That Disease guy is one of the greatest general's I've ever seen. Every war he's fought in he's always targeted both sides and come out with more kills than any other soldier.
@Jee General Winter is a tough old bird, repelled three major invasions of Russia, two by the same enemy! I think he's retired now but General Atom-Smasher is keeping the threat of invasion away in his place.
He’s still going today but he’s not evolving with the times so his kill count has steadily decreased. The other generals just found out ways of combating him.
You can really see towards the end of the war how Union battle deaths started to increase dramatically over Confed deaths. That was the price for the Union's ongoing push to win the war.
America had to put the traitors down, even if it cost them. Can't let an open rebellion stay in power to long. The traitors surrendered in the end, so I guess it was worth it.
i liked visually seeing how the union gradually split the south into separate sections. i feel like thats the type of stuff that goes over my head reading textbooks
That and the maritime blockade won the war for the USA. It was a lot closer than people realize, with the Confederates losing less soldiers. The Union lost a lot protecting Washington DC.
@@donparkison4617i dont know man, seems to me like wishful thinking. Looking at the progression it just looked like the confederacy never gsined back any territory and it just had a couple of mad dashes towards Washington.
@@heroedeleyenda05 It definitely wasnt my wish that the Confederates had won btw but good points for sure. I was mostly looking at the casualty numbers and a bit surprised honestly.
@@donparkison4617 You have to remember that the CSA had 1/4 the manpower considered for for service (white males of fighting age). On top of that, every time they loose a big city like New Orleans or Nashville, they can't recruit or conscript anybody who lives there anymore. When Vicksburg fell no one who just turned 18 west of the Missippi could join the fight. IIRC, as early May 1862, the CSA already lost territory containing half their pre-war population. So they *needed* to keep their casualties less that 1/4 or better yet, 1/8 as high as the Union; instead, they were taking roughly 2/3 as many casualties. Sometimes the raw casualties are deceptive; you have to consider the percentages as well. One more thing (next comment):
I mean it would have taken a few days for the information to spread, but the point still stands. "Hey yeah, we just committed treason against the United States, congrats, you've been volunteered to protect rich asshats and their 'assets'."
@@TheRedKing247 Agreed. SC decided to secede at a hastily convened assembly in which over 90% of the delegates were slave owners and half of them were planters, i.e. men who owned at least 20 slaves, the same ones who would be granted an exemption from the draft. Democracy in action.
@@unadin4583 There was a great quote I once heard that went something along the lines of "Rich whites in the Confederacy had all kinds of slaves. The white ones just didnt know it."
@@TheRedKing247 I never heard that quote before, but it definitely hits the nail on the head. One comment I have made before is that the popular image of a neo-Confederate seems to be a working class southerner with a Confederate flag bumper sticker on his pickup truck. The reality is that the only ones would have benefitted from secession would have been a small and aristocratic class of plantation owners. An independent CSA would not have been governed by people like Beau and Luke Duke, but by people like Rhett Butler and Scarlett O'Hara. The descendants of Confederate soldiers want to honor their ancestors and I respect that. At the same time, I don't think they realize that their ancestors were fighting against their own interest.
Great job with this. You have come a long way with your animations. Also, I never realized how strong the resistance was in Missouri in those early months.
They weren’t too fond of their state militia being tossed in jail or their state government being ignored. Honestly southrons and Americans put up a good fight in all scenarios to this day.
I never realized how many people died in that war. The population of the US at that time was about 30 million, so the roughly 680,000 deaths was actually a significant portion of the population.
The civil war was the worst conflict in American history, far worse than WW2 in sheer total annihilation of life, again from an American perspective. America came out on top from WW2 and the only threat they had faced was in the attack on pearl harbor, other than that the homeland remained literally untouched and America secured itself as the dominant global power over a liberal world order. In the civil war, we lost substantially more American lives than in WW2, and it was all amongst their own people. I also think it is extremely unwise of people to devalue the lives of any of these men whether part of the union or of the confederacy, there is no judgement we can hold of men from nearly 2 centuries ago.
