I think Will gives the best descriptions of anyone. I could listen to him all day.

@patrickdunham1878

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah I agree.

If this does not for shadow Europe from 1914-18 I don't know what does

It's hard to imagine heavily forested central VA as mostly clear cut back in those days.

I can't get enough of this stuff. I just find it so interesting

I had read that part about the ax men but hearing that about the 100 deserters is new. That one about the Confederate soldier yelling "we're coming!" I had read that general Gordon sent out a soldier, a Union yelled out, " who goes there "?, the Confederate soldier said " it's only me yank, I'm just picking some berries for my breakfast". The Union soldier said, " okay, reb, go head, I want shoot." Gordon told the soldier (the berry picker) to fire the signal gun to start the attack, the rebel soldier felt bad about lying to the Yankee soldier, so the rebel yelled out, " watch out yank!, we're coming to attack!", then the rebel soldier fires the signal gun.

Thankful for all you guys, good ole northern boys that I could listen to all day. Love this country and her history.

@tennesseeridgerunner5992

26 күн бұрын

What's a "good ole northern boy" anyway? DEO VINDICE!

My Great, Great, Great, GrandFather was in The Pennsylvania Corps. at Petersburg. I Find this tour an Lecture Fascinating . Thanks. Mr. Greene & Mr. Adelman..... Piece of family history......brought me here..

This really helped to contextualize the battle for me - frequently you just hear it described as a last-ditch effort by Lee. Seeing how it led to the last act of the Army of Northern Virginia was very enlightening.

Thank you Wilson and Garry. Another great presentation! Thanks for all that you do to preserve the history of this great nation!

@locksmith77bk

9 ай бұрын

A non great nation that was built on captivity and take over of some one else's property and family

All of these Petersburg video's have been excellent. I really have enjoyed the heck out of them. Well done gents!

Love listening to people who can communicate effectively . This guys really good

Really enjoying this informative series, particularly the insights.

Love the explanation of the depth and breadth of strategic context.

So it’s the oldest situation for an army that was penned in. Can’t escape, can’t stay here, so we have to attack. Gordon was 100% correct

My 4x great grandfather was a 3rd Sergeant in the 200th Pennsylvania in 9th corps that was in reserve. He was shot during the counter attack and died at the army hospital at City point the evening of March 25th. It’s awesome to know he was a part of the nail in the coffin for old Bobby Lee

Here from The History Underground.

excellent!

love these

51st Pennsylvania infantry Great great Grandfather was there. Peace to all veterans and descendants

We are running in the 25th mile of the very long marathon that was the Siege at Petersburg.

Your scholarship is impressive.

Back in a "former life" a few decades ago, I was working on construction of the Rte. 288 extension between Rte. 1 and I-95, where it crosses over Proctor's Creek between Richmond and Petersburg. This was the site of the Battle of Proctor's Creek, part of the Bermuda Hundred Campaign in 1864. It was a bit chilling to sit there on along the creek, looking at the high ground on both sides, and read the accounts of the fighting in the book, Back Door to Richmond, by William Robertson. There was an old plantation house east of I-95 that was used as a field hospital during the battle - unfortunately, it was demolished during construction, as the borrow pit for the highway fills.

@kevinpiacente3456

3 жыл бұрын

Why didn't the state protect it??

@paca_bill4863

3 жыл бұрын

@@kevinpiacente3456 Good question. The corridor for Rte. 288 had been reserved for the southern bypass around Richmond for decades prior to construction, and with the urban development going on throughout Chesterfield County, the state either had to build it or give it over to the developers. They did do archeological studies and digs along the corridor prior to construction, but even then, there were a lot of historical artifacts missed. On one of the adjacent sections under construction, during the earthmoving operations, the contractor uncovered a field gravesite for a soldier. Unfortunately, before the state historians and archeologists could get to the site, it had been vandalized. Shameful! But as these videos point out, there are a lot of entrenchments, redoubts and other structures "littered" throughout this whole area, much of which has been built over. In southeast Virginia, you can't trip or sneeze without coming on some plot of land that wasn't disturbed by the War between the States, the Revolutionary War, the colonial period, or all the history prior to and after those periods. For anyone who loves American history, the whole area is amazing!

Remarkable. Thank you for posting this collection of videos. This is Civil War history at it's absolute best, IMHO.

Will and Gary are a pretty excellent duo, wonderful job with the Petersburg campaign!

My G Grandfather Lambert was wounded at Ft.Steadman. and died 4 days later. 31st Georgia. He was one of the sharpshooters sent forward at the start. He was shot trying to get bac to the CSA lines. He is buried in the Blandford Cemetary in Richmond. Did Lee really think this would alter the outcome of the war? His arrogance was incredible.

I can’t say enough good things about this series, easily the best since Ken Burns yet so much shorter and hitting important points. I keep thinking back to what I learned about the Civil War in school, very sad in comparison.

Did lee consider abandoning Richmond before this attack?

@craiggleason8386

3 жыл бұрын

You answered my question, I should have waited

Lee lost a large number of his officer corps,his junior officers at Gettysburg.He had a hard time replacing his,majors, colonels,and generals who were killed,wounded,or taken prisoner.The south couldn't replace the men they lost,simple math.R.I.P.

Fort Stedman, a four hour surprise confederate attack that ultimately had no impact on Union lines but weakened Lee’s own right flank. Lee should have chosen Gordon’s first option, offer peace terms to Unconditional Surrender Grant like he did a month later. Respectfully WS

So very sad!

If Johnston had a bit more oomph he could have delayed Sherman and maybe Lee could have effected a better campaign. Lots of what ifs though

@wyatthen55

3 жыл бұрын

Well 25000 can't do much more than anoy 110000 like what Johnston wrote lee

@Turnagater

3 жыл бұрын

@@wyatthen55 true. Sherman had his wings too far apart. Could he have won? No. Delay? Yes. At this point in the war though it is a moot point. Just pondering and playing what if games

@wyatthen55

3 жыл бұрын

@@Turnagater if the battle of franklin or even Johnston being removes from command Johnston could have held atlanta for a lot longer hood murdered his army at franklin and nashville so if Johnston would have had 35-45000 men at bentonville he could have done a lot better

Gary, At this time in the war he was outnumberd at least 10 to 1

Packers rule the bears fact

Not Lee's failure , gorden's. A last gasp, none to blame.

@wmschooley1234

3 жыл бұрын

Mr. McWilliams:I respectfully disagree. How is this anything but Lee's failure? Lee was the commander who authorized this operation. Lee was the commander who selected the subordinate officers to execute the operation. Lee was the commander how pulled other units from his defensive line in support of this operation. Lee was the commander who had other options and chose to try a sneak attack which was nothing more than an outright gamble in the face of a numerically superior opponent. Respectfully, WS

@frankmcwilliams8328

3 жыл бұрын

@@wmschooley1234 last option. Failure was always high.

Lee will always be out greatest general

@TM-vq1bf

2 жыл бұрын

Not mine . I’m not a confederate supporter . He was a traitor . Benedict Arnold. Plus Grant was better

These videos are good but they could have been great if they just let Will Greene, the foremost expert on the Petersburg campaign, do the talking. Gary Adelman is a distraction. It's like going to a major league baseball game and then having to watch little leaguers periodically come out and play.