Years ago i was in Britain. I was about 36. An elderly woman was trying to move her suitcase from a bus station to a taxi area on city square. I told her i could help. About 200 yards later she asked me ....".where are you from?" I told her i was from Texas. She asked...."that is in the South correct? " I said " yes ma'am." She said " I thought so', the only true gentlemen from the states are from the SOUTH."
Ted Turner is playing George S. Patton's great-uncle. That's perhaps one reason that Confederate soldiers should not be completely demonized as, right or wrong, they inspired generations of southerners to take up arms and defend the US. Stonewall Jackson's great grandson was a pilot killed in WW2, and the officer corps of the USMC disproportionately comes from the South.
@@Shatamx Not at all! This looking away is perfectly consistent with his character. He does indeed love the ladies, but he considers looking at them because they're attractive to be sinful, so he avoids looking. Similarly, he loved alcohol, but he thought drinking to be sinful, so he avoided that also.
@@derps8690 Its one thing to show how slavery is bad (which it is) but retelling history through the lens of a certain group is not bad. Even if that group did bad things, not all were bad. My point is it is refreshing to view the war through the lens of the south. However keep in mind the south did support owning another human being.
@@bearboy879 (long tangent, sorry in advance) i have always had a really negative view of the whole "not all were bad!" counter-argument. sure, not all southerners owned slaves... but here's the thing: the ones who *DID* were the ones in charge. they were calling the shots. they were the ones recruiting those poor, southern farmers, giving them rifles/uniforms, and sending them off to fight for them... and they made it clear what they were fighting for. it doesn't matter if not all southerners fought for slavery (which in itself is a silly argument because we have literally thousands upon thousands of first hand accounts from the average confederate soldier themselves where they distinctly say that they're aware that they're fighting to preserve slavery), because the ones who made the decisions were, and they preached louder than everyone else. i don't really care if it wasn't all of them, because the ones who did caused significant damage to the nation. the fact of the matter is, the confederacy shouldn't be glorified, period... and i don't want to hear their side, because for the last century they *DID* tell their side, and they made sure to spread as much disinformation as to what the cause of the war was as humanly possible. we have statues, not to commemorate the soldier itself, but to commemorate the confederacy as a whole. they aren't statues of robert e. lee the virginian, or robert e. lee the president of west point... they're statues of robert e. lee the *confederate general.* they honour the cause. we have movies, such as gods and generals, that blatantly spreads common misinformation about what the southern cause was and intentionally omits just how much slavery played a role, and glorify the confederate army as this unstoppable juggernaut that couldn't lose, how jackson was this martyred soul amazing general despite being unironically one of the worst defensive generals of the war... the list goes on... not to mention that the movie in general is so slow paced and the script is utter trash on its own, but i digress. movies like this should never be made again.
@@derps8690 Firstly, the north wasn't clean either. They were horrible for their treatment of black people too. They were also racist. I never said the south wasn't racist, my point was its nice to see any other movies than the usual ones that glorify the north. Don't get the wrong. i LOVE civil war movies (almost all glorification the north, for good reason). Movies such as Glory, Gettysburg and Free State Of Jones to name a few popular ones. My point was simply so state that there is ALWAYS 2 sides. An example is Japan during the second world war which was so brutal for its treatment of everyone else non-Japanese, same with Russians and Germans at the time. Its nice to see movies that bring history of the losing side, or the unpopular side as the usual movies are the opposite and have been seen 100s of times. My point is not to state that the movie is historically accurate (it inst). But its to state that every side in war has to have their perspective shown.
