@Jakexp1000 70,000 men needed

    • @nerd5487
      @nerd5487 3 роки тому +50

      See this guys, this legend fixed America, who thinks he can do it again

  • @matthewluebeck4112
    @matthewluebeck4112 5 місяців тому +204

    I gotta tell you guys something. I homeschool a couple of ADHD kids and this channel is exactly the right kind of sarcastic, snarky, random humor that grabs their attention and they will hyper focus and binge watch your channel for hours and learn more history than they do any other way I've found yet. They can quote whole chunks of these videos verbatim. You've got something here guys. Can you please do a video on the Mayflower and Pilgrim story? Also can you point me in the direction of any similar channels that do other subjects in a similar manner like science?

    • @noahkarpinski1824
      @noahkarpinski1824 Місяць тому +11

      Overly Sarcastic Productions is another great channel. They cover Mythology and History

    • @ashlyndevos1284
      @ashlyndevos1284 Місяць тому +8

      Extra History is a channel with a similar art style and they have videos on many different topics

    • @mikeyassbutcg
      @mikeyassbutcg 25 днів тому +3

      Overly Sarcastic Productions is great for this stuff. A TV show for common misconceptions that also covers history that might work is Adam Ruins Everything, which is more on the adult side of things

    • @lilycanoglu8902
      @lilycanoglu8902 16 днів тому +2

      I have ADHD and I also really like this channel because I don’t feel the need to do multiple things at once, I can just watch the video

    • @MasonButHistory
      @MasonButHistory 12 днів тому +1

      History matters does good content

  • @endermanleader2490
    @endermanleader2490 2 місяці тому +118

    "Your majesty what should we do about the children down in the coal mines" " *NOTHING* "

    • @Madwonk
      @Madwonk Місяць тому +11

      True story about this, when the government started considering intervening on the side of the Confederacy, workers in the UK started rioting and literally smashed their equipment rather than buy it from the south as a sign of worker solidarity. They've apparently built a statue of Lincoln in the following decades as a result.

  • @anastacioballesteros1106
    @anastacioballesteros1106 4 роки тому +27687

    Oversimplified: *Doesn't make content for 4 months*
    This enraged his father who punished him severly

    • @youngsniper4th191
      @youngsniper4th191 4 роки тому +359

      Vladimir Lenin hitler reference lol

    • @oronan8420
      @oronan8420 4 роки тому +422

      This enraged his fans but they didnt do shit coz its la internets

    • @TheBluePhoenix008
      @TheBluePhoenix008 4 роки тому +132

      Captain America: I GET IT!

    • @YeetTheMemes
      @YeetTheMemes 4 роки тому +25

      Nice

    • @Toni29360
      @Toni29360 4 роки тому +54

      plz stop it's extremely old

  • @NormalChannel95
    @NormalChannel95 4 роки тому +2237

    OverSimplified: *Uploads*
    Me: Probably the only good thing that happened this month...

    • @codeword632
      @codeword632 4 роки тому +25

      dude the month just started

    • @spongebobsquarepants675
      @spongebobsquarepants675 4 роки тому +10

      @@codeword632 lol i didn't realize it's february already

    • @JCMWTT
      @JCMWTT 4 роки тому +2

      BoredYT User not in Illinois

    • @gamertea1233
      @gamertea1233 4 роки тому +1

      @@JCMWTT or iowa

    • @gioa4611
      @gioa4611 4 роки тому

      28:17 idk why I laughed so hard I'm freaking 20 yrs old bruh🤣👍

  • @JacobC479
    @JacobC479 23 дні тому +57

    It’s hilarious and scary how many people genuinely argue that “it had nothing to do with slavery.” Usually people here in the south that feel like the Confederacy got a raw deal.

    • @KaitouKaiju
      @KaitouKaiju 22 дні тому +1

      They got way more than they should have which is why so many Confederate sympathizers still hold power

    • @glennbalkin8247
      @glennbalkin8247 22 дні тому

      No one until 1995 believed that the Civil war had anything to do with slavery

    • @Hall.
      @Hall. 21 день тому +2

      @@glennbalkin8247right… so what part of the reasons for succession literally shown in the video was unclear?

    • @justaguycalledjosh
      @justaguycalledjosh 15 днів тому +6

      "IT'S STATE'S RIGHTS"
      Rights to do what?

    • @tikoblocks3224
      @tikoblocks3224 11 днів тому +2

      ​@@justaguycalledjoshBy no means am I an expert. But the South felt like the North were capable of unfairly dictating what they could do. Which includes things like tariffs, and slavery laws. Thats what people mean by state rights. It is also important to remember that, culturally, the North and South saw themselves as distinct.

  • @ThaCataBoi
    @ThaCataBoi 4 місяці тому +27

    “Bringing forth yourself upon someone” is a wild way to say you boinked somebody.

  • @AmishGangsterWith_a_Hellcat
    @AmishGangsterWith_a_Hellcat 4 роки тому +2183

    Oversimplified: *Says 'War' in a video*
    UA-cam: "There's gonna be a tax for that."

  • @blamewaddle5273
    @blamewaddle5273 3 роки тому +3356

    how to be a great politician:
    step 1: have good cheekbones

    • @chrisgould101
      @chrisgould101 3 роки тому +69

      When Greta thunberg tells d trump to grow a beard, history will be complete.

    • @abrahamlincoln9758
      @abrahamlincoln9758 3 роки тому +157

      Step 2: be me.

    • @deleetiusproductions3497
      @deleetiusproductions3497 3 роки тому +51

      Alternative Step 2:
      Research history and politics, gaining a very good understanding of how to run a country.

    • @historybinge2663
      @historybinge2663 3 роки тому +31

      @@deleetiusproductions3497 step 3: throw grant in the east

    • @deleetiusproductions3497
      @deleetiusproductions3497 3 роки тому +11

      @@historybinge2663 That is, if you're actually dealing with a war. Otherwise, this isn't required.

