By the request of many of our viewers, we have added narration to our already existing original set of battle maps. We appreciate your support and hope you enjoy the update! For our more modern animated maps, please visit the top of our Animated Battle Maps playlist th-cam.com/play/PLZrhqv_T1O1sdxRNm5SNc6cGSWr7xiWZs.html.
With terrible narration, the lack of context, and an underwhelming script, you make us suffer through this history lesson as if Ben Stein himself was giving us an economics lecture. Maybe try again with some feedback from people.
I grew up on a small farm right smack in the middle of that battlefield. As a kid, we picked up round and mini balls, some shell fragments and a few complete artillery projectiles. They were laying around like Easter eggs. A local kid even pulled a musket out of Dogan's Branch. Oddly, to me that's just how things were and I didn't give it any thought. It was only after I left home that I took a real interest in the Civil War and began seriously studying it.
@@mobilechief I well remember when Dulles was first built, to get there I had to go through Chantilly. It was nothing but the intersection of 28 and 50. Very little else around. Look at it now!! I have often wondered where that battle actually took place around there.
Man I wish I lived on a battlefield. I wouldnt even sell it maybe donate some but keep a personal collection. My father had a fellow employee that lived on shiloh battlefield he had a few shells etc he was gonna give but lost connections after company went down. I was also a reenactor of the civil war. My ancestors is what brought interest I didnt think I had as much family fight in that war but I was wrong. My mothers side split uncle and nephew split the family the uncle lost his foot sometime from shiloh to Corinth. My fathers side one captured another before they married into the family and became prisoners of war.
I'm reading Longstreet's book (From Manassas to Appomattox) now, and without a video like this, or a map that shows every single ford, I can't make heads or tails of what he's saying. Thank you so much for this.
This was always my experience reading any book written by a soldier talking about their battles, lots of mentions of minute geographical details and relatively unknown officers, you can easily get derailed trying to learn more about those just so you can get a basic idea of what’s going on
@@shirayashathe book is excellent, very detailed. I got it because it is said to be one of the best, most comprehensive eyewitness accounts of the war.
In Bernard Cornwell's novel, "Rebel", the Faulconer Legion was placed with Evans on the Confederate left. No action was expected there as Bouregard thought the Fed's would attack his center. It was Nathaniel Starbuck who smelled out the Federal flanking roust, and convinced Colonel Bird of the Faulconer Legion and Colonel Evans to meet the Union flanking troops. While they eventually retreated due to overwhelming Union numbers, they held out long enough for Jackson to prepare a strong defense. It also gave Bouregard enough time to realize his mistake, and move his entire army to the left. Great novel. :)
@@DumpsterFire2048 You mean That War. Schools, Roads, Libraries and Parks are named after Him though. id say that's something, you'll be forgotten 150 years from when your dead and gone.
It was after this battle that the two sides agreed to terms for the war. The North would wear blue South grey. The main battle flags each side would fly and the treatment of prisoners.
They were already wearing gray and blue before this battle. But I found interesting the Confederates adopted a battle flag, as their stars and bars were too much alike the stars and stripes.
@@tannerjordan3754 the uniforms on both sides were all over the place. The 14th NY had a wacky red uniform. Some wore their grey academy uniforms. The 11th NY had their gery coat and blue pants. Most Union troops did have the blue, but the north had every color possible. Some southerners still wore their US military academy uniforms. Some southerners were in civilian clothes and the officers still had their US uniforms.
@@rjr6274 I think that the origin of the colors were the regulations at the time which held that Federal Regulars were to wear blue and militiamen were supposed to wore grey. Since both sides were composed largely of militiamen and volunteers (and because the secessionists raided many Federal armories before the war) both sides had men wearing grey and men wearing blue. As GNranger, some regiments had custom designs, including some with red pants in imitation of some of the more gaudy armies of Europe at the time.
Great video. But do you have to mention _every time_ that it's "the bloodiest battle until that point"? That's an epitaph that you can accredit to every other battle in the civil war (based on sheer army sizes and advancing weapons technology)
Well, this is the first major battle so it is pretty important to mention here probably. It's also interesting to note in battles such as Antietam how the casualties total to more than all other previous wars combined. Also, when you get past Gettysburg, they stop saying that! But for the first few years, every battle just got bloodier and bloodier.
