I’m not a US citizen, but my hobby is the civil war, it’s so pity that they want to destroy all monuments. My favourite is Lee and stonewall Jackson. I honour them. Greetings from Germany and a happy new year
@@tc-up2yw Trust me man a good majority didnt fight solely for slavery, obviously confederate government did for economic reasons but individuals just fought for their land and property, a lot of them are misunderstood as people nowadays
Caleb we too in England fought a civil war ti's sad when brother fights brother tell me If I'm wrong but most soldiers had that haunted empty look about them like they'd nothing left A man from my town darwen lancashire fought for UNION ARMY I fear usa is a not far off civil war again There are dark forces at work The oppressed ie native indians and blacks were and still are tret like second class citizens I ain't a yank but dangerous times are coming again
This is Dixie? No way? It don't sound like it at first, but it is, lol, this is tight. Nice post man, Love The Civil War, These men will never be forgotten. Thanks.
@DrBlueBronco The American Civil War can be read as a novel. We'll always be wondering why the hell did Lee launch an attack on Cemetary Ridge, or why didn't Bragg bypass the Hornet's Ness at Shiloh, ... When you first hear about the Civil War, you think "ok, the Blue are the good people and the Greys the bad people" when you realize it isn't the case.
Lee would probably tell you why didn't you tell him this before the battle, as even a fool as himself in hindsight could see what a blunder Pickett's charge was.
The Southern men swore they never cut their beards until the war was over, for them... Many went to their graves, in the 1930s, still wearing their beards. My great great Grandfather did.
i love your hystory and country with special attention to this period of the civil war. Did you know that some relatives of the great general R. Lee immigrated to Brazil after the end of the war and founded a city named 'Americana'? hugs from Brazil !
As to Robert E. Lee dying within a relatively short time after the war, he had lost everything. He is quoted as saying he was penniless. Confederate leaders, military and civilian, had to apply to have their citizenship approved and restored. Lee's application was "lost" and he died a man without a country as far as the occupying government was concerned. He still encouraged his friends and acquaintances to move on and pick up the pieces of their lives. At the same time, I have read that he told someone, I can't remember who, that he wished he died on the field of battle. He was offered command of the Federal forces and resigned from the US Army rather than go to war against his friends and neighbors and his native land, Virginia. He died of a broken heart. IMHO.
My 7th Great Grandfather was apart of Gen Lee's Texans. He some how fought all thru the war till Appomattox courthouse. If anyone every wanted to know how bloody that damn war was when he came home he NEVER picked up a rifle again. They only two things he had on him was a small how to dig young trees out of the Brazos River bank and plant on his homestead and a fishing pole. He fished 6 days a week. He founded two towns in Central Texas his homestead is still there as are many of the trees that he planted. There's one pecan tree there that has almonds walnuts cashews and another nut besides the pecan tree it originally was. He was a judge and a deacon in the church. His father fought for Texas Independence at the Battle of San jacinto. Now here we are repeating 1858 and 1859 all over again. I shutter when I think of that thought!!
@@brt-jn7kg You my friend have an excellent heritage. However, I think we are unfortunately beyond even the mistakes of '58-59 and are in the throes of '60.
Lee lived only 6 years after the war. that picture had to have been at least 3 years after the war. but it accurately showed what war does to you. five stars. good job
I used to live on land that had been John B Gordan's in the DeKalb County part of Atlanta. My father and I would ride over to where his mansion stood just off DeKalb Avenue and cut magnolia blossoms off the tree that was once in his front yard.
tee bartim well did you consider if they ever may have not liked being slaves? Lets put it this-way if the whites were the slaves and went through the same thing - would you celebrate or honor those who didn't want to free your people? I assume your not Christian since Jesus-was a Jew and did the complete opposite of what you are doing - meaning he was about love and you are about spreading hate..consider what I said about putting yourself at that time in their shoes..
I'd never heard of him up to 37 years ago when I found myself a student at John B. Gordon Jr. College (now just JBGC) in Barnesville, GA. He later became my favorite Southern general. Quite a remarkable man.
indy_go_blue60 And the Board of Regents should have its ass kicked for changing its name. It was just called Gordon Military college. Frankly, I never associated it with its namesake.
@jimbowie09 Grant was swindled out of his money, but he took care of his widow by writing his memoirs while he was dying of cancer. It remains one of the greatest books of military history ever written.
Recently visited Parker's Crosssroads battlefield in TN (Dec 23, 1862). There master cavalry General Nathan Bedford Forrest was defeated after putting up a good scrap, but fell into a Yankee trap sprung in the nick of time. Like Gettysburg, it was the Yankee infantry that rescued the cavalry which was the bait against Forrest's raiding force. Read at the visitor's center there that despite initially joining the KKK, in his last years, Forrest renounced his old ways and died a devout Christian.
He was first leader of the KKK. His apparent change of heart occurred sometime in 1875 when he gave a speech to a crowd of blacks in which he said “live honestly and act truly, and when you are oppressed I will come to your relief”. Needless to say some of his former comrades were unhappy with this pronouncement and he was condemned as having lost his mind and of being an embarrassment (“and now to mar all the luster which is attached to his name, his brain is turned by the civilities of a mulatto wench” yeah, that was printed in a newspaper). I have no idea how sincere it was, I was not in his head, but at the very least he knew that people would react how they did and still chose to offer his protection to them from oppression.
Dude, Hood was from Owingsville KENTUCKY. He wasn't a Texan. He was stationed in Texas in the US Army when the South seceded and since his native state didn't join the CSA he hooked up with the Texans and became affiliated with them as their commander.
Kalle Konttinen no there both grey yanks wanted to stop slavery and confederates wanted to take a unfair government that forced them to become slave owners in the first place
Johnston and Sherman were quite close. Johnston attended Sherman's funeral and refused to don his hat despite a torrential freezing rain. "Sherman would do the same for me," he said. Johnston would be dead from pneumonia within the month.
@tranquilizedaz Sherman was averaging 1 mile per day and was paying for it in blood. Johnston understood what made Sherman tick. When the sacked him and replaced him with Hood (who was hooked an laudnum after an amputation), Sherman actually said: "Somebody up in Richmond is on my side." It was Bragg.