  • @hateable_mess
    @hateable_mess Місяць тому +13

    Going from "He knew he had to keep it all together." To "He had HAD it with this guy's behavior!" Was quick the change.💀

  • @joakos1122
    @joakos1122 Місяць тому +12

    Amazing Lincoln was able to overcome his disability of having no legs, a true inspiration

  • @greeney454
    @greeney454 Рік тому +9550

    For those who don’t know, ‘Unconditional Surrender Grant’ was his real nickname. That is not a joke.

    • @professorbutters
      @professorbutters Рік тому +596

      Grant was so metal.

    • @gtworldzhd4137
      @gtworldzhd4137 Рік тому +650

      U. S. Grant

    • @GoldDragon20
      @GoldDragon20 Рік тому +160

      Oh my god that fits so well

    • @IwishIcouldstopgreenscreenkids
      @IwishIcouldstopgreenscreenkids Рік тому +72

      Germany be like "WHERES MY COTTON" famous last words of germany before, "Auf der Heide blüht ein kleines Blümelein
      und das heißt Erika.
      Heiß von hunderttausend kleinen Bienelein
      wird umschwärmt Erika.
      Denn ihr Herz ist voller Süßigkeit,
      zarter Duft entströmt dem Blütenkleid.
      Auf der Heide blüht ein kleines blümelein
      und das heißt Erika.
      In der heimat wohnt ein kleines mägdelein
      und das heißt Erika.
      Dieses Mädel ist mein treues Schätzelein
      und mein Glück, Erika.
      Wenn das Heidekraut rot-lila blüht,
      singe ich zum Gruß ihr dieses Lied.
      Auf der Heide blüht ein kleines Blümelein
      und das heißt: Erika.
      In mein'm Kämmerlein blüht auch ein Blümelein
      und das heißt Erika.
      Schon beim Morgengrau'n sowie beim Dämmerschein
      schaut's mich an, Erika.
      Und dann ist es mir, als spräch' es laut:
      "Denkst du auch an deine kleine Braut?"
      In der Heimat weint um dich ein Mägdelein
      und das heißt" everyone be like then oh shit "puts their hands in the air" then germany becomes German Reich卐 every be like WERE SCREWED russia be like "time to enact revenge" "loads gun and shoots German Reich卐" "German Reich卐 gets sent packing to berlin and leader commits suicide and The German Reich surrenders to the Soviet Union"

    • @carmentierno587
      @carmentierno587 Рік тому +35

      genius truly a miltary genius

  • @noahhastings6145
    @noahhastings6145 4 роки тому +688

    "SIR! We outnumber the enemy 3 to 1!!"
    General Mclellan: "Then we are outmatched. Better hold here and retreat in a few days..."

    • @pinecone3334
      @pinecone3334 4 роки тому +16

      Noah Hastings Halo reference!

    • @lilsamtheham3293
      @lilsamtheham3293 4 роки тому +19

      Noah Hastings
      General, we outnumber them 3 to 1!
      McClellan: Then it is an uneven fight

    • @rhino4503
      @rhino4503 4 роки тому +3

      @@lilsamtheham3293 all men do not fire at will, don't dare burn their mongrel hides

    • @dr.boring7022
      @dr.boring7022 4 роки тому +1

      *Valley Campaign*
      Sir, they litterally outnumber us 3 to 1!
      Stonewall Jackson: Men, we let those dumb Union Soldiers out to the middle of nowhere to keep them from getting their FILTHY hands on Virginia, but we stumbled onto somethin' they're soo hot for, they're SCRAMBLIN' over eachother to get it. I don't care if it's god's own anti son of a BITCH machine, or a giant nuclear bomb. We're not gonna let them have it. What we WILL let them have is a belly full of lead and a pool of their own blood to down in!
      Am I RiGhT MaRiNeS?!?

    • @patrickmcglonejr8163
      @patrickmcglonejr8163 4 роки тому +5

      Sir! We have 120,000 men they only have 60!
      McClellan: WE NEED ANOTHER 100,000!!!

  • @Cecilpedia
    @Cecilpedia 2 місяці тому +34

    Honestly, your storytelling abilities are incredible. You use humor to get your point across, but you don't sugarcoat the ugly parts of history. Hats off to you, Mr. Oversimplified.

  • @ponianyoutube8071
    @ponianyoutube8071 5 місяців тому +18

    28:26 it's a "blank and you miss it" moment, but you can actually see Jackson's capture of Harpers Ferry on the 14th.
    Here's some more info: when Lee split his army during the Maryland campaign, Stonewall Jackson was sent to capture the town of Harpers Ferry, which was defended by a Union garrison under one Colonel Dixon Miles, who would end up dying while riding to the Rebel lines to surrender. Aside from the initial fighting along the Maryland Heights overlooking the town, Jackson was able to win without much loss of life on either side.

    • @zenthack
      @zenthack 3 місяці тому +1

      Look, this is very interesting , but it's "blink and you'll miss it."

  • @adityak3207
    @adityak3207 4 роки тому +626

    "*THAT'S NOT HOW VICTIM MENTALITY WORKS*" is -perhaps- the best quote ever.

    • @Th3St4rD0lph1n
      @Th3St4rD0lph1n 4 роки тому +3

      I remember when perhaps wasn’t there, good times

    • @t.c.thompson2359
      @t.c.thompson2359 4 роки тому +4

      How modern.

    • @rockun7929
      @rockun7929 4 роки тому +1

      Too bad it doesn't apply in this historical scenario

  • @YankeeBlues21
    @YankeeBlues21 3 роки тому +7991

    I can’t believe he left out Lincoln’s wildly successful wrestling career. About 300 wins and invented the choke slam.
    That’s not even a joke, Lincoln was a beast in the wrestling ring in his youth.

  • @AtlasBlizzard
    @AtlasBlizzard 2 місяці тому +17

    John Brown, what an absolute legend.

  • @Aztecia
    @Aztecia 3 місяці тому +20

    I asked ChatGPT today for “fun history based channels” and you were it’s first pick. What a great find! Loving this channel already!

  • @smasher.338
    @smasher.338 4 роки тому +4517

    The slavery loving senator who beat that man with a cain, moved to Florida afterwards, and now there is a town named after him. Brooksville. So this may be one of the first Florida man stories!

