These battle maps from ABT have been a gift.

@HistorywithWaffles

Ай бұрын

Fact.

The soldiers cheering when they hear they're going to continue on to Richmond, instead of retreating is depicted wonderfully in the History Channel's Grant miniseries.

Glad you're starting these. I know you've been friends with the ABT for a bit but their animated maps are some of my favorite historical stuff online.

@VloggingThroughHistory

Ай бұрын

Not starting...I've done quite a few of them. Just haven't done any new ones for a while.

@Lakitu886

Ай бұрын

@@VloggingThroughHistoryMy favorite reactions of yours, I missed them!

The Overland Campaign perfectly encapsulated Lee’s superior tactical mind and generalship, and Grant’s dogged determination and superior understanding of logistics.

17:00 extremely correct take about the AOTP taking Richmond in 1862. Love to see it.

Previous generals would always pull back and lick their wounds, not keeping up the pressure. After Gettysburg, Meade messaged Lincoln that they were going to "drive from our soil every vestige of the presence of the invader." But it's ALL the United States; that's not what Lincoln wanted. There is a written but unsent letter from Lincoln to Meade about Lincoln's great disappointment with Meade on the failure to finish off the ANV. Lincoln and Grant were on the same page, and Grant needed to be close and monitor Meade.

@michaelyarnell1559

Ай бұрын

And what about after the battle of Chancellorsville? The majority of the corp commanders wanted to stay where they were and go on the attack. After all, the Union army was sitting in between a divided Confederate force. I think one even put forth a plan to defend against Jackson's wing and smash Lee with everything else. Since the Union force would have easily outnumbered Lee, the plan had a good chance of working. But Hooker, who came close to having a total nervous breakdown, pulled back.

A 3x great grandfather of mine was wounded on June 2nd at Cold Harbor. He ended up losing a foot, but his life might’ve just been saved since that meant he did not participate in the infamous June 3rd assault.

My favourite version of Gen Sedgwick's last words is..."Don't worry, they couldn't hit an elephant at this dist..."

Just got back from New Orleans. Had the honor to see Hood and Beauregard’s tombs while I was there. Would recommend if you haven’t yet.

23:30 Upton is super young even by Civil war standards. During Spotsylvania he isn't even 25 yet. He gets Breveted a Major General in the Regular army in March of 65 and he is still 25 and half years old. Thay was younger than Napoleon when he took his command in Italy

Chris, as always, and across many topics, I thoroughly appreciate your lack of bias and willingness to praise and criticise all sides in equal measure. Your ability to explain matters in their historical context is massively valuable in helping to understand the bigger picture.....even if some of the historical attitudes do not sit easily with modern sensitivities.

Such an underrated masterpiece of Grant, he did make some mistakes but he pinned Lee down and never let Lee gain the initiative. And Lee could not stop Grant from manuevering further south and closer to Richmond

@anderskorsback4104

Ай бұрын

I wouldn't call it a masterpiece, since it did endanger Union public support for the war, without scoring any decisive victory before the 1864 elections to make up for it. The campaign does show though that while Grant was nothing special as a battlefield tactician, he was a very capable strategist. Despite failing to win on the battlefield, he did indeed manage to push on further south, occupying a significant fraction of Virginia and indeed managing to contain Lee in Richmond, and steadily reduce the Confederate strategic position. What ultimately collapsed Lee's position in 1865 wasn't just the accumulated effects of attrition, but having been strategically outmaneuvered to the point that Lee's army was too thinly spread to stop a breakthrough, even with the advantages of being the defender in trench warfare.

@jimarnn1938

Ай бұрын

​@@anderskorsback4104you mention strategy, but leave out Grant's decisive contribution in getting Union armies moving on all fronts simultaneously. This is what enabled the Union to destroy the Southern war effort.

@anderskorsback4104

Ай бұрын

@@jimarnn1938 that's true, but outside the context of the discussion, which is specifically the Overland Campaign.

@jasonvansteenwyk5984

Ай бұрын

@@anderskorsback4104 I think the Vicksburg Campaign and the remarkable turnaround at Chattanooga establishes Grant's worth at the tactical and operational levels very well.

Terrain always dictates warfare and that has been true throughout history. That's a good point VTH 👍

My papa was the ranger at cold harbour for many years...he would have loved your content...thanks for keeping history alive...

