13:42 Napoleon did it multiple times during his campaigns. Specifically at the Battle of Lodi and the Battle of Montereau.

@luc-zq7ku

2 жыл бұрын

well, he did start as an artillery officer

@fredbarker9201

2 жыл бұрын

@@luc-zq7ku he did it in 1796 as General Bonaparte, then again in 1814 as the Emperor Napoleon

@Enigma_V

2 жыл бұрын

If you want something done right, do it yourself xD

@F1lmtwit

2 жыл бұрын

🎶 Away down South in the land of traitors, rattlesnakes and alligators 🎶 Right away! Come away! Right away! Right away, come away! 🎶 Where cotton’s king and men are chattels Union boys will win the battles . . .

@austinlittke5580

2 жыл бұрын

I immediately thought of the same example of Napoleon

I can guarantee that if George Gordon Meade or Ulysses S. Grant had been in command, they would've utilized Special Order 191 and wiped out the Rebel army.

@VloggingThroughHistory

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely

Another horror of the corn field is that it is late Sept. It is tall, and corn is a water hog. Anyone who has ever worked in a cornfield at peak, knows the humidity is horrendous. So fatigue, dehydration and bad mobility makes it hell.

12:30 is approximately where the opening scene of the movie "Glory" takes place. Robert Shaw was in the 2nd MA, in Williams' Division of the XII Corps. They were the more inexperienced of the two divisions, and Greene's Division was the one that broke through. When the narrator says they're an "easy target for artillery", that's about the moment Matthew Broderick gets hit by that shrapnel and the line collapses

I've recently got into Civil War topics thanks to the National Museum of Civil War Medicine. Found myself typing 'Antietam,' yet I haven't seen anything compelling. Funny enough, later in the day, I redo the search in hopes that I missed something, and there was your video. I just realized that you put it about 7 hours ago, and I couldn't be more glad to find your channel because it's a goldmine. The way you add to events by exploring certain narrative points is so engaging! Just like listening to my friend, a history enthusiast who always adds details and extra fun facts. The Polish education system did a disservice to the Civil War subject, at least in my case, so everything comes as a surprise. I'm in awe, looking forward to learning from you.

@VloggingThroughHistory

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Aneta, and welcome! I think you'll find I am a huge fan of Poland!

@mikemahr3496

2 жыл бұрын

I work at the National Museum of Civil War Medicine and the battle of Antietam, from a medical standpoint, is something that I have been closely studying. Its incredible to see how battlefield medical evacuation evolved between 1st Manassas and Antietam thanks to Jonathan Letterman

"Every hour McClellan waited, the Union would later pay for in blood" Hay, Nicolay, Lincoln a biography. They are very professional (if of course biased as Lincolns 2 secrataries) but they get positvely snarky and sarcastic when talking about MCClellan. Sadly they give no personal account of the meetings Lincoln-McClellan they must have witnesssed. But you get the distinct impression that he was not highly regarded in hindsight.

The battlefield animated maps are amazing and your reactions are the icing on the cake. Keep them coming!

Not to be forgotton, on the same day as the Battle of Antietam was the explosion of the Allegheny Arsenal which killed 70+, mostly children, and wounded hundreds. It was the largest civilian death toll on one day during the civil war. So most combat and civilian deaths occured on the same day at different places.

Ive participated in the Antietam illumination multiple times. Its amazingly, hauntingly, beautiful.

I've walked the fields, climbed the tower, and enjoyed the Antietam battlefield twice in my life. Very awe inspiring; walking the actual ground helps understand what and why soldiers are heroes. It may assist new listeners/learners to explain what "casualties" are; most folks probably think it means "deaths"; it doesn't but the actual definition doesn't change the horror of battle. Thank you for the narration; I'll probably not ever visit Sharpsburg again, but I can always make a video tour with you and watching the ABT's animated map!