Guys, I certainly agree. Everyone always says “this was the bloodiest battle etc”. There are a few notable portions of some battles (preaching to the preachers here!!) Kennesaw mtn; those below; hornets nest at Shiloh; heck there are quite a few. I really appreciate these videos.
This was the classic setup that became the real story of the civil war. The South had better generals and better soldiers. The north rarely outfought them until the North realized it's greatest advantage was its vast capacity to produce more men, weapons and supplies than the South. Following a series of fired Union generals, they finally put a general in charge who understood that wearing the south down was the way to victory - not slamming into their ranks head first. That general was Grant.
Fails to say that the 75,000 volunteers were enlisted for 90 days and their enlistments would expire at the end of July. The narration makes it sound like the Union was confronting the Confederate Army for no reason at all. The objective of the Union's march to Manassas Junction was to seize the railroad there.
That’s why it’s called the war of northern aggression. They started the murderous war when they refused to leave for Sumter when the state had LAWFULLY succeeded. Then they started their “on to Richmond” aggression .
@@alexeubanks467 The war settled that there was no right to secession. The Monroe Doctrine gave USA complete domain over North America. Had they stayed, the USA would have had a much more difficult time ending slavery.
@@alexeubanks467 You're a fool. It only takes half a braincell to read primary sources that completely debunk your delusional ramblings, but you're clearly from the shallow end of the gene pool. The Confederacy chose to go against America's values and to throw the nation into bloody conflict. Sumpter belonged to the USA, not the rebels. So the rebels firing on Sumpter caused the beginning of armed conflict. Argue your lost cause nonsense all you like, it doesn't make it historic FACT. It is truly pathetic how dearly you clutch at non existent straws to defend your ancestors because god forbid your great grand pappy openly supported a racist and treasonous cause. Own up to their mistakes and detest what they did, instead of trying (and failing) to cover up their wrong doings and abhorrent behaviour . All of our families did awful things in history, its time to grow up and face these truths like an adult.
@@alexsmith148no such thing as “Southern Education”. I’m from Texas and completely disagree with the notion that the Civil War was due to northern aggression. The lost cause theory is just a way for uneducated imbeciles to pretend it wasn’t the south’s fault to begin with. When you find yourself making excuses for slave states, I think that’s about the time where you should reevaluate your position.
In late 1988, I was a student at the US Army's Engineer Officer Basic Course, at Fort Belvoir VA. We went on a Battlefield Tour / Terrain Walk at 1st Manassas. It was in mid November. Weather was Snowing / sleet - low 30°'s. My group got up onto Henry Hill to see what both sides saw. And we discussed how the terrain played to each sides advantage. And what the disadvantages were. Eventually the weather got so rotten we made a "command decision" to return to the contracted buses.
Typically people tend to call the battles what the victors of the battle called it plus naming battles after the nearest town is most of the time better then the nearest body of water it’s almost like a rule that the name of the battle goes to the victor
That's the name of the ford used to cross the creek. A Confederate artillery shell hit a wagon on the bridge which caused mass hysteria among troops and civilians.
Karl Johan Lea Thank you, that makes sense. That's right, some think it was a mortar shell that hit the bridge on the Warrenton Turnpike in Centreville. So that must have caused a detour.
Did the Confederates improvise during the battle, or did they plan and anticipate the union moves of action? I believe that they did both, but mostly planned like in a game of chess.
From what little I've read it seems as though most was improvised. Try reading Rebel Yell. It's about Jackson's life but talks about this battle in detail.
And as usual. . A short mention of Ft Sumter with no mention of the Armistice agreement involving Ft Sumter. I guess battlefield trust...forgot that....or missed it.....or left it out....
@@jdhill4 Cute. It wouldnt take no more than 20 seconds to describe the armistice agreement. They left it out because it doesnt go with their "Johnny Reb started the war" narrative. Cute , but nice try. Maybe if you had an actual passion about history, you would be upset like others about misconceptions.
