Horrible Histories - American Civil War - HD 1080p

[FlyingFiddleISme]

Actually, those are pretty decent southern accents. I don't many people who can do one, and I'm in drama club.

[crazycat891]

Well, when Americans do English accents it fails. It sounds so posh and we don't speak like that sooooo people can't complain

[6045310708]

so it's Awful Egyptians, Vile Victorians and Terrible Tudors....but its Awesome USA? The hell?

[ambiguousrocket]

@6045310708 I don't see "awesome" anywhere...

[6045310708]

@ambiguousrocket 0:01

[ambiguousrocket]

@6045310708 Ah, I see now. I think that was put there as more of a joke.

[TheTraumarama2]

@6045310708

There's also Gorgeous Georgians, Groovy Greeks, Fabulous French, Incredible Incas,.. etc. Most of these are the titles picked by the author himself. Who is English.

[InnannasRainbow]

Are there anymore episodes making fun of the US? If so, PLEASE put them on here.

[InnannasRainbow]

You know, American History would be far more interesting of they would only tell us about the flaws of these people. Instead, they always try to make them out to be perfect and god-like, which makes them boooooooooooring. All of our leaders were portrayed as never wanting conquest or wanting to cause trouble but, sighs, the horrible other countries in the world left them with no choice. Big meanies! What a load of total BS.

[SUPAHFISH1]

(0:33) that's not the Monitor!

[aggiegirl0324]

that's cause the southern accent came from the british aristocracy accent.

[TheSirPrise]

@aggiegirl0324 Which southern accent, the upper class Georgian or upper class Virginian or did you mean the upper class southerners in general?

[Anastasia910Peace]

Lol, hahaha...

[skjaldulfr]

Wow, those are pretty good accents

[Zankii2000]

This makes me proud to be an awesome American! Woot!

[joser1996ful]

what is the back ground music?

[pmurnin]

FOR THE CONFEDERACY

[momagee94]

pathetic...

[BigBadassR]

I love when the Merrimac rams a wooden vessel, it backs up like a kids toy first.

[sudmalis100]

hey brits, please, do what you can to convince the bbc that awesome usa is good for the ratings. this is awesome

[Quisyfrottesypique]

As a Canadian, I find the accent close to perfect... except towards the end. Must sound to you Southern folks like what Fake French Accent sounds like for me: Good, but not quite authentic.

[kkamagwi]

Pretty good regional accents for British actors.

[aspiringdrummer17]

@kkamagwi British actors don't have the same problem with accents that American actors do for some reason

[whydidppltakemyname]

@pilotmoyafan. If it helps, I was born and raised in America and find this hysterical. Though the fake accents probably help.

[celt1745]

Jackson, while undoubtedly eccentric (and a hard-core religious zealot) actually was a brilliant leader and strategist, and personally brave to the point of fool-hardiness. At First Manassas (Bull Run) he did indeed hold his Virginians steady in the face of heavy Union fire and pressure until Johnston arrived, and thus saved the day for the Confederacy.

[19ididyourmom]

lol, love the southern american accent

[3636Clarence]

It may be that General Jackson had apnea

[2013Astrid]

They dont mention this in AP U.S history...lol!

[ItsMoriashkiBitches]

why was jackson ever employed?

[SilverAssassin1347]

if this is the best we got...i don't wann finish this thought

[GRANBESTIA]

Jacket... he is (whateverthatwordwas) on my jacket

[pilotmoyafan]

I'm Scottish living in Texas... I'm not sure which POV to view this from, my Scottish side in thinking this is funny, or my Texas side who has has 5 years in learning about the civil war, and thinking this is ridiculous....

[Civilwarbulletguide]

i can not stop watching this, do I have a problem?

[Sierra026]

Jackson also believed he could not eat pepper, or his left leg would start to hurt. He had to sit up-right on a chair, so as to keep his organs in their proper places. All of his battles were on a Sunday, so he truly believed God was on his side, especially since he won most of them! During a battle, he was often seen slicing open lemons and sucking on them. Yes, he was a most peculiar individual, but a damned good general.

[InnannasRainbow]

@Sierra026 Sniffing lemons will quell nausea but who knows what Jackson was doing.

The battle of the Montior and the Merrimac (I think that's how the spelled it), yes, I remember nearly dropping off to sleep from utter boredom while discussing that in school.

[Civilwarbulletguide]

lol

[sudmalis100]

they need to mock us more often. this is awesome.

[warlordson123]

I want the RAT to be my history teacher :D

[LordRSanguine]

"Sir he is dribbling on my tunic."

