Interesting facts about Buchanan: 1. He was the only US president who served in the military as a non-officer. He was a private in the war of 1812. 2. He liked to drink, picking up 10 gallons of whiskey every Sunday. 3. He couldn't grow a beard and never had to shave. 4. The most well known one, he was possibly homosexual. But his letters were mostly destroyed by his niece after his death, but still the surviving ones include some sentences that are a bit unusual for a straight man, if he was one.

@VloggingThroughHistory

9 ай бұрын

On 1) I would only add that he’s the only US President who served in war and didn’t become an officer. McKinley served as a private and NCO for a few years before he received his commission.

@_Daniel_Plainview

9 ай бұрын

@@VloggingThroughHistory oh right!

@HanHonHon

9 ай бұрын

I think he was asexual, it wasn't weird back in the day for two men to share the same bed which is the basis of that claim. He wrote a letter saying if he were to marry an old maid, she shouldn't expect romantic affection

@ThePixelated_kris

9 ай бұрын

@@HanHonHonevidence that this was the case?

@HanHonHon

9 ай бұрын

@@ThePixelated_kris I'm honestly just making assumptions (but people do that to say he might've been gay) but here's the letter he wrote to a member of the Roosevelt family: “I am now ‘solitary and alone,’ having no companion in the house with me. I have gone a wooing to several gentlemen, but have not succeeded with any one of them. I feel that it is not good for man to be alone, and I should not be astonished to find myself married to some old maid who can nurse me when I am sick, provide good dinners for me when I am well, and not expect from me any very ardent or romantic affection.” He might have been gay, it's totally possible but with this I think he was just asexual or not a romantic guy

Vth uploading while i'm watching vth. Absolute win

Kinda ironic that Pierce was so outspoken about the war being cruel and all that, when he was the one who signed the Kansas-Nebraska Act which essentially was the prequel to the American Civil War.

I never really thought about how we all remember what we were doing when we heard or saw the murder of Kennedy, the Challenger explosion, or the September 11 attacks, that it would be the same for that generation when it came to Lincoln's assassination.

@chaddubois8164

9 ай бұрын

Well said.

"I'm sure Wilson's family....were fine with it" lmao

I am always impressed by the way nineteenth century leaders - and often, even soldiers - spoke. They usually sound like their words were written by playwrights. It is a tragedy that we no longer have that caliber of leaders to choose from.

@craigrohn9938

9 ай бұрын

That's the same quality that makes most literature from that period unreadable. One major exception was Grant's memoirs. They were written in much the same way that his military writing was written, with clear, concise, vigorous English. Compare that to Sherman's memoirs, which I couldn't finish because of the flowery language.

@o5-1-formerlycalvinlucien60

9 ай бұрын

that's probably mostly just quotes and official meetings and moments, especially since these are presidents. The presidents and any common folk probably slurred their words and spoke as quickly as we do.

@rickmarkell9725

9 ай бұрын

@@craigrohn9938 Well, I suppose it's a matter of personal preference.

@didncozosksma4466

9 ай бұрын

⁠@@rickmarkell9725it is, for me; flowery penmanship but clear, blunt English is my style.

@craigrohn9938

9 ай бұрын

@@o5-1-formerlycalvinlucien60 Compare Grant's orders to those written by his contemporaries on both sides. Part of what led Lee to defeat at Gettysburg was his lack of clarity in his orders to Ewell on Day 1 urging him to take the Round Tops south of Gettysburg. They were lightly defended but Ewell declined to press that attack, feeling it wasn't "practicable." Virtually every piece of literature from the mid-19th century is difficult to read by modern standards, almost as much as a modern high school English student struggles with Shakespeare.

There's a short from a tv 60's show called "I've got a secret", where a very elderly gentleman watched JWB shoot Lincoln and then jump from the balcony. This gentleman was 5 years old at the time. Check it out.