Excellent video. For clip that's only a couple of minutes long, it says more than some 2-hour documentaries. The choice of music was both emotional and haunting. As I watched these great American military leaders from both the north and the south, I pictured the trials and tribulations they must of faced during each of their own commands, that I felt my throat begin to tighten and my eyes begin to show signs of watering up. People need to appreciate the fact that the North and South came back to Union where leadership strength begets strength, not only for the USA but for the free world. Otherwise, if division became the states quo on the North American continent, then there is no way the United States Of America ascends to the very top of world military power, in order to defeat the most potent enemies of the 20th century, the planet had ever seen.
@AUG351 Yes, it's very sad that Major General Patrick Cleburne was killed in the assault on those heavily fortified Union Lines at the Battle of Franklin. From everything I've read about him, he was a man of unusual and sterling character. What is even more tragic is that he had just recently become engaged to a lovely young woman, named Miss Susan Tarleton from Mobile, Alabama. It's just not fair that he didn't survive the battle and get to marry her... What a horrific battle Franklin was!
You are talking about July 1. It was a chatic meeting engagement and mistakes were made on both sides -- Howard did not exactly help Meade's cause any more than Lee' subordinates helped his. But from July 2 on Meade anticipated Lee's every move and had contingencies. And when his own generals bungled like Sickles he was quick to react and stave off disaster. Meade was everywhere, missed nothing, put the right men like Hancock in charge over lesser generals with more seniority and owned Lee.
@tranquilizedaz The progress Johnston had made in rebuilding and restoring morale to the AoT that General Bragg had starved and mismanaged. Not to mention his steady whittling down and hinderance of Sherman's advance with his victories at Kennesaw, New hope Church, etc. rather than holing up in Atlanta to be choked out in a siege like Grant had done at Vicksburg. As long as the AoT was intact and mobile it posed a threat to Sherman's larger and slower army, Johnston understood this Hood did not.
Pictures show more than words. The obvious sadness of most southern officers on the after war photos is very impressive. But we also see, that these fine Gentlemen and heroes did not loose their honor and pride. By the way, it is a shame, that a most commendable general as John Bell Hood, who had bravely fought for his conviction and lost an arm and a leg, had to finish his days in isolation and poverty! The victors were not merciful.
And now they're trying to destroy our Our Heroes monuments across country wake up all good Americans and stop these people from doing the damage to our Monument wake up America wake up America before it's too late
@@larrygreen8912 what we really need to do is take a rope around their necks and I'm not even kidding low life ever comes knocking at my door I'm not going to let them in I'm going to defend my house with any means necessary
Confederate monuments belong in a museum, not out in public perpetuating a blood curse on all African Americans. Most of these monuments were erected from 1900-1920, at the height of Jim Crow.
Tom Heisler These monuments are a testament to Democrats and the sins Democrats perpetrated on our society. Jim Crowe was a Democrat , slave owners Democrats, Klansmen Democrats the stains on our nation are from a group of people that call themselves Progressive Democrats.
@ChurchillCigar At Shiloh, Albert Sidney Johnston getting wounded and dying after the first day was the biggest single factor. Beauregard gets criticized for pulling out aftr the 2nd day, but it was a graceful exit given they were out number by a 5 to 1 margin which was getting worse by the hour. Johnston had the charisma and intuition but his lost had a dramatic impact on the men. Some wonder why he was down front, but he felt the need the divisions were inexperienced.
Lee was responsible for as much carnage as anyone. He was the commanding general for the South at the bloodiest battle (which he lost) and the bloodiest day in American history (which he never should have fought thus having the blood of the dead of Antietam on his hands). His "victories" were either from standing behind breastworks and slaughtering the enemy or butchering his own in horrific attacks that produced enormous casualty lists that the South could ill-afford. Longstreet was CSA's best.
Longstreet was the greatest proponent of the tactical defensive, standing behind breastworks and slaughtering the enemy as you put it. He thought to offset the Union numerical advantage by taking a strategic offensive and then digging in and forcing the Union to attack them on ground of their choosing. Fortunately for the Union Lee and Jackson were great believers in frontal charges with massive casualties that, like you said, they could not afford otherwise there is no telling what might have happened. One of the few battles that Longstreet was allowed to prosecute in accordance with his ideas (I cannot recall the name) was an absolute massacre for the Union and he was able to report without hyperbole that if given enough ammunition he could kill them all. What really makes Major Longstreet the best of the Rebel generals in my opinion was his conduct after the war. He urged southerners to accept a peaceful reunification, became a Republican and endorsed his friend General Grant for President, he literally fought for the rights of the freed slaves at the Battle of Liberty Place where he led badly outnumbered black militiamen against the White League being wounded in the process, he was willing to criticise Colonel Lee, and he made what I think is a very important quote, “if it wasn’t about slavery, then I don’t know what else it was about.” You are right about Lee as well, in that he caused as much death as anyone. He had the highest number of men killed or wounded under his command of any general in the war, over 120,000.
Meade didn't out Geeral Lee at Gettysburg, Lee is put in a bad spot by poor leadership by A.P. Hill and Heth....both were told not to get into a major fight.... Heth piece mills his division in to attack. Ewell fails to send a divsion to Culp's Hill when his troops arrive on the field of battle, and then compounds it by not letting Harry Hays attack Cemetery Hill the evening of the 1st day. Hays asked Early and Ewell.... When Lee got to the field the battle line of the hook was in place.
I disagree. The war was always going to end the way it did. Generals like Grant, Lee and Jackson were real "killers". They would press the attack up tonthe last man standing. Most other generals did not have the instincts that these guys did. However, that instinct was actually more detrimental than helpful to the southern cause because the south had such limited resources. However, with the limit less supply lines of materials and men that the north had. The biggest difference was that there would have been a lot higher body count on both sides had Jackson lived.
Really cool video. Wish you had included the names, I know almost all of the faces and it's great to see them as older men but there were a couple I couldn't remember just from photographs. Cheers
God bless all the generals who fought in the Civil War. George McClellan can kiss my ass though. His inaction extended the war and got that many soldiers killed on his watch. From a bleeding heart liberal
Remember, A Brigadier Generals rank was like a one star general usually in command of up to 4000 troops or so. The Brigadier General was one notch above a full Colonel. For the most part I’ve noticed many of the Brigadier Generals of the Civil War era to be quite young and smart on both sides . God bless them all for their courage.
