Lee should have listened to Longstreet - but no, he thought the ANV could storm any hill, win any battle. WRONG. You can have all the courage in the world, but in a situation like that all it will help you to do is die bravely.
For the Confederacy. Union is tyranny. Once the country has been turned into a SovjetUnion dictatorship there is no going back. your greatgrand-grandfathers had back-bone.
@Anfield4Ever No it doesen't think like this now, the movie was created in the 90's, was done 1993, and for that time it was good, keep it mind and think a bit perspective, and personally I don't think the sound is that bad.
no i think it was a combination, first; the communication was horrible, lee could not make up his mind if he should have sent ewell to the south of longstreet. Two, A.P. Hill did not manage his new command role very well and he was a shadowy figure on those three days, and three the Pennsylvanian Meade, listened to his lieutenants and ordered council, even though the race back to the potomac did not go well for meade, all these reasons add up to; that Lee was purely outgeneraled.
@Nperez1986 I believe it is "We Are The Flank." I think someone mention what is 7:05 somewhere but I'll just comment here. That one is "Armistead Is Hit" from the Deluxe Commemorative Edition.
Ok... for the sake of being petty and overly picky.... The Confederate officer who gets shot at 7:03 is shot in his right chest but he grabs his left side as he is 'heroically' going down..... (maybe he pulled a muscle on his left side at the same time)
I think the fence at 0:49 is a major obstruction. Why not the Southerners move around the fence, flank the enemy? A direct confrontation isn't always better..
@4rcher91 Because the fence ran along most of Emmitsburg road, which the Confederates had to cross to reach Union lines. They didn't try to flank them because they had spent the previous two days trying to do that, and failed. The flank attacks forced the Union to reinforce their flanks so much that the center had to be thinned out, which was why Gen. Lee thought a concentrated attack might break it.
@PoliticalIncorrectly You can thank Chamberlain and the 20th Maine for the significant role they played in thwarting the flank attacks! He was a brilliant man! I haven't seen this movie yet . . . I am hesitant to do so as it is based on one of my favorite Civil War novels (The Killer Angels by Sharah--I think) . . . don't want to be disappointed! But will likely see this anyway, eventually!
@4rcher91 Lee could have avoided the battle all together. The Northern army was unsure about Lee's position. Lee could have easily gone around the Northern army and marched on D.C. Unfortunately for him one of his best scouts Jeb Stuart did not give his scouting report to Lee so he was blind.
@cromwell300 The reason Jeb Stuart arrived late was because Custer was playing a little game of cat and mouse with him, keeping him occupied for this very purpose . . . worked perfectly! When Stuart arrived with the wagons, horses and etc. Lee looked at him and said "They are an impediment to me now."
@cromwell300 The Confederates also could have held the high ground before the battle even started . . . but they let it go (a costly error that pissed off Lee something fierce--if I recall correctly
@cromwell300 Yes . . . and Picket's Charge was one of the very few colossal blunders Lee made . . . and it was a costly one! But who of Lee's Generals had the stones to stand up to him?? Jackson was gone . . . he was the only one who could have persuaded Lee that such an attack would be a disaster . . . The problem for Lee was that he knew even before Picket's Charge that the battle was likely lost . . . so he was sort of grasping at straws, hoping for a miracle.
@Blueboy0316 Have you ever heard of Fort Gregg or the Confederate Alamo which was one of the last defences at Petersburg to hold of the Union forces so the Army of Northern Virginia could withdraw. About 500 men held the fort against 2 divisions of the XXIV Corps. The Confederates held off three attacks until the Federals climbed over the dirt walls and into the fort where hand to hand combat lasted 25 min. Only 30 Confederates remained. The Federals took 714 casualties.
@Inishizbablut this clip makes it look like the south lost this battle because of the weak wooden garden fence in there way doesnt look good for confederate reputation
@jazzas90000 Actually the road called the Emmitsburg road was a sunken road which was sunken a few feet so the Confederates used it as cover like a trench, so it was the only piece of cover on the whole field.
@jazzas90000 Its not the fence that they took cover behinde it was the road which like I said was sunken a few feet below the level of the fences. The road in the movie is flat but in real life back then it was sunken allot more, like 2 or 3 feet deep. Also the movie shows them taken cover behind the fence but they wouldn't be able to do that in real life without getting immediately killed.
Whatever it is, General Lee made a huge error here. I do not think even Napoleon would have made this form of a gamble.
Napoleon only committed the middle guard and old guard (France's elite units) against the British centre at Waterloo when he knew he was flanked by Blucher. It was out of sheer desperation did he make a full frontal assault.
Lee had the advantage by being in enemy territory and should have redeployed to threaten Washington DC to force the Union army to redeploy
@ConstantineJoseph "Whatever it is, General Lee made a huge error here. I do not think even Napoleon would have made this form of a gamble."
I think they both made the same mistake. They both thought that their armies could do anything and were very nearly right. Unfortunately nearly wasn't good enough.
Glory forever to the general Armisted. I am italian and when i was in Gettysburg to visit the battlefield I thank at this incredible moment in the history, when the southeners reached the guns feeling a thrill.
"Let me tell you what is coming. After the sacrifice of countless millions of treasure and hundreds of thousands of lives you may win Southern independence, but I doubt it. The North is determined to preserve this Union. They are not a fiery, impulsive people as you are, for they live in colder climates. But when they begin to move in a given direction, they move with the steady momentum and perseverance of a mighty avalanche." SAM HOUSTON.
