My great grandfather caught a rifle ball at Chickamauga. It rolled off the counter at the giftshop.
@vanzell1912
8 ай бұрын
Beautiful 😂
@lhaviland8602
4 жыл бұрын
Rosecrans: Attempts to fill a nonexistent gap in his line. Also Rosecrans: Creates an actual gap in his line in the process.
@neilpemberton5523
3 жыл бұрын
The mistake that ended his career. Fate is cruel. On the whole he was an excellent general.
@skymagruder5270
2 жыл бұрын
@@neilpemberton5523 I disagree on both counts but respectfully so. I think his biggest mistake was to get on the wrong side of Grant. For me if we’re going Greek Tragedy here, it’s not that the fates were cruel but more so he was a victim of his tragic flaws
@StonewallTitlow
Жыл бұрын
The fact that he did this right in front of the center of Longstreet’s Left Wing has to be one of the most iconic cases of poor decisions at the worst possible time.
@rickhigson3881
8 жыл бұрын
Thank you,I am a great fan of general thomas,and get chills when I visit him at Thomas square facing SOUTH!
@TheLoyalOfficer
9 жыл бұрын
This has got to be one of the most complicated battles of the Civil War.
@chasemurraychristopherdola7108
4 жыл бұрын
TheLoyalOfficer I completely agree with you because to me this battle and the more complicated battle of the crater were to me the most complicated battles of the American civil war
@chasemurraychristopherdola7108
4 жыл бұрын
And I am saying that because at the crater everything was going wrong because the troops that were post to attack there were already trained to fight and yet the Union generals placed troops that hadn’t trained for this attack at the crater and the most complicated part was that the original troops to attack at the crater were African Americans and the public was going crazy especially the political people and parties
@mt42958
3 жыл бұрын
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@mt42958
3 жыл бұрын
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@davebeecher6579
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, complicated and confusing and bloody
@carbinephantom
4 жыл бұрын
These documentaries are fine for the time they were made in but I would love to see someone take up a newer series on these lesser known battles. Gettysburg, Fredericksburg, Antietam and the more famous ones get all the attention but fights like this one and Franklin and other lesser knowns barely get touched on in current civil war docs. This particular battle is fascinating imo.
@pamelaoliver8442
3 жыл бұрын
Check out the Battlfield Trust and their vids...
@hunterferguson2773
3 жыл бұрын
Chickamauga and bull run are my favorite battles
@HRHRichard
2 жыл бұрын
@@hunterferguson2773 I have been to Chickamauga and will be going again next week, it is fascinating!
@davidbradford4105
9 жыл бұрын
I got to study this battle as part of a Staff Ride with the Army. You can watch this documentary but to see it in military terms of and understand how that affects everything truly enhances your perspective. In short, Bragg snatched this battle from the jaws of victory due to massive sleep deprivation and no clear vision of what he wanted done being conveyed down to his corps commanders. Even civilian businesses leaders can learn a lesson here, be clear, be concise, and if different people are not doing what you want, it's because you are the one not being clear, not a fault of theirs.
@undeadnightorc
9 жыл бұрын
Excellent point. "I did as instructed, if there is something wrong, it's wrong in the instructions."
@hisxmark
9 жыл бұрын
Generals must make instant decisions based on unclear or erroneous information under enormous military and political pressure, often when they have had too little sleep, or when they are in very poor health. And sometimes, like even veteran private soldiers, they panic. As the Russian proverb says, "It is not surprising that the bear dances badly. It is surprising that he dances at all."
@TheLoyalOfficer
9 жыл бұрын
I agree, for the most part. However, I would not be too hard on Bragg. The Union held where it was "not supposed to" - for example on the second day when Rosecrans weird redeployment in the face of Longstreet's advance pretty much led to the collapse of the Union right. However, the Union managed to cobble together a defense on the right on those heights, and continued the fight.
@TheLoyalOfficer
9 жыл бұрын
***** Yes, I actually agree with you, for the most part. Bragg was an over-sensitive quivering ball of humanity who could not handle criticism. The Southern press roasted him regularly, for example, and it drove him nuts.
@TheLoyalOfficer
9 жыл бұрын
***** The Southern media saw Bragg for what he was, a thin-skinned man who was out of his league. I wish I could recall some quotes off the top of my head but if you check the equivalent of today's Atlanta Journal-Constitution, for example, you'll find some hilarious stuff in there.
@CAROLUSPRIMA
11 жыл бұрын
Thanks, Tony. I much prefer these matter of fact presentations to the overly dramatized variety.
@gilesguimbarde9305
6 жыл бұрын
One of the better Civil War documentaries.
@DeNuSCambly
10 жыл бұрын
Excellent and accurate documentary. Shows the troop movements and much of the confusion.
@youpie24
9 жыл бұрын
a european i have to say, this war is very interesting! also in my view this is what made USA what is is today, as a State entity in the international sence. relatively speaking USA history is fresh to a european, but your history is very Intriuing! i gotta say you guys have had some bloody times!
@exilfromsanity
9 жыл бұрын
youpie24 In many ways the war between the states was the first modern war. Ironclad ships, use of railroads and telegraph, breach loading rapid firing rifled firearms and artillery, canned preserved rations, air reconnaissance (hot air balloons) and many other techniques of modern warfare were first used in the civil war.
@sixsentsoldiers
7 жыл бұрын
youpie24 - Thank you. I think. Yes the U.S is young. A friend of mine visited Germany a few years back. A German said, "In America 100 years ago was a long time ago. In Europe 100 miles is a long way to drive." I love that statement.