    • @bombyouup62
      @bombyouup62 4 роки тому +74

      I used to live in Brooksville and went to high school with Bray Wyatt(Hernando High).

    • @heikobellini3092
      @heikobellini3092 4 роки тому +13

      [-[tRiX]-] WWE bray wyatt?

    • @WateverWatever04
      @WateverWatever04 4 роки тому +110

      *The Original Florida Man™️*

    • @geepstudios8688
      @geepstudios8688 4 роки тому +8

      I’ve live near Brooksville, it’s a fine little county seat.

    • @bombyouup62
      @bombyouup62 4 роки тому +5

      @@heikobellini3092 Yeah.

  • @thedumb1ne568
    @thedumb1ne568 4 роки тому +318

    Oversimplified: he wrote some questionable poetry.
    Lincoln: that was not very finger licking good of you

  • @BostonBoy397
    @BostonBoy397 3 місяці тому +16

    "We should hang out sometime so I can tell you all about NordVPN"
    *Proceeds to tell us all about NordVPN without scheduling said hangout*

  • @JulianchoNemoga90
    @JulianchoNemoga90 Місяць тому +7

    I am colombian. And I really dont mean to offend anyone, but man Lincoln was amazing, what a man and what a historic figure, no wonder why here there are schools, hospitals, streets, neighborhoods, etc under his name. He was an incredible man and my favorite president of the US.

  • @teddygao4164
    @teddygao4164 4 роки тому +453

    Baby Lincoln: *Cries* Doctors: "I'm not touching that." This angered adult Lincoln which punished then severely!

  • @freakalmighty2533
    @freakalmighty2533 8 місяців тому +3515

    I had no idea NordVPN played such a pivotal role in shaping the history of so many countries

    • @VVTheVictorious
      @VVTheVictorious 8 місяців тому +27

      Same, its almost as if that is not true

    • @theespartanff3188
      @theespartanff3188 7 місяців тому +121

      Clearly you guys weren't paying enough attention in history class

    • @cheddrw
      @cheddrw 7 місяців тому

      @@theespartanff3188 for real

    • @AustroHungarianEmpire1867
      @AustroHungarianEmpire1867 7 місяців тому +15

      It's almost like it was just a joke.

    • @comedyreliefguy5112
      @comedyreliefguy5112 6 місяців тому +27

      ⁠​⁠​⁠@@AustroHungarianEmpire1867You and VVTheVictorious are buzzkills, like duh no crap really? Gee we had no idea it was a joke

  • @santiagohernandez748
    @santiagohernandez748 4 місяці тому +18

    It took me a good couple of years to realize unconditional surrender grant is legit bc of what he said and its a meme on his initials

    • @santiagohernandez748
      @santiagohernandez748 4 місяці тому

      And was real

    • @pokepals2780
      @pokepals2780 4 місяці тому

      Fun fact the S in U.S. Grant was a clerical error. His middle name was Ulysses. His first name was Hiram.

  • @garrettroller1924
    @garrettroller1924 6 місяців тому +8

    As someone who lives in the Shenandoah valley in Virginia, this whole state is just FILLED with history.

  • @evictionnotice1313
    @evictionnotice1313 2 роки тому +6294

    Fun fact, Grant wasn’t as much of an alcoholic as history makes him out to be. He struggled with it in his early years in the army when he was stationed on the northwest coast, but after that he was rarely drunk. His biggest addiction was actually cigars, which he smoked 3-5 a day, and that is what eventually killed him.

    • @rimfire8217
      @rimfire8217 2 роки тому +212

      So he was kinda an alcoholic in his youth but eventually gave it up.

    • @evictionnotice1313
      @evictionnotice1313 2 роки тому +304

      Basically. He was depressed and away from his family for a while which lead to him getting HELLA drunk for a WHILE, but through the rest of his life he rarely drank (though the extremely rare times he did drink, he went super overboard and would have 1-3 day binges until he got himself under control), but most of the times we hear of him drunk are lies from officers who didn’t like him, like his CO in St. Louis who was terrible at his job and Grant called him on it creating an enemy for life. But the Grant we always hear about constantly drinking is mostly just attacks on his character from military (on his side) and political rivals.

    • @joyshodipo7033
      @joyshodipo7033 2 роки тому +17

      We dont do that here, please go to your nearest teacher, you teacher's pet!

    • @evictionnotice1313
      @evictionnotice1313 2 роки тому +61

      I’m a know it all, not a teacher’s pet lol

    • @VK-jy3pi
      @VK-jy3pi 2 роки тому +51

      @@joyshodipo7033 what was the purpose of your statement, Joy (Depressed)?

  • @MF-R
    @MF-R 2 роки тому +2355

    "But he's a looney drunk sir!"
    "Well, what does he like to drink?"
    "Whiskey sir."
    "Then; GIVE HIM MORE!"

  • @Springtrap189
    @Springtrap189 2 місяці тому +6

    "Hey son want to go to a picnic"
    "Oh gee dad! Where to?"
    *a battle*

  • @jeremirusin58
    @jeremirusin58 2 місяці тому +1

    I recently had History Olimpics and at one point one of the topics was American Civil War. I don't live in America so knowledge from this video was definitely enough. Of course there were other stages of tournament, but this video is big reason why I got to the college. Thank you for that, Oversimpflied ❤

  • @merrick_724
    @merrick_724 4 роки тому +752

    John brown: *gets captured*
    Southern states: “it’s treason, then.”

  • @Kardia_of_Rhodes
    @Kardia_of_Rhodes 4 роки тому +389

    Abraham Lincoln: "Hey, it's war, baby. What are ya gonna do?"
    John Wilkes Booth: "Aiight, bet!"

    • @TheThe-fs1zx
      @TheThe-fs1zx 4 роки тому

      Omg🤣🤣😂😂

    • @captaintayshark9344
      @captaintayshark9344 4 роки тому

      No Boothe: Time to die
      Lincoln: doshi
      Boothe: shoots

    • @benn454
      @benn454 4 роки тому

      And then the Radical Republicans got control of Reconstruction and burned the South to the ground. Good job making things worse for your own people, Johnny.

