The Confederates Greatest Victory: 1863 Historical Battle of Chancellorsville | Total War Battle

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Chancellorsville is known as Confederate general Robert E. Lee's "perfect battle" because his risky decision to divide his army in the presence of a much larger enemy force resulted in a significant Confederate victory. The victory, a product of Lee's audacity and Union general Joseph Hooker's timid decision-making, was tempered by heavy casualties, including Lt. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson. Jackson was hit by friendly fire, requiring his left arm to be amputated. He died of pneumonia eight days later, a loss that Lee likened to losing his right arm.
00:00 The Union plan
01:01 The Confederate plan
01:33 The Armies involved
01:59 The Union arrives at Chancellorsville
02:53 The Confederate movements
03:44 The Armies engage at the Turnpike
04:22 The Union defences
05:22 The Confederates move to the Union right
06:45 Battle breaks out at the railroad
07:27 Jacksons men approach the Union
08:18 The Confederates charge the Union troops
09:40 Jacksons death
10:07 Confederates move to Hazel Grove
10:46 Artillery duel
11:12 Combat continues
12:07 The Confederates press forward
12:37 Lee and his men advance
13:06 Confederates deal with the Union flank attack
14:18 The Union withdraws
14:33 Aftermath

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@ArmyVet82ndAbn 4 месяца назад

The Souths greatest victory but also its greatest loss: Stonewall Jackson.

@Davemurray2880isaindian 2 месяца назад

He was probably fragged

@randyboisa6367 2 месяца назад

1/504th P.I.R. Red Devils "Strike Hold"

@andystarkiller7492 2 месяца назад

" He has lost his left arm but I've lost my right arm "

@thefrontline1 Месяц назад

I don’t know how well Jackson would do in the trench fighting of the overland campaign. His actions early war are legendary, but I just couldn’t see him as effective during battles like spotsylvania/Petersburg

@johnkaluzny9649 Месяц назад

@@thefrontline1I’m sure he would’ve adapted just fine. Most great generals do.

@basilmcdonnell9807 4 месяца назад

I always thought General Sedgwick's last words were the greatest of all time. "Why are you men hiding like that? They couldn't hit an elephant at this dist-"

@paulwoolerton664 4 месяца назад

Good, but Alabama’s Gen William Barksdales “Tell my wife I died, but we fought like Hell” is up there.

@frankmiller95 4 месяца назад

l had the good fortune to meet General Sedgewick's direct descendant who shared his name. Upon being introduced, my first question to him was whether he was related to the general. He replied in the affirmative and that the general was his 3rd or 4th great grandfather. He then asked if l knew the general's last words, which l did. l regret not having pursued the acquaintance, but l was in midst of a passionate romance with his wife's former college roommate and even meeting the direct descendant of General John Sedgewick was of secondary interest.

@freddexta3363 4 месяца назад

@@frankmiller95 Lol, priorities yep.

@SlumberBear2k 4 месяца назад

lol one of the Glorious Sons of Connecticut. Up there with Benedict Arnold and PT Barnum.

@frankmiller95 4 месяца назад

@@SlumberBear2k Yours is a stupid, meaningless, comment that could only have come from a Southern apologist who believes the South deserved to have won Civil War.

@emilpavlov6656 3 месяца назад

outnumbered more than two to one and still you divide your forces and WIN that's called a military masterpiece

@rockbottom8502 2 месяца назад

Yet when Custer did it an Little Big Horn he was forever labeled an idiot

@nanouli6511 2 месяца назад

@@rockbottom8502 those were US troops, not Confederate and Custer was someone his own men hated because of the risks he took

@rockbottom8502 2 месяца назад

@nanouli6511 I didn't think we were making distinctions about WHO the troops were. Custer beat those Confederates repeatedly during the Civil War.

@zairok6194 Месяц назад

@@rockbottom8502 There's a bit to unpack here. Custer's main thing was his arrogance. He and his cav rode way far ahead of reinforcements at Little Big Horn. He charged an enemy who he could clearly see extremely outnumbered him. He got way in over his head, and that time it cost him, and his men's lives. From what I've researched he was VERY lucky to have lived as long as he did with how reckless he was. In my opinion his successes in the Civil War gave him a huge head, and at some point it was going to blow up on him. Little Big Horn was too much for him. He could have waited and had better odds, but for some reason decided the best course of action was to Leeroy Jenkins in to Death's embrace.

@rockbottom8502 Месяц назад

@@zairok6194 I agree, but the same thing _could_ have happened to Stonewall Jackson's force at Chancellorsville. The Federals there showed great incompetence in letting that flank attack happen and then catch them off guard. If fact Daniel Sickles of Gettysburg famed spotted Jacksons troops on the march, and reported it to Hooker, who foolishly assumed they were retreating southward.

