How did the American Civil War Actually Happen? (Part 2) - All Important Battles of 1861 

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Finally, after 86 years of waiting :D

General Winfield Scott was such a great and under appreciated figure, he first routed Mexico, then gave Union an upper hand before retiring, and he was a Virginian. He gave union an upper hand and his genius led union to capture the largest city of confederacy New Orleans without even firing a shot. That crippled the confederacy from the get go! Such a genius! Give him his credit due!

I love learning about American history 🇺🇸. Here in Spain 🇪🇸, we study in History class especially the time of the Viceroyalty of New Spain, the American Revolutionary War, the American Civil War and the Spanish-American War of 1898.

"You people of the South don't know what you are doing. This country will be drenched in blood, and God only knows how it will end". -William T Sherman when he heard the news Sumter was fired on.

Been waiting on this one for awhile, appreciate it

Let’s get even more Civil War been wanting this era hit hard for a long time now!

The Battle of Bull Run nicely illustrates the numerous significant advantages the rebels had early in the war...although those reasons have little to do with superior generalship or fighting prowess. Both sides were building armies from scratch, but it was much more difficult to train an army to go on the march in enemy territory than to train an army to remain on the defense in friendly territory. That's why we hear phrases about McDowell's army "inching forward". Tactically, it was also much more difficult to keep units in cohesive formation while moving across rugged terrain on the battlefield. Moving from column to line and advancing was hard enough, and became even more difficult under fire. Tactically, the weapons of the day gave a significant advantage to the defender. Attackers crossing hundreds of yards of open ground came under cannon fire long before they could respond with muskets, and attacking artillery would have to unlimber and deploy within range of defenders already prepared to blast them with counter-battery fire. Operationally, Bull Run is also illustrative of the advantage of interior lines of communication. It's no mistake that Beauregard was waiting for McDowell at Manassas Junction...that was precisely where he could receive reinforcements from Johnston by rail, giving the Confederates an enormous advantage of speed over the Union army which, as we noted already, was "inching forward" over dirt road while rebel reinforcements poured in by rail. As the war goes on, we'll see one rebel offensive after another fall apart when it faces the same problems. Jackson's Romney campaign, Zollicoffer's Mill Springs campaign, Bragg's Kentucky campaign, Lee in Maryland in '62 and Pennsylvania in '63...all disasters, for all the same reasons that Union offensives floundered in '61.

Imagine going on a picnic on an active battlefield to watch the fighting 😂

Great video! See y’all in 4 months for part 3!

Been waiting for so long for that!!!!!

I have been to the battle of Wilson's Creek. Also had many family members fight in the Civil War. Very interesting time period for our country.

Dear commenter, beware the comments: It is full of lost causers who are deeply angry that slavery is no longer legal.

The secession of the Southern states (in chronological order, South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina) in 1860-61 and the ensuing outbreak of armed hostilities were the culmination of decades of growing sectional friction over slavery. Between 1815 and 1861 the economy of the Northern states was rapidly modernizing and diversifying. Although agriculture-mostly smaller farms that relied on free labour-remained the dominant sector in the North, industrialization had taken root there. Moreover, Northerners had invested heavily in an expansive and varied transportation system that included canals, roads, steamboats, and railroads; in financial industries such as banking and insurance; and in a large communications network that featured inexpensive, widely available newspapers, magazines, and books, along with the telegraph. By contrast, the Southern economy was based principally on large farms (plantations) that produced commercial crops such as cotton and that relied on slaves as the main labour force. Rather than invest in factories or railroads as Northerners had done, Southerners invested their money in slaves-even more than in land; by 1860, 84 percent of the capital invested in manufacturing was invested in the free (nonslaveholding) states. Yet, to Southerners, as late as 1860, this appeared to be a sound business decision. The price of cotton, the South’s defining crop, had skyrocketed in the 1850s, and the value of slaves-who were, after all, property-rose commensurately. By 1860 the per capita wealth of Southern whites was twice that of Northerners, and three-fifths of the wealthiest individuals in the country were Southerners.

The early to mid union generalship is just a litany of incompetent general after incompetent general. With a few striking exceptions.

Super well produced I’m upset there’s no pt 3 up lol

Fabulous presentations!

Yoo finally, can't wait for part 3 for the first snow already :))

Do more of these civil war videos!