@chasemurraychristopherdola7108
4 жыл бұрын
youpie24 well actually Europe had bloodier times before there was any major fighting in America but I would agree with you on that because when I go to Gettysburg Pennsylvania I see a lot of people who don’t realize what a deadly battle it was not just for the soldiers but also for the civilians because my 4x great grandfather Jacob weikerts house and barn were used as a Union field hospital and one of my 3x great uncles attic was used as a confederate sharpshooters nest during the battle of Gettysburg Pennsylvania and when I read this book called what a young girl saw and heard of the battle of Gettysburg which is the only civilian account of the battle of Gettysburg I realized how the civilians of Gettysburg Pennsylvania witnessed the battle of Gettysburg
@miketaylor5212
3 жыл бұрын
@@exilfromsanity you forgot barbed wire and entrenchments and yet in ww2 the rifles were still being made long enough to fire in rank the leaders in that war taking no more notice in weapons improvement than the civil war generals did in their war.
@Steve35864
10 жыл бұрын
Excellent documentary! Graphics and commentary enthusiastically described all of the major troop movements before and during the battle!
@chasemurraychristopherdola7108
4 жыл бұрын
I completely agree with you on that and I think there should be something like this but on the battle of Monmouth or maybe the battle of Atlanta
@KaneCowboyCo
10 жыл бұрын
nice documentary. i was recently at this battlefield and will say the national park service has done an excellent job preserving the site. they have an impressive firearm display inside the museum as well.
@earthdrawn
3 жыл бұрын
The Chickamauga Battlefield was the first such national military park, and as such, was founded when much of the land that surrounded the fighting was still lightly populated and generally undeveloped. So when it was founded (1910’s maybe?), actual veterans from both sides were able to help lay out locations of the various fights.
@MrBlaser51
5 жыл бұрын
What a wonderful presentation. Thank you whoever !!
@BeefCake1012
2 жыл бұрын
I live in Chattanooga. I’m only about 20 minutes from the Chickamauga battlefield and maybe 25-30 minutes from Lookout Mountain. It still amazes me I’ve only been to the Chickamauga battlefield once since moving here in 2008. I should start going there far more often! Sometimes I forget I’m on the doorstep of two of the largest battles not only in the Western Theater, but the entire war… I love it!
@Fmasterss73
2 жыл бұрын
My great great great grandfather fought in died in chickamauga. His brother jim also fought for the Union but made it home after receiving injuries to his arm.
@rogerhoward7104
6 жыл бұрын
I really enjoyed your story of these battles in the Civil War. A lot of time an effort went into the details of these battles. This video was extremely interesting and full of American History Worth the time to Watch.
@mishawakapost2681
9 жыл бұрын
The 21st Ohio had repeating weapons also, Colt revolving rifles, but they ran out of ammunition before they were captured.
@hunterferguson2773
3 жыл бұрын
My own back yard. If you haven’t been to the chickamauga battlefield and it’s museum you should go. I go to the museum every so often and ride in the battlefield daily. It’s relaxing
@2serveand2protect
5 жыл бұрын
AWESOME DOCUMENTARY! CONGRATULATIONS! PS. ...and VERY big thanks for ulpoading!... :) ;)
@bradleyhajost7161
10 ай бұрын
Thank you for presenting this highly informative and well produced historical documentary about the Battle of Chickamauga. 👌🏻👏🏻
@5Mariner
10 жыл бұрын
George Thomas was the probably the best Union commander in the war (in my opinion)! But sadly, he was also the most underrated!
@itzAcutie
10 жыл бұрын
The most underrated are the soldiers who fought. The best commander are the one that runs in front of his men.
@5Mariner
10 жыл бұрын
You're absolutely right. Newton Martin Curtis doesn't get enough praise for his heroism at Fort Fisher. Yeah, he was awarded the MOH but still. Make no mistake, I have nothing but the utmost respect for those that serve the country. I was just stating my opinion on the best commanding GENERAL in the Civil War. And I will stand by my belief that its George H. Thomas.
@chuglyc
4 жыл бұрын
Solid competence
@andygossard4293
3 жыл бұрын
Grant considered him very slow and tentative on the offensive. And so he was.
@Nusquamesse
10 жыл бұрын
Nice documentary! Many thx
@wentonmastermind
10 жыл бұрын
Mentally exhausting and draining to listen to and watch. One dreads to think what the soldiers went through.
@satidog
11 жыл бұрын
Most Americans know the names of some key figures and battles but very few have a good handle on it. When it comes to the Civil War and the end of slavery, American history has been severely politicized. There is a whole school of historic revision known as the Lost Cause of the Confederacy that has been passed on for generations, mostly among Southerners whose pride was stung by defeat. So a lot of people who care the most about this part of our history actually know the least.
@bunk95
8 ай бұрын
The end of slavery? Aren’t you being kept as a slave thats marketed as a citizen?
@satidog
8 ай бұрын
@@bunk95 Grow up
@TheBudny
11 жыл бұрын
Very informative. Thank you.
@davidshaffer7737
9 жыл бұрын
Excellent recreation. Extraordinary detail. Just returned from a visit to Chickamagua and wished I had viewed this beforehand.
@jac01970
9 жыл бұрын
***** Its said green eyes haunts wilder tower in the battlefield. Legend goes its a civil war soldier who had his head blown off during the battle, now its seen wondering around the tower looking for his head. That's how I heard it, I may be wrong...
@jac01970
9 жыл бұрын
LOL, I live in Chattanooga and I remember this story as a kid.
@jac01970
9 жыл бұрын
***** I remember hearing a story bout some teenagers going into wilder tower one night and while on top of tower they hear footsteps coming up tower, being curious they start their way down and saw something that scared one of them so bad he jumped out the first window and fell to his death.
@jac01970
9 жыл бұрын
It was back in the 70s, ive been up and down the tower many times, not at night cause they close it with iron door, I haven't ever seen nothing or heard nothing.
@jac01970
9 жыл бұрын
***** I have a uncle that lives bout 5 minutes from battlefield and my cousin told me on one day his dad and some of his navy buddies were at the battlefield walking around, when dawn hit they heard gun fire and cannons going off. He said it sounded like a battle was going on.