@etorawa9367 2 месяца назад

In this battle I'd like to assume that Lee and Jackson drew inspiration from the "Battle of Austerlitz" in which Napoleon did something similar by making his enemies think he was withdrawing.

@randallbates9020 3 месяца назад

At 60 years old I can say I have dwelt deeply through the years on this awful conflict. My Choctaw/Cherokee side of the family fought for the South, my Fathers side were New England Yankees, much to ponder through the years. I have often openly stated the "what if" of Jacksons death, The South may very well have won Gettysburg or at least achieved a tactical draw, I have read that Jackson just showing up spooked many Northern Generals...... But history is nothing but brutally honest when viewed in truth.... Jackson died and no what ifs will ever change that. Lee stumbled at Gettysburg in my humble opinion and without his trusted right hand named Jackson he and the Southern army were never the same. The North had the numbers, the industry and the infrastructure and could afford the longest of wars. The loss of Jackson and defeat at Gettysburg ended the Confederate cause, honestly they should have sued for peace and saved countless lives and a drawn out reconstruction of their homes and cities. God Bless the bravery of the soldiers on both sides and God Bless The United States of America.

@rockbottom8502 2 месяца назад

Not to mention losing Vicksburg the same day.

@etorawa9367 2 месяца назад

Jackson was the master of maneuvering and kept his enemies on their toes.

@coreyshupp7578 26 дней назад

The fact that 200,000 colored troops were thrown into the fight , definitely helped the the North. The blockade of baton rouge so early in the war sealed the Souths fate.

@christophercorbett5074 3 месяца назад

As a Brit I have always admired the fighting spirit of the Confederacy and much of its leadership In many ways you can draw comparisons between Rome and Carthage Like Hannibal Lee constant had to contend with the fact that he had fewer troops to operate with Criticisms of him taking the offensive and thus losing men are u generous in the extreme Caught between the two stools of sitting tight and being destroyed or attacking and being destroyed he did remarkably well And to those of my nation who say the States have never suffered invasion or deprivation to test their resolve I always answer not in the South during their civil war The courage and heroism shown by BOTH sides in this sad conflict is something for all citizens of the States to be very proud of

@clamchowder622 3 месяца назад

Thank you. You're one of the few people I've ever seen comment that Lee's offensive minded approach wasn't borne of ignorance or stupidity, but the fact that the South was starving, and by the time the war had begun, the only realistic path toward Southern independence was to force the Union to heel. Marylanders and Pennsylvanians were shaken by the invasion, and had some monumental victory been won on Northern soil, the end probably would have been the same, but it was their only chance, and Lee understood that. Even he was loathe to attack at Gettysburg, but his army was undersupplied and hungry, and he didn't have the luxury to roam hostile territory until the situation favored him. Longstreet plan was no more realistic than Lee's.

@christophercorbett5074 3 месяца назад

You are more than welcome We may debate about generals and so forth But the horrors of all wars are at least partly offset by courage loyalty and the capacity to appreciate what soldiers have left behind at home often to fight for

@sweetdickwilly 3 месяца назад

Unfortunately the South lost the war if Northern Aggression.

@user-it1cc3pp4x 2 месяца назад

As a Brit you are a confederate!!

@sweetdickwilly 2 месяца назад

Unfortunately the South lost the war of northern Aggression

@user-ko5bk9xe3r 4 месяца назад

Lee even admitted that he could never overcome the loss of Stonewall Jackson 🤷🤔⁉️

@nickhansford4446 4 месяца назад

Can only wonder if Jackson would have handled gettysburg differently

@michaelstein7510 4 месяца назад

@@nickhansford4446Based on his personality and prior tactical decisions, I think it’s likely Jackson would have pursued a much more aggressive approach on the first day of the battle and not allowed the Union forces to take all the best high ground. Who knows how that might have changed things? Or maybe he even convinces Lee to withdraw after the first day to seek out a more favorable battle site to the Confederates than Gettysburg.

@nickhansford4446 4 месяца назад

@michaelstein7510 yeah I reckon he would have been more aggressive the first day, he would have persuaded Lee to attack attack attack

@michaelrichardson6051 3 месяца назад

@michaelstei7510 what would have happened if Reynolds , the Union's best General had not been killed on the first day at Gettysburg,?

@DavidBroadley-tw7ks 3 месяца назад

Shot by mistake by a Johnny reb🤭🫡

@davidmurray5399 4 месяца назад

A little detail is that when columns of troops were marching, the colors, both State and National, were cased. The order to un-case the colors would be issued when a regiment was preparing to advance, into line of battle or in a review column.

