Appreciate you mapping out the First Battle of Kernstown. My great great great grandmother's brother Fred Stillwagoner was killed there with the 1st West Virginia, fighting alongside 3 of his brothers.
You're welcome VTH! Thats really cool, sadly I have any known ancestors who fought in the eastern theater but im still looking. Also thanks for reacting to one of our shiloh videos, I hope you like it!
As a Southerner, I admire the campaigns of men such as Sherman and Sheridan. Even though the devastation they caused severely harmed the South's economy for nearly a century to come, it was an effective strategy to cripple Confederate morale. Otherwise, the war probably would've lasted longer as the Confederates would have likely adopted more guerrilla war tactics.
Port Republic was indeed the bloodiest fight of the 1862 Valley Campaign, Jackson's remark in the aftermath is well founded. Fremont should have been relieved of command immediately afterward for what he did.
I consider the valley campaign as Jackson's best campaign of the war, he used the terrain perfectly and masterfully confused and defeated the northern armies.
It's only my personal opinion and I will make a good argument for it but I think this battle at kernstown guaranteed Garnett's death in the war which would come at Gettysburg.. it's known that he took risks and commanded in a "different" way from here on out and I think his high opinion and regard of Jackson even still after the fact speaks for itself. He still even after demonstrated his ability to lead and command time and time again and had nothing to prove even Lee spoke well of him.. anyway He had had a horse related injury before Gettysburg and was having big difficulty walking so hence the horse during the charge on the third day at Gettysburg. And deciding to ride at the head instead of walk or even stay behind which would have been completely ok with no loss to honor, he was even asked and refused to give in, thus his need to "prove" himself even after Jackson's death showed how that aftermath at Kernstown effected him as a man and officer. Anyway I'm done rambling now! It's just a thought
I agree with you. Dick Garnet could have set Gettysburg out, but honor demanded he lead his Brigade. I also think that Garnet understory the pressure Jackson was under and probably had a better grasp of the confusion at Kernstown. That may also be why Garnet was a continuing admirers of Jackson. And I don't think Jackson's personality would allow him to admit he had made a mistake/bad decision. Unfortunately, the doubt was out there and even though he was exhonorated Garnet's honor had been besmerched in the court of public (officers) opinion.
Fantastic video, these videos are very very useful when reading about these battles, your video on pea ridge is the only reason i could understand the book I was reading about it for a civil war class
@@Dawsonguidroz8538 Bro doesnt know his time lines at all, if you are trying to simp about the Valley Campaign it was before the 7 days battle. The dude was a one trick pony.
@@__mindflayer__ bro im not simping over one battle i say he did well at manassas the valley campaign chancellorsville was when he died fr the fog and scared of the men might have killed him
As an Ohioan it's so hard to understand how we were ever at war with Virginians, we're practically the same people. As a guy i always wonder how i would have done in the civil war, i'd hope i was half as brave as most of these men.
I’m from Harrisonburg VA. and my ppl have been in the Shenandoah Valley since the late 18th century and my great papaw was in the 33rd VA. infantry in the Stonewall brigade and he fought in the valley campaign and later at Sharpsburg and Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville and Gettysburg and was present at Appomattox for Lee’s surrender. Our family farm was burned down during Sheridan’s scorched earth campaign in the valley in 1864. We have the Turner Ashby high school in my hometown which is where he died
It's almost incredible how much Jackson's campaign scared Lincoln and his cabinet in DC. His manoevers and operations in the valley were brilliant and are in my estimation one of the most important reasons (toghther with J. E. Johnston's wound at Seven Pines) Richmond wasn't captured. Lincoln easily could've sent 20k men to McClelland and it would have been very difficult to save the Confederate capital. Jackson was the perfect diversion.
Although Jackson would prove his prowess at 2nd Manassas and Chancelorsville, Commissary Banks, Fremont and Shields weren't exactly the "most feared of opponents"...still, during the Valley Campaign Jackson's use of intelligence, maneuver, use of Calvary screening his intentions, and massing at the point of attack are textbook quality...great video...as a hobbyist of military history I find the animated maps very useful, and yours are very nice...great work, and fine detail (unit IDs).
Was very pleased and surprised to see your work on Shiloh viewed by Chris (Vlogging Through History). I follow both intently (I have a passion for the American Civil War myself). Glad to see WarHawk getting the attention they/he deserves.
This is probably the 4th or 5th time I've watched this video. Such a well done vid. Excellent. Love this channel. It's the only US Civil War military operations channel out there. Been following the 7 Days Campaign since the start and I'm waiting for the next vid on that series. Plus the teaser about Cedar Mountain, brutal. But the direction the videos is flawless. Outstanding!!! Bonnie Blue Flag forever!
