The Most Surprising Battle of the Civil War

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Here’s the story of a picnic that got interrupted by a major American Civil War battle.
I recently went to the site of it. It’s quite a lovely area, honestly. About 30 miles southwest of Washington, D.C. in northern Virginia. Today, it’s so peaceful, but on July 21, 1861, it was the site of horrifying death and destruction. But let’s back up a bit. Three months prior was the Battle of Fort Sumter near Charleston, South Carolina. A new country had seceded from the United States called the Confederate States of America. On April 13, 1861, some rebel Confederate soldiers had successfully taken over an American fort, marking the beginning of the American Civil War . It was after the bombardment of Fort Sumter that all of a sudden there was widespread support from both the North and South to fight.
President Abraham Lincoln declared that the Southern states that seceded had broken the law, essentially calling it an insurrection. In response, 750,000 men volunteered to fight the rebels. Many of them had no military experience whatsoever.
Americans seemed pumped up, man. Horace Greeley’s New York Tribune proclaimed “Forward to Richmond! The Rebel Congress must not be allowed to meet there on the 20th of July!” By the way, Richmond, Virginia, was now the capital of the newly formed Confederate States of America. Many Americans believed that capturing Richmond would quickly end the insurrection. By July, thousands of volunteers had camped in Washington, D.C., excited to fight as part of what became known as the Union Army, or Northern Army.
Lincoln, realizing he had to take bold action, picked an inexperienced major named Irvin McDowell to lead around 35,000 men down to Richmond. It would be the largest field army ever gathered on the North American continent up to that point.

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@iammrbeat 2 года назад

Grab Atlas VPN for $1.39/mo before the deal expires: atlasv.pn/MrBeat Soooo....should I even attempt tackling some more military history?

@thelegoyoda6065 2 года назад

Yea, so think it would be cool

@gguerard 2 года назад

Sorry about your wife's Uncle Wes. Nice you are able to make this video in his memory.

@igloo.550 2 года назад

I love military history, is probably what got me invested in the ACW in the first place (alongside the Ken Burns documentary),and consequently your channel. Would be great for some more!!! ACW military history content is surprisingly sparse on YT, with the only big videos coming to mind being the American Battlefield trust's animated battle maps and the Gettysburg NPS video tours. I think vlogging through history is similarly visiting major battle sites as well.

@GeneaVlogger 2 года назад

Definitely!!! I have a feeling you might have some inspiration soon to look into some specific American military history... 😉

@mynamejeff2006 2 года назад

Considering youre a history teacher, you can't go wrong with military history 👍

@chance_ondriezek99 2 года назад

In my psychology class one of my fellow students wrote a paper on how anxiety affected President Lincoln during the Civil War. I can’t imagine how he felt seeing his own country ripping itself apart. I don’t think I want to either

@wildbill7267 2 года назад

It’s happening right now with the red/blue divide

@iammrbeat 2 года назад

Yeah he really was thrown into quite a predicament. Plus, losing his son during the war. 😳

@Xpwnxage 2 года назад

@@wildbill7267 Not really. In the civil war there was clear North vs South. While we are divided today and a recent president, in my opinion, made it even worse, there are still no clear dividing battle lines. Most of our substantial divides are nonsense culture war muck that gets exacerbated by the media and social media. We're no where near an actual civil war.

@matthewbob_moostachepants5563 2 года назад

@@iammrbeat ya dang poor Lincoln had quite a bit on his hands he went through a lot not just with losing his son but supplying enough troops since at the beginning of the war it looked pretty bad for the union up until Gettysburg to be honest but the loss of his son just made it even worse honestly

@reddykilowatt 2 года назад

the big mistake was not just letting them go. they’ve been a drain on the country ever since.

@armedmage 2 года назад

I'd love to see you do more military history, especially the American Revolution and Civil War. R.I.P Uncle Wes.