[Roddyoneeye]

WAR OF NORTHERN AGGRESSION !

[TheTraumarama2]

@Roddyoneeye

(Cough) Ft. Sumter! (Cough)

[Roddyoneeye]

@TheTraumarama2 Do you mean Ft. Sumpter, South Carolina ? The Ft. Sumpter that was under orders from Washington to be ready to close the passage to Charleston, South Carolina ? The Ft. Sumpter that a few weeks BEFORE the shelling received orders to Provoke an Armed Response from the Militia surrounding the Garrison ? The Ft. Sumpter that had solders of its garrison, from Southern States, removed and replaced with men from Northern States ? That Ft. Sumpter ?

[TheTraumarama2]

@Roddyoneeye

This all sounds new and interesting. Could you show me a link to all this new information?

And it is Ft Sumter.

[Roddyoneeye]

@TheTraumarama2 Sorry, I was made aware of these reports and documents through PBS in the late '90's, before I came to the internet (one set of documents were on the show "Antiques Roadshow" along with the letter from Ft. Sumpter's Commandant to his wife) but it now appears that, even after all this time, there are those who are so uncomfortable with these documents being made public again. I am not well enough versed to regain access to these as a cohesive package. Though You May Be Able to !

[Roddyoneeye]

@TheTraumarama2 I near always spell the name Wrong !

[TheTraumarama2]

@Roddyoneeye

From what I have read, Maj. Anderson merely moved to Ft. Sumter from Ft. Moultrie, because Sumter was more defensible. Lincoln ordered Capt. Fox to land at Sumter with supplies only (and come back with men if opposed) , and told the SC governor that he was sending supplies. The aggression was started when Beauregard gave the order to open the barrage on Ft. Sumter.

[Zeldafan1ify]

"Sir he is dribbling on my tunic."

[Hytjeie]

I never got history lessons from a rat.

[Revexey]

the short man is hilarious!! 

[johnkerry7]

Once again...the British show they know more about our own U.S. history then we do.... sigh... lol

[screamingmeanie]

@johnkerry7 Exactly how? While the sketch was enjoyable, it said nothing I didn't already know. Perhaps it's just that the British know more about U.S. history than YOU do...sigh.

[johnkerry7]

@screamingmeanie ::face palm::No, i never said i DIDNT know what they were talking about, but instead that the majority of Americans are more interested in MTV then learnin stuff. Any reason why you go directly to personal attack mode? Just wondering as i gave no reason for you to do so, you seem to have a great interest in people learning stuff as i do, so....wtf bro?

[duchamp42]

Those accents are horrible LMAO!

[Reach130]

@duchamp42 When Americans attempt British accents, I find it hilarious how terrible their accents are! :P

[andrielisilien]

I love it when he keeps falling asleep!

[Lalaxiaa]

Seriously? They got the damn flags wrong! Gees. The Confederate flag was a cross of stars over red, not the circle of the original 13. sigh

[andrielisilien]

@Lalaxiaa Not quite... The confederates had 3 different flags that changed during the course of the Civil War. First was the Stars and Bars which they show in the video because that was the flag being flown when that particular battle with the ironclad ships took place (1862). The second flag that we are most commonly familiar with is the Stainless Banner with the cross of stars. The third flag was the Blood Stained Banner which had the cross of stars along with a vertical red stripe.

[KirbyComicsVids]

No they used the first confederate flag

[schizoidboy]

The iron clads were different in design, while the Virginia was built like the one seen here the Monitor was the first ship to utilize a gun turnent. The battle was a draw but the Monitor went on to inspire the modern battleship.

[01TheWarrior]

TERRIBLE! HH is usually spot on and hilarious...this has no resemblance to Stonewall at all. He didn't believe in that garbage about his arm, and was a Godly man, on top of being a military genius.

[LadyCasa]

@01TheWarrior You're from the South aren't you?

[01TheWarrior]

@LadyCasa No, actually, I'm from the North. I just prefer to be realistic about facts and not unfair.

[rjwqiup]

@01TheWarrior

Yes he did Do your research and not just you American History books either the Feds made him look better so they would not look like fools for all the trouble he gave them.

[shiptech2k9]

I made a typo, I didnt mean that the guy who replaced jackson missed the opportunity in the war in general. I meant a missed opportunity in the battle of gettysburg. which was like whoever won it, would give the devastating blow to the other side.