Dear willhoit63 (Bruce ?) , this montage comprises a terrific gallery of Civil War Generals. Many of them .. indeed most of them .. are no doubt recognisable to most CW history fanatics. But those of us CW buffs who live outside the USA may not know of them all, by name. A small and humble request, for future thought : if possible, could the names be provided along with the still photos. Thanks for this posting. Great work !!
@@fireball1322 I know all the Confederate generals I didn't know all the union but I didn't want to know their names anyway God bless. Confederate heroes from North Carolina
@Podaboba That is lost on many people. The also turn around and gripe about Joe Wheeler who was left hind with 2000 to 3000 cavalry troopers to block 65,000 men under Sherman and their drive to Savanah. If he could have slowed them down for 1 more week, Sherman would have ran out of food. However, Davis and Bragg ignored his wires for help. I always will believe Bragg was a double agent working for the Yankees.
Hood was just another southerner fighting to preserve and expand African American slavery. As were all who fought against the U.S.A. Every one of those Southern "generals" should have been hung or shot for treason.
What a great video! It's amazing the transition each of the generals went through after the Civil War. I thought I read somewhere that President Grant was somewhat of an alcoholic and had a corrupt during his term at the White House. His physical appearance of an overweight, pudgy bureaucrat is somewhat sad, given his appearance and accomplishments in his younger days. Aside from that, I think he was an outstanding general.
@@khalilmason General Order No. 11 was a controversial order issued by Union Major-General Ulysses S. Grant on December 17, 1862 expelling all Jews from Grant's military districts.
@jimbowie09 Actually soldiers did pensions back then. I got into Sons of Confederate Veterans because I found a widow's pension for the wife of my great, great, great, grandfather, Thomas Michael Blackwell.
I am a proud member of the Rocky Face Rangers in North Carolina son sound of Confederate Veterans we got to stand together against these people are trying to take down our monuments God bless you my friend take care stand up be proud
J.B. Hood was a Butcher! He made Franklin a slaughter pen. "The wails and cries of widows and orphans made at Franklin, Tenn. Nov 30Th, 1864 will heat up the fires of the bottomless pit to burn the soul of General J.B. Hood for murdering their husbands and fathers! He sacrificed those brave men to make the name of Hood famous; when the history of Franklin is written it will make him infamous." Hood's actions "can't be called anything else but murder."(Diary of Capt. Samuel T. Foster. C.S.A. TX.)
"The South will never forget " right now in are country we are divide and one day either sooner or later we will have a 2nd civil war and the South my home will win this time but just like my great grandfathers i had 14 family members fight thay where all officer's and believe in the Union but a great duty too there Southern home's and when that day comes again i will fight for my home and it will come again
Jacob, your entire family fought for the Union and now you want to fight against the Union for some kind of southern secessionist cause? You should learn from your family.
@tranquilizedaz Lee had the flu and he made catastrophic decision on day 3 and he should have listened to Longstreet and made the Yankees cross the field. He still hadn't come to grasp the fact that Stonewall was gone either.
Southern excuses for Lee getting his ass whipped at Gettysburg: Lee had the flu. Lee had diarrhea. It was JEB Stuarts fault. Lee ran out of cannonballs. It was Longstreet's fault. The weather was too hot. Southern troops suffered sunstroke. The rebs started the battle too soon on day one. The attacks were not coordinated on day two and three. Stonewall Jackson got himself killed several weeks before and could not attend the party. The smoke on the battlefield was so thick Lee could not see the whole welcoming committee organized by Union General Gordon Meade. Are there any more excuses?
@@willoutlaw4971 It sounds like you are making up most of this BS with a vindictive attitude. The answer is probably not complicated. The South was agrarian and the industrial. Much more resources.
Very true. Only 3% of the Confederate army (the officers) had slaves. Half the remainder were too poor to buy boots, how the heck anyone with a lick of sense could believe these poor guys were fighting for rich men's slave's is beyond me. Burnes series was very pro north. The most tragic casulaty of the civil war was the effective death of the tenth amendment.
YOu should respect Grant because: a) he beat Lee in eleven months when other Union generals (other than Meade) couldn't do it in three years; b)he was never drunk during combat operations; c) he was no less involved in the front than Lee. A Lt. Genl. should NOT be humping a pack in a skirmish line; d) most important his terms at Appomattox were so generous that when he was dying of cancer he received hundreds of letters from former CONFEDERATE soldiers wishing him well.
Shafeone. Grant should have been removed from West Point because. he was a student under the name Ulysses S Grant. He also received his commission as an officer under that name. His actual name was Hiram Ulysses Grant. His congressman made the name error. He put Ulysses as the first name and Simpson as the middle name which was Grant's mothers maiden name. Grant never bothered to have the name corrected which is in violation of the honor code of the military academies regardless if its West Point, The Naval Academy or The Air Force Academy. What's done is done. It also should be noted Lincoln violated the constitution on multiple occasions by having the Union Army invade and occupy another country without going through congress for a formal declaration of war. Lincoln also suspended Habeous Corpus. The Union Army also committed atrocities on Southerners who were not soldiers of the Confederate Army. It is also noteworthy that the war's name should not be referred to as the Civil War as a civil war is a war against two enemies fighting to overthrow and change a form of government that is currently in existence. That didn't happen. It should be referred to as the War of Northern Aggression, The Great Southern Rebellion or President Lincoln's War
He is widely regarded as one of, if not the worst, US presidents because of the graft and corruption which were rampant during the reconstruction under his administration.
@@tommartinez7194 grant realized the error when he got to west point. If he reported as Hiram Ulysses then he would have been disqualified... sonhe went tonthe courthouse and changed his name to legally reflect the name that was listed on the appointment. Nope.... you are wrong on this one. This was completely legal.
@@tommartinez7194 Legalism, eh? of course the South was going to defend and even extend slavery if it had won. That makes all other points of law moot, IMO. And on the subject of aggressive war, the south needn't get too indignant. Y'all were happy enough in both north and south when President Polk launched a war of aggression against Mexico to seize California etc.
It is easy to say Grant had more cannon fodder but eventually the people might''ve got tired of sending their men as fodder to preserve a "union" with people who didn't even want to be part of the USA
Sort of. Had Lincoln have lost the election of 1864 this scenario would have had a higher chance of success for the south. But with the fall of Atlanta General Sherman assured Lincoln's victory at the polls. With that said, he was never going to surrender and that's why he had his bulldog Grant in charge. Grant had the killer instinct to latch on to the enemy and never let go.