@exposethenwo6491
3 жыл бұрын
Good documentary
@chasemurraychristopherdola7108
4 жыл бұрын
And this interesting but the 15th Alabama was here at chickamauga and it’s interesting to me because they are the same men who were destroyed by colonial Joshua Lawrence chamberlains famous bayonet charge that took place on my 4x great grandfather Jacob weikerts property
@frankieroth
3 жыл бұрын
No one owned the round tops
@lerch60
8 жыл бұрын
The intro sounds like it was lifted straight out of a 1950s textbook.
@karlmoles6530
9 жыл бұрын
Battle of the Terrible Generals Can you imagine if Longstreet and Thomas had been in charge?
@genoveseLLB
5 жыл бұрын
Well, in my view, the Southern cause was and is still an immoral act and an act of treason, like Trump and GOP. African Americans now hold their place as US citizens. And now, we all recognize the Souther Confederacy was and is DEAD! Long Live USA! BERNIE SANDERS 2020
@nathanhinebaugh1517
4 жыл бұрын
Stefano Genovese Nobody asked for your view.
@jamescouncil8095
4 жыл бұрын
If Thomas and Longstreet were in charge by God what a battle. But I think Thomas would have won the day. Hell he saved it anyway!
@sixsentsoldiers
4 жыл бұрын
@Mr.agent 47 - Damn Davis put another friend in charge of Memphis. He was a preacher. That river was important.
@sixsentsoldiers
4 жыл бұрын
@@genoveseLLB - Like Trump and GOP? Did states leave the union again? How exactly do you compare the CSA and Trump/GOP? You do realize Lincoln was the first straight up Republican? Right?
@haynes1776
4 ай бұрын
Chickamauga: "The river of blood" I learned that there was a Smallpox outbreak there wher was the Cherokee once lived. And the 2 day battle of the Chattanooga campaign was definitely a bloodbath of a battle. Rosecrans's big blunder was opening up a gap in his lines when misinformed that there was a gap which never existed in the first place, enabling Longstreet's divsions to take advantage of this and resulting in Confederate victory and a almost rout of the union army. Only union troops under General Thomas made a valiant stand on Snodgrass Hill allowed the union army to escape. Bragg refused to believe he won.
@duradim1
10 жыл бұрын
Great documentary on a little known war.
@Pro-Deo
10 жыл бұрын
Alexander Kerr, When Lincoln was elected president, there was no indication he was going to abolish slavery, ever, and stated it publicly a few times- even, after the start of the civil war. The United States wasn't in any serious fear of tyranny before, during and after Lincoln was elected. And, it would have stayed that way. But the southern states politicians hated the fact that the president was personally opposed to slavery and used it it as a platform to induce fear into the slave holding states in order to try and form their own government. It worked. The south was bent on hell raising so Lincoln turned it into an issue not only of keeping the union intact but also about freeing the slaves, but ONLY later on in the fight. The south has no one but themselves to blame. So tell me. Who were these men who fought for the south? Most of them were poverty stricken puppets, led to believe the Union was tyrannical when in reality it wasn't. They were also people who didn't give a shit about anything other than staying alive and surviving, no matter who won. Who fired the first shots? The south. Who ended the war? The north. Booth, the ignorant fool, merely made things worse for the blacks by killing Lincoln. Yet he still pays dearly for it. The civil war indeed never began as slavery but ignorant fools in the south made sure it was, and bit their own tail.
@rodgerbrown2430
10 жыл бұрын
most people who fought for the South did so out of fear, as after Ft Sumter, Lincoln called in the troops to invade. The Politicians though, in the South fought to preserve the right to spread slavery out west. The Northern Politicians merely fought to preserve the Union. Lincoln said if he can preserve the Union w/out freeing the l slaves then he would. If he can preserve the Union by giving them manumission then he would. If he can preserve the Union by abolishing slavery then he would. He only cared to preserve the Union. As far as J. Wilkes Boothe-he is probably one of the South's biggest enemies. He was stupid to kill Lincoln, as Lincoln did not support reconstruction or the radical republicans who wanted to punish the South after the war. Lincoln was the only thing standing between them and the South, and when he was killed even Robert E.Lee cried because he knew the radical Republicans would take over, and they did. and you're right, ironically, the South was it's own worse enemy. The South would have got exactly what it wanted if it had not tried to succeed in the first place.
@Pro-Deo
10 жыл бұрын
you are right on all accounts except I thought most soldiers who joined up at first did it out of loyalty and not fear. But later I cannot blame men on both sides for not wanting to fight. I'm a yank but Robert E Lee had more integrity, dignity and love than most military leaders combined on all sides back then. Grant? Got throat cancer, probably from drinking and smoking all them cigars, but more so from divine providence for the words he spoke about the Jews. Yes, I'm a yank alright, but in my living room stands a bobble head of Lee :) For this past Christmas my daughter bought me it along with one of Grant, which UPS ...lost. And it can stay that way. :)Rodger Brown
@gingerdavis8071
10 жыл бұрын
dm jeni I share your viewpoint on the Civil War, but not on your worship of Lee. I believe he was an excellent citizen & soldier. I also believe he was so respected & loved by his troops that they tried to please him even if it meant continuing the battle with no shoes, no food & no ammunition. Lee's aids had to convince him to surrender. In the end, he was worried about what his Country would think of him for surrendering. He sure looked fine when he surrendered.
@Pro-Deo
10 жыл бұрын
I agree with you Blanche :)
@QIBAYMIKE
10 жыл бұрын
dm jeni Umm....Grant and Sherman led the Union armies to victory in the West and Grant finally in Virginia...Grant was a great general....as was Sherman who may have been the greatest general of the war in terms of accomplishments and modernizing tactics to fit with the modern weaponry....Lee was a very creative general but had no overall plan...good for battles not good as an overall war general...and finally re: your statement about Grant getting throat cancer....www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2012/12/05/jacoby/YEQhAs7UWrOfXirKcs3DvJ/story.html
@robertshand3515
10 жыл бұрын
this battle was massive and deserves the respect Gettysburg got
@5Mariner
10 жыл бұрын
You're damn right! It was the second bloodiest battle of the war after all!