@@bearboy879 "Firstly, the north wasn't clean either" ...is another *completely* irrelevant argument that i hate seeing when talking about the civil war. so what if they weren't clean? black people were treated badly in the north in certain areas... that's a fact, and one that nobody denies. most historians are keenly aware that the anti-slavery position of the north wasn't one of genuine sympathy towards black people, but an outrage at the institution itself. the reality, at the end of the day, is that the south were the ones who declared that they were fighting specifically to preserve and expand the institution of slavery, and the actions of former confederates who returned to their positions after the war as a result of the complete and utter incompetence in handling the reconstruction era from the johnson administration (who were southern democrats, by the way) and the absolute horror they inflicted on former freedmen is not even comparable to black people being mistreated up north, but yet again, i digress. i understand fully that there are two sides to every story... but here's the thing: this specific movie in general doesn't tell the southern side. it tells the *lost cause* side... and gettysburg does the same to an extent. in this movie, practically every black character sides with the south, and they're treated as members of the family. the southern soldiers are talking "round the camp" about how black people should be free, and these black cooks are treated friendly and laugh alongside the white soldiers... whereas the union is the only side that uses a racial slur. it intentionally omits slavery as being a cause, and practically every single speech goes on and on about the glorious struggle and how it's all about southern/state rights, how the north are the aggressors (despite the south firing the first shots of the war after literal months of seizing federal armouries/state buildings, in some cases even before said state had actually seceded), how they *must* fight to preserve their "way of life" and that if they don't it'll be the triumph of "the evil banks and factories." again, the list goes on. i do agree with you for glory, because at least in glory, it tells the full story and doesn't make the union look like a black loving paradise. the coloured troops in glory, initially, are spat on, laughed at, called slurs, etc, including by their fellow white soldiers, because *that's* how it would've gone down in real life. it specifically highlights the discrimination the 54th massachussets faced in the north and doesn't shy away from the issue that tripp, one of the main characters (and unironically one of my favourite characters played by mr. denzel washington), brings up by saying "even if we win this war, life for us won't change. we're still just going to be seen as monkeys." it doesn't shy away from criticizing the north. the same cannot be said for god's and generals. this movie doesn't criticize the south in the slightest, and it props up nearly every single lost cause stereotype about the confederacy to make it seem like it wasn't really that bad. it tries to get you to sympathize with the confederate soldier, to understand his struggle, whilst intentionally omitting exactly what his struggle is.
Yes Sir! The loving attention to detail in this and Gettysburg is just amazing. I watch for those details in every flick I see and this is probably the best period Historical costume piece I have seen outside of the pre-70's masterpiece movies .
I was at the 150th but started reenacting in the mid 2000s I saw videos of the 135th and always said I wanted to do that and I did but 150th anyway the uniforms was the coolest. My first time seeing a Louisiana tiger and at Shiloh 150th the zouave unit that was to the left of our field piece was piatts zouaves usual red pantaloons cool red uniform only reason I thought they were cool and seeing them was where my father grew up in Ohio was rich in civil war history and Indian and col. Platt I believe was his rank could be wrong lived half mile from my fathers farm
I loved the featuring of Dave Kincaid, as well as the Second South Carolina String Band in this scene. I listen to them quite often. They are all about preserving the history of that era and really give you a taste of what it was like to be a part of that time period. Well done!
I was going to write this! I came to check to see if anybody else caught it. I'm Canadian but very cultured and know the truth about some history! God Bless!
@John C. Haines thank you brother! I think about it/dream about it from time to time. I am in the province of Saskatchewan and our provinces of Saskatchewan and Alberta (prairies) I think would make a great new country along with the states in the South. We could be joined up by places like the Dakotas, Montana, Idaho, Nebraska etc. Right now I'm just praying a lot though. If I'm called I will...God bless you!
Beyond any political side and ideology... The sheer Elegance, the tradition, the aesthtetical beauty, connection with nature, the Folklore, the sense of community and national identity... This is what modern society has lost.
at the beginning of the Civil War the south didn't really have a standard uniform, a lot of the troops for the South at Bull Run were wearing their Union Army uniforms so it was very difficult to tell the sides apart
No need to say "politics aside". This has EVERYTHING to do with politics. It is most unfortunate that the South lost this war. Now we are ALL slaves to the Federal Government.
