Mr. Weddle is wrong when he said that Robert E. Lee was first in his class at West Point. He graduated second to a man named Charles Mason. Lee, however, did graduate with no demerits on his record.
Kevin Weddle? Are you related to John R. Weddle (Civil War Solider who lost his left hand fighting for the Union Army) and also since you are Distance Education.. I just have to know if you are the Avatar with MOSES that is Sun Tzu? if so... Pleased to meet you... Alicia Stone here sire.. aka the White Rabbit or as my mom and Dad named me after leaving the Albany/Bethany/Allendale region in Missouri from homesteads near the Nation School House... Joel ;) (BTW.. John R's prodginy bought land near the nation school house and are going strong with doing the week long campout every year as they have done for like close to a hundred years now.....
Good overview. Forgive the pedantry, however but I must point out that "Congress and Senate" is a misnomer. All Senators are Congressmen; all Congressmen are not Senators. Correctly: "House of Representatives and Senate." Combined these two entities constitute the Congress of the United States.
To me both campaigns where Lee took his army into Union controlled territory at Antietam or Gettysburg... Obviously the Union army in both situations outnumbered Lee! So it was imperative that Lee fight on great ground. That didn't happen either time. This is where I think Lee didn't understand something... You can fight a defensive campaign in the land you are trying to defend! Once you are now invading & in enemy territory you have to be on the offensive even if you are trying to fight a defensive battle... Like if you gained the high ground & you are actually fighting a defensive battle trying to hold a certain position. But at Antietam he wasn't just trying to hold ground, he was trying to gain it! Same at Gettysburg... Lee was mainly fighting an offensive battle... Against an Army that always out numbers you & they have better weapons... You damn sure at least better fight on the better ground... So I think the 2 biggest factors that caused Lee to lose was just the ground he was forced to fight upon.... Lee needed land & fortifications like he had at Fredricksburg with the Union forced to attack him to be successful. Fighting the Union out in the open I think was dumb of Lee. To me the man who was so great at using the land to his advantage basically had the same thing happen to him both times he invaded. The battlefields you choose to engage upon usually determine the outcome of the battle... Not the skill of a General or the skill of the fighting men. Its did you choose the right spot to attack or defend.
Another preaching Yankee.The Battle of Sharpsburg during the War of Northern Aggression.My ancestor fell on the field of honor at Pipers Farm directing his batteries against the Federals. The Confederate flag flies in the face of government oppression to this day, for the South had every right to secede under the Constitution of the United States REGARDLESS. Ignoring the God given right to secede: Lincoln armed and invaded. Public Education has been indoctrinating all Americans with Yankee history for 153 years since 17 Sep 1862 the day my ancestor was killed....killed for his honor, his family , States Rights and Commonwealth of Virginia. Lincolns lawlessness ended in the destruction and burning of every City and farm of note from the Mason Dixon to Florida. For this my family and all my descendants know that government oppression is to be resisted at every quarter.Deo Vindice
Seriously ? Who fired on Fort Sumter ? Lincoln literally did not take the first shot. Why didnt the Law abiding “ south litigate this through the courts ? Of course Lincoln was opposed to slavery, but at no point in the campaign did he propose to abolish slavery-indeed . Slavery “lawful”-who cares ? A senator nearly beaten to death by a racist South Carolina congressmen for just opposing slavery ? Can you name anything less moral ? God given right to have slaves ? What hole did you climb out off ? As usual, right wing bigots posting /hiding behind pseudonym of the web blogs. Your comments are truly shameful and very depressing. I hope you get the medical help you need.
Honestly, the white supremacists demand respect for their war dead. Well, let's not give it to them. The South gots its ass whipped thoroughly over four years of war, a war it started in defence of an economic system based on the inhuman treatment of other people. One plus point in the death of your ancestor is that presumably his slaves were freed, but he was spared the pain of seeing that by a Union bullet. And Robert E Lee, wow, what a nasty man! Slave owner, thug and traitor. Deserved hanging.
What a buch of brainwashing ( Prussian Education System ) to use our miliary as cannon fodder. You sir are a traitor to the american people. The Civil war was NOT about slavery (that's the cover (exoteric), it was actually about the British Crown Bankers wanting to split this country up.
letsgomd If you read the Declarations of Immediate Causes issued by the seceding states you can see exactly why secession happened. For example here are the reasons given by South Carolina - The Northern states were failing to return fugitive slaves, in violation of their obligations under Article Four of the Constitution. The Northern states tolerated abolitionists and insurrectionists (such as John Brown) who incited slaves in the South to rebel. Misguided political and religious beliefs in the North made future sectional unity impossible. Some states were elevating persons "incapable of becoming citizens" (i.e. free blacks) and using their votes to support anti-slavery policies. The Republican Party was planning to wage a war against slavery upon taking office in March 1861. Mississipi and Alabama expressly linked their secession to the economic problems that would be caused by emancipation. You can believe any conspiracy theory you like, but the documents upon which the secessions were based ALL point to the slavery issue as the main point of contention, with States Rights also mentioned in a few cases.