@jwiles545 4 месяца назад

Was it the greatest. I mean they won against a significantly larger army, but they lost a higher percentage of their soldiers than the Union did. Confederate casualties were 21% of their Army, while the Union only lost 13%. It was a victory, no doubt. But imo, their greatest victory was at Fredericksburg.

@brianboyer6012 4 месяца назад

Plus they lost Jackson,a general who could never be replaced.

@WestTNConfed 4 месяца назад

Using percentages like that is stupid. Any larger army is going to lose a smaller percentage of their men, which was the case of almost every major battle in the Civil War. If 10 elite soldiers hold out against 500 enemies, the elite soldiers, if they pulled off a victory, will almost certainly lose a higher percentage of men. 5 casualties of SF= 50%, 50 casualties of enemies=10%. By your logic, we should demean the extraordinary feat of the elite soldiers because of "higher percentage of soldiers" lost. Give me a break.

@jwiles545 4 месяца назад

@@WestTNConfed No, its not stupid, its logical. The cold hard reality of the war was that the South either needed an astounding victory in which the Army of the Potomac was utterly defeated and the Confederate army could take Washington. Which was highly unlikely. Or they needed to bleed the Union while conserving their own men (ie like Fredericksburg). A battle where they stop the enemy Army, but in the process, lose a higher percentage of their own men, may look great in the papers of the time, but it does little regarding actually winning the war. The reality is that due to the heavy losses at Chancellorsville and then later at Gettysburg, the offensive power of the ANV was nearly gone by August of 1863. They could only play defense against the Yankee armies.

@WestTNConfed 4 месяца назад

@@jwiles545 You're talking about two different things. Chancellorsville was Lee's greatest tactical victory. You can make the argument that it wasn't the Confederacy's greatest strategic victory, which it was not. It would have been, if Jackson's corps was able to cut off the army's route of retreat, which would destroyed the entire Union army. The point you're bringing up is macro-warfare, but this video and the "greatest" title is referring to micro-warfare and Lee/Jackson's tactical genius.

@jwiles545 4 месяца назад

@@WestTNConfed the thread is titled greatest victory, not greatest tactical victory. I suppose the move around the flank was tactically successful, but the reality is that the greatest tactical victory was Fredericksburg or Cold Harbor, maybe second Bull Run. Because sitting behind fortifications and shooting the bloody hell out of them is a fantastic tactic. But it's not glamorous.

@redemptivepete 4 месяца назад

Hooker's strategic plan was brilliant and forced Lee to react as he did. Goes to show strategy without delivery gets you nowhere Politicians everywhere take note!!

@frankmiller95 4 месяца назад

Had Hooker not lost his nerve and failed to complete his plan, the ANV would have been utterly destroyed and Lee's "brilliant maneuver" revealed for what it was, a foolish, risky gamble that succeeded almost entirely through good luck.

@feudinggreeks3316 3 месяца назад

@@frankmiller95 People like you are unbearably unreasonable. When Lee loses - "Haha see, Lee is a terrible commander the Union is the best!" When Lee wins - "Oh lee sucks, he was just lucky!" Coping by trying to make excuses like "luck" for Lee's success and not granting he was a skilled Commander is plain stupid. You appear ingenuine in the least sense, and abysmally moronic in the most sense. To decline a general's brilliance by attributing his success to "luck" is lazy.

@BlueAnalogGaming 4 месяца назад

Thank you for these amazing educational videos!

@cinematicbattles559 4 месяца назад

Thanks man glad you enjoy them 😁

@tonyhill1264 3 месяца назад

Joe Biden was a young, 20 year old LT when this was fought in 1863....So Brave!👍

@mohamhead9701 3 месяца назад

LMFAO 😂😂

@Snowboarder16 2 месяца назад

@@mohamhead9701😂😂😂😂😂

@aloneranger3980 4 месяца назад

Well done !

@edgingjogo 4 месяца назад

Another amazing video

@cinematicbattles559 4 месяца назад

Thanks for the support bro 😁

@pissedoff-is1mt 4 месяца назад

Excellent dude!

@cinematicbattles559 4 месяца назад

Thanks for watching again bro !

@lonnieclemens8028 29 дней назад

Thank you for sharing this video.

@cinematicbattles559 24 дня назад

Thanks for watching!

@jamithornburg4571 2 месяца назад

I love your video!!

@thomradice8680 4 месяца назад

Brilliant artistry to convey the battles!

@cinematicbattles559 4 месяца назад

Thank you very much :)

@joesmoak7647 4 месяца назад

Thank you. This video really brings the battle to life. Fantastic job.

@cinematicbattles559 3 месяца назад

Thanks a lot I’m glad you enjoyed

@JamesTheCivilWarGuy 2 месяца назад

They call him audacious...Lee and Jackson so bold in this battle. All the men are brave, on both sides.

@coastalkev3776 4 месяца назад

No maps were harmed in the making of this video.