  • @julierosemodelproductions
    @julierosemodelproductions 2 місяці тому +4

    as a canadian who never was taught american history in school, this was very informative in addition to it being funny, so many lovely cheekbones it seems 😂 seriously though i learned a lot here, thank you

  • @CatsT.M
    @CatsT.M 6 місяців тому +4

    26:17
    Except because the ironclads where so strong a battle against two of them took quite a while. And sometimes even ended in both ships just leaving because neither could breach the other's hull.

  • @hopefulhyena3400
    @hopefulhyena3400 4 роки тому +1128

    “What does he like to drink?”
    “Whiskey, I believe, sir”
    “Then send him MORE”
    I like the cut of this man’s jib.

  • @supasaiyajinjay5387
    @supasaiyajinjay5387 4 роки тому +1018

    “Also, he’s a loony drunk.”
    “Well, what does he like to drink?”
    “I believe whiskey, sir.
    “Then send. Him. MORE.”

    • @maxrichards3881
      @maxrichards3881 4 роки тому +27

      supasaiyajin jay
      That’s how you reward one of the 3 good generals that you had. The others were general Sherman (Grant’s good friend), and general Meade (Who defeated General Lee at Gettysburg).

    • @warlordofbritannia
      @warlordofbritannia 4 роки тому +4

      If only McClellan was an alcoholic, huh?

    • @maxrichards3881
      @maxrichards3881 4 роки тому +2

      WarlordofBritannia
      He still would have failed to win. (HE LOST)

    • @stevenchoza6391
      @stevenchoza6391 4 роки тому

      @@maxrichards3881 Sheridan was a pretty good cavalry commander, so that's four.

    • @amariadamsdevonish1374
      @amariadamsdevonish1374 4 роки тому

      MMMMOOOOOORRRREEEEEE

  • @retriever19golden55
    @retriever19golden55 6 місяців тому +9

    BTW... First Manassas was the very first battle for new West Point graduate and commissioned Lieutenant George Armstrong Custer. While the battle was a rout for the Union troops, Lt. Custer was able to stop some of the Union troops from fleeing willy-nilly, to conduct an ordered, fighting retreat. Custer would go on to fight in nearly all the major battles in the Eastern theater, courageously leading his cavalry from the front in charge after charge, and becoming a major factor in many Union victories. Becoming one of the youngest brigadier generals in the history of the US Army just days before the pivotal Battle of Gettysburg, on the third day of the battle he led his volunteer Michigan cavalry in repeated charges against a larger force of Jeb Stuart's Invincibles, handing them their first-ever combat defeat, preventing the possibility of Stuart's cavalry attacking Meade's troops from the rear during Pickett's Charge. While Stuart didn't have orders to do so, it's entirely possible that he would have, knowing Jeb, had the opportunity presented itself. In a later battle, it was Custer's troops who would be responsible for Stuart's death, removing one of Lee's best generals from the war. At Appomattox, General Phil Sheridan would purchase the table Lee signed the surrender papers on and present it to Libbie Custer, telling her that no one person had done more to bring about the Union's victory than her gallant husband...although I think Julia Dent Grant would've had a persuasive argument making that claim for her husband! George Armstrong Custer was a legitimate Civil War hero.

    • @JABoyle3875
      @JABoyle3875 Місяць тому +1

      And then he was a total dumbass at Little Bighorn.

  • @MissPurpleNine
    @MissPurpleNine Місяць тому

    Absolutely love your channel! I’m a homeschooler and living in WV so, we’re learning all about the Civil War. My kids not just laughed at the funny parts but listened the whole time!

  • @coneyislandav2918
    @coneyislandav2918 4 роки тому +2131

    *four month hiatus*
    Fans: You quit!
    Oversimplified: I didn’t quit! I merely failed to upload.

    • @emperor8716
      @emperor8716 4 роки тому +70

      Coney Island Av It’s a 50 minute video, basically a movie, I’m surprised 4 months is all it took to make this

    • @perlavargas9637
      @perlavargas9637 4 роки тому +2

      Coney Island Av ha

    • @chinasgovernment2454
      @chinasgovernment2454 4 роки тому +27

      quality > quantity

    • @raason4854
      @raason4854 4 роки тому +4

      @Toori Baba so is trump but I don't remember asking

    • @silasc3430
      @silasc3430 4 роки тому +7

      Toori Baba No-instead of keeping black people as slaves he orders muslims to be kept out of the country, encourages systematic racism and makes life for immigrants who are fleeing from wars as hard as possible-persecuting them for trying to save their families. He encourages homophobic attacks, tacitly supports alt-right groups and explicitly supports two separate dictatorships with appealing human rights records. Slavery was an abomination and Trump is leagues worse because he has become so normalised that we are no longer outraged at his policies-at least during the slave trade people knew what was happening was horrific and evil.

  • @Uaarkson
    @Uaarkson 2 роки тому +6188

    Taking your family out in the carriage to picnic and watch a civil war unfold has to be the most American thing ever.

    • @sleeperboi8701
      @sleeperboi8701 2 роки тому +60

      Not everything is an american thing. Stop acting like we're the only ones who do sht

    • @PokemonBigSad
      @PokemonBigSad 2 роки тому +456

      @@sleeperboi8701 no one said you’re the only ones doing it. It’s just very on brand for Americans lol

    • @fibonaccisequins4637
      @fibonaccisequins4637 2 роки тому +291

      @@sleeperboi8701 Why are you so sensitive lmao

    • @ecliptic6911
      @ecliptic6911 Рік тому +60

      God bless America lol

    • @mapleflag6518
      @mapleflag6518 Рік тому +99

      @@fibonaccisequins4637 Probably lives in California.