Well when a minee ball (the ammunition used by must armies of the time) even just clipped a bone, that horn wouldn’t fracture, wouldn’t break, wouldn’t shatter, but get absolutely OBLITERATED, so the field hospitals couldn’t use sprints because there wasn’t a bone for the splint to repair, the bones hit with a minee ball WERE THAT DESTROYED
What a way to visualize it. There were campaigns that I wasn't aware of. It's amazing how static things were, even during "campaigning season". It's interesting to see Winchester keep changing hands. Seeing Gettysburg as just this little trek northward and back south, when we focus so heavily on it. How many men were just "somewhere else" when a great battle happened?
I have to imagine there's like a Lost Cause reason for that because while Lee was able to hold a stalemate in Virginia, the Confederacy was slowly bleeding out everywhere else. The Eastern Front is the one bright spot for the CSA in what is otherwise a one sided war.
@@DaDARKPass So I don't disagree that Lee left the Western Front out to dry because he only cared about Virginia or that Longstreet was instrumental in the victory of Chickamauga. However he is definitely not the reason they lost the front. There was just too much land to defend with too few troops and the Confederacy lacking any real semblance of a Navy or Railroads allowing the North to control first all the Mississippi River and then all of the interior keep their advances supplied. Lee on the other hand had the comparatively simple task of holding the Rappahannock River against an army that could never fully commit itself to attacking him because it had the opposing missions of taking Richmond while also defending Washington. Once it DID fully commit itself to attacking him Lee was trapped in Petersburg in the span of a few months.
@@just_radical This was American World War. Conflicts took place in California, Washington and Idaho Territories, Dakota and Modern Day Minnesota and even at the shores of Brazil and France, as well as Russian sailors helped Unionists to blockade the south, German and Irish mercenaries fought on both side. The South even tried to colonize a part of Northern South America, definitely a World War.
I remember when we learned about that guy in history and his March to the sea that man was an absolute legend burned those confederate cities to the ground
let's have a one-party system, like in the Soviet Union or North Korea... or better have hundred party system with one beloved ruler like Putin or Obama... your choice... whatever you choose, it is not my choice...
It didn't become west virginia because the union captured the territory. That area broke away from virginia and formed their own state when virginia seceded.
It didn’t really end well for Morgan and his men, and he was never able to recapture the glory he won in 1862. Indeed, it was Morgan who was considered the best cavalry leader up until shortly before his disaster-which he embarked on for the above reasons
It was especially like that Virginia. Lots of attacks and counterattacks with little ground ultimately gained or lost until the last few months of the war. Hundreds of battles fought in the area between Richmond and Washington DC.
It was due mainly to poor leadership. McClellan and his armies outnumbered the southern armies. He kept reporting to Washington that his armies were outnumbered and refused to make offensive maneuvers that would take out the dissidents.
@@kintothewind Also part of it is likely competent Southern leadership. But good lower level strategy by the South or not, eventually Northern offensives would exhaust them through sheer weight of arms.
This demonstrates the difference between tactical and strategic approaches. The south won battles. The north had a plan. General Lee maneuvered for tactical wins while the north played long ball and captured objectives with strategic importance. The Confederate plan was to just stack bodies. That'll work for a while, but in the end is not effective.
The difference was that the north had industrial capabilities while south did not. So saying Grant outstrategized Lee by playing "the long game" is not really fair. Lee was clearly a better general than Grant, ethically and also on the battlefield.
@@themoonrider351 I didn't say that Grant out strategized Lee. I said that the North out strategized the South. Certainly use of industrial capabilities played into that.
@@TheWartHawgI agree. The specific strategy a country uses in war obviously has to and will be according to their individual resources or conditions in general if exectuted by people familiar to the country. It comes to mind, that the south doesnt really need to beat the north completely in a strategic way in order to reach their goal, which is acceptance of seccesion from the north. For that the south only needs to prevent being beaten strategically on their own. This is in my view the only real advantage in the start conditions of the war the south has upon the north: they just were in the position were a "simple" resistance against Invasion would have made them to win.
@@themoonrider351 :: Against Grant, Lee only played defense behind trenches, stonewalls, and bulwarks. With the rifle increased reach of the 1860s, being in defense gave considerable tactical advantage that compensated the numerical inferiority. And , Lee, a slaves owner who sexually impregnated his teenage slave girls to then sell the babies product of it, hardly can be considered "an ethical man".
