I think that history teachers should use these in schools and colleges at the beginning of each period in time just as an introduction to the subject. I feel these videos would capture and boost interest in the subjects making the students more willing to listen and learn.

@CanadiansReact

3 жыл бұрын

I totally agree!

@funnyturtles825

2 жыл бұрын

Maybe not colleges but high schools

General Lee, beating a Hooker... damn, evil, rebels!

@RockNRollHorrorshow

3 жыл бұрын

In fact, that Hooker is where the term is rumored to come from. Man liked his prostitutes, can't judge that.

A lot of info that was, for the sake of keeping this "oversimplified", missed. I'll try to keep it as brief as I can: 1) Sherman emerged from his March to the Sea right before Christmas and took the city of Savannah with little-to-no bloodshed. He sent a telegram saying "To his Excellency, the President of the U.S. - I offer you the city of Savannah as a Christmas gift." 2) Sherman burnt probably half of Atlanta to the ground, and his men would tear up railroad tracks, heat them, and then bend them around trees. They were called "Sherman's Neckties". 3) The people of Savannah, and a fair bit of Georgia told Sherman that they would forgive what he did to them on his march if he did worse to South Carolina. He told them (and his men) "There is where secession began, and there is where it will end!" Basically saying they were gonna get theirs. 4) The 13th Amendment, although passed by Congress still had to be ratified by the states. The toughest part was getting it passed in Congress. The states took less than like 6 months to ratify it. 5) When Lincoln gave the speech from the White House, he mentioned giving freed African Americans the right to vote. Boothe was in the crowd with a fellow conspirator and hear this. Up to that point, the plan was to kidnap the President and force the North to negotiate peace with the South. Once he heard that, though, Boothe looked at the other man and said "That means N***** citizenship. He has to die!" 6) Boothe basically fell into the assassination attempt that morning. As an actor, he had his mail delivered to the theater. When he went to pick it up, he heard people talking about the President being there that night. He went through the theater and drilled a hole in the door to the box so he could see in when he made his attempt, as well as leaving a metal bar to jam the door shut. He left to tell his fellow conspirators, some were tasked with killing the VP, others with killing the Secretary of State, and I believe another the Secretary of War. 7) Lincoln tried to sneak into the theater because they were running late, but the conductor saw him and immediately held the play and began playing "Hail to the Chief". Eventually it died down and the play resumed. There was a guard with Lincoln, but he didn't think any danger was possible and he went to go watch the play. Boothe snuck under the stage and up to the President's box. He was able to sneak right in, waiting for the big laugh of the play when the crowd would be at its loudest, and pulled the trigger on his Deringer pistol right in the back of Lincoln's head. He jumped from the box to the stage, catching his spur on the bunting there and broke his ankle when he landed. He was said to have yelled "Sic Semper Tyrannus", or "Thus Always to Tyrants!" Basically saying death is what will always happen to tyrants. 8) His co-conspirators didn't fair as well. The one sent to kill the VP started drinking and lost his nerve. The one for the Secretary of War couldn't find him. The closest one was the Secretary of State, who was bed-ridden after a carriage accident. The man claimed to be there for the doctor to bring medicine and managed to force his way up to the room. He jumped on top of the Secretary and started stabbing at his neck/chest area. Fortunately, the Secretary had a big metal brace on because he hurt his neck, so he only suffered mild injuries, but bled a fair bit, making the conspirator think he succeeded and he ran out into the night shouting "I'm Mad! I'm Mad!!" The worst part of the entire end of the war was that no one really knew Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction after the war, so it was completely haphazard and ultimately failed, setting African Americans back decades.

@CanadiansReact

3 жыл бұрын

WOW talk about a fantastic comment with some great history lessons in there as well! Thanks for this! - Adam

@mr.osclasses5054

3 жыл бұрын

@@CanadiansReact Looks like my being a history teacher was the right profession then, hahaha! I know I got a couple smaller details incorrect or omitted as I was typing from memory, but it's always been on of my favorite subjects to learn about, and to teach now.

@mr.osclasses5054

3 жыл бұрын

@@CanadiansReact I actually forgot about one thing! At the end of the video when they show Lincoln's funeral parade. That was taken in New York City. The house in the background is really interesting! If you look at the second floor windows on the side of the house, you can just make out two little heads in one of them. The house was owned by Theodore Roosevelt Sr., so those two kids in the window were Theodore Jr. and his brother. Of course, Theodore Jr. would go on to be the 26th President just under 50 years from that moment. It's really interesting to see a picture with two presidents: one whose life had ended, and the other in childhood. It's similar to the video of Bill Clinton as a kid meeting JFK.