Love this video and detailed explanation! Thank you so much! I am a resident of the Western US (and recently the Southwestern US) but I took a trip several summers ago to visit Antietam, Gettysburg, and Manassas. Amazing places, and the park rangers are so informative and passionate about the battles. They really make the battles come to life and are under sung heroes of history. I still remember walking through the cornfields towards the Dunkard Church and what that must have been like for 18 year old farm boys turned soldiers.

I was literally just there last week on Friday for the 159th anniversary. Went to Gettysburg, Harpers Ferry, then Antietam. I got chills. Walking through the bloody lane and through the burnside bridge is tough to think about. Men dying for Glory and Valor. Such an incredible place.

If I recall, James McPherson said in his book on Antietam that McClellan had more fresh troops on the 18th than Lee had in his entire army at Sharpsburg. I recently came back from Antietam, and it's easy to see why Lee chose to give battle there. It's some NASTY defensive ground. It's easy for me to stand there 162 years after the fact and shake my head, at McClellan, but I also kind of get it... I wouldn't want to have to tell someone they have to go attack those hills. That was already the bloodiest day in American history, further attacks would have made it so much worse... But on the other hand, how many lives could have been saved in the long run had Lee's army been destroyed there? It may not have immediately ended the war, but you gotta think it would have shaved quite a bit of time off of it. History is so fascinating to think about.

Thank you so much for making these videos. When I was 9 I watched, with excitement, the Ken Burns documentary on the Civil War. The following summer, my parents took me to Gettysburg, Antietam, and Appomattox Courthouse on vacation. Watching your videos and seeing your passion for history has inspired me to make plans to return to these places and see them again through the eyes of an adult. Thank you and God bless!

@F1lmtwit

2 жыл бұрын

🎶 Away down South in the land of traitors, rattlesnakes and alligators 🎶 Right away! Come away! Right away! Right away, come away! 🎶 Where cotton’s king and men are chattels Union boys will win the battles . . .

I’ve said it before in other videos but this has always been my favorite battle to research even going back to when I was in school. Going there as a senior in high school was one of my most lasting memories (and it’s been almost 20 years now). Antietam is one of those places that if you love history or want to understand history, you have to visit at least once. Standing there in some of the places. Seeing the Mortuary Cannons in the distance and even up close… I am always both impressed but also how haunting it is to be on a battlefield when it’s quiet. Much like the quiet of a cemetery. That’s how I treated Antietam… I asked questions and wondered why certain things happened the way they did, but overall I was very quiet as I walked through and looked at the certain parts of the battlefield.

I really enjoyed this! Iv watched the ABT Antietam video probably 20 times now but it was refreshing hearing your input throughout. Whats truly sad about this is how few remember this day. I asked people if they new about the battle and why the anniversary should always be remembered and it upset me that nobody could even name the bloodiest day in American history.

Your videos, old and new, have always been so entertaining!! Enjoy the Sabaton concert. Can’t wait to hear how it went!

Awesome video! Just watched the American Battlefield Trust video yesterday.

Incredible work form both you and the Organization. Amazing videos !

Your reconstruction videos inspired me to write on Emancipation and the effects on whites north and south during the war for my senior thesis. Thanks HGH!!

Chris, I would have commented sooner, but I had to take several minutes in order to ponder my options. Excellent video.

If you have never seen the Antietam Illumination I highly recommend it. There is on candle burning for everyone killed in the battle. People dressed all in black and wearing black masks extinguish one candle at a time.

''Vlogging trough McClellan bashing'' :P

Awesome! 3 of my ancestors fought there I think with the 3rd Georgia

It's an incredible amount of wounded. I've just seen a half marathon start today with 20.000 participants. It took more than 30 minutes for all them them to run past on a fairly broad road. I couldn't help but think of this battle and imagining a scenario where every single one takes a bullet or an artillery shell with an injury or death as result.

My great grand uncle, was killed at second Manasas, from what I understand he was rather young- still in his teens. Have never found his grave, visited the mass grave at Second Manassas- best that I could do to pay respects.