@iammrbeat 2 года назад

Thank you and glad to hear it 🙂

@chrisnemec5644 2 года назад

re: 1:24: A fun side note to history: because many of the soldiers in the Civil War were very inexperienced with war and had no weapon experience, a captain by the name of George Wood Wingate suggested that a civilian group be founded to improve marksmanship for men so that when we had to go to war again, the USA would be more ready. This group evolved into the National Rifle Association.

@iammrbeat 2 года назад

That needs to be a video!

@chrisnemec5644 2 года назад

@@iammrbeat Thank you. 😀 I'm all for that.

@Bacopa68 2 года назад

Gives me a "well-regulated militia" vibe.

@caseclosed9342 2 года назад

So the NRA has always been Republican?

@chrisnemec5644 2 года назад

@@caseclosed9342 Not really. IIRC originally they were independent.

@swoo5062 2 года назад

If you’ve never heard the song “Bull Run” by Claude King it sums up this battle very well and is a very interesting piece of music

@iammrbeat 2 года назад

I'm glad you brought it up!

@salute4392 2 года назад

Battle of Bull Run by Johnny Horton is really good too

@Julianna.Domina 2 года назад

@@salute4392 I was just gonna say that

@matthewbob_moostachepants5563 2 года назад

Oh wait for real there was a bill run song in the civil war lol I was actually just listening to some union songs before lol

@Billybob-bm7vt 2 года назад

@@matthewbob_moostachepants5563 theres about 9 to 10 songs written in 1861-1862 that was all about the battle of Manassas 1 plains of Manassas southern wagon jackson in the valley Irish brigade talks about holding the rearguard

@assafrotbach8459 2 года назад

I was scared that we wouldnt get a long video today, now everything is all good

@iammrbeat 2 года назад

And a livestream is even planned for tonight!

@revolutionaryape7568 2 года назад

@@iammrbeat whoaaaaa.........Your channel is best

@assafrotbach8459 2 года назад

@@iammrbeat 3 in 1 day? now you are just spoling us Mr. Beat!

@matthewbob_moostachepants5563 2 года назад

@@iammrbeat oh wait for real dang mr beat can’t wait for that

@ugoewulonu4936 2 года назад

Another great video and I’m sorry for your loss. Your videos have provided me and others with not only hours of entertainment but alot of knowledge and history. Your uncle would be very proud!

@iammrbeat 2 года назад

Well thank you so much for the kind words

@cbwavy 2 года назад

Rest in Peace Uncle Wes 🙏🏾

@iammrbeat 2 года назад

Thank you

@mrcocoloco7200 2 года назад

Rest In Peace Lad.

@LoneHeckler Год назад

Who?

@anthony2707 2 года назад

Me and my bud Chuck Grassley had picnics watching that war. I guess I am old.

@iammrbeat 2 года назад

Oh I forgot to mention you two being there! 😄

@thorgot911 2 года назад

Dang I missed you. I live down the street from the battlefields and I run the trails every day.

@iammrbeat 2 года назад

Holy crap that's pretty cool. It's such a beautiful area

@ericolsen8903 2 года назад

Same here. Great trail-running through history

@Nehru22 2 года назад

Hey Mr Beat, I'm a high school teacher and you really inspire me. I always go back to your Presidential election videos and your earlier videos about History topics like the one in this video. Maybe you can make ones like these more often. Your original back up music from your band was cool, I don't hear you using it in your videos anymore. Anyways keep doing what you do man.

@iammrbeat 2 года назад

Thank you so much. That means a lot! Oh and I am finally back recording new stuff these days. 🙂

@Nehru22 2 года назад

New music, that's great, look forward to hearing it 👍🏾

@Ducc 2 года назад

Read about this as a kid, it was really cool and I loved the story. Glad you're shining light on it again.

@iammrbeat 2 года назад

It has always been one of my favorite battles to read about!

@Jollefjoll 2 года назад

Sorry to hear about your loss. Finding and watching through your videos have been a great pleasure this past few months. Love from a fellow (English, History & Philosophy) teacher in Sweden.