"Let me tell you what is coming. After the sacrifice of countless millions of treasure and hundreds of thousands of lives you may win Southern independence, but I doubt it. The North is determined to preserve this Union. They are not a fiery, impulsive people as you are, for they live in colder climates. But when they begin to move in a given direction, they move with the steady momentum and perseverance of a mighty avalanche." SAM HOUSTON. Thanks God tje North won the battle and the war.
You can not break Southern spirit. The Northerners tried, but they did not destroy their dignity nor their pride as Sons of the South. Hoorah for Virginia!
@aaronnaku fuck that the north won the war for freedom the south was termanaied for blacks it was good times wen the norh came and said to the slaves they are free so there you have it the south was fucked in the end
@aaronnaku lol...the north beat the south into submission......pride dont mean nuttin when u have no money or food or the ability to make war or run ur goverment
There's so much hate towards the Union because of revisionism and alteration and changing of primary motives. Do you all realize what would have happened to the United States of America, and the rest of the world had the Union not been preserved? Grow up. The preservation of the Union (not slavery) was the leading factor for war, slavery was a major side issue, but I for one am glad that the Union was preserved and the scourge of secession (and slavery along with it) was crushed.
@LordTariq83 There's one thing admiring Confederate leaders and tactics, I know I do, and the US military does. An equal number of Americans "admire" Southern leaders and tactics. But there is another thing sympathizing with the Confederacy and saying that the "Real" America died with the Confederacy. Worst, I hate that Republicans see the South in such light, Republicans fought and died to preserve the Union, now Republicans hate the history of their own party.
@TheFederalistVoice as an african american i agree with u.....the south had brilliant generals but on the moral compass they were flat out wrong..plain and simple.its a shame that so many people sympathize with the south.....especially for what they stood for....its a sign that our country still has a lonmg way to go
@TheFederalistVoice Well politics is a complex business and the parties are always changing and your right, the democrats are now the republican party of old and the republican party are the democrat party of old, well thats the way it seems to me. Look at the UK the conservative party and the labour party are almost exactly alike the only difference really is the name.
@ephabouyed I wouldn't necessarily say the parties have switched roles. Fringe conspiracy theories aside, their is still a contingent of the GOP that retains the old legacy of national unity, social progressivism, internationalism, yet defends and expands economic liberalism (capitalism). These Republicans are usually labeled as "RINOs (Republican in Name Only)" or as "moderates." In reality the "conservative Republicans" are the RINOs, but I digress.
@TheFederalistVoice you do know that the Primary reason that most of the states seceded was Slavery right? if you look at the actual ordinances of secession, about half of the explicitly state that the reason they were seceding was slavery, and the Vice President of the Confederacy Alexander Stevens said the corner stone of the Confederacy was Slavery. so the war was definitely fought over Slavery, but I agree with you that it was a good thing that the North won
@ImperialGuard322nd Slavery was one of the major issues, but the secession and nullification were the true reasons. The south had wanted to leave the Union before in the 1830s but President Jackson squashed the insurrection before it could begin. If slavery was the main reason, there would be no cause for 94% of the South (the non-slave owners) to join the Confederate Armies. I don't mean to play down slavery, slavery was issue #2, but Stevens was a slave owner...the avg. soldier was not.
@ImperialGuard322nd A true, non-biased historian into the reasons of southern secession will tell you that secession and nullification were the main reasons, with slavery as an important reason. Lincoln never ran on outright abolishment, just containment. It's a fuzzy issue, but many people believed nullification and secession to be inherent rights, if slavery was motive #1, the North would have abolished slavery immediately, not 1 1/2 years after the start.
@TheFederalistVoice well then tell me why did the deep south secede in the First place? the South Seceded because of Slavery, most men who joined up to fight did so for patriotic reasons. you are correct about the Nullification crisis, but the political climate by the 1850s was overly polarized, mainly because of Slavery, and this prevented any chance for compromise. also, the Reason that Lincoln did not abolish slavery right away was the fear of alienating the Border States.
@ImperialGuard322nd The north fought to eliminate the idea of secession and national unity, not slavery. You are right when slavery drove secession in the Deep South, but slavery didn't drive secession in Virginia, NC, and Florida. The war was started thru beliefs in secession, nullification, and economics...but what was the underlying cause for all 3? slavery. Slavery was the main underlying cause, but to say it was the main reason for war is ahistorical. The north didn't care initially.
@ImperialGuard322nd Don't get me wrong, slavery was a leading factor, and i'm glad it was rectified, but a look into the war reasons in the north result no reasons for slavery or ending slavery. The war was fought because the North decided that secession and nullification were unconstitutional, and in 1862, the radical republicans who wanted to abolish slavery anyway, so the war as the perfect opportunity. The north launched the war, not to end slavery but to unify the country.
@TheFederalistVoice I wonder what would have happened to the rest of the world if the union wasnt preserved? No Iraq wars etc? Thats sounds good actually, and Europe would have been saved from the 2 times invading Americans who "liberated" from the bad Europeans and restored the wall street dominion, "god bless america" etc etc
If it had been any other enemy holding Cemetery Ridge, the Confederates would've driven them off it. Union and Confederacy are the two toughest armies to have existed. Good thing we came to our senses and and got back together.
@360Nomad thank you, the Union or Confederate armies never got the precision and snap of European armies, but what they lacked in polish, they more than made up for in sheer courage and determination. Those guys were as tough as nails. God bless them for all they had to endure........
@steal77theif The Confederacy started out with nothing and nearly won. Napoleon started out with a well established military industry and trained national military and lost by a long shot.
@360Nomad Wrong yet again. The confederacy had better military generals. That is SOMETHING. They just lacked the resources to fight a war..