Omg could you imagine how different the US would be if the assassin for Lincoln was the one that got drunk and chickened out and Andrew Johnson's went through? More time with Lincoln and no Johnson to ruin reconstruction....ugh. The utopian timeline.

@sonofeditz8480

15 күн бұрын

Yeah 💯 the reconstruction would have been lot better but if lincoln lived would he have won 3rd time and become first 3rd term president?

13:42 It was also the first time Johnson and Lincoln had met since the Inauguration and right after Lincoln held a Cabinet meeting with Grant in attendance - Johnson arrived at the White House while the Cabinet was still in session, so he walked around Washington for a bit while waiting. Lincoln saw two future presidents within an hour of each other on the final day of his own presidency.

I came across your channel recently and I'm loving it Chris, keep up the great work

@VloggingThroughHistory

9 ай бұрын

Welcome! Glad you’re here.

I wonder if seeing Lincoln's funeral prosession made a big impression on Theodore Roosevelt. After all, six years is old enough to remember for some.

I'd absolutely love some more Resyndicated! He's done a similar video with this concept on Kennedy, and his other videos are amazingly entertaining. His recently uploaded video about Truman and his decision to drop the bombs on Japan was also very entertaining, I think you'd love them both.

@rickwiles8835

9 ай бұрын

I agree the Kennedy video what would be a great follow up to this one..

@svenrio8521

9 ай бұрын

JFK video is pretty good, would love to see a reaction to it.

As a history buff and aspiring history teacher myself the amount of information that you have on any particular topic is incredibly vast. I am very glad I stumbled on to your channel.

3:12 Anytime someone brings up mourning drapes I remember how the reason Mary Surratt was even CONSIDERED to be a conspirator was because she didn’t have mourning drapes up. Like if she would have had them hanging up, the Union soldiers probably would have never came to her home, and thus never encountered her and Atzerodt. Perhaps you could say that Mary’s arrest was inevitable, that the other conspirators would eventually name her, but the mourning curtains played a huge role in how fast she was arrested.

I love how much they use the word calamity, must have been the word of the year.

I lol'd at the shot you took at Woodrow Wilson's family. You just can't help yourself haha.

Shouldn't Tommy Lee Jones have played Johnson? 😂

I just saw The Conspirator for the first time earlier this year, and I agree - that's a great look at the nation's mindset after the assassination. I can't recommend it enough! It instantly became one of my favorite movies.

I always love the Resyndicated reactions! They made a very similar video about the reactions to Kennedys assassination that I’d love to see a reaction to. Great video!

I'm so glad you reacted to another resyndicated video

I'm still loving your channel. Great balance, insight, and humility.

I'm so happy to see you reacting to Resyndicated's content. He's a smaller creator whom I really enjoy so it's awesome to see you checking out his stuff.

You turned me onto Resynidated a while ago and I've kept up with his stuff. Really great straightforward history channel!

I love this short but sweet video. Glad you reacted to it.

This is my favorite KZread channel. I watch almost everyday!

I've recently subscribed to his channel. VERY good channel...Still waiting for that 10 Facts about Zachary Taylor video

I have been looking forward to this day all year.

Glad to see you do a reaction to this guys videos.

Hey VTH, I don’t know how or when or if you will even read this, but I really want the time to just sit down and talk with you. I mean.. you’re one of the most influential and interesting person in my life right now. Another great post!

Incredible upload

Hey Chris, i wanted to say that i love your videos and also i wanted to share with you that in my country we actually respect Woodrow Wilson alot (we have named streets after him and we also have a statue of him in our capital) and i was shocked when i heard the bad things about him.

@gerjerry99

9 ай бұрын

Where do you come from?

@illyrian9973

9 ай бұрын

​@@gerjerry99 Albania

@scottbivins4758

3 ай бұрын

​@@illyrian9973well yall got a good option of him because he basically helped end the great war. An yall can honor him for that. I dont see issue with that its not like your honoring his views on race. I honor the Confederatecy an the men that fought an died for the south i dont honor the slavery part.