@RD4Music 2 года назад

I'm from Manassas; this is a pretty great video that hits the major marks of the battle. I found your channel last year during the election "shenanigans." Thanks for the upload, and I hope you do dabble into some more military history videos in the future.

@hoodclassicsofcalifornia 2 года назад

Mr. Beat we need some more US Civil War videos! I would be hyped to see a video about General Tecumseh Sherman's battle down in the South

@iammrbeat 2 года назад

Right on

@DeathWatch13 2 года назад

Great video, Mr. Beat!! Please keep making military history videos, you did really well with this. Your style of storytelling makes me intrigued with the history!

@billytompkins6694 2 года назад

Reminds me of the English Civil war to the degree where everyone thought it would be over after one big battle. However there was no clear winner after Edgehill ( the first major battle of the English war, unlike the CSA victory ) the war turned into a prolongued slugfest. Id also argue that in the history of the United Kingdom. We are still living with the effects of the civil war and it is the most important military engagement in our nations hiistory as we still live with its affects 400 years later, especially Ireland and Scotland. It seems to me rhe american civil war is the most important event in american history, that is once you became independent.

@iammrbeat 2 года назад

You'd be right to form that conclusion!

@caseclosed9342 2 года назад

If it weren’t for the English Civil War the idea of liberal democracy might have ever evolved. The English civil war also was highly studied by our founding fathers here in the US.

@archivesoffantasy5560 2 года назад

Prolonged slug fest? Parliament under FairFax and Cromwell dominated the civil war(s). I don’t think there was much royalist ascendancy in comparison to the Roundheads Much more one sided than the American civil war

@archivesoffantasy5560 2 года назад

@@caseclosed9342 yeah england is extremely important to rule of law/ democracy You’ve got Common Law System (started by Henry II) but Alfred before him and Richard III after him are also important parts. Magna Carta Oxford Provisions (the first parliaments under Simon de Montfort) English Civil War, which directly coincides with Glorious Revolution (monarchs absolute power diminished) Did the founding fathers view Cromwell more of a hero than a tyrant then? The Right answer is probably a mix of both (like some of the fathers - slave owning ones- themselves one might say)

@markguttag4363 2 года назад

Mr. Beat, thanks for the video. I live in Northern Virginia and have visited the Manassas National Battlefield Park numerous times. If you ever do a more detailed video on the 2nd Battle of Manassas (2nd Battle of Bull Run), something that might be interesting to point out and show, possibly using a Park map, is how much larger the battlefield was for the 2nd Battle of Manassas than for the 1st Battle of Manassas. I think the difference in size between the two battlefields conveys just how much bigger the armies in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War had become between 1861 and 1862. As visitor the Manassas National Battlefield Park, you are indirectly made aware of this, by the fact that you can pretty much see all of the important sites of the 1st Battle of Manassas by walking less than 100 yards in several directions from visitor center and looking around. In contrast, to see all of the important sites of the 2nd Battle of Manassas, most people take a car to visit the various driving tour stops.

@NegiTaiMetal011 2 года назад

You've done well in telling historical battles, especially this one. It's quite informative and entertaining. Definitely do more. I like to see more of your take on historical battles, especially (but not limited to) the American Civil War.

@matthewbob_moostachepants5563 2 года назад

Man nice job on this one mr beat I was actually doing a bit of research on the first battle of bull run and I thought it was pretty interesting that the second one was at the exact same location I also found out that one of my relatives was part of the Rhode Island militia during that time and actually fought in the battle so that’s pretty awesome as well but ya honestly i would like to see more of this honestly especially the convo that the union general and Jackson had I found that to be of piticular interest

@sharkronical 2 года назад

Also, the train mobilization bit is very important in European history. It's one of the reason Prussia overwhelmed the French and united Germany. Many nations actually send attaches to see what modern tactics can be used. They weren't impressed by the Americans, other than utilization of modern trains and ships.

