I just want to clarify 2 things: 1 - Some aspects of this battle have been simplified and some aspects aren't included this is purely down to the fact soo much happened and I couldn't fit everything in 2 - Some names may be pronounced incorrectly, this is due to the narration being generated using AI and so I apologise for this Thanks for watching!

@montarakid1943

7 ай бұрын

Why use AI for the narrative? No humans near by? It's kind of important to get that right don't you think? Further, leaving out (important) details/events merely because you couldn't figure out how to present them is, well, unprofessional. And many events you did manage to squeeze into this massive historical presentation were just wrong or inaccurate. Hopefully this was a good learning experience for you (I admit I couldn't do it) and your next effort will prove easier for you to get right. Sorry for being a bit harsh, but I am a serious student of the battle. 🙁

@michaelvaughn8864

7 ай бұрын

R u planning on doing one on Antietam, sir??

@itsnay7382

5 ай бұрын

what game and mod is this ty

@cinematicbattles559

5 ай бұрын

Its Napoleon Total War with the American Civil War mod installed @@itsnay7382

@itsnay7382

5 ай бұрын

oh thats awsome does it have a campaign or is it custom battles ?@@cinematicbattles559

Just a note… Union Cavalry fought on foot on the morning of July 1st. They were not mounted.

@jefforyrichardson9479

5 ай бұрын

Darn, I was going to point that out.

@buyerofsorts

Ай бұрын

@@jefforyrichardson9479 And there were several hot dog vendors that completely sold out on July 1st as well. Where's the attention to detail?!

Meade did a superb job here.

Australia became directly involved when the Confederate navy visited in order to repair one of their warships. This led to protests from the Union representative at Melbourne, while the citizenry of nearby Williamstown entertained the Confederates and some Australians joined the crew.

@marknewton6984

6 ай бұрын

Go Australia, y'all!

@Wolfen443

5 ай бұрын

Th Russians sent in a naval squadron into NY I think. It was warning to England and maybe France to avoid getting into the war in the Confederacy side too. Consider that the U.S. Civil War was only 6 years after the end of the Crimean War and Russia wanted to get even with the European powers for saving the collapsing Ottomans

@DaveMaroldahasatinydick

4 ай бұрын

That can't possibly be true?

@casedismissed8581

4 ай бұрын

@@DaveMaroldahasatinydick and you know that for a fact?

@DaveMaroldahasatinydick

4 ай бұрын

@@casedismissed8581 that's why I'm asking the question numnuts, is English your second language?

A whole lot of courage to walk across open fields with no way to dodge cannon balls. Just march straightforward and hope for the best.

I enjoyed watching that, great work,thank you!

The whole battle was an intense bloodbath. Imagine the combat amidst the suffocating heat followed by the rot of battle in the aftermath. Fields and other places where said to be tinged red with blood. Still the battle sure had sharp political ramifications and it can be said the beginning of the end was here.

@paulmicheldenverco1

8 ай бұрын

Wool uniforms and the stink of dead bodies in the heat of July.

@unknownrider3071

3 ай бұрын

5,000 dead horses and mules were left after the armies departed. Gettysburg's population was 2,000. @@paulmicheldenverco1

Great vid, really entertaining! You should do more war explanations with these animations. Very informative

@cinematicbattles559

7 ай бұрын

Thanks! Yes true you are right

Buford's was the first Union unit to reach Gettysburg and he saw that slowing the Confederates might deny them the high ground that would give them visibility and add range to Confederate artillery. His troops were cavalry, but fought here dismounted. Their advantage was the repeating rifles which multiplied each man's fire power by a factor of 5. Heth's men still should have rolled over Buford's except Heth dithered, based on Lee's orders to avoid engaging the Union forces until the majority of the army was together. Buford's men held long enough for Reynolds to arrive and the Confederate's chance for favorable ground was lost. The biggest blunder of the battle was Stewart's absence. Lee went into the battle knowing that if he got there first, he could choose the terrain of the battle. If the Union arrived first, on the high ground, He might be able to sweep to the south east at night and get on the road to Washington. But without knowing, he would risk being caught between two Union forces on terrain that was not familiar to him. Washington was only lightly defended and its capture might have encouraged Britain to enter the war, as Britain was suffering a depression without cotton from the southern states. Because Lee didn't know where the Union army was, he lost both favorable alternatives. After losing both possible advantages, Lee should have passed on Gettysburg.