It's always interesting when looking a long-protracted wars, how it looks very much like a stalemate, then it all falls apart so quickly for the losing side.
@@killertaco8themaster773 appalachia isn't just one state y'all are dumb it's not NC or WV its the whole mountain region from northern georgia to southern new york including most of PA
@Mateusz Convolo: Colonies had to pay taxes to the English government yet had no say in running that government. Taxation without representation is tyranny, and the colonies had the right to revolt against tyranny.
@Mateusz Convolo: The South signed the Constitution which clearly said the Federal government ONLY had the right to coin money or provide for the national defense. The South tried to do both of these things, which made their secession unconstitutional. Where the hell do you get the idea that any part of any country has the right to secede at will?
@Young Thinker - iuvenis animo British: Well atleast my children in South Asia are- *Sees Pakistan and India at each other's throat with nukes* British: Did I really raised them like that? I am sure I did better than that of US. *Learns that they had 4 wars* British: Where did I go wrong?
@Young Thinker - iuvenis animo Actually US learned to intervene and mess up the world from their father "The Great British Empire" and being a citizen of former occupied British territory I agree
I live in Illinois, and my dad and I used to go to Springfield to visit the Lincoln museum. They had this 5- minute animated map of how the territories changed throughout the war and I really loved it as a kid. This video is the closest thing to that animation and I love it. Thank you sir.
@@randy7928 there were a few battles on the California side of the country. California was Union and surrounded by Confederate States of America states.
@@mock15halo there were a few battles on the California side of the country. California was Union and surrounded by Confederate States of America states.
I think on fort Sumter, the confederate cannons failed to kill anyone, but cripled the fortress so it had to surrender. Before that they wanted to give last salute with theirs own cannons. One of these exploded, killing that guy.
So first time they changed the flag because it looked like the US flag from afar, then they changed it a 2nd time because it was mistaken as the surrender flag. Cool stuff.
"We're losing, what do we do?" "Gimme a minute, will you? I know it seems like a lost cause, but...wait. That's it! We'll invent publicists and frame our fuckups as heroic triumphs! Nothing more American than that!"
@Cali Boy they did but the union somehow counter attacked them also battle plans were leaked look at the top right you will of the confederate trying to take DC
California wasl fighting through Apache country until they nailed the coffin for the Texans supporting the east. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Column
The Confederacy didn't lose, it merely failed to win. Due to the number of 1Heads replying thinking this was a serious comment, I have to say that it's an OverSimplified reference. Now stop spamming my notification feed.
Whats even funnier is not too long later, in Sherman's Pursuit of Lee, they end up creating another segmented bubble. They just love cuttin dat confederacy
I've always thought that one of the key aspects that allowed the Union to win was the blockade they placed on international supplies for the South. Since a lot of their economy relied on the exportation of their goods across the ocean, cutting that off as a means to support their war effort all but set the stage for the eventual fall of the Confederacy. They just couldn't match the industrialized power of the Union and as far as I'm concerned, the war was lost almost as soon as it started in large part because of this. It's sort of similar to the Pacific theater in WWII. The Japanese army could never hope to beat the US once their war machine got going full steam and I think a similar element to the CIvil War can be identified between the two armies involved.
@@basedcheese1 That was because they intercepted several British ships in the open sea,nit because of blockage.Also,goods and money couldn't flow into Confederacy in sufficient numbers (the moment Vicksburg fell, nothing could come to the eastern part,while Texas could receive some through Mexico).
I find the Union Strategy remarkable. Looking at the map at the end of the war. Cutting the Confederacy into pieces. Cutting down the Mississippi River, then creating a path through Georgia to the Atlantic, then marching through SC and NC. Then following another river in Alabama.
Actually it made sense. The war was always going to be determined in Virginia. Accordingly Union forces ripping through areas of the South not only disrupted Southern supply lines = it diverted forces away from the main battle area to deal with those rampaging forces. The more troops sent South to try to counter Sherman meant less that Grant had to contend with. Prior to Sherman's march the Confederacy - which was relatively small and which had intersecting rail lines - could simply shunt forces to and fro to counter Union moves. When Grant took over and began to apply concerted pressure on the Confederate forces on multiple fronts = that troop movement could no longer happen. "Divide and conquer" is an age-old military strategy.