Speaking at Savannah, Georgia on March 21, 1861, Vice President Alexander Stephens made it clear that the new Confederate Constitution had "put at rest forever all the agitating questions relating to our peculiar institutions-African slavery as it exists among us-the proper status of the negro in our form of civilization. This was the immediate cause of the late rupture and present revolution." He went on to say that the Confederacy's "foundations are laid, its corner- stone rests upon the great truth, that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery -- subordination to the superior race -- is his natural and normal condition." It certainly appears that Mr. Stephens thought secession was "about slavery"....
This so-called Civil War as the idiots like to put it was about taxation and secession and definitely was not about slavery. Most Northern white citizens and Abraham Lincoln did not care about the black man and their plight and most Union Generals believed slaves were better off as slaves. For all you idiots who say it was about slavery either you are just that, idiots or deep down in your muddled mind you have a guilty conscious about being pro-union and pro-government who murdered over 300,000 civilians not counting those brave Soldiers that gave up their lives to protect their homes and families. Personally, I think you're just a bunch of fucking morons.
These lectures are a treasure trove of information and insights. Thank you so much for posting them.
Cool lecture. As an enlisted Army combat vet, it's cool to see that the War College posts lectures, I had no idea.
you sure don't know much for a "vet"...if any of that is true
Lol is that some half-assed attempt to troll me? That's cute.
Very interesting lecture. My great uncle James Dunlop from the 12th Massachusetts Regiment was wounded at this battle.
Very informative video. Makes me want to visit the battlefield again.
Mike, Exeter,England.The great attraction of History is that it doesn't ask simple questions or indeed make simple assertions, unlike letsgomd.
Mr. Weddle is wrong when he said that Robert E. Lee was first in his class at West Point. He graduated second to a man named Charles Mason. Lee, however, did graduate with no demerits on his record.
Yup, exactly correct. And I'm not sure the record of having no demerits has been equaled to this day, I know it had never been until Lee's time.
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Philip Gior Lee was one of seven cadets who graduated in that class with no demerits.
Uh oh. Triggered Rebs incoming...
The "firing on Fort Sumter" was in 1861, not 1862.
13:35. Anybody else seeing the presidential party hats?
Kevin Weddle? Are you related to John R. Weddle (Civil War Solider who lost his left hand fighting for the Union Army) and also since you are Distance Education.. I just have to know if you are the Avatar with MOSES that is Sun Tzu? if so... Pleased to meet you... Alicia Stone here sire.. aka the White Rabbit or as my mom and Dad named me after leaving the Albany/Bethany/Allendale region in Missouri from homesteads near the Nation School House... Joel ;) (BTW.. John R's prodginy bought land near the nation school house and are going strong with doing the week long campout every year as they have done for like close to a hundred years now.....
The way he’s rushing through the Maryland Campaign, it makes me wonder if they’re getting a good education.
Good overview. Forgive the pedantry, however but I must point out that "Congress and Senate" is a misnomer. All Senators are Congressmen; all Congressmen are not Senators. Correctly: "House of Representatives and Senate." Combined these two entities constitute the Congress of the United States.
I believe back then Senators were selected by state governors, not popular vote, thence the distinction between the two
To me both campaigns where Lee took his army into Union controlled territory at Antietam or Gettysburg... Obviously the Union army in both situations outnumbered Lee! So it was imperative that Lee fight on great ground. That didn't happen either time.
This is where I think Lee didn't understand something... You can fight a defensive campaign in the land you are trying to defend! Once you are now invading & in enemy territory you have to be on the offensive even if you are trying to fight a defensive battle... Like if you gained the high ground & you are actually fighting a defensive battle trying to hold a certain position. But at Antietam he wasn't just trying to hold ground, he was trying to gain it! Same at Gettysburg... Lee was mainly fighting an offensive battle... Against an Army that always out numbers you & they have better weapons... You damn sure at least better fight on the better ground... So I think the 2 biggest factors that caused Lee to lose was just the ground he was forced to fight upon....
Lee needed land & fortifications like he had at Fredricksburg with the Union forced to attack him to be successful. Fighting the Union out in the open I think was dumb of Lee. To me the man who was so great at using the land to his advantage basically had the same thing happen to him both times he invaded. The battlefields you choose to engage upon usually determine the outcome of the battle... Not the skill of a General or the skill of the fighting men. Its did you choose the right spot to attack or defend.
