How The American Civil War Made Canada

The Canadian story of the American Civil War, told in two parts. Through the eyes of the Canadians who helped start the war, to those who fought it, to the leaders influenced by it, we unravel one of the most pivotal events in the continent's history. From the pubs of Saint John to the docks of Halifax, from Southern Ontario battlefields to the battlements of Quebec City, find out which Canadians were on the right and wrong sides of history. This is the story of two nations facing each other down over a tenuous border for a century, and the war that changed everything.
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Part Two:
Clearly, there is an enormous amount missing from Part 1-a whole episode-worth! Expect Part 2 to dive into the figures who represented the darker side of Canada's Civil War story: Confederate sympathizers, spies, and soldiers.
However, this two-parter is the most ambitious project we've worked on so far, and we can't afford to have another delayed release. So there are shorter episodes before we get to Part 2. It's unfortunate, and we apologize, but it was either 'edit Part 1 or don't make these episodes at all.' It's the reality of having such a small team in post with episodes that are packed with animations.
In the meantime, stay tuned for some incredible 'shorter' stories from some of the most unique locations we've been for Season 3!
The first-known photograph of Niagara Falls:
The daguerreotype that Hugh Lee Pattinson took of the falls is actually also the oldest-surviving photograph of what is now Canada! The invention of photography crossed the Atlantic in the spring of 1839, and it was popularized in Canada before the USA. The first known photo taken in N.A. was a calotype of a sample of flora in Halifax. Once news of the technology made it into the local newspaper, a reader tried it for himself. Less than a year later, in April 1840, Pattinson took a handful of daguerreotypes of Niagara Falls-the photo we highlighted is labeled by archives as the first of the batch. The silhouette of a man in the image is probably Pattinson himself, since it took a while to expose. The photos were found relatively recently, too. By late 1840, full-fledged portrait studios began opening in Montreal and Quebec City.
‘Chatham’ Anderson:
Thousands of Black Americans immigrated to Canada prior to the Civil War. It’s a rich history we would like to return to in the future, specifically in regards to the Maritimes. Osborne Perry Anderson did so at the age of 20. So it may seem a little strange for us to call him a ‘Canadian.’ But the fact is that he spent the vast majority of his remaining 21 years in Canada, much of it in Chatham. He’s often referred to as both American and Canadian. He did eventually go back to the U.S. when Black supporters in Philadelphia took up a collection for him, but he died weeks later of tuberculosis. At times, he’s been somewhat forgotten, he doesn’t even have a gravesite. Here's his own description of the raid on Harpers Ferry: en.wikisource.org/wiki/A_voic...
The Great Eastern:
Some of the images we show of the ship aren’t from the QC voyage. Those that are happen to be the lowest quality. We wanted to show-off the ship, so we pulled engravings and photos from other travels. Some depict the ship leaving Liverpool, some are from its earlier voyage to New York, and others come from the ship’s time as a cable-laying vessel-when the first Transatlantic cables were laid from the UK to Newfoundland.
The American Revolution:
A topic we'd like to come back to. The Revolution began due to the Quebec Act, which angered Americans for giving rights to the Canadien. Americans burned Montreal first and then laid siege on Quebec City from the Plains of Abraham, barely 20 years after the British did the same thing. They attacked during a blizzard on New Years Eve, which didn't go so well.
Research:
We combed over countless books, maps, and newspapers to put this episode together, including Robin W. Winks': ‘The Civil War Years.’
The Assassination of D’Arcy McGee:
Less than a year after Confederation, one of the country's founding fathers was shot dead on Sparks Street in Ottawa, and to this day the question remains: who killed D'Arcy McGee?
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00:00 Intro
02:10 Chatham
03:52 John Brown
05:14 Harpers Ferry
07:52 Civil War Begins
08:53 Sarah Emma Edmonds
12:07 US vs CAN
14:28 Manifest Destiny
16:31 Great Eastern
18:03 Prepare for Invasion
19:14 Preview Part 2
19:44 Bonus Story

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  • @Canadiana
    @Canadiana7 ай бұрын

    It's been a while! This episode is wall-to-wall filled with animations, which took us ages to produce with such a tiny team. Part 2 will be no different! So there may be other 'shorter' episodes released on the channel before Part 2 and we apologize for that. We have no choice as we can't afford another massive delay between episodes. If you'd like to see Canadiana more consistent please consider checking out our Patreon, it's what keeps the series going. Thank you for watching and for your patience! Audio: We have noticed some variance in terms of the audio mix between different devices, if you have headphones, that is the best way to listen!

  • @josephvisnovsky1462

    @josephvisnovsky1462

    7 ай бұрын

    Bold of you to think we are friends with Americans almost 200 years later 😎 Still too soon (satirical history nerd)

  • @Canadiana

    @Canadiana

    7 ай бұрын

    @@pragith This episode most certainly wouldn't exist without it! We were fortunate that Midjourney was invented and upgraded alongside the post on this episode. It's both opened a lot of doors for us, but also been a bit of a nightmare. We used many different methods to train and get images in the ballpark of our storyboards, but each image took many many hours to put together in Photoshop. It's still better than nothing, though. We are excited to use it in different ways moving forward!

  • @jaredbrooker

    @jaredbrooker

    7 ай бұрын

    Keep up the good work! The production value of your videos are on point and it's just a matter of time before this channel blows up! Quality vs quantity. Keep it comin'!

  • @discipulusperegrinus5125

    @discipulusperegrinus5125

    7 ай бұрын

    Please make a video about the fenian raids .