@@JohnnyRebWasATexan I have a huge passion for history and do find myself getting mildly triggered over historical inaccuracies or perpetuation of myths. I just don't think this is the video for being triggered about Fort Sumter. Make that argument in that video.
@@jdhill4 You certainly dont seem to have a huge passion for history. Your first comment was filled with malice, contempt and arrogance;intended for someone who would be your fellow history buff. Someone who also has a passion for history. You felt the need to belittle me for what reason? Simply because you did not agree with my first comment? Wow. Being passionate about history does not work that way. For being a history buff you went off the rails. The only one "triggered" is you. I simply stated a fact in a curt manner. And so you did not agree with my comment. There for you felt to be rude in an attempt to make my opinion on this video invalid. You need to gain some self confidence and quit being rude and belittling people you do not agree with. Have a good weekend sir.
I grew up in Fairfax and knew all of these place names as a little kid before I knew the details of the battle. "What? They fought in Centerville and Manassas? Are you sure?"
I am somewhat disappointed that the fighting retreat of the 1st Minnesota and Rickett's Battery was not mentioned. I would love to know what the Confederates thoughts were over that retreat in good order. However, it is a very good overall take on the battle.
This bit of history seems quaint in light of the fact that Manassas is now overrun by immigrants, some legal but mostly illegal no one can really tell the difference anymore, Manassas is now known as “Manaxico” by those of us who’ve born witness to the demographic changes the last 20 years.
Well tie my ear to a pigs hide & roll me in the mud! You better move out faster than a cat on a hot tin roof! This is the new America! Oh, my family was here before Los Angeles was even a city. No need for predjudice here now.
If Lee had been in command at the Battle of Bull Run when the Union Army broke and ran all the way back to Washington, Lee would have followed and the war would have ended with the South’s victory.
If the north just left the south alone... its sad how people still think the south was aggressive or it was all about slavery. The colors should be reversed. Greetings from germany.
It was all about slavery. People can argue that it was a "war of rights" but what rights specifically? The right to own other people, and the right for states to choose whether or not they want to allow that - therefore still boiling down to slavery.
The south relied on slavery as the bedrock of its economy. Also, southerners had watched the horrors of the Haitian revolution and thought that that would happen again if the slaves were freed. So when the north demanded they ban it, the south believed they were either blind or evil enough not to recognize that it might render the South into something akin to a failed state like Somalia. I'm not saying I would sign up for the Confederacy if I were thrown back to that time, or that it isn't good that that system was brought to an end one way or another, but this was no fairy tale, it was real life and the confederate mentality was a lot closer to being like mine and yours than we might dare to consider. Maybe it's not surprising that a German would see that, who's born with his own version of that x2.
By the request of many of our viewers, we have added narration to our already existing original set of battle maps. We appreciate your support and hope you enjoy the update! For our more modern animated maps, please visit the top of our Animated Battle Maps playlist th-cam.com/play/PLZrhqv_T1O1sdxRNm5SNc6cGSWr7xiWZs.html.
thank you it really improves the video
Please do one for Chancellorsville
These narrations lose credibility when they mispronounce simple things like “Shenandoah” and “decimate.”
Awesome, thanks! Is this available with Spanish audio anywhere?
With terrible narration, the lack of context, and an underwhelming script, you make us suffer through this history lesson as if Ben Stein himself was giving us an economics lecture. Maybe try again with some feedback from people.
I grew up on a small farm right smack in the middle of that battlefield. As a kid, we picked up round and mini balls, some shell fragments and a few complete artillery projectiles. They were laying around like Easter eggs. A local kid even pulled a musket out of Dogan's Branch. Oddly, to me that's just how things were and I didn't give it any thought. It was only after I left home that I took a real interest in the Civil War and began seriously studying it.
Me also I lived in Chantilly and Herndon bac in the day
@@mobilechief I well remember when Dulles was first built, to get there I had to go through Chantilly. It was nothing but the intersection of 28 and 50. Very little else around. Look at it now!! I have often wondered where that battle actually took place around there.
