I'm a young Englishman who lives in the midlands of England near Birmingham. I studied the American Civil War during my 2 years of 6th form college and it was by far the most interesting thing I studied in the whole time I was there.
@doctorseaweed2 Where to begin? No one can force anyone to learn anything. Instruction can be forced on you but whether or not you learn is your choice. If one chooses to be ignorant of history, you will be part of its repeating itself. Next to our establishing ourselves as an independent country, the American Civil War is the seminal event in our history. If you don’t care about it, you don’t care about America.
this song is a sad reminder that brothers can fight. what a tragedy our nation suffered. 600,000 dead. of our own hands. for both sides my heart truly does suffer. my family is of yanks and rebs and we always mourn for our righteous forefathers (on both sides) and that a nation can stab itself. may we all solve our differences in peace and in brotherly love in the future. i cant imagine another civil war
@lordcornwallis2 culturally based yeah but we come from all parts of europe. im of spanish descent so fuck you stupid islander. your country is being overrun with pakis and its your country's own fault. fag
@JOHNNYGAT12 this reminds of the First World War because it was the same principle as the first world war. Napoleonic Warfare mixed with more modernized weapons.
@loveaction12 I would say frontal attacks mixed with trench warfare because most fighting was done arround trenches and from cover. They used fortifications in almost every battle in the Civil War, epecially the later battles like Spotsylvania and Cold Harbor which were just like WW1 combat. It wasn't the rifles muskets that made the war so bloody, its was the number of troops and the use of many frontal attacks.
@AUG351 It was the 19th century technology (ie more acurate rifles and introduction of the gattling gun) combined with the 18th/17th century tactics. It wasn't until the last battles of the war that trench warfare was really introduced.
@2355Dant Well Gatling guns had inly limited use in the war and were only used at the Siege of Petersburg were Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Butler purchased 12 for $1,000 each and only two were used on the Petersburg. Trenches and improvised cover were used as early even at first Manassas. At Fredericksburg they took cover behind the stonewall and at Antietam at the sunken road. Troops almost always dug entrenchments when they could.
@KirbyComicsVids i dont know if you choose not to read or just choose to not belive it but the fort was doing a thing called BLOCKADING the port where no food or anything else could go in or out of the port so yes they were fired apon but remember this the south did not invade anything until 1863 the north came down to the south and to all of you the Civil War was fought over slavery people out there the Emancipation Proclamation was not not put into effect until lincoln was up for reeelection
@cvunit actuly the civil war was not fought over slavery intact more yanks had slaves than Rebs and most Rebs where against slavery it had nothing to do with slaves it was just a way for the union generals to give there men a reason to fight and most yanks didn't eaven believe it ither if you want to learn the real reasons read the articles of the civil war
Every other nation that had their civil war was for a good cause, and it's a shame US had a civil war due to ending slavery... I'm not saying ending slavery wasn't a good cause, but there was no need for a civil war
Well, the South was the aggressor. The State of South Carolina cecceded from the Union. So the off-shore US port belongs to South Carolina now, right? Wrong! The US fort wasn't under South Carolinian jurisdiction, but was owned by the Federal Government, and the CSA fired upon the fort.
@cvunit Thats what you learned in school isn't it, because really the Civil War wasn't only about slavery, yes it was one reason but the actual men that fought for the South about 90% never owned slaves and most fought for states rights and their homes, not for slavery.
@cvunit It wasnt the main reason though. Mainly taxation without representation and massive culture differences. Slavery was a small portion of the cause. The history channel and other shows will tell you that the south was racist assholes and the north was the all loving angels, but in real life the south wanted freedom and the north was also pretty racist as well. They just didnt have slaves. Also the emansipation proclamation was to keep european powers from entering the war.
I study in France and today my teacher put this in class. The music just got into me... Can somebody tell me where can I find Burns documentaries? Specifically The West and The Civil War? Thank you.
@susankohistany Susan, I’m glad you found it too. There is much to learn from studying the American Civil War; about our history, about our Founding, about human nature and motivations, and about where we are as a country today. Names, dates, and places are mere touchstones compared to personalities, psychology, philosophy, and morality. Understanding those yields the greatest value of studying history.
Americas falling in a sinkhole makes me wanna shed a tear thinking about how our ancestors died fighting for this country and then seeing how much weve failed in this modern day.
too bad we will never have the real freedoms (exclusion of slavery) like the men that fought in civil war and before them the true american idea before this centralized government took over after the war dictating to its people i guess THOMAS JEFFFERSON would turn over in his grave knowing that his ideology didnt win but ALEXANDER HAMILTON ideology did of whoring out our country for money
Great pictures... I have studied the Civil War for over twenty years and some of these I've never seen before. I love the Ashokan Farewell as well. Thanks for putting this together.
From page 607 of "An American Glossary" (1962) by Richard Thornton we find: [1859 The Democratic party can no more run their party without niggers than you could run a steam-engine without fuel. That is all there is to Democracy; and when you cannot raise niggers enough for the market, then you must go abroad fishing through the whole world. — Mr. Wade of Ohio, U.S. Senate, Feb. 25 : id., p. 1354.]
I've got 4 grandparents and 14 uncles in my family tree that served...9 Billy Yanks and 9 Johnny Rebs...1 dead uncle on each side...they have not been forgotten
my great granpa marshall twishle was the divsion commander of the 109th vermont and every time i see a pic or documenty of the civil war i think of him and the hell he went threw hr went from a private 1 class to general cuz he was the one in his unit still alive
@peteraz9 My great (great?) grandpa, Joseph Newton and his brother Alvin fought in the Confederate Armies of North Carolina, sometimes in Tennessee and sometimes in Georgia. There is a book called "Storm in the Mountains" and I believe you can see a very, very old "photo" of them. May we all never, ever hate each other to the point of killing ever again.
Très émouvant les photographies. Nous n'avonspas cette chance en France, les Chouans ont été exterminés discrètement, la "gueuse" écrivant l'histoire à sa façon. Seuls quelques vitraux et l'hymne national témoignent de l'immonde horreur.
Hard to imagine, we have suffered through so much of our history. I get the sense we still haven't learned our lesson about social injustice. Doubtful we will ever reach the true promise of humanity, living on a humane planet and treating each other with justice and fairness.
People can and will treat others humanely and inhumanely—largely based on their personal sense of self. If you don't love or esteem yourself, you won't love or esteem others. Governments, when attempting to make situations equal or “fair” will necessarily treat some set of people inhumanely; unequal treatment taking from some to give to others. Governments that do other than protect individual freedom promote social injustice. At war's start, neither government fought for individual freedom
@Ansob1 The one "freedom" we don't have is the "freedom" to impinge upon the freedoms of others.That is tyranny, not freedom. Might makes right. Socialism. Statism when done by the government. Those are not worth protecting and, in the name of humanity, need to be defeated. They are Ideas to be eliminated. (They don't exist in pyshcologically healthy people.)