  • @cottontheeastercottontailr265

    @cottontheeastercottontailr265

    7 ай бұрын

    Stunning work as alway

  • @user-wq9bj7wo4g
    @user-wq9bj7wo4g7 ай бұрын

    As an American, who is a life-long Civil War history nerd, living in Buffalo NY; I found this a fascinating outside perspective. It is, indeed difficult to imagine Canada and the USA at war. -May it ever be so.

  • @richardprice5978

    @richardprice5978

    7 ай бұрын

    someone needs to look at sam/peg-leg/Stirling price more as he's tried into the ( UK 🇬🇧 spy?? anyone or is it just me about jonn?, i knowledge that Samuel wasn't big on the 🇺🇸 federal/yanky government ) jonn-brown family mentioned ( most family's mentioned later on in lifetime experience were remarried or practiced polygamy as example Samuel remarried after his 1st wife and daughter died pre-1850~ and by 1880~ was on his 3 marriage/polygamy, ps because of political issues/unrest he died single/deforced as he by that point apparently didn't have any backbone to stay/stand by his wife's side or his 3~ son's ) here in the video and also the raids that are in Lewiston Kansas-USA 🇺🇸 +misurary-state-borders-city's/township's and definitely helping or im my opinion was 1 of the 1st civil war battlefront's and also have families like brown/price/nelsons to the founders of the LDS church aka brown+price maybe was the reason for Joseph and hyrum being shot or at least Samuel Maxwell price was that at the seen of the crime as a mob/military/milisha leader yes the Nelson's,browns and prices families decedents im met or lived by and also held there artefacts like Samuel's/silver's weapon's/gun ps the pistol is cursed ( by tar&fathering and torching slave-owners like Nelson and killing Joseph/hyrum in the back-22cl and maybe also 45c and 45-70 but iv only 1st handed seen the 1820~-1860~ 22 Tyler&son/savage ) and im not a big believer in "supernatural activity"

  • @b3nzayizkoolyo

    @b3nzayizkoolyo

    7 ай бұрын

    Hope it never happens. I have so many American friends, both online and locals who moved here, as well as family which has parents from both countries. That kind of war would probably be the most devastating the North American continent had ever seen, be it economically, politically, and socially. It would ruin so many people and so many families

  • @beng4647

    @beng4647

    7 ай бұрын

    They basically said they will attack if Trump steals an election.

  • @jafo766

    @jafo766

    7 ай бұрын

    I AM METIS...if we could raise an army that of North Vietnam , a new 10,000 DAY WAR would begin immediately to rid ourselves of British bumfcUKery that is pUKed upon us to this very day........OUI !

  • @ScottJB

    @ScottJB

    7 ай бұрын

    ​@@b3nzayizkoolyoI have Canadian and American family too. But honestly, the war would be over in weeks. The US would absolutely smash Canada to a pulp. America has 10x the population (more soldiers) and the most powerful military in history. But the truth is, although I love the Canadian people and culture, Canada wouldn't really offer much to the US that it doesn't already have, except for maybe control of the St Lawrence River, and possibly a northerly maritime passage through the Arctic if the ice melts further. So such a conflict is extremely unlikely, ever.

  • @Skyjy10
    @Skyjy107 ай бұрын

    I’m Taiwanese, I only learned the American Civil War at school, but didn’t know Canadians were involved in the war too. Thanks for expanding my knowledge on Canadian history.

  • @tesmith47

    @tesmith47

    7 ай бұрын

    Glad you are seeing this, most folks from your part of the world don't seem to have much interest in the Civil War

  • @IRBry

    @IRBry

    6 ай бұрын

    many canadians died trying to free slaves, that is often overlooked history if you know what you’re looking for you can still see underground railway signs on peoples houses too

  • @DmDrae

    @DmDrae

    5 ай бұрын

    @@tesmith47 many other countries have regular civil wars and political coups. Think about what Taiwan is for a moment: a ‘rebel’ government by current Chinese leadership; the government that existed before the CCP took power.

  • @calebchan2005

    @calebchan2005

    5 ай бұрын

    I am also part Taiwanese. US born Canadian resident. I find this fascinating too.

  • @davidhatton583

    @davidhatton583

    9 күн бұрын

    Most Americans don’t either. But more importantly ;when the north won the US had a huge army and there were calls to ‘free the Canadian s’ from British rule too. London changed the status of Canada to make it an essentially free country to dissuade from invading

  • @thedudeabides3138
    @thedudeabides31387 ай бұрын

    The entirety of this story would make for a fantastic HBO series. Thank you very much for all the effort the entire team went to in order to bring us this fascinating piece of history.

  • @andrewstevenson118

    @andrewstevenson118

    7 ай бұрын

    Definitely. There's a PBS series "The war that made America". Maybe something similar?

  • @Fred-mp1vf

    @Fred-mp1vf

    7 ай бұрын

    I can't see paying for HBO or anything else, when KZread is free & has much superior content and variety; with over a million new uploads daily!

  • @mikethe1wheelnut

    @mikethe1wheelnut

    7 ай бұрын

    without bothering to research hbo, the thought makes me very nervous. keep it independent! (..if you can..)

  • @thedudeabides3138

    @thedudeabides3138

    7 ай бұрын

    @@mikethe1wheelnut to the best of my knowledge, HBO are independent and responsible for the likes of The Wire, The Sopranos, Succession and Band of Brothers ….they’re the only producers I’d let near the filming of a story with this scope.

  • @TheAdvocate4u2

    @TheAdvocate4u2

    6 ай бұрын

    Right

  • @drekkinn
    @drekkinn7 ай бұрын

    I've learned more about Canadian history watching your channel than I did in all my years of grade school. Thanks for another great video- stoked for part 2!