@paultrim1995 4 месяца назад

What a visual and mental misrepresentation of Jacksons flank movement and attack. and the chaos it brought on the field

@213thAIB 2 месяца назад

Hooker’s order to Sickles to retire from the high ground at Hazel Grove was probably the final blunder that decided the battle. It may also have led Sickles to advance his III Corps (without permission) to the high ground at the Peach Orchard at Gettysburg two months later, creating a salient where none had existed, leading to the destruction of the III Corps in that battle.

@BSNickel 4 месяца назад

Thank you!

@user-hg5sg6hp8m 4 месяца назад

It pains me greatly when the statues of Lee and Jackson are being taken down. The battle of Chancellorsville was the epitome of Lee's generalship. There is a military axiom 'never divide your forces in the face of the enemy. In the Chancellorsville battle Lee divided his forces not once, but 5 times. His moves befuddled Hooker with such daring undertakings.

@mrbaab5932 4 месяца назад

Lee owned slaves and both men fought to keep slavery. This war killed 750,000 Americans to keep 150,000 rich slave owners rich.

@equine2020 4 месяца назад

It's a disgrace how some dems, & certain groups have destroyed our history. Eliminating the heritage of the south. It's said, only fools destroy their past It's true. History tells how a country advances. The good, & the bad. Robert E Lee was a great general. Confederate troops outstanding.

@michaelrichardson6051 2 месяца назад

That is the main reason it worked. He was going up against a grossly incompetent general. Fighting Joe Hooker. 😆

@ninjacats1647 Месяц назад

Dividing forces is not a new concept. Napoleon is also well known for dividing his forces to defeat the enemy "in detail", something I believe is brought up in Robert Greene's 33 Laws of War.

@travisdonaldstanley6420 Месяц назад

I wonder why Hooker thought Lee was just going to come right at him. Odd stuff.

@paulbarron9745 4 месяца назад

Great quality video. I subscribed.

@cinematicbattles559 4 месяца назад

Awesome, thank you!

@michael1714 4 месяца назад

Thanks for taking the time to make and post this excellent video! Good form!

@cinematicbattles559 4 месяца назад

Thank you 😀

@malgusvitiate7002 4 месяца назад

Excellent video👍! As a suggestion for future videos, you should do the Battle of Kadesh (1274 B.C.E.) and Irsu vs. Kurunta (non-historical) for Pharaoh, the Battle of Watling Street (61 C.E.) and Egypt vs. Armenia (non-historical) for Rome II, and the Siege of Milan (452 C.E.) and Ostrogoths vs. Himyar (non-historical) for Attila. Keep up the amazing work churning out more spectacular cinematic videos😁!

@aldosigmann419 4 месяца назад

Excellent rendition and animation.

@grahamward3504 Месяц назад

excellent presentation

@kevinmoore9875 3 месяца назад

Very nice video. General Lee gave the war his best shot for sure. The union generals had great respect for him.

@cinematicbattles559 3 месяца назад

Thanks a lot😊

@Nerdy_dude 4 месяца назад

Great like always! Love the work! ❤️

@manuelacosta9463 4 месяца назад

The Union sure was out generaled in this battle. Lee's boldness and willingness to take extreme risks really had the Union on edge. Then it imbued Lee with victory disease and we all know what comes next at Gettysburg.

@danielkitchens4512 4 месяца назад

Gettysburg is overrated, Meade only survived at Gettysburg and let Lee reteart in good order back to Virginia. The loss of Vicksburg had more impact on Lee's army in the long term.

@ardshielcomplex8917 4 месяца назад

The loss of Jackson contributed heavily to Lee's defeat at Gettysburg, if he'd been there I believe that both and Longstreet would counselled Lee not to bog down fighting a well positioned enemy. Jackson was a Manoeuvre Commander, far ahead of his time, and Mead left Washington wide open for an opportunistic General like Jackson was. Imagine if Lee had withdrawn to a good defensive position on the second day and pinned Meads forces long enough for a composite force under Jackson to threaten Washington. That's what's so fascinating about the ACW, so many what-if scenarios.

@ardshielcomplex8917 4 месяца назад

@@danielkitchens4512 True, but it can be argued that after Gettysburg the ANV had lost any future ability for offensive operations, the Confederacy had been bled beyond recovery.

@manilajohn0182 4 месяца назад

@@ardshielcomplex8917 Which Jackson would that be? The Jackson of the Valley who mystified his opponents, or the Jackson of the Seven Days' Battles, who completely failed Lee because of his religious zealotry?