@@aliveinhistory7521 - MAYBE if the Southern States had had the foresight to free their slaves before it came to Civil War, the Federal Govt. might have been held in check.
@@dohvahkene4473 Who needs boots for the soldiers anyway? Maybe soft Northerners, but not hardy Southern boys! They don't need boots, or food, ammunition, gun powder, or loyalty!
1:22 The mustached officer is author Jeff Shaara who wrote "Gods and Generals" and who's father wrote "The Killer Angels" which the movie Gettysburg was based on.
Jeff Shaara has published many books using his unique story-telling style. They are very entertaining books looking at war from the American Revolution through the Korean War. His most recent book, published in 2021, is about the Battle of Midway.
@@TheLeprechaunjm I have ready nearly every single one of his books that he has written, the exception being Jeff Shaara's Civil War Battlefields. In Sept 2014, I traveled up to Dallas, Tx because he was doing a book signing and talk up there and got to meet him. I felt young because 95% of the people there were senior citizens, meanwhile I was in my early 20s.
Fun fact: Harry McCarthy first performed this magnum opus of his in New Orleans in 1861, much of his audience were Texans. When he finished this song the Texans broke out in applause that was so awesome it was almost riotous! It's no wonder, this song would impel any man to fight the Devil himself for the Southland, and her rights! Through-out the war, a vast number of Southerners wanted this to be declared the official national anthem, not hard to see why, really.
American song it may be, but the Irish and Scottish influence here is unmistakable. As it pretty much is in almost every piece of music whether north or south.
Many " Mau Mau chic" commentators, who either don't know much, or just pretend to be ignorant, same thing in my book, practically have a stroke when they are reminded that tap comes from British Isles dancing yet nobody gets apoplexy or " offended" or " outraged" , or tries to bully by making "demands" by claiming " cultural 'misappropriation' " over this.
Yeah yeah I knew Mexican Americans fought in the Civil War and the Cherokee Indians there is a video of a Sons of Confederate veteran is Mexican look it up maybe you can find it
The Bonnie Blue flag is a very significant symbol to Southerners. It was raised when settlers declared themselves as the independent Republic of West Florida in 1810 (modern day Baton Rouge). This occurred after the U.S. government refused to help them escape Spanish rule. At the time the U.S. was in failed negotiations with Spain. The short lived republic lasted 76 days. God bless the Bonnie Blue!
Well… I’m a southerner with two great-great southern grandfathers that fought on both sides of that mess. A southern private in the Alabama infantry, killed in action in 1864, left behind a widow and three orphans. Also a Union First Sergeant in the Union Arkansas Calvary, who survived. These guys had tough choices to make. I heard the stories. Sobering. But…. This song is far and above my favorite of both sides of the conflict. It expresses how they they felt about the war then, and many of us still feel as southerners. It’s a great song. I hate this war. Four years of death and destruction. Homes and farms burned. A generation of young men killed and maimed. Total, total war, similar to what was seen in World War II. It took the south 100 years to recover. Today? This is ancient history, at least for most of us.
Dogwood Services Inc - I'm a native Californian but on my maternal grandmother's side I am from a long long long line of Southerners going back to 1649. Anyway, my great-great-grandfather, Benjamin H. Bounds, was with the 4th Mississippi Infantry Regiment Company F "Sons of the South" during the Civil War. He was captured at Fort Donelson and exchanged, captured again at Vicksburg in 1863 and imprisoned at Fort Delaware and exchanged, and was captured again in 1865 at Fort Blakeley after bitter hand to hand fighting there. He wrote that colored Union troops committed atrocities on Confederate soldiers who had already surrendered and been disarmed. In fact, a white Union officer saved my great-great-grandfather's life by whacking a black Union soldier over the head with the butt of his revolver who was about to shoot my great-great-grandfather. Anyway, Benjamin and his fellow confederates who surrendered at Fort Blakeley were imprisoned for a short while on Ship island in the Gulf.