  • @kontiuka

    @kontiuka

    7 ай бұрын

    Ya, I enjoyed it. Just wish I could remember all these historic facts and dates. They seem to evaporate from my brain instantly.

  • @jamesarcher1289

    @jamesarcher1289

    7 ай бұрын

    Currently, our children are lucky to get American History. 🤷🏼‍♂️

  • @osmia

    @osmia

    7 ай бұрын

    +

  • @osmia

    @osmia

    7 ай бұрын

    Me too!

  • @AhhhFkkIt

    @AhhhFkkIt

    7 ай бұрын

    You should have paid better attention or gone to a better school?

  • @patrickblanchette4337
    @patrickblanchette43377 ай бұрын

    As an American, I’m very grateful for all of the support given to us by all of our northern siblings that helped in the fight against the great evil that was slavery (I also appreciate your humility in mentioning that there were Canadians that supported the Confederacy.)🇺🇸♥️🇨🇦!

  • @GotoHere

    @GotoHere

    4 ай бұрын

    Those Canadians that supported slavery are the same ones that voted for black face racist Trudeau.

  • @Jefff72
    @Jefff727 ай бұрын

    As an American, I found this extremely educational. I have a pretty good sense of history but I never new this. I'm looking forward to the next part. I grew up in Minnesota and as a border state, I always felt a connection to Canada. We even have a suburb of St. Paul called Little Canada.

  • @FightSceneFilmSchool
    @FightSceneFilmSchool7 ай бұрын

    At 55k subscribers this channel has the production value of one with a million subs! Blown away by the editing, effects, storytelling, and engaging host! Incredible work!

  • @pbohearn

    @pbohearn

    4 ай бұрын

    The problem is that nobody’s going to watch it, but Canadians and maybe some Americans, so your subscriber basis, severely limited by the topic

  • @s2snider
    @s2snider7 ай бұрын

    I'm an old American and never knew this. I wonder what else I was taught in school that either isn't so, or is horribly incomplete. Thanks for this. I plan to watch all your stuff.

  • @somebodykares1

    @somebodykares1

    3 ай бұрын

    History is written from the Victors perspective but when the Victors have allies who are of another country then who's version of victory will be the one told? The version of the country you live in, or the version of the country your allied too? Plus if there is a tie then who writes that history? I can't say too much about it though either for Im Canadian and I did not know about this, but then again we are not told much about our own history either beyond early settlers and first nations.

  • @ArchersGearheadGarage
    @ArchersGearheadGarage7 ай бұрын

    Thank you for bringing Canadian history to the world in the most entertaining way possible. Not many Canadians even know their own history

  • @jonathanduplantis1403

    @jonathanduplantis1403

    7 ай бұрын

    We know more about our own and American history than Americans know about their own. And they know nothing about ours.

  • @darrenlane6316

    @darrenlane6316

    7 ай бұрын

    Sadly, American's (United States) don't know much of their own history either.

  • @MathDM329
    @MathDM3297 ай бұрын

    As an American, this is an interesting perspective on history that I hadn’t been exposed to before. I like to think I’m fairly well educated on my country’s history but I had no idea there were battles between the USA and the Canadian colonies after the war of 1812. 14:01 I don’t remember hearing it described in my U.S. history classes as annexation. And I’ve never even heard of the Patriot War. It’s fascinating to hear the perspective of another country’s history

  • @Canadiana

    @Canadiana

    7 ай бұрын

    Thanks for watching! We've only scraped the surface of the events in the video. There is so much to cover about each of them!

  • @user-wq9bj7wo4g

    @user-wq9bj7wo4g

    7 ай бұрын

    The Fenian Invasions are mostly overlooked in US history. Technically, it can be argued that it wasn't so much of an American invasion as it was an Irish one. Yes, they came from the USA, but they certainly weren't acting in our interests. Even as an Irish-American, I can't really see what they really hoped to gain -other than a ride on the noose.

  • @dancingdingo

    @dancingdingo

    7 ай бұрын

    My 5th grade teacher in the USA was telling me about this and I didn't know what to think. I went to the library ( this was back in the 80's) and couldn't find anything about it. And.... she's right again. She, Mrs. Bryant (an African American) had taught me so much more in the 5th grade that was hidden but now has been proven as true. I'm Apache and she knew so much about my cultural heritage and I was living nearly 2k miles away in NC!

  • @AmokCanuck

    @AmokCanuck

    7 ай бұрын

    ​@@Canadianamy favorite tidbit from the pig war is the biggest threat to peace during the 10 years of joint American-British occupation was "the large amounts of alcohol available"

  • @MichaelReidOttawa

    @MichaelReidOttawa

    7 ай бұрын

    @@dancingdingoGod Bless her!

  • @Blaundee22
    @Blaundee227 ай бұрын

    To the Canadiana Team, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR AMAZING WORK. Very grateful and appreciative for all your time and labour put into this utterly gorgeous documentary.

  • @Canadiana

    @Canadiana

    7 ай бұрын

    That's very kind! Thank you for watching!

  • @davidhollenshead4892

    @davidhollenshead4892

    7 ай бұрын

    Excellent work, you gained me as a subscriber...@@Canadiana

  • @SheldonT.
    @SheldonT.7 ай бұрын

    Another great video by you guys! My wife works for Parks (Conservation Unit) and worked on some of the Fenian artifacts. Canadian history is fascinating.

  • @Mrgillescarrier
    @Mrgillescarrier7 ай бұрын

    Enfin de l'histoire de Canada bien présentée et expliquée ! Plein de détails que la plus part de nous ignorons. Continuez!