@iammrbeat 2 года назад

Yep, railroads dramatically changed the military outlook in the mid 1800s

@jollyswashbuckler 2 года назад

You greatly explain the strategy and the tactics with the animations , you should make more videos about the civil war about antietam, gettysburg, and the gettysburg of the west, keep up the good work

@j.mieses8139 2 года назад

Keep making them..ill keep watching it..

@iammrbeat 2 года назад

Right on!

@Martianshark_417 Год назад

I love your take on historical events. I would really enjoy more war videos from you! Rest easy uncle Wes!

@MrGremlins123 2 года назад

Really enjoyed this video. As a young Scotsman I know very little about the American civil war but it has always interested me. I was never taught about it in my school and I would love to learn more about it through your videos

@iammrbeat 2 года назад

Right on, glad to hear it!

@enepesf5126 2 года назад

I encourage you to make military history videos if a specific topic interests you :) I like looking at them sometimes cause it gives a better explanation for why one side won a battle and the other didn't

@iammrbeat 2 года назад

Sounds good. I appreciate the encouragement!

@TheAndrewSchneider 2 года назад

Yes! More military history would be very excellent indeed!

@TheAndrewSchneider 2 года назад

I say this as a Historia Civilis and a Kings and Generals and History Marche connoisseur.

@iammrbeat 2 года назад

Good to hear the feedback!

@TheAndrewSchneider 2 года назад

Maybe someone like you would be well situated to examine Secretaries of War/Defense, for that matter. And I really appreciated the slipping in of Henry Wilson… Yes, I do watch VP videos.

@QuinnParsley 2 года назад

Thanks so much for the mention! Glad some of my music can be of use as some snazzy background vibes for a great educational resource.

@iammrbeat 2 года назад

Thanks again for contributing your music to make my videos better!

@ricky99la 2 года назад

Great video. Well made, Mr. Beat.

@iammrbeat 2 года назад

Thank you!

@Gia1911Logous 2 года назад

RIP Uncle Wes I hope you're in a better place And Great video Mr. Beat

@iammrbeat 2 года назад

Thank you so much!

@andyroo9806 2 года назад

dude good one. doesnt matter if theres some there needs to be more. more civil war. give us the run don. 10 pt. series

@iammrbeat 2 года назад

Right on

@zacharybrady2955 2 года назад

The first battlefield I ever visited back in 2015, very cool to see the monument and house still there. Cannons too!

@corey2232 2 года назад

Whoa, I forgot this place was so close to where I grew up! I moved to Texas when I was 15, but lived like 10 mins from here until then. Such a beautiful area, and I really miss it.

@davidhammond1475 2 года назад

good job! love your content

@maxy19 2 года назад

God bless you. thank you for the video Mr Beat

@MrBreastGiveMeMoney 2 года назад

Yes

@iammrbeat 2 года назад

Well gladly

@mederickv4780 2 года назад

Great video loved it

@iammrbeat 2 года назад

Thank you!

@langlo8139 2 года назад

I was not expecting this!

@iammrbeat 2 года назад

Me neither lol

@phraya_techapit9910 2 года назад

Wilmer McLean: "Hurry up, Martha! There's a war out here!" Martha: "The more you tell me to hurry up, the slower I will go!" *Explosive cannon hit their house*

@BTScriviner 2 года назад

Isn't that from Oversimplified? 😉

@phraya_techapit9910 2 года назад

@@BTScriviner yes

@SledgerFromTDS. 2 года назад

@@BTScriviner Amazing to Hear your own Comment about that.

@SledgerFromTDS. 2 года назад

@@phraya_techapit9910 Brome to See your Comment, But there is another Video here

@vision-gc4hy 2 года назад

People that believe in you are the most important people. rip Uncle Wes.

