lees biggest mistake of the war. Pickett " lee had my whole division slaughtered" he later recalled.
lee for the first time became arrogant and the result was this battle.. lee knew the war was lost after Gettysburg.. " we're not going anywhere and we're going to settle it right here", - robert e lee ...... lee actually wanted to resign after the battle.
Look at all the fat guys. Re-enactors are so funny. War is so much more fun when you're not actually taking a .566 round in the gut or having your leg amputated with no anesthetic by a rusty saw or crapping yourself literally to death with cholera after walking 30 miles with no shoes having not shaved or showered in weeks.
@raphaelmaraki “Wednesday, September 10.–At four o’clock this morning the rebel army began to move from our town "Frederick, Maryland," Jackson’s force taking the advance. The movement continued until eight o’clock p.m., occupying sixteen hours. The most liberal calculations could not give them more than 64,000 men.
@raphaelmaraki Over 3,000 negroes must be included in this number. These were clad in all kinds of uniforms, not only in cast-off or captured United States uniforms, but in coats with Southern buttons, State buttons, etc. These were shabby, but not shabbier or seedier than those worn by white men in the rebel ranks. Most of the negroes had arms, rifles, muskets, sabres, bowie-knives, dirks, etc.
@SirAceMcFly They were seen riding on horses and mules, driving wagons, riding on caissons, in ambulances, with the staff of Generals, and promiscuously mixed up with all the rebel horde. The fact was patent, and rather interesting when considered in connection with the horror rebels express at the suggestion of black soldiers being employed for the
National defence.”
-Dr. Lewis Steiner while observing Gen. "Stonewall" Jackson's occupation of Frederick, Maryland, in 1862
"The Confederate Army was cut in two and the Union Army had control of the Mississippi River after Gettysburg! This battle was a major turning point against the rebels!"
The only people that receive credit for this charge is Picketts Virginian's not saying they don't deserve credit but also what about the credit for the two divisions of A.P. Hill's Corps with men from North Carolina Tennesse Mississippi and other states
"In the year of our Lord, 1863, patriots of the Confederacy, starving and outnumbered, charged the fields at Gettysburg. They fought like warrior poets, they fought like rebels, and had their arses handed to them." - read by Mel Gibson in a Scottish accent.
@stigmajosh They were hardly "starving". Far from it, they lived high off the hog in PA and many men wrote home that they'd never eaten so well in their lives. Other than that, that's a pretty accurate assessment.
Never understood this charge - no tactics to it. Did Lee have a feeling of invincibility due to his many successes? This charge was very unlike his normal tactics.
@azzh00le Lee committed a good number of fuck ups. The entire notion of invading the North at all was stupid--his failure at Antietam should have taught him that lesson, as it handed the Union a desperately-needed win. He refused to reinforce the Western Theater where the Union was systematically ripping up the South. Overall, Lee was an overrated general. Some deify him as the greatest ever, but he wasn't even the greatest of the Civil War. Longstreet was a better field commander than Lee.
@BorisGodunov I disgaree. Lee was outnumbered in almost all of the engagements in which he and the Army of Northern Virginia participated. The South was also outgunned and didn't have the industrial capacity to support his efforts as the North had. Yet in battle after battle, Lee engineered victories over the North in the majority of occasions, and even managed to keep fighting for almost two years after the defeat at Gettysburg. And Lee was a powerful figurehead of the South's determination.
@dougalmac54 That's because battles aren't always about numbers, but how many actually fight, how well they're trained, and how disciplined they are. Alexander the Great proved that with his force of 40,000 versus an estimated 500,000 at the Battle of Gaugamela, which he won.
@MaxxTheMerciless You also need to reference the incompetence of many of the officers of the Army of the Potomac, who comitted many tactical blunders that gave Confederate forces the wedge or circumstances they needed to prevail even when outnumbered. McClellan, Hooker, and some other notable generals of the AOTP drove Lincoln to anger and disgust when they failed to press home attacks on the enemy or exploit clear advantages the North had over the South in countless battles. Lee used them well.
@dougalmac54 Lots of blunders are made in battle, it's just that Lee committed fewer of them. The North had also suffered from what Lincoln called a lot of family quarrels among his generals, whereas the South had an awesome commander who was, IMO, the George Washington of his day as both a commander and a gentleman. I don't think Davis had so many contenders among the general staff who wanted his presidency like McClellan, McClernand, and others wanted.
@dougalmac54 I didn't say Lee was a bad general, just that he is overrated because many Southern "Lost Cause" folks deify him and overlook his egregious mistakes. In fact, they go as far as to try and blame Longstreet for Gettysburg, when in truth that loss was definitely due to Lee's blunders. Lee won lots of battles while defending, but that was the nature of that era of warfare--it was FAR easier to defend than to attack. That's also what made his offensives bad ideas.
@BorisGodunov Lee's troops suffered the highest percentage of casualties in any army of the war...including those under Grant "The Butcher". Lee was extremely profligate with his men's lives. Even at his greatest victory CHancellorsville he threw his army on May 3 against Hooker's lines and would suffer over 12,000 casualties in the battle--losses he could ill-afford--just to push Hooker back across the Rappahannock. The Union could afford such losses...not the South.