@@Marcfj I'm suppossing that the "colored" troops were fairly upset by their treatment on the forced labor farms (plantations) where a married man, his wife, and three children, for example, could be sold on their owner's say so to 5 different and far apart owners. In addition whenever the owner felt so inclined, he could demand the female partner be brought to him for sex (rape). In many constitutions of the southern states it clearly states that the negro race was wholly unequal to the white man and therefore not subject to any law other than that governing property. I think living under those and worse conditions would get the best of us fairly "riled up with hot blood" against those that would oppress us. Soldiers who fought for the south and especially the officers who took an oath to defend the United States and its Constitution and who were trained at West Point were traitors of the worst sort (yes, especially Brer Robert who was responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of soldiers of the United States Army). That's right. They did not fight and kill "Union troops." They fought and killed soldiers of the United States Army exactly the same as did German and Japanese soldiers in World War II. The Dred Scott decision by the SCOTUS in 1857 as well as the over 100 years of Jim Crow laws and continued "Lost Cause" thinking shows that some of actions of "Colored Troops" was certainly understandable, if not justifiable.
I had a great uncle who fought in the Mexican revolution. He carried a Winchester, wore bandaleers and had a cheap Spanish 38 long revolver at his side. I still have that revolver, although it is more of a paperweight at this point and the ammo for it is all but extinct. As for Mexico, the war was lost and its still corrupt today as all hell and perhaps even more so. I know its not civil war history, but I thought I'd share anyway..
As an Englishman, I have to say this is one of the best films about the "unpleasantness" of the 1860's. It affected my ancestors too. The Union blockade caused what was known as "the cotton famine". In Lancashire, many people starved because the mills shut down or went on short time. Strangely, because it was a Union blockade, many young men went to America to fight for the north!
I suppose there is a movement to ban this and all the slavery states music and jail everyone who even whistles it I’m English so have no opinion outside of leave history alone and don’t keep trying to airbrush everything that is deemed unpopular today Just make sure that we all learn and don’t make the same mistakes in the future Aside from anything else it is a rip snorter of a song 🎶 I love ❤️ it The confederacy definitely had the best music from what I have heard
@@thecouncilofthirteen2943 CC3 spiel ich auch . Was hast Du gegen das Lied ? Die USA sind und waren immer gespalten. Das hat wenig mit Sklaverei zu tuen, die wäre eh abgeschafft worden in neueren Zeiten nach dem Bürgerkrieg. Ich bin ein Pazifist und Mitglied der Sozialdenmokraten sowie des weissen Rings, Arbeiterwohlfahrt, und Sozialverband Deutschland. Also klatsch bitte hier nichts hin was nicht stimmt zu meiner Person!
@@thomasvons463 Was ich gegen das Lied habe? Nicht wirklich was, jedoch im hier vorhanden Kontext der Könfederierten, da diese, ganz besonders ihre Generalität, nichts als Sklaventreibende Oppurtunisten waren. Und nein, die Spaltung der USA ist größtenteils auf Sklaverei zurückzuführen ebenso wie der Ausbruch des Bürgerkriegs, obwohl bei jenem es vollkommen drr Fall ist. Es war ein konstantes ringen in den USA zwischen Freistaaten und Sklavenstaaten und dir überhand jener im Kongress. Da wir dies nun zementiert haben als Motivation der Südstaaten für die Sezession, können wir ebenfalls klar sagen das diese keine Befreiung von Sklaven getätigt hätten, denn eben aus Angst für jener erklärten sie ja die Unabhängigkeit Und nun zu meinem Angriff Aus meiner Sichz sehe ich hier jemanden der unter einem Video das die Sklaventreiber des Südens zeigt "God bless Dixie" schreiben. Anzumerken ist nun das unter deutschen es eine sehr häufiges Phänomen ist, die Südstaaten zu unterstützen, somit Sklaverei Mich juckt nicht das du in der spd bist etc, mich stört gewaltig die romantisierung der Südstaaten und somit ihres menschenfeindlichen Ziels, die Erhaltung der Sklaverei
@@thecouncilofthirteen2943 Lieber Freund...ich glaube Du hängst die Sache zu hoch! Wie gesagt bin ich ein sozialer Mensch. Ich hasse Sklaverei die es ja heute noch gibt, siehe Katar oder China, slums in Brasilien oder Afrika. Die Südstaaten waren nicht alle sklavenstaaten wie Du selbst weisst. Ich mag das Lied. Deswegen unterstütze ich aber nicht vergangene oder aktuelle Szenarien die Sklaverei von Menschen fördern oder erhalten. Deine Geschichts Kenntnis ist gut und wichtig , doch das war 1861....schauen wie lieber in die Zukunft als uns über Verganheit zu streiten...ok !?