@23skeedoo A laudable and lofty goal. Sounds like "Self Actualization" on a grand scale. Man progressess forward under the impetus, and pressure of stress, often with severe, cruel and inhumane results,affecting, individuals, cultures, societies and nations. In my liftime I have seen terrible tyrants and despots, flare up, only to secumb, as human nature, improvised, adapted and overcame. I mean no insult. Man without stress will become stagnant and weak. A common threat would solve much...
Printed the US and Ohio Constitutions off of the net years ago and have them in safe storage , it's a pity that both documents dont mean scrap anymore.
Ken Burns hit it right on the freaking nail with this song which made the documentary so extremely popular, not to mention the interest it aroused in so many people about America's Civil War. I am also trying to teach myself this song and from what I have learned there are many styles to consider although the original is the best.
I'm trying to teach myself to play the basic melody for this on the piano. But listening to it makes me want to learn the violin so i could play it on that.
@KishniaTwain97 try Traditions, want me to pm you a link to the sheet music for violin? (right hand on piano) I learned this a couple weeks ago at 11 pm lol only bc it is such a beautiful piece that I would love to play at reenactments when I camp, or at like 6 am before anybody is up and to actually listen to something other thatn a bugler <.<
I watched this miniseries on PBS every Wednesday night last spring, and i swear, everytime i saw an episode, i wanted 2 go cry my eyes out. The whole thing was so powerful
They were reporting in the Civil War Magazine that actually up to 750,000 instead of the usually accepted 600,000 probably died in the war. The additional 150,000 were estimated by adding unnacounted for at the time battle, disease, and general casualties from both Uniuon Armies and Confederate military & Civilian casualties. The number of wounded & missing was also extended potentially as well ny as much as 250,000 above the 1,500,000 usually considered as well.
@Wolfen443 Yeah, allot of people don't know how bloody and chaotic the fighting really was. Allot of people think they just fought in lines and fired back and forth but actually they dug many trenches and fortifications in most battles and fought back and forth, usually attacking and defending, capturing ground then would be driven back. The battles were extremely loud and confusing with thousands of men.
@Wolfen443 Some regiments lost hundreds of men even in minutes because the fighting was so intence like the 1st Maine Heavy Artillery, in a charge at Petersburg lost 635 of its 9oo men within seven minutes. Also the 26th North Carolina which lost 714 of its 800 men at Gettysburg. The 24th Michigan, in front of the North Carolinians on the first day, lost 362 of its 496 men. The 1st Texans lost 82% of their 226 men at Antietam.
NO WAR waged against the human spirit was ever won, and no effort waged to lift the human spirit was ever lost. Across the pages of history in bold letters underlined in innocent blood is written the futility of battle, while at the bottom of history's pages in unheralded footnotes is the powerful and iridescent testimony of love. SM NONA- in "The Brightness."
This war was not only a defeat of the Southern States, it was also the complete defeat and annihilation of Articles Nine and Ten of the US Bill of Rights.
@ArticleTen It's not legal to secede from the US.If it were we'd be plagued with threats to secede all the time, and even less would get done than it does now with our shitty partisan system. Secession should not be an option, if you want change, talk it out like the rest of us.
@ArticleTen A state can secede from the Union yes. But secession is illegal. The federal government's job, along with many others, is to preserve the Union of states. Look at how Andrew Jackson handled it. However, there is nothing in the constitution that says a state CAN NOT nullify federal laws OR secede from the Union. When we think about it, what does the government mean by "preserving the Union?"
@ArticleTen I'm not reading the US constitution dude lol. The federal government wanted to preserve the Union and they thought that secession was an act of treason. The Constitution talks about forming a more perfect Union right? Well, secession threatens the development of the Union. Thus, the federal government thought they had a right to put down the rebellion. I'm not disagreeing with you lol. I'm just trying to back up some of your points with information.
@fokshill The US Constitution says nothing about preserving the Union. But it does talk alot about what the g0vernment can and cannot do. Read it see how much you are missing.
@fokshill My friend we are soon going to find out. Within five years Maine, Vermont, or Texas will secede, the question is which first and when, not if.
@HZVi That is true. It is illegal to secede. However in the founding father's eyes, a state should be allowed to secede or nullify federal laws if they deem the federal government has way to much power. Thomas Jefferson and James Madison both suggested it during the Virginia and Kentucky resolutions. Then John C. Calhoun wrote the Southern Exposition which, in that time, nullification and secession seemed like the only possible choice to eliminate a high tariff being posed on South Carolina.
@fokshill You're wrong about it being illegal for states to secede. Secession is guranteed to the states under the Tenth Amendment: "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people." Secession is a power that fits right into that.
But secession THREATENS forming a more perfect Union. Okay, so state's can secede right? But the federal government's job is to preserve the Union of state's. Even so if a state does secede from the Union, the government must step in to do what is "only necessary" to stop the secession from spreading. If the 10th amendment is the case, then apparently Andrew Jackson and John C. Calhoun had read the bill of rights wrong. With that being said, then a state should be able to secede and nullify law.
@fokshill But don't you understand that the states seceded from the Articles of the Confederation when they formed the new government with the Constitution? That they seceded from England when they declared their independence? And since secession is constitutional, it would be unconstitutional for the federal government to step in and try to stop it. They can try an negotiate and what not, but the use of force is terribly wrong.
EXACTLY. Yet the federal government still feels they need to do what is necessary to preserve the Union of States, which is why they felt that armed force was necessary to preserve it in the Civil War. If the federal government does get out of line then by all means state's should secede and nullify federal laws. The government probably doesn't realize what the 10th amendment probably means to state's and their people. It is constitutional yes, but for some reason it's illegal to the government
@HZVShow me where in the Constitution secession is prohibited. I'll save you some time, there is no prohibition on secession. Your answer is a perfect reason for getting kids out of the g0vernment indoctrination system known as the public schools.
I wonder on this day of Thanksgiving if indeed the Good Lord would provide a dream,that dream would be that the Grand Army of the Potomac March down Pennsylvania Ave.Bravo to the Grand Army of the Potomac. A salute to Abraham Lincoln on this a most memorable day this day of Thanksgiving.To you Abraham Lincoln blessing upon your name for ever and ever.
Though it has sad undertones, this song is incredibly beautiful. I once ate at a Fazoli's where a man was playing the violin. He played a variety of songs, but when he started playing this I stopped mid-chew- it was that stunning. Kudos to the violinist- he got a large tip from us :)
Ashokan Farewell is one of the most haunting melodies I have ever heard, and was perfect for Ken Burns "Civil War"...everytime I heard it, it took my breath away, and left me with a tinge of sadness.
@batucada358 Indeed it was a farewell/closing melody written for an upstate New York festival in the year 1982.It is available elsewhere that in the aforementioned use of the Ashokan Farewell it was as such used some 27 different times in the making of the Ken Burns Civil War Documentary.I do not believe it was designed to take the breath away from anyone however it does provide a pause or so it seems upon the everlasting.It The Ashokan Farewell tells a story of a time ago.