If you look at old newspapers from the Lincoln assassination, many of them (that I’ve seen) published headlines saying Lincoln *and* Seward were murdered. Since the whole event was very chaotic and communication wasn’t simple, the actual events of Seward’s attack got scrambled. Later newspaper editions corrected the story.

The Office of the Historian in the US State Department released a very interesting article twelve years ago that discussed worldwide reactions to the Lincoln assassination. Governments from Ecuador to Britain to China offered sympathy for the loss of our president. Liberia - which had a unique history with slavery, and which Lincoln recommended the US recognize as a country - said that he “was not only the ruler of his own people, but a father to millions of a race stricken and oppressed”, that he “died to redeem a nation, a race,” and that “generations yet unborn shall call him the mighty ruler, the great emancipator, the noble philanthropist.”

Funny that Pierce blamed the war all on Lincoln when historians pretty much consider him one of the worst presidents, and partly responsible for the Civil War basically had the prequel happen under his watch.

@6:14 The video Franklin Pierce: The Saddest President by Sean Munger (an S-tier, perhaps even the definitive, biography of Franklin Pierce) does an excellent job of breaking down this concept, particularly in describing how this resulted in so many ultimately Confederate-sympathetic northern Democrats became presidents before Lincoln. A long-form video (about two hours) but worthy of a breakdown!

It's kinda sad that everyone got so angry at Fillmore and no one even stopped to think "Hang on, maybe he's not home". The first instinct is for everyone to get angry, not ask a rational question. Sad.

Absolutely love presidential content from this channel, excellent video(s) made here

Love your content 🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤

I think I may be more fond of Pierce than any other human to ever live. I feel he was sad at the death of Lincoln (namely because of his letter to Lincoln after the death of his son, which was a genuine heartfelt letter,) but he was so dull to pain he didn't care as much as most did. Furthermore, by this point his children and I think his wife had died, and he may have been upset that the entire country was so sad at the death of Lincoln, meanwhile he has lost his entire family. I think he may have dulled his emotions out, as a coping mechanism due to great trauma. Edit: I think Johnson was angry, but not so much at the death of Lincoln as a person, but at the act of killing a president. I also agree he was kinder to former confedorates, he was still harsh on the former leaders. Which I think was from anger and the need to punish the upper class, the most consistent thing of his entire life.

The Conspirator was GREAT!

I will always wonder that if Grant had been at the theater if he would have interfered with Booth - at least after the shooting if not before.

That book sounds AWESOME. Must find it.

Chris, any updates on the podcast? Been waiting for a new one for a bit.

Hi Chris, he also made a video about every presidents hobbies. Would love to see your reaction to it

I like how the thumbnail is you pointing at a giant abe lincoln while he's looking at you

When I found out president Lincoln had been shot I cried myself to sleep, I always supported his fight against the confederacy

I agree. Team of Rivals is an Excellent book!

Great Video! At the end, you gave a shout out to Ryan from Mamaroneck, New York. The pronunciation is “MA MA RO NECK”

Just had to chime in and say that last night I started reading Team of Rivals for the second time.

Lincoln was the greatest American politician who could make a deal with anyone. He understood political favors. But you cant do that unless you are a man of your word.

Hi Chris! Was the Patreon supporter from Mamaroneck? If so, it's pronounced "Muh-MARE-uh-neck", emphasis on the "MARE". It's in Westchester County right near the Bronx, not far from White Plains.

@VloggingThroughHistory

9 ай бұрын

Yes!

Currently working on "Battle Cry of Freedom" by McPherson, another mega book about the Civil War with plenty of interesting Lincoln info.

You should watch more of his videos.

Was just at Ford's Theater a few days ago so this video is definitely good timing for me. Also interesting to see other world leaders reaction to Lincoln's death and how respected he was worldwide.