Fun Fact: It was Russia who saved The Union during the American Civil War as they sent their Navy to San Francisco and New York when England and France were just about to enter the war on the side of the Confederates since London created the Confederates. France was already in Mexico making a spear head movement to resupply the Confederates and to open up a Pacific Theatre and create a port in California. England already amassed 11,000 troops stationed at their Northern Confederacies border now called Canada ready to open a Northern Theatre then to attack The Unions naval blockade. The Union would have been completely destroyed and annexed by those two great powers leaving the Confederates to exist as a puppet state of London. Tsar Alexander wrote a letter to Queen Victoria saying “If you enter in this war it will be a casus belli for all out war with the Russian Empire”. The stage was set for the 1st World War and Russia stopped it.
@@georgeforgerty2875 I truly don't care that you're racist or naive not sure which one you are, it is your right to be that. Go on supporting a nation thats sole purpose was the preservation and expansion of slavery. Just be sure you understand what you are supporting
Bonnie = Scots Bonny = Northern English Both Scots and the Northern English came from the same roots, that being Old English and Old Norse, without as much influence from Norman French as Queen's/King's English and the Southern dialects.
My ancestors bled and died for state's rights and their way of life. A life without interference and tyranny from a despotic central government who uses dictatorial power to suppress free men. Anyone who says that's bad is my enemy.
Robert Lee was a traitor. He came from a long family of patriots who fought and bled for freedom, and he chucked it all away to defend the slavery. His life is, at best, a tragedy.
Robert E Lee was a critic and an opponent of slavery, he led the Army to defend Virginia, back then states had more rights than they do now, they were almost a country onto themselves and people were religiously faithful to their state
Religious fervor is good. It’s healthy, and it keeps the tribe insular and strong, unafraid to fight. Slavery apologetics are only necessary because of the unfounded moral hysteria surrounding the circumstances. Slaves should thank their lucky stars they are tolerated today. Our people our stronger, we owe nothing to those who have no power over us. Morality developed for in group cohesion, not so that one could treat friends like foreigners and foreigners like friends.
@@joepetto9488 your comment shows you know not too much about moralistic or even religious philosophies and teachings. Because most moralistic philosophies are intensely concerned with the stranger/foreigner
@@markm2092 A little Ironic, I reached the end of morality a long time ago. There are two possible moral instances, divine morals are objective and exist, justified by divinity, or humans are evolved creatures and morals are eugenically hyper beneficial social behaviors and impulses ingrained at a basic level. Most moralistic philosophers are avoiding both of these instances. They play with the idea of secular vs divine morality, but none of them discuss the implications of secular morality essentially refuting liberalism, really anything beyond stone age animal behavior is irrational/immoral as humans are just stone age animals. Religious morals tend also to refute liberalism. I bring up liberalism because near all moral thinkers of our time are secular liberals trying to find a way to cope about being in essence wrong, but still wanting to live the way they live. often these people have no children, which is a further refutation of their secular morality as secular morality being ingrained in genes, if the moralistic thinkers perish without children, their morals die too. Read Nietzsche and Le bad Italian man.