@krismurphy7711

8 ай бұрын

Lee, after the first day, could have swung around the Union high ground and moved directly towards Washington...and then picked better ground on the way, to meet what would be THEN pursuing Union Army

@py8554

8 ай бұрын

I was wondering who’s Stewart and then I realised you meant to say Stuart.

@montarakid1943

7 ай бұрын

@@krismurphy7711 The Pipe Creek Plan.

@krismurphy7711

7 ай бұрын

IF Lee moved fast enough he could have gotten "ahead" of Meade on the way to DC. There was no deception at Gettysburg. I always think of Washington evacuating away from New York and deceiving the British. If I was Lee, I would have declared victory on Day 1 and then kept marching....and finding a better spot to dig in and let Meade attack....or just make a run for DC @@montarakid1943

@ddvette

7 ай бұрын

Grew up in Pennsylvania, have been there probably 5 times, your summary is very good. I think if you look at the big picture the South was run by the Virginians and centered on protecting Richmond. Big picture, the siege at Vicksburg was more important. Losing that cut the South in half losing control of the Mississippi. In fact Lee’s idea was pressure the North and force them to back off Vicksburg by attacking in the North. Gettysburg is such a beautiful place like much of Pa. especially in the fall , hard to comprehend the carnage there when the streams ran red from the blood shed by so many.

Awesome film making skills you have, Sir. Thoroughly enjoyable and thrilling to watch your cinematic art. I think as AI gets more and more advanced this art and technology will be very much life like. Cheers NZ.

@cinematicbattles559

8 ай бұрын

Thanks means a lot

I absolutely love these videos don’t stop. Maybe next cover the battle of waterloo or maybe Antietem

@cinematicbattles559

8 ай бұрын

Thanks I'm glad! Yes these are certainly battles that I am considering making in the future

Brilliant, really enjoyed that thank you! Hope TW series covers ACW at some point!

@cinematicbattles559

8 ай бұрын

Thanks I'm glad, so do I, I think it would be a really interesting time period to cover

Great entrainment for the holidays!

New sub. I have loved Napolean Total War and others. This is great and professional content! Inspiring.

@cinematicbattles559

Ай бұрын

Thanks a lot 😊

A lot of musket stroking going on there!!

Great vid mustve taken ages to put together!

@cinematicbattles559

8 ай бұрын

Cheers

I think this should be Bufords Union cavalry encountered the forward elements of AP Hills infantry. Heth assumed it was militia at first, so piecemeal Heths brigades were fed into the battle. The Cavalry held until Reynolds union infantry came onto the field. So despite Lees orders to not start a major engagement, the battle started.

@PhillipineUser

8 ай бұрын

Some aspects have not been included, to make the video shorter and easier to make. Look at pinned comment

Very well done indeed!

@cinematicbattles559

5 ай бұрын

Thanks 😊

Superb.

I think Pickets charge was a mistake

While correct about it being America's deadliest battle, it was not the _largest_ ; Fredericksburg certainly saw more men engaged in fighting, and Chancellorsville at least saw as many men, if not more, than at Gettysburg.

@cinematicbattles559

5 ай бұрын

Yes you raise a good point, I definitely want to cover these in the future though

Conveys the brutality and desperation of those battles.

@cinematicbattles559

5 ай бұрын

Thanks glad you enjoyed

The dragoons should have been dismounted. It's possible with ETW/NTW.

Antietam holds the record as worst day in our history.😢

R.i.P. Soldiers🌹🌹🌹

I was there! Remember the Titans #14

Madness.

Had Lee had some of his cavalry or more in troops deployed ahead there, they might have secure better position in the first day forcing the Union to do most of the attacking.