@HanHonHon

9 ай бұрын

A British newspaper said that Lincoln's assassination was the most momentous killing since Julius Caesar

Fun fact My 4th great grand uncle, Franklin Q Ickes, who was part of the 9th Ohio Cavalry, Company K as a Private after the Civil War actually became one of President Lincoln’s Gravesite bodyguards. They even state it in his obituary in the newspaper

The Conspirators is such a great movie!

I liked that photo of Grant at 8:30. I've never seen it before.

I think it's interesting that Taft, Roosevelt, and Wilson were all roughly the same age as each other. That means in the 1912 election, of the four main/studied candidates, Eugene Debs was the oldest, celebrating his 57th birthday on election day

Hey Chris love your channel, I do have a question for you. I wanted to do reactions videos, any tips?

Love Resyndicated's channel, other videos of his I recommend are "How other President's reacted to JFK's death" and "Presidential Firsts"

@billolsen4360

Ай бұрын

At the time, we had Hoover, Truman & Ike.

Lincoln is the greatest American to ever live

I wouldn't be surprised if Wilson was celebrating. Edit: I actually agree with Pierce on all of those points. Im not trying to start an argument in the replies.

@justincooper3075

9 ай бұрын

Knowing what I've read of Wilson and his personality, it's quite possible.

@samhunt9361

9 ай бұрын

My bet is that he wasn't happy after he got older, but not because of Lincoln being killed by southern sympathizers but because of what it stood for, that the president was murdered.

@dr.aisaitl7439

9 ай бұрын

He was a very young child

@Benjifan2000

9 ай бұрын

@dr.aisaitl7439 Considering how racist he was, my guess is his family was celebrating together because they were probably all racist.

@dr.aisaitl7439

9 ай бұрын

@@Benjifan2000 Yeah Wilson was a lost causer born in the confederacy so it wouldn't be surprising but most people in the south were actually really shocked at Lincoln's death, which confused Wilkes Booth when he read the papers

Is there any better sound than Chris saying “Welcome back everybody”

He also did a video like this about Kennedy, would love to see your reaction

You should do/ visit galena alot of history out here

The voice on this video sounds very AI-like.

Have you heard of “Abraham Lincoln vampire hunter”?

You should check out his videos on how presidents reacted to Kennedy’s assassination or 9/11

He’s got a video talking about different Presidents reactions to the Kennedy assassination if you wanna check that out!

U r the man

If you loved “Team of Rivals” (as I did), and you revere Lincoln (as I do), be sure to read the greatest historical novel ever: “Freedom” by William Safire

Do the one about the Roosevelts and how well they knew each other

He's also done a video like this for Kennedy as well, if you haven't seen it

Another fine reaction video from VTH! Only one complaint, can we stop the pointing to the video in the thumbnail? It’s just I know your pointing to a green screen and not a giant life sized physical object.

I think the next Resyndicated reaction should be about the relationship between TR and FDR.

I love resyndicated videos.

Now that you watched this, you should react to their other video about how Presidents reacted to Kennedy’s death

Kind of wild that in the span of twenty years we were blessed with one of, if not the greatest President in our nation's history but also cursed with three of our worst. Lincoln truly was an amazing figure and hopefully I do not upset too many people when I say this but Pearce, Buchanan, and Johnson were all worse than Wilson in my opinion. To be clear I agree Wilson was a bad President on balance and a terrible human being, I just think those three were worse Presidents.

Hey vlog through history i have a question though the anniversary was two days ago but i was wondering. Where were you on September 11th 2001?

@VloggingThroughHistory

9 ай бұрын

I did a whole video on my memories of the day two years ago. You should be able to find it on here.

@DinopuppetandFriendschannel008

9 ай бұрын

​@@VloggingThroughHistorywhat's the video called?