Napoleon's army nearly took over Europe. His fatal mistake was trying to take Russia. If he had focused his main forces for Europe excluding Britain, and started heading towards south such as North Africa or Constinople, he would of had much more success over these territories rather than surviving cold winters or naval battle.
@360Nomad he didnt relly lose by a longshot. there was a couple of powerful countries up his ass. they couldnt beat him until napoleon invaded russia and at waterloo
@steal77theif What about the Japanese in the Pacific, they I think where the toughest because they accepted death and fought to the death taking as many enemies as they could with them even thought they were many times low on food and supplies but still fought to the last man.
@AUG351 OH fucking please dude. The Japs were total shit. I find Japs even worst than nazis. The japs would take POV and demand answers from the POV, then ending up killing them. They also held massive genocides over captured territories, such as China, Philiphines, Korea. They felt they were even better than the "super-race" of the nazis. And before you start talking stuff about how japs have suicidal planes, they used the crippled and the unwanted on those planes to help fight the war.
@steal77theif What about the the Greek Spartans who fought to the last man against hundreds of thousands of Persians in the Battle of Thermopylae killing over 20,000 and holding off attack after attack. They were trained to be warriors at 7 years old and throughout their intire life.
@AUG351 Now your just naming warriors.Im talking about industrialized armies, which is within the era of the civil war. The spartans have NOTHING to do with the civil war other than give the south a lousy excuse that the Greeks used slaves therefore slavery is a "good thing"
Sir i think you need to retake some history classes, maybe watch some history channel while your at it. You're completely oblivious to history.
@steal77theif I've read tons of books on different history subjects and especially the Civil War so I've studied allot more history than most people these days, but you never said you were just talking about industrialized armies arround the time of the Civil War. I assumed you meant any warriors or armies or who were the toughest. Also the History channel never shows any good accurate documentaries or shows, reading books gives you more accurate info.
@AUG351 Yet you spelled "intire" by reading. Kudos. In a battle where physical appearance rarely mattered, soldiers rarely got physical training unless you were fighting as a free black. It was reload times and accuracy that made the "warriors" of the civil war. Sure, there would be occasional charges; Lee's famous "Pickett Charge" which ended futher Southerner attacks. Being in different era changes armies obviously.Its like making a SEAL fight a southern farmer who enlisted in the army
@hollowsoul1233 you realize slavery wasn't like 100% of the reason the civil war happened right? it was more like 10%. It has more to do with wanting to unionize and the other half wanting to stay confederated. The southerns just didn't have the industry the north had.
The confederates were almost doomed to lose from the start, they never had a real navy. That being said, they but up a most glorious effort in trying to defeat the union. Just to bad that they did not win. Dixie in my heart forever!
Btw, in the American civil war they used minie rifles, they were faster to reload than the earlier flintlocks, and because of that, making more than 3 shots a minute was not unusual.
Is it true that the union army and confererate armies were pretty much equal in men and resources but the deciding factor was leadership which the union had at the end. And the fact that slavery was inhumane?
@TheGriefmaker yes such superior leadership that instead of reinforcing the west campaign Lee marched north into Pennsylvania and they lost Vicksburg and control of the Mississippi River.
Also when Hancock is wounded he falls into the arms of soldiers from the Vermont Brigade, most of the Confederates captured during Picketts Charge were by the Vermont Brigade. It could be said that the Vermonters who hail from such a tiny state did more on the field of battle than any other Union unit.
The soldiers Hancock is telling to flank the Confederates under Kemper is George Stannards Second Vermont Brigade. The Vermonters moved into the field out infront of the Union position and fired directly into Kemper's oncoming Confederates, smashing them with a terrible volley. After routing Kempers brigade the Vermonters turned and met the attack of Wilcox's supporting troops routing them as well. The Vermonters were the key unit on the field that ensured a Union victory during Pickets assault.
From 6:24 to 6:36 is the most dramatic shot in this whole film. You can see the glorious futility on his face, and when the riderless horse comes running towards him it sends chills down my spine, especially with the dramatic music. Awe inspiring.
Sure Confederates walking into cannon fire at Gettysburg is stupid..... so were Union soldiers running into a huge shell Crater at Petersburg, so were Doughboys charging into machine gun fire in Belleau Woods, so were US army soldiers landing on a French beach with pillboxes and well sighted machine guns aimed at them, so was crawling into VC tunnels in Vietnam, and so forth....WAR IS STUPID.
@darthroden Well said, plus the highlanders charging into the red coat line at Culloden and the British and French WALKING into machine gun fire in the Somme was also stupid.
Why didn't they knock the fences down instead of climbing over them? They must have known for those few seconds they'd be sitting ducks when they tackled the obstacle.
The first Confederate soldier killed in the war was a North Carolinian; North Carolina regiments made it farther into Union lines at Gettysburg and Chickamauga; and North Carolinians captured the last Union artillery battery, made the last charge, fired the last volley, and surrendered the last man at Appomattox Court House
Great film, one of the best parts is Chamberliens defense of little round top, those boys were getting it in on the hillside.
blackeyefilms 2 hours ago
Lee should have listened to Longstreet - but no, he thought the ANV could storm any hill, win any battle. WRONG. You can have all the courage in the world, but in a situation like that all it will help you to do is die bravely.
whyterose1471 5 days ago
For the Confederacy. Union is tyranny. Once the country has been turned into a SovjetUnion dictatorship there is no going back. your greatgrand-grandfathers had back-bone.
shetlandwool 1 week ago
you know for them getting blasted by artillery there bieng pretty relaxed about it XP
Bullets632 1 week ago
Sound stinks
Anfield4Ever 1 week ago
@Anfield4Ever No it doesen't think like this now, the movie was created in the 90's, was done 1993, and for that time it was good, keep it mind and think a bit perspective, and personally I don't think the sound is that bad.