@chadrowe8452 4 месяца назад

@@manilajohn0182when you have a good man you still have his flaws

@ronalddesiderio7625 Месяц назад

Sick Graphics 👍🏾

@Ihavpickle 3 месяца назад

It was a victory for the confederacy, but i wouldn't call it the cleanest victory, Lee's army took heavy casualties while also losing one of his best commanders. Though its still impressive how Lee managed to push back the massive army of the Potomac.

@user-mn8un4dx9l 3 месяца назад

The surprise attack on Hookers right flank is minimized by this video.

@grimdiannabones4361 3 месяца назад

Your work and attention to detail is uncanny

@tigvi3429 4 месяца назад

Very good. The animation provides a great view of the scale of this battle. The Union just couldn't find competent commanders for the Army of The Potomac. I sincerely believe McLellan was a Southern sympathizer too. Grant had the audacity and the leadership skills to save our bacon.

@Wildcat_Shenanigans 3 месяца назад

"They couldn't hit an elephant at this dis---" -John Sedgwick's Last Words

@joe-ednew2824 4 месяца назад

That was a really great video and explanation of the battle. It's funny to see the soldiers looking like they're churning butter with their rifles though!😂

@jayreid8389 4 месяца назад

Thanks for the detailed historical accounts. It's interesting that the CW was so uniquely American, both old world and modern, and perhaps the turning point in American history. As a note to your CGI gaphics (or whoever generated the video game graphics) troops would march into battle either by a column of fours, or collumn of companies. Not massed together as depicted. The collumn of companies would then maneuver into oblique movements, bringing each company into line as regular companies (two ranks deep and in files of two per rank). The chaos of hand-to-hand looks spot on. Keep up the good work.

@jonathanbaum3499 Месяц назад

The terrain depicted in your video was much more wooded and with very limited visibility, rather than open as portrayed above.

@ronalddesiderio7625 Месяц назад

The Graphics of the rifles being fired is insane 👍🏾

@sebastianlassalle5312 4 месяца назад

These videos are so amazing. I love how cinematic, yet accurate your videos are. I wonder how you make these videos. Such great work.

@cinematicbattles559 4 месяца назад

Thanks a lot for the kind words ! I am using the game Napoleon: Total War with an American Civil War mod installed

@tedhoward8719 3 месяца назад

That's awesome. I thought this had a total war look but had no idea there was a civil war mod for that game.. may have to check it out. Great job on the video. Love these historic videos on RU-vid..

@mikeburch2998 Месяц назад

Your animation software is amazing! Well done. Greetings from Arizona.

@cinematicbattles559 Месяц назад

thank you!🙏

@NZIGNANTI Месяц назад

@@cinematicbattles559 I thought it was a total war mod? It isn't? Can you put it in description please

@cinematicbattles559 Месяц назад

Yes the game is Napoleon total war and I have stated that it is total war in the title

@d.r.martin6301 3 месяца назад

Ironic, wasn't it, that the victory at Chancellorsville doomed Lee at Gettysburg not just once, but twice. First, he lost his best battlefield commander to friendly fire. Then, he brought with himself overweening self-confidence that he couldn't be beaten. If he'd only knocked down his ego and listened to Longstreet, he might have won.

@Snowboarder16 2 месяца назад

You are right plus Jackson would have taken Little Round To where Ewell hesitated

@heathclark318 Месяц назад

@@Snowboarder16 I think Jackson would have sided with Longstreet and not fought at Gettysburg. Instead maneuvering into a better position in which the Union was forced to attack. Just my thoughts. Believe if Jackson had been there, things may not have played out this way at all.

@travisdonaldstanley6420 Месяц назад

Nah. The South really never had a chance....llorsvile. lol. No but for real. The only way the north could have won is if the Senior Leadership wanted to stop fighting, or the people stopped showing up for war. In NYC there actually were draft riots (9 weeks after this battle), which took 4,000 military personnel to put down. Imagine if that happened in every state in the north? The South would have won.

@thomasbaagaard 21 день назад

Jackson was in no way a good battlefield commander. He was very good at the operational level, but a rather poor tactician. Even his flank attack was poorly done and ended up in a mess... even if it did drive back the federals. Longstreet way far far superior and conducted 3 of the most effective corps attacks of the war.

@Snowboarder16 21 день назад

Longstreet was their best commander and Lee should have listened

@mitchharpenau786 4 месяца назад

No cell phones, no texting. Just everyone living in the moment.

@johngeverett Месяц назад

The 'punk mist' effects in these battle scenes brings out the brutality of the fighting.

@jcarby86 4 месяца назад

respect to all soldiers

@donnix1192 4 месяца назад

This is an amazing video on Chancellorsville!! I would love to see one about the horrors of The Wilderness or the failure of the Peninsula Campaign at some point.

@cinematicbattles559 4 месяца назад

Thanks a lot ! Yes these are definitely things I wish to cover in the future

@Nellis202 3 месяца назад

Gettysburg, and …….. DESTINY !