@indy_go_blue6048
6 жыл бұрын
None of the western battles or campaigns got the respect or coverage of those eastern battles. Not denigration the AoP or ANV, but this area was as much a political objective as a military one. Obviously the war was won in the west, but 90% of the documentaries are still about Gettysburg and Antietam.
@chasemurraychristopherdola7108
4 жыл бұрын
indy_go_blue60 hey I would disagree with you on that because the siege of Vicksburg and the battle of Shiloh got the same amount of attention as Gettysburg
@chasemurraychristopherdola7108
4 жыл бұрын
indy_go_blue60 but I would also agree with you because when people think of the war happening in the deserts of the southwest a lot of people on the East coast of the United States don’t believe that fighting happened in New Mexico and Arizona and at first I didn’t believe it either but I would say that changed last year when I learned about the Gettysburg of the west aka the battle of glorieta pass
@exposethenwo6491
3 жыл бұрын
@@indy_go_blue6048 Shiloh and Vicksburg get almost all mention for western theatre. Chickamauga and Stones River are rarely mentioned or not covered in detail. Tullahoma Campaign was a brilliant tactical plan.
@travisbayles870
2 жыл бұрын
One of the Confederate generals killed at Chickamauga was Brigadier General James Deshler of Tuscumbia Alabama Born to Pennsylvania parents and a West Point graduate Deshler served out West before the war When Alabama cast its lot with the Confederacy Deshler joined the Confederate Army and soon rose to the rank of general At Chickamauga while inspecting his men Deshler was struck in the chest by a Yankee cannonball and killed instantly General Robert E Lee called Deshler the bravest soldier in the Confederacy A high school in Tuscumbia is named for him
@gcjbhar
4 жыл бұрын
lost a Great, Great, Great grandfather and Great Great Uncle at Chickamauga!! Another Great Great uncle lost a leg there! CSA!!
@arkansaswookie
9 жыл бұрын
My great great grandfather fought here as a young captain in the 24th Mississippi Infantry Regiment. "Monroe County Rangers".
@carywest9256
4 жыл бұрын
My Great Grandfather's cousins were there in Hood's Texas Brigade-4th Reg.Co.K
@kentamitchell
11 жыл бұрын
Sweden is a very lucky country geographically- have not had to fight a war in 200 years- unlike neighbors Norway, Denmark, Finland, and Baltic States.
@NRH111
3 жыл бұрын
I mean you guys fought in WWII didnt you? Not long i know because of vidkun quisling but still you fought for like 3 months if i recall
@skymagruder5270
Жыл бұрын
@@NRH111 that was Norway. The most violent Sweden has gotten since way back in the day was Ulf Samuelsson
@casperkasparov302
5 жыл бұрын
" Rich Man's War, Poor Man's Fight"
@chuglyc
4 жыл бұрын
Casper Kasparov most wars are.
@mikbe2579
4 жыл бұрын
Very true indeed!
@Duseika72
4 жыл бұрын
@@mikbe2579 its not true
@Duseika72
4 жыл бұрын
Most of officers were not poor and many of them were killed
@chasemurraychristopherdola7108
4 жыл бұрын
Antanas Kinčius I completely agree with you on that
@bluesenshi
8 жыл бұрын
This must be the film shown at the Chickamauga battlefield's visitor center.
@nickroberts6984
5 жыл бұрын
No, but they do have a really cool 3D map at Chattanooga's Lookout Mountain which lights up as the story is told. 🇺🇸💥🐴
@earthdrawn
3 жыл бұрын
The visitor center video (last time I was there; admittedly, it’s been awhile) is not quite so long, somewhat less comprehensive, and more of a shadowy, dramatic interpretation.
@earthdrawn
3 жыл бұрын
@@nickroberts6984ah, the Confederama!
@johnanthonyalberola6252
3 жыл бұрын
An honor to review
@drewandcharlie7583
2 жыл бұрын
This is an independent documentary. And it is awesome. The 163 people who disliked it did so for the first 60 seconds. Where they lie about what happened to the tribes Its still great
@fractuss
8 жыл бұрын
"The Indians were removed", shit.
@MrLeezasky
8 жыл бұрын
iriemike420 I don't think so.
@str8ballinSA
3 жыл бұрын
My great-great-great-grandfather was Rosecrans' horse during this campaign.
@Gitfidlpickr
10 жыл бұрын
Confederate Armies (Example: Northern Virginia) were comprised of THREES: Right, Center and Left as follows: An Army is 3 corps (of 27,000 ea. Lt. Gen.). A Corps is 3 division (9,000 each Maj.Gen.) a Division is 3 Brigades (3,000 each Brigadeer) a Brigade is 3 Regiments (1,000 each .. Colonel) Regiment is 3 Battalions (Major); Battallion = 3 companies (Captain) a Company = 3 platoons (Looey) . a Platoon is 3 squads of 15 each) Soldiers carried the equivalent of 80 rounds and replaced ammo from fallen comrades.
@hissyhonker220
6 жыл бұрын
Gitfidlpickr 5 companies in a battalion.. 3-5 sometimes more, regiments per brigade and it's brigadier general not deer..and 10 plus companies but mostly 10 companies per regt
@indy_go_blue6048
6 жыл бұрын
Ideally, yes. The ANV had only 2 corps with 4-5 divisions each until Lee reorganized it following Jackson's death. The AoP had 7 corps of generally 2 divisions each. Some battles were fought without corp leadership, but generally it did evolve into the Army as 3-3-3-3-3 of WWII use.
@Guitcad1
2 жыл бұрын
I love how they gloss over "Indian removal" right at the start. "Meh! No room!"
@Odonanmarg
2 жыл бұрын
Good, thorough .