  • @marykatherinesmith4202
    @marykatherinesmith4202 5 місяців тому +5

    Did anyone notice in the Swedish part of the sponsor that it says “you have planted your final potato” lil mention of the upcoming pig war video, eh? And on the general lee’s battle plans, on the arrow toward Mexico, it says “spring break 1863” I love these little Easter eggs

  • @Doc_917
    @Doc_917 7 місяців тому +6

    15:35 took me out 😂😂…. I appreciate you mentioning that abolishing slavery was a economic issue & not a moral issue. You kept it 💯 great video

  • @rulestarfish0778
    @rulestarfish0778 4 роки тому +816

    McClellan rejected Lincoln's orders
    THIS ENRAGED LINCOLN, WHO PUNISHED HIM SERVERELY

    • @xgetrektx3144
      @xgetrektx3144 4 роки тому +5

      Rulestarfish 07 you got the whole squad laughing 😐😐😐😐

    • @breion1496
      @breion1496 4 роки тому

      Copied Lenin’s comment

    • @nightflyer3242
      @nightflyer3242 4 роки тому +3

      No!
      -Gen. McClellan

    • @jenniferwright3963
      @jenniferwright3963 3 роки тому +1

      Did you know McClellan and Grants family’s ancestors were from the mayflower it’s a little odd with one general bad then the other good.

    • @theboi.inthebasement2377
      @theboi.inthebasement2377 3 роки тому

      Lol

  • @BirdPeopleArentReal
    @BirdPeopleArentReal 4 роки тому +1786

    “Well what does he like to drink?”
    “Whiskey.”
    “THEN. SEND. HIM. MORE!!!”

  • @RP-dv3pw
    @RP-dv3pw 2 місяці тому +9

    Part 2. Let’s get it on!

  • @NickJohnCoop
    @NickJohnCoop Місяць тому +1

    I love that Mcclellan basically exiled himself after the war. He made multiple long stay journeys to Europe after the war.

  • @time2bcoolYT
    @time2bcoolYT Рік тому +7040

    Fun fact:
    In 1856, abarham lincon gave a speech. The speech was so well thought out and amazing, the reporters forgot to write down what he said. So this great speech is now lost to time.

    • @a_true_generic_gamer1104
      @a_true_generic_gamer1104 Рік тому +341

      Hi, I can see this was a month ago, but I still feel this is semi important (it's not important at all feel free to ignore me if you want) enough to mention. Amazing only has one Z. I can 100% guarantee that someone who's not nice could mention it in a mean way, and that's just mean. That's the end of my ted talk. Thank you, and have a wonderful day!

    • @superjoyyable
      @superjoyyable Рік тому +95

      A Bar Ham
      Yes

    • @paulblichmann2791
      @paulblichmann2791 Рік тому +135

      The one where he said "they have to go back to Africa"

    • @nobodyspecial6267
      @nobodyspecial6267 Рік тому +60

      If they didn’t write it down how do you know it was amazing? Because we all know how trustworthy the Media is? Only difference being today it’s hard to get away with it because of UA-cam and twitter etc l.

    • @time2bcoolYT
      @time2bcoolYT Рік тому +187

      @@nobodyspecial6267 they just said it was amazing.

  • @MinilopBun
    @MinilopBun 3 роки тому +596

    General Thomas Jackson: "'Stonewall' Jackson"
    General Ulysses S. Grant: "As if he was determined to drive his head through a brick wall, and was about to do it"

    • @Chinawanka
      @Chinawanka 3 роки тому +6

      i thought of this too

    • @SquooshyCatboy
      @SquooshyCatboy 3 роки тому +6

      Grant is about to slam his head through Jackson’s men.

    • @MinilopBun
      @MinilopBun 3 роки тому +3

      @Special Bronze I know.

    • @mememan2404
      @mememan2404 3 роки тому

      @Lime Green okay?

    • @Em3ga
      @Em3ga 3 роки тому +3

      Best thing Confederate army did was "accidentally" shot stonewall

  • @antoniovestri4406
    @antoniovestri4406 6 місяців тому +1

    I love the Goodfellas reference with the "Funny How? Funny like I'm a Clown?" Cracks me up every time.

  • @kardona_3
    @kardona_3 5 місяців тому +8

    Fun fact: Jefferson Davis and Abraham Lincoln were distant cousins, that’s why they have the same cheekbones.

  • @DieNextInLINE
    @DieNextInLINE 2 роки тому +5383

    Thanks for covering Lincoln's lesser known negative traits. He was quite 'melancholic', a term used back then to describe what we would call depression now.
    When Lincoln and Mary Todd's engagement was "apparently" called off, several close associates of Lincoln feared his suicide.
    The loss of his children left mental scars along with the huge emotional burden of not only limiting the amount of American deaths but having the fate of every slave in America in his hands. It's remarkable that Lincoln was able to make it through all of that. I remember reading a book where a character gave a fake quote "I do not know if great times make great men but they can most certainly break them."

    • @CNep99
      @CNep99 2 роки тому +389

      He was also a big jokester and also just kinda silly, and that probably helped a great deal in the last incredibly streessful years of his life. One of my favorite stories is about an officer running into Lincoln in the War Department and then begged him a thousand pardons. Abe told him one was enough and wished that his generals would change like that.
      But one of my favorite tender stories about him during the war was when he was visiting an army camp where he came across three kittens who he asked where their mother was and learned she had died. He then told the kittens he was happy that they weren't able to comprehend how terrible the Civil War was. It's then said he ordered that they were fed and taken care of and then he sat and pet them and listened to them purring 😭

    • @seishonagon8468
      @seishonagon8468 2 роки тому +12

      ......Interesting pfp.

    • @collincomer7038
      @collincomer7038 2 роки тому +65

      How is being depressed a negative trait? You try being the leader during the most stressful time and I nations history and see if you don’t get depression

    • @DieNextInLINE
      @DieNextInLINE 2 роки тому +196

      @@collincomer7038 Seeing as how he was depressed before the outbreak of the Civil War and before he even ascended to the presidency, I wouldn't blame the times on his depression.
      I'm not going to even address depression being a negative trait. It clearly is but that doesn't mean your value as a person is lessened because of it.

    • @andrewforeman-loe3935
      @andrewforeman-loe3935 2 роки тому +21

      Pretty sure that quote is actually from world War z.