I've read a several books on Antietam but when I visited, I wasn't prepared for the size of the battlefield. I was there on a hot, muggy September day post harvesting. Standing in the middle of Miller's cornfield imagining what it was like for the Union soldiers marching in formation having read about what grapeshot will do, made me feel small and insignificant. I can't imagine the terror those men felt. The slow rise up to the sunken road from the Union perspective until coming face-to-face with the Confederate line ..... Lying down in the sunken road catching the smells and looking around. (Shout Out to the Irish Brigade!!) It's such a beautiful and peaceful place. So many important lessons. It's painful watching this history being condemned and erased

Not attacking for two days to gather reconnaissance coupled with the absurdity of Sedgwick's attack is reason enough for McClellan's letting go. Seems crazy they didn't try to flank Lee's right side

The Wilder Historian just posted a video about the attack at the bridge. He does job of explaining some of the Union’s delays. It was Gen. Longstreet and his staff who manned some guns during the fighting at the Bloody Lane. My g-grandfather and his brother were in DH Hill’s unit at Confederate center. Another gg-grandfather and his son were with AP Hill in the final attack. I want to go back to Sharpsburg and do a video in the future.

"I'm trying not to pause too often." Really? Could have fooled me ;D Good thing I'm mainly here for your comments.

I just clicked the video, but as someone from the Antietam area (I grew up in Hagerstown), I’m excited to learn more about the battle! Always cool to learn more about local history!

@marinewillis1202

2 жыл бұрын

I drove up to Antietam from Atlanta earlier this year. I was amazed at how beautiful that entire area is (once you get away from the Cesspool of DC and Baltimore). Gorgeous rolling country and quaint small towns.

@ItzRyanMCMusic

2 жыл бұрын

@@marinewillis1202 oh for sure! A lot of the towns in the area are really old towns that haven’t changed much. Some people hate that, but I think it’s great lol

@marinewillis1202

2 жыл бұрын

@@ItzRyanMCMusic when I was in Sharpsburg I literally had to drive almost an hour to find a hotel (there was that incredibly old one in the another town next door but I needed get gas and the only station i could find in Sharpsburg closed at like 7 that day lol). I ended up in some lot lizard hotel next to a 24 hour gas station with a kitchen so I could actually get food also.

13:40 Admiral Rozhestvenskyat Tsushima helped fire one of the 6 inch guns on his flagship/

Thank you for another amazing reaction to these animated maps, I always learn something new. I would like to ask, do you plan to make a reaction video on chickamauga animated map?

Amazing video and enjoy your concert.

I live in Hagerstown only 30 mins from Antietam they had a ceremony today for the anniversary of the battle

Great video! 👍 New subscriber

McLellan is the prime example of the importance of boldness. A leader will always have doubts and you may not make the right decision but you have to trust your instincts and decide. McLellan consistently doubted his strength and it cost him and his men. A bad decision will cause lives, but doubt and indecisiveness will cost more.

My great grandfather was there, and was captured- 18th South Carolina

If you haver visited that battlefield...there isnt a video game out there that accurately portrays how high up those Georgia guys under Toombs were over Burnside's Bridge and how defensible that ridge was. It's actually insane the angle from that position,

@marinewillis1202

2 жыл бұрын

Had there been 2500-5k troops it would have been Marye's Height part 1. That position is unreal from a defensive standpoint.

@samiam619

2 жыл бұрын

@@marinewillis1202 And they STILL would have been out-flanked by those troops coming around the left.

If possible, would you be willing to check out this video about the battle of pea ridge by this small channel called Warhawk? Well made in my opinion and it would be nice to hear your commentary on it

@F1lmtwit

2 жыл бұрын

🎶 Away down South in the land of traitors, rattlesnakes and alligators 🎶 Right away! Come away! Right away! Right away, come away! 🎶 Where cotton’s king and men are chattels Union boys will win the battles . . .

@Adamdidit

2 жыл бұрын

That's a good video and a good channel. I think he'd enjoy it. When he was doing his last ultimate tactician run with the Union and just randomly was like "hey there's Earl Van Dorne" in one episode I giggled and thought about Warhawk's Pea Ridge.