  • @jasonrideout4836
    @jasonrideout48367 ай бұрын

    My sister is a history teacher in elementary school in Toronto..i showed her your channel..now every day she shows her students a video from your channel...i hope you grow beyond your dreams and continue to bring content to us and as many of our youth as possible...

  • @lewis7315
    @lewis73157 ай бұрын

    My Mother's Maine relitives told me at least hundreds of Maine men went North to work in Canada during the Civil War to avoid being drafted into the Union Army.

  • @margaretr5701

    @margaretr5701

    4 ай бұрын

    The same happened in later wars, such as Vietnam, not every USA citizen was in agreement.

  • @SandfordSmythe

    @SandfordSmythe

    2 ай бұрын

    ​@@margaretr5701Not in agreement, or just had better things to do with their lives than dying on a battlefield.

  • @siechamontillado
    @siechamontillado7 ай бұрын

    This would be so awesome in IMAX.

  • @Whyiseverythingthesame

    @Whyiseverythingthesame

    7 ай бұрын

    Yes it would. Thank you for this thought.

  • @sandwich5412

    @sandwich5412

    7 ай бұрын

    That’s a great compliment

  • @kxrv6629
    @kxrv66297 ай бұрын

    Awesome video! The more we have traveled around Eastern Canada the last two Summers, the more we learn of how the histories of the US and Canada are intertwined and how little we learned about it in school. And how the US hasn’t always been a very good neighbor. We are currently traveling up the St. Lawrence River and stopped at the site of the Battle of the Windmill. Last year we stopped at the nearby US Civil War Memorial honoring Canadians who fought and/or died in it. Fascinating!

  • @brad3042
    @brad30427 ай бұрын

    I appreciate seeing a Canadian perspective on the American Civil War. I honestly do not remember learning about what really sparked that war. I've always believed that slavery and not "states rights" was the core cause of the Civil War. I personally feel a strong kinship with the people of Canada and their culture and contributions to American culture as well.

  • @sadak163

    @sadak163

    7 ай бұрын

    How was it about states rights? States rights for what? To own slaves. Y’all are a joke. Every state wrote why they succeeded and zero mentioned states rights. Almost all of them mentioned slavery

  • @margaretr5701

    @margaretr5701

    7 ай бұрын

    Glad to hear you feel kinship, you might be a rarity.😊

  • @Atheos-1

    @Atheos-1

    5 ай бұрын

    The civil war, ACCORDING TO EVERY SOUTHERN STATE'S CESSATION DOCUMENT, was about slavery and their "right" to have them.

  • @bowencreer3922

    @bowencreer3922

    4 ай бұрын

    Slavery is the root cause of everything people talk about. The “states right” in question being the right to practice slavery. The founding documents of the confederacy made it clear they were seceding to protect slavery.

  • @CAROLDDISCOVER-FINDER2525

    @CAROLDDISCOVER-FINDER2525

    4 ай бұрын

    ​@@margaretr5701why is it that Canadians seem to express feelings of a lack of kinship between our two countries???

  • @blogbalkanstories4805
    @blogbalkanstories48057 ай бұрын

    Wow. A fascinating documentary. I'm fairly familiar with the history of the Civil War, but this aspect is completely new for me. Thanks for this very concise history lesson.

  • @chadlegionary3748
    @chadlegionary37487 ай бұрын

    This is my first documentary of yours and it’s absolutely underrated. This documentary is excellent and I’ve learned many new things!

  • @jeremiefaucher-goulet3365
    @jeremiefaucher-goulet33657 ай бұрын

    Absolutely mind blowing. Not only the content, not only the perfect narration and story telling, not only the incredibly high video production quality and top notch editing... No, this is freaking genius. Each time I watch one of your videos I go thinking this can't get better than this, and you have me in the wrong each time. Wow!

  • @alandyer910
    @alandyer9107 ай бұрын

    Superb program! Thanks for telling these little known histories of Canada and with such polished and first class production values.

  • @jeyen2349
    @jeyen23497 ай бұрын

    These videos are so well produced, and edited. The graphics team did so well, it was a pleasure to watch. Thank you!

  • @bigredmarchingon3200
    @bigredmarchingon32007 ай бұрын

    Fantastic to see a organization of people doing such a great job telling our stories thank you.

  • @michaelgolen7747
    @michaelgolen77477 ай бұрын

    I cannot express how amazing your content is. The visuals with impeccable artwork and music that sets the atmosphere to retell some of the most interesting stories I have heard about our continent. Thank you, sincerely. Much love from Minnesota.

  • @dennisschwartzentruber3204
    @dennisschwartzentruber32047 ай бұрын

    Excellent work ! Should be on the agenda for every Canadian school as proof that our history is intriguing and important !

  • @BMoney8600
    @BMoney86007 ай бұрын

    As an American I never knew any of this. I wish I was told about the effects of the American Civil War in Canada. This is super fascinating.

  • @Prel8
    @Prel87 ай бұрын

    An excellent video. Well written, well narrated and nicely animated. Looking forward to part 2.

  • @AdamPiper

    @AdamPiper

    7 ай бұрын

    Animation was definitely mostly generated by AI

  • @alexd481
    @alexd4817 ай бұрын

    This was a well made and very educational video. Some of my ancestors were Quebecois, and they came down to the USA about the same time as Confederation was occurring in Canada. There is a lot of mixed heritage on both sides of the border, Americans with Canadian heritage, or Canadians with American heritage. It's not uncommon, to find people whose ancestors were on both sides during pivotal historical events. Most American schools teach very little Canadian history post 1812, but given the historical connections between the two countries, maybe students should learn both.