We often forget that Grant's pinning down the army of northern Virginia essentially destroyed it in numbers which by psychological stand point did two things 1) Deterred them to keep the initiative of offense 2) Ended any chance of them to go into guerilla mode

@KingofDiamonds85

Ай бұрын

I don't know that it stopped guerilla warfare as much as Lee knew it wouldn't just be a detriment to the Union to not decisively beat the entire army, but the idea that soldiers can go completely rogue and cause damage to southern homes they are supposed to defend.

@Abdus_VGC

Ай бұрын

​@@KingofDiamonds85Essentially breaking the fighting spirit of the rebel army

Longstreet and two of his devisons going west was a missed opportunity because who was in commanded out west Bragg who failed to follow-up on Chickamauga.

How Burnside was in command of anything after his previous performances I cannot imagine. Great video, thanks.

I’m making my first trip to Gettysburg in 2 weeks! Going to start trying to visit more Civil War battlefields when I have some time.

In my opinion, this is the ABT’s most interesting campaign video. It’s so engaging and heavy; it was such a tragic and great military event in our history as a country.

I just picked up Grant’s Memorial at the middle of April, and just finished the chapter on New and Old Cold Harbor! What a fortuitous time :)

Southerners: Grant was evil because he fought for the other side. Reality: Yes, that's how war works.

I started watching you years ago for Ultimate General gaming. It was the historical tidbits you included that hooked me. Congratulations for joining the ABT guys as a lecturer. You earned it.

As a North Carolinian, I'd like to thank Major John Decatur Barry and the 18th North Carolina for their contribution to the Union war effort.

i had a relative who fought at COLD HARBOR ... afterwards, no further mention of him ... (mother lookup) i more in WW2 ... grew up NY ... live in VA ... been getting in CIVIL WAR

Thankfully we now have some videos that bring to scale the troop numbers . No more of the ten or twelve men in battle. And, there is some visualization of how smokey the battlefields became. No comment on Grant's handling of the wounded laying in the field at Cold Harbor?

Interestingly, trench warfare of a somewhat different type was taking place roughly around this same time period, but on the other side of the world. It’s the Battle of Gate Pa during the New Zealand Wars between the British and the native Māori. The Māori were superbly adept at constructing and fighting from trenches (albeit because of knowledge gained from Europeans). What was unique about the Māori style of trench warfare, however, was the use of underground bunkers eventually familiar to the rest of the world in 1914-1918. The Battle of Gate Pa played out like a World War One battle almost exactly, and it’s easily one of the most humiliating defeats in British military history. I highly recommend researching this battle and the New Zealand Wars in general. The parallels with the contemporary American Civil War are actually quite striking-especially in terms of local and sectional loyalty.

@Simian-bz7zo

Ай бұрын

Whilst I agree that the Battle of Gate Pa was a notable early use of trench warfare, I'm not sure I would classify it as one of Britain's most humiliating defeats. A bloody nose certainly, but thirty-odd dead in one battle of a campaign that the British ultimately won a few weeks later at Te Ranga is pretty small beer next to catastrophes like the battles of Saratoga or Isandlwana, or the 1842 retreat from Kabul. This is to take nothing away from the Māori who fought and won at Gate Pa, but given the British army's long and proud tradition of cocking things up in spectacular fashion, there is a lot of competition when it comes to which defeat counts as their worst!

@HistoryOllie1066

Ай бұрын

@@Simian-bz7zo You’re absolutely right, none of Britain’s defeats in New Zealand even begin to compare to the litany of military disasters like Yorktown, Afghanistan, Isandlwana, or Singapore. I call Gate Pa a “humiliation” simply because the British did everything right in that battle until the unique Māori tactics caught them completely unawares and sent them out of the pa in a mad rout. Considering the British had been fighting the Māori since the 1840s, they should have been better prepared for what happened at Gate Pa.

I was just at the Spotsylvania Courthouse battle field last month! I have an ancestor who took part in Upton's charge and was shot during that battle and I got to see where that happened. He also would have been in a few of the battles that took place before that in this video. It's very interesting to see some reenactments of what they would have went through. This is a good video. I was also at the Smithsonian 2 days before and saw the Spotsylvania tree stump. You can get an idea of how horrific the battle was by seeing that.

@HistorywithWaffles

Ай бұрын

Spotsylvania is one of my favorite fields to film.

Look at the two and Lee is the bigger butcher... My god, I think you just agreed on something with Atun Shei!

@VloggingThroughHistory

Ай бұрын

I agree with 95% of everything Atun-Shei has said.

@stephenhancock1578

18 күн бұрын

​@@VloggingThroughHistory I watched his new episode, although I agree with a good majority of his breakdown of the Civil War, he celebrated tearing down our founding father's statues as well as Confederates. He's a commie and he's going to use his platform to blast Christians and Conservatives.