Watching this clip again months after first commenting on it. The film director made a slight error. The field on the Bonnie Blue is navy, not sky blue. The flag they used in this scene, is actually the design of the Somalian flag.
Actually the director was very accurate, The indigo dye used for making items Navy blue was very expensive and in short supply during the war.. The CSA used other plant based dyes as a substitute for indigo but they always turned out much paler. The indigo shortage was well documented at the time as the Union took nearly all the supply to make their uniforms .
@@BeorthereThe states can leave whenever they want. Jefferson said this himself And when the federal government won’t obey its own laws, they have good cause to leave. We’re at another such juncture, or will be soon, as this president wants to simply elect a new people and displace the existing citizens. Which is treason
i have a little 3"x5" bonnie blue flag on my desk at work...next to my florida state flag...i live in Phila now...i actually work in a federal office haha. its the only way i can display my southern heritage these days without being ran out of the dam gov't with a stripe down my back
@@michael42158 most of the southerners had scots Irish ancestry which is not Irish if you know the history so saying it's Irish thing is insult to the true Irish culture
0:30 the lead actress is very well read, she knows about the theory of evolution but darwin published it only 2 years before the beginning of the civil war
@@bigmoniesponge It was discussed in the newspapers in the USA, and it is not such a stretch to imagine it coming up during the war. There were a lot of illiterates but people who could read and write were often surprisingly well-informed by today's standards. They also had longer attention spans. During the pre-war election hustings, Stephen Douglas made a three-hour initial speech and the audience listened.
Yes! Highly implausible that anyone but a Natural Scientist would have immediately recognized the pun, and understood what humorous meaning was intended here. Certainly not soldiers in the field.
Interesting that yhey changed the lyrics... "Fighting for our liberty..." etc. Is not the original lyrics from that time. Guess even the producers couldn't stomach the actual lyrics: "Fighting for our property we gained through honest toil" The property referenced was, of course, millions of human beings kept as slaves
@@the1grove I live for it. Silencing their Lost Cause butthurt with actual history is more satisfying than taking a coffee dump the morning after enchilada night.
Patrick Ruberry. For heaven's sake, it was an Irish tune with new words written by an Irish Confederate. Please don't use such daft words like "stolen".
Yes indeed, there was the comedy team of Biden & Harris. They didn't perform often, they'd collect the admission s and hit the road. Even back then they were thieves. When Biden wasn't telling jokes he'd engage CornPop in boxing, wrestling & chains. Kamala laughed!
On top of that they have David Kincaid, hence why the tune is (somewhat) identical to that of his other song the Irish Volunteer. (Both songs share a tune)
My relatives came to Va in the 1600's, moved south to Ga about 1800, some left in 1830 and moved to Texas. The only war in this country my people havent fought in, that I know of, is the Spanish American war. I had family living in Atlanta when Sherman burned it down. Ive got one buried in Arlington, from WWI, Ive got at least 4 buried in other National cemeteries, not including the one who was killed at Chickamauga who's buried at the Confederate cemetery in Marietta, Ga. At least 4 relatives were in the Confederacy, including my great, great grandfather O'Neal who was wounded at Petersburg. My great, great, great grandfather Hitchcock was part of Jefferson Davis's escort when he was captured. My great, great, great grandfather Deaver fought for the North, was killed in Jan 1865 and is buried in the national cemetery in Knoxville. My great, great, great aunt was married to William Scurlock, who was saved from the Goliad massacre in the Texas revolution because he had medical training. His brother Mial was killed at the Alamo. My grandfather Harris was with Patton in Europe. His brother in law flew B52's in the 50's with SAC and left the Air Force to join the Army and fly helicopters in Vietnam. I'm proud of all of them. P.S. My brother just retired from Lockheed, where he worked on C130's, F22's and finally F35's. He went to Lockheed when he left the Air Force. My Dad and my uncle worked at Lockheed for years.