Dennizjoon 1 week ago
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rancidfan39 2 weeks ago
no i think it was a combination, first; the communication was horrible, lee could not make up his mind if he should have sent ewell to the south of longstreet. Two, A.P. Hill did not manage his new command role very well and he was a shadowy figure on those three days, and three the Pennsylvanian Meade, listened to his lieutenants and ordered council, even though the race back to the potomac did not go well for meade, all these reasons add up to; that Lee was purely outgeneraled.
civilwarfan12 3 weeks ago
What is the soundtrack at 6:15+ ?
Nperez1986 3 weeks ago
@Nperez1986 I believe it is "We Are The Flank." I think someone mention what is 7:05 somewhere but I'll just comment here. That one is "Armistead Is Hit" from the Deluxe Commemorative Edition.
GDXTom 2 weeks ago
8:04 and that's why you lost.
TheImperialistStates 3 weeks ago
Skip intro 00:34
TheHestemand 3 weeks ago 9
right makes might
mosquito103 4 weeks ago
Thats Ted Turner by the way, he produced the movie so they gave him a minor role in it :-)
simf6 1 month ago
Ok... for the sake of being petty and overly picky.... The Confederate officer who gets shot at 7:03 is shot in his right chest but he grabs his left side as he is 'heroically' going down..... (maybe he pulled a muscle on his left side at the same time)
happymax1 1 month ago
I think the fence at 0:49 is a major obstruction. Why not the Southerners move around the fence, flank the enemy? A direct confrontation isn't always better..
4rcher91 1 month ago
@4rcher91 Because the fence ran along most of Emmitsburg road, which the Confederates had to cross to reach Union lines. They didn't try to flank them because they had spent the previous two days trying to do that, and failed. The flank attacks forced the Union to reinforce their flanks so much that the center had to be thinned out, which was why Gen. Lee thought a concentrated attack might break it.
PoliticalIncorrectly 1 month ago
@PoliticalIncorrectly Oh, I see. Thanks for clearing that up mate :)
4rcher91 1 month ago
@PoliticalIncorrectly You can thank Chamberlain and the 20th Maine for the significant role they played in thwarting the flank attacks! He was a brilliant man! I haven't seen this movie yet . . . I am hesitant to do so as it is based on one of my favorite Civil War novels (The Killer Angels by Sharah--I think) . . . don't want to be disappointed! But will likely see this anyway, eventually!
jubjub2112 1 month ago
@4rcher91 Lee could have avoided the battle all together. The Northern army was unsure about Lee's position. Lee could have easily gone around the Northern army and marched on D.C. Unfortunately for him one of his best scouts Jeb Stuart did not give his scouting report to Lee so he was blind.
cromwell300 1 month ago 4
@cromwell300 Terrible that a minor mistake could lead up to big consequence..
4rcher91 1 month ago
@cromwell300 The reason Jeb Stuart arrived late was because Custer was playing a little game of cat and mouse with him, keeping him occupied for this very purpose . . . worked perfectly! When Stuart arrived with the wagons, horses and etc. Lee looked at him and said "They are an impediment to me now."
jubjub2112 1 month ago
@cromwell300 The Confederates also could have held the high ground before the battle even started . . . but they let it go (a costly error that pissed off Lee something fierce--if I recall correctly
jubjub2112 1 month ago
@jubjub2112 True. Gettysburg was a winnable battle for the Confederates. Unfortunately for Lee to many mistakes were made.
cromwell300 1 month ago
@cromwell300 Yes . . . and Picket's Charge was one of the very few colossal blunders Lee made . . . and it was a costly one! But who of Lee's Generals had the stones to stand up to him?? Jackson was gone . . . he was the only one who could have persuaded Lee that such an attack would be a disaster . . . The problem for Lee was that he knew even before Picket's Charge that the battle was likely lost . . . so he was sort of grasping at straws, hoping for a miracle.
jubjub2112 1 month ago
@cromwell300 Jackson's absence was sorely felt at Gettysburg . . .
jubjub2112 1 month ago
that was a failed charge and a stupid decision by Lee. smh
ottocb22 1 month ago
Robert E. Lee must have clicked the dislike
steve45859 1 month ago
It's my favorite movie!:)
I've been lot's of times at Gettysburg:)
britishairways228 1 month ago
@01:54 "At last a hole in the fence to get through.......now all I need is my legs back"
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jwoid6978 2 months ago
The guys in the Blue suit looks like general Bearnd Elliot Bee ..... but he died in 1861 ?
finalfrontier001 2 months ago
You people are probably the most ignorant folks ever, ha!
tapper202 2 months ago
i think we forget to thank the real reason picketts charge went to well. Thank you emmitsburg road.
emorph 2 months ago
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I like the urgency at 4:32, Idk, I always laugh because it is a fat guy saying "we need help!" just me.
skahiapo1 2 months ago
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skahiapo1 2 months ago
why cant civil war reenactments be like this
paintballKid545 2 months ago
"An awful universe of battle"
YaxKukMo1426 2 months ago
does anybody see a parallel between Gen. Armistead and King Leonidas. Inspiring, 300/250, Virginians!/Spartans!, died fighting, no retreat, etc
Blueboy0316 2 months ago
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AUG351 2 months ago
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@Blueboy0316 Have you ever heard of Fort Gregg or the Confederate Alamo which was one of the last defences at Petersburg to hold of the Union forces so the Army of Northern Virginia could withdraw. About 500 men held the fort against 2 divisions of the XXIV Corps. The Confederates held off three attacks until the Federals climbed over the dirt walls and into the fort where hand to hand combat lasted 25 min. Only 30 Confederates remained. The Federals took 714 casualties.