@spacy_eli9960

12 күн бұрын

​@@VloggingThroughHistory I think people really focus on the gods and generals vid

Grant sounds a lot like the WW2 Soviet generals.

@gerardmonsen1267

26 күн бұрын

Check out Vicksburg. Grant's campaign there deserves to be ranked among the best in history.

Can you imagine to fight CQB with mud, blood, cannons, knives, smoke, screaming, gunfire and what not for 18 hours long. It's truly hell and even if I know it's hell I will never understand how it must've really felt for the guys on the battlefield

@Vlogging Through History what you said @27:23 could not be more true, even though I’m new to reenacting when I was at my first event our battle only lasted about 30 minutes and when I got back to camp I only had 1 round left in my cartridge box

ABT is a channel that must last through time. Their mission is a noble one, and the world they do ensures we don't forget where we came from.

Theres a channel called Bofang Chang that I would love to see you react to. His channel is fairly new but his video about the deadliest dictator in history was excellent

If you want to visualize the Wilderness, follow Jackson's flank march of Chancellorsville battle. That will give you an idea of what the woods looked like.

Useless Emory Upton fact. There was an army camp named after him in NY which was a depot for new draftees. Irving Berlin wrote a musical while on duty there which became "This is the Army" which starred Former President Reagan.

Huzzah! I just got back from reenacting the 160th Anniversary of the Battle of the Wilderness.

Great video! Always love to see stuff from ABT, they do excellent and important work and I’m happy to hear you’ll be working with them more in the future! On a side note, out here in the Trans-Mississippi we are commemorating the 160th anniversary of Price’s Missouri Expedition as well, not nearly as impressive for the South as the Overland Campaign but very impactful on the far western states in the last year of the war.

Growing up in Savannah,, we were surrounded by Civil War history. I remember going to Fort Pulaski, Fort, Jackson, and Fort McAllister as a kid. But I’m confused, always thought that Savannah, was in the south east. So how could it be in the western theater if the only thing east of us is the ocean?

I'm moving to Knoxville, TN in two weeks and I'm really excited to be close to a lot of Civil War historic sites. I'm born and raised in Houston, TX, so while there is Civil War stuff around, it's none of the huge stuff you read about in textbooks. Can't wait to move, and maybe even see you around should you ever be in the area!

Love it..I've been living in cold Harbour now for 10years

I went to college in Fredericksburg and drove home to Richmond countless times, stopping every once in a while to check out the battlefields of the overland campaign. I think driving 95 is boring at this point, but I couldn’t imagine marching that distance!

Glad to see you going back to some Civil War content Chris. Its some of your best work and it what i enjoy about you the most

I’ve seen that video many times and I loved it. Nice to see your reaction.

General Grant finally doing what the Union Army should have been doing, from the very beginning of the war's onset, is one of the most frustrating aspects of this civil war! Half a million Americans are known to have died in this conflict, due to battlefield losses. How many of those half a million DIDN'T HAVE TO DIE, if the Union had been commanded by somebody with the same sort of "stones" that General Grant had, in 1864?? How much sooner would the war have ended? Certainly sooner than 1865. Perhaps there never even had to be a "Battle of Gettysburg," if the Union had simply pressed its' numerical and material advantage, from the very beginning. General McClellan sincerely deserves to be one of the most despised commanders of the US Army, in American history!! Because it was McClellan who gave Robert E Lee, and everyone else south of Maryland, all the time that they needed to become a force to be reckoned with. And tens of thousands of more men, on both sides of the war, had to die because of that self righteous pr!ck's complete lack of battlefield awareness!

@tomobedlam297

Ай бұрын

To be fair to McLellan, in the early stages of the war the northerners were ideologues thinking the South were just naughty children who needed a stern talking to to bring them in line. They had a rude awakening when their corporal punishment was met with the South's capital punishment!

Proud to say one of my ancestor's fought in the IX Corps: Wilcox's division, Christ's brigade, 50th PA

Always love seeing more Civil War content from this channel

Vth you should definitely do another movie review like you did for all quiet on the western front for stories of the civil war

Gary is one of the best for sure.

Had family in the 21st Georgia Infantry

Would have loved to see what would have happened if Grant stuck to the original plan of staying in the west after he was made general in chief. I imagine Sherman would have have still gone into Georgia and then marched to the sea, I also imagine grant with another army probably that of Thomas go from Chattanooga to mobil Alabama then work his way up north to crush lee's army from three sides.

