By the request of many of our viewers, we have added narration to our already existing original set of battle maps. We appreciate your support and hope you enjoy the update! For our more modern animated maps, please visit the top of our Animated Battle Maps playlist ru-vid.com/group/PLZrhqv_T1O1sdxRNm5SNc6cGSWr7xiWZs.
General Kearny had lost his left arm while serving in the Mexican-American War. During the Pennisula Campaign, Union General O.O. Howard was hit twice in his right arm, and it had to be amputated. Visiting him in the hospital, Kearny said to him, "well Howard, now we can shop for gloves together." General Lee knew Kearny from their time serving together in the Mexican-American War, and when he heard of his death remarked, "poor Kearny. He deserved better." The Confederates had recovered his body, and under a flag of truce, sent it with an honor guard and letter of condolence to his family from Lee back to Washington.
The part that fascinates me about this animated battle map series is how we have such detailed information on these battles. Chantilly was not a Grand Battle. I can see how we have loads of information on something like Antietam or Gettysburg but I just find it facinsating how we know so much about these battles down to the brigade movement level and even skirmisher actions.
Everybody lauds Jackson's flashy flank attacks and maneuvers... ...but I love his practical attention to detail when posted to defend a position. The man had skills. He also had flaws, and wasn't as good as many seem to believe...but his ability to create confusion by defensive disposition was demonstrated many times.
I lived very near there in 1985-1987 and worked at the Radio Shack at Kamp Washington shopping center....also worked at a bank in Reston. I would drive by that field often, before it became a park. I think there was just a little marker. I remember when townhomes were being built, the remains of a soldier was discovered, which had South Carolina buttons on remnants of his uniform. Archeologists came to exhume the remains and after study, were sent to Columbia, SC for burial with full honors.
It's unfortunate that one of the wealthiest counties in the US and the richest in Virginia by far did practically nothing to preserve it's only Civil War Battlefield. The developers wanted to remove Kearny & Stevens' memorials too but at least those property rights weren't for sale. At least it's destruction spurred on the creation of battlefield preservation groups to save this important heritage across the US before it's too late.
My great great grandfather fought as a Union soldier at the age of 18 in this battle and was shot in the head. He survived and rejoined his regiment the next year.
My g g grandfather was a Confederate soldier who volunteered in late 1861 at age 28. He was married with four children and one on the way. My great grandfather was the one on the way. He was killed during the campaign against Pope. His division was the rear guard of Stonewall Jackson's army as it destroyed the Union supply depot prior to the Battle of Second Manassas/Bull Run. The image you see in my avatar is my ancestor. It's also on a battlefield marker at Bristoe Station/Kettle Run battlefield near where he fell. In exchange for the use of the photo, my sons and I were invited as guests of honor to the 150th commemoration. The battlefield guides gave us a personalized tour of the battlefield. They had got permission to metal detect on private land bordering the battlefield because that is where my ancestor's company of the 60th Georgia, was posted. They were able to locate the firing line by finding a line of dropped unfired bullets. Soldiers often dropped cartridges in the haste of battle. We took a handful of soil and a rock to place on his grave marker in Georgia since he was buried in an unmarked grave, probably close to the firing line. Hopefully we brought a piece of him home.
Cool opening sound effects! Good for you, man. YOU ARE BRIGHT!! Keep those sound effects coming - they make a REAL difference... many forget the power of slight, smal sounds that nature gives us. Well done, friends.
I live in Winchester Virginia Which changed hands 72 times during the war I also work in Chantilly VA which is close to Manassas about an hour from Fredericksburg when you get to see a lot of the battlefields up close and in person and see the Strategic points they fought over it really shows the genius of those Southern Generals and how a country that's undermanned and under-armed could last so long and be so successful
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I can only imagine what it would have been like to grow up around one of these battlefields when they were still relatively "fresh", especially one of the big ones, like Gettysburg or Antietam. For a young child it would be a treat to explore.
@@Stefanthenautilus Agreed. Makes me jealous. My mother talked about how my uncle and grandfather used to find arrowheads and such while exploring random fields back in the 50s and 60s. I suspect they were finding the last of those historical artifacts before they were paved over or picked clean. Nothing left to explore these days without a space ship or a submarine. It's a shame.