  • @jasonhaven7170

    @jasonhaven7170

    3 ай бұрын

    There's no such thing as "Canadian" or "American" heritage unless you're actually native. You're European.

  • @proactiveinvestorandlife316
    @proactiveinvestorandlife3167 ай бұрын

    history narrated in the best and best of the manner. Gave me goosebumps time and time again throughout the show! loved it thoroughly!!

  • @DarkenSeyreth
    @DarkenSeyreth7 ай бұрын

    Stories like these are why I love this channel. I had no idea about any of our involvement in the American Civil War, let alone how close we got to war with them at the time. You guys are seriously doing a great service to Canadians with your work! One comment however, I much preferred your old art style to the AI generated looking stuff you used this episode. I hope you'll consider going back to it.

  • @Canadiana

    @Canadiana

    7 ай бұрын

    Thanks for the kind words! We try to give each episode their own visual style, to reflect the uniqueness of the stories. In this case, we wanted to bring low resolution archival imagery to life as best we could--some of the historic figures we included have but a single headshot to their name. There were a lot of 'action sequences' that we had developed storyboards for, as well. But we lack an illustrator who'd be willing to work unpaid like we do. So we were very fortunate to see AI image generators develop alongside our post-production. However, not a single scene in the episode is AI generated whole-cloth. Each one was painstakingly shaped and edited to fit our storyboards in Photoshop--we spent hundreds and hundreds of hours making the AI generated images our own. We have always done similar in past episodes, but these animations do have a bit more polish thanks to using AI pieces rather than public domain oil paintings and the like. We would have had to cancel this two-parter if it wasn't for AI generated imagery (used as a baseline), strictly due to the sheer amount of animation. But if you aren't a fan, know that only the Civil War two-parter will look like this. Every episode gets its own brush. And the next non-Civil War episode has no AI influence of note.

  • @DarkenSeyreth

    @DarkenSeyreth

    7 ай бұрын

    @@Canadiana Thanks for the amazing reply. The hard work is evidently there with the animations, as they really did add a lot to the episode, AI generated or not. Glad that you are able to use the AI art as a great tool for your work, but I look forward to the other styles you can come up with. Again, I love your content, as someone who feels like they were failed by the Canadian education system to be taught about their own country, and a history lover, there are lots of amazing things you are teaching me.

  • @Canadiana

    @Canadiana

    7 ай бұрын

    Thank you for the kind words! We are fortunate to do our small part in helping to spread awareness of these incredible stories. We too were underwhelmed by the way history was taught to us in school. We hope you like the next episode's visual style more (we do agree with you that the 'AI-look' can get a little tiresome.)

  • @emjaydark2811

    @emjaydark2811

    7 ай бұрын

    Many Canadians fought in the Civil War, including my great grandfather who had a deep religious revulsion to slavery. The sword he used is still in family possession. He was awarded a life long pension by America for his service.

  • @keatscubes
    @keatscubes7 ай бұрын

    This was insanelyyyyyy well done. I'm so impressed.

  • @aaronbown8119
    @aaronbown81197 ай бұрын

    Exceptional!! As a lifelong student of Canadian/American history, this warmed my heart!!! This should be mandatory content for all Canadian history classes. My kids are soooo uninformed about basic Canadian history

  • @joelmciver
    @joelmciver5 ай бұрын

    I just recently found this channel and you folks are making some amazing content with great production value, great job!. As a Canadian I really wish they taught us more history like this in high school! I'm looking forward to watching your next videos! Thanks gang

  • @BrainBubbled
    @BrainBubbled7 ай бұрын

    Thank you again @Canadiana for your huge work on such an ambitious look at more of our history. We so need more of this! Excited for Part 2.

  • @jeffbowes1
    @jeffbowes17 ай бұрын

    Canadiana is the the best KZread channel for entertaining Canadian History. It would be excellent in our classrooms.

  • @nikevisor54
    @nikevisor547 ай бұрын

    So glad to see y'all back in my feed! Thanks for all of your hard work to share these stories with all of us

  • @scotthess9205
    @scotthess92057 ай бұрын

    You guys are amazing at teaching history. Your hard work and dedication really shines through in the videos

  • @greghoyt4061
    @greghoyt40617 ай бұрын

    Wonderfully made documentary! It’s great learning more about our friends to the north. We’ve definitely had a few spats in the past, and we definitely still have our differences today, but Canada really is the best neighbor we could ever ask for. I look forward to Part 2, and will be checking out your other uploads in the meantime. Subbed!

  • @alaindeturing62
    @alaindeturing627 ай бұрын

    This channel's videos are always worth the wait. Most unique history content on the platform

  • @Canadiana

    @Canadiana

    7 ай бұрын

    Thank you and thanks for watching!

  • @chronesrt2925
    @chronesrt29253 ай бұрын

    Excellent work on the video. The animations are very immersive, thank you for this.

  • @pauljalbert
    @pauljalbert7 ай бұрын

    Incredibly well-made video, guys! I learned many things, the most important being that I still have so much to learn about Canadian and American history, a realization that has continuously repeated itself over the years by the mere fact of being a native of Quebec City. Documents such as these are also desperately needed in these times as is it distressingly clear that history tends to repeat itself.

  • @5onic
    @5onic7 ай бұрын

    I never been so glued to the screen and interested in a youtube video in a long time. Fantastic work.

  • @mistyarcher802
    @mistyarcher8025 ай бұрын

    Stunning work, this channel is criminally underrated!! You've earned yourselves a new subscriber 😊

  • @joeprestera2239
    @joeprestera22397 ай бұрын

    Amazing as usual. It looks like a step up in the visuals. Always look forward to the next episode!