Hell yeah love the Sabaton shirt didn’t take you as a fellow metal head history nerd 🤘

@VloggingThroughHistory

2 ай бұрын

Just got home from seeing them in concert tonight!

One of McClellan’s problems was bad intel. Pinkerton was the reason Little Mac thought he was out-numbered most of the time.

@Strawberry-12.

2 жыл бұрын

Damn Pinkertons

As a distant cousin of McClellan (through common ancestors on the Mayflower), I agree 100% with your assessment of him. He was arrogant, vain, gullible and worst of all, extremely slow moving. I actually say that something that is going more slowly than it should, like a computer program that is lagging, is "McClellan-ing"!

@kristaskrastina2863

Жыл бұрын

It's interesting how it was easier for McClellan to create a new army than to organize a good recon. He was always unaware about the enemy and believed in faulty data. That's why he was so slow - he simply knew nothing for sure. I'd like to see McClellan with the cavalry as active as it was in 1863. Then we'd see a whole different McClellan...

The Cornfield..maybe that's why I find corn mazes particularly creepy

It would be interesting to see at these battlefields to get a crowd the size of the casualties and stand them in a approximate of where they fell and take a picture because it’s one of those things where a number is a number but a picture actual people is something different even have them dressed in red and blue like the battle lines on the map to show each sides

One of the battles I've only heard of by name as a European, but never encountered any details about.

@vuchaser99

2 жыл бұрын

Very glad you came to join us!

I was there. In fact I was there in 2002 during the I believe 140th Anniversary of Antietam. In fact I was one of the Reenactors for the Battle.

I think Lee was a great defensive general, but he wasn't a great offensive general. Both of his efforts to invade the north ended in disaster.

@marinewillis1202

2 жыл бұрын

I think like most generals of that age (with a few exceptions) most of them were still stuck in the attack mentality. Even in WW1 after seeing the slaughter that charges across open ground did in the Civil War they were still stuck in that mentality. I think Lee was actually very good at both the offense and defense. Offensively because he took huge chances (because he had to really). Defensively he was great also. Anyone that can keep an army together that long against those odds is really good. Was just that his offensive battles resulted in higher casualties, just like the Union offensive ones generally. Love Grant but I still think he would have been toast in Lee's shoes against odds like that in basically every battle. I still contend if Lee had been in charge of the AOTP he probably would have taken Richmond by 1862.

@marcusromulus5646

2 жыл бұрын

@@marinewillis1202 The problem with the 'attack mentality' was that until 1917 there wasn't any sort of alternatives to taking an entrenched and fortified position. You aren't wrong, but without mobile cover for the troops or the armies being mentally flexible to try night-time raids it wasn't going to change. At least in the Civil War up to late 64 mobile warfare was viable. Fun fact, Lee was in charge of The Army of The Potomac, until its name was changed to North-Virginia. Originally both Union and Confed had an Potomac Army. Lee was a very good army General, there shouldn't be any doubt on that. But I do think alot of the great generals of the Civil War are made out to be better than they were. Personally I feel that's due to almost all of the Officers being trained at West-Point, they all had the same responses and counters so there was alot less "outside-the-box" strategies being attempted. Grant's 'greatness' is because he fully exploited the strengths of the Union, and was the only Officer to do so. Using the Navy at Vicksburg and easy troop replenishment on The Overland Campaign. Don't misunderstand me i'm not taking anything away from him, he was very skilled, but I personally don't feel any of the Officers (with the possible exception of Thomas) were as great as the Europeon Officers a half century earlier. The part about Grant being toast and Lee taking Richmond by 62 both require 1 very important question. Who's their opposite? McClellan, Jackson, Burnside, Beauregard? Since obviously that answer might change Grant/Lee's fortunes

@fredbarker9201

2 жыл бұрын

Offence tactics can still be fought without invading somewhere else. If you try and outflank someone you’re being offensive minded, even if the battles in your own country