@pe4153
4 жыл бұрын
I lost this battle pretty badly in Ultimate General: Civil War. I'm studying up now and come tomorrow night, I'll be raining hell on those rebels.
@julianterhorst7965
4 жыл бұрын
Is the app worth it?I am a HUGE civil war buff, but its 30 dollars.
@skymagruder5270
2 жыл бұрын
You ever beat it? The trick is to cripple the CSA first day with the Lightning Brigade. Then have your first reinforcements be mounted infantry and then go on an assassination mission on any groups of skirmishers, sharpshooters, and enemy cav. If I can’t eliminate them, I’m always F’d in the A by sneaky units behind my guys at Jay’s Mill during the fight.
@johnallen2771
3 жыл бұрын
My ancestor, George W. Allen was wounded at Chicamauga. He was a corporal in the 19th OVI, Company C. Does anyone know where this Ohio force was used in the battle?
@kmankevin9192
3 жыл бұрын
fought under Brig. Gen. Sam Beatty, they go into the fight the first day and help capture Carnes Battery. Monument is located in the woods just west of Lafayette rd. and south of Brotherton rd.
@johnallen2771
3 жыл бұрын
@@kmankevin9192 Thank you for taking the time to give me this valuable tip. I'm going to research it and do something. Don't know what. He's like my 8th back grandfather. He lived until 1911 so I guess he recovered from his wounds.
@kmankevin9192
3 жыл бұрын
@@johnallen2771 My pleasure,,your ancestor fought alongside mine. If I had to guess he was probably trained at Camp Dennison, Cinn. OH. same time as mine. Interesting note is that I think they were both apart of Wood's forces. The divisions that were moved to fill a gap that didn't exist during the second morning of battle. Beatty's men were also the forces that Stewart attacked across Brotherton field,,that corner of Lafayette and Brotherton Rd. was the scene of heavy fighting for most of the day. The cannons of Carnes Battery changed hands at least twice!
@elisekehle8520
Жыл бұрын
@8:50 how fitting a reflection- Confederacy: promotes right and left to the point that they have more 3-star generals than they have two-star commands. Union: eh, a Colonel can lead this division, really. We'll finalize his promotion after he wins
@stonesinmyblood27
3 жыл бұрын
I think this battle shows how much confusion and lack of communication between Brigades determined so many Civil War battles
@jimkennedy7050
2 жыл бұрын
Similar to a battle of Alexander the great where he moved on the offensive to clear the density of an.opposing force and then attacked up the middle. While on a mountain...what Bragg did.
@eflint1
10 жыл бұрын
Interesting how Andrew Jackson's grandson was a Confederate. Old Hickory believed secession to be illegal.
@gingerdavis8071
10 жыл бұрын
I thought Andrew Jackson had no children.
@eflint1
10 жыл бұрын
it's probably a step-grandson.
@satidog
10 жыл бұрын
So did Robert E Lee. The legality of secession wasn't so much the issue with most people in the war.
@eflint1
10 жыл бұрын
satidog Actually, most people did believe secession to be legal. It was certainly not a southern invention.
@satidog
10 жыл бұрын
eflint1 I don't think that's true. The legality question, that is. I agree that secession wasn't a Southern invention. Different states and regions threatened it over the years when things didn't go their way.
@ivanlaws622
5 жыл бұрын
I saw this at the Chickamauga battlefield's visitor center. Still Bad!
@oblongobject7771
9 жыл бұрын
Sigh... Braxton Bragg.... A Confederate general so bad they named an entire Yankee military base after him. I guess when you're that bad at being a general, the enemy has to give you something more than a "Thank You" card :/
@sccrmn876
9 жыл бұрын
Oblong Object Benning got a base too. A little respect i guess. With the onslaught for the removal of anything Confederate, it may change soon.
@oblongobject7771
9 жыл бұрын
***** Ughh. Johnston. If certain junior level Southern generals had been given a shot at leading the western campaign, a lot of things might have been different. I've got mixed feelings tho; I love America and being American, but the Yankee SOBs did burn down my family's home.
@oblongobject7771
9 жыл бұрын
***** My family is from Carolina, so we were on the tail end of Sherman's burning and looting campaign. As to which general, that's a tricky one. Forrest was a clever rascal, but he might not have been ready to lead the whole army at least in the earlier portions of the war. Jackson most probably would have done very well, but that deprives Lee of his right arm. Longstreet definitely had his moments, but I'm not sure he was dynamic enough to really turn the tide or fight more than a holding action. A.P. Hill had his moments early on, but by the war's end he didn't really seem to have the stomach for the business anymore. There's quite a few guys that might have been better than who we actually used. Like I said, its a tough call. But with hindsight in my corner I'd definitely go with one of those junior fellows over Bragg, Johnston or Hood.
@oblongobject7771
9 жыл бұрын
***** Like I said, tricky proposition to choose one. I suspect actually know the men instead of knowing what's been written about them would help. But knowing what I know about Bragg, Johnston and Hood.... Well I'd say you definitely have to dig up someone better if you're the boss ;)
@oblongobject7771
9 жыл бұрын
***** Of course. Zachary Taylor's son. Great brigade commander, but hobbled up by arthritis too often. Didn't get on with E.Kirby Smith either as I recall.
@chasemurraychristopherdola7108
4 жыл бұрын
I would love to see a video like this but on the siege of Vicksburg because as confederate president Jefferson Davis says Vicksburg is what nail-heads the souths two halves together
@markzimmerman7279
4 жыл бұрын
Yea and they put a Yankee in charge, go figure.
@mr.hardtruth6475
3 жыл бұрын
Ted Baxter did good job explaining this .
@crcanassr
9 жыл бұрын
The Cickamaugas were not "removed", they were forced to leave.
@alabama_dawg7396
7 жыл бұрын
Chickamaugas is a Cherokee word. This area was made up of the Cherokees.
@hissyhonker220
5 жыл бұрын
Same thing ain't it? Better moved than a bullet eh?