  • @evanisnor8697
    @evanisnor86977 ай бұрын

    A great story. Thanks for telling it with the intensity it deserves!

  • @RC-ot5nw
    @RC-ot5nw7 ай бұрын

    Canadian history is fascinating. I am an American and I love history. My Wife is Canadian and I spend my summers in Quebec learning French and learning about Canadian culture, which I might add is under threat of being diminished. History is very much a part of every tradition and every culture should cherish it's traditions.

  • @alexcrowbz

    @alexcrowbz

    7 ай бұрын

    I'm a Québécois and appreciate your comment very much. God bless

  • @denis465
    @denis4656 ай бұрын

    Incredible work, guys. I love watching your videos. They actually helped me a lot to learn more about Canadian history !

  • @kyledammann4284
    @kyledammann42844 ай бұрын

    This video is brilliant on so many levels. Thank you all for doing what you do.

  • @TheSilverGate
    @TheSilverGate7 ай бұрын

    What a great channel, top notch production and story telling.

  • @peterwatts74
    @peterwatts747 ай бұрын

    I'm Australian and found this fascinating. There is so much we don't know about Canada

  • @Balognamanforya

    @Balognamanforya

    7 ай бұрын

    Want to know a wild fact about Canada? Since technically, nuclear war would almost certainly be the end of everything, Canada doesn't need nuclear weapons, not because we don't need to defend ourself, that not the reason, it's because we have enough arsenic in a single cave here in canada frozen that if we'd dumped even 1/7th of it into the ocean, we'd could end the world, and we've had that capacity for a good 50-100 years. You can thank the gold miners.

  • @alaingadbois2276

    @alaingadbois2276

    4 ай бұрын

    @@BalognamanforyaCanada, the greatest arsenic power in the world! Be warned Vladimir!

  • @rogerspaulding6569
    @rogerspaulding656910 күн бұрын

    Honestly the best historical content on the web! Keep up the good work.

  • @johnnytarponds9292
    @johnnytarponds92924 ай бұрын

    Holy smokes - the production quality of your videos is fantastic! Thank you for this quality work!

  • @GiornoJovani
    @GiornoJovani7 ай бұрын

    0:05: 🌊 The Canadian story of the American Civil War and its impact on Niagara Falls and Chatham. 5:03: 🔍 Osborne Perry Anderson serves as secretary, signs new Constitution, and joins John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry. 9:32: 💪 Sarah Edmonds disguised herself as a man to join the Union Army during the Civil War and served as a field nurse. 13:41: 🇺🇸 The video discusses the tensions and conflicts between the United States and Canada, including the War of 1812, border skirmishes, the Oregon crisis, and the potential annexation of Canadian colonies by the United States. 18:10: 🇨🇦 The video discusses the preparations made by Canada for a potential war with the United States and the invasion of Canadian colonies by the American Army. Recap by Tammy AI

  • @lilytea3

    @lilytea3

    7 ай бұрын

    Good recap. Thanks Tammy AI!

  • @ambition112

    @ambition112

    7 ай бұрын

    Nice Summary! thx dude for saving my time! where you download this Tammy AI?

  • @jacksnyder7318

    @jacksnyder7318

    23 сағат бұрын

    Thank you very much for the synopsis. There's so much content on KZread and so few hours in a day : )

  • @palmpurusdiotech3432
    @palmpurusdiotech34327 ай бұрын

    I’m a American but two of my best friends on xbox live are Canadian. Was blessed with getting to meet one of them in person recently. Absolutely love our Northern Neighbors. Also incredible video

  • @Canadiana

    @Canadiana

    7 ай бұрын

    Very cool! Thanks for watching!

  • @michaelcutler5538
    @michaelcutler55383 ай бұрын

    These episodes may be a ton of work, but the effort and passion really show. Extremely well done!!

  • @zachl3330
    @zachl33307 ай бұрын

    First time you guys popped up in my algorithm but I hope this puts you on the radar of more Americans! Kudos - this is all really well produced.

  • @trekkienzl2862
    @trekkienzl28627 ай бұрын

    This documentary was beautifully done. Well done.

  • @sparky8574
    @sparky85747 ай бұрын

    I never knew how many heroes from Canada fought in our civil war against an evil. Forever thankful for our northern friends.

  • @dannick100
    @dannick1007 ай бұрын

    amazing doc! the quality of these keep getting higher and higher. well done

  • @user-ux8kh4xs6k
    @user-ux8kh4xs6k6 ай бұрын

    This was awesome! Can't wait for part 2!

  • @The_Reckoning_Is_Here
    @The_Reckoning_Is_Here7 ай бұрын

    I never knew Canadian citizens came down to help abolish slavery. I knew the Underground Railroad went all the way up. It also doesn’t surprise me since the US intentionally leaves things out of history. I’m glad there’s people out there like you who are putting the true history out there for us. ❤

  • @clinthowe7629

    @clinthowe7629

    7 ай бұрын

    Im American and I knew that Canadians served in the Union army, and even some in the Confederate army, I guess the “US” did a pretty lousy job of intentionally hiding that info from me all these years, since it was readily available. wonderful documentary by the way.

  • @chickenfishhybrid44

    @chickenfishhybrid44

    7 ай бұрын

    Oh please, theres Canadians watching this that likely don't know half of it. Alot of people simply don't remember what they were taught or didn't learn it in the first place because they were too busy talking.

  • @Flintlockon

    @Flintlockon

    7 ай бұрын

    @@clinthowe7629 You might be aware but that is extremely rare. For example this video mentions 10,000 Canadians fought for the Union and that is news to most but also as many as 50,000 British and Irish travaled across the Atlantic and fought in the American Civil war on the side of the Union too but this is as close to unkown as possible.