@ronlackey2689

5 ай бұрын

Had Lee had ANY of his cavalry at the start of the engagement he would have had a clearer picture and better intel of the Union forces disposition. His cavalry General JEB Stuart was away from the army trying to win fame and glory by riding around the entire Union army. His selfishness at that moment in history deprived Lee of his eyes and helped seal the Confederates fate.

No. BG John Bufords's cavalry fought dismounted. As most cavalry fights did.

The Confederacy needed this win, as they had British observers who said Great Britain would recognize the Confederacy as both a country and a government. They also needed a win because the Confederacy had trouble recruiting men as the desertion rate was high in the Confederate South. The Confederacy created Conscription Laws, but this in turn created civil unrest within the South, and anti-conscription/pro-Union groups popped up everywhere in the South. Local Home Guards in the Confederacy were tasked with apprehending deserters, but this proved to be futile. Jefferson Davis knew a win at Gettysburg may in fact involve Great Britain ending the war and ending Conscription Laws, which made him unpopular within the Confederate Government.

Are you using the Honest Trailers Epic Voice guy as an AI voice? holy shit this AI is getting out of contorl LMAO

While the scale of the casualties and the artillery bombardment was great is would have paled in comparison to the battle of the Somme in WW1. On the first day alone there were over 60,000 allied dead and wounded. Before the attack on the German lines the British and French guns pounded the German lines for hours with hundreds of guns, but its not the number of guns that is important, it must be taken into account the fact that the guns would have been firing shells that were far more powerful than anything in the American civil war.

Total war mod was this??

@cinematicbattles559

8 ай бұрын

Just search American Civil War mod for Napoleon Total War and its the first one that comes up

Wait, it was seminary ridge not cemetery, It was on cemetery hill that Pickets charge occurred, my ancestor fight in this war.

Like watching a movie.really good video.all are

I thought that it was Custer's cavalry charge that stopped Stewart.

@virginiastanley8178

8 ай бұрын

True but that was on day 3. Pickett had already been repulsed.

@ronlackey2689

5 ай бұрын

Custer and Stuart did fight but it was just cavalry skirmishes and not a significant part of the battle. They were both guarding the flanks and supply wagons. Stuart had alread screwed Lee out of pre battle intel by his absence. He was glory hunting miles away from Gettysburg when they really needed him. Lee ripped his butt and sent him to guard the flanks.

@retriever19golden55

4 ай бұрын

Custer and his Michigan Brigade were part of the East Cavalry Field fight, there were other units engaged, but Custer's courageous charges, in front of his men and sometimes far out in front, were a big part of inspiring all the Cavalry forces. They handed Stuart's larger force of "the Invincibles" its first real defeat. Though Stuart had no orders to do so, knowing him, it's certainly possible that, if he had driven the US Cavalry from the field, he would have continued on and swept up behind the US troops from behind, as Pickett's division was attacking. I've heard very knowledgeable historians differ as to the importance of the East Cavalry Field fight. Some believe it was basically a footnote to the battle, while others believe it was significant to the outcome. Regardless, it was huge to the morale of the US Cavalry, because they had proven they were good enough to defeat Stuart's Invincibles. Before then, the US Cavalry had been used primarily for scouting and for escorting supplies and dignitaries. They had proven they were a force to be reckoned with in their own right.

I thought 1/6 was the largest battle in history…

With no maps showing army movements, this is all bling.

9:53 So this is Fog of War?

The Union and Confederate armies counted casualties differently. A wounded Confederate that was treated and then immediately sent back to his unit wasn't listed as a casualty. In the Union army it would have been counted.

This conflict was the birth of enduring American military doctrine: combining effective leadership and overwhelming firepower.

Where did the Spanish(language) go in Texas?

Have we got our history right? I always was taught that Antietam was the largest loss of American life in history

@ronlackey2689

5 ай бұрын

Largest single day loss. Gettysburg was 3 days long.

Is there a gore mod to go with the ACW 2.6 Mod?

@cinematicbattles559

5 ай бұрын

Not that I’m aware of unfortunately

@mikey29211

5 ай бұрын

I have the Mod, i don't remember the blood splatters @@cinematicbattles559

This video seems to have missed one important detail. Who won?