[shiptech2k9]

But really nice portrayal though :)

[shiptech2k9]

the woman at the beginning sounds Canadian and by the way the portrayal of the Union ironclad is wrong, the ironclad in that certain battle was an ironclad called a "monitor" and the Confederate ironclad was a "casemate" ironclad. The union ironclad showed there was the USS Cairo. Stonewall Jackson also was called a "champion sleeper" and even fell asleep with food in his mouth. Though it was due to an illness or something (I dont remember). Jonathan also wasnt short, nor sleep every 5 seconds

[JollyRodders]

@shiptech2k9 "the woman at the beginning sounds Canadian">>>> She sounded Scottish to me.

[sudmalis100]

Lovely american representation boys.

[joyhorse13]

Stonewall Jackson disliked this XD

[xWonderxBeyondx]

0:43

Is that supposed to be an american southern accent?? lol

I wish we had HH in America!!

[TheMobster911]

The Union is "the other side" according to the British

[zoodensha]

Things get very confused in a war zone. And for sheer irony, a year later General Longstreet would be badly by a friendly fire incident in almost the same forest a year later.

[casy123ification]

Oh, please do Stonewall Jackson for a Stupid Death!

[DoctorDoom13]

W.T. Sherman forever!

[KirbyComicsVids]

U.S. Grant!

[mxgirl918]

LOL! their accents more like a mishmash of Canadian, Southern drawl with a dash of British-ness. credit to them for trying though

[Johnmartine63]

UM... the Confedrates are the othyer side!

[runescapenoob48]

how the south lost the war

[smalltownfangirl28]

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Oh my, those accents are pretty terrible... XD

[DrinkToIreland]

"this man is no ledgend this man is some crazy arm waving idiot that keeps falling asleep". "HUH *amazing plan* *falls asleep*"." I suppose he has his moments". xD

[Autmngrl]

As far as accents go, I've heard American actors do worse. I'm from the south so I can pick up the genuine or pushed accent. Anyway I love HH, I think it would be great if they covered prohibition or the Hatfield and McCoy feud.

[SickFizzix]

@Autmngrl You want to see bad acting in America? Look up the game "Mad Dog McCree" on youtube and you'll know what bad acting is.

[Autmngrl]

@SickFizzix LOL! Thanks for that. So bad it was comical

[ewbecht]

i want to see more u.s. horrible histories

[TheJobuca]

As an Americam (Southern at that) I am NOT offended!! LOVE IT!!!

[treblemaker21]

I'd like to see how'd they would portray Sherman and Grant. But for the fellow Americans who bristle at the "Awesome USA" sketches, it is another country portraying our history. Kids in England are probably just as knowledgable about our history as we are theirs. Just sit back, and enjoy hearing our history from a different point of view or at least enjoy them trying to do our accents. :)

[weecraig898]

@treblemaker21 I don't think we're that stupid.

[skyblue0291]

This show is for children, so it doesn't really matter about the accents or that the sketch wasn't filmed in America, it's just acting out the facts and at least they tried, besides, it's meant to be funny, not offensive.

[mrknowless]

RIght political flag, wrong battle flag!

[WeaslysWizardWeezes]

i love watching british people trying to do american accents

[hoolago]

@WeaslysWizardWeezes vise versa for me! i like impressioning americans myself i am english!

[WeaslysWizardWeezes]

@hoolago we do sound pretty funny doing british accents

if you want to see some really awful fake british accents watch the Huck Finn movie from the early 1990s

[marionetemanJ]

Do you know that Christianity is correct? The world around us reveals that G-d DOES exist, and the historical evidence reveals that Jesus Christ really did come to this earth and there is overwhelming evidence that Jesus Christ really did physically rise from the dead. Jesus is coming again and the signs of the end times that were foretold in the Bible are coming to pass.

[hoolago]

@marionetemanJ WE CAN BELIVE WHAT WE WANT. WE SHOULD GET TOLD ALL THE OPTIONS, AND CHOOSE OUR OWN. NOT CRAZY PEOPLE SAYING WE HAVE TO BELIVE THIS AND BELIVE THAT. RELIGION IS NOT ABOUT FORCING PEOPLE.

[scarejack]

NOT COOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

[simpsonmark]

Sir he is dribbling on my tunic.

[LadyCasa]

@simpsonmark That line had a bit of English leakin' out in it. Should have dropped that G on "dribbling." I'm getting such a kick out of watching these Brits take on accents!

[TheYell1ng]

His last words; "Let us cross over the river and rest under the shade of the trees."

You bastard, you and Lee could have been an unstoppable force...

[Lieblingsfachful]

@TheYell1ng I know. It's a poetic ending to a brilliant commander.

[zipsrule]

@TheYell1ng Or was he trying to convey his last operattional directive of crossing the Rappahannock River and flanking the Federal lines through the Wilderness?