It's good he's cleaning up the Lost Cause Myth, the loser rebs made up after getting their asses waxed.
William Blanton thank you for your valuable synopsis, now the whole educated world knows of your ignorance.
Another preaching Yankee.The Battle of Sharpsburg during the War of Northern Aggression.My ancestor fell on the field of honor at Pipers Farm directing his batteries against the Federals. The Confederate flag flies in the face of government oppression to this day, for the South had every right to secede under the Constitution of the United States REGARDLESS. Ignoring the God given right to secede: Lincoln armed and invaded. Public Education has been indoctrinating all Americans with Yankee history for 153 years since 17 Sep 1862 the day my ancestor was killed....killed for his honor, his family , States Rights and Commonwealth of Virginia. Lincolns lawlessness ended in the destruction and burning of every City and farm of note from the Mason Dixon to Florida. For this my family and all my descendants know that government oppression is to be resisted at every quarter.Deo Vindice
Your ancestors needed their asses greased. 4.5 million people finally had chains removed.
Seriously ? Who fired on Fort Sumter ? Lincoln literally did not take the first shot. Why didnt the
Law abiding “ south litigate this through the courts ? Of course Lincoln was opposed to slavery, but at no point in the campaign did he propose to abolish slavery-indeed . Slavery “lawful”-who cares ? A senator nearly beaten to death by a racist South Carolina congressmen for just opposing slavery ? Can you name anything less moral ? God given right to have slaves ? What hole did you climb out off ? As usual, right wing bigots posting /hiding behind pseudonym of the web blogs. Your comments are truly shameful and very depressing. I hope you get the medical help you need.
Honestly, the white supremacists demand respect for their war dead. Well, let's not give it to them. The South gots its ass whipped thoroughly over four years of war, a war it started in defence of an economic system based on the inhuman treatment of other people.
One plus point in the death of your ancestor is that presumably his slaves were freed, but he was spared the pain of seeing that by a Union bullet.
And Robert E Lee, wow, what a nasty man! Slave owner, thug and traitor. Deserved hanging.
@@williamblanton5861 triggered Yankee... no surprise there
@@johnwhite2576 Lincoln started the war dumbass get your fucking facts straight
What a buch of brainwashing ( Prussian Education System ) to use our miliary as cannon fodder. You sir are a traitor to the american people. The Civil war was NOT about slavery (that's the cover (exoteric), it was actually about the British Crown Bankers wanting to split this country up.
letsgomd If you read the Declarations of Immediate Causes issued by the seceding states you can see exactly why secession happened. For example here are the reasons given by South Carolina -
The Northern states were failing to return fugitive slaves, in violation of their obligations under Article Four of the Constitution. The Northern states tolerated abolitionists and insurrectionists (such as John Brown) who incited slaves in the South to rebel.
Misguided political and religious beliefs in the North made future sectional unity impossible.
Some states were elevating persons "incapable of becoming citizens" (i.e. free blacks) and using their votes to support anti-slavery policies.
The Republican Party was planning to wage a war against slavery upon taking office in March 1861.
Mississipi and Alabama expressly linked their secession to the economic problems that would be caused by emancipation.
You can believe any conspiracy theory you like, but the documents upon which the secessions were based ALL point to the slavery issue as the main point of contention, with States Rights also mentioned in a few cases.
Speaking at Savannah, Georgia on March 21, 1861, Vice President Alexander Stephens made it clear that the new Confederate Constitution had "put at rest forever all the agitating questions relating to our peculiar institutions-African slavery as it exists among us-the proper status of the negro in our form of civilization. This was the immediate cause of the late rupture and present revolution."
He went on to say that the Confederacy's "foundations are laid, its corner- stone rests upon the great truth, that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery -- subordination to the superior race -- is his natural and normal condition."
It certainly appears that Mr. Stephens thought secession was "about slavery"....
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"Not about slavery". Give me a break.
This so-called Civil War as the idiots like to put it was about taxation and secession and definitely was not about slavery. Most Northern white citizens and Abraham Lincoln did not care about the black man and their plight and most Union Generals believed slaves were better off as slaves. For all you idiots who say it was about slavery either you are just that, idiots or deep down in your muddled mind you have a guilty conscious about being pro-union and pro-government who murdered over 300,000 civilians not counting those brave Soldiers that gave up their lives to protect their homes and families. Personally, I think you're just a bunch of fucking morons.
wtf? i thought he is going to discuss battle of antietam? he spent most of the time on analyses of the entire war!!! asshole!!!!
Him? Or the person that titled the video?
Or you for getting butthurt because he talked about something other than what you wanted to hear?