@dougalmac54 Yeah but Lee's "victories" were more against the Union generals than their army. He never understood that and developed both contempt for the AoP rank and file as well as an over-exhalted opinion of his own men's abilities. Consider, the Battle Of The Wilderness. Had it been Bursides or McClellan Lee was facing, he'd have won yet another "victory". Grant, however, knew it meant nothing and shrugged it off while knowing he'd drained Lee's ranks of irreplacable men and moved on.
I really enjoyed this, and seeing those North and South veterans (I'm assuming they are) shake hands made my heart warm....I'm sick and tired of seeing people on youtube argue on who was better or right: North or South; its disgraceful....can't we all just watch the video and admire the sacrifice that BOTH sides made? This is one of the only Civil War videos on youtube that doesn't have that drivel....this was a very well done video my friend, no bias for North or South; great music and pics!
lees biggest mistake of the war. Pickett " lee had my whole division slaughtered" he later recalled.
lee for the first time became arrogant and the result was this battle.. lee knew the war was lost after Gettysburg.. " we're not going anywhere and we're going to settle it right here", - robert e lee ...... lee actually wanted to resign after the battle.
davidallenroth 1 day ago
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hc7e 2 weeks ago
Look at all the fat guys. Re-enactors are so funny. War is so much more fun when you're not actually taking a .566 round in the gut or having your leg amputated with no anesthetic by a rusty saw or crapping yourself literally to death with cholera after walking 30 miles with no shoes having not shaved or showered in weeks.
Shafeone 3 months ago
Love that you paused at 5:03 for that great look on Armistead's face. Terror and determination in one expression.
rob9641 3 months ago
Just watched part of this in History today, I couldn't speak after because i couldn't find the words to discribe it
SAILORSCOUTS7654321 3 months ago
Let's not & say we didn't lol
sfo1164 4 months ago
did any black troops fight for the south.?
raphaelmaraki 4 months ago
@raphaelmaraki “Wednesday, September 10.–At four o’clock this morning the rebel army began to move from our town "Frederick, Maryland," Jackson’s force taking the advance. The movement continued until eight o’clock p.m., occupying sixteen hours. The most liberal calculations could not give them more than 64,000 men.
360Nomad 4 months ago
@raphaelmaraki Over 3,000 negroes must be included in this number. These were clad in all kinds of uniforms, not only in cast-off or captured United States uniforms, but in coats with Southern buttons, State buttons, etc. These were shabby, but not shabbier or seedier than those worn by white men in the rebel ranks. Most of the negroes had arms, rifles, muskets, sabres, bowie-knives, dirks, etc.
360Nomad 4 months ago
R.I.P. North and South Soldiers wow died in this war!
Greetings from Germany!
SirAceMcFly 5 months ago
@SirAceMcFly They were seen riding on horses and mules, driving wagons, riding on caissons, in ambulances, with the staff of Generals, and promiscuously mixed up with all the rebel horde. The fact was patent, and rather interesting when considered in connection with the horror rebels express at the suggestion of black soldiers being employed for the
National defence.”
-Dr. Lewis Steiner while observing Gen. "Stonewall" Jackson's occupation of Frederick, Maryland, in 1862
360Nomad 4 months ago
God Bless The Northerners, as well
God Bless them all!
sfo1164 6 months ago
God bless the southern boys
Vladimast 6 months ago 7
very helpful with my history test thank you
haloreachlover99 6 months ago
"The Confederate Army was cut in two and the Union Army had control of the Mississippi River after Gettysburg! This battle was a major turning point against the rebels!"
MrWINNSLAW 6 months ago
The only people that receive credit for this charge is Picketts Virginian's not saying they don't deserve credit but also what about the credit for the two divisions of A.P. Hill's Corps with men from North Carolina Tennesse Mississippi and other states
26thncst 7 months ago
Lincoln blew a gasket when they let the confederates out of Pennsylvania. The war should have ended that Day ...
spedshift 8 months ago
"In the year of our Lord, 1863, patriots of the Confederacy, starving and outnumbered, charged the fields at Gettysburg. They fought like warrior poets, they fought like rebels, and had their arses handed to them." - read by Mel Gibson in a Scottish accent.
stigmajosh 8 months ago
@stigmajosh They were hardly "starving". Far from it, they lived high off the hog in PA and many men wrote home that they'd never eaten so well in their lives. Other than that, that's a pretty accurate assessment.
Shafeone 8 months ago
Picture at 11:07 is photoshopped ive seen that picture before and those are not field guns but siege guns none of which were used at Gettysburg
zacher456 9 months ago
Never understood this charge - no tactics to it. Did Lee have a feeling of invincibility due to his many successes? This charge was very unlike his normal tactics.
clucaspik 9 months ago
@clucaspik I often wonder that too. As intelligent as Lee was, he commits a fuck up like that
azzh00le 9 months ago
@azzh00le Lee committed a good number of fuck ups. The entire notion of invading the North at all was stupid--his failure at Antietam should have taught him that lesson, as it handed the Union a desperately-needed win. He refused to reinforce the Western Theater where the Union was systematically ripping up the South. Overall, Lee was an overrated general. Some deify him as the greatest ever, but he wasn't even the greatest of the Civil War. Longstreet was a better field commander than Lee.