@cinematicbattles559

4 ай бұрын

Yes true, this was a decisive Union victory

@retriever19golden55

4 ай бұрын

Ask Ken, he was there, he's in the movie!

Wasnt Franklin the blodiest battle?

What game is this from or is it a mod

@cinematicbattles559

4 ай бұрын

It’s the American civil war mod for napoleon total war

@balinthebrave9996

4 ай бұрын

@@cinematicbattles559 very kind of you to reply

I have this game, how did you get so many troops??

@cinematicbattles559

6 ай бұрын

Using the American civil war mod, the mod increases the size of units

@charleskendall6401

6 ай бұрын

@@cinematicbattles559 i know, i had that mod 2 . Your using the ultra setting for unit size but it seems like you have more men than that, maybe im wrong

Buford's cavalry had the new Spencer Carbines, Breech Loading, not muzzle loading. Plus they DISMOUNTED before engaging...there was no way for his small cavalry force to charge a numerically superior enemy.

Honest Trailers voice!

Lee said if he had Stonewall Jackson he would have won Gettysburg . I agree . Ofcourse Stonewall was killed by one of his own men , by mistake at Chancellorville .

@jimreilly917

4 ай бұрын

He was blind without cavalry. Lee also failed to listen when Longstreet objected to his idea for Picketts Charge. If alive, unless Jackson talks him out of this charge, the CSA troops still get decimated. That charge was a horrible decision strategically and tactically.

La guerra de los estados , mas conocida como guerra de secesion , fuè la mas sangrienta que tuvo los estados unidos en vidas se cobrò mas de tres cuartos de millon solo en los campos de batallas , sin contar civiles y desaparecidos

I think the king Phillip war had more casualties 🤔

But Early was late!

before that was a failure . Can't remember battle . Maybe Fredericksburg.

humans still had a long way to go in their evolutional development phase, especially the Americans!

US Civil War of 1861-1865 is a continuation of armed conflict over unresolved political issues of their time. According to Major General Carl von Clauswitz to quote: War is the extension of politics by other means, unquote. In terms of strategy and tactics, it's fundamentally Napoleonic in character. Heavy used of single shot long firearm with bayonet firing at densely-pack line formations where infantry assault is supported by wheeled-batteries that fired either solid cannon balls, or canisters; Uniform styles and colors of opponents north and south; Organized in Corps comprising Divisions with Regiments then Battalions that composed of Companies and containing Platoons that had Squads as the lowest tactical unit. While as military necessity dictates the Area or Theater Command was invented to mobilize men tens of thousands and large amount of equipment; centralize authority; coordinate attacks on one large geographical area each is autonomous from the other for maximum efficiency.

i believe Antietam was the bloodiest day?

Pickett's charge was so stupid. What the hell was Lee thinking?

@retriever19golden55

4 ай бұрын

His men had always risen to the occasion before. He believed they could prevail. Also, the attack should have commenced earlier in the day; the delay gave the US Army more time to prepare. As Longstreet argued, a flanking maneuver would have been more practical. I'm always amazed, especially there looking at the ground, that these men had the raw courage and belief in Lee that they were able to implement that charge, and held together as long as they did, it's mind-numbing. They truly believed God was on their side, but he clearly was not.

@scottythetrex5197

4 ай бұрын

@@retriever19golden55 Very well stated.

the Battle of Antietam was America's bloodiest battle

@zaurakdigis

5 ай бұрын

Right, and McCellan let Lee escape because they were West Point friends, he could have destroyed Lees Army and Lincoln was furious

@ronlackey2689

5 ай бұрын

@@zaurakdigis Lee didn't attempt to "escape". He could command troops in his sleep better than McClellan could wide awake. Little Mac was scared to death of Lee and that made him too cautious. For example, Lee sent in his entire force into battle and Mac committed less than 75% of his in a piecemeal fashion. He could have won a great victory if he wasn't so cautious. AP Hill's division arrived after a forced march from Harpers Ferry and halted Burnside's advance.