25:10 I'm not sure how "Revolutionary" this attack really was, you look back to the Napoleonic wars and see French Attack columns in the Napoleonic wars (probably where he got the idea tbh) using the exact same concept. This is not to slight Upton for recognizing the need to apply it here but rather that this is far from new or something unheard of during the US Civil war. For example the Attack during the Second battle of Fort Wagner, a year prior to this, was done in an attack column of Battalions with the 54th Mass. as the lead.

@VloggingThroughHistory

Ай бұрын

You're right, plenty of history of that sort of attack. It was just new for the American Civil War. Wagner was done out of necessity, it was all the wider they could make that attack.

Can’t wait for new content for stories of the civil war!

I would love to see you react to some LittleWars tv videos, it's the perfect mix of history, humor, and tabletop wargaming.

14:30 Doing my best not to imagine what it must've been like to see the fire coming but not being able to run away.

@williamstocker584

Ай бұрын

Nightmare fuel right there

Hi VTH, huge fan from India, please react to the American Battlefield Trust's video on Battle of Chickamauga, they did a great job with it, and I saw the video of your visit to the Chickamauga battlefield. Lots of love and support, may God bless

You need to stream/play War of Rights. It's pretty much Civil War virtual reenacting, would be fun to see how it takes you.

It's obviously not a quote frombor about the civil war, but a line that is stated in Game of thrones by Robb Stark, I've always thought could easily have been said by Lee late in the war. "But for every man we lost, the Lannisters--'' Robb: ''We need our men more than Tywin needs his!''. You coulfd easily swap out Robb for Lee and Tywin for grant, and the scene fits right into the civil war

Great video as always!

Condolences on tonight’s result. Love your videos, from a very happy Saints fan

@VloggingThroughHistory

Ай бұрын

You guys dominated that game tonight. Good luck at Wembley.

Spotsylvania was a nightmare

I've been following the American Battlefield Trust for years. It's important that the public be made aware of the sites that could be destroyed in the fascade of progress. How many parking lots or apartment complexes have covered historical sites?

If Ulysses S Grant had been from Pennsylvania, the civil war would’ve been over in a few months

Your channel is great

Nice!

Did anyone find The Blue & The Grey on here? I found a couple middle episodes.

my 3 time great grandfather fought in for the north in those battles went into 3rd maine company F and then after wildermess merged with 17th maine company k during the other battles through the siege of petersburg

SEAN MUNGER! Pls watch any of his videos. Mr Beat is a longstanding fan.

How do I find out more about your trip to New Orleans? I live here and would love to meet you all! If possible.

I'd be interested in a reaction video to the BirdDogg channel's video on the Wide Awakes. It seems like it ignores a lot of context. It seems to imply that we couldn't have had a civil war without the militarism of the North. I think you could give a more complete picture.

Sorry for the west brom result against Southhampton. Burnley fan

Richmond is a hard road to travel

Hi Chris, I would love to see you look at Oliver Cromwell!

Completely unrelated to the topic, but I’ve been doing some independent research into Lincoln’s call for 75,000 volunteers after Fort Sumter. I haven’t been able to find really any good articles or videos on whether it was the right decision or other options Lincoln had at the time. Would love to hear your take on it as I have my own opinions but I would like to hear someone’s who is more educated than me on the topic. Thanks

Slight audio problem at the end.

@benjaylehman

Ай бұрын

I was looking for a comment saying this

Speaking or hancock, the film gods and generals does a massive diservice to leave him out, obviously different part of the war but jist read that book

@VloggingThroughHistory

Ай бұрын

He was a brigade then division commander during the events of Gods and Generals. The Army of the Potomac had more than 20 divisions in it. I can understand why he wasn't featured.

@omalleycaboose5937

Ай бұрын

@@VloggingThroughHistory no I mean it's cause hes a major character in the book I'm saying that. Until chamberlain arrives Hancock was the main Union perspective. Basically 1/3 of the book is him

Chris I love your stuff but you cant use the word infinite to mean a lot haha

Chris have you seen the series 1883? Would love to get your thoughts on that show.

A suggestion for a reaction video is Homemade Documentaries video on Project Mercury. He does an awesome job and he deserves as much exposure as he can get.

How does the fighting last 18 hours? Do they rotate divisions in a field? How do they resupply? I wish someone would explain the process…. Seems to me if you march lines into each other 18 hours is not even possible.