  • @BogusmanTheSwagman
    @BogusmanTheSwagman 2 роки тому +8777

    How does Oversimplified go from pure hilarity, to solemn and serious, and back to pure hilarity? It's rather impressive.

    • @Teenterror983
      @Teenterror983 Рік тому +297

      One word:
      Talent.

    • @lorenzooliveira1157
      @lorenzooliveira1157 Рік тому +263

      My take is:
      Good Writing
      Tone of voice
      Background Music

    • @JoelsChristianContent
      @JoelsChristianContent Рік тому +28

      Lol ikr

    • @sealyoness
      @sealyoness Рік тому +24

      Very astute writing. Ref: Jodi Taylor, author and an undisputed queen of making the reader laugh helplessly, then dump a WHOLE ocean of mind-boggling dark drama. Then pulling the reader out of the tar pit to watch the repairs, complete with some considerable slapstick.

    • @yungsweez9628
      @yungsweez9628 Рік тому

      such a cringe take, comment I dropped 10 seconds ago: That was so fucking cringe. Humiliatingly not funny. Literally 40 percent of the video was you dropping the quirkiest missed joke I've ever heard. Just wanted to learn about the civil war not hear your hack comedy. Good job

  • @DereC519
    @DereC519 12 днів тому +1

    Appreciate in 8:27 how he points out the underlying fact of people not being free

  • @CookieCATerpiller
    @CookieCATerpiller Місяць тому +5

    Oversimplified fans: You haven't posted in a year!
    Oversimplified: False, I merely failed to upload!

  • @KingdomHeartsBrawler
    @KingdomHeartsBrawler 3 роки тому +2625

    "Is cereal a soup?"
    *Angry Lenin intensifies*

    • @neutralpie420
      @neutralpie420 3 роки тому +45

      Comrade, I see you have come from the Russian Revolution video as well

    • @mikaelleonbriones6356
      @mikaelleonbriones6356 3 роки тому +12

      This vid's are too awsome, this is not a Civil War video, this is a Civil War Documentary comedy

    • @jasonc0065
      @jasonc0065 3 роки тому +6

      Is an omelette made of eggs?

    • @gumbyshrimp2606
      @gumbyshrimp2606 3 роки тому +1

      Dub fun shine

    • @anandotgon-urel1291
      @anandotgon-urel1291 3 роки тому +2

      Aa i see your a comrade of culture as well

  • @lieutenantsupascoop2126
    @lieutenantsupascoop2126 4 роки тому +1733

    Mccalean : Gets fired
    McClellan’s wife : You got fired?
    McClellan: I didn’t get fired! I merely failed to keep my job!

  • @teardrop-meh
    @teardrop-meh 22 години тому +1

    i’ll just use this instead of a textbook reading for my test tomorrow. surely it won’t go wrong

  • @IAmWBeard
    @IAmWBeard 2 місяці тому +2

    I live like 10 minutes from Antietam battlefield. Did the walking tour as a kid in elementary school. Shit was crazy. They took us to Gettysburg too. Kinda wish they would’ve taken us in middle school or high school when i understood things better tho.

  • @standing_behind_you4152
    @standing_behind_you4152 4 роки тому +8544

    Who wants a Napoleonic wars video?
    Edit - He just released his Napoleonic Wars video! We did it!

  • @mathuraadir7061
    @mathuraadir7061 4 роки тому +16685

    I’m just glad Lincolns father didn’t punish him severely

    • @patrick-xu1go
      @patrick-xu1go 4 роки тому +888

      The slaves weren’t so lucky

    • @authquake3480
      @authquake3480 4 роки тому +732

      @@patrick-xu1go they were punished severely

    • @Salien1999
      @Salien1999 4 роки тому +138

      Punish* but beat works too

    • @trentonebel9088
      @trentonebel9088 4 роки тому +95

      He sold him out into basic indentured servitude, though.

    • @patchworkfellow4262
      @patchworkfellow4262 4 роки тому +211

      _“I am NOT touching that”_
      -Papa Lincoln, whenever Lincoln was born

  • @banishedguardian701
    @banishedguardian701 7 місяців тому +13

    man i can't thank this guy enough for making history interesting again 😁

    • @marknewton6984
      @marknewton6984 3 місяці тому

      Look at that Southern coastline! Better than anything in Europe.

  • @s.o.k.1393
    @s.o.k.1393 6 місяців тому +2

    7:00 I looked it up, and it is even more savage than OS described. He did call out two senators by name, one of whom was not there, Andrew Butler. Apparently, Stephen Douglas (the senator from South Carolina) had a reputation as chivalrous, and Sumner said "a mistress . . . who, though ugly to others, is always lovely to him; though polluted in the sight of the world, is chaste in his sight-I mean, the harlot, Slavery." He also called him a "noise-some, squat, and nameless animal . . . not a proper model for an American senator."

  • @aguy7848
    @aguy7848 3 роки тому +2293

    This was the first Oversimplified video I showed my mom. She couldn't stop laughing at Lincoln's birth scene.

  • @Peppermynt.
    @Peppermynt. 2 роки тому +5167

    For those who were wondering, the spongebob tv show is 22 years old, which is over 5 times the lifespan of the confederate states

  • @176SelfridgeCompositeSquadron
    @176SelfridgeCompositeSquadron 2 місяці тому +1

    Oversimplified coming with that southern accent “Much to their heart” 11:24

  • @TaeSunWoo
    @TaeSunWoo Місяць тому +1

    23:02 on of the best sequences in Oversimplified history

  • @josh_the_alien
    @josh_the_alien 3 роки тому +12840

    *when some thick figures teach you more than school*

    • @javindhillon6294
      @javindhillon6294 3 роки тому +156

      Dude, you say that as id it happens rarely

    • @josh_the_alien
      @josh_the_alien 3 роки тому +107

      @@javindhillon6294 it do tho

    • @____-ld4uw
      @____-ld4uw 3 роки тому +197

      My history Book doesnt mention anything about the war in asia during ww2

    • @ELEMENT12000
      @ELEMENT12000 3 роки тому +144

      @@____-ld4uw those are some shitty books then

    • @mrpizsa9023
      @mrpizsa9023 3 роки тому +20

      Irk lol

  • @ggnore1755
    @ggnore1755 4 роки тому +4548

    Me: Going to sleep.
    Oversimplified: Wanna see a civil war.
    Me: Ah merde, here we go again.