@@christopherdenniston9798 A rival power? I dont think america was any kind of thread to the Britsh. After all, this was during the Pax Britannia. The reason the British supported the South was that the south was the main souce of cotton for the production of clothes in england. And they supported the North because of Victorias anti slavery politics. America hadnt even really conquered itself. It would be a long time till they put up a thread.
@@miniprokk5927 Within 30 years the United States outstripped Britain in Steel & coal production, Britain was well aware of the new Hercules, even it was in its infaancy
Hiring actual civil war re-enactors as extras is always such a distraction in these movies. It really takes the audience out of it. I realize these people already have authentic uniforms and equipment, but like 80 percent of them are fat, middle aged men. The real soldiers were thin and usually under 25.
@@WilliamRing45 Bruh there is a number of black southerners who also show southern pride, I met a black man once who had a Bloodstained Banner sticker right on the back windshield of his SUV. People like you who keep trying to paint us southerners as racist and trying to ban the flags of the CSA are what's really causing the issues in this country.
@@cards0486 nonsense. Many more Irish immigrants fought for the Union, because many more Irish and other European immigrants came to the North rather than two the South during the nineteenth century. The North, in 1861, was already far more ethnically diverse than the South, which had sunk i.to the lethargy of a biracial caste system. Let's also not forget, Scarlett Katie O'Hara, that the South was not particularly hospitable to Catholics. Although homes might incidentally have been burned especially when Union armies cut away from their supply lines (Sherman), the Confederate commissary exacted far more devastating and consistent depredations against their supposed own citizens. Subjugation? Who was more subjugated than four million slaves liberated by the actions of Union forces? The true "subjugators" lost until that part of Union victory was tossed aside after 1877.
@@WilliamRing45 You do know that Kentucky, Maryland, Delaware, and New Jersey all had slaves during the Civil War, right? Maryland was the only one of the four to get rid of it before the end of it. Hell, there was a Union general who went to Missouri close to the beginning of the war and freed the slaves and Lincoln himself forced the slaves to go back to their masters because he thought that'd encourage Missouri to secede and join the Confederacy. The Union didn't give a damn about slavery. They wanted to keep the Union together.
I remember visiting the place where Stonewall Jackson died and standing by the bed he died on with some of the original linen still at the foot of the bed. A moving and sad experience.
The unfortunate death of Jackson was an accident by his own men. It Almost Certainly reduced Lee's chances of winning. Gettysburg may have swung the other way if Jackson was there. Are you familiar with his quirky "teaching" style? Before the war, he was an Artillery instructor at VMI (Virginia Military Institute). The night before, he would prepare and memorize his lecture, word for word. Then deliver it in a monotone recitation. If any student asked for clarification on some point, Jackson would simply "re-wind" like a tape. And play it back again ... word for word. As if that helps. He must have been almost as bad as many of today's college professors.
I am a VERY proud Grandson of a Confederate veteran! My 5th great grandaddy took a ball at Wilson's Creek then transferred out East under General Nathan Bedford Forrest where he found himself in most of the major fights until the war ended.
@@djcogdill9263 He didn't start it, but he was the first grand wizard, and therefore a piece of human garbage. Also he betrayed his country, so fuck him and the rest of the Confederacy.
You should feel proud. As a descendent of union army veterans, there were a lot of good people in the confederacy who were only interested in protecting their homelands and families from an aggressive north. Protecting your homeland and family is an honorable thing.
@@jjproductions7299I bet you think Gettysburg and Glory were completely unbiased too right? If you don’t like it then don’t watch it, it is that simple.
I dont thnk that those films are unbiased, If i saw someone leave the same idiotic comment on a clip of the film Gettysburg i would leave the same comment. No film is unbiased. Espacially on a subject as the American civil war. @@jakolby6511
@jakolby6511 I mean, Glory was unbiased. They even specified that the North never took Ft. Wagner from the confederates while also recognizing how important the 54th Massachusetts Regiments sacrifice was for civil rights. Shame their descendants have no notion of historical pride