AUG351 2 months ago
I like how that guy said "fill that gap" while they are clambering over the fence.
Blueboy0316 2 months ago
1:43 that fence problem solved
jazzas90000 3 months ago
@jazzas90000 lol a little bit to late ...
Inishizbablut 3 months ago
@Inishizbablut this clip makes it look like the south lost this battle because of the weak wooden garden fence in there way doesnt look good for confederate reputation
jazzas90000 3 months ago
@jazzas90000 Confederates should've burned the fence the night before.
360Nomad 3 months ago
@360Nomad i know right well at least we've learnt that the notrth wasnt the real enemy here it was the fence
jazzas90000 3 months ago
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AUG351 3 months ago
@360Nomad i think after the war the south declared war on wooden fences next
jazzas90000 3 months ago
@jazzas90000 Actually the road called the Emmitsburg road was a sunken road which was sunken a few feet so the Confederates used it as cover like a trench, so it was the only piece of cover on the whole field.
AUG351 3 months ago
@AUG351 wouldnt a bullet go straight through a weak wooden fence
jazzas90000 3 months ago
@jazzas90000 Its not the fence that they took cover behinde it was the road which like I said was sunken a few feet below the level of the fences. The road in the movie is flat but in real life back then it was sunken allot more, like 2 or 3 feet deep. Also the movie shows them taken cover behind the fence but they wouldn't be able to do that in real life without getting immediately killed.
AUG351 3 months ago
0:53 ... its a joke ? what the fuck did the south artillery ?!?! fence in the battlefield good idea
Inishizbablut 3 months ago
I think about that quote by Armistead a lot. "C'mon boy, c'mon. What will you think of yourself tommorow?"
craigwirollsuxdix 3 months ago
you guys see that? only the NC 28th Tarheels made it past the wall!
tarheelsTM 3 months ago
startegi perang paling bodoh...
emersoniskandar 3 months ago
Whatever it is, General Lee made a huge error here. I do not think even Napoleon would have made this form of a gamble.
Napoleon only committed the middle guard and old guard (France's elite units) against the British centre at Waterloo when he knew he was flanked by Blucher. It was out of sheer desperation did he make a full frontal assault.
Lee had the advantage by being in enemy territory and should have redeployed to threaten Washington DC to force the Union army to redeploy
ConstantineJoseph 4 months ago
@ConstantineJoseph He shouldn't have even invaded Pennsylvania in the first place. He should've sent those troops to Vicksburg.
360Nomad 4 months ago
@ConstantineJoseph "Whatever it is, General Lee made a huge error here. I do not think even Napoleon would have made this form of a gamble."
I think they both made the same mistake. They both thought that their armies could do anything and were very nearly right. Unfortunately nearly wasn't good enough.
oarfrost 3 months ago
@oarfrost napoleon did he fuck up his army in russian and then fuck the rest at the battle of waterloo
haloreachlover99 3 months ago
those were the days when men ran into battle with hats stuck on their swords! Bravery to the extremes of near madness.
qetoun 4 months ago
Glory forever to the general Armisted. I am italian and when i was in Gettysburg to visit the battlefield I thank at this incredible moment in the history, when the southeners reached the guns feeling a thrill.
peskia64 4 months ago
"Let me tell you what is coming. After the sacrifice of countless millions of treasure and hundreds of thousands of lives you may win Southern independence, but I doubt it. The North is determined to preserve this Union. They are not a fiery, impulsive people as you are, for they live in colder climates. But when they begin to move in a given direction, they move with the steady momentum and perseverance of a mighty avalanche." SAM HOUSTON.
drneokids 4 months ago
"Let me tell you what is coming. After the sacrifice of countless millions of treasure and hundreds of thousands of lives you may win Southern independence, but I doubt it. The North is determined to preserve this Union. They are not a fiery, impulsive people as you are, for they live in colder climates. But when they begin to move in a given direction, they move with the steady momentum and perseverance of a mighty avalanche." SAM HOUSTON. Thanks God tje North won the battle and the war.
drneokids 4 months ago
28th nc tarheels!
tarheelsTM 4 months ago
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I love this movie
Mozartmostly 4 months ago
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so blinded by hate that they marched to their own deaths!
trainorgohome 4 months ago
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trainorgohome 4 months ago
You can not break Southern spirit. The Northerners tried, but they did not destroy their dignity nor their pride as Sons of the South. Hoorah for Virginia!
aaronnaku 4 months ago
@aaronnaku No but they destroyed their economy and military which are things that count in the real world.
1Historygenius 4 months ago
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haloreachlover99 4 months ago
@aaronnaku fuck that the north won the war for freedom the south was termanaied for blacks it was good times wen the norh came and said to the slaves they are free so there you have it the south was fucked in the end
haloreachlover99 4 months ago
@aaronnaku lol...the north beat the south into submission......pride dont mean nuttin when u have no money or food or the ability to make war or run ur goverment
LordTariq83 4 months ago
There's so much hate towards the Union because of revisionism and alteration and changing of primary motives. Do you all realize what would have happened to the United States of America, and the rest of the world had the Union not been preserved? Grow up. The preservation of the Union (not slavery) was the leading factor for war, slavery was a major side issue, but I for one am glad that the Union was preserved and the scourge of secession (and slavery along with it) was crushed.