Twice, "Reb" forces snuk through Canadian soil to get at a "Yank" prison camp full of Rebs on a great Lakes island in Michigan i think?, and bank in Maine.......we let them go after the Maine incident. only a brief detention and interrogtion. in maybe 1864?
we watched the documentary this song was from for three weeks last year. we heard this song multiple times every day. it is burned into me for eternity.
I hope we don't have another one of these....We've been through too much already as a nation, let's not allow our differences cause us to splinter like this again. Our wounds are still not totally healed.
@Tobiasisgay For the record "The Ashoken Farewell" was composed in 1982 by Jay Ungar.The Filmaker Ken Burns not knowing that this was a contemporary composition commented upon an early listening session that this composition is from the 19th century,indeed the Civil War Era.It was used some 25 times in the Documentary.it is the only modern composition used on the Soundtrack,all the other music is authentic 19th century music.
@deadbecomesus It was just such care that inquiries of the sort that your particular mention refers to have indeed brought forth many inquiries.A For instance many do not nor did not know how the clothing of the dead when closely examined showed so many holes.It was thought at one time to be the result of looters and the like.It turns out once looked at closely that it was the ball from the musket not only fragmented but caused such terrible injury as to be why so many limbs were lost.
@HankTuds There is nothing offensive in the use of the "Horse Shit" do not suggest that there was anything personal in treating your original comment about Ken Burns as anything but " Horse Shit."The further suggestion on your part wishes to provide involvement which does not exist.It,that is your reply is insincere even unfriendly as it pertains to Ken Burns perhaps you should defend your reply with an explanation even retort. An" American Treasure" the world wonders?
such a beautiful mounfull tune. yet one can hear hope rising thru the misty blood stained fields. good video pictures to however they do zip past to fast.
625,000 Americans, 700,000 Americans. I've heard widely varying figures for deaths from this war. I always figured that if one was to add in all the deaths from the war and including the deaths caused by starvation and privation on the home front, add in suicides later on due to depression and anxiety, Children who died because their fathers weren't around to protect and provide for them, women and family who died of broken hearts when their beloved was killed and we'd get over a million.easy.
@heartfire451 Indeed the actual Dead Wounded and or missing did very nearly eclipse 625,000.The Effects of the conflict between the states to this very day influences our walk of life.The place that Slavery and for arguments sake the Negro has caused a terrible wrong to be extended indefinetly.Foreign born influence is the death knell to this nations future and it was the very source of the Slave on these shores.Your suggestion needs greater care for a catastrophe has taken hold
One of, if not THE most traumatic event of American History, proves that Americans fight harder with each other than in any other war that Americans have been involved in thus far. I can only hope that with all the current political divide going on, that our generation and future generations will use this tragic event as a warning of what could be if we forget that this IS the UNITED States of America.
hi guys to see a new video about the battle of mannasas(the first battle of the civil war) come visit srvztube channel to watch Battle of Manassas reenactment 150th Anniversary.
Showing the dead in context is, and always will be important historically, weather it's a documentary or you tube vid (This is excellent by the way). People all too easily forget the sacrifices our forefathers have made that enable us to live the lives we lead in a free society. War will always create casualties,and unfortunately 'blood is freedom's stain'.I sometimes wonder what my grandfather would think if he could see Britain today !! Keep up the good work.
Extending the time each image is on the screen means reducing the number of images shown. The music is of fixed length. My preference was to fit all images in this single piece of music. So to extend the time of each image by 50% means to reduce the number of images shown by 50%. What percentage increase would you choose and what images would you delete? The images weren't meant to be studied but to visually overwhelm the viewer with the sense of the war.
@curtfrantz The images are on the screen for such a short time that it frustrated this particular viewer rather than overwhelming him. If you go back and check out Ken Burns' documentary, you'll notice that in most of the cases, pictures were on screen for a pretty good chunk of time so you could really take in the full destruction and atrocity of the war. It's great to have so many images and that you want to share. Maybe the solution would be to have the music loop twice and keep the same pics
@curtfrantz You did a very nice job putting this together. But I have to agree with the posting above. I would prefer for the pictures to be cycled slower so that I could look a them in depth. Maybe this would mean creating vol...1-2-3 ? . But you did a great job and thanks for sharing them with us.
O.o Most countries are built on the blood of others. Most countries around today were conquered by someone else, and the lives lost were in the millions. America is not alone in that.
I don’t believe having the image of a dead soldier(s) linger on the screen moments longer than images that “merely” show destruction, or soldiers preparing for war, or the wounded, or imprisoned somehow honors those dead more. This video was intended to honor all who fought, died, and lived through the Civil War, and poignantly convey the horrors of war; a sometimes necessary endeavor. Disrupting the flow of images with uneven timings would disrupt receipt of that message.
I don’t believe having the image of a dead soldier(s) linger on the screen moments longer than images that “merely” show destruction, or soldiers preparing for war, or the wounded, or imprisoned somehow honors those dead more. This video was intended to honor all who fought, died, and lived through the Civil War, and poignantly convey the horrors of war; a sometimes necessary endeavor. Disrupting the flow of images with uneven timings would disrupt receipt of that message.
I understand and appreciate the comment. I think an uneven image pacing tends to be disruptive to the mind. The mind looks to find order and will anticipate image changes on a timed basis, if that timing is unpredictable, the viewer is distracted by it and less receptive to the images. Treating the images “equally” (in time) shows the harsh truth that in war death and destruction are innate and commonplace and not to be lingered over.
Brothers didn’t start the war, governments did—they always do. In this case, one government wanted to preserve its way of life, the other wanted to preserve the Union. Once a government moves into a war, its citizens will be swept up in it. It is yet another reason for small, less powerful governments. That is the perspective to know and embrace.
@PapagenoJuan2 I find it strange and funny how you clearly failed to understand even a single word of what ELECTR0HOUS3FREAAQ wrote. But let me enlighten you: (Rough translation) "I own a copy of Ken Burns 'The Civil War'. I love this documentary and the melodies. It makes history come to life, and you feel the fears and longings of a country thrown into a hurricane. Thankyou for the documentary and greetings from Germany.
Now where in all that do you see him debate American Civil War politics?
Ich habe Ken Burns "The Civil War" Dokumentation zu Hause.Ich liebe diese Doku und die Melodien.Das macht Geschichte lebendig und man fühlt die Ängste und Sehnsüchte eines Landes,das man in einen Hurrikane warf.Danke für die Doku und grüsse aus Deutschland!
@ELECTR0HOUS3FREAAQ I find it strange and funny how a German is debating American politics, even when Germany was not founded during the time of the American civil war
@626SupremeLogic Just think.. 7000 Union soldiers fell at Cold Harbor VA in less than an hour. Peterespurg VA was under seige for almost 9 months, to the brink of starvation. Right here on American soil. And yet the average University student today has not a clue of this....Sigh...