Confederates definitely had better generals. But the sheer industrial capacity, and population, led to the North severely outnumbering and outgunning the confederacy.
Crimson - the Union had good generals as well. The Union however suffered in that after war happened the Union Army had to rapidly expand. Accordingly it formed - not only regular army units = but it accepted large numbers of "volunteer" forces which were raised at the State level. That would be akin to national guard today except those volunteer forces often had no military training while their officers were picked via politics. Meanwhile the South had a long military history and when Southern officers opted to join the Confederacy they were employed in cohesive units. So like with the Battle of France in WWII where the French had more tanks that the Germans - but they spread them out and thus diluted their effectiveness = so the qualified officers in the Union Army were often spread out among the forces. As such it took time to winnow the chaff from the wheat as it were.
In all truth, Sherman's taking of Atlanta was probably the most important victory for the Union in the war - it led to Lincoln's re-election in 1864, along with giving the Republican Party veto-proof majorities in both houses of Congress. Honestly, the CSA was trying to run out the clock, knowing that the Civil War was extremely unpopular in the North, especially after Gettysburg. New York City had anti-war riots several times during the war (many of which were done by Irish Catholics afraid that newly-freed African Americans would be competing with them in the job market). In fact, the main platform for the Democratic Party in 1864 was to grant independence to the CSA. But after Sherman captured Atlanta by cutting off all supply lines into and out of the city, the writing was on the wall - Atlanta was probably the most important commercial and manufacturing hub in the CSA. In fact, Atlanta was so important that the Union pretty much started to rebuild Atlanta as soon as it was taken.
0:19 Missouri: ,,Im gonna be neutral !!'' 0:24 Union.: *Captures most of its territory Missouri: ,,Wtf man, i said im neutral...'' Union: *,,You're not Swiss enough to have this power...''*
BlueGallade475 Since Missouri was a border state, why did they fight along side the confederates even though they didn't secede? Sure there were a lot of angry confederate sympathizers in the border states.. which is why Lincoln made a few controversial moves like suspending habeas corpus.. but I never thought the entire Missouri state guard would fight on their side.. I'm not doubting you, I just wanna know why
@@Forgeries The Missouri Constitutional Convention did declared neutrality and voted against secession in 1860. And after the war started in 1861, the Price-Harney Truce was signed between the Federal and the Missouri State Guard to keep Missouri neutral , but that only lasted about a month.
@@mynameshashim3686 That's because the Missouri State Guard was raised in 1861 by the pro-confederate governor, Claiborne Fox Jackson, to keep the Union army out. The State Convention never voted secession though, and the confederate only "seceded" Missouri from the Union after they were almost entirely forced out from the state in late 1861.
When people talk about the Civil War's battles, it almost always Fort Sumpter, Gettysburg, Antietam, and Appomattox. But those battles for Vicksburg and control of the river as well as the scorched earth run from Atlanta to the coast were very significant as well.
Lt. Pyukumuku Well, to be fair, that was just an intervention in a war. Yes, technically the U.S. “lost” the war, but it was more due to pressure from other nations (and its own people), the massacres unveiled, the Chinese sending troops and supplies to the country, etc. which led to South Vietnam being unified with the North. In other words, the United States is still a massive force to face and defeat
The US massacred Vietnamese forces, bombed the shit out of the north, took relatively light casualties, won every engagement (sure lost skirmishes probably here and there but any actual battle was won) and "ended" the war by having the North and South agree to stop fighting. The US then pulled out and the North then later reinvaded and reunified the North and South as this time the USA refused to intervene.
@@a-drewg1716 The US themselves also got massacred and they never really got the north and south to sign a peace treaty. The usa just kind of left the south Vietnamese to do their own thing.