@zaurakdigis

5 ай бұрын

@@ronlackey2689 well, you say yourself McCellan could have defeated him easily. Escape or retreat is there a difference, it is true commanders on both sides were friends at West Point.

@wecandobetter9821

3 ай бұрын

Bloodiest one day battle. Gettysburg was fought over three days

@zaurakdigis

3 ай бұрын

At any rate or version of events, Lincoln was furious and fired McCellan

these simulations ALWAYS portray far too many individuals in the massed forces.

Shame it went the Wrong way.. To bad they cuddnt set up a Bigg drive in type movie screen? & See into the Future! Wbere we are today? They May have crossed to the Middle of the field & Shook Hands? Just a thought...😊

A lot of ram rodding,

I thought Antietam, or called Sharpsburg by the Confederates was " the bloodiest battle " .

I thought Antietam was the bloodiest battle.

Very entertaining CGI, but lots of inaccuracies. Buford's men fought dismounted, and not on horseback. Lee ordered Longstreet's attack on the Union left on Day 2 long before Sickles advanced his corps up to the Peach Orchard area and Lee issued no further orders that day once the battle on the Union left commenced. The Peach Orchard and the Wheatfield are not located north of Little Roundtop as indicated, but west of it. The video correctly notes that 4,500 Confederates were going to attack Culp's Hill, which was defended by only 1,300 men under General Greene late on Day 2, but then skips to Day 3 without mentioning that Greene's men repulsed all of the Confederate attacks. Day 3 was presented reasonably accurately, although the number of Confederates in Pickett's Charge is believed to have been more than just 12,000, probably more like at least 13,000.

@cinematicbattles559

4 ай бұрын

Thanks man, it’s difficult to do some of the exact details as it’s just a game and things don’t always work the way I want them to👍

To think, this civil war was mainly thought over the right to have slaves or not.... craaaaazaaaay

@ronlackey2689

5 ай бұрын

It's a little more complex than that.

@LAH92

5 ай бұрын

@ronlackey2689 that was one of the main arguments in this war. Pro-slaves, Pro-Abolishment! (As all wars there's more but that was one of the arguments, craaaaazaaay!)

@fitzwilliamdarcy5263

4 ай бұрын

Are you serious? If the South had freed all of their slaves and seceded, Lincoln still would have attempted to reunify the country through force. Look up the Corwin Amendment, the War Aims Resolution of 1861, the Hampton Roads Conference, etc. Hell, some Union stats had more slaves than many Confederate states. The Union did not fight the war to emancipate slaves. No serious history would contend otherwise. No a single abolitionist received a vote from a Northern state in the 1860 election. Read a book. Even Washington D.C. allowed slavery.

@retriever19golden55

4 ай бұрын

All of the Confederate States mentioned slavery prominently in their Articles of Secession, all of them. Many, if not most, of the common soldiers had few if any slaves, they were too poor. Slavery was, however, important to the politicians and wealthy men who influenced the politicians. Once again, rich and powerful men started the war, and poor men fought it.

@fitzwilliamdarcy5263

4 ай бұрын

@@retriever19golden55 read the War Aims Resolution and the Corwin Amendment. The North did not fight to emancipate slaves. If the South seceded and emancipated everyone, the North still would’ve invaded the South. Indisputable fact.

Anteitam was America's bloodiest battle.

@cinematicbattles559

3 ай бұрын

There were significantly more casualties during the Battle of Gettysburg, Antietam did indeed have the most casualties in a singular day though.

Largest artillery barrage the western hemisphere had ever seen? Don't think so. At the third day of the Battle of Nations, the allied forces attacked Napoleons positions with 300.000 men and 1400 cannons.

@kzeich

5 ай бұрын

Western hemisphere

@cinematicbattles559

4 ай бұрын

Leipzig lies east of the prime meridian, meaning that It is not in the western hemisphere

@jarlnils435

4 ай бұрын

@@cinematicbattles559 Leipzig is in Germany.

@cinematicbattles559

4 ай бұрын

Yes Germany is east of the prime meridian meaning Germany is in the eastern hemisphere

Pretty stupid to try to attack an enemy holding the high ground. After the first wave they should have regrouped. Fight another day.