You mistakenly added NSA to your list. By the 4th Amendment and Presidential Order 12333, the NSA is hands off in regards to U.S. property and persons.
Why? Grant simply used attrition and stated that he could put 10 men in the field for every man the Union lost. He new Lee couldn't replace men lost. That was Grant's strategy.
@CosmicFork He was trying to win a hopeless situation. Do you consider lee a butcher for his decision at Gettysburgh??? Hood was put in charge of an army that was demorilized and told to do the impossible.
Yes, I do consider Lee a butcher for Gettysburg. He ordered a frontal charge on the entrenched Union centre over an approach of flat ground with no cover, and he did so under not only the protestations of Major Longstreet who was commanded to order this attack but under advisement of an alternative strategy proposed again by Longstreet which was far more sound and had proven in the past to more than adequately nullify the Union advantage of greater numbers and keep casualties low in an army which could ill afford them. Just in raw numbers Lee lost more men killed or wounded under his command than any general in the war, over 120,000.
Lee was suffering from congestic heart disease. A great athlete but he was too old to be in the field. His health also cost the South later when in 1864 he fcaught Army Grant’s astraddle the North Anna. But he was to ill to lead and none of his lieutenants--the ones left--was capable.
Was born in the early 60's and feel fortunate. Life was becoming better & no wars during the years government likes killing their young men. Now I wonder what all the previous death was for? Look what is growing up now & into what kind of a society. I once thought how great technology was going to make the future. But now ? No way. It's gonna get bad, real bad. Without some kind of culling of the herd the future will be something I'm glad I'll miss.
This men are great men for what they did for our country, both north and south, God bless Lee, Grant, Chamberlain, Sherman, Custer, Longstreet, Hancock, Pickett and every general/colonel/major/lieutenant/commanding officer of the Union and of the Confederate.
I really liked this, thank you. For those complaining about the names, i think names would have taken away from the whole point. I got 2/3 of them right anyway. What a time of our lives. In the context of 2020 its hard to believe we actually went through this. We are scared of this happening, we americans killing each other over ideals and wouldnt believe it could be done, yet there they were and it did happen. Heady.
Robert E. lee, Ulysses S. Grant, Nathan Bedford Forrest, ....., ......., William T. Sherman, Jubal Early, ......., ......., Burnside, Custer, Pickett, ......, Mosby, Hood, ......., ......., Mc Clellan, Johnston, . Sorry for the unknown generals I do not know, and my apoligises to their souls.
Was the last image Gordon and Lee? It was such touching photo of two old veterans wrapped in honor and glory, now mere reflections of their youth gone past. Great slide show and thanks. John Bell Hood's my favorite - such a sad and expressive face.
@AUG351 That sums it up. In addition to the amputations, he was hooked on laudanum. Cleburne was a serious loss. Plus, Hood made the mistake that prevented the destruction of the Union Army moving by Spring Hill earlier. A Texan never should have been in charge of the AoT.
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I showed this to my 9 year old son who never stops talking. After he watched it he was...speechless and moved.
Well done.
Best comment!!
I’m not a US citizen, but my hobby is the civil war, it’s so pity that they want to destroy all monuments. My favourite is Lee and stonewall Jackson. I honour them. Greetings from Germany and a happy new year
You honor people who love slavery i get if u honor them for there bravery but u honor them in general?
@@tc-up2yw I'm sure they didn't love slavery nor even thought of it for longer than 1 minute within those 4 years of war.
@@funnyman7602 your probably correct
@@tc-up2yw Trust me man a good majority didnt fight solely for slavery, obviously confederate government did for economic reasons but individuals just fought for their land and property, a lot of them are misunderstood as people nowadays
@@declamatic i believe you
We should never allow these men to be forgotten.
These men will never be foregotten in my eyes
I know this is a 9 year old comment but...... same
I agree
Caleb we too in England fought a civil war ti's sad when brother fights brother tell me If I'm wrong but most soldiers had that haunted empty look about them like they'd nothing left
A man from my town darwen lancashire fought for UNION ARMY
I fear usa is a not far off civil war again
There are dark forces at work
The oppressed ie native indians and blacks were and still are tret like second class citizens
I ain't a yank but dangerous times are coming again
This is Dixie? No way? It don't sound like it at first, but it is, lol, this is tight. Nice post man, Love The Civil War, These men will never be forgotten. Thanks.
Even Grant said he knew only two songs. "One is Dixie the other one isn't."
@DrBlueBronco The American Civil War can be read as a novel. We'll always be wondering why the hell did Lee launch an attack on Cemetary Ridge, or why didn't Bragg bypass the Hornet's Ness at Shiloh, ...
When you first hear about the Civil War, you think "ok, the Blue are the good people and the Greys the bad people" when you realize it isn't the case.
Lee would probably tell you why didn't you tell him this before the battle, as even a fool as himself in hindsight could see what a blunder Pickett's charge was.
Such a sad period in American history, all of them brave men on both sides.
David Murphy
Stupids on both side
It’s my favorite war in American history but I am most influenced by the American revolution or Teas revolution
AMERICANS! A Commodity the WORLD is in to short supply of.
The Southern men swore they never cut their beards until the war was over, for them... Many went to their graves, in the 1930s, still wearing their beards. My great great Grandfather did.
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You can't judge those that came before you at all. You weren't there so you can't appreciate the circumstances or the emotions of the era.
The hell you can't. When your freedom and Liberty are effected by someone of the past you absolutely can judge them.
i love your hystory and country with special attention to this period of the civil war. Did you know that some relatives of the great general R. Lee immigrated to Brazil after the end of the war and founded a city named 'Americana'? hugs from Brazil !
Very powerful - shows the effect the war had on each man. Good work.
As to Robert E. Lee dying within a relatively short time after the war, he had lost everything. He is quoted as saying he was penniless. Confederate leaders, military and civilian, had to apply to have their citizenship approved and restored. Lee's application was "lost" and he died a man without a country as far as the occupying government was concerned. He still encouraged his friends and acquaintances to move on and pick up the pieces of their lives. At the same time, I have read that he told someone, I can't remember who, that he wished he died on the field of battle. He was offered command of the Federal forces and resigned from the US Army rather than go to war against his friends and neighbors and his native land, Virginia. He died of a broken heart. IMHO.