Always. And I like it when some of the modern landmarks are shown to also help with scale. I’ve been to this almost minuscule battlefield park and could not get a feel for where the troops had actually been. The same is true for the small battlefield park at Bristoe Station.
yeah, i think they just meant "when they realized the tide of battle was against them". It was always against them in hindsight, but the Union soldiers had to find out first, right?
Nothing wrong with the soldier, just the generals. You also have to figure most battles were fought on terrain that was familiar to the Confederates. In Gettysburg Lee dresses down Stuart because without his support he was left blind on foreign soil. Once Grant, Sherman, and Sheridan took over, it was over.
I had heard there was a 2 hour hand to hand combat in the pouring down rain with thunder and lightning because the gunpowder was too wet to fire reliably, where today is a big shopping mall.?? ..maybe an exaggerated rumor?.. Because I didn't hear it mentioned in this presentation.
yeah its right by the mall. www.google.com/maps/place/Ox+Hill+Battlefield+Park/@38.8639594,-77.3719707,2066m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x89b64f5c5c28018d:0xa7dfbc2c2cf10ef8!8m2!3d38.8642786!4d-77.369725?hl=en
@@RonnieDobbz1978 That's okay. I-64 runs right through the middle of the Seven Days battlefield and the field of Fredricksburg where Burnside's men were slaughtered is all built up with housing and commercial property. You have your choice of McDonald's or Hardy's (c 1995) where the northern flank of Pickett's charge crossed. Modern times, boys; thank God the old soldiers created the national battlefields.
Stonewall almost surrounded and destroyed the Union army at this battle. The weather thwarted the ambush and enabled the Union army to get reinforcements. 2 Union Generals were killed here. The battle was fought in a terrible thunderstorm.
@@slantsix6344 A corpS could be 8000, or it could be more or less. Attrition was sometimes not addressed, so numbers could vary widely. BUT that's not the question, a corps is NOT an Army. In fact there were only about a total of 6,000 federal soldiers engaged at Chantilly, against about 15,000 Confederate. Once again, easy to verify.
what a waste....such poor planning and leadership. instead of just waiting for reinforcements while it was raining, they sent their men headlong to their deaths. wait a couple of hours for a couple of more divisions to come up, put one on the turnpike in front of Jackson with artillery support and force him to attack. when he splits his attention, you hit is flank and drive him back. their damage at 2nd Manassas was far worse than what the Union took and Hill especially. Longstreet is too far away to reinforce AND has to go through the rest of Pope's army to do it.
Yeah, the coordination and timing was terrible for the Union. It was handled similarly by Kearney on the Union's right flank at 2nd Manassas too, failing to exploit early gains even though his chance of success was far greater in the earlier battle.
All civil war battlefields should be remembered, but this one doesn't require further preservation. There were never earthworks there, the battle didn't last long, and it was not a dramatic outcome for either side.
@@dontask6863 No more than the lives lost on the highway make it sacred. There are no earthworks in Chantilly and there are hundreds of better battlefields to preserve. The preservation craze is outta control.
It’s because folks DIED there fighting for this nation. The preservation “craze” is not strong enough. You sound like a disgruntled person that had to pay extra for a historical house status or couldn’t develop your new lingerie business because the land it was on was sacred. People like you are disgusting. You’d rather see a sea of Hardee’s and McDonald’s than a beautiful landscape that holds keys to our past. What a shame you are.
@@dontask6863 Chantilly Battlefield is mostly townhouses, apartments, and highways. There are no earthworks. There are no significant monuments. And the relics were salvaged from the ground back when Fair Oaks was a driving range. There's nothing sacred about that ground.
@@Reiman33 War makes ground sacred? What f-ed up religion is that? There are enough battlefields around. It's okay to purchase real estate you want to buy, but to block development is faulty. No one ever wanted a piece of land to own, but then they try to block its development into something useful. That stinks.
IF only those union MEN could've seen into the future and saw WHAT would become of their efforts... I'm convinced they'd join their confederate brethren and marched together on Washington... Sued for peace and the removal of the slaves from U.S. soil.
I reckon you aren't wrong. These guys grandfathers committed treason and started a revolution over a tea tax. They would be horrified at what the feds are up to these days.