@@billlawrence1899 TRue , its sad to see history destroyed for profit
Man I wish I lived on a battlefield. I wouldnt even sell it maybe donate some but keep a personal collection. My father had a fellow employee that lived on shiloh battlefield he had a few shells etc he was gonna give but lost connections after company went down. I was also a reenactor of the civil war. My ancestors is what brought interest I didnt think I had as much family fight in that war but I was wrong. My mothers side split uncle and nephew split the family the uncle lost his foot sometime from shiloh to Corinth. My fathers side one captured another before they married into the family and became prisoners of war.
Wow, nice recollection thank you for sharing Bill Lawrence
I'm reading Longstreet's book (From Manassas to Appomattox) now, and without a video like this, or a map that shows every single ford, I can't make heads or tails of what he's saying. Thank you so much for this.
how was the book? and discussion about his time with the union army during reconstruction?
Ditto!!!
This was always my experience reading any book written by a soldier talking about their battles, lots of mentions of minute geographical details and relatively unknown officers, you can easily get derailed trying to learn more about those just so you can get a basic idea of what’s going on
That's exactly why I'm here, reading that same book, needed this visual. This is what the internet is good for, lol
@@shirayashathe book is excellent, very detailed. I got it because it is said to be one of the best, most comprehensive eyewitness accounts of the war.
Thank you for all the work in putting out these videos!
Reading The Civil War: A Narrative
These help me to visualize the engagements and understand the engagements so much more than words on a page.
Justin Upp I’m listening on Audible and same.
The maps are awesome. Definitely makes it easier to understand things.
I'm nearly through the second book. It is extremely good.
In Bernard Cornwell's novel, "Rebel", the Faulconer Legion was placed with Evans on the Confederate left. No action was expected there as Bouregard thought the Fed's would attack his center. It was Nathaniel Starbuck who smelled out the Federal flanking roust, and convinced Colonel Bird of the Faulconer Legion and Colonel Evans to meet the Union flanking troops. While they eventually retreated due to overwhelming Union numbers, they held out long enough for Jackson to prepare a strong defense. It also gave Bouregard enough time to realize his mistake, and move his entire army to the left. Great novel. :)
Excellent presentation...and thank you for getting the name of the battle right!
Richmond is still a hard road to Travel, just try I 95
t Mann hahaha now that’s funny
Been down that way before. You're not just whistling Dixie brother.
Too many state troopers along the road looking to give speeding tickets.
Ed .H. Not really a problem-rarely been able to reach speed limit, let alone speed
This is the funniest comment I’ve seen on a TH-cam video in a long time 🤣
Thanks again for all your hard work to bring us to a greater understanding of our history.
A nice video, clear and concise telling. Thanks for posting !
excellent video's. wish i had seen these when i was in school!
That was an excellent report of a very important war the Civil War. A government by the people and for the people shall not parish.
or perish in the parish.
Exactly, separation of church and state.
Or cherish the garish ?
The slave owning states voted to secede but the industrialised north took a fascist stand and invaded 😮
3:37 Stonewall Jackson stands like a stone wall.
Unkept looking weirdo. He'll never amount to nothing in this war.
@@DumpsterFire2048 You mean That War. Schools, Roads, Libraries and Parks are named after Him though. id say that's something, you'll be forgotten 150 years from when your dead and gone.
@@clb8usmc he is a traitor and loser the south should territories to this day and not part of our great Union.
@@DumpsterFire2048 I agree, his standing still was probably foreshadowing for his stagnant career.
I really like this. Thank-you.
Listening to a podcast about this battle. This quick overview and maps are very helpful in following along.
Thank You for Such a Good Battle Map Position Animation !
It was after this battle that the two sides agreed to terms for the war. The North would wear blue South grey. The main battle flags each side would fly and the treatment of prisoners.
They were already wearing gray and blue before this battle. But I found interesting the Confederates adopted a battle flag, as their stars and bars were too much alike the stars and stripes.
RJR wrong. Many northerners wore grey and many southerners wore brown.
@@tannerjordan3754 the uniforms on both sides were all over the place. The 14th NY had a wacky red uniform. Some wore their grey academy uniforms. The 11th NY had their gery coat and blue pants. Most Union troops did have the blue, but the north had every color possible. Some southerners still wore their US military academy uniforms. Some southerners were in civilian clothes and the officers still had their US uniforms.
