The Day McClellan Reaches the Cursed Chickahominy

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  • @anathardayaldar
    @anathardayaldar 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Whoever thought of turning a campaign into an onling day by day series is a genius and deserves a raise. WHat? You're all volunteers and work for free? Then he deserves a rootbeer.

  • @philipkelly7369
    @philipkelly7369 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Malaria-ridden swamps? Well, one quick google search later and I learned that malaria was once endemic in the US, but that it was effectively eradicated in 1951. Learning all kinds of things today!

  • @steinfinnone1590
    @steinfinnone1590 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Hi guys. I have loving the series. As a native Minnesotan I feel obliged to mention that 2 Grapevine bridges were built by troops of Sumner’s corp, one by the 5th New Hampshire and the other by the 1st Minnesota. The first of the two washed out a couple days after completion but the second one stayed up and was used in the river crossings a few days later. Stephens Sears mentions the two regiments building the bridges together because both were filled with lumberjacks. The 1st Minnesota was known in the Peninsula for how fast they could put down corduroy roads.

    • @philipkelly7369
      @philipkelly7369 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Awesome! Thanks for sharing, fellow Minnesotan!

    • @saraschueler5467
      @saraschueler5467 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Read The Last Full Measure: the Life and Death of the 1st MN
      Excellent stories of some pretty brave dudes.

    • @user-bi1xb8yt5s
      @user-bi1xb8yt5s ปีที่แล้ว

      I was coming here to make the same comment. The famous grapevine bridge was built by the 1st Minnesota as I understood it.

  • @WargamesTonight
    @WargamesTonight 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Who doesn't like a good heavy dose of foreshadowing? Well said sir. Made me laugh. 😄

  • @markmatzeder6208
    @markmatzeder6208 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I really appreciate all the work you’ve done to create these videos. It’s been like reliving the campaign.

    • @LittleWarsTV
      @LittleWarsTV  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Appreciate that, Mark. We had a great time touring around the battlefield sites as a club. Editing 20+ videos for this was a big lift for us, but we still think it's a neat way to track the campaign!

    • @markmatzeder6208
      @markmatzeder6208 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@LittleWarsTV I’ve lived on the Peninsula a great deal of my life and never even thought to do such a comprehensive study/tour and now I’m thinking I have to! (Luckily you’ve put out the guidebook)

  • @mayfieldcourt
    @mayfieldcourt 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This is excellent work: educational and informative. Thank you!

  • @historymarshal2704
    @historymarshal2704 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Welp, it's nearly time for a big battle!
    Can't wait to see what kind of wargame y'all have got stored for us at the end of this series! :)

    • @LittleWarsTV
      @LittleWarsTV  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Oh yes, May 31st in fact!

    • @historymarshal2704
      @historymarshal2704 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Heck yeah! I am so hyped!! Maybe I should finished painting my 15mm ACW dudes so I can play along, lol.

  • @sparkey6746
    @sparkey6746 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Another Excellent presentation gentlemen, thank you.

  • @KrisV385
    @KrisV385 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I wish I could like these video more than once. Such good stuff LWTV is doing.

    • @LittleWarsTV
      @LittleWarsTV  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wow, thanks Kris! We are nearing the end of the series...but it will end with a bang!

  • @MatthewChenault
    @MatthewChenault ปีที่แล้ว

    As a local, I can confirm that it is swamp; very much swamp.
    Also, on an unrelated note, the approach the Union came from was already being fortified by Robert E. Lee as the plateau that the Union would be marching through was one of the few open approaches to Richmond.

  • @StackingLimit
    @StackingLimit 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Really enjoying this awesome series.

  • @TechieGuy2011
    @TechieGuy2011 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    It's been a while since I last checked in and I have to say a most excellent video!

  • @totalburnout5424
    @totalburnout5424 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice update. Shadow of things to come...

  • @acrossthetablenz
    @acrossthetablenz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Drewry’s Bluff is a superb location to visit, and while perhaps not on everyone’s radar it is very rewarding. Other excellent locations are Yorktown, Malvern Hill, Gaines Mill and don’t forget the White House of the Confederacy and the Museum of the Confederacy. I won’t mention the 1864 Campaign…

    • @LittleWarsTV
      @LittleWarsTV  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      We did stop at both Yorktown and Gaines Mill (filmed a full tour of the former). There's just so much to see down in that region. Easily enough for us to take a couple more trips and barely scratch the surface. Would love to go to Petersburg next time!

    • @acrossthetablenz
      @acrossthetablenz 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@LittleWarsTV Petersburg is very interesting. Time was shorter than I would have liked, a day just wasn’t enough. Being from New Zealand I doubt I can get back in the short term.

    • @davidcollins2648
      @davidcollins2648 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Add Cold Harbor and Chimborazo hospital; the largest and most successful medical facility of it's time. Do not visit Monument avenue as it will sicken the visitor to see the utter disrespect visited on the various statues (most are removed but the plinths are covered in spray paint). Bedford Forrest actually made a bridge using grapevines to help his army escape pursuit.

  • @gabrielfredes6512
    @gabrielfredes6512 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nice Channel, i love the table Wargames, AND American civil war, thanks from La Serena Chile.

    • @LittleWarsTV
      @LittleWarsTV  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      All the way from Chile! Thanks for popping by to say hi! Excited to say that we are currently editing a video for our first-ever foray into South American military history...we played a famous naval battle. We learned a lot just researching and gaming it.

  • @natewatts195
    @natewatts195 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Good work guys keep these videos coming and more Wargaming of course.

    • @LittleWarsTV
      @LittleWarsTV  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Never fear...PLENTY of wargaming to come. We'll end this On to Richmond series with a great one.

  • @patrickdunham1878
    @patrickdunham1878 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice ND shirt, go Irish!!

  • @SpcKringUSA
    @SpcKringUSA 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Little Wars TV I cannot find the videos that you are talking about on national parks and service TH-cam page

    • @LittleWarsTV
      @LittleWarsTV  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Links added into the description--you'll need to go specifically to Richmond National Battlefield Park's TH-cam page (not the NPS overall). But again, links added for easy navigation!

  • @WindersRanger
    @WindersRanger 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    McClellan’s army moved slower than the slowest of slow coaches…. Virginia creeper….

  • @Captainkebbles1392
    @Captainkebbles1392 ปีที่แล้ว

    "Heyy that's my house "

  • @gregmarcoux3609
    @gregmarcoux3609 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fighting 5th!!!!

  • @bigsarge2085
    @bigsarge2085 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    👍

  • @byronperry8931
    @byronperry8931 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    When is the pyrrhic wars campaign going to be released?

    • @LittleWarsTV
      @LittleWarsTV  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      This summer! Check out our video on the channel from a few weeks ago for a sneak peek of what's coming! We are very excited about how the Pyrrhic War is shaping up in the editing bay.....

  • @stevebuk100
    @stevebuk100 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Your starting to play the music too loud for the voices, please turn it down..

  • @John-115
    @John-115 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Comment

  • @albertopintorojas3284
    @albertopintorojas3284 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    TRY BORODINIO!!!! OLD GUARD ATTACK...COULD WIN THE BATTLE AND DESTROY RUSSIAN ARMY?