@@Djbouti I had a whole thing types out but lost it because of a power outage so here is a summary. The US lost 58,200 combatants while according to Vietnam's estimates the North Vietnamese and Vietcong lost 1.1 MILLION. All in all 2 million civilians were lost on both sides and the South Vietnamese lost 200,000 - 250,000. Also the US did get the North and South to sign a agreement to end the hostilities (but the thing was that the agreement did not force the North Vietnamese soldiers to withdraw from the South so fighting most definitely didn't end but what ever it was "technically" a end to the fighting which was good enough for the USA)
4:22 CSA: Hey let's stop fighting and play a game of tag! **goes around Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri and Union-occupied Indian Territory to get back to the CSA** CSA: Hah you lost the game! **Union still wins the war** ...so students, we lost the war but we won tag.
That ''game of tag'' was a large raid conducted by General Sterling Price. His goal was to either take St. Louis or Jefferson City to influence the 64' election, he failed tremendously at doing so and inadvertently helped Lincoln get re-elected, which was the complete opposite effect he had hoped for. Here's the wiki link if you are interested. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Price%27s_Missouri_Expedition
@@mississippiball1003 I literally came here to find out about that game of tag, this "history nerd" is the only dude who's got the answer I was looking for. You shouldn't mock knowledge, especially when you lack it.
My great Grandfather was captured during the Union's push on Selma, two weeks before the south surrendered. A POW at 15. He was 13 when he joined. We do not know if he was drafted or enlisted. After the war he moved to Texas, farmed and was a preacher in the primitive Baptist Church.
@@unkn0wnace there were a few battles on the California side of the country. California was Union and surrounded by Confederate States of America states.
@Big10fluff there were a few battles on the California side of the country. California was Union and surrounded by Confederate States of America states.
I'm Canadian but my Great Grandfather fought in this war on the side of the Union. To my knowledge he was there when they Captured Atlanta. Other then that we don't know much about his time during the War.
I don’t know a lot about the civil war since I grew up in Alaska. I learned little bits and pieces throughout the years. I have been to several civil war battle sights and few museums, however. This was really fascinating to watch. Thank you for creating this video. What’s the story behind the red dot chased by the blue dot that comes out of Texas around 4:23 in the video, goes up into Missouri and then back around into Texas?
Casual reminder that the Russian Empire supported the Union during the Civil War and sent 2 naval fleets to Union ports (warmly welcomed by the American people) to deter Anglo-French intervention.
It was seen that way by the American people, and the Russians did come out in favor of the Union, but with the fleets it really was that the Russians wanted to have their fleets in positions that they would not be trapped in case war broke out between Russia and Britain/France rather than to deter an Anglo-French intervention into the U.S. Civil War.
@@fyeahusa True, it was more so about protecting the Russian Empire's own geopolitical interests. Supporting the United States was part of those interests.
It's funny how when we hear he burned down Atlanta we think of the city of over 6 million people (including metros, about 400,000+ inside city limits) and back then it was the fourth largest city in Georgia (Behind savannah, Augusta, and Columbus) with under 10,000 people.
@@deathsite95 there were a few battles on the California side of the country. California was Union and surrounded by Confederate States of America states.
I love when Sherman takes Atlanta and yeets himself across Georgia and up through the Carolinas as if to say “See? Look, this shit’s over, son. Go home and don’t make me do it again.”
@@Brettyb93 Lincoln and the Union showed more grace to the former confederacy than any modern politician or even society could possibly imagine. Without it, I'm sure the South would have tried to leave again
This is great! I think it would be nice to have markers for major battles as well. Maybe a dot that appears for the day(s) of the battle, then fades over the next few days.
Video looks great. There is only one mistake though, the North (Republican) is Red and the South (Democrat) is Blue. If you can switch it to be more accurate that would be amazing. Let me know. Thanks
Fun Fact: There was a guy named Wilmer McLean who was a grocer from Virginia. He and his wife witnessed the start and the end of the Civil War when a cannonball from Union forces broke through his farmhouse and destroyed his kitchen fireplace along with his supper in what would later be the First Battle of Bull Run. If that wasn't bad enough, after the incident when he and his wife moved to a certain courthouse in Virginia, their house became the place where General Lee surrendered to General Grant to end the Civil War. Not only that, but soldiers from BOTH sides ended up stealing most of his furniture and property as souvenirs, throwing money at him as they left. I recommend looking him up yourself. It's pretty fascinating and you can't help but feel sorry for the guy.