@mgwilliams1000 yep...this generation of youth is the worst yet...no knowledge of history whatsoever....no desire to even know about it......just give them an ipod,a cellphone and a slew of reality shows..and thats wht their generation is about....nothing more,nothing less.......sad
And for those rich that don't pay taxes ... which are corporations mainly ... what about all the ILLEGALS who pay NO taxes. Those who could pay tax and just don't. Just because they are not rich doesn't mean they don't have to pay. Funny I don't hear you complain about middleclass or illegals.
@BornToLiveGiveLOVE24 One person can make a difference, but can’t make all the difference they might wish to make. Having ideals and dreams is noble, but not recognizing reality will make it impossible to live or fulfill them. For example, “never say never” is internally inconsistent and thus irrational. It conveys the life stance of a wounded soul hoping for a world that cannot exist. Begin with self. Focus within. Make a difference there, where you have all the power that is needed.
@BornToLiveGiveLOVE24 It is not a question of education; it is a challenging journey of personal growth to healthy self-acceptance, self-love, self-esteem. If a person is not motivated to put in the effort—and the majority are not—it cannot happen. And it is not “their” (mind, body, and soul) it is ours…all of ours. We each have our own journey. If you think you could circumvent what others need to do, you have far to travel.
@BornToLiveGiveLOVE24 Statistically, it will go that way. That’s not negativity it is rationality. Some people will grow up psychologically needy. Theirs are needs no one else—especially government—can fulfill. The psychologically needy are unhealthy and unhappy and will make others so. Sometimes through violence. The allure of power, as in being a government official, draws the psychologically needy; who seek fulfillment through power over others. That is the set-up for war.
@BornToLiveGiveLOVE24 A person who does not love him/herself cannot love others. Being loved by others, once beyond childhood, does not make one love one’s self. That is a journey each individual must make; it is not a “realization.” You can’t stop someone from self-loathing (including national leaders) so you can’t stop them from being uncaring towards or loathing others. You can only limit the damage by stopping them from acting on their unhealthy feelings; including through wars.
I'm a young Englishman who lives in the midlands of England near Birmingham. I studied the American Civil War during my 2 years of 6th form college and it was by far the most interesting thing I studied in the whole time I was there.
headcaseman 23 hours ago
Every country has a civil war. We should keep out of them.
vicdub85 3 days ago
It's sick that the government forces you to learn this stuff...
doctorseaweed2 4 days ago
@doctorseaweed2 Where to begin? No one can force anyone to learn anything. Instruction can be forced on you but whether or not you learn is your choice. If one chooses to be ignorant of history, you will be part of its repeating itself. Next to our establishing ourselves as an independent country, the American Civil War is the seminal event in our history. If you don’t care about it, you don’t care about America.
curtfrantz 4 days ago 5
@curtfrantz If you don't learn it, society punishes you...
doctorseaweed2 4 days ago
@doctorseaweed2 How? How is it sick?
mentalmilitia 1 day ago
So much emotion in one song...simply beautiful
swagtastic237 4 days ago
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edwardy99 6 days ago
If there is something worst than a war...Thats a civil war...
Ulver27 6 days ago
this song is a sad reminder that brothers can fight. what a tragedy our nation suffered. 600,000 dead. of our own hands. for both sides my heart truly does suffer. my family is of yanks and rebs and we always mourn for our righteous forefathers (on both sides) and that a nation can stab itself. may we all solve our differences in peace and in brotherly love in the future. i cant imagine another civil war
flicmydik 1 week ago
I dont know about you guys but i really liked Jefferson davis over lincoln
guyinseattle1 1 week ago
god bless all Americans after all your just transplanted Englishmen !
lordcornwallis2 1 week ago in playlist Favorite videos
@lordcornwallis2 culturally based yeah but we come from all parts of europe. im of spanish descent so fuck you stupid islander. your country is being overrun with pakis and its your country's own fault. fag
flicmydik 1 week ago
@flicmydik now that is not nice, now go and take your medicine from the nice nurse.
lordcornwallis2 1 week ago
What's so CIVIL about war?
NassguI 2 weeks ago
why does this remind me of world war 1? o.o
JOHNNYGAT12 2 weeks ago
@JOHNNYGAT12 this reminds of the First World War because it was the same principle as the first world war. Napoleonic Warfare mixed with more modernized weapons.
loveaction12 2 weeks ago
@loveaction12 I would say frontal attacks mixed with trench warfare because most fighting was done arround trenches and from cover. They used fortifications in almost every battle in the Civil War, epecially the later battles like Spotsylvania and Cold Harbor which were just like WW1 combat. It wasn't the rifles muskets that made the war so bloody, its was the number of troops and the use of many frontal attacks.
AUG351 1 week ago
@AUG351 It was the 19th century technology (ie more acurate rifles and introduction of the gattling gun) combined with the 18th/17th century tactics. It wasn't until the last battles of the war that trench warfare was really introduced.
2355Dant 1 week ago
@2355Dant Well Gatling guns had inly limited use in the war and were only used at the Siege of Petersburg were Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Butler purchased 12 for $1,000 each and only two were used on the Petersburg. Trenches and improvised cover were used as early even at first Manassas. At Fredericksburg they took cover behind the stonewall and at Antietam at the sunken road. Troops almost always dug entrenchments when they could.
AUG351 1 week ago
The British were about to side with the Rebel's and russia risked a crimean war to keep the british from interfering
1988scottcarey 2 weeks ago
I have a horrible feeling that this won't be our only civil war =[ I feel another one coming soon =[
sweetska09 2 weeks ago
@KirbyComicsVids i dont know if you choose not to read or just choose to not belive it but the fort was doing a thing called BLOCKADING the port where no food or anything else could go in or out of the port so yes they were fired apon but remember this the south did not invade anything until 1863 the north came down to the south and to all of you the Civil War was fought over slavery people out there the Emancipation Proclamation was not not put into effect until lincoln was up for reeelection
rustycheetah 2 weeks ago
Beautiful.
RevBillyRayCollins 3 weeks ago
we are playing this in band and i am a trombonist so i play beautifully
irishblood1998 3 weeks ago
great great grand father at gettysburg dead with my life wandering about how it was i wish i could see history in the civil war
RebelRioter 3 weeks ago
@cvunit actuly the civil war was not fought over slavery intact more yanks had slaves than Rebs and most Rebs where against slavery it had nothing to do with slaves it was just a way for the union generals to give there men a reason to fight and most yanks didn't eaven believe it ither if you want to learn the real reasons read the articles of the civil war
M16503 3 weeks ago
The civil war was unavoidable ,every great nation had one ,
mcgeogheganj 4 weeks ago
Every other nation that had their civil war was for a good cause, and it's a shame US had a civil war due to ending slavery... I'm not saying ending slavery wasn't a good cause, but there was no need for a civil war
cvunit 1 month ago
Well, the South was the aggressor. The State of South Carolina cecceded from the Union. So the off-shore US port belongs to South Carolina now, right? Wrong! The US fort wasn't under South Carolinian jurisdiction, but was owned by the Federal Government, and the CSA fired upon the fort.