Could have ended his story at the end of a traitor's rope, too. Washington University gave him a job after the war. Don't feel too bad.
I don’t recall if my gg grandfather ever took the oath of allegiance or not but I do have a record where a gg uncle did.
One thing should be pointed out about this excellent video is that John Singleton Mosby was a colonel, and not a gerneral.
If I may quote General Lee: "Texans always move them!" What a magnificent force of shock troops your state produced.
My 7th Great Grandfather was apart of Gen Lee's Texans. He some how fought all thru the war till Appomattox courthouse. If anyone every wanted to know how bloody that damn war was when he came home he NEVER picked up a rifle again. They only two things he had on him was a small how to dig young trees out of the Brazos River bank and plant on his homestead and a fishing pole. He fished 6 days a week. He founded two towns in Central Texas his homestead is still there as are many of the trees that he planted. There's one pecan tree there that has almonds walnuts cashews and another nut besides the pecan tree it originally was. He was a judge and a deacon in the church. His father fought for Texas Independence at the Battle of San jacinto. Now here we are repeating 1858 and 1859 all over again. I shutter when I think of that thought!!
@@brt-jn7kg You my friend have an excellent heritage. However, I think we are unfortunately beyond even the mistakes of '58-59 and are in the throes of '60.
@@brt-jn7kg my great great grandfather was sam Houston jr. , Sam Houstons son. He was a Confederate general.
I don't think Sherman was ever Peaceful, lol, but what a great mind for War he had.
Can you imagine a battle between uncle Billy and stonewall Jackson
@@kevinbrown4073 That'd been Epic.
Lee lived only 6 years after the war. that picture had to have been at least 3 years after the war. but it accurately showed what war does to you. five stars. good job
Lee had heart issues and may have suffered a stroke in the war
Some historians theorize he was suffering from chest pains during the Battle of Gettysburg. In a letter he mentioned experiencing them that summer.
I used to live on land that had been John B Gordan's in the DeKalb County part of Atlanta. My father and I would ride over to where his mansion stood just off DeKalb Avenue and cut magnolia blossoms off the tree that was once in his front yard.
tee bartim well did you consider if they ever may have not liked being slaves? Lets put it this-way if the whites were the slaves and went through the same thing - would you celebrate or honor those who didn't want to free your people? I assume your not Christian since Jesus-was a Jew and did the complete opposite of what you are doing - meaning he was about love and you are about spreading hate..consider what I said about putting yourself at that time in their shoes..
I'd never heard of him up to 37 years ago when I found myself a student at John B. Gordon Jr. College (now just JBGC) in Barnesville, GA. He later became my favorite Southern general. Quite a remarkable man.
indy_go_blue60 And the Board of Regents should have its ass kicked for changing its name. It was just called Gordon Military college. Frankly, I never associated it with its namesake.
That is a great story...
@@rhdtv2002 The slaves that my great grand father owned were not worth a tinker's damn and hardly worth all the crimes their descendants commit today.
@jimbowie09 Grant was swindled out of his money, but he took care of his widow by writing his memoirs while he was dying of cancer. It remains one of the greatest books of military history ever written.
Recently visited Parker's Crosssroads battlefield in TN (Dec 23, 1862). There master cavalry General Nathan Bedford Forrest was defeated after putting up a good scrap, but fell into a Yankee trap sprung in the nick of time. Like Gettysburg, it was the Yankee infantry that rescued the cavalry which was the bait against Forrest's raiding force. Read at the visitor's center there that despite initially joining the KKK, in his last years, Forrest renounced his old ways and died a devout Christian.
He was first leader of the KKK. His apparent change of heart occurred sometime in 1875 when he gave a speech to a crowd of blacks in which he said “live honestly and act truly, and when you are oppressed I will come to your relief”. Needless to say some of his former comrades were unhappy with this pronouncement and he was condemned as having lost his mind and of being an embarrassment (“and now to mar all the luster which is attached to his name, his brain is turned by the civilities of a mulatto wench” yeah, that was printed in a newspaper). I have no idea how sincere it was, I was not in his head, but at the very least he knew that people would react how they did and still chose to offer his protection to them from oppression.
Dude, Hood was from Owingsville KENTUCKY. He wasn't a Texan. He was stationed in Texas in the US Army when the South seceded and since his native state didn't join the CSA he hooked up with the Texans and became affiliated with them as their commander.
Kentucky joined the csa dumbfuck thats why they got a star
Many great men here North & South!
Don't add Sherman to that list. He was a demon. Hated the Bill of Rights.
Many of those southern guys were KKK men after war so no respect for them. James Longstreet is maybe only one from south you can call great.
Kalle Konttinen No respect to those Yanks killed 1 to many un armed combatants for my taste
The rebel George Washington mistakes hapen, but good and evil side of that conflict is clear.
Kalle Konttinen no there both grey yanks wanted to stop slavery and confederates wanted to take a unfair government that forced them to become slave owners in the first place
Johnston and Sherman were quite close. Johnston attended Sherman's funeral and refused to don his hat despite a torrential freezing rain. "Sherman would do the same for me," he said. Johnston would be dead from pneumonia within the month.
Nice video. makes me want to brush up on the history. Sherman looks so peaceful in his "after" photo.
@tranquilizedaz Sherman was averaging 1 mile per day and was paying for it in blood. Johnston understood what made Sherman tick. When the sacked him and replaced him with Hood (who was hooked an laudnum after an amputation), Sherman actually said: "Somebody up in Richmond is on my side." It was Bragg.
May all these men from both sides know peace war is cruel but sometimes it dose sort things out but at a major cost!
A salute to you ALL.
Joseph Wheeler was an officer in the Spanish-American War if I'm not mistaken, which explains the army regala.
Excellent video. For clip that's only a couple of minutes long, it says more than some 2-hour documentaries. The choice of music was both emotional and haunting. As I watched these great American military leaders from both the north and the south, I pictured the trials and tribulations they must of faced during each of their own commands, that I felt my throat begin to tighten and my eyes begin to show signs of watering up. People need to appreciate the fact that the North and South came back to Union where leadership strength begets strength, not only for the USA but for the free world. Otherwise, if division became the states quo on the North American continent, then there is no way the United States Of America ascends to the very top of world military power, in order to defeat the most potent enemies of the 20th century, the planet had ever seen.
The ones that survived, at least. Also, I would've laughed if Custer's "after" picture was his grave with an arrow in it or something.