@@ryanmartin73 I'm assuming you're talking about McLean, VA. I just googled it. Looks like it was named after some other guy named McLean, some 40 years after the Civil War.
That reminds me of that Japanese guy who was on a business trip in Hiroshima when the bomb landed, survived the blast, so went back to his home... in Nagasaki!
@@Diskode48 South Yemen was a communist country that was separate from North Yemen until the two united in 1990. Due to corruption by Saleh's new government, they rebelled, but lost.
just a quick question if a person was stabbed with a bayonet or by chance got shot somewhere that was not lethal and didnt die instantly but the wound got infected later and they died from the infection does that could as a death by disease or a KIA just wondering
when you are loosing, cant push the union in their pockets in nearly every convederated state, cant take washigton, so you are trying to bind troops in the east with cav-raids, kills thousands of american citizen, pillage american properties and create the best backfire against your whole "rebel nation". - raids
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Apparently, before 'Air Superiority' was a thing, 'River Superiority' did win you wars.
And Ocean superiority
The Union made much better use of hot air balloons for surveillance so technically it had air superiority.
@@unadin4583 Whoa, I didn't know!
river superiority and essentially sepperating your enemy into two smaller enemies. (thus denying one side access to supplies from the other)
@@Iannnus Israel won wars because of air superiority .
That Disease guy is one of the greatest general's I've ever seen. Every war he's fought in he's always targeted both sides and come out with more kills than any other soldier.
He's also the oldest general in the world
I laughed so hard..
Yet he still going today...
@Jee General Winter is a tough old bird, repelled three major invasions of Russia, two by the same enemy! I think he's retired now but General Atom-Smasher is keeping the threat of invasion away in his place.
He’s still going today but he’s not evolving with the times so his kill count has steadily decreased. The other generals just found out ways of combating him.
I still refuse to beleive this is done in paint
Young Thinker - iuvenis animo OMG IT WAS AS WELL LOOK IN THE CREDITS!
Ok but this has names on it which is extremely hard without layers, and recolor is a pretty useful tool that doesn't exist on paint.
Paint master race
@@pepperVenge I've done the same thing before. It is pretty fun. Tedious, but fun.
WINDOWS MOVIE MAKER?!
You can really see towards the end of the war how Union battle deaths started to increase dramatically over Confed deaths. That was the price for the Union's ongoing push to win the war.
America had to put the traitors down, even if it cost them. Can't let an open rebellion stay in power to long.
The traitors surrendered in the end, so I guess it was worth it.
And a couple of suicide attacks by Grant.
And a couple of Sue Side attacks by Grant that he later admitted were mistakes.
As shown in The Cornerstone of Johnny Reb: th-cam.com/video/gyt0bZms5zU/w-d-xo.html
Yup, they paid their lives for pushing a real just cause forward.
Real heroes.
i liked visually seeing how the union gradually split the south into separate sections. i feel like thats the type of stuff that goes over my head reading textbooks
That and the maritime blockade won the war for the USA. It was a lot closer than people realize, with the Confederates losing less soldiers. The Union lost a lot protecting Washington DC.
@@donparkison4617i dont know man, seems to me like wishful thinking. Looking at the progression it just looked like the confederacy never gsined back any territory and it just had a couple of mad dashes towards Washington.
@@heroedeleyenda05 It definitely wasnt my wish that the Confederates had won btw but good points for sure. I was mostly looking at the casualty numbers and a bit surprised honestly.
@@heroedeleyenda05 yeah I think if the confederacy had been more offensive and attacked Washington more they could have won. Luckily they didn't
@@donparkison4617 You have to remember that the CSA had 1/4 the manpower considered for for service (white males of fighting age). On top of that, every time they loose a big city like New Orleans or Nashville, they can't recruit or conscript anybody who lives there anymore. When Vicksburg fell no one who just turned 18 west of the Missippi could join the fight. IIRC, as early May 1862, the CSA already lost territory containing half their pre-war population. So they *needed* to keep their casualties less that 1/4 or better yet, 1/8 as high as the Union; instead, they were taking roughly 2/3 as many casualties. Sometimes the raw casualties are deceptive; you have to consider the percentages as well. One more thing (next comment):
Imagine taking a nap in South Carolina then waking up to the news that you’re at war with the government
I mean it would have taken a few days for the information to spread, but the point still stands. "Hey yeah, we just committed treason against the United States, congrats, you've been volunteered to protect rich asshats and their 'assets'."