[TheYell1ng]

@zipsrule

Possibly, it may have been a clever and eloquent way of wording final orders, and at the same time, mustering some scrap of dignity where there is hardly a smidgeon of dignity to be found; out in those fields, as you know, men died as pack animals.

[snorlax102]

@TheYell1ng does anyone even care that im realated to him pleas like

[rjwqiup]

@snorlax102

Your Related to Stonewall?

Oh and the Uss Monitor in the video is off.

[themenofscotland]

@TheYell1ng your probably right but then again, lee would have shot himself in the head before the end of the war.

[Onlygodknows1001]

atleast they tried imitating an american accent

[soccergirl97979]

yea they didn't make a fedie flag.... but i love that when most English people try to fake an American accent they always go for the southern accent. most of the south doesn't actually have a thick accent as how the actors were talking. still cool though

[davcar94]

Civil war told from a community that isn't a fellow American. That was hilarious! xD

[kervin1693]

Wrong flags but pretty accurate

[TheArtOfEmulation]

Nice accent!

[98bigbutt]

So Stonewall Jackson was a narcoleptic? I always thought of him as someone different because he was Lee's right hand man.

[LOVESMATBAYNTON]

Seriously they pick up any accent straight away!! Brilliant that's why I love them so much

[sudmalis100]

Amazing, but don't come to the southern states with that and expect to live. We don't need y'all dead.

Jim is a perfect Jackson

Can't believe we have that guy carved in stone mt. Next to Davis and lee.

[boomerang403]

lol 2:16

[whoopdedoop1212]

I love there American accent

[metalsonicdoll]

the battle ended when the union ship's rotating turret shot a shell into the steam stack which increased pressure and slowed the ship, so the confederates left before the pressure made them slow to a stop

[JadotheShadow]

Incredibly hiliarious, but as a native of Fredericksburg, Virginia, saying any of these thing outloud will get you shot.

[adrynochrome]

@JadotheShadow

fburg!

[JadotheShadow]

@adrynochrome Renactment central. I see people randomly walking around in civil war clothing all the time.

[adrynochrome]

@JadotheShadow

Yeah I used to live in Stafford lol

[Alexandros1294]

@JadotheShadow as a guy from the North, I have a lot of respect for the Southern Generals and the Confederacy. If I lived in that time, I probably would have been for the Confederacy. Ultimately the Confederacy would fail if they had won the war, but I think it would have been better off for the war. In the south, don't they call the Civil War the War of Northern Aggression or something?

[JadotheShadow]

@Alexandros1294 Yeah. We also insult people by referring to them as yankees. We grow up with the war here and the battles, and we even still have a Lee-Jackson Day here. I respect the Generals too, I think they had some great stragies and such, especially compared to most of the Nothern leadership.

[taedonsgirl]

oooooh my word...nice try at the southern accent Brits! lol

[Fetch26291]

Narcolyptic, half-deaf, and had some odd beliefs. But a tactical genius. Who sadly was killed early on in the war. And in what could be considered a Stupid Death. (I'll let you all wiki it so you can decide that for yourselves)

[Lieblingsfachful]

@Fetch26291 Meh, he was shot by his own troops. Stupid on the part of the men, not himself

[mobilechief]

@Lieblingsfachful Shot by his pickets whom could not see at night.

[DrinkToIreland]

@Fetch26291 yeah because wikipedia is very reliable....

[oceanographergirl]

YESSSSSSSSSSS! Ever since I knew about horrible histories, I have been dying for them to do A Civil War spoof. My life is complete. XD

[Lieblingsfachful]

And those trees.......those look nothing like the forests of virginia. The trees are far too big and spread out.

[kalbahamut]

@Lieblingsfachful I'm from Virginia... the trees look fine..

[Voxateuri]

@Lieblingsfachful Yeah, if they were somwhere in the US, I'd have to guess California (but it doens't matter, because they're in England).

[gradgurl2007]

All Southern accents are exaggerated! :)

[MadOldKatLady]

Is there no accent they can't do?!

[SuperGingernutz]

@MadOldKatLady The HH team's grasp of accents blow me away big time...

Ben and Larry do good Irish accents and so does Simon (he's the only cast member I know who has worked in Ireland). One of the female actors (I think its Alice) does a good one, too.

Mat Baynton, I love you dearly, sweetstuff - there's one thing you really need to work on and that is your Irish accent. You are pretty much half way there with the West Country/pirate accent... get the other half right you'll be smashing!

[kalbahamut]

@SuperGingernutz the guy on the left sounds more gay North Carolinian than Virginian...