    • @theununtrium
      @theununtrium 4 роки тому +36

      In poland i just woke up lol

    • @JD-wz9ko
      @JD-wz9ko 4 роки тому +23

      Verdammt, hier sind wir wieder. Livestream was cool

    • @ggnore1755
      @ggnore1755 4 роки тому +51

      Europeans in my comments. Nice some foreigners.

    • @alamgiral-qidwa6067
      @alamgiral-qidwa6067 4 роки тому +8

      Que ne hables en Éspanol ?

    • @parabolaaaaa4919
      @parabolaaaaa4919 4 роки тому +6

      wo shuo han yi

  • @DecoyAnimates
    @DecoyAnimates 2 місяці тому +11

    After the news today, i think the algorithm is officially the funniest internet thing

    • @icarue993
      @icarue993 2 місяці тому +2

      Im here because of the alhorithm as well.
      Its like: seems like the US is going into a civil war... here's a funny video explaining how the first one went

    • @DecoyAnimates
      @DecoyAnimates 2 місяці тому +1

      @@icarue993 ikr

    • @XiozTaschez
      @XiozTaschez 2 місяці тому +2

      You’re welcome.

  • @myleswelnetz6700
    @myleswelnetz6700 4 місяці тому +4

    One of my personal favorite moments in American history.

  • @igorpiasecki7909
    @igorpiasecki7909 4 роки тому +276

    Lincoln: You’re fired!
    Mcclellan: I’m not getting fired! I’m merely failing being employed

    • @williamhuynh869
      @williamhuynh869 4 роки тому +12

      Stolen Comment here:
      McClellan: Dies
      His Spirit: I didnt die! I merely failed to live!

    • @agoosewithinternetaccessan3218
      @agoosewithinternetaccessan3218 4 роки тому +2

      Mcclellan:you cant fire me i quit
      Lincoln:You cant quit your a frog
      Mcclellan:You cant frog me your ma wife
      Lincoln:Your not my wife your my wife
      Mcclellan:oh hey honey how was work
      Lincoln:pretty good but i quit my job
      Mcclellan:you cant quit your fired
      Lincoln:AAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥💥🔥💥🔥💥🔥💥🔥
      (Asdf movie)

    • @jacobgutierrez9642
      @jacobgutierrez9642 4 роки тому +1

      @@agoosewithinternetaccessan3218 Shut up.

    • @agoosewithinternetaccessan3218
      @agoosewithinternetaccessan3218 4 роки тому

      @@jacobgutierrez9642 no u

  • @trevorp.6477
    @trevorp.6477 4 роки тому +6041

    I usually hate sponsors on videos, but it doesn’t feel like an oversimplified video without a nord vpn sponsorship

    • @whyhellothere3008
      @whyhellothere3008 4 роки тому +136

      Like Sam o nella and skillshare

    • @hermit1387
      @hermit1387 4 роки тому +170

      Sponsors are good because that lets you know that the creator is getting money

    • @fatherjason
      @fatherjason 4 роки тому +43

      Nord VPN got hacked and tried to hide it. Don't trust them. They aren't on your side, their in your pocket.

    • @hermit1387
      @hermit1387 4 роки тому +79

      And that’s why I use McDonalds SUPREME WIFI NETWORK

    • @SimonSozzi7258
      @SimonSozzi7258 4 роки тому +10

      Why would you hate sponsors? Unless he's doing a video about internet security companies?

  • @kingconrad4577
    @kingconrad4577 12 днів тому +2

    Actually got this as my History homework and i am for once more than Happy to do my homework

  • @Murza_X
    @Murza_X Місяць тому

    Trying to write a paper so I’ve been reading all of these events, and your “re-enactments” are hilarious is and accurate way👏👏👏

  • @evanescentenquirer2684
    @evanescentenquirer2684 4 роки тому +714

    Oversimplified: he dabbled in politics
    Lincoln: *Becomes President*

    • @Nugcon
      @Nugcon 4 роки тому +6

      I read that as dabbed help

    • @romansa0922
      @romansa0922 4 роки тому +6

      Nice Thrawn pfp

    • @rg-ed5fr
      @rg-ed5fr 4 роки тому +10

      Nugcon He dabbed in office? No wonder the South ceded

  • @theunitedstatesofamerica3556
    @theunitedstatesofamerica3556 4 роки тому +2492

    Confederate States: **breaks away**
    United States: dude, _uncool_

  • @serketenglish5963
    @serketenglish5963 2 місяці тому

    The parallels between the past and our modern situation are crazy.

  • @salt907
    @salt907 14 днів тому +1

    Im learning about this in history this year so I'm watching this video also as a Texan I find our depiction absolutely hilarious and accurate lol

  • @ethansexton2590
    @ethansexton2590 3 роки тому +403

    “Hey, it’s war baby. What are you gonna do.” may be the best quote I’ve heard in years.

    • @nonexistent430
      @nonexistent430 3 роки тому +20

      Ethan Sexton *”YOU’RE ABOUT TO GET A ROUNDHOUSE TO THE FACE.”*

    • @peanutromano7806
      @peanutromano7806 3 роки тому +3

      It’d be better if he said “what’re you gonna do? Shoot me?”

    • @andygames9652
      @andygames9652 3 роки тому

      Ethan Sexton IKR

  • @renxan6501
    @renxan6501 4 роки тому +947

    Abe Lincoln: "You outnumber them, just attack!"
    "No I don't think I will."

    • @navilluscire2567
      @navilluscire2567 4 роки тому +10

      Abe Lincoln: ...I am your mother-clucking commander in CHIEF! **enraged by insubordination**

    • @VideoHostSite
      @VideoHostSite 4 роки тому +2

      @@navilluscire2567 McClellen: "Whatcha gonna do, fire me?"