@celston51

Ай бұрын

Civil War combat was more complicated than can be displayed in an overhead battle map video. This map shows corps and division levels present at each battle. Brigades or regiments (somewhere between 2-6 regiments per division) fought until they broke and ran, or advanced until they carried a position. Fresh brigades/regiments would be called in to replace them. This took hours of marching, forming each marching column into line, and advancing to engage the enemy. Brigades/regiments could break, reform, and try again depending on unit morale. Most major battles could and did last most of the day, anywhere from 12-18 hours depending on daylight and size of the armies involved.

@Tmindful182

Ай бұрын

@@celston51thanks! Very helpful I get that about the venue for the info I’m not complaining about this video or any like it I love them… I just never find any explaining it sufficiently for my curiosity!

Could you do a video on Jackson’s valley campaign?

@VloggingThroughHistory

Ай бұрын

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Hey, you should checkout video "Two Days in Moore, Oklahoma" by EmpLemon, really interesting

I personally am a huge defender of Governeur K. Warren in the same way Chamberlain and Griffin were. Especially at Five Forks. I don’t like Sheridan in general. One of my least favorite generals in the Union army.

What is your opinion on the series north and south

Sorry, but Grant was the bigger butcher and the inferior commander. Lee matched Grants every move and beat him to the punch almost every time. His trap at the North Anna River was masterful and Grant was fortunate Lee was too ill to launch a full scale attack. Grants march to Petersburg was brilliant and was a repeat of what he did at Vicksburg. For once, he had surprised Lee. But in the end Lee was able stop the fall of Petersburg and force Grant to fight the kind of battle he didn’t want: a slow, attritional slug match where Grant could not use superior numbers.

Could you do some Canadian history videos?

35:27 The audio goes wonky at this point.

@VloggingThroughHistory

Ай бұрын

Thank our friends at AdRev for that. They claimed the music at that point on the video so youtube muted the music so I could make the video live, which means it sounds weird.

Cold harbour

Any recommendation on books on Vicksburg campaign? Almost done with Shelby Foote three volume set! Was the first thing I listen to as I’m getting into the Civil War. I have a whole bunch of books lined up next.

@Tmindful182

Ай бұрын

Grants biography by Ron Chernow does a really good job. If you’ve never read it it is EXCELLENT. His auto biography does a good job as well from grants view. The history channel 3 part series on Grant actually does a really good job from 10,000 feet up. People seem to love Vicksburg by Donald Miller but I haven’t read it… yet! Hope this helps

So I am moving soon from Columbia, MO to Athens, GA and my drive is going to take me on Sherman's path from Chattanooga to Atlanta. I'm excited to see some Civil War sites. Any suggestions?

@jackmessick2869

Ай бұрын

There is Chickamauga Battlefield near the Georgia - Tennessee border, if you can drive a little out of your way there is Shiloh, Murfreesboro, Nashville/Franklin. They are all battlefield parks. Then there is a bunch surrounding Atlanta: Lookout Mountain, although not much left up there, but a great view. The POW museum at the Andersonville Prison site is not far from Atlanta.

This may sound terrible, but why didn't Grant burn down the forest?

Im sorry this isnt related to the video, but i thought you done a blackadder reaction, i was going to show my friend because we were talking about the show, now he thinks im crazy, did you remove it or am i really crazy lol

Yooooo

I'd love to see your reaction to How Appeasement Almost Worked by CallMeEzekiel - it's about the buildup to WW2 :)

Hey can you react "what if the USA joined the axis powers" by zvalid?

Regarding "butchers"... Losers usually have the higher negative tallies. But Lee's Pickett Pettigrew Trimble charge was as ill advised as Burnside's Marye's Heights and Grant's Cold Harbor.

Weird to think that the last time a President or Vice President to serve in battle was an 1860s Civil War Confederate general.

@VloggingThroughHistory

Ай бұрын

Huh? Grant, Garfield, Harrison, Hayes, McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, Harry Truman, JFK, and George HW Bush were all combat vets.

Was the civil war a religious war?

@tacenda3250

Ай бұрын

No, it was about Slavery

@mgrzx3367

Ай бұрын

@@tacenda3250 The bible was used by both sides to create a reason to justify there choices.

@tacenda3250

Ай бұрын

@@mgrzx3367 Yes, but the war wasn't ABOUT religion

Thank god for Grant and the Union Army!

Hey, you seem to know a lot about military history and strategy. Are you a vet? Do you think you could be a good commander in a war like the civil war?

What is the most detailed book to read about the Overland Campaign?

@hokie7373

Ай бұрын

It’s not one book it is 5 books. Gordon Rhea did a 5 book series from the wilderness to the first battle at Petersburg