@Karl Johan Lea: Thanks for reminding me of that. IIRC, Jackson's men wore blue, and Sherman's wore grey.
@@rjr6274 I think that the origin of the colors were the regulations at the time which held that Federal Regulars were to wear blue and militiamen were supposed to wore grey. Since both sides were composed largely of militiamen and volunteers (and because the secessionists raided many Federal armories before the war) both sides had men wearing grey and men wearing blue. As GNranger, some regiments had custom designs, including some with red pants in imitation of some of the more gaudy armies of Europe at the time.
Great video.
But do you have to mention _every time_ that it's "the bloodiest battle until that point"?
That's an epitaph that you can accredit to every other battle in the civil war (based on sheer army sizes and advancing weapons technology)
Well, this is the first major battle so it is pretty important to mention here probably. It's also interesting to note in battles such as Antietam how the casualties total to more than all other previous wars combined. Also, when you get past Gettysburg, they stop saying that! But for the first few years, every battle just got bloodier and bloodier.
Mule shoe salient at spotsylvania?
Cold Harbor?
Chickamauga?
Guys, I certainly agree. Everyone always says “this was the bloodiest battle etc”.
There are a few notable portions of some battles (preaching to the preachers here!!)
Kennesaw mtn; those below; hornets nest at Shiloh; heck there are quite a few.
I really appreciate these videos.
Any plans for an animated map of Selma, AL?
My great granduncle fought here with the 13th Mississippi.
This was the classic setup that became the real story of the civil war. The South had better generals and better soldiers. The north rarely outfought them until the North realized it's greatest advantage was its vast capacity to produce more men, weapons and supplies than the South. Following a series of fired Union generals, they finally put a general in charge who understood that wearing the south down was the way to victory - not slamming into their ranks head first. That general was Grant.
Fails to say that the 75,000 volunteers were enlisted for 90 days and their enlistments would expire at the end of July. The narration makes it sound like the Union was confronting the Confederate Army for no reason at all. The objective of the Union's march to Manassas Junction was to seize the railroad there.
That’s why it’s called the war of northern aggression. They started the murderous war when they refused to leave for Sumter when the state had LAWFULLY succeeded. Then they started their “on to Richmond” aggression .
@@alexeubanks467 The war settled that there was no right to secession. The Monroe Doctrine gave USA complete domain over North America. Had they stayed, the USA would have had a much more difficult time ending slavery.
@@alexeubanks467 You're a fool. It only takes half a braincell to read primary sources that completely debunk your delusional ramblings, but you're clearly from the shallow end of the gene pool. The Confederacy chose to go against America's values and to throw the nation into bloody conflict. Sumpter belonged to the USA, not the rebels. So the rebels firing on Sumpter caused the beginning of armed conflict. Argue your lost cause nonsense all you like, it doesn't make it historic FACT. It is truly pathetic how dearly you clutch at non existent straws to defend your ancestors because god forbid your great grand pappy openly supported a racist and treasonous cause. Own up to their mistakes and detest what they did, instead of trying (and failing) to cover up their wrong doings and abhorrent behaviour . All of our families did awful things in history, its time to grow up and face these truths like an adult.
@@alexeubanks467 "succeeded" hahah that's that southern education for you
@@alexsmith148no such thing as “Southern Education”. I’m from Texas and completely disagree with the notion that the Civil War was due to northern aggression. The lost cause theory is just a way for uneducated imbeciles to pretend it wasn’t the south’s fault to begin with. When you find yourself making excuses for slave states, I think that’s about the time where you should reevaluate your position.
In late 1988, I was a student at the US Army's Engineer Officer Basic Course, at Fort Belvoir VA. We went on a Battlefield Tour / Terrain Walk at 1st Manassas. It was in mid November. Weather was Snowing / sleet - low 30°'s. My group got up onto Henry Hill to see what both sides saw. And we discussed how the terrain played to each sides advantage. And what the disadvantages were. Eventually the weather got so rotten we made a "command decision" to return to the contracted buses.