@swampfox1776. 3 месяца назад

DEO VINDICE!

@edgundaker5982 2 месяца назад

I can hear the inner thoughts of the confederate commanders...."A few more victories like that and we are done for".

@dougsheldon2154 2 месяца назад

Seems that most of the generals and officers of the Civil War both Confederate and Union graduated from West Point in 1854 General Lee was an instructor

@crippledcrow2384 3 месяца назад

The 11th Corps never checked up, never put up much of a fight. They never quit running.

@rockbottom8502 2 месяца назад

Hooker always blamed Howard for the defeat at Chancellorsville. It was the ultimate insult when Sherman picked Howard over Hooker to replace the late James McPherson as commander of the Army of Tennessee at the Battle of Atlanta, and he resigned from his post.

@bobbyb.6644 2 месяца назад

Quick decisions - Good recon - Fast Movement - Confidence ! Trio of Lee - Jackson - Longstreet hard to Beat ! 😏

@ferdinandsiegel4470 4 месяца назад

Lincoln's war of aggression!

@zairok6194 Месяц назад

How was it Lincoln's war of aggression? If history recalls correctly once the South seceded each state in the South took hold of federal property. Jefferson Davis raised an army before Lincoln did. Also didn't the South fire the first shots of the war when they attacked Fort Sumter? I'm just curious on what your reasoning is to call it that.

@rodneysweeney8767 2 месяца назад

Awesome graphics

@jannikn.4747 4 месяца назад

Great video! What mod are you using and is it Empire or Napoleon?

@cinematicbattles559 4 месяца назад

Thanks! Its the American Civil War mod on the Mod DB website for Napoleon Total War

@michaelheiden5450 Месяц назад

What is all of the debris drifting through the clips? Tarnished an otheriwise good presentation.

@saba6743 3 месяца назад

Great ❤❤❤

@randyscraft 4 месяца назад

Did anyone see at 8:56 that a Union Soldier killing another Union Soldier?

@lagoonguy 4 месяца назад

very cool. i want to play this game now

@cinematicbattles559 4 месяца назад

yes its a great game

@stephenclay7499 Месяц назад

My statue of Robert E Lee ( mounted) stands in my garden alongside Winston Churchill and Rudyard Kipling. They will only be removed over my dead body.

@JohannesLG12203 3 месяца назад

the only thing this video is missing are some maps for the strategic movement. as good as the presentation and the narrating is, I sometimes find it hard to follow who is outflanking who on which side, and so on.

@ronniecoleman2342 Месяц назад

It was a tactical victory that cost the South the entire war. Jackson's death led to the dissolution of his corps and defeat at Gettysburg.

@JeddieT 2 месяца назад

You need to include an overall map of this battle’s strategy. Without that, it’s just another Hollywood created braw.

@zach7193 4 месяца назад

Chancellorsville is seen as Lee's greatest victory. But at a cost. 13,000 men lost. Including Stonewall Jackson. Lee, after this battle believed that his army was invincible and couldn't be beaten. It was a Pyrrhic victory nonetheless. He failed to destroy the Union army. The Union army was mauled, but intact. Can't help but think of this battle through Gods and Generals.

@marknewton6984 4 месяца назад

Should have called a truce, Southern victory. But Jeff Davis would not.

@equine2020 4 месяца назад

Some battles are won by large loses. Sad, but military accomplishments. Can win, or lose he war.

@josephwolosz2522 4 месяца назад

Where's Traveller? Maybe Lee is riding Lucy Long? Maps would be helpful. But love the animation.

@inyobill Месяц назад

Those generals knew each other well, Lee never divided his force when faced by Grant.

@edwardgreenhalgh960 3 месяца назад

Very good video. I am a great fan of General Lee , but he was a gambler who knew he must force Washington to sign a peace treaty or everything was loss.He had two years . I used to admire bravery and skill etc but getting old know wars are won by attrition . McClellan and company may appear to be fools and incompetents but over all the Union Army never loss the men the South did. The South fought for "The Cause "great and noble . The Union simply bled the South to death. The War was over before Grant took over. The sad state of the human condition even to today is change only comes when enough people are killed and useless ideas are exterminated. Enough Southerners died .More than enough.

@sleepingrabbit4011 4 месяца назад

What mod are you using for this looks amazing I'm sure It's Empire total war.

@cinematicbattles559 4 месяца назад

This is the American Civil War mod which can be found on the mod DB website, its for Napoleon Total War. You are right its a great mod !