@everforward5561

3 жыл бұрын

Well done, Mister O. I often wonder how far ahead things might be, had Lincoln lived to see a reconstruction plan through. There was no closure after the CW, just "Okay, everyone go home."

@adamnelson4428

3 жыл бұрын

Number 4 the last state to ratify the 13th amendment was Mississippi in 2013 Number 7 the phrase “my name is mud” came from doctor Mudd who treated booths ankle, he found out later that he had aided an assassin which ruined his career, John Wilkes Booth was the most famous actor in the country at the time hence why it was so easy to identify him

Regarding the lack of modern communication: actually, the civil war broke new ground there. Previously information could only travel, and force could only be projected, at the speed of a horse and rider. Both sides in this war transported troops and equipment by railroad (which is why the union capturing Atlanta was such a big deal, it was the hub of most of the South's railway system), and they communicated instantly by telegraph. It really changed the way war was fought, and both sides struggled to adapt faster than the other side.

@CanadiansReact

3 жыл бұрын

Cool info thanks! -Adam

At 1:35, McClellan is replaced by Burnside. These 2 are considered by many to have been the 2 worst field generals in American history. Burnside at least knew he was not qualified and said so to his superiors.

Love your reactions, guys! As an American, I grew up in Buffalo, NY close to the US-Canadian border & would often visit nearby Ontario. And my sister eventually joined the National Ballet of Canada! Best to you both. 🇺🇸🇨🇦

General Lee was allowed back into the US army, but he did receive harsh punishment for his involvement in siding with the Confederates. His plantation is across the river from DC and his lands were seized by the army and converted into a military cemetery for those who died in service. William Taft and JFK are also buried there. Lee got to keep his mansion, which is now a museum owned by the government.

Lincoln was the first US president born outside the original 13 colonies

Fun fact: after Lee's surrender, the Union officers who were there to witness it ransacked poor Wilbur McClain's home and made off with most of his furniture as souvenirs.

@walkingwounded3824

3 жыл бұрын

That really sucks! Poor couple.

@eldritchpumpkinghost2968

3 жыл бұрын

Bruh, they got no breaks.

@Retrovorious

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah but the army paid for the furniture, they were just not allowed to reject the sell.

@lizd2943

3 жыл бұрын

@@Retrovorious The officers offered him some money and when he refused to accept it, they just threw it on the floor.

@lizd2943

3 жыл бұрын

@@jamesmatthewneeland5707 "Union officers took some mementos" is a euphemism. General Edward Ord paid him $40 for the desk the surrender was written out and signed on, but most officers didn't pay him anything for all the stuff they took.

Amazing observations, guys! thanks!

@CanadiansReact

3 жыл бұрын

No worries :)

I grew up in TN. In school, we took a lot of field trips out to civil war battlefields. Now I live in PA, and my husband and I went out to Gettysburg. It's crazy how large the battlefield at Gettyburg is. Also there is a clip on youtube about a game show in the 50s where they talk to the last living person to have been at the play where Lincoln was shot. It's honestly really interesting to hear his take.