Could this happen again
@AUG351 Yes, it's very sad that Major General Patrick Cleburne was killed in the assault on those heavily fortified Union Lines at the Battle of Franklin. From everything I've read about him, he was a man of unusual and sterling character. What is even more tragic is that he had just recently become engaged to a lovely young woman, named Miss Susan Tarleton from Mobile, Alabama. It's just not fair that he didn't survive the battle and get to marry her... What a horrific battle Franklin was!
A wonderful slice of history. Thank you for posting.
You are talking about July 1. It was a chatic meeting engagement and mistakes were made on both sides -- Howard did not exactly help Meade's cause any more than Lee' subordinates helped his. But from July 2 on Meade anticipated Lee's every move and had contingencies. And when his own generals bungled like Sickles he was quick to react and stave off disaster. Meade was everywhere, missed nothing, put the right men like Hancock in charge over lesser generals with more seniority and owned Lee.
Really an interesting historical document, very good work!
@tranquilizedaz The progress Johnston had made in rebuilding and restoring morale to the AoT that General Bragg had starved and mismanaged. Not to mention his steady whittling down and hinderance of Sherman's advance with his victories at Kennesaw, New hope Church, etc. rather than holing up in Atlanta to be choked out in a siege like Grant had done at Vicksburg. As long as the AoT was intact and mobile it posed a threat to Sherman's larger and slower army, Johnston understood this Hood did not.
Pictures show more than words. The obvious sadness of most southern officers on the after war photos is very impressive. But we also see, that these fine Gentlemen and heroes did not loose their honor and pride. By the way, it is a shame, that a most commendable general as John Bell Hood, who had bravely fought for his conviction and lost an arm and a leg, had to finish his days in isolation and poverty! The victors were not merciful.
And now they're trying to destroy our Our Heroes monuments across country wake up all good Americans and stop these people from doing the damage to our Monument wake up America wake up America before it's too late
Wayne Sigmon It won’t be long before one of the mobs take ropes to Lady Liberty 🗽
@@larrygreen8912 what we really need to do is take a rope around their necks and I'm not even kidding low life ever comes knocking at my door I'm not going to let them in I'm going to defend my house with any means necessary
Confederate monuments belong in a museum, not out in public perpetuating a blood curse on all African Americans. Most of these monuments were erected from 1900-1920, at the height of Jim Crow.
Tom Heisler These monuments are a testament to Democrats and the sins Democrats perpetrated on our society. Jim Crowe was a Democrat , slave owners Democrats, Klansmen Democrats the stains on our nation are from a group of people that call themselves Progressive Democrats.
@@tomheisler9940 lol Antifa just got done pulling down statues of old Abe in Seattle. Comment did not age well.
@ChurchillCigar At Shiloh, Albert Sidney Johnston getting wounded and dying after the first day was the biggest single factor. Beauregard gets criticized for pulling out aftr the 2nd day, but it was a graceful exit given they were out number by a 5 to 1 margin which was getting worse by the hour. Johnston had the charisma and intuition but his lost had a dramatic impact on the men. Some wonder why he was down front, but he felt the need the divisions were inexperienced.
Great job.
Lee was responsible for as much carnage as anyone. He was the commanding general for the South at the bloodiest battle (which he lost) and the bloodiest day in American history (which he never should have fought thus having the blood of the dead of Antietam on his hands). His "victories" were either from standing behind breastworks and slaughtering the enemy or butchering his own in horrific attacks that produced enormous casualty lists that the South could ill-afford. Longstreet was CSA's best.
Longstreet was the greatest proponent of the tactical defensive, standing behind breastworks and slaughtering the enemy as you put it. He thought to offset the Union numerical advantage by taking a strategic offensive and then digging in and forcing the Union to attack them on ground of their choosing. Fortunately for the Union Lee and Jackson were great believers in frontal charges with massive casualties that, like you said, they could not afford otherwise there is no telling what might have happened. One of the few battles that Longstreet was allowed to prosecute in accordance with his ideas (I cannot recall the name) was an absolute massacre for the Union and he was able to report without hyperbole that if given enough ammunition he could kill them all.
What really makes Major Longstreet the best of the Rebel generals in my opinion was his conduct after the war. He urged southerners to accept a peaceful reunification, became a Republican and endorsed his friend General Grant for President, he literally fought for the rights of the freed slaves at the Battle of Liberty Place where he led badly outnumbered black militiamen against the White League being wounded in the process, he was willing to criticise Colonel Lee, and he made what I think is a very important quote, “if it wasn’t about slavery, then I don’t know what else it was about.”
You are right about Lee as well, in that he caused as much death as anyone. He had the highest number of men killed or wounded under his command of any general in the war, over 120,000.
Mustache wax saleman must have made a fortune.
Meade didn't out Geeral Lee at Gettysburg, Lee is put in a bad spot by poor leadership by A.P. Hill and Heth....both were told not to get into a major fight....
Heth piece mills his division in to attack.
Ewell fails to send a divsion to Culp's Hill when his troops arrive on the field of battle, and then compounds it by not letting Harry Hays attack Cemetery Hill the evening of the 1st day. Hays asked Early and Ewell....
When Lee got to the field the battle line of the hook was in place.
dan sickles looks like an old grandpa
A great video. Thank you for the time you took to make it.
Sherman looked relaxed after the war
Chamberlain was a General and Divison commander at the end of the war.
Plus, Lee no longer had Stonewall Jackson and also lost J.E.B. Stuart along the way. Grant wouldn't have fared so well against Jackson.
I disagree. The war was always going to end the way it did. Generals like Grant, Lee and Jackson were real "killers". They would press the attack up tonthe last man standing. Most other generals did not have the instincts that these guys did. However, that instinct was actually more detrimental than helpful to the southern cause because the south had such limited resources. However, with the limit less supply lines of materials and men that the north had.
The biggest difference was that there would have been a lot higher body count on both sides had Jackson lived.
The only army to ever beat us in kill counts, was our selves.
No shit, it was a civil war
@@bk4698 pt missed
Do you have autism? Can't understand
Really cool video. Wish you had included the names, I know almost all of the faces and it's great to see them as older men but there were a couple I couldn't remember just from photographs. Cheers
God bless them all...