@Soft-Revolution
3 жыл бұрын
damn, this is so detailed! Really well done doc
@imwhitewolf
10 жыл бұрын
George Henry Thomas was the greatest Union General of the Civil War. Unfortunately he was a Virginian and though he gave up all he had for the Union he wasn't trusted and never given the command he should have. It would've been interesting to see how he would've done as Cdr of the Army of the Potomac.
@Grant25
9 жыл бұрын
Thomas had 3 factors against him, his southern heritage, his occasional slowness, and the fact that he didn't promote himself through the media like other generals did. But I agree he is very underrated and accomplished a lot during the war. His other problem was dying so soon after the war, missing out on writing memoirs and anniversaries. Both he and Meade have been largely forgotten by mainstream history. As for the Army of the Potomac, I think Thomas was more valuable out west, plus being a Virginian, Lincoln would never have let him command there. I would have liked to see what Kearny and Reynolds had done in command of he AOTP if they hadn't died early.
@Grant25
9 жыл бұрын
***** by the media I meant the newspapers of the time. Generals would often write to newspapers with their own reports of battles obviously favoring their units over others on their side. It was fairly common. Thomas was not of those who did.
@imwhitewolf
9 жыл бұрын
***** I have often wondered what the war would've looked like if Grant and Lee had fought earlier in the war. Lee with his entire army vs. Grant and his butchering style of just hammering the Confederates. I think Lee would have drooled over that type of fight. I can just see Lee finding some really strong defensive position and letting Grant have at him. it may have made Fredricksburg pale in comparison.
@exilfromsanity
9 жыл бұрын
Id Gray Grant's "butchering style of just hammering the Confederates"? Try again. He didn't charge the entrenchments at Fort Henry or Fort Donalson, instead he used the gunboats. He spent months maneuvering around Vicksburg, tried the lines once after the city was invested, then settled down to a siege. At Shiloh he was attacked, held on till Buell reinforced him, then swept the field. In Chattanooga he never ordered the charge up Lookout mountain, the rank and file did that on their own. At the 2nd wilderness there were no massive confederate entrenchments. He moved to his left and met Lee again at Spotsylvania Courthouse,. There he gave an innovative tactic suggested by Col. Emory Upton a try and nearly succeed. After that attempt he again broke off and moved by the left around Lee. At Cold harbor, and only at Cold Harbor, he beat his army's head against well prepared earthworks, an attack he later said he regretted. But the point was that Grant could replace his 18,000 casualties and Lee couldn't make up his 12,000. Once he got to Petersburg he didn't fling his men at the fortifications, he settled down to a siege and kept extending his lines to the left until the confederate lines were thin enough to be broken. He did fight a campaign of attrition against Lee because he knew that was the kind of conflict Lee couldn't win. The way to counteract Lee's advantages of interior lines and his skill as a counter puncher, was to keep the armies in close contact and keep plugging away, which is what Grant did. If you get a counter-puncher in a clinch, you take away he ability to counter punch. Lee never counter attacked Grant like he did to Burnside and Hooker. The common misconception that Grant throw his army recklessly and wantonly against confederate earthworks time and again is wrong. If you really study Grants campaigns you'll learn to appreciate the fact that he fought different battles in different ways, according to the tactical situation. And, of course, he did defeat Lee in the end. (Yes, I know about all of the advantages he had. But McClellan had many of the same advantages against Johnston on the peninsula & wouldn't press the thing home.) Remember that Lee ordered Pickett's charge at Gettysburg, against a position that was naturally very strong and that Meade's men had two whole days to prepare, as bad a decision, and as disastrous a defeat, as any in the whole war. When his was the invading army and on the attack he did the same thing as Grant at Cold Harbor, he tried to win the battle and the war. So do you think Lee had a "butchering style" too? The point being that the two commanders and the two armies were in very different situations in 1864 and Grant used the strengths he had to his advantage.
@exilfromsanity
9 жыл бұрын
Id Gray Thomas was great on defense but slow on offense.
@juanseegar2546
8 жыл бұрын
Do we still have Braggs Vinegar?
@fredc3543
4 жыл бұрын
Good example of strategy and how it works. Another battle fought, brave lives, issues over ideologies won. Time for our country to insist on a better union for all.
@unadin4583
8 жыл бұрын
I had no idea that Tony the Tiger narrated history documentaries.
@WashuHakubi4
8 жыл бұрын
His narration is gggrrrrrrreeaaatttt!!!
@kmankevin9192
6 жыл бұрын
@ 20:45, the "new union division" was the 79th IN. regiment under Col. Fred Kneffler and led by Brig. Gen. Sam Beatty. With the 19th OH. on their right they attacked and captured Carnes Battery. Monuments to the 79th IN. and the 19th OH. are nearby in the woods. Two months later this same regiment, but now with the 86th IN. on their right, would lead the attack against the center of Missionary Ridge, again capturing four guns at the summit. My Great Great Grandfather was a Lieutenant with the 79th IN. during this period.
@zombies4evadude24
3 жыл бұрын
Diddy Kong: Yeah, she said something about driving the feds out of Chickamaunga DK: Chickyamong- what?!?
@satidog
11 жыл бұрын
Yes, that's the stuff.
@Farley5927
7 жыл бұрын
I thought this was a comedy because of the narration.
@mikbe2579
4 жыл бұрын
Beautiful scenery which looks kind of European! Why did people fight a bloody civil war there?
@chasemurraychristopherdola7108
4 жыл бұрын
Mik Be I have no idea but it’s the same thing with Gettysburg Pennsylvania because that is beautiful to
@gracesonhudgins9602
4 жыл бұрын
we did it to end William Rosecrans offensive twoards the south
@kevin6293
3 жыл бұрын
We fought this bloody civil war to free the Chinese from Canadian slavery.