KirbyComicsVids 1 month ago
@cvunit Thats what you learned in school isn't it, because really the Civil War wasn't only about slavery, yes it was one reason but the actual men that fought for the South about 90% never owned slaves and most fought for states rights and their homes, not for slavery.
AUG351 2 weeks ago
@cvunit It wasnt the main reason though. Mainly taxation without representation and massive culture differences. Slavery was a small portion of the cause. The history channel and other shows will tell you that the south was racist assholes and the north was the all loving angels, but in real life the south wanted freedom and the north was also pretty racist as well. They just didnt have slaves. Also the emansipation proclamation was to keep european powers from entering the war.
CM99501 2 weeks ago
I study in France and today my teacher put this in class. The music just got into me... Can somebody tell me where can I find Burns documentaries? Specifically The West and The Civil War? Thank you.
rainbowbehavior 1 month ago
My history teacher played this while we did our civil war classwork and Im happy I found it
susankohistany 1 month ago 4
@susankohistany Susan, I’m glad you found it too. There is much to learn from studying the American Civil War; about our history, about our Founding, about human nature and motivations, and about where we are as a country today. Names, dates, and places are mere touchstones compared to personalities, psychology, philosophy, and morality. Understanding those yields the greatest value of studying history.
curtfrantz 1 month ago 3
Americas falling in a sinkhole makes me wanna shed a tear thinking about how our ancestors died fighting for this country and then seeing how much weve failed in this modern day.
guywholovescats1 1 month ago
This song made me think about the price of war...
thestarsandbars 1 month ago
too bad we will never have the real freedoms (exclusion of slavery) like the men that fought in civil war and before them the true american idea before this centralized government took over after the war dictating to its people i guess THOMAS JEFFFERSON would turn over in his grave knowing that his ideology didnt win but ALEXANDER HAMILTON ideology did of whoring out our country for money
Southernjuggalo63 1 month ago
So beautiful
someguy131415 1 month ago
Great pictures... I have studied the Civil War for over twenty years and some of these I've never seen before. I love the Ashokan Farewell as well. Thanks for putting this together.
joemama62 1 month ago
Sounds like the social contract and animal spirits are just things that simply cannot be avoided under any government.
RosscoPeecho 1 month ago
From page 607 of "An American Glossary" (1962) by Richard Thornton we find: [1859 The Democratic party can no more run their party without niggers than you could run a steam-engine without fuel. That is all there is to Democracy; and when you cannot raise niggers enough for the market, then you must go abroad fishing through the whole world. — Mr. Wade of Ohio, U.S. Senate, Feb. 25 : id., p. 1354.]
procommenter 1 month ago
I've got 4 grandparents and 14 uncles in my family tree that served...9 Billy Yanks and 9 Johnny Rebs...1 dead uncle on each side...they have not been forgotten
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unfukkkmee 1 month ago
my great granpa marshall twishle was the divsion commander of the 109th vermont and every time i see a pic or documenty of the civil war i think of him and the hell he went threw hr went from a private 1 class to general cuz he was the one in his unit still alive
peteraz9 1 month ago
@peteraz9 Wow
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@peteraz9 My great (great?) grandpa, Joseph Newton and his brother Alvin fought in the Confederate Armies of North Carolina, sometimes in Tennessee and sometimes in Georgia. There is a book called "Storm in the Mountains" and I believe you can see a very, very old "photo" of them. May we all never, ever hate each other to the point of killing ever again.
willsauntfoofoo1 1 month ago
each time I play or listen to this, I think of someone named Grace :(
CSAmerican 1 month ago
I think every school should have a Civil War class so the next generation knows what we went through.
kcolln 1 month ago 2
Très émouvant les photographies. Nous n'avonspas cette chance en France, les Chouans ont été exterminés discrètement, la "gueuse" écrivant l'histoire à sa façon. Seuls quelques vitraux et l'hymne national témoignent de l'immonde horreur.
Knut1961 1 month ago
Hard to imagine, we have suffered through so much of our history. I get the sense we still haven't learned our lesson about social injustice. Doubtful we will ever reach the true promise of humanity, living on a humane planet and treating each other with justice and fairness.
23skeedoo 1 month ago 3
People can and will treat others humanely and inhumanely—largely based on their personal sense of self. If you don't love or esteem yourself, you won't love or esteem others. Governments, when attempting to make situations equal or “fair” will necessarily treat some set of people inhumanely; unequal treatment taking from some to give to others. Governments that do other than protect individual freedom promote social injustice. At war's start, neither government fought for individual freedom
curtfrantz 1 month ago 3
@curtfrantz The individual freedom to murder, rape and enslave other human beings sure is a swell thing to protect!
Ansob1 1 month ago
@Ansob1 The one "freedom" we don't have is the "freedom" to impinge upon the freedoms of others.That is tyranny, not freedom. Might makes right. Socialism. Statism when done by the government. Those are not worth protecting and, in the name of humanity, need to be defeated. They are Ideas to be eliminated. (They don't exist in pyshcologically healthy people.)
curtfrantz 1 month ago
@23skeedoo A laudable and lofty goal. Sounds like "Self Actualization" on a grand scale. Man progressess forward under the impetus, and pressure of stress, often with severe, cruel and inhumane results,affecting, individuals, cultures, societies and nations. In my liftime I have seen terrible tyrants and despots, flare up, only to secumb, as human nature, improvised, adapted and overcame. I mean no insult. Man without stress will become stagnant and weak. A common threat would solve much...
gdawsey 1 month ago
@23skeedoo I absolutely agree I believe this country has not learned its lesson. Those that do not learn from their history is bound to repeat it.
ordykes1 1 month ago
Printed the US and Ohio Constitutions off of the net years ago and have them in safe storage , it's a pity that both documents dont mean scrap anymore.
9612Ron 1 month ago
Ken Burns hit it right on the freaking nail with this song which made the documentary so extremely popular, not to mention the interest it aroused in so many people about America's Civil War. I am also trying to teach myself this song and from what I have learned there are many styles to consider although the original is the best.
9612Ron 2 months ago
Anyone who dislikes this is other deaf or dumb.
mcolln 2 months ago
I'm trying to teach myself to play the basic melody for this on the piano. But listening to it makes me want to learn the violin so i could play it on that.
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@KishniaTwain97 try Traditions, want me to pm you a link to the sheet music for violin? (right hand on piano) I learned this a couple weeks ago at 11 pm lol only bc it is such a beautiful piece that I would love to play at reenactments when I camp, or at like 6 am before anybody is up and to actually listen to something other thatn a bugler <.<
CSAmerican 1 month ago
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would u? thanx :)
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every time I do reenactments, I will play this now ... so beautiful
CSAmerican 2 months ago
Thanks for this walk down idiot's lane...breathtaking.