@alexdelarge209 4 месяца назад

Historians seldom ask: What was a Corps Commander doing at dusk, at guard-change, during re-deployment wandering around 'The Wilderness' in the dark amid cavalry charges & indirect artillery fire "scouting"? Jackson must have been v. frustrated & trying desperately to avoid what happened on the 2nd day. The victorious Confederates were more disorganized than the retreating Union who were falling back on to reserves the way they had come, condensing as they went. Lee had no reserves & Jackson knew it. Early (? I think) was barely able too hold Lee's rear from F'burg. Presumably Jackson was frustrated by the late hour (not started 'til after 3P & was trying to restore order & keep the momentum up) - maybe into the night. It makes an interesting contrast with Longstreet v. early, misty, AM on the 2nd day at G'burg. Longstreet asked for (but was refused) permission to personally reconnoiter - then blamed for being slow when he ran into the same sight-line-of-sight-observation problem that re-directed Jackson's maneuver.

@travisdonaldstanley6420 Месяц назад

8:15. Imagine seeing all of those guys coming at your position?

@user-km6fs3tz2p 25 дней назад

And they even used an acw mod for NTW. I loved this mod!

@christophercorbett5074 3 месяца назад

Fair point However she did remarkably well There are several instances in battles and wars where most of the plaudits go to the defeated Eg in Britain the Battle of Culloden

@williamwood6795 4 месяца назад

What about the battle of Chickamauga? Wasn't it more bloody??

@Mottleydude1 Месяц назад

Chancellorsville was apropos of the entire Confederate war effort. In particular those battles Generaled by Lee. Though a great tactical victory for the Confederacy it had little to any strategic value and it cost Lee more men than he could afford to lose.

@egeozturk9571 Месяц назад

Hello there, what mod or mods did you use during this video? I really would love to play this mod on my own.

@cinematicbattles559 Месяц назад

This is the American Civil War mod for Napoleon Total War

@xotl2780 Месяц назад

BRAND NEW VIDEO GAME TECHNOLOGY!

@innerdinosaur2898 2 месяца назад

Dio Vindice 🦖✊

@manilajohn0182 4 месяца назад

Chancellorsville was in no way the Confederacy's greatest victory. Lee himself said that the AoNV's loss was severe, that they had gained no ground, and that the AotP had not been pursued. Added to that is that they lost a corps commander as well. The only significant impact of Chancellorsville is that Hooker's will was battered- and that led directly to the appointment of Meade. Chancellorsville was in fact one of the costliest victories which the Confederacy experienced during the entire conflict.

@jimhoffmann 4 месяца назад

You are correct. No other way to characterize the battle.

@SolidAvenger1290 4 месяца назад

HistoryMarche might disagree on that take. They did a video on this battle 2 months ago on their historical channel.

@manilajohn0182 4 месяца назад

@@SolidAvenger1290 Okay, so HistoryMarche disagrees with Lee.

@davidsaks1244 3 месяца назад

What was Lee's greatest victory, though? Couldn't really say

@manilajohn0182 3 месяца назад

@@davidsaks1244 Fredericksburg. He inflicted three times as many losses on the Union as he suffered. Without an Austerlitz type of battlefield victory, the Confederates needed to do that in every battle just to break even. All of his other victories- no matter how startling- were indecisive.

@williamburroughs9686 Месяц назад

Time after time, history shows us that troops that are better led and with better moral can beat a larger and better equipped force. Especially if the leaders are really bad like in this battle.

@mr.s2005 3 месяца назад

Would agree that this was probably one of Lee's greatest victories, but it come about more do to Hooker's incompetence and lack of aggressiveness then Lee's skill.

@fastonitix Месяц назад

I cannot even grasp the idea of how it could even be like or feel like to command an army of 138k men

@travisdonaldstanley6420 4 месяца назад

Wow! 130 K views in 13 days. That is a lot of revenue!! Congratulations! I thought this was a video game, but you program this? How long does it take?

@cinematicbattles559 4 месяца назад

Thank you😊 Yes this is a video game, the game is Napoleon Total War with the American Civil War mod installed (this can be found on the mod DB website) The videos take absolutely ages 😂😂

@travisdonaldstanley6420 4 месяца назад

@@cinematicbattles559 Thanks for the feedback. It's funny how folks complain about the historical accuracy with a uniform or flag, and don't show any appreciation for your work. Or how they complain about the AI narration. Don't worry about them, they are haters and or ingrates. It's also funny when the Calvary knocks someone back 25 feet or more. 😆

@cinematicbattles559 4 месяца назад

Thanks bro that means a lot😁 I do admit the AI could be better at times though 😂

@JohnMichael-ew2mi 2 месяца назад

8:28. Go, boys, go!

@IamAlpharius30k Месяц назад

what total war is this and what mod got to give this a shot

@seanautilis15 4 месяца назад

Howard's men did not "fight bravely"...they ran...the were inexperienced and they RAN!