@inhocsignovinces1419
2 жыл бұрын
The U.S. Civil War began when Federal Government demanded to exert its control over what had previously been sovereign U.S. states (
@chasemurraychristopherdola7108
3 жыл бұрын
I wonder if the chickamauga Indians were peaceful Indians and what I mean by that is if they took hostages because I know that during the French and Indian war in the area of Gettysburg Pennsylvania there was a young girl named Mary Jemeson and I believe it was the Shawnee or the Iroquois and what was the Indians took her hostage and then the Indians murdered her parents but Mary survived and the Iroquois gave her a piece of land where letchworth state park is today
@SheafferGordon
6 жыл бұрын
McCook always denied authorizing Wood's movement.
@sandramccoy491
6 жыл бұрын
It’s so sad so many people lost there life in the war
@bunk95
8 ай бұрын
Thats not sad.
@chasechristophermurraydola9314
Жыл бұрын
One thing for sure chickamauga has to be on my bucket list of places to go to because I am a big civil war buff and I would want to go here to learn about the involvement of Russia and Norway in the civil war but I would also go here to see where Garfield stood since he made the area where I live sort of famous and what I mean by that is after he was assassinated the doctors agreed to move him from Washington DC to a city that’s not far from me called long branch and he was sent because his wife recovered in long branch earlier in the summer and I have actually seen the house where Garfield died but I would also want to go to chickamauga to stand where Benjamin Hardin helm died because his wife’s grandfather named general Levi Todd had an uncle named Robert Samuel Todd jr and Levi Todd had a cousin named Mary Todd And Mary Todd married into a family with a name that’s associated with Benjamin Hardin helmes half brother in law Abraham Lincoln and that name is Gettys and the family Gettys is where the town of Gettysburg got its name from but I would also want to go to chickamauga so I can see where my fellow Irishman the stonewall of the west aka Patrick cleburne fought and what i mean by fellow Irishman is according to ancestry I am 7% Irish and even though I am only 7 percent i consider anyone Irish or part Irish my fellow Irishman or Irish sister but I would also want to stand where John bell hood was wounded and also where general Buckner was and where Virginian born George Thomas made his stand.
@bunk95
8 ай бұрын
Doctors? Those are fictional. A slave marketed as a doctor did what?
@jaywinters2483
4 жыл бұрын
(Notice the disc jockey voice?)...That was a big thing in the 80s and 90s
@juanseegar2546
8 жыл бұрын
Did jack frost win?
@chasechristophermurraydola9314
2 жыл бұрын
One thing for sure in my opinion I feel that George Henry Thomas should have been awarded the Medal of Honor for his stand on horseshoe ridge and also in my opinion he also deserves the Medal of Honor because he was a Virginian and instead of joining the confederates he decided to join the union army and just saying but in my opinion there should be something like this but on the battles of second Franklin and Nashville were Thomas defeated John bell hood and Thomas defeated hood so badly that it saw the end of the army of Tennessee as an effective fighting force.
@mike112769
9 жыл бұрын
I couldn't handle this presentation style. Way too dramatically cheesy.
@ami2evil
9 жыл бұрын
...I agree, it was read like a child's happy fun time story. Did not fit whatsoever with such a historically significant event. What a disgrace.
@hillena
9 жыл бұрын
+mike112769 made it the first 6 minutes the constant rattling of that first historian drove me up the wall
@TheLoyalOfficer
8 жыл бұрын
+mike112769 Very cool music though.
@k-matsu
7 жыл бұрын
Cheesy or corny . . . however you put it, the voiceover was pretty ridiculous. I was particularly gobsmacked by the comment about the "removal" of the Cherokee nation. "The Indians were removed in 1838, and for over 20 years the settlers peacefully established themselves as farmers" Peacefully? That's like saying "The Germans moved into Poland in 1939, and for the next five years they peacefully eliminated non-Christian influences"
@kg6qzx
6 жыл бұрын
It was kinda like a Sports Announcer at a 70s football game...distracting really..
@markmerzweiler4204
7 жыл бұрын
The fog of war, the north created a gap in their lines just as Longstreet was moving forward...
@alabama_dawg7396
7 жыл бұрын
You don't have to agree with them to respect the conviction of the troops on both sides. Just imagine believing in something so strongly your willing to line up and March straight into enemy rifle and cannon fire.
@bunk95
8 ай бұрын
Enemies are fictional. Youve never been forced to prepare to kill?
@grjoe4412
4 жыл бұрын
What was Rosecrans thinking? If he didn't know the strength of the enemy, he should be clear about it by the 19th. The correct strategy here would be an organized withdraw to the north. He must be thinking about the Gettysburg, but this is not. You are in the enemy territory and are isolated. Lincoln wants victory? Then he better sends another 60,000 men here.
@kevin6293
3 жыл бұрын
Generals rarely know the strength of the enemy army.
@skymagruder5270
2 жыл бұрын
I want to say not only did Halleck not tell him about Longstreet heading west, but he actually told him the opposite that troops were peeled off the AoT. Tough theater to do any informed fighting in for sure
@kennethjones500
3 жыл бұрын
My GG Grandfather Thomas m. Jones was captured at Chickamauga and imprisoned in Chicago the prison was known as 88 acres of hell
@nadjaforster6893
3 жыл бұрын
I'm a simple person. I see the words "battle of" and a ridiculous sounding name thar I've never heard of before, I click on the video.
@vernonsanders371
2 жыл бұрын
Braggs battle plan was brilliant only if he had subordinates to execute it
@DerSchleier
Жыл бұрын
Bragg was a poor leader and his subordinates harbored justifiable disdain for him. A general can rarely win a battle if his men are not motivated to fight.
@bunk95
8 ай бұрын
To make it look like a battle?
@bronzzhorse
6 жыл бұрын
Abuuuuuut.... Withuuuuuut...... Abuuuuuut..... This commentator has a thicker Canadian accent than Canadians!!!!!!!!
@TheLookingOne
10 жыл бұрын
Why have most military documentary narrators graduated from the William Shatner School of Drama ? The narrator needs to ease up and vary the pacing. Oh, somebody else finally talks some. Give him a rest.