SenorCajones 2 months ago
Name this song and you win...(will maybe now win but I will.)
sperk31161 2 months ago
I watched this miniseries on PBS every Wednesday night last spring, and i swear, everytime i saw an episode, i wanted 2 go cry my eyes out. The whole thing was so powerful
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They were reporting in the Civil War Magazine that actually up to 750,000 instead of the usually accepted 600,000 probably died in the war. The additional 150,000 were estimated by adding unnacounted for at the time battle, disease, and general casualties from both Uniuon Armies and Confederate military & Civilian casualties. The number of wounded & missing was also extended potentially as well ny as much as 250,000 above the 1,500,000 usually considered as well.
Wolfen443 2 months ago
@Wolfen443 Yeah, allot of people don't know how bloody and chaotic the fighting really was. Allot of people think they just fought in lines and fired back and forth but actually they dug many trenches and fortifications in most battles and fought back and forth, usually attacking and defending, capturing ground then would be driven back. The battles were extremely loud and confusing with thousands of men.
AUG351 2 months ago
@Wolfen443 Some regiments lost hundreds of men even in minutes because the fighting was so intence like the 1st Maine Heavy Artillery, in a charge at Petersburg lost 635 of its 9oo men within seven minutes. Also the 26th North Carolina which lost 714 of its 800 men at Gettysburg. The 24th Michigan, in front of the North Carolinians on the first day, lost 362 of its 496 men. The 1st Texans lost 82% of their 226 men at Antietam.
AUG351 2 months ago
All for which these men died, was not in vain. God bless America.
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spareaxe 2 months ago
@Methrt3 God is only in your own head, this was about killing to an end!
spareaxe 2 months ago
@spareaxe Quiet troll, the dude was just being patriotic
BrettMiller33 2 months ago
cool
tronclonorrisgdk 2 months ago
Civil war history was written by those that Killed our heroes
BorderCityBandit 2 months ago
NO WAR waged against the human spirit was ever won, and no effort waged to lift the human spirit was ever lost. Across the pages of history in bold letters underlined in innocent blood is written the futility of battle, while at the bottom of history's pages in unheralded footnotes is the powerful and iridescent testimony of love. SM NONA- in "The Brightness."
SMNONA100 2 months ago
This war was not only a defeat of the Southern States, it was also the complete defeat and annihilation of Articles Nine and Ten of the US Bill of Rights.
ArticleTen 2 months ago
@ArticleTen It's not legal to secede from the US.If it were we'd be plagued with threats to secede all the time, and even less would get done than it does now with our shitty partisan system. Secession should not be an option, if you want change, talk it out like the rest of us.
HZVi 2 months ago
@HZVi Where do you find that in our Constitution? Of course states can secede, only not by attacking US forces or property.
ArticleTen 2 months ago
@ArticleTen A state can secede from the Union yes. But secession is illegal. The federal government's job, along with many others, is to preserve the Union of states. Look at how Andrew Jackson handled it. However, there is nothing in the constitution that says a state CAN NOT nullify federal laws OR secede from the Union. When we think about it, what does the government mean by "preserving the Union?"
fokshill 2 months ago
@fokshill What Constitution are you reading, certainly not the US Constitution.
ArticleTen 2 months ago
@ArticleTen I'm not reading the US constitution dude lol. The federal government wanted to preserve the Union and they thought that secession was an act of treason. The Constitution talks about forming a more perfect Union right? Well, secession threatens the development of the Union. Thus, the federal government thought they had a right to put down the rebellion. I'm not disagreeing with you lol. I'm just trying to back up some of your points with information.
fokshill 2 months ago
@fokshill The US Constitution says nothing about preserving the Union. But it does talk alot about what the g0vernment can and cannot do. Read it see how much you are missing.
ArticleTen 2 months ago
@fokshill My friend we are soon going to find out. Within five years Maine, Vermont, or Texas will secede, the question is which first and when, not if.
ArticleTen 2 months ago
@HZVi That is true. It is illegal to secede. However in the founding father's eyes, a state should be allowed to secede or nullify federal laws if they deem the federal government has way to much power. Thomas Jefferson and James Madison both suggested it during the Virginia and Kentucky resolutions. Then John C. Calhoun wrote the Southern Exposition which, in that time, nullification and secession seemed like the only possible choice to eliminate a high tariff being posed on South Carolina.
fokshill 2 months ago
@fokshill You're wrong about it being illegal for states to secede. Secession is guranteed to the states under the Tenth Amendment: "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people." Secession is a power that fits right into that.
RevBillyRayCollins 2 months ago
But secession THREATENS forming a more perfect Union. Okay, so state's can secede right? But the federal government's job is to preserve the Union of state's. Even so if a state does secede from the Union, the government must step in to do what is "only necessary" to stop the secession from spreading. If the 10th amendment is the case, then apparently Andrew Jackson and John C. Calhoun had read the bill of rights wrong. With that being said, then a state should be able to secede and nullify law.
fokshill 2 months ago
@fokshill But don't you understand that the states seceded from the Articles of the Confederation when they formed the new government with the Constitution? That they seceded from England when they declared their independence? And since secession is constitutional, it would be unconstitutional for the federal government to step in and try to stop it. They can try an negotiate and what not, but the use of force is terribly wrong.
RevBillyRayCollins 2 months ago
EXACTLY. Yet the federal government still feels they need to do what is necessary to preserve the Union of States, which is why they felt that armed force was necessary to preserve it in the Civil War. If the federal government does get out of line then by all means state's should secede and nullify federal laws. The government probably doesn't realize what the 10th amendment probably means to state's and their people. It is constitutional yes, but for some reason it's illegal to the government
fokshill 2 months ago
@HZVShow me where in the Constitution secession is prohibited. I'll save you some time, there is no prohibition on secession. Your answer is a perfect reason for getting kids out of the g0vernment indoctrination system known as the public schools.
ArticleTen 2 months ago
Sounds so much like a Civil War song...
yesiamawizardjonny 3 months ago
I wonder on this day of Thanksgiving if indeed the Good Lord would provide a dream,that dream would be that the Grand Army of the Potomac March down Pennsylvania Ave.Bravo to the Grand Army of the Potomac. A salute to Abraham Lincoln on this a most memorable day this day of Thanksgiving.To you Abraham Lincoln blessing upon your name for ever and ever.
Uncle65788 3 months ago
Though it has sad undertones, this song is incredibly beautiful. I once ate at a Fazoli's where a man was playing the violin. He played a variety of songs, but when he started playing this I stopped mid-chew- it was that stunning. Kudos to the violinist- he got a large tip from us :)
ChattyConfucius 3 months ago
Ashokan Farewell is one of the most haunting melodies I have ever heard, and was perfect for Ken Burns "Civil War"...everytime I heard it, it took my breath away, and left me with a tinge of sadness.
batucada358 3 months ago
@batucada358 Indeed it was a farewell/closing melody written for an upstate New York festival in the year 1982.It is available elsewhere that in the aforementioned use of the Ashokan Farewell it was as such used some 27 different times in the making of the Ken Burns Civil War Documentary.I do not believe it was designed to take the breath away from anyone however it does provide a pause or so it seems upon the everlasting.It The Ashokan Farewell tells a story of a time ago.