@marinewillis1202

2 жыл бұрын

@@marcusromulus5646 I agree in principle but I would argue that several commanders on both sides broke the mold like Mosby or Forrest etc. As to your point about opposition, if Lee had the AOTP he would have been facing PGT and Johnston. Lee was aggressive and Johnston, while a great defensive general, was not. He tended to give ground everywhere until he found a perfect spot and to preserve his army (which is why his troops loved him as he didnt treat them like fodder). There isnt alot of room around Richmond to do that. Thats another reason Lee was so highly regarded. To keep an enemy that always outnumbered you by at least 2 to 1 hemmed up and away from your capitol that is that close is impressive, and required aggressive tactics. On Grant I completely agree with you on him being the only general to actually use the norths overwhelming superiority in everything to his advantage. But my point was that Grant never was outnumbered 2-1 and always had superior numbers where he could take advantage of that and just beat you to death. Had he been in charge of a southern army that tactic just wouldnt have worked. He was also pretty well known for not having a keen defensive eye or thinking of his defense. Now that is speculation as it could have changed based on his circumstances being different had he been in the south, but based on history as it was, if you took Lee and put him with the Norths superiority in everything, and Grant in charge of the south and their scarcity in everything, Lee would have creamed him. Now had Grant been in the couth and faced Little Mac would be totally different lol.

@marcusromulus5646

2 жыл бұрын

@@marinewillis1202 Fair enough. My main point is multiple battles, the obvious two examples is Antietam and Gettysburg (day 2 i think). Hit the flanks, weaken the centre then punch through the middle. I'm certain this happened on many of the battles fought, but I cannot name them with certainty. Then again the 7-days battle and overland campaign is very similar, break the opposing general's ability to continue. For McClellan that was his nerve, and Lee was his ability to reposition and replace casualties. Well I wasn't sure how much you was changing alongside Lee as Union. Although, McClellan might have been a good General under the Confederates, I read somewhere that at West Point he was considered a superb strategic and tactical defender. Now, how true that statement is I'm unable to confirm so take it with a fair amount of salt. If Lee was in charge of the Union Army from the outset i think mid-late 62 is a good estimate. As you said Johnson likes to fight in the best positions for defense, and there's a fair few of them between Richmond and DC. Although why wouldn't Johnson just utterly ruin the train tracks? I mean I would. I totally agree Lee was a great General, and with Jackson causing the Union merry hell in North Virginia certainly helped. Grant was badly outnumbered at Shiloh. Until the 3rd day (I'm pretty sure anyway) that is when his reinforcements finally decide to turn up. I personally think Grant would have been a suitable swap to Lee, but he (Grant) would have fought differently. Grant wouldn't have fought like the Overland Campaign because he would have know that wasn't an option. In the West he utilised striking from places he wasn't supposed to be, so my money is that would be Grant's strategy to defending Virginia. Obviously if Lee had been Grant at Shiloh would the sacrific of 2 divisions been necessary to outlast the Confed assault? I have no idea. But I'm not certain that that was even Grant's plan or he just found out about the surrounded Divisions long after being able to save them. I'm still not buying the Union Lee creaming Confed Grant. But of course we don't know how both Officers would react in their new roles. Would Lee recognise his numbers advantage? Would Grant give a cr*p about defending Richmond or just defend Virginia as a whole? Grant vs McClellan, that sounds like a brilliant laugh. Grant cuts McClellans supply line with 200, sorry I mean his 200,000 men. :P

My birthday was the 17th, so my dad took me to the battlefield for the anniversary and we walked the whole thing, which was about 8 miles of walking, one of it not one of the funnest days I’ve experienced

I’ve been watching a lot of videos of the channel Fire of Learning lately, they’re quite interesting I think you might enjoy them. A lot of videos are about 40 minutes long though, so maybe that’s a bit too long for you to make videos about, but I would certainly watch them if you did.

when you paused at 10:30 and asked what do i notice. its lawton. which is also a town outside of fort sill. where my favorite museum piece is. which is the painting of mary ludwig loading a cannon after i believe her husband died in battle agains the redcoats at the Battle Of Monmouth

31:00 in last year's 158th Antietam videos from Battlefield trust they emphasis the stakes for the whole invasion in the context of the 1862 midterms. This is first GOP House majority, which was elected alongside Lincoln in 1860 (there had been Republican dominated coalitions in 1855-1857 and 1859-1861). It seems obvious from hindsight since we know how it ends (14 year majority ended in 1874), but at the time losing the house was a big fear.