@caseyjohns1170
10 жыл бұрын
It's the William Shatner School of OVER-acting. LOL!
@jacobnovero9572
10 жыл бұрын
Casey Johns I-re-gi-ment of Kling-ons were ... on the -- flank -- of a star-fleet regi-ment of red-shirts....KHHAAAANNN!
@jamessnee7171
10 жыл бұрын
William Shatner School of Chewing the Scenery.
@jerematthewjohnson7898
8 жыл бұрын
"ChickaMudga" 125th i did it HOOSSAAHH
@johnlaboone6063
2 жыл бұрын
If Longstreet had been in command it would of been a victory. My GG grandfather was in the 7th SC inf.regt,Longstreet corps, this explains the birth of a child the following year. The families met their solders/ husband's when the train stopped near our house.
@josephadams3644
3 ай бұрын
I think at battle of Chickamauga my grandfather abe adams father or Clems grandfather got his toe shot off
@RogerinKC
9 жыл бұрын
Chattanooga Choo Choo @ 2:35
@mynameis9057
7 жыл бұрын
actually the settlers stole many farms from the native Americans at gunpoint ,giving them just minutes to vacate their homes of many generations .so this wasn't an "uncivilized "country as the propaganda so breezily states . I believe the trail of tears was because of these atrocities.
@jimmyanderson2988
3 жыл бұрын
Well actually just which tribe did we steal it from and for your information they weren’t called savages for nothing and were killing each other when we got here!!!!! Your woke argument seems to leave out a few facts!!!! . Some races lelf the jungles a lot quicker than others I wonder why I know but I’m not telling don’t want to hurt anybody’s feeling and no its not about skin color the problem is a lot deeper than that and lays somewhere between the ears area!!!!!! Most people use there’s for something besides a hat rack and think for their self don’t need nobody to tell them what to think called common sense!!!!!!
@ltcajh
9 жыл бұрын
The "military industrial complex". That's a WAY overused term!
@hannahllewellyn163
4 жыл бұрын
This is my home sweet home if u come here take black white pichures u will see civil war ghost still fighting 🤠2020
@goryguy5106
4 жыл бұрын
Both Bragg and Rosecrans just could not get out of their own way during this awful fight.
@froggleggers1805
11 жыл бұрын
The commentator for the battle sounds like he is calling a horse race.
@algini12
10 жыл бұрын
Hey Alexander, what did they fight for then? States rights lol? The south succeeded right after Lincoln had been elected and hadn't even done anything yet. It wasnt in his platform or his speeches to end slavery. Lets here your reasons Alexander.
@froggleggers1805
10 жыл бұрын
LOL. Your posting on my comment about Alexanders comment. Well, that's OK, I will go ahead and enlighten you if you will have a mind for it. The south succeeded from the Union for the following reasons. 1. Economic and social differences between the North and the South. 2. States versus federal rights. 3. The fight between Slave and Non-Slave State Proponents. 4. Growth of the Abolition Movement. 5. The election of Abraham Lincoln.
@davidbradford4105
9 жыл бұрын
algini12 So calling to raise an army to much into the southern states and crush any opposing views with military force was nothing? Hopefully you have not forgotten those northern papers that were burned to the ground by Lincoln, people were flogged, and imprisoned and none had due process. All before any state voted to succeed. You need to check the timelines and see major causes to really understand the South's reactions. Sen. John C. Calhoun plead on his death bed for the South not to fight the North. Out of respect, most Southerns were looking to resolve issues which is why Georgia proposed the first plan to educate and liberate slaves but was blocked in DC by the Northern states. Both sides are equally guilty of the needless internal war of ours. I believe Lincoln's intentions are first were political, but as time went on , Frederick Douglas had an increasing influence on him. JUST MY LONE PERSPECTIVE, but I believe Mr. Douglas changed Lincoln's heart from one of wanting to say it's my way even if it means war to, we need to find peace, reconciliation, and due what's right in the face of adversity.
@joey8062
7 жыл бұрын
why do so many southerners hate James Longstreet for? I prefer him over Bragg as a general any day.
@davidbradford4105
5 жыл бұрын
As a Southerner, it is not Longstreet that I hate. Bragg I don't hate, just believe that he was out of place as a commander.
@hislairdship8961
3 жыл бұрын
Many dislike Longstreet for 2 reasons: he argued with Lee at Gettysburg and then he became a member of the Republican party after the war. I'm personally a big fan of "Old Pete".
@lawrencesilvestro5756
8 жыл бұрын
The second guy is just reciting. A juke box. Put a quarter in and he goes. Couldn't take it.
@chasemurraychristopherdola7108
4 жыл бұрын
I would call Longstreet the hero of chickamauga and I would call him that because he crushed almost the entire Union army minus the men under Thomas but If i was there i would have recommended Longstreet to be promoted to the rank of general and i feel that the confederates should have sent Longstreet to face Sherman and not hood and the reason is because hood has lost an arm and a leg
@jalaluddeenat-tabarithetim593
3 жыл бұрын
Lol I live in Chattanooga
@chasemurraychristopherdola7108
4 жыл бұрын
And this is interesting but rosecrans chief of staf James abram Garfield died not far from where I live
@kurtsherrick2066
6 жыл бұрын
Forrest would have never let the Union Troops to retreat back to Chattanooga. He was so mad at Bragg he told Bragg I will never obey another order from you. I should slap you and make you respect it. If you cross my path again it will be in jeopardy of your life. Miss communication is what killed the South in many battles.
@5Mariner
10 жыл бұрын
Chickamauga means river of death
@chrisdavis6711
3 жыл бұрын
I have lived in the area my entire life with the exception of five years spent in active duty. We all know Chickamauga as a Cherokee name meaning muddy water.
@5Mariner
3 жыл бұрын
@@chrisdavis6711 Well on those two days in September of 1863, it really was a river of death.
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