I really like all your content, it inspires me to do my work just like you.

The flag that flew over fort sumter during the bombardment is now housed in the museum in Charleston. It's amazing to think about what all that flag saw.

This is the best american civil war documentary...precise ..simplified.. informative.

Nice video

Interesting video

THIS IS LOOOOMG OVERDUE 🎉

I understand the Civil War is a sensitive topic but lets try to keep the discourse civil.

Part 3 please

Truly was a different era. Crazy we had to fight this war.

I though that only in 2023 war was a public spectacle, but apparently it is far from being the case, and it was already a spectacle back then for civilians on occasions.

Literally the only people who got away with stopping and boarding a British vessel oml

Part 3 plss

Anticipating part 3

Yeah, my great Uncle was at Wilson's Creek. Just 4 generations ago.

No part 3 out yet?

I'm quite excited. We're getting so close to 1863! I'm hoping you cover the burning of a certain bridge, marking a major defeat for the confederacy and what some consider the turning point of the war.

Any idea what the music is called at 11:00?

Still great stuff! The struggles of non-Americans presenting American history shows up again here in Part 2 with the mispronunciation of a few words, most notably Lyon. An American would know to say "Lion," not "Leon." Using AI to present the voice over isn't a good idea unless you know where/how to correct it. Still - as before - this is all really well done. Kudos! And thank you!

Hey , make one on Nalanda Mahavihara

about damn time

part 3?

It's surprising. Confederation army was better if we look through the aspect of officers. They had better than North. But they didn't have enough man and industrial capacity for longer war duration. North had five times more man for recruitment and ten times stronger economy. That's like Bulgaria get into war with Spain.

I was finally waiting for this video a sequel to first part.

After outlawing slavery Britain is willing to let other Countries to have slaves to fuel their economy. In the end Britain almost certainly supported slavery so long as they do not own slaves themselves

Where can I find part 1?

Will you continue the history of the Roman Empire?

When does part 3 come out

After 6 months finally.

Let's see if this video discusses the impact of Plasmodium falciparum on the Union Army. Malaria (P. falciparum) was endemic in the South as far north as Washington DC. While P. vivax was endemic as far as the southern end of New England, P. falciparum has a higher mortality rate.

no part 3?

HOW DID I NOT SEE THIS UPLOAD SOONER OMG AHHHH

Wow!

The south & the USA would have been better off never having slaves or allowing those who could have been considered to become slaves ever entering the USA. Texas would have been better off staying a independent country of their own. Shalom

06:00 East Tennessee actually wanted to do the same as West Virginia, and be called the state of East Tennessee. 🇺🇸

Simply beautiful... my heart cries tears of joy to see our heritage still carried on by such . May the Lord bless every defense of freedom, the constitution, and the Confederate flag.

Read Harry Turtledove's alternate history series on the Civil War through the end of the Civil War.

My home town of Baker City, OR was named after Edward Baker.

The caption in the lower right says 1961 at 13:13. 😮

I can almost hear the European shipyards rubbing their hands at the thoughts of the coming contracts for vessels to watch the new world destroy itself and what a catastrophic war it came to be. 🇬🇧🙏🇺🇸☘️

finally :D

Seems like the aggressor almost always has early success in so many cases. Then stalemate, and losing it later.

Gettysburg showed the union soldiers had to fight, that war was serious, rebels had to be stopped, the union now had a reason to fight back.

Strange how many times they could predict things throughout their struggle. Almost as if we knew the whole story that would be told

I needed a good laugh

Yes, the Gettysburg campaign. I don't understand why the artillery unit didn't know that the artillery was fired off mark. All they were killing was the deserter. If the artillery was firing on mark the war would have took a different outcome And if only we could have england's Navy

Any news regarding part 3? 😅

For all of the people saying the South had a right to leave.... It's over. They lost. If you currently live in the United States of America. You are living in the Country that Lincoln, Grant, Sherman and Sheridan helped to preserve.. Get over it

I'm not American so my knowledge is limited, but from what I saw in some videos and documentaries, although union forces were more, the South had a lot of very competent officers and generals, some even brilliant, which is odd because before the war, they all graduated in the same academy, West Point I believe? Correct if I'm wrong. So, why this disparity exist between them? In the end, the lack of manpower and industry was the South achilles heel.