@_Daniel_Plainview

9 ай бұрын

@@DinopuppetandFriendschannel008 bro u can find it

@TheRealForgetfulElephant

9 ай бұрын

@@DinopuppetandFriendschannel008 I got you brother kzread.info/dash/bejne/eJeOwbZxp7bNqqg.htmlsi=RWk99YfyIvhcQSLB

@sweeterthanhoney11

9 ай бұрын

​@@DinopuppetandFriendschannel008kzread.info/dash/bejne/eJeOwbZxp7bNqqg.htmlsi=riaC2PlomuoAC5rX it's called remembering history - September 11, 2001

Hey Chris, just curious if you happened to see "Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter" and if so what did you think? 😅

@VloggingThroughHistory

9 ай бұрын

I did. I rather enjoyed it. Found it pretty entertaining.

Next you should watch how each president reacted to JFK’s death

TOR is great. Long, but it never bores you. 6:50 Pro-slavery Republicans? Who? 22:18 I seem to recall Mary Lincoln not morning for her relatives who fought and died for the confederacy because she thought our government was the greatest temporal gift we had.

I have read that another reason that Grant did not go the the theater with Lincoln was because Mrs. Grant did not like Mary Lincoln and did not want to be near her.

Buffalo, NY: gave America 2 presidents and took 1 away.

Thumbs up for The Place Of Many Crows. If you know you know.

It would be cool for you to react to the video that he did for the JFK assassination

Can you help to broaden the Nobel endeavor of the channel Memoirs of WWII?

I live about 15 minutes from Fillmores birth place

A couple of thoughts: Their reactions sound like this was their 9/11 What did average people say about the assassination? Not just the newspapers, what did regular people write in their letters and diaries? What did Lee, Davies et al say about the assassination?

6:50 EXTREMELY EXTREMELY EXTREMELY Polarized during the war.

Do yourself a favor and read Gore Vidal's "Lincoln". The best book I've ever read.

One thing I was always curious about was how the former Confederate President Jefferson Davis reacted to the news of Lincolns death. I read somewhere online that he said, "there were two great tragedies we faced: the fall of the Confederacy and the death of Abraham Lincoln." I have been unable to find that article again, so it was most likely misinformation. But I would like to know what his reaction was if anyone happens to have information on it. Thanks.

@VloggingThroughHistory

9 ай бұрын

In Davis' memoirs he claimed that while others in his government-in-exile had “cheered” the news, he had expressed no “exultation” himself. “For an enemy so relentless in the war for our subjugation, we could not be expected to mourn, yet, in view of its political consequences, it could not be regarded otherwise than as a great misfortune for the South.”

@joedertrek1

9 ай бұрын

@@VloggingThroughHistory Thank you

Vary interesting

Are you gonna watch his jfk video?

Is it me or does the picture of older Franklin Pierce look a lot like Tommy Lee Jones?

how do you think about your hair becoming grey/white?

@VloggingThroughHistory

9 ай бұрын

Been happening for years. Part of getting older.

@billolsen4360

Ай бұрын

@@VloggingThroughHistory When the alternatives are (a) all your hair falling out or (b) dying young before you get a grey hair, it ain't all that bad!

is it true that the reason that Grant wasn't at Ford's Theatre was because Mary Lincoln and Julia Grant more and less hated eath other or is that a myth?

@VloggingThroughHistory

8 ай бұрын

That was probably part of it. Officially, they wanted to see their kids.

Do you think you’ll react to the John f. Kennedy version?

Why does he keep calling Johnson Tommy Lee Jones?

@VloggingThroughHistory

4 ай бұрын

Because he looks like him. The same way Millard Fillmore looks like Alec Baldwin.

14:18 wonder if that influenced the Confederacy explicitly limiting a president to a one year term?

@VloggingThroughHistory

9 ай бұрын

The Confederate President was a six year term.

@marinanguish9928

9 ай бұрын

@@VloggingThroughHistory True, but I still wonder if there may have been some influence from the recent trend of 1-term presidents