@@WarhawkYT Hello, again. Just to let you know that it's War of Northern Aggression night and 2 of your videos are on the playlist. Jackson's Valley Campaign(my favorite so far) and 7 Pines. Can't press the like button again, but more views for the Algorithm. LoL. Cheers.
I am still a big Robert E. Lee fan, but I'm really starting to realize how devastating Jackson's loss was for the Confederacy in 1863. They not only lost their best general ever, but in the process the South also lost its heart and soul. Jackson was a man of unquestioned virtue and his death was the true high watermark of the Confederacy. Not Gettysburg.
Can I ask a request, please? In Madison County, va. Is the site of Jack's Shop battle. Happened a month after Gettysburg. When JEB Stuart was able to stop a union attack on the rear of RE Lee in Orange CH.
Excellent video, sir. My cousin, General John Echols, commanded part of the Stonewall Brigade. He was wounded severely at First Kernstown. He was a colonel that day, and was promoted to brigadier general as a result of his bravery. General Jackson called him "the noble leader" in his battle report. Old Blue Light also mentioned their mutual subordinate in that report: General Patton's granduncle, Lieutenant Colonel John Mercer Patton, Jr.
Imagine if stonewall survived and was at Gettysburg? I really never got into counterfactual history but its an interesting thing to think about. I dont really know how you would structure your research for something like that.
Stonewall wouldn’t of changed anything. His valley campaign is all he’s really known for, he got lost multiple times at the seven days battle and lost to Thomas of the Union.
@@__mindflayer__ He wouldn't have changed the ultimate outcome of the battle, but I highly doubt that Lee would've ordered Pickett's Charge if both Jackson and Longstreet were objecting. Gettysburg wouldn't have been the decisive battle that we know it to be, and the eastern theater of the war would've have been drawn out longer and been more bloody.
Lograv00 he’s also know for his famous flank attack at Chancellorsville, capturing over 10k Union soldiers at harpers ferry playing a main role at both the first and second battle of Manassas and all you got is that he got lost once…you don’t know much about the civil war your just a troll
I imagine sometimes that instead of McDowell,Fremont and Banks the army would have put Grant,Sherman and Phil Sheridan against Thomas J. Jackson. Would this Shenandoah valley campaign look the same. As I watched this,only Kimball had a victory on the battlefield during that campaign against Stonewall.
I am as big a Stonewall devotee as it gets, but his treatment of the honorable (AND CORRECT) Dick Garnett is just another inidication of his queer personality quirks. Garnett was a fellow West Pointer, served in Mexico, led at Antietam and later died heroically at Gettysburg. You have to figure General Lee put pressure on Stonewall to back off and like the pitbull he was, he refused. Shows alot ol' Dick that he took Jackson's death so hard and regretted not being with him at Chancellorsville
Love your vids they are exceptional , I would like to draw your attention to your comment of rifled muskets ,and how outdated the 1842 Springfield's were , In fact the 1842s with buck & ball could be deadly at 100 yards they were also faster load and more robust in fact some units refused to trade them in for rifled muskets , Considering the average range in the Civil War was 80-150 yards the rifled musket really was not that effective because of lack of training and marksmanship.
Their house is still in front royal it’s called bell air planation beautiful place you can only see it from the road Lee stayed there I think 3 weeks after Gettysburg
A belt buck saying God with Us is one thing. A man's heart, the truths inside only he will ever know or his religion and beliefs are a completely separate
"Got Mitt Uns" was something on German belt buckles well before the Nazis... Not to mention Nazism's issues with Christianity as a whole, many high ranking officials being pagans, atheists, or members of some sort of occult.
There is another documentary,called the Second battle of Bullrun,one problem,no such thing,there were two battles of Manassas, never a battle of Bullrun!
Down here in N.Florida,our Ancestors killed so many Yankees,35 miles to the west,at the Battle of Olustee,that the survivors never slowed down until they boarded their Ship,back to Yankeeland!!!
True, but Big Lick was there with 6 other small independent settlements.. my great grandfather's brother my grt grt uncle moved to the area from the Smith River area near modern day Axton VA, outside Martinsville in 1856-57 after he had gotten married
Hello. I am currently making a file in srt format with Russian subtitles for your video about the first Manassas. How can I transfer this file to the channel so that you add Russian subtitles?
Almost 2 hours wow. Amazing. Personally I’d prefer less/lower/ or no music. That’s just my personal preference tho I like watching/listening to this type of stuff at night and the music is distracting just extra noise. I understand it adds some dramatization to the video and ThTs prolly why you do it tho. None the less thanks for putting this together!