It was a corps commander Lt Gen James Longstreet who helped load cannons during the union breech at Bloody Lane....

i would aimagine that Mc Clellan took a bit of a pause when he found out the gamping lil holes in the chain of command under him. That's the only thing i can imagine that might have caused him not to push Lee harder and finishing him off. But then again i'm no strategist nor a soldier and it's not even my continent so i'm sure i'm missing most of the info outside of what is in this video

When looking top-down at battle maps like this, it seems like a no-brainer that the Union should have attacked all across the line simultaneously, not piecemeal as they did. But then, real generals don't have that top-down view, and orders may not arrive simultaneously, nor does the top general know the exact state of any subunit, any of those corps or divisions might end up not being able to move out at the intended moment for any reason that the top commander doesn't know.

It seems like union leadership was more of an issue then Lee being an amazing general?

watching you react to things like turkish or russian history is fun, but in my opinion you really shine in american civil war videos like this. in my opinion it's so much more enjoyable to see you Expand on what's being presented in a video rather than just react. keep it up!

@horseshit1503

2 жыл бұрын

Best civil war reactor there is

My great great uncle manned a 3 inch ordinance rifle on Nicodemus Heights serving with Stuarts First Horse Artillery.

High ground, always important.

The elementary School I went to was name Robert E Lee

You can say if I'm wrong, but as I know in the battle of Gettysburg thousands of soldiers from both sides did not make even one shot, they just reloaded. And in the Napoleonic wars most soldiers shot over the enemies heads, as if they had shot straight, the massacre would be even bigger than here. So maybe the reason for the very high mortality here is the motivation of the soldiers, as usually even in battles most people avoid to kill each other, or maybe it is because the artillery and the hill terrain as the soldiers did not see the enemies, so hit them.

Can you do the battle of the Somme? i find that the overall "mood" of the battle is very similar to Antietam in the sense that nothing much gets done but lots of people die.

This got me inspied to look up my civil war ancestors to see if they were apart of this battle and apparently a 4th great grandfather of mine was killed during on the 16th. If anyone can help me with finding out about the Union 7th infantry during this battle it would be greatly appreciated.

It always amazes me as to how awful McClellan was at his job

Please finish the napoleonic wars series by epic history TV 😁💪

I was born on the 132nd anniversary of Antietam and the 50th Anniversary of Operation Market Garden

These guys are great but you still need to watch timeline Victoria cross documentary by Jeremy clarkson

@catherinewilkins2760

2 жыл бұрын

It's very good. Saw it when on TV.

Battles are won by luck, hope and gamble few are by well planned tactic

That cornfield looks on the maps like it is about 800 x 650 ft. It must have been totally covered in dead soldiers.

8:00 25:00 4:40

After this battle the union reserve out numbered lees entire army. Why mcclellan

When you know the plans and can't win anyway.

I think longstreet hopped on a cannon and actively assisted at bloody lane while his men retreated, do correct me if I'm wrong

This battle was featured as a mission in the game Darkest of Days. Not the best game, with their crazy sci fi time travel crap and gross historical inaccuracy, but I'd recommend it for its civil war and WW1 missions.

Have you ever checked out the Timeline-191 books by Harry Turtledove? It's a brilliantly written series of book/alternative history universe that imagines what would happen if Lee's Orders 191 were never intercepted by the Union, which results in a devastating Union defeat outside Philadelphia and the independence of the CSA in 1862. As a result, the CSA and the USA become two diametrically opposed nations on the world stage, which results in both countries fighting each other in the World Wars of the 20th century. Highly recommend, if nothing else, reading about it on Wikipedia, which gives a good summary.