Dont make us wait for a part 3 lmao

"Destroys enemy army" "People in enemy country dont want to continue" "General Staff is disorganized" "Has a lot of advantages" CSA: We are losing!

If people only knew how much West Virginia played a part of the civalwar. Fighting against slavery

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i like that you are staying truthful to the facts. too many these days say american civil war was started because of differences on slavery, politicising the matter

Fort Sumter battle dramatic but historically inaccurate. Where are the Union ships threatening the city of Charleston, where I live.

Washington D. C. seems misplaced on the maps. It directly borders Virginia across the Potomac, doesn't it?

Its like Sparta vs Athens so far.. south winning on land, but north has the navy and economic might

Where is part 3?

Jefferson Davis was West Point graduate, was Secretary of War earlier. Lincoln was lawyer and simple politician. So Jefferson Davis found the good generals quiclier as Lincoln!

The first moves in the American Civil War began in the 1850s. Democrat politicians began shipping the arsenals of the American Northern States, south, to disarm the North and Arm themselves. The Civil War actually began nearly a decade before the first shots were fired. They also sounded out and even bribe the cadets at the various military academies like West Point, trying to attract the best officers to move south of the Mason Dixon Line. Likewise, they worked to put garrisons of strategic forts in the hands of their loyalists. In some places, the disarmament of arsenals was thwarted by locals who rightly assumed that having your local military base shut down was a bad thing. Confederate sympathizers were already in talks with the English to acquire advanced Enfield rifles for the anticipated conflict. When Lincoln was elected, that was the trigger that set of the Separatists, and Abraham Lincoln was a Republican, whose platform included the abolition of slavery. The North was so poorly manned and armed, that the South, early on had a tremendous advantage in trained soldiers and weaponry. They expected to win within the year. Unfortunately, the North responded with volunteer companies and outdated weapons and held their ground, even commanded by arrogant incompetent commanders like George C. McClelland. Startled awake, the Yankee industry quickly began punching out arms and outfitting the volunteers with better weapons. By war's end, the South was overwhelmed by sheer numbers and smoothly running military supply lines, while their trade with Europe was largely stopped by Union warships surrounding confederate ports. Even the innovation of the CSS Virginia and the CSS Hunley could not break open that lock.

There wasn't really a point where the Confederacy was winning tactically or strategically. Their only hope was that the Union would eventually get tired but they really sucked at fighting a war of Attrition

Well from what I understand, except Virginia but eventually it falls after years, the war is one sided in Union favour despite lasting 4 years ish. Also ironically at the Fort Sumter battle (sorry bad speller) there are no deaths until the next day when it gives up and to show so, they do this cannon fire thing. The cannon instead blows up, taking at least one union soldiers life with it.

Where the heck is part 3???😉👍

Ive always said if the confederates had won at pea ridge AK that could have won the war for them. They divided their forces and lost 2 generals within 20 minutes on the west side of battlefield. If the confederates could have won they could have pushed into MO and held it using regular confederate forces from several states. During 1861 the confederates forces in MO were staate guards and volunteer units for the most part. A few texans and Louisiana troops at eilson creek but they fell back into AK after wilsins creek. If confederates held MO, Grant could not have taken ft donelson, shiloh or sieged vicksburg. He would have had to force confederate troops out of MO first . I've always said Pea Ridge eas the turning point.

omg that's not even the last part. another 6 months of waiting I guess

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Stonewall Jackson vs Unconditional Surrender Grant

Where is Part 3?

The South started off with the better Generals. The North had far inferior Generals. This changed as the War went on. The Union Generals became better, the Southern ones Died.

Winfield Scott’s strategy. The Anaconda Plan. Won the war for the Union

Did anyone else see Tenn joined CSA July 2 1961?

Where’s part 3 mate

Boulder dash. As Shelby Foote said, “the north fought the war with one hand tied behind its back “. The South never had a chance. No industry, shortage of men, food, clothing, arms, and the north never went into full war mode. Just with immigrants alone they could draw on an endless supply of men

Lessons learned? Let's try again!

Imagine President Abraham Lincoln's version of his Greenbacks. Yes or No

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Within 6 hours!

After forever

Don't forget cassius Marcellus clay convincing Russia to go to war with Britain if They recognize the Confederacy

Imagine if the French, Spain, Portuguese and British came together and bud into their business