  • @SuperCatacata

    @SuperCatacata

    7 ай бұрын

    ​​​@@FlintlockonProbably because, much like the rest of the Union, most of those people simply became immigrants afterwards and moved to the US. In fact. I'd wager that most of them had immigration as the first priority, especially the Irish who were sick of Imperial British rule. There's a reason why the US gained a bigger Irish population than Ireland itself..

  • @clinthowe7629

    @clinthowe7629

    7 ай бұрын

    @@Flintlockon I watch a lot of British reaction videos, and many of them confess to knowing almost nothing of the British involvement in the American revolutionary war, or the War of 1812, so ignorance is not lacking on either side of the pond, and not only Brits, Germans, Irish, Scots, Japanese. Yes, I am aware of Americans abysmal knowledge of history and other cultures, or course, thanks to Hollywood you and everyone else in the world gets a nicely distorted image of what America is like as well.

  • @anulfadventures
    @anulfadventures7 ай бұрын

    Well done I really enjoyed your presentation. My Great Grandfather Abe Brennan received a medal for both the 1966 and the 1870 Finian Raids. An infantryman with the Wellington fusiliers or some such thing in the first and then as an artillery driver during the second raid. Before you move into Western Canadian history (1869- ) I think you should read The North-west is Our Mother by Jean Teillet as a perspective from the Metis point of view on the annexation by Canada. Canadians and Ottawa in particular does not come across in the typical light.

  • @JohnMRossi
    @JohnMRossi7 ай бұрын

    Bravo Adam. Just discovered your channel and simply need to complement your delivery, expertise and the teams editing/graphic prowess! Really love the perspective much needed from our peaceful neighbors to the North. Onward!

  • @chrisouellet8488
    @chrisouellet84887 ай бұрын

    Bizarre. Just yesterday it occurred to me that Canada confederated only two years after the end of the US Civil War and I wondered what relevance those two events had to each other. And then this video, from a channel I'd never heard of before, just pops up in my "suggested" feed. Thanks!

  • @Canadiana

    @Canadiana

    7 ай бұрын

    This was very much our headspace before we dove into the research. In school we were taught next to nothing about the Civil War.

  • @avroarchitect1793

    @avroarchitect1793

    7 ай бұрын

    The answer is everthing. It was the straw that broke the camel's back. A united and well militarised US was an ecistential threat to Canada's independence from the US. Our countries histories are tied at the hip. Brother nations in the best meaning of the word. Both the children of the same parents but are both unique and have different personalities. We have fought and have made peace. And whatever happens to and in one inevitably affects the other, though the US likes to ignore that fact.

  • @jackbassett9365
    @jackbassett93657 ай бұрын

    My Great Great Grandfather Isaac Brock Leary of Napanee Canada West (Ontario) fought in the Union Army. I don't know any more about it than that. I have his Grand Army of the Republic (a civil War veterans organisation) medallion.

  • @redefv
    @redefv7 ай бұрын

    Sent from Vlogging Through History! Subscribed for sure!

  • @MeatGoblin88
    @MeatGoblin887 ай бұрын

    This is one of those things that I've never wondered about and then enjoyed learning about it. Great video.

  • @jamesl9520
    @jamesl95207 ай бұрын

    As an American and history nerd I'm glad I discovered this channel. Looking forward to learning more Canadian history

  • @Carthybp
    @Carthybp7 ай бұрын

    This was amazing. KZread is so saturated with American everything, it's so great to see more content about Canadian history.

  • @chickenfishhybrid44

    @chickenfishhybrid44

    7 ай бұрын

    It's an American App and there's almost 9 times as many Americans as there are Canadians..

  • @sachabourdeau358
    @sachabourdeau3587 ай бұрын

    Amazing story and production quality, everybody needs to be watching this!

  • @stuartmassey6378
    @stuartmassey63787 ай бұрын

    You’ve done an amazing job in presenting this documentary. Extremely informative and unbiased Looking forward to part two

  • @timothyallen6411
    @timothyallen64117 ай бұрын

    Having visited Canada perhaps a half dozen times, I have always enjoyed the people and experience. The mention of 10,000 Canadians in the Union Army is very surprising to me. In a nutshell, how might that number have come about? I will close with this personal story. One winter long ago, my wife and I vacationed in Florida. As we eased ourselves into the spa's large, rambling hot tub that held at least a dozen people, I asked where people were from. Except for us two, everyone else was from Canada! They chuckled when asked if the last one to leave Canada had remembered to turn out the lights.

  • @Flintlockon

    @Flintlockon

    7 ай бұрын

    If 10,000 Canadians fighting for the Union Army is surprising it has to be understood how anti-slavery the British Empire was at this time and that includes Canada. Even though Britain was officialy neutral in the civil war 10,000 Canadians fought for the Union and as many as 50,000 British and Irish people traveled across the Atlantic and also fought in the American civil war on the side of the Union Army while at the same time Britain fortified Canada in case the Union Army turned around and attacked them. Crazy times but slavery had to go.

  • @SuperCatacata

    @SuperCatacata

    7 ай бұрын

    ​​​@@FlintlockonThe British people were definitely righteous enough to help for what was right. The Government on the other hand lamented the lost trade partner that was the south. Not to mention it's hard to keep moral highground in a govt struggling with it's own child labor issues, carving up and exploiting half the world from Africa to Asia, etc.

  • @saintsdaaints
    @saintsdaaints7 ай бұрын

    As an American, I find this absolutely fascinating. Other than former slaves seeking freedom and some Canadians fighting against slavery, I had zero clue that Canada was affected this much by our civil war. I love how this ties all the complexities of North America’s history together.