In describing the Confederate cannon fire on the Union cannon, I think it’s “decimate” and not “disseminate.”
They did disseminate some decimating artillery.
"Disseminate some of thar case shot inta them Yankees" -TJ Jackson, First Manassas, July 1861
They disseminated federal troop and artillery parts.
I'm giving a thumbs up to all the comedians. Well played.
ABT, is there anywhere we can get these maps?
Was JEB Stuart there ? I think in the Gods and Generals movie he even charged ?
Since the Union won the war, shouldn't the correct historical name of this battle be "bull run"?
Depends on where you’re from
Yes
@@backyardboosters9128 No it doesn't
not really, we can call it whatever we like, as long as people know what we are talking about
Let's compromise with Battle of Bull Asses
"Jacksons in the valley!"
Why do you use only the southern names for battles?
Does it offend you?
@@backyardboosters9128 no. Im not offended. Usually history is written by the victors and i just find it odd is all.
Typically people tend to call the battles what the victors of the battle called it plus naming battles after the nearest town is most of the time better then the nearest body of water it’s almost like a rule that the name of the battle goes to the victor
@@backyardboosters9128 What gave you the impression he was offended?
They might be based in Virginia, since a lot of battlefields are there.
I thought the retreat was primarily down Warrenton Turnpike.? According to this it was primarily across Sudley Ford.?
That's the name of the ford used to cross the creek. A Confederate artillery shell hit a wagon on the bridge which caused mass hysteria among troops and civilians.
Karl Johan Lea Thank you, that makes sense. That's right, some think it was a mortar shell that hit the bridge on the Warrenton Turnpike in Centreville. So that must have caused a detour.
Drove past Jeb Stuart’s birthplace over the weekend
Excellent.
Why didn't Johnson follow up the victory and take Washington DC?
Because nobody was ready to launch a major campaign. McDowell only did so under great pressure from Lincoln
Beauregard should have never been demoted he and Davis never saw eye to eye
What the hell is keyes doing?😂😂😂
My grandpa was at this battle and when he watched saving private Ryan opening scene he had to leave the theater 😢😢
Wow that is very emotional 😢
If your grandpa was born the day of this battle, he would have been 137 years old when the movie saving private Ryan came out.
I thought Manassas was the name the traitors called the battle? Why is it used today?
Manassas was the Southern term the south used. Bull Run was what the union troops referred to the battle.
CHAAARRRGGGEEE!!!!!!!!!! BAYONETS!!!!!!!!!!
“Hold your fire til they come within 50 yards””And when you charge “yell like fury’s”
Huzzah boys give'm whats fer.
The union was completed routed in this battle. Why the confederates did not take Washington I know not.
It was their biggest mistake of the war
Stonewall reportedly said that with 5K troops he'd take Washington.
Beauregard's request to March on Washington D.C. was rejected by Davis.
Did the Confederates improvise during the battle, or did they plan and anticipate the union moves of action? I believe that they did both, but mostly planned like in a game of chess.
From what little I've read it seems as though most was improvised. Try reading Rebel Yell. It's about Jackson's life but talks about this battle in detail.
They likely would have had eyes on the battlefield and terrain around them watching for enemy movements and responding/reacting to them.
Awesome
*First Battle of Bull Run
Names of battles vary depending on which side you were on. I believe the Rebs referred to it as Bull Run while the Yanks called it Manassas.
@@kreedur the Yanks called it Bull Run and the Rebs called it Manassas l.
Winners name the battle
And as usual. . A short mention of Ft Sumter with no mention of the Armistice agreement involving Ft Sumter. I guess battlefield trust...forgot that....or missed it.....or left it out....
Yea, they didn't mention Normandy or John Paul Jones either, but since it's a 5 minute video about First Manassas, I wasn't expecting them to.
@@jdhill4 Cute. It wouldnt take no more than 20 seconds to describe the armistice agreement. They left it out because it doesnt go with their "Johnny Reb started the war" narrative. Cute , but nice try. Maybe if you had an actual passion about history, you would be upset like others about misconceptions.