Don't know whether you're still reading comments on this video. I just saw it and enjoyed watching. I thought I'd add that Canadians participated in the US Civil War. This is from the Wikipedia article on "Canada and the Civil War": The best recent estimates are that between 33,000 and 55,000 men from British North America (BNA) served in the Union army, and a few hundred in the Confederate army. Many of them already lived in the United States and were joined by volunteers signed up in Canada by Union recruiters.[9] Canada refused to return about 15,000 American deserters and draft dodgers.[10] Calixa Lavallée was a French-Canadian musician and Union officer during the American Civil War who later composed the music for "O Canada", which officially became the national anthem of Canada in 1980. In 1857, he moved to the United States and lived in Rhode Island where he enlisted in the 4th Rhode Island Volunteers of the Union army during the American Civil War, attaining the rank of lieutenant. Canadian-born Edward P. Doherty was a Union Army officer who formed and led the detachment of Union soldiers that captured and killed John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of Lincoln, in a Virginia barn on April 26, 1865, 12 days after Lincoln was fatally shot. Canadian-born Sarah Emma Edmonds was a noted Union spy. One of the longest-living Canadians to have fought in the American Civil War was James Beach Moore, who died on August 29, 1931. Anderson Ruffin Abbott was a Toronto-born son of free people of color who had fled Alabama after their store was ransacked. Canada's first Black physician, he applied for a commission as an assistant surgeon in the Union Army in February 1863, but his offer was evidently not accepted. That April, he applied to be a "medical cadet" in the United States Colored Troops, but was finally accepted as a civilian surgeon under contract. He served in Washington, D.C., from June 1863 to August 1865, first at the Contraband Hospital which became Freedmen's Hospital. He then went to a hospital in Arlington, Virginia. Receiving numerous commendations and becoming popular in Washington society, Abbott was one of only 13 black surgeons to serve in the Civil War, a fact that fostered a friendly relationship between him and the president.[11] On the night of Lincoln's assassination, Abbott accompanied Elizabeth Keckley to the Petersen House and returned to his lodgings that evening. After Lincoln's death, Mary Todd Lincoln presented Abbott with the plaid shawl that Lincoln had worn to his 1861 inauguration.[12][13]

As an American I’d love to see Oversimplified make a video about Canadian Confederation. I wish I knew more about Canadian history. I DO know that many American Loyalists fled after US independence in 1776 and resettled in the colony of Upper Canada (now Southern Ontario)

@CanadiansReact

3 жыл бұрын

Totally! It would be great to educate people other than Canadians about Canada...Maybe we need to rethink our reation channel and make it a Canadian history one...🤣

@coyotelong4349

3 жыл бұрын

@@CanadiansReact Haha I like it just fine so far!

"Oh no! John Wilkes Booth!"

But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate, we can not consecrate, we can not hallow, this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us, that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion, that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain, that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.” -Abraham Lincoln Gettysburg Address 1863

You might not think Nathaniel Bedford Forrest is a badass when you hear he formed the KKK after the war haha. He was a badass as General of the Cavalry, but he was also insane. I love this reaction, I have a degree in Military History and love these videos.

@CanadiansReact

3 жыл бұрын

Thats awesome thank you for watching and thanks for the little history lesson :)

The bad part is his body was stolen.

I've said it elsewhere. Oversimplified's epilogue in this video is his best amongst all of his content.

I got emotional there too.

620,000 died in the civil war and 644,000 in all other American wars combined. 50,000 casualties at Gettysburg in three days. 58,000 in Vietnam between 1965 and 1975

@JPMadden

2 жыл бұрын

The 620,000 figure many of us learned in school is apparently too low. Modern statistical analysis has suggested a death toll of 750,00-850,000, and possibly higher.

one thing that wasn't mentioned that was also a huge difference maker in the war was the invention of the miniball

@Squishay1

2 жыл бұрын

what the miniball was, was the first cone shaped bullet that increased the range accuracy of muskets to near half mile, creating a more modernized style of gorilla warfare. this happened shortly after Gettysburg

@JPMadden

2 жыл бұрын

In case anyone wants to learn more, it is spelled "Minié ball." It was named for the Frenchman who invented it.

Man Lee was an amazing tactician

technically speaking the south did not have a vote in the 1964 election so of course lincoln won easily...it was just free states voting...they did not know who this former general was and in civil war why would you change president?

@GlennWH26

3 жыл бұрын

They didn't know who the former General-in-Chief was? McClellan might have been a divisive figure, but he was hardly unknown.

@TaylorPrem

3 жыл бұрын

I think you mean the 1864 election.

Love your work guys! Every time I watch y’all, I have a great time (especially hearing your take on my equal parts great and deranged home country located just to Canada’s south) #myrequest kzread.info/dash/bejne/a6KBmclmeMfaZZM.html my friend is an amazing storyteller. You can probably edit out his intro, but this true story of his is hilarious. I can’t wait to hear you guys react to it!

Lincoln letting the south off the hook had terrible consequences that we see today. Should have stamped that movement out completely.

@Arcticos0

3 жыл бұрын

It had a lot more to do with the embarrassment that was Johnson's presidency.

@JPMadden

2 жыл бұрын

I think of it this way: The North won the war but lost the peace, after the end of Reconstruction. Many in the South and elsewhere are still fighting the Civil War, on the wrong side.

Notice no woothing....... That show's who's side........they believed.