    • @navilluscire2567
      @navilluscire2567 4 роки тому +3

      @@VideoHostSite
      *Oversimplified:* "...and then he was fired, which upset him greatly."

    • @Fireheart1945
      @Fireheart1945 4 роки тому +3

      Angers me every time I read it, especially after Antietam. The President gave you an order to move, so MOVE!

    • @kenndi_yplays7769
      @kenndi_yplays7769 4 роки тому

      cat nice one

  • @user-qe9hd7jy7d
    @user-qe9hd7jy7d 7 місяців тому +16

    The people that owned human beings as property felt oppressed . Oversimplified is one of the only people who make learning fun online.

  • @novisor1961
    @novisor1961 Місяць тому +1

    @Oversimplified you helped me out on my civil war test in social studies

  • @obliviousidiot.
    @obliviousidiot. 4 роки тому +2681

    Washington: Stay neutral at all costs!
    Lincoln: *No, I don’t think I will*

    • @ministar4819
      @ministar4819 4 роки тому +16

      Ok.

    • @isaacho8230
      @isaacho8230 4 роки тому +53

      This enraged his father, who punished him severely

    • @sparky2_0
      @sparky2_0 4 роки тому +49

      Abraham Jin that not right he said that the US should stay neutral in FOREIGN conflicts

    • @scottybranum9142
      @scottybranum9142 4 роки тому +7

      Captain Sparky 3.0 Once the US seceded, it became a foreign conflict. They were literally a foreign country...

    • @maxrichards3881
      @maxrichards3881 4 роки тому +51

      Scotty Branum
      No, they were an illegitimate rebellion.
      And not even for a noble purpose, they ditched their own nation because they wanted to uphold slavery.

  • @AdamMGTF
    @AdamMGTF Рік тому +1835

    I googled it. "Unconditional surrender grant" isn't a joke. It seems that was actually a name the historical figure had.
    I love the way oversimplified does this. Historical facts and Easter Egg fun in the narrative.
    Brilliant.

    • @The_whales
      @The_whales Рік тому +5

      Good you figured out

    • @AdamMGTF
      @AdamMGTF Рік тому +38

      @@The_whales just shows there's always something new to learn. To someone who has no interest in a foreign countries civil war (as it's has minimal effect on the history of my country and continent), the 'name' sounds silly and made up. But obviously it's neither and is intact an interesting insight into the war.

    • @colinherzog8782
      @colinherzog8782 Рік тому +19

      Yeah, Grant is fascinating! It's sad how overlooked he became after his death, until literally the past 30 years or so

    • @ErnstGaede
      @ErnstGaede Рік тому +10

      I also googled it.He earned this nickname after fort donelson battle.

    • @rixslade6032
      @rixslade6032 Рік тому

      what is the fact the civil war was not all about slavery you did not see yankee soilders riding off with a bro on the back of their horse after a massacre of innocent by standers yankee soilders stupid cowards if there were not so many of them compared to to the south would of built jefferson davis *s white house out of their bones

  • @shri1881
    @shri1881 2 місяці тому +2

    10:43 - "What are you thinking about?"
    "A John Brown Farm"
    "Me too"
    🤣🤣🤣

  • @shaunelijah2232
    @shaunelijah2232 2 місяці тому +2

    I'm from Far North CA (forever Merle Haggard country). Guess that makes me a yank. But I met too dang many southern boys in the military during that Vietnam thing to have anything but brotherly respect for 99% of them. Civil war was a very sad time in US history. Damn glad it's over and 99% of the wounds are healed. May God Bless the USA; north, south, east and west...

    • @zenever0
      @zenever0 2 місяці тому +1

      We’ll never forget that Confederates are traitors and white supremacists 🇺🇸

  • @Oinker33
    @Oinker33 3 роки тому +2207

    15:55
    "He was too fat to even mount a horse"
    HENRY VIII IS THAT YOU

  • @cyoot_aminals8885
    @cyoot_aminals8885 4 роки тому +2218

    _”But it says here I’m not allowed to wear women’s underwear.”_
    _”Uh oh...”_

    • @tanksandturtles1131
      @tanksandturtles1131 4 роки тому +15

      Relatable

    • @Amreva
      @Amreva 4 роки тому +8

      Woah how did you get the italics

    • @Amreva
      @Amreva 4 роки тому +5

      Woah how did you get the italics

    • @jane4star39
      @jane4star39 4 роки тому

      O

    • @sistanofseljuks
      @sistanofseljuks 4 роки тому +14

      Judge: *Exists*
      Rule book: *I’m about to end this man’s whole career. Literally.*

  • @Kraken_Seahawk-Mariner_Fan
    @Kraken_Seahawk-Mariner_Fan 3 місяці тому +2

    I love this channel because it so funny, but at the same time, educational.

  • @joachim2464
    @joachim2464 4 місяці тому +2

    This is such a skilfull made video. Funny, informative. Damn good job.

  • @MasterOfTheBrood
    @MasterOfTheBrood 4 роки тому +449

    "Abraham Lincoln grew up with his relatively poor family in Kentucky"
    *KFC's Aggressively in the corner*

  • @officialeggland7477
    @officialeggland7477 4 роки тому +754

    Lincoln: ATTACK THEM
    Mclellan: *no i dont think i will*

    • @drvonschwartz
      @drvonschwartz 4 роки тому +10

      I've always thought McClellan was the best general... For the south.

    • @will6412
      @will6412 4 роки тому +2

      Official Eggland unfunny meme

    • @antagonista814
      @antagonista814 4 роки тому

      Can we just ban reddit users from commenting?

    • @noble6339
      @noble6339 4 роки тому

      Josh Hamilton well he kinda is from a certain point of view

  • @Historyteacheraz
    @Historyteacheraz 4 місяці тому +4

    Great summary of the Civil War. A Teenager’s Guide to the Civil War: A History Book for Teens provides a great overview of the Civil War as well.

  • @SheldonAdama17
    @SheldonAdama17 2 місяці тому +1

    7:37 *squints at newspaper*
    Dude… VERY cool!