Man i do wish i had this mod but last time i installed a mod i accidentally broke my ui by misclicking

@cinematicbattles559

6 ай бұрын

You’ll easily be able to download this, just delete napoleon and try again, if you need help let me know

@Exyster

6 ай бұрын

Ill let you know then@@cinematicbattles559

@Exyster

6 ай бұрын

I havnt done modding in a while so i think i need some help xD@@cinematicbattles559💀

Bet this is Putins favourite KZread video

Antietam was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War.

@cinematicbattles559

8 ай бұрын

There were significantly more casualties in the Battle of Gettysburg however both were devastating

@vaesel7146

8 ай бұрын

Antietam was the bloodiest single day in the Civil War, in American History as well, with roughly 25,000 casualties. Gettysburg was the bloodiest single battle at 50,000 casualties over 3 days.

@montarakid1943

7 ай бұрын

@@vaesel7146 " The two armies suffered between 46,000 and 51,000 casualties. Union casualties were 23,055 (3,155 killed, 14,531 wounded, 5,369 captured or missing), while Confederate casualties are more difficult to estimate. Many authors have referred to as many as 28,000 Confederate casualties, and Busey and Martin's more recent 2005 work, Regimental Strengths and Losses at Gettysburg, documents 23,231 (4,708 killed, 12,693 wounded, 5,830 captured or missing)..." - Gettysburgpa.gov

@ronlackey2689

5 ай бұрын

Antietam was the bloodiest single day battle.

Hi

Ο αμερικανικός εμφύλιος ήταν ότι το χειρότερο στην ιστορία των ΗΠΑ εθελοντές πήγαν και από τις δύο πλευρές.

Lincolin the First Republican President!

why do you say some names may be mispronounced due to AI??!! Mistakes ok then are they? DON'T use it, simple remedy

@vargthevast

3 ай бұрын

Still whining

@brianbanks703

Ай бұрын

@@vargthevast it's called criticizing, historical facts are there to be reported as accurately as possible, as education, otherwise don't bother. Sorry if unwanted

@vargthevast

Ай бұрын

@@brianbanks703 erm actually🤓☝️ is what you’re doing. Stop whining over mispronunciation, it’s AI voice. It can’t do everything, does that effect anything? No people are still entertained and used there brain to figure it out. God do you have balls Brian? Feel between your legs or push them out of your stomach.

@vargthevast

Ай бұрын

@@brianbanks703 but also cry more, it’s funny

They weren't content fighting the indians so they had a go At each other!

@ronlackey2689

5 ай бұрын

Educate yourself please

@retriever19golden55

4 ай бұрын

There was plenty of "Indian" fighting going on at the same time (look up Little Crow's War in Minnesota), but *not* in Pennsylvania.

Lincoln and Putin have a lot in common. Both invaded and waged a war against those that wanted their independence under the guise of, "preserving the Union".

@retriever19golden55

4 ай бұрын

The Confederacy had attacked and seized a number of Federal armories well before Fort Sumter. Those were acts of war. Lincoln had little choice but to respond in kind.

@billarmstrong6540

18 күн бұрын

"Never fart uphill, me boys!" - Donald Trump, Professor of History, Trump University

No Stars and Bars Battleflags.Political correctness strikes again.

@retriever19golden55

4 ай бұрын

The Stars and Bars was the battle flag of the Army of Northern Virginia, not of the Confederacy. Notice that Pickett's Virginia troops were carrying the Stars and Bars in this video. Other states, and individual units, had their own flags. There was no designated flag of the Confederacy. If you're going to glorify the (very) short-lived CSA, learn something about it.

This film is bull crap

@cinematicbattles559

4 ай бұрын

Cheers man🥰

Grest

This vid blows DOG!.................where is Super Mario when ya need him?......keep yer day job there skippy!......

@cinematicbattles559

5 ай бұрын

🙀

@retriever19golden55

4 ай бұрын

"If ya can't say nothin' nice, don't say nothin'!" Thumper, quoting his mama, in Bambi.