@user-if7yx7ec6y 21 день назад

At what point in time did the Spencer Repeating rifle start being issued to the Union troops? These illustrations show a lot of time taken by troops reloading the older muzzle loading guns instead of the rifled barreled Spencer.

@Emdee5632 12 дней назад

I've watched quite a few of these kind of YT simulation videos. Although I never played these games myself, it seems not every kind of soldier, troop movement weapon, equipment etc. is available. Or else the programmer/producer simply forgets a certain detail is available or he cannot design it into the simulation himself.

@roysimmons3549 4 месяца назад

Two wins at Bul Run up there. Always out numbered. Georgia Sharpshooters pretty good.

@justinheads5751 Месяц назад

I know there aren't any TW games about the war of northern aggression, so which mod is this?

@cinematicbattles559 Месяц назад

ACW: The American Civil War mod for Napoleon

@cfbodman2 Месяц назад

Why they want to cancel history is beyond my understanding. They were great generals on both sides of the war.

@stephennewton2223 4 месяца назад

I don't think that the move was as audacious as it seems. Each column had an unhindered line of retreat if Hooker had chosen to move. Howard was certainly ineffective here, but, had some good days coming. I've never understood Jackson's personal scouting of the position. Was this standard procedure? Would engineers have ordinarily been sent? It seems that Lee thought that McLaws efforts were poorly handled. I don't know why. McLaws has a, generally, good reputation.

@Civilwar.relics 4 месяца назад

I have a US cartridge box emblem and a German version of the officer's swords belt buckle from this battle i did a video on them because the cartridge box emblem looks just like a US belt buckle

@rodneydavenport4646 Месяц назад

You can see why President Lincoln tried to get Lee to lead the US Army, but Lee turned him down. He was a Virginian and he would fight for his state.

@DementiaDon День назад

Lee was too arrogant. Perfect example of knowing how to win a battle but never the war. Although the Confederates were doomed from the start regardless.

@JamesJones-cx5pk Месяц назад

Where were the archers?

@franksullivan1873 3 месяца назад

People can say what want and take down every Statue of Confederate soldiers but no one cannot deny their bravery against superior numbers of men and weapons.They didn’t all fight for slavery,they fought for their State and their families too.General Lee was an honorable man.

@Experiencelif3 3 месяца назад

They lost

@karencarter8292 3 месяца назад

@@Experiencelif3 Ah, the country lost, and we were never the same and have continuously deteriorated ever since.

@PrismRisen 3 месяца назад

"no one cannot deny their bravery," not sure what that means. Also, no one can, accurately, or legitimately, deny that the first offensive act of the Civil War was the Confederate attack on Federal Fort Sumter, or that nine of the Confederate states' secession ordinances clearly stated that their purpose was to keep slavery legal. For this, they were willing to destroy the Union. Further, the former Confederacy in essence "won" the peace with post-Reconstruction White supremacy, denying voting rights, public education, and fair employment opportunities to African American former slaves and free persons; then there were over 4,000 lynchings, 1882-1968. The legal end to this "servitude in peace" did not commence until the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (House 289-126; Senate 73-27) and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (House 333-85); Senate 77-19), and even after that, there has been extensive racism against Blacks. Statues on public land and public school names for Confederate leaders? Absolutely not!

@karencarter8292 3 месяца назад

@@PrismRisen Fort Sumter was being resupplied by many US ships enroute. Do you think the Confederates were going to allow that ? Was the Union to be forced down the throats of those who wanted a separate and legal nation ? And initially, the North had no problem with slavery. There were many slaveowners in the northern states. Also, more importantly, the North wanted to force upon the South and ensuing western states a huge tariff that would be increased with time -- the real reason for the southern secession.

@clamchowder622 3 месяца назад

@karencarter8292 they should have sent out boats of their own to block the resupply ships. Hindsight is 20/20, but the bombardment of Fort Sumter is what galvanized disinterested northerners to support war. Had we blockaded Fort Sumter, supplied the Union troops with food but nothing else, and forced the Union to attack, there would have been less northern support, and more foreign recognition of the Confederacy. Problem is the South was a culture of gentlemen and chivalry. It was considered dishonorable to allow Fort Sumter to remain occupied by foreign soldiers without fighting them for it.

@Gazimur 3 месяца назад

Отличные реконструкции! Спасибо за труд. И всё очень понятно объясняется. Привет из России! ❤

@cinematicbattles559 3 месяца назад

Thank you 🙏 😊

@user-rp1ih2gk3j 4 месяца назад

A waste of a good strategy by the Union. Flank your enemy but forget to bring the boats to cross the river. Sit on river bank, without bothering to find the cattle crossing where you could wade across. Lots of ineptitude led to their (almost) catastrophic defeat. Is this bigger than Fredericksburg, Bull Run 1 or 2? Debatable.