Didn't Napoleon himself fired an artillery piece as an emperor on at least two occasions? Can someone please help me with that it's driving me crazy right now :)

@VloggingThroughHistory

2 жыл бұрын

Yes he did but I was talking about the civil war.

@aljazturicnik9694

2 жыл бұрын

@@VloggingThroughHistory Thank you, sir! I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for the excellent content you provide. As a European, I knew next to nothing about US Civil war, but since I discovered your content my interest has spiked, I mean it truly was fascinating and awesome(for us to study). Thank you so much!!

Enjoy the Sabaton concert!!!

I don’t know if you done this but can you do rankings US and csa civil war battle song

Where exactly was the Orders plan found?

I can't believe you missed John Reynolds as a Corps commander that was killed

@VloggingThroughHistory

2 жыл бұрын

I wasn't making an exhaustive list. Just giving examples.

When will you react to Operations Room Battle of Midway?

I never knew that Europe was considering aiding the Confederates

This is what you call an embarrassing victory. Or a Pyrrhic victory.

@fredbarker9201

2 жыл бұрын

Isn’t that basically every union win

I said it on the last GT:CW video.... McClellan commanding is worth -5k men

McClellan botched this battle badly. He should’ve crushed Lee destroying the ANV. His son, George B McClellan Jr. becomes mayor of NYC and cuts the ribbon on the city’s first subway.

26:00 is this man texting??!?!?!

technically Lee was alwas operatign on Union soil.

How do you think grant would have done if he was in charge of the union army at Antietam.

The bloodiest day in American history, even more bloody than 9/11.

Chris, do you think McClelland's refusal to act was political or just vanity not wanting to lose or disinterest in sending men into bloodshed? Or another reason? It's bizarre.

So do I understand correctly? McClellan moves out fast, has knowledge of the plans and movements of Lee and then scouts for 2 days anyway to give Lee a chance to coordinate a defence. The Battleplan afterwards is a decoy attack on the flanks to enable the center to break through and rout the confederacy. McClellan orders Burnside on the right to hold for hours so that the decoy looses it's value and has a thought battle against better prepared enemies? And despite 2 days waiting time the cores that are supposed to attack the left are not in position to launch a coordinated attack, but are ordered to attack first anyways? McClellan must be a genius, his actions are beyond my grasp of anything that resembles tactics.

Bigger Gillian of civil war Robert e Lee or George McClellan

@matthewmcpherson8831

2 жыл бұрын

Villian

@samiam619

2 жыл бұрын

Lee was a Traitor, McClellan was inept and should have been in charge of training new troops. Something he was good at.

@matthewmcpherson8831

2 жыл бұрын

@@samiam619 they both cost the war too drag on for years

Who on earth disliked this video?

Did you say Sharpsburg, Maryland is in the South ? Maryland is a Union, Northern state !!!

@KM-fb1kw

3 ай бұрын

Sort of. the northeast of Maryland around Baltimore was supportive of the union but it was still a slave holding state. Maryland didn't leave the union though so it's very unique area in the civil war

Can you react to history matters

Does anybody know to whom Chris refers at 17:35?

@VloggingThroughHistory

2 жыл бұрын

John B. Gordon

@callidus9421

2 жыл бұрын

@@VloggingThroughHistory Many thanks! The gun-noises prevented me from understanding clearly. Moreover I have the excuse of not being a native speaker. ;)

@VloggingThroughHistory

2 жыл бұрын

yeah I try not to talk during the video on my newer reactions. Too hard to hear.

You should check out armchair historian

Dear Mr history reaction man, Please react to the rest of Krauts videos about turkish history. I watched them all while I worked as a receptionist at a company (I never had any phone calls or people visiting so it's fine). I learned a lot about the modern history of Turkey and why Turkey is acting the way it is. Basically got a summary of a part of history I had no knowledge about. I deeply recommend it and it would be very fun and informative for both you and your viewers. Have a lovely weekend, Yours truly a avid viewer, Isak Åneman

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