Uncle65788 2 months ago
Twice, "Reb" forces snuk through Canadian soil to get at a "Yank" prison camp full of Rebs on a great Lakes island in Michigan i think?, and bank in Maine.......we let them go after the Maine incident. only a brief detention and interrogtion. in maybe 1864?
acerb45666555 3 months ago
Such a hauntingly beautiful tune. Thank you for posting it.
Eiger6 3 months ago 10
Beautiful piece. Played this piece for veterans day ceremony.
82ravens 3 months ago
we watched the documentary this song was from for three weeks last year. we heard this song multiple times every day. it is burned into me for eternity.
ChristopherTheRanter 3 months ago
Is 2:56 Lincoln?!
sgtSqeegee119 3 months ago
I hope we don't have another one of these....We've been through too much already as a nation, let's not allow our differences cause us to splinter like this again. Our wounds are still not totally healed.
willissippi 3 months ago
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doctorseaweed2 3 months ago
"It is well that war is so terrible, else we should grow too fond of it."
General Lee to General Longstreet
AUG351 3 months ago
I Love the South! I "Weep" for what has happned to America!!!!!
The1964Ford 3 months ago
I love this song - great video, Will - Thanks for sharing. Take care, have a great day. Gwen
cadjunk 3 months ago
What started as a political squabble amongst the white men.......
Ended with the liberation of the black men.
Scitech101 3 months ago
@deadbecomesus dont undermine what they did by involving god into it...it wasnt god who fought and died for freedom
THEcodWAWwiiPLAYER 3 months ago
@Tobiasisgay For the record "The Ashoken Farewell" was composed in 1982 by Jay Ungar.The Filmaker Ken Burns not knowing that this was a contemporary composition commented upon an early listening session that this composition is from the 19th century,indeed the Civil War Era.It was used some 25 times in the Documentary.it is the only modern composition used on the Soundtrack,all the other music is authentic 19th century music.
Uncle65788 4 months ago
@deadbecomesus It was just such care that inquiries of the sort that your particular mention refers to have indeed brought forth many inquiries.A For instance many do not nor did not know how the clothing of the dead when closely examined showed so many holes.It was thought at one time to be the result of looters and the like.It turns out once looked at closely that it was the ball from the musket not only fragmented but caused such terrible injury as to be why so many limbs were lost.
Uncle65788 4 months ago in playlist Liked
Ken Burns is an American treasure.
HankTuds 4 months ago
@HankTuds Horse Shit-
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@Uncle65788 ,
Sorry to offend you, sir.
HankTuds 4 months ago
@HankTuds There is nothing offensive in the use of the "Horse Shit" do not suggest that there was anything personal in treating your original comment about Ken Burns as anything but " Horse Shit."The further suggestion on your part wishes to provide involvement which does not exist.It,that is your reply is insincere even unfriendly as it pertains to Ken Burns perhaps you should defend your reply with an explanation even retort. An" American Treasure" the world wonders?
Uncle65788 4 months ago
@Uncle65788 , I do not wish to argue with you, sir. You win.
HankTuds 4 months ago
your defitnely right
Gus9999999 4 months ago
Best song ever better than modern music
Gus9999999 4 months ago
such a beautiful mounfull tune. yet one can hear hope rising thru the misty blood stained fields. good video pictures to however they do zip past to fast.
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alisaandsimba 4 months ago
I'm almost disappointed at the lack of the Ken Burns Effect in this video :P
grail68 4 months ago
625,000 Americans, 700,000 Americans. I've heard widely varying figures for deaths from this war. I always figured that if one was to add in all the deaths from the war and including the deaths caused by starvation and privation on the home front, add in suicides later on due to depression and anxiety, Children who died because their fathers weren't around to protect and provide for them, women and family who died of broken hearts when their beloved was killed and we'd get over a million.easy.
heartfire451 4 months ago
@heartfire451 Indeed the actual Dead Wounded and or missing did very nearly eclipse 625,000.The Effects of the conflict between the states to this very day influences our walk of life.The place that Slavery and for arguments sake the Negro has caused a terrible wrong to be extended indefinetly.Foreign born influence is the death knell to this nations future and it was the very source of the Slave on these shores.Your suggestion needs greater care for a catastrophe has taken hold
Uncle65788 4 months ago
One of, if not THE most traumatic event of American History, proves that Americans fight harder with each other than in any other war that Americans have been involved in thus far. I can only hope that with all the current political divide going on, that our generation and future generations will use this tragic event as a warning of what could be if we forget that this IS the UNITED States of America.
marsha2 4 months ago
The cibil war was like a band-aid for this country.
We had to rip it off fast with a war or suffer for many years with an unstable society
JugmentArts 4 months ago
hi guys to see a new video about the battle of mannasas(the first battle of the civil war) come visit srvztube channel to watch Battle of Manassas reenactment 150th Anniversary.
srvztube 5 months ago
@deadbecomesus Doon't worry the ones in Gray were Terrorists like Al-quda and the Taliban
TThorne931 5 months ago
great song. and im from NY!
FlankerVT 5 months ago
Mi pais, España, sufrió tres horrendos años de lucha fraticida con un saldo de victimas terrorifico. Dios bendiga a todos los caidos por lalibertad.
My country, Spain, suffered three horrendous years of fratricidal struggle with a terrifying death toll. God bless all those who died for freedom.
JALODO19 5 months ago
Showing the dead in context is, and always will be important historically, weather it's a documentary or you tube vid (This is excellent by the way). People all too easily forget the sacrifices our forefathers have made that enable us to live the lives we lead in a free society. War will always create casualties,and unfortunately 'blood is freedom's stain'.I sometimes wonder what my grandfather would think if he could see Britain today !! Keep up the good work.
brandt19699 5 months ago
great to play this on guitar!
YorkGod1 5 months ago
slow it down.
daleflix 5 months ago
Brilliant, it's perfect, thank you!!!
littlepamo 5 months ago
How can someone dislike this?
swatb2 5 months ago
Haunting.. is it not?
mgwilliams1000 5 months ago
great clip here,well done, when your dead your dead for a long time .
barnfres60 5 months ago
The pictures go by too quick...slow it down in the rhythm of the music...it will much better.
tydees 5 months ago 19
Extending the time each image is on the screen means reducing the number of images shown. The music is of fixed length. My preference was to fit all images in this single piece of music. So to extend the time of each image by 50% means to reduce the number of images shown by 50%. What percentage increase would you choose and what images would you delete? The images weren't meant to be studied but to visually overwhelm the viewer with the sense of the war.