@ferda9476 2 года назад

Have you heard the theory that the nickname "Stonewall" may have actually been an insult? The theory goes that General Bee, frustrated by Jackson's refusal to move his troops to come help him, decided to abandon all hope in Jackson and save his own men. Apparently his quote "there he stands like a stone wall" was him deciding that Jackson's brigade was so useless that it'd be better to think of them as a feature of the battlefield rather than an actual combat force. So he was instructing his men to hide behind the Virginians, who were never going to move and come help them, and save themselves. Then he was shot and killed and the rest is history. I only recently heard about this and, while very interesting, seems kinda suspect to me...way too interesting to be real. Like almost suspiciously interesting, if that makes any sense. Just wondering if you had heard this theory and if you had any thoughts about it.

@ChaseMcCain81 2 года назад

Interesting theory.

@ethanstokes439 2 года назад

Fun fact the north named battles after rivers/ lakes (bull run river) while the south named them after towns (manassas) this battle was known as the first manassas campaign in the south

@Jw-un8oh 2 года назад

Please make some more military history! This video was very nice to listen and it did not trigger me in anyway. If you could make ones on cults and their involvement in politics that would be amazing!

@emmanuellawyer8562 2 года назад

Can you imagine the shock of the union after bull run

@jerryeskridge4798 2 года назад

Yes President Lincoln seeing the mass of union troops marching back to Washington D.C. looking from his office window in The White House would say it a sorry sad sight!!! Lincoln would replace general McDowell with George B , Macellan

@paulwarren796 2 года назад

BEATS KNOWLEDGE OF HISTORY IS IMPRESSIVE . SUCH A SICK WAR , BUT AREN'T THEY ALL .

@siddakid4777 2 года назад

I just subscribed, I love your channel bro. Im from Kcmo

@charliechan8063 2 года назад

One of my favorite channels love th content

@iammrbeat 2 года назад

Well thanks so much Charlie!

@christianf5131 2 года назад

Wow that was an awesome video!

@iammrbeat 2 года назад

Glad you liked it!

@Grizzbit 2 года назад

Cant wait to see Vlogging Through history have a go at this. Haven’t even watched yet but I know I’m gonna learn some shit today 😈

@the4tierbridge 2 года назад

Did you not already learn shit!

@majidabdi8018 2 года назад

its took me a while to get it but i most say GOOD JOB SIR truly!!!

@czarjar 2 года назад

More military history videos plz

@davestrasburg408 Год назад

Yes, l would very much like to see more videos on military history. l have always been interested in all wars in which America participated. Especially the Revolutionary War fascinates me. How about a video about the Battle of Long lsland ("Battle of Brooklyn")?

@hasafienda 2 года назад

I did some research not too long ago and found out on my mother's father's ancestors fought in one of the battles of Bull Run. I want to say it was this one though I need to go through the documents again. He fought with a New Hampshire regiment.

@jimlandolt8656 2 года назад

Loved the video - just want to point out that its not Bull Run River. Its just Bull Run - around the DC area Run is a synonym for a creek or stream.

@georgekerr8804 2 года назад

Good job.

@iammrbeat 2 года назад

Thank you! Cheers!

@jaycam6823 2 года назад

I live by Bull Run and never knew there was so much history here

@SledgerFromTDS. 2 года назад

Great video by MrBeat to Say, Theres other Videos that you can Make.

@iammrbeat 2 года назад

Thank you!

@SledgerFromTDS. 2 года назад

@@iammrbeat no problem could you heart this Comment thx

@ThunderHOWL16 2 года назад

MR BEAT! YOU ARE THE BEST!!

@MrBreastGiveMeMoney 2 года назад

I agree with this fact

@iammrbeat 2 года назад

Well thank you 🤗

@timelapsetopia8613 2 года назад

sorry to hear about your uncle man, great and very informative video though

@iammrbeat 2 года назад

Thank you!

@sophiaramirez3764 2 года назад

When I live in Manassas lol it’s a good time

@jacobedward2401 2 года назад

I grew up outside of Manassas, lots of pictures of little me sitting on those cannons.