God bless all the generals who fought in the Civil War. George McClellan can kiss my ass though. His inaction extended the war and got that many soldiers killed on his watch. From a bleeding heart liberal
Remember, A Brigadier Generals rank was like a one star general usually in command of up to 4000 troops or so. The Brigadier General was one notch above a full Colonel. For the most part I’ve noticed many of the Brigadier Generals of the Civil War era to be quite young and smart on both sides . God bless them all for their courage.
@@jonathansparks7558 yeah McClellan was stupid
The Hart ake these men had to live with. You can see it in there eyes. Thank you gentleman.
Brother against brother and my country england had its fingers in many pies
Dear willhoit63 (Bruce ?) , this montage comprises a terrific gallery of Civil War Generals. Many of them .. indeed most of them .. are no doubt recognisable to most CW history fanatics. But those of us CW buffs who live outside the USA may not know of them all, by name. A small and humble request, for future thought : if possible, could the names be provided along with the still photos. Thanks for this posting. Great work !!
They lived and died so long ago..
ah the stories these men could speak. Bless all of them.
why aren't you listing their names/
because you should recognize most of them..but only if you're a true Southerner..........
@@fireball1322 Not all were Southerners. Some were Federal soilders.
No shit wouldn’t that have been nice
I knew them all.... first middle and last names.
@@fireball1322 I know all the Confederate generals I didn't know all the union but I didn't want to know their names anyway God bless. Confederate heroes from North Carolina
Proves one thing: war (for all it's evils) keeps you thin.
Stonewall Jackson before and after the war? *sarcasm*
@Podaboba That is lost on many people. The also turn around and gripe about Joe Wheeler who was left hind with 2000 to 3000 cavalry troopers to block 65,000 men under Sherman and their drive to Savanah. If he could have slowed them down for 1 more week, Sherman would have ran out of food. However, Davis and Bragg ignored his wires for help. I always will believe Bragg was a double agent working for the Yankees.
Hood always had this haunted look to him.
Hood was just another southerner fighting to preserve and expand African American slavery. As were all who fought against the U.S.A.
Every one of those Southern "generals" should have been hung or shot for treason.
@@willoutlaw4971 I disagree, Only those who violated human rights such as that disgusting General Forrest. He deserved to be hung
A horrible time in American history but brave men on both sides fighting for what they thought was right. To bad you didn't put names to the pics.
What a great video! It's amazing the transition each of the generals went through after the Civil War. I thought I read somewhere that President Grant was somewhat of an alcoholic and had a corrupt during his term at the White House. His physical appearance of an overweight, pudgy bureaucrat is somewhat sad, given his appearance and accomplishments in his younger days. Aside from that, I think he was an outstanding general.
His cabinet was wholly corrupt; He himself was righteous to the core. Brilliant strategist, and an even better politician.
@@khalilmason General Order No. 11 was a controversial order issued by Union Major-General Ulysses S. Grant on December 17, 1862 expelling all Jews from Grant's military districts.
@jimbowie09 Actually soldiers did pensions back then. I got into Sons of Confederate Veterans because I found a widow's pension for the wife of my great, great, great, grandfather, Thomas Michael Blackwell.
I am a proud member of the Rocky Face Rangers in North Carolina son sound of Confederate Veterans we got to stand together against these people are trying to take down our monuments God bless you my friend take care stand up be proud
That's awesome!!
J.B. Hood was a Butcher! He made Franklin a slaughter pen. "The wails and cries of widows and orphans made at Franklin, Tenn. Nov 30Th, 1864 will heat up the fires of the bottomless pit to burn the soul of General J.B. Hood for murdering their husbands and fathers! He sacrificed those brave men to make the name of Hood famous; when the history of Franklin is written it will make him infamous." Hood's actions "can't be called anything else but murder."(Diary of Capt. Samuel T. Foster. C.S.A. TX.)
"The South will never forget " right now in are country we are divide and one day either sooner or later we will have a 2nd civil war and the South my home will win this time but just like my great grandfathers i had 14 family members fight thay where all officer's and believe in the Union but a great duty too there Southern home's and when that day comes again i will fight for my home and it will come again
And I'll be standing right beside you God bless the South God bless our Confederate Heroes
Jacob, your entire family fought for the Union and now you want to fight against the Union for some kind of southern secessionist cause? You should learn from your family.
@tranquilizedaz Lee had the flu and he made catastrophic decision on day 3 and he should have listened to Longstreet and made the Yankees cross the field. He still hadn't come to grasp the fact that Stonewall was gone either.
Southern excuses for Lee getting his ass whipped at Gettysburg:
Lee had the flu. Lee had diarrhea. It was JEB Stuarts fault. Lee ran out of cannonballs. It was Longstreet's fault. The weather was too hot. Southern troops suffered sunstroke. The rebs started the battle too soon on day one. The attacks were not coordinated on day two and three. Stonewall Jackson got himself killed several weeks before and could not attend the party. The smoke on the battlefield was so thick Lee could not see the whole welcoming committee organized by Union General Gordon Meade.
Are there any more excuses?
@@willoutlaw4971 It sounds like you are making up most of this BS with a vindictive attitude. The answer is probably not complicated. The South was agrarian and the industrial. Much more resources.
Very true. Only 3% of the Confederate army (the officers) had slaves. Half the remainder were too poor to buy boots, how the heck anyone with a lick of sense could believe these poor guys were fighting for rich men's slave's is beyond me.
Burnes series was very pro north. The most tragic casulaty of the civil war was the effective death of the tenth amendment.
YOu should respect Grant because: a) he beat Lee in eleven months when other Union generals (other than Meade) couldn't do it in three years; b)he was never drunk during combat operations; c) he was no less involved in the front than Lee. A Lt. Genl. should NOT be humping a pack in a skirmish line; d) most important his terms at Appomattox were so generous that when he was dying of cancer he received hundreds of letters from former CONFEDERATE soldiers wishing him well.
Shafeone. Grant should have been removed from West Point because. he was a student under the name Ulysses S Grant. He also received his commission as an officer under that name. His actual name was Hiram Ulysses Grant. His congressman made the name error. He put Ulysses as the first name and Simpson as the middle name which was Grant's mothers maiden name. Grant never bothered to have the name corrected which is in violation of the honor code of the military academies regardless if its West Point, The Naval Academy or The Air Force Academy. What's done is done. It also should be noted Lincoln violated the constitution on multiple occasions by having the Union Army invade and occupy another country without going through congress for a formal declaration of war. Lincoln also suspended Habeous Corpus. The Union Army also committed atrocities on Southerners who were not soldiers of the Confederate Army. It is also noteworthy that the war's name should not be referred to as the Civil War as a civil war is a war against two enemies fighting to overthrow and change a form of government that is currently in existence. That didn't happen. It should be referred to as the War of Northern Aggression, The Great Southern Rebellion or President Lincoln's War
tom martinez its my understanding that Ulysses changed his name legally to Ulysses S.Grant so he would not be in violation of that code.