TheFederalistVoice 4 months ago 22
@TheFederalistVoice i agree 100%
LordTariq83 4 months ago
@LordTariq83 There's one thing admiring Confederate leaders and tactics, I know I do, and the US military does. An equal number of Americans "admire" Southern leaders and tactics. But there is another thing sympathizing with the Confederacy and saying that the "Real" America died with the Confederacy. Worst, I hate that Republicans see the South in such light, Republicans fought and died to preserve the Union, now Republicans hate the history of their own party.
TheFederalistVoice 4 months ago
@TheFederalistVoice as an african american i agree with u.....the south had brilliant generals but on the moral compass they were flat out wrong..plain and simple.its a shame that so many people sympathize with the south.....especially for what they stood for....its a sign that our country still has a lonmg way to go
LordTariq83 4 months ago
@TheFederalistVoice Well politics is a complex business and the parties are always changing and your right, the democrats are now the republican party of old and the republican party are the democrat party of old, well thats the way it seems to me. Look at the UK the conservative party and the labour party are almost exactly alike the only difference really is the name.
ephabouyed 3 months ago
@ephabouyed I wouldn't necessarily say the parties have switched roles. Fringe conspiracy theories aside, their is still a contingent of the GOP that retains the old legacy of national unity, social progressivism, internationalism, yet defends and expands economic liberalism (capitalism). These Republicans are usually labeled as "RINOs (Republican in Name Only)" or as "moderates." In reality the "conservative Republicans" are the RINOs, but I digress.
TheFederalistVoice 3 months ago
@TheFederalistVoice im with you the north rules
haloreachlover99 3 months ago
@TheFederalistVoice you do know that the Primary reason that most of the states seceded was Slavery right? if you look at the actual ordinances of secession, about half of the explicitly state that the reason they were seceding was slavery, and the Vice President of the Confederacy Alexander Stevens said the corner stone of the Confederacy was Slavery. so the war was definitely fought over Slavery, but I agree with you that it was a good thing that the North won
ImperialGuard322nd 3 months ago
@ImperialGuard322nd Slavery was one of the major issues, but the secession and nullification were the true reasons. The south had wanted to leave the Union before in the 1830s but President Jackson squashed the insurrection before it could begin. If slavery was the main reason, there would be no cause for 94% of the South (the non-slave owners) to join the Confederate Armies. I don't mean to play down slavery, slavery was issue #2, but Stevens was a slave owner...the avg. soldier was not.
TheFederalistVoice 3 months ago
@ImperialGuard322nd A true, non-biased historian into the reasons of southern secession will tell you that secession and nullification were the main reasons, with slavery as an important reason. Lincoln never ran on outright abolishment, just containment. It's a fuzzy issue, but many people believed nullification and secession to be inherent rights, if slavery was motive #1, the North would have abolished slavery immediately, not 1 1/2 years after the start.
TheFederalistVoice 3 months ago
@TheFederalistVoice well then tell me why did the deep south secede in the First place? the South Seceded because of Slavery, most men who joined up to fight did so for patriotic reasons. you are correct about the Nullification crisis, but the political climate by the 1850s was overly polarized, mainly because of Slavery, and this prevented any chance for compromise. also, the Reason that Lincoln did not abolish slavery right away was the fear of alienating the Border States.
ImperialGuard322nd 3 months ago
@ImperialGuard322nd The north fought to eliminate the idea of secession and national unity, not slavery. You are right when slavery drove secession in the Deep South, but slavery didn't drive secession in Virginia, NC, and Florida. The war was started thru beliefs in secession, nullification, and economics...but what was the underlying cause for all 3? slavery. Slavery was the main underlying cause, but to say it was the main reason for war is ahistorical. The north didn't care initially.
TheFederalistVoice 3 months ago
@ImperialGuard322nd Don't get me wrong, slavery was a leading factor, and i'm glad it was rectified, but a look into the war reasons in the north result no reasons for slavery or ending slavery. The war was fought because the North decided that secession and nullification were unconstitutional, and in 1862, the radical republicans who wanted to abolish slavery anyway, so the war as the perfect opportunity. The north launched the war, not to end slavery but to unify the country.
TheFederalistVoice 3 months ago
@TheFederalistVoice I wonder what would have happened to the rest of the world if the union wasnt preserved? No Iraq wars etc? Thats sounds good actually, and Europe would have been saved from the 2 times invading Americans who "liberated" from the bad Europeans and restored the wall street dominion, "god bless america" etc etc
Napoleontas 2 months ago
what a waste of valuable lifes
ad220588 4 months ago
@ad220588 its was all fakes the actors didn't die
thevideogameaddict02 4 months ago
If it had been any other enemy holding Cemetery Ridge, the Confederates would've driven them off it. Union and Confederacy are the two toughest armies to have existed. Good thing we came to our senses and and got back together.
360Nomad 4 months ago 4
@360Nomad Good thing history has a a habit of repeating itself. Fuck the Union.
fostersfibs 4 months ago
@fostersfibs Yeah. The Yankees are kinda dochebags anyway. But we wouldn't be able to rule the world without them.
360Nomad 4 months ago
@360Nomad thank you, the Union or Confederate armies never got the precision and snap of European armies, but what they lacked in polish, they more than made up for in sheer courage and determination. Those guys were as tough as nails. God bless them for all they had to endure........
Darthbelal 2 months ago
@360Nomad Wrong, It was napoleon's army that was the toughest.
steal77theif 2 months ago
@steal77theif Bullshit!
Darthbelal 2 months ago
@steal77theif The Confederacy started out with nothing and nearly won. Napoleon started out with a well established military industry and trained national military and lost by a long shot.
360Nomad 2 months ago
@360Nomad Wrong yet again. The confederacy had better military generals. That is SOMETHING. They just lacked the resources to fight a war..
