Battle of Chickamauga | Full Documentary and Animation 

Great video! I highly recommend visiting the Chickamauga Battlefield! It is remarkably well preserved and easy to walk the Hallowed Ground.

My 4th Great Grandfather was the Lt. Col of the 25th Arkansans, he commanded the regiment at Chickamauga. His name was Eli Hufstedler.

I've been to the Chattanooga battlefield several times it's extremely large for the amount of people that were there

Wonderful presentation, Dr Wilder! This is getting close to my neck of the woods, as im between Resaca and Kennesaw, 3 miles from Cassville. The Great Locomotive Chase came right through the middle of my town and county! Thank you so much for making the battles almost come to life on our scfeens! It is greatly appreciated by many! Deo Vindice and God bless! [>

Thank you for posting the full animation! You do some amazing work!

Excellent

Thank you so much for this breakdown. I watched the whole thing before I visited the battlefield and watched sections of it to help get a sense of what happened around me while I was there. This video should be on offer at rhe information center. My 3rd greatgrandfather was in the 17th Kentucky regiment under Beatty and this was essential in helping find where he would have been on the field. Once again, thank you for the video and your efforts!

Needs more likes.

Love your animations and explanations. I would only ask that you put a compass rose on your maps. I realize you shift your maps due to screens being wider left to right and orienting your map to take advantage of that fact, so compass rose would be a helpful tool

Thanks again sir 👍

Outstanding work. So well delivered on such a complicated and dynamic event. I will enjoy rewatching numerous times to take in the details of the action. Thank you for such a professional presentation with so much detail. You deliver great work on all of your projects.

The Rock of Chickamauga!

You should do a video on the Tullahoma Campaign sometime.

My great great great grandpa was with the IN37th. Went last week to visit chickamauga historical park. Got to see and take pics with the 37th monument, and his brother was in the 17th IN. 3x great uncle.

If you don’t mind me asking but can you do either the battle of Franklin or Nashville next and I am asking because both battles really interest me and they were fought in the same year which was 1864 and the first battle was Franklin which was fought on November 30th between the union army of the Ohio and the confederate army of Tennessee and the union army was led by John schofield and David Sloane Stanley while the confederate army was led by Lieutenant General John Bell Hood and the battle was a big blow to the confederate army with the loss of fourteen generals 6 killed seven wounded and one captured and the 6 generals who were killed were major general Patrick Cleburne, Brigadier Generals John Adams, Hiram Bronson Granbury, States Rights Gist, Otho French Strahl and John Carpenter Carter. The Seven Wounded generals were Major General John Calvin Brown, Brigadier Generals Zachariah Cantey Deas, Arthur Middleton Manigault, Jacob Hunter Sharp, Thomas Moore Scott, Francis Marion Cockrell and William Andrew Quarles and the one captured general was Brigadier General George Washington Gordon. The second battle is the battle of Nashville which was fought on December 15th-16th and it was fought between the union army of the Cumberland, A Detachment of the army of the Tennessee, The District of Etowah, and the Cavalry Corps under James H Wilson and opposing these union forces was hoods battered army of Tennessee and among the casualties in the terms of generals for the confederates were Brigadier General Daniel Govan who was wounded, Brigadier General Thomas Benton Smith Wounded and captured, Major Jacob A Lash Mortally wounded and captured,Brigadier General Henry Rootes Jackson Captured, Major General Edward Allegheny Johnson Captured, Brigadier General Claudius Wistar Sears wounded and Colonel Edmund Winchester Rucker wounded and captured. Among the Union casualties were Colonel Philip Sydney Post wounded and Colonel Sylvester Gardner Hill Killed and both the first and second battles were union victories however the battle of Nashville saw the end of the confederate army of Tennessee being an effective fighting force and after the battle of Nashville some of the confederate army would be sent to join Joseph e Johnson in the Carolina’s while the cavalry under Nathan Bedford Forrest would remain in the western theater being sent to Alabama where they would fight against union general James H Wilson in two battles around Selma Alabama.

My wife is from chickamauga and im from Trenton were we live, im a proud PROUD confederate decedent as is my wife, my 3x great grandad fought under longstreet at chickamauga.

We gave them blue bellies 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Excellent history. As an "Original Transcon" RR enthusiast, I love this era of Manifest Destiny, and Civil War'. A suggestion for a good read: "To Rescue the Republic" by Bret Baier, and also: "Fierce Patriot" by Rbt. L. O"Connell, which a truly superb read', concerning Sherman and Grant, etc. Thanks. Your presentation is admired.

What I learned about Chickamauga was that Chickamauga was called "The river of death", because of a outbreak of Smallpox that most likely killed many Cherokee. But this 2 day battle was a bloodbath. The Brave stand by Thomas's men on Snodgrass Hill allowing the Union army to escape preventing a complete route. General Thomas earned his nickname, "The Rock of Chickamauga ". Roscrans's big blunder was opening a gap in his lines that Bragg's army took advantage of. What cracks me up is that Bragg himself refuse to believe that he won the battle.

been looking into my family history more lately. my 3rd great grandfather was in Company D 16th Battalion Tennessee Cavalry. from what ive found so far they fought here at Chickamauga. do you or anyone know about them?

Can you tell me anything about Pound's regiment in Rector's Brigade? That's my family name. I follow you on FB.

Can you do a video about Wheelers Raid in Andersons Crossroads

This is a most confusing battle to understand, still this presentation helped very much. I cannot understand why so many view this as a Confederate victory; if a victory, it was certainly not worth the cost. The Confederate advances on the Union left flank on both days seem to have been too weakly supported to follow through. Bragg might have sent Hood to his right along with Cheatham on the 19th & Longstreet's "irresistible formation" behind Cleburne the following day- the later's previous night assault being a complete waste of energy leading to unnecessary casualties.

I like the sound clip at the very beginning of your vids, was that actual sound footage at the Hornet's nest! 😅

Cool upload! Ty! So...Lafaylette...is pronounced (Lah Fay yet)

Btw, are you related to that Colonel Wilder whose name we can see popping on your maps ?

Who was “the wizard of the saddle”?

I‘ve noticed multiple confederate officers had their picture taken and they were wearing something that had three stars on the collar. They can’t have all been lieutenant generals-can anyone clear that up?

Confederate ❤

"burrgade"

This narrator is full of it at the conclusion - the Union army was in disorganized retreat and if Bragg had listened to Gen Forrest Chattanooga could have been retaken. Rosecrans broken army may have been on Missionary Ridge - but it was running away. Bragg, a truly inferior General, failed to press his victory and settled for an unsuccessful siege that was broken. I'll take Gen Forrest word for the situation before that of an obvious pro Yankee narrator.