He is widely regarded as one of, if not the worst, US presidents because of the graft and corruption which were rampant during the reconstruction under his administration.
@@tommartinez7194 grant realized the error when he got to west point. If he reported as Hiram Ulysses then he would have been disqualified... sonhe went tonthe courthouse and changed his name to legally reflect the name that was listed on the appointment. Nope.... you are wrong on this one. This was completely legal.
@@tommartinez7194 Legalism, eh? of course the South was going to defend and even extend slavery if it had won. That makes all other points of law moot, IMO. And on the subject of aggressive war, the south needn't get too indignant. Y'all were happy enough in both north and south when President Polk launched a war of aggression against Mexico to seize California etc.
after learning of Chamberlain I am suprised he never became President
Was governor of Maine for several terms. went back to Boudwin college
It is easy to say Grant had more cannon fodder but eventually the people might''ve got tired of sending their men as fodder to preserve a "union" with people who didn't even want to be part of the USA
Sort of. Had Lincoln have lost the election of 1864 this scenario would have had a higher chance of success for the south. But with the fall of Atlanta General Sherman assured Lincoln's victory at the polls. With that said, he was never going to surrender and that's why he had his bulldog Grant in charge. Grant had the killer instinct to latch on to the enemy and never let go.
You mistakenly added NSA to your list. By the 4th Amendment and Presidential Order 12333, the NSA is hands off in regards to U.S. property and persons.
Thats Lee and Joesph E. Johnson
It would be nice to know there names!?!?!?
There no names under photos.
Nice video and music. Thank you.
Why? Grant simply used attrition and stated that he could put 10 men in the field for every man the Union lost. He new Lee couldn't replace men lost. That was Grant's strategy.
@CosmicFork He was trying to win a hopeless situation. Do you consider lee a butcher for his decision at Gettysburgh??? Hood was put in charge of an army that was demorilized and told to do the impossible.
Yes, I do consider Lee a butcher for Gettysburg. He ordered a frontal charge on the entrenched Union centre over an approach of flat ground with no cover, and he did so under not only the protestations of Major Longstreet who was commanded to order this attack but under advisement of an alternative strategy proposed again by Longstreet which was far more sound and had proven in the past to more than adequately nullify the Union advantage of greater numbers and keep casualties low in an army which could ill afford them. Just in raw numbers Lee lost more men killed or wounded under his command than any general in the war, over 120,000.
How come there are no captiona? I do not recognize all the Civil War generals on sight, unfortulately.. I am old but not THAT old.
Dan sickles can’t forget him... his leg is still in a museum
Lee was suffering from congestic heart disease. A great athlete but he was too old to be in the field. His health also cost the South later when in 1864 he fcaught Army Grant’s astraddle the North Anna. But he was to ill to lead and none of his lieutenants--the ones left--was capable.
Was born in the early 60's and feel fortunate. Life was becoming better & no wars during the years government likes killing their young men. Now I wonder what all the previous death was for? Look what is growing up now & into what kind of a society. I once thought how great technology was going to make the future. But now ? No way. It's gonna get bad, real bad.
Without some kind of culling of the herd the future will be something I'm glad I'll miss.
This men are great men for what they did for our country, both north and south, God bless Lee, Grant, Chamberlain, Sherman, Custer, Longstreet, Hancock, Pickett and every general/colonel/major/lieutenant/commanding officer of the Union and of the Confederate.
David Tucker Sherman was not a war criminal and he just follows orders and burn through Georgia and had a march called march to the sea.
would any black citizen in America call any former Confederate general "a great man for what he did"?
AMEN !!!
Great video! Thank you for sharing.
i wish you had their names and short history of service.
Thought the Grey Ghost Mosby was a colonel?
He was promoted to Brigadier General near the war's end.
Names please
@Podaboba Progress that Johnson had made????
I really liked this, thank you. For those complaining about the names, i think names would have taken away from the whole point. I got 2/3 of them right anyway. What a time of our lives. In the context of 2020 its hard to believe we actually went through this. We are scared of this happening, we americans killing each other over ideals and wouldnt believe it could be done, yet there they were and it did happen. Heady.
Robert E. lee, Ulysses S. Grant, Nathan Bedford Forrest, ....., ......., William T. Sherman, Jubal Early, ......., ......., Burnside, Custer, Pickett, ......, Mosby, Hood, ......., ......., Mc Clellan, Johnston, . Sorry for the unknown generals I do not know, and my apoligises to their souls.
darn you custer>:(
Why no names....?
Great pictures, thanks for posting! Names w/ photos would be helpful...a few left me guessing.
John Bell hood lost an arm at the battle of Gettysburg
Wait...Custer died by Indians right????
misu775 Yes but he was a Cavalry commander who help save the Union at Gettysburg.
misu775 , Yes, that's how he wound up dying, at the battle of Little Bighorn.
Custer slaughtered a bunch of Indians and then he got slaughtered.
The Indian Wars came after the Unpleasantness with the North.
Yes in 1876
Was the last image Gordon and Lee? It was such touching photo of two old veterans wrapped in honor and glory, now mere reflections of their youth gone past. Great slide show and thanks. John Bell Hood's my favorite - such a sad and expressive face.
sJohnston and Lee
Then "Manifest Destiny" general and president from Washington to McKinley was a "monster" in your mind.
Have you thought about running for president ? you have my vote and all of us southern Blue dog democrats will follow you, freemasons also !
I’m running for president I’m in the south (Texas)
post there name some i know other i don't know
@AUG351 That sums it up. In addition to the amputations, he was hooked on laudanum. Cleburne was a serious loss. Plus, Hood made the mistake that prevented the destruction of the Union Army moving by Spring Hill earlier. A Texan never should have been in charge of the AoT.
My bad. 17000 were Hooker's casualties. Lee's were 13,000. But Hooker could afford his losses much more than could Lee.