Napoleon's army nearly took over Europe. His fatal mistake was trying to take Russia. If he had focused his main forces for Europe excluding Britain, and started heading towards south such as North Africa or Constinople, he would of had much more success over these territories rather than surviving cold winters or naval battle.
steal77theif 2 months ago
@360Nomad he didnt relly lose by a longshot. there was a couple of powerful countries up his ass. they couldnt beat him until napoleon invaded russia and at waterloo
whoismeagain 2 months ago
@steal77theif What about the Japanese in the Pacific, they I think where the toughest because they accepted death and fought to the death taking as many enemies as they could with them even thought they were many times low on food and supplies but still fought to the last man.
AUG351 2 months ago
@AUG351 OH fucking please dude. The Japs were total shit. I find Japs even worst than nazis. The japs would take POV and demand answers from the POV, then ending up killing them. They also held massive genocides over captured territories, such as China, Philiphines, Korea. They felt they were even better than the "super-race" of the nazis. And before you start talking stuff about how japs have suicidal planes, they used the crippled and the unwanted on those planes to help fight the war.
steal77theif 2 months ago
@steal77theif What about the the Greek Spartans who fought to the last man against hundreds of thousands of Persians in the Battle of Thermopylae killing over 20,000 and holding off attack after attack. They were trained to be warriors at 7 years old and throughout their intire life.
AUG351 2 months ago
@AUG351 Now your just naming warriors.Im talking about industrialized armies, which is within the era of the civil war. The spartans have NOTHING to do with the civil war other than give the south a lousy excuse that the Greeks used slaves therefore slavery is a "good thing"
Sir i think you need to retake some history classes, maybe watch some history channel while your at it. You're completely oblivious to history.
steal77theif 2 months ago
@steal77theif I've read tons of books on different history subjects and especially the Civil War so I've studied allot more history than most people these days, but you never said you were just talking about industrialized armies arround the time of the Civil War. I assumed you meant any warriors or armies or who were the toughest. Also the History channel never shows any good accurate documentaries or shows, reading books gives you more accurate info.
AUG351 2 months ago
@AUG351 Yet you spelled "intire" by reading. Kudos. In a battle where physical appearance rarely mattered, soldiers rarely got physical training unless you were fighting as a free black. It was reload times and accuracy that made the "warriors" of the civil war. Sure, there would be occasional charges; Lee's famous "Pickett Charge" which ended futher Southerner attacks. Being in different era changes armies obviously.Its like making a SEAL fight a southern farmer who enlisted in the army
steal77theif 2 months ago
I dont like the south because of there slavery good job Unions!
hollowsoul1233 5 months ago
@hollowsoul1233 i said samething Union all the way
spade2187 5 months ago
@hollowsoul1233 you realize slavery wasn't like 100% of the reason the civil war happened right? it was more like 10%. It has more to do with wanting to unionize and the other half wanting to stay confederated. The southerns just didn't have the industry the north had.
blackmage0169 5 months ago
7:30 Its amazing that there were that many still alive by that point given what they were marching into.
darthroden 5 months ago
yea the N.Y, 69th!
Ms2blackcats 5 months ago
The South Was Right. Marines Vietnam 1968-18 years old. Member Sons of Confederate Veterans.Semper Fi Dixie.
pokysamgg 5 months ago
@pokysamgg O yea offcorse they were right. They just rebelled agains there country, started a war and wanted slaves.
Traitors will get whats comming to them.
TheIcelandicPatriot 5 months ago
The confederates were almost doomed to lose from the start, they never had a real navy. That being said, they but up a most glorious effort in trying to defeat the union. Just to bad that they did not win. Dixie in my heart forever!
Btw, in the American civil war they used minie rifles, they were faster to reload than the earlier flintlocks, and because of that, making more than 3 shots a minute was not unusual.
PPJ93 6 months ago
7:33 Dat aim
campbpar 6 months ago
7:08 Silly.
campbpar 6 months ago
How did they have time to grow all those mustaches with all that dying?
campbpar 6 months ago
Dead racists, that always cracks me up :D
urbanwamp 6 months ago
also, the movie is inaccurate in that putting a bullet into a flintrock takes a long time, but here it seems they are loading too fast to be reality.
fas852 6 months ago
@fas852 Except they didn't use flintlocks...
TheEndIsNear17 6 months ago
Is it true that the union army and confererate armies were pretty much equal in men and resources but the deciding factor was leadership which the union had at the end. And the fact that slavery was inhumane?
fas852 6 months ago
@fas852
No incorrect, the Union army had more men and resources but the Confederate army had superior leadership.
TheGriefmaker 6 months ago
@TheGriefmaker yes such superior leadership that instead of reinforcing the west campaign Lee marched north into Pennsylvania and they lost Vicksburg and control of the Mississippi River.
skreige 6 months ago
you guys see that! the only men who made past the wall was the 28th NC Tar heels! not just Virginians.
tarheelsTM 6 months ago
Confederates were fine soldiers. Yankees too. Greetings from Poland.
Tomenable 6 months ago
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I wish I hadn't known the result of the battle before watching this movie several years ago. Because I counted on Picket's men until the very end.
At some point when they turned the cannons I thought "maybe they modified real course of history in this movie and Confederates are gonna win?". ;)
Tomenable 6 months ago
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Tomenable 6 months ago
1:21 LMAO, I love the guy who dies just by falling from the fence .....
EmperorofTerra 6 months ago
@Jelay14 it means like there's always one battle in a War with HUGE causalities.
MrApacheSniper 6 months ago
Always seems at every War at some point there's a battle like Omaha Beach...
