Union Army falls to Florida man at Olustee. Sadly even as a Floridian I think this might be a Florida man headline that isn’t weird.

"Florida's bloodiest battle" what the heck? Olustee was Florida's ONLY actual proper battle

The obvious lack of the speaker's southern accent tells more than what they say. A lot of what they say is their opinion, not fact. Union losses were due to Confederate marksmanship. The majority of the Confederate soldiers were the cradle and grave unit of Tallahassee. Those very old and the very young that were exempt from active duty. Both the old and young Confederates were trained in accurate rifle fire. Union accuracy was so bad, it was claimed to take a man's weight in lead to kill him. The Union left their dead and dying all the way back to Jacksonville. Madison was the closest Confederate field hospital. The conditions were terrible. As to what was more terrible, to finish the wounded off or let them take several days to die and the presence of wild pigs in the area is up to the reader. 1864 it had become common knowledge of what wild pigs did to the wounded.

@jimmyraythomason1

6 жыл бұрын

Wasn't just Florida boys. My great great grandfather was there with the 64th Georgia Regiment. Company K. CSA.

@davidelmore1668

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your comments. They were helpful. After watching this video I figured they were trying to promote their own agenda and not necessarily the truth of the matter. This seems to be very common nowadays.

@kevinswaggerty3949

3 жыл бұрын

Yes we all know about the… wait did you just call them pigs? This so-called battle is more of a skirmish and then massacre.

@whoamarshrobert2781

2 жыл бұрын

@Bennett Patten 🐂💩🤡

*says the battle is not known by many and it should get more recogntion and study. *video is only 4 mins long.

the black regiments got absolutely destroyed in this battle

@kevinswaggerty3949

3 жыл бұрын

Yes because they were massacred while wounded.

@thedukeofswellington1827

Жыл бұрын

They should add a verse about that to suawnee river😂

My family has been in fl since the 1700s. Its amazing to me the amount of ppl all over this country who think fl is not a conservative or southern state (I've been to 45 states). Anyway, it has been said many times before that the confederate soldier was 10 times the fighter and marksman of his counterpart. Watching this Yankee clearly speak in a way that fits his beliefs or narrative is disgusting. The black soldiers were merely an advantageous strategy for them, they used those ppl. While in no way do I agree with slavery AT ALL and yes many of the letters of confederacy mention it, let's be honest. The slavery issue was just a front for the union to act as if they were doing gods work and getting the ppl behind them to strengthen their real plan. Sounds much like the way they operate today. The real issue at hand was the confederates states trying not to fall victim to the unions political plan to take over. Its very clear to me today, like forefathers, they knew what would be down the pipeline with these ppl. They haven't changed much if any, infact, perhaps they are worse! Always creating a perception and playing of the strings of society for their own pockets.