@iammrbeat 2 года назад

It's such a beautiful area!

@the4tierbridge 2 года назад

Question: Do you have any more videos about Reconstruction or the Gilded Age in the works.

@brothernet 2 года назад

very interesting

@johanrunfeldt7174 2 года назад

Hi Mr Beat! Do you use your YT-channel in your work as a social studies teacher?

@Pablo668 2 года назад

One notable result of this battle was the public being shocked about the number of casualties. The numbers of dead and wounded in this battle would get dwarfed by other battles as the war ground on. Good vid btw.

@frud555 2 года назад

can you do a comparison video of Chicago and Toronto? I think that would be cool

@semipenguin 2 года назад

Great video. I enjoyed it. Maybe you should start up a second channel for historical videos. You could be like Simon Whistler 🙂

@cubsfantrey3 2 года назад

I used to live a couple miles from there. Would drive by that battlefield daily.

@tomfrazier1103 2 года назад

Whoa, this war is for real!

@iammrbeat 2 года назад

Indeed

@tonyspumoni2241 2 года назад

Can you make a video about the 2008 Financial Crisis? It's for my economic class.

@mathieuleader8601 2 года назад

a ringside seat to war this battle was

@thorgot911 2 года назад

It's not called Bull Run River. It's just Bull Run. In VA they call rivers "Runs." That's like calling it Bull River River.

@iammrbeat 2 года назад

Oops Papa

@bennorwood8433 2 года назад

Can you do a video about historical inaccuracies

@iammrbeat 2 года назад

You have great suggestions

@bennorwood8433 2 года назад

@@iammrbeat thank you

@bennorwood8433 2 года назад

Can you do the most interesting and most contested gubernatorial election in history

@Eric_Hutton.1980 2 года назад

Oh! What a lovely war.

@chrisj.9882 2 года назад

I saw the title and wondered if it was going to be Pea Ridge. #HistoryNerd.

@AfricanGrey101 2 года назад

This is being recommended like 50 times a day for me..

@MrBreastGiveMeMoney 2 года назад

Epic

@iammrbeat 2 года назад

Woah you got here early

@maxtyler8993 2 года назад

Something that wasn't mentioned is that Daniel Tyler was placed with the brunt of the blame for the battle, despite not being McDowell nor really making any huge blunders.

@chillsportsfanatic372 2 года назад

Hey Mr. Beat would you talk about Stonewall Jackson and Robert E Lee and weather they were good people who fought for the wrong side or bad people who fought for the wrong side?

@iammrbeat 2 года назад

Good people who fought on the wrong side and were misguided. For their times, anyway. By today's standards, all living people in 1861 were bad people. 😄

@chillsportsfanatic372 2 года назад

@@iammrbeat The real question what is even considered to be a good person hmmmm🤔?

@russbear31 2 года назад

You should mention that many of the soldiers who died during the Civil War did not actually die in battle. Probably a third of those men died from disease and accidents. I do genealogy. I have found relatives who died from pneumonia and dysentery. Another relative drowned in a river while crossing it on his horse. Another relative died from starvation at Andersonville. Very few of them actually took a bullet while in battle.

@iammrbeat 2 года назад

More took bullets than you probably realize, but I get your point. Disease is always the big killer. Just look at World War One.

@dove7190 2 года назад

Can you do a CSA elction video

@pnwvibes_ 2 года назад

My APUSH Teacher Love's Your Videos

@iammrbeat 2 года назад

Well that's an honor

@ShinChara 2 года назад

Cannons fire canister shot at close range. Not overrated at all. Extremely lethal.

@alexsayshi6782 2 года назад

holy shit i thought u were mr beast and I was like “why is mr beast talking about the civil war?”

@MrBreastGiveMeMoney 2 года назад

Mr beast is actually a civil war veteran

@alexsayshi6782 2 года назад

@@MrBreastGiveMeMoney fr?