  • @righthandstep89

    @righthandstep89

    7 ай бұрын

    You'd be surprised. When Americans react, Canada plans as I always say.

  • @bluesteel8376

    @bluesteel8376

    7 ай бұрын

    The large army you had at the end of the civil war is what finally scared the Canadian colonies enough to come to together to form a country in 1867.

  • @temperedtemplar1368

    @temperedtemplar1368

    7 ай бұрын

    No

  • @Simplyblissfull
    @Simplyblissfull7 ай бұрын

    Thanks so much! Your videos are impressive and full of interesting, well presented content. I’m always happy to watch another Canadiana video, until next time. 🍁

  • @00bikeboy
    @00bikeboy4 ай бұрын

    Terrific production! Thank you!

  • @bradyelich2745
    @bradyelich27457 ай бұрын

    This channel should have at least 35 million subscribers ....

  • @catdogman23
    @catdogman237 ай бұрын

    That was an incredibly well placed Wilhelm scream, I was going to subscribe anyway but now I have to.

  • @catdogman23

    @catdogman23

    7 ай бұрын

    10:30

  • @Canadiana

    @Canadiana

    7 ай бұрын

    Good spot!

  • @sibberianno6333
    @sibberianno63334 ай бұрын

    The production, writing and editing of this video is so good it puts big documentary companies like DW to shame. Can't wait for part 2!

  • @martinlacouline2049
    @martinlacouline20497 ай бұрын

    This is such great work! I'm going to binge watch the entire channel!

  • @ryanreedgibson
    @ryanreedgibson7 ай бұрын

    As always, a high quality video that is well written and researched. I think of the division we have not and it makes me feel slightly better that things are not to the point of war.

  • @ojosmacabros
    @ojosmacabros7 ай бұрын

    As a Canadian it's refreshing to see Canadian history content on KZread

  • @victoriapearce6145
    @victoriapearce61457 ай бұрын

    Excellent job. Thankyou for a thorough rendering. Look forward to future episodes

  • @angelvillamor4838
    @angelvillamor48387 ай бұрын

    Thanks for making this informative short video! It is great to learn about Canadian history and its relations with local nations. Most of what was covered was new to me. Though I was born in a Southern US State, where Canadians visited regularly, and many have residency during the Winter. and learned little about the country

  • @TonyBongo869
    @TonyBongo8697 ай бұрын

    The guy who wrote the music for Canada’s national anthem served in the civil war like you said, and the American national anthem was inspired by Canadians ( British if you want to be precise) shelling an American fort.

  • @ellaluna5514

    @ellaluna5514

    7 ай бұрын

    I think Canada 🇨🇦 was the winner of the National Anthem contest.

  • @bernardausterberry9795
    @bernardausterberry97957 ай бұрын

    I thought I was aware of the tale of Harper's Ferry. Knew the names of the major players. But knew nothing of the Canadian conponent. Thank You for the fill in. Strange to think we were like the CIA in South America stirring the pot of conflict.

  • @paulparry953
    @paulparry9537 ай бұрын

    So glad your back, like usual loved your episode looking foward to next one.

  • @MiThreeSunz
    @MiThreeSunz4 ай бұрын

    This was an excellently made video! From the narration and content to the graphics and production. As a Canadian, I thought I was well versed in both Canadian and American history. It just goes to show that you can learn something new everyday! 😊🇨🇦

  • @RickImus
    @RickImus7 ай бұрын

    It's a good day when there's a new Canadiana episode! South-West Ontario still speaks to us: Uncle Tom's Cabin, Buxton National Historic Site, sports as culture in Chatham and London.

  • @RickImus
    @RickImus7 ай бұрын

    Thanks

  • @Canadiana

    @Canadiana

    7 ай бұрын

    Thanks so much!

  • @danny__dimes6606
    @danny__dimes66063 ай бұрын

    This is a master class historical video essay that definitely earned my like and sub. Love to our brothers in the North from Texas

  • @soyjoke
    @soyjoke7 ай бұрын

    You folks have clearly thrown a bunch of work into this one. Nice job!

  • @twoplanetlife7969
    @twoplanetlife79697 ай бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @Canadiana

    @Canadiana

    7 ай бұрын

    Thanks very much!

  • @motionsick
    @motionsick7 ай бұрын

    John Brown is one of the greatest Americans that ever lived and it's criminal we don't celebrate him more.

  • @bigjacket7934
    @bigjacket79347 ай бұрын

    You guys did it again!! Superb production skills and story-telling. BRAVO!!! Fantastic deep-digging research!!!

  • @caseyc6895
    @caseyc68953 ай бұрын

    A professional production. Learned a lot. Thanks for making these videos.

  • @Swenthorian
    @Swenthorian7 ай бұрын

    8:25 West Virginia was not in the CSA.

  • @Canadiana

    @Canadiana

    7 ай бұрын

    The map is based on the very start of the Civil War. Before Virginia split.

  • @Swenthorian

    @Swenthorian

    7 ай бұрын

    @@Canadiana Ah, gotcha! Thanks for the context.

  • @luongo7886
    @luongo78867 ай бұрын

    Thank you for this eye-owning video! I didn't know Canada played such a big role in American History. This was never taught to us in school. -- With love from Vietnam PS Did you know that right after WWI, America had a serious plan to invade Canada and make it into another American state(s)?

  • @ReadAlongAudioBible
    @ReadAlongAudioBible3 ай бұрын

    Very interesting. This was very informative. I am looking forward to watching more of your episodes.