Rev War...Bunker hill, Omaha Beach for the British
Civil War...Pickett's charge, Omaha Beach for the south
World War 1...Omaha Beach for the US
World War 2...Pearl Harbor, Omaha Beach for the US
MrApacheSniper 6 months ago
@MrApacheSniper What the hell does that even mean?
jelay14 6 months ago
What's the song that's being played at 7:05. Thanks.
MrApacheSniper 6 months ago
Also when Hancock is wounded he falls into the arms of soldiers from the Vermont Brigade, most of the Confederates captured during Picketts Charge were by the Vermont Brigade. It could be said that the Vermonters who hail from such a tiny state did more on the field of battle than any other Union unit.
AhuraWerewolf1 7 months ago
The soldiers Hancock is telling to flank the Confederates under Kemper is George Stannards Second Vermont Brigade. The Vermonters moved into the field out infront of the Union position and fired directly into Kemper's oncoming Confederates, smashing them with a terrible volley. After routing Kempers brigade the Vermonters turned and met the attack of Wilcox's supporting troops routing them as well. The Vermonters were the key unit on the field that ensured a Union victory during Pickets assault.
AhuraWerewolf1 7 months ago
That's the style, Lo! That's the style!
PyjamaShark9 7 months ago
From 6:24 to 6:36 is the most dramatic shot in this whole film. You can see the glorious futility on his face, and when the riderless horse comes running towards him it sends chills down my spine, especially with the dramatic music. Awe inspiring.
tubainpol 7 months ago 15
@tubainpol Sublime. lmao
loftymuses 5 months ago
148 Anniversary Today :D
360Nomad 7 months ago
this looks just like a reenactment, no blood or not enough, this movie should be remade
Gustavflyer 8 months ago
@Gustavflyer The movie was made with the help of reenactors. A lot of them came as extras, with their own gear and uniforms
WolfLord5 8 months ago
Looks just like a reenactment, this movie should be remade with today's tech, and leaner reenactors, hate seeing those fat 'soldiers'
Gustavflyer 8 months ago
@Gustavflyer Reenactors>CGI Bullshit
360Nomad 7 months ago
is this Picket's charge? anyone know?
BasilFawlty4444 8 months ago
@BasilFawlty4444 yes it is
FroaggaLaMajaga 8 months ago
Glory to the Union for winning this battle,and the war!
The south these days needs to realise the war IS OVER,stop waving your southern pride,get on with your lives!
AragonKingofmacedon 8 months ago
@AragonKingofmacedon well ur waving ur northern pride by saying that
FroaggaLaMajaga 8 months ago
Im watching this for a social studies test and I still dnt understand anything :<
BalladLight 9 months ago
@BalladLight
what's the issue?
wvu3 9 months ago
@wvu3 nvm :D but thank you.
BalladLight 8 months ago
8:04 stupid confederates just walked in front of a cannon and got blasted!
avatardragon31 9 months ago
@avatardragon31
Sure Confederates walking into cannon fire at Gettysburg is stupid..... so were Union soldiers running into a huge shell Crater at Petersburg, so were Doughboys charging into machine gun fire in Belleau Woods, so were US army soldiers landing on a French beach with pillboxes and well sighted machine guns aimed at them, so was crawling into VC tunnels in Vietnam, and so forth....WAR IS STUPID.
darthroden 5 months ago
@darthroden Well said, plus the highlanders charging into the red coat line at Culloden and the British and French WALKING into machine gun fire in the Somme was also stupid.
ephabouyed 5 months ago
@darthroden I'm not sure who was the first to use Minie' ball and modified muskets.? Union? or Confederacy?
I'm not sure if Confederacy has any standing army? they looked alot like band of militia rather than a line infantry.
DiscothecaImperialis 5 months ago
@darthroden History allways seem to find ways of repeating itself does´nt it?
TheShadowwolf88 5 months ago
That's the style Lo!!!!!!!
csrtitus 9 months ago
At 4:49 it sounds like the soldier says, "For Treason!" as he fires the cannon.
GSPatton89 9 months ago
@GSPatton89 you are right, it does sound like that.
wedgy4life 9 months ago
@wedgy4life I just can never be sure due to the closed captioning never picking up the audio.
GSPatton89 9 months ago
@GSPatton89 it COULD be one of the charging confederate soldiers... but that is a guess. i could be COMPLETELY wrong
wedgy4life 9 months ago
Why didn't they knock the fences down instead of climbing over them? They must have known for those few seconds they'd be sitting ducks when they tackled the obstacle.
ephabouyed 9 months ago
I recommend reading this part in the book. Really puts you in Armistead's head as to what he must have been thinking. Tragic.
LEOtheIsaurian 9 months ago
Armistead fucking rules !!!!!
MrFireplace79 9 months ago 22
The first Confederate soldier killed in the war was a North Carolinian; North Carolina regiments made it farther into Union lines at Gettysburg and Chickamauga; and North Carolinians captured the last Union artillery battery, made the last charge, fired the last volley, and surrendered the last man at Appomattox Court House
tarheelsTM 9 months ago 3
@tarheelsTM
north carolina! 1st in flight, 49th in education
parfitt21 9 months ago
@parfitt21 thats it!! i want ur mother and ur sister out of my house!
tarheelsTM 9 months ago 4
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markmason1000 9 months ago
You can't question the resolve of the South and what winning this war meant to them.
TOCR815 10 months ago
wow is that madness or courage
chefchaney1012 10 months ago
poor southern soldiers attacking a well fortified enemy that still has its artillery left.
not to mention the fences that disrupted the attacking formations.
Lemgardandre 10 months ago
Union Forever !!!
CELIBERICO 10 months ago
Down with the rebellion
markmason1000 10 months ago