curtfrantz 5 months ago
@curtfrantz The images are on the screen for such a short time that it frustrated this particular viewer rather than overwhelming him. If you go back and check out Ken Burns' documentary, you'll notice that in most of the cases, pictures were on screen for a pretty good chunk of time so you could really take in the full destruction and atrocity of the war. It's great to have so many images and that you want to share. Maybe the solution would be to have the music loop twice and keep the same pics
MentorOfMinos 5 months ago
@curtfrantz You did a very nice job putting this together. But I have to agree with the posting above. I would prefer for the pictures to be cycled slower so that I could look a them in depth. Maybe this would mean creating vol...1-2-3 ? . But you did a great job and thanks for sharing them with us.
themainproblem 4 months ago
@curtfrantz its too fast, just realize it instead of making a mathematical argument
tubermann1 3 months ago
@tydees You can't really compare this curtfrantz guy to ken burns anyways. I say it was an ill fated attempt from the start
chimichangalvr59 2 months ago
@tydees you could buy the book, all the time in the world then
onegreyeye 2 months ago
@deadbecomesus
O.o Most countries are built on the blood of others. Most countries around today were conquered by someone else, and the lives lost were in the millions. America is not alone in that.
monny287 5 months ago
I don’t believe having the image of a dead soldier(s) linger on the screen moments longer than images that “merely” show destruction, or soldiers preparing for war, or the wounded, or imprisoned somehow honors those dead more. This video was intended to honor all who fought, died, and lived through the Civil War, and poignantly convey the horrors of war; a sometimes necessary endeavor. Disrupting the flow of images with uneven timings would disrupt receipt of that message.
curtfrantz 5 months ago
I don’t believe having the image of a dead soldier(s) linger on the screen moments longer than images that “merely” show destruction, or soldiers preparing for war, or the wounded, or imprisoned somehow honors those dead more. This video was intended to honor all who fought, died, and lived through the Civil War, and poignantly convey the horrors of war; a sometimes necessary endeavor. Disrupting the flow of images with uneven timings would disrupt receipt of that message.
curtfrantz 5 months ago
I understand and appreciate the comment. I think an uneven image pacing tends to be disruptive to the mind. The mind looks to find order and will anticipate image changes on a timed basis, if that timing is unpredictable, the viewer is distracted by it and less receptive to the images. Treating the images “equally” (in time) shows the harsh truth that in war death and destruction are innate and commonplace and not to be lingered over.
curtfrantz 5 months ago
Brothers didn’t start the war, governments did—they always do. In this case, one government wanted to preserve its way of life, the other wanted to preserve the Union. Once a government moves into a war, its citizens will be swept up in it. It is yet another reason for small, less powerful governments. That is the perspective to know and embrace.
curtfrantz 5 months ago
@PapagenoJuan2 I find it strange and funny how you clearly failed to understand even a single word of what ELECTR0HOUS3FREAAQ wrote. But let me enlighten you: (Rough translation) "I own a copy of Ken Burns 'The Civil War'. I love this documentary and the melodies. It makes history come to life, and you feel the fears and longings of a country thrown into a hurricane. Thankyou for the documentary and greetings from Germany.
Now where in all that do you see him debate American Civil War politics?
Asmoharg 5 months ago
Interesting that this song is now linked to the civil war but it was actually written about 120 years after that war.
Metals999 5 months ago
schmaltzy.
catch2370 5 months ago
Ich habe Ken Burns "The Civil War" Dokumentation zu Hause.Ich liebe diese Doku und die Melodien.Das macht Geschichte lebendig und man fühlt die Ängste und Sehnsüchte eines Landes,das man in einen Hurrikane warf.Danke für die Doku und grüsse aus Deutschland!
ELECTR0HOUS3FREAAQ 5 months ago 2
@ELECTR0HOUS3FREAAQ I find it strange and funny how a German is debating American politics, even when Germany was not founded during the time of the American civil war
PapagenoJuan2 5 months ago
so haunting to see all those corpses strewn all over fields like rag dolls...
626SupremeLogic 5 months ago
@626SupremeLogic Just think.. 7000 Union soldiers fell at Cold Harbor VA in less than an hour. Peterespurg VA was under seige for almost 9 months, to the brink of starvation. Right here on American soil. And yet the average University student today has not a clue of this....Sigh...
mgwilliams1000 5 months ago 2
@mgwilliams1000 yep...this generation of youth is the worst yet...no knowledge of history whatsoever....no desire to even know about it......just give them an ipod,a cellphone and a slew of reality shows..and thats wht their generation is about....nothing more,nothing less.......sad
626SupremeLogic 5 months ago
Wow, this song is like a breath of fresh air, from mainstream radio.
bedtime420 5 months ago 7
The images of destroyed cities are most likely Southern, that is one of the reasons many Southerners have such a strong dislike of any Yankee.
SuperMEntertainment 5 months ago
Nice vid, though the images are going a bit too fast. Thanks.
beckerqueiroz 6 months ago
Good music. Whence is she?
Superfaper 6 months ago
And for those rich that don't pay taxes ... which are corporations mainly ... what about all the ILLEGALS who pay NO taxes. Those who could pay tax and just don't. Just because they are not rich doesn't mean they don't have to pay. Funny I don't hear you complain about middleclass or illegals.
loveusorleaveus 6 months ago
@BornToLiveGiveLOVE24 One person can make a difference, but can’t make all the difference they might wish to make. Having ideals and dreams is noble, but not recognizing reality will make it impossible to live or fulfill them. For example, “never say never” is internally inconsistent and thus irrational. It conveys the life stance of a wounded soul hoping for a world that cannot exist. Begin with self. Focus within. Make a difference there, where you have all the power that is needed.
curtfrantz 6 months ago
@BornToLiveGiveLOVE24 It is not a question of education; it is a challenging journey of personal growth to healthy self-acceptance, self-love, self-esteem. If a person is not motivated to put in the effort—and the majority are not—it cannot happen. And it is not “their” (mind, body, and soul) it is ours…all of ours. We each have our own journey. If you think you could circumvent what others need to do, you have far to travel.
curtfrantz 6 months ago
@BornToLiveGiveLOVE24 Statistically, it will go that way. That’s not negativity it is rationality. Some people will grow up psychologically needy. Theirs are needs no one else—especially government—can fulfill. The psychologically needy are unhealthy and unhappy and will make others so. Sometimes through violence. The allure of power, as in being a government official, draws the psychologically needy; who seek fulfillment through power over others. That is the set-up for war.
curtfrantz 6 months ago
@BornToLiveGiveLOVE24 A person who does not love him/herself cannot love others. Being loved by others, once beyond childhood, does not make one love one’s self. That is a journey each individual must make; it is not a “realization.” You can’t stop someone from self-loathing (including national leaders) so you can’t stop them from being uncaring towards or loathing others. You can only limit the damage by stopping them from acting on their unhealthy feelings; including through wars.
curtfrantz 6 months ago
it's songs like these that make me drop to my knees and pray to my God and thank him for all my many blessings.
Chapjap37 6 months ago
when the guitar joins in at 2:01 i get chills everytime. such a wonderful piece of music.
aldoregozani 6 months ago
Creepy photos.
saxonsiphon 6 months ago