@MrBreastGiveMeMoney 2 года назад

@@alexsayshi6782 yeah he marched to the sea with Sherman

@iammrbeat 2 года назад

Nah, Mr. Beast is my son.

@alexsayshi6782 2 года назад

@@iammrbeat omg where did he get the s from in his last name

@D_S_L 2 года назад

Could you do another collab with J.J. McCullough please

@iammrbeat 2 года назад

How about tonight? 😄

@patrickjspoon 2 года назад

I've always wondered about the painting around the 6:00 mark. It looks like Foreign Legionaries against some Ottoman aristocrats yet there's a US flag right there

@is1spang478 2 года назад

It was great

@DualTapestry17 2 года назад

yes pls make new vids of military.....

@Dylan-pl6wv Год назад

A popular Confederate song is "Richmond is a hard road" and has a Manassas part : First, McDowell, bold and gay, set forth the shortest way, By Manassas in the pleasant summer weather, But unfortunately ran on a Stonewall, foolish man, And had a "rocky journey" altogether; And he found it rather hard to ride o'er Beauregard, And Johnston proved a deuce of a bother, And 'twas clear beyond a doubt that he didn't like the route, And a second time would have to try another!

@jacobparry177 2 года назад

Goddamn it, I just out of my binge of Tennessee Ernie Ford civil war songs, now I'm gonna have to go back...

@TPChatter 2 года назад

Hello Mr. Beat.

@iammrbeat 2 года назад

Hi there

@TPChatter 2 года назад

@@iammrbeat wow I can't believe a verified youtuber said something to me!

@jwoodswce 2 года назад

There was a misleading line in this video about Confederates choosing not to press their advantage and seize DC. They couldn't have. Some reasons: 1) its army was just as exhausted as Union forces, 2) the Union forces were still between the Rebs and DC with control of the road, 3) rain, have you seen how high Cub Run gets even today in a good rain? (actually there is a picture of it after the battle looking like a soggy WW1 no man's land), 4) Union forces had control of the heights on VA side across from DC, and 5) the Rebs would not have been able to cross the wide Potomac near DC as Point of Rocks & Harper's Ferry (both places they later crossed) are way up stream.

@birdnowings5794 2 года назад

Henry Wilson actually had a shoe shop down the street from my house!

@iammrbeat 2 года назад

That's pretty neat!

@NicholasOrlick 2 года назад

I took a tour in the area and the mindset of some of the spectators were “let’s go watch our boys whoop these confederates” but they kind of had a naïve outlook on what war was somehow? Probably because they never really saw one in their lifetime? No idea.

@iammrbeat 2 года назад

Yeah sadly most are fairly naive going in, but at least they were there I suppose

@JxTREME7 2 года назад

Mr Beat clearly hasn't heard of the Battle of Schrute Farms.

@iammrbeat 2 года назад

OH I AM WELL AWARE. Dwight told me all about it.

@arlonfoster9997 3 месяца назад

@@iammrbeat😂I love that show and that episode. Disappointed that Schrute Farms wasn’t a battle 😂

@damnedyankee946 2 года назад

Let's hear some about Gen. Thomas!

@evanpokemon1434 4 месяца назад

R.I.P. Uncles Wes

@moses4769 2 года назад

You should explain the columbine or sandy hook shooting

@jerryeskridge4798 2 года назад

Interesting fact had Virginia not joined the confederacy President Lincoln would of given command of The federal army of the Potomac to Gen Robert E, Lee rather than general McDowell all so picnic fans who watch the battle would be consider one of the first tailgate party now a staple of sports events today . Amazing lecture Mr Beat..

@warlordofbritannia 2 года назад

Moral of the story: Green troops do better on the defense than the offensive Also, McDowell is such an unfortunate dude; I doubt any other general available would have done much/any better

@pinkmail6841 2 года назад

In my opinion I think if Mcclellan was in that battle he would at least not have the army routed because he would push once then go on the def and call for men and say he's out number =)