ACW: Battle of Seven Pines - "Enemy at the Gate" - Part 1/2 

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Love the historical accounts of this battle! Thank you for sharing!

And Joe Johnston would soon learn the truth of the phrase: "The best laid plans of mice and men..."

As someone who lives in the area, I can tell you that the Chickahominy, when it rains, swells up rapidly and floods the nearby swamps across a wide plain. As for White Oak Swamp, it’s essentially a miniature version of the Chickahominy, though, unlike the chickahominy, the swampland is fairly patchy and isn’t confined entirely to white oak creek. Most of the roads seen still exist in their original location. For instance, the intersection where Nine Mile Road meets with Old Hanover Road still exists with the railway line still crossing through the intersection. Similarly, where Nine Mile Road and Beulah Road (the road that leads to Charles City Road) intersects with Williamsburg Road, it still exists, but with the addition of the Seven Pines National Cemetery on the corner of the road. However, the structures in the area as well as the field that this battle took place are long gone. Instead, the small village of Sandston and the adjacent Highland Springs take up most of the first and second lines while the picket line is right on the edge of Richmond International Airport (originally known as Byrd Airfield). I-64 also runs parallel to the former Richmond and York River Railroad, which juts out of the flat landscape. There’s a few areas of land that haven’t been fully claimed by development, but they’re only small patches, which leaves Seven Pines National Cemetery as the last bit of the battlefield dedicated to the battle.

An easy victory for the Union has Dan Sickles

McClellan, always able to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.

Little Mac being smooth brain as usual

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Been waiting for this one. I just read Stephen Sears 'To The Gates of Richmond's about the Peninsula campaign. Such a great book!

Lets Go Lincoln . . .

Old Uncle Joe certainly cannot scupper the execution of this plan, it's perfect!

I’d love to see you do some of the “valley campaign “ …new market, Winchester, cedar creek !!

Excellent, . . . as always! Thank you!

Great videos! I can’t wait for the next.

LD bright here and you’re watching SECRETE AMERICA!!

Excellent video, and explanation of the engagement, of Seven Pines, at that time Joe Johnson, was a decent Commander, for the defensive minded CSA, who were still practicing caution. As for Little Mac, the Union Commander, thank God, he was over cautious, and pretty much self absorbed by his own ego, and pride? During the battle when R E Lee took over the Army of Northern Virgina, the entire situation litterly changed for the South and they had the best Commander, they could of possibly asked for. The factors in war are so unpredictable, that even today with all the modern gadgets,weapons, tactics and evolution of things? You still can only guess of assume what your enemy is going too do!!! Sorry for being long on tongue here, but as I said great video, and explanation of the Battle. WR,🇨🇦🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇸🌈🌈👍👍😎😎🍺🍺✍️✍️🎺🥁🎺🥁🎺

Very well explained for general detail.

Love the vids dude. Cheers from Estonia

Hyper quality content put in shame every documentary about civil war on you tube

fantastic job

I am anxiously waiting for Part 2!

Nice video, I had never even heard of this battle

Always love the Texan pronunciation of theatre

video good

Certainly a lost opportunity. Communication seems to be the key factor.

nice.

It's too bad that right over Casey's Redoubt and the Twin Houses is the Richmond International Airport. Some of the earthworks shown at 6:25 are still there, though. The Fair Oaks Station intersection shown at 7:05 is still there, and a siege gun mounted on a railroad car passed through there - the first use of railroad artillery in warfare.

It strikes me that I‘m not even sure whether this whole campaign was even covered in my history textbook. I read most of the parts about the civil war evidently didn‘t find it. Given how important it was to the war and especially to the military politics of the Union side, this seems pretty shocking. It‘s both McClellans big failure, the (probably) reason the CSA survived to fight at Gettysburg etc and I‘m guessing was also a factor for Lee‘s reputation. Also explains why Lincoln ended up promoting someone like Grant in the end, without attributing any kind of providential wisdom to either man. I would have had so many heart attacks about this whole thing if I were Lincoln.

Oh boy!! We are in for a TREAT TODAY!!! The battle that took Johnston off the field and put Lee in Command!!

Why does "Prince" John have a cav banner instead of the Stars & Bars

Fantastic video I really want to support you but you know I am from iran and we are under sanction so I can't But best regards

isn't this this same video as part 2?

Supeb.... As a soldier I can put myself on the battlefield... Can somebody give a link for the backround music

States Rights v. Federal we are still under federal “control.” Might makes right? Control money & guns and you control the situation! Yes sir captain! 🤠

Up until this point Johnston has handled himself well as an army commander. What the fuck happened here? Did he not explain his orders clearly to his subordinates? Did the weather prevent his orders from getting to them? Did he just have a brain fart?

Dan Sickles cannot be defeated.

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McLellan was a general,but as a tactician is a joke. If Grant or Sherman had the Potomac corps under overall comand,maybe the campaign could have been different. Or Buell.

U - Gee

Robert e lee is daddy

mcclellan could'nt win a battle if he out numbered them by a million men,because he has a defeatest attitude he believes he will loose.

Huger= Hew ger

🤘 P r o m o s m!

new vid lfgggg

oh no... not another confederate tactical blunder 😫

You need better demonstrations.