@@JohnnyRebWasATexan I have a huge passion for history and do find myself getting mildly triggered over historical inaccuracies or perpetuation of myths. I just don't think this is the video for being triggered about Fort Sumter. Make that argument in that video.
@@jdhill4 You certainly dont seem to have a huge passion for history. Your first comment was filled with malice, contempt and arrogance;intended for someone who would be your fellow history buff. Someone who also has a passion for history. You felt the need to belittle me for what reason? Simply because you did not agree with my first comment? Wow. Being passionate about history does not work that way. For being a history buff you went off the rails. The only one "triggered" is you. I simply stated a fact in a curt manner. And so you did not agree with my comment. There for you felt to be rude in an attempt to make my opinion on this video invalid. You need to gain some self confidence and quit being rude and belittling people you do not agree with.
Have a good weekend sir.
@@JohnnyRebWasATexan Johnny Rev did start the war. They were raiding and looting federal stockpiles for arming the South leading up to Ft. Sumter.
Awwww yeah.
I grew up in Fairfax and knew all of these place names as a little kid before I knew the details of the battle. "What? They fought in Centerville and Manassas? Are you sure?"
I am somewhat disappointed that the fighting retreat of the 1st Minnesota and Rickett's Battery was not mentioned. I would love to know what the Confederates thoughts were over that retreat in good order. However, it is a very good overall take on the battle.
Hm. No mention of Kirby-Smith
well done, too bad the background music is a bit annoying here and there
Interesting this acct calls it First Manassas instead of the correct Battle of Bull Run
yes
WE TURKS SUPPORT CONFEDERATE ARMY ❤️❤️❤️ God blessed
This bit of history seems quaint in light of the fact that Manassas is now overrun by immigrants, some legal but mostly illegal no one can really tell the difference anymore, Manassas is now known as “Manaxico” by those of us who’ve born witness to the demographic changes the last 20 years.
Yeah, I am sorry for you feeling invaded I wish there was no reason for us to migrate here.
@@davido1953 he's Latino.
@@SinjidKhan that doesn't change my statement
@@davido1953 sure, but I figure you were assuming he's black.
Well tie my ear to a pigs hide & roll me in the mud! You better move out faster than a cat on a hot tin roof! This is the new America! Oh, my family was here before Los Angeles was even a city. No need for predjudice here now.
Who else is watching July 21, 2019?
I'm watching this on 8/2/19. It's great!!!
@@ronaldshank7589 Nah, I'm watching it this evening.
me
Bull Run you mean...
If Lee had been in command at the Battle of Bull Run when the Union Army broke and ran all the way back to Washington, Lee would have followed and the war would have ended with the South’s victory.
If Grant was general the opposite should have happened
If only Lee had ICBM`s he would have won the war.
Nah what we needed was an Air Force and space program 👩🏭
known in the south as the great skedaddle for the rout that the union army suffered.
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If only your computer voice could get the plural of "cannon" correct....
cannons or cannon, both are in common usage.
Pretty sure this isn't a computer voice
If the South woulda won we would of had it made!!!! Hank Jr....just a song dont go crying
Good Americans vs bad Americans 😂
About time to resurrect the confederacy..union Government is outta control
If the north just left the south alone... its sad how people still think the south was aggressive or it was all about slavery. The colors should be reversed. Greetings from germany.
thats absolutely retarded
It was all about slavery. People can argue that it was a "war of rights" but what rights specifically? The right to own other people, and the right for states to choose whether or not they want to allow that - therefore still boiling down to slavery.
The south relied on slavery as the bedrock of its economy. Also, southerners had watched the horrors of the Haitian revolution and thought that that would happen again if the slaves were freed. So when the north demanded they ban it, the south believed they were either blind or evil enough not to recognize that it might render the South into something akin to a failed state like Somalia.
I'm not saying I would sign up for the Confederacy if I were thrown back to that time, or that it isn't good that that system was brought to an end one way or another, but this was no fairy tale, it was real life and the confederate mentality was a lot closer to being like mine and yours than we might dare to consider. Maybe it's not surprising that a German would see that, who's born with his own version of that x2.
That last part of the video OBVIOUSLY showef how poorly defended the Union Army cannons were. F sakes.