BorisGodunov 9 months ago
@BorisGodunov I disgaree. Lee was outnumbered in almost all of the engagements in which he and the Army of Northern Virginia participated. The South was also outgunned and didn't have the industrial capacity to support his efforts as the North had. Yet in battle after battle, Lee engineered victories over the North in the majority of occasions, and even managed to keep fighting for almost two years after the defeat at Gettysburg. And Lee was a powerful figurehead of the South's determination.
dougalmac54 8 months ago
@dougalmac54 That's because battles aren't always about numbers, but how many actually fight, how well they're trained, and how disciplined they are. Alexander the Great proved that with his force of 40,000 versus an estimated 500,000 at the Battle of Gaugamela, which he won.
MaxxTheMerciless 8 months ago
@MaxxTheMerciless You also need to reference the incompetence of many of the officers of the Army of the Potomac, who comitted many tactical blunders that gave Confederate forces the wedge or circumstances they needed to prevail even when outnumbered. McClellan, Hooker, and some other notable generals of the AOTP drove Lincoln to anger and disgust when they failed to press home attacks on the enemy or exploit clear advantages the North had over the South in countless battles. Lee used them well.
dougalmac54 8 months ago
@dougalmac54 Lots of blunders are made in battle, it's just that Lee committed fewer of them. The North had also suffered from what Lincoln called a lot of family quarrels among his generals, whereas the South had an awesome commander who was, IMO, the George Washington of his day as both a commander and a gentleman. I don't think Davis had so many contenders among the general staff who wanted his presidency like McClellan, McClernand, and others wanted.
MaxxTheMerciless 8 months ago
@dougalmac54 I didn't say Lee was a bad general, just that he is overrated because many Southern "Lost Cause" folks deify him and overlook his egregious mistakes. In fact, they go as far as to try and blame Longstreet for Gettysburg, when in truth that loss was definitely due to Lee's blunders. Lee won lots of battles while defending, but that was the nature of that era of warfare--it was FAR easier to defend than to attack. That's also what made his offensives bad ideas.
BorisGodunov 8 months ago
@BorisGodunov Lee's troops suffered the highest percentage of casualties in any army of the war...including those under Grant "The Butcher". Lee was extremely profligate with his men's lives. Even at his greatest victory CHancellorsville he threw his army on May 3 against Hooker's lines and would suffer over 12,000 casualties in the battle--losses he could ill-afford--just to push Hooker back across the Rappahannock. The Union could afford such losses...not the South.
Shafeone 8 months ago 3
@dougalmac54 Yeah but Lee's "victories" were more against the Union generals than their army. He never understood that and developed both contempt for the AoP rank and file as well as an over-exhalted opinion of his own men's abilities. Consider, the Battle Of The Wilderness. Had it been Bursides or McClellan Lee was facing, he'd have won yet another "victory". Grant, however, knew it meant nothing and shrugged it off while knowing he'd drained Lee's ranks of irreplacable men and moved on.
Shafeone 8 months ago
@Shafeone
Interestingly, when asked after the war who was the best Union general, Lee answered, "McClellan, by all odds!'
E2theSamps 7 months ago
good vid, i am reaserching B.O.G. and this really helped on pickett's charge
coastermaniac16 10 months ago
Strange term: Pickett's Charge. Pickett did not charge anywhere. He hardly moved forward at all. No use risking his valuable skin eh?
Ardalla555 10 months ago
it would have been great to see the vets there in 1938 for the 75th.. thats awesome to see
23mbtx23 11 months ago
I wasone of the 11,000 people recreating Pickett's charge in the '98 event seen as the video opens.
hollywoodwerewolf 11 months ago
Hey, my last name is pickett :3
Rawr
any who, i was reading, and whats with everyone saying, im sorry for the lost, i read everything and didnt see anything about family?
or did i miss something?
pickett408 11 months ago
I'm terribly sorry about your cousin. May he rest in peace.
1995Pdr 11 months ago
great job reading wikipedia
amdsoccer94 1 year ago
@amdsoccer94 LOL... excellent catch. That's hilarious.
Crymson1 11 months ago
Great job.
EpicTrollBeastMan 1 year ago
Thank you! You get it!
sfo1164 1 year ago
I really enjoyed this, and seeing those North and South veterans (I'm assuming they are) shake hands made my heart warm....I'm sick and tired of seeing people on youtube argue on who was better or right: North or South; its disgraceful....can't we all just watch the video and admire the sacrifice that BOTH sides made? This is one of the only Civil War videos on youtube that doesn't have that drivel....this was a very well done video my friend, no bias for North or South; great music and pics!
qwirberbil 1 year ago
Sry to hear about your relatives. Very nice presentation. Thumbs up
boberttrain831 1 year ago
@boberttrain831 There is a time to live and a time to die. They are remembered. Thank you bobert!!!!!!!!
sfo1164 1 year ago