TornadoATP ok history nerd
@@TheRedKing247 Agreed. SC decided to secede at a hastily convened assembly in which over 90% of the delegates were slave owners and half of them were planters, i.e. men who owned at least 20 slaves, the same ones who would be granted an exemption from the draft. Democracy in action.
@@unadin4583 There was a great quote I once heard that went something along the lines of "Rich whites in the Confederacy had all kinds of slaves. The white ones just didnt know it."
@@TheRedKing247 I never heard that quote before, but it definitely hits the nail on the head. One comment I have made before is that the popular image of a neo-Confederate seems to be a working class southerner with a Confederate flag bumper sticker on his pickup truck. The reality is that the only ones would have benefitted from secession would have been a small and aristocratic class of plantation owners. An independent CSA would not have been governed by people like Beau and Luke Duke, but by people like Rhett Butler and Scarlett O'Hara. The descendants of Confederate soldiers want to honor their ancestors and I respect that. At the same time, I don't think they realize that their ancestors were fighting against their own interest.
Great job with this. You have come a long way with your animations. Also, I never realized how strong the resistance was in Missouri in those early months.
Who knew a spice (MSG) could hold so much resistance against the US. Its just like Australia and the emus
@@lukedetering4490 oh wow so funny hahahahahahahahahahaha
Wow, here you are again Mr. Beats! I love you so much. You're literally everywhere.
Please do the Spanish 1st Carlist War
They weren’t too fond of their state militia being tossed in jail or their state government being ignored.
Honestly southrons and Americans put up a good fight in all scenarios to this day.
I never realized how many people died in that war. The population of the US at that time was about 30 million, so the roughly 680,000 deaths was actually a significant portion of the population.
*390,000 US deaths
The civil war was the worst conflict in American history, far worse than WW2 in sheer total annihilation of life, again from an American perspective. America came out on top from WW2 and the only threat they had faced was in the attack on pearl harbor, other than that the homeland remained literally untouched and America secured itself as the dominant global power over a liberal world order. In the civil war, we lost substantially more American lives than in WW2, and it was all amongst their own people. I also think it is extremely unwise of people to devalue the lives of any of these men whether part of the union or of the confederacy, there is no judgement we can hold of men from nearly 2 centuries ago.
680,000 RECORDED deaths. Historians estimate there could’ve been up to 750,000 800,000 in total.
@@ethanswartz5161 If you say that, then you only count the 22 million population in the north. (hope I remember that number correctly)
In ww2, 22% of soviets died. In your sissy civil war thats %2
Soldier: “gets a cut on their foot”
Field doctors: “I diagnose you with amputation”
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Well when a minee ball (the ammunition used by must armies of the time) even just clipped a bone, that horn wouldn’t fracture, wouldn’t break, wouldn’t shatter, but get absolutely OBLITERATED, so the field hospitals couldn’t use sprints because there wasn’t a bone for the splint to repair, the bones hit with a minee ball WERE THAT DESTROYED
Soldier: “Dies.”
Field Doctor: “He died of disease!”
Buddy soldier: "Just like...pour whiskey on it."
@@HotRodsnHueys no he died of death!
"Go and attack Richmond."
"No."
That oversimplified reference got me
Yeeeee
I'm merely failed to win
I watched that oversimplified video too.
I didn't lose!
I merely failed to win!
Pick your Side:
The Union
The Confederacy
*MISSOURI*
The war was such a Missouri
I choose Texas side
Missouri
@Proud Lover Of Cluelessness yes
This is like the Allies/Axis/Finland joke of the American Civil War
rebel life
What a way to visualize it. There were campaigns that I wasn't aware of. It's amazing how static things were, even during "campaigning season". It's interesting to see Winchester keep changing hands. Seeing Gettysburg as just this little trek northward and back south, when we focus so heavily on it. How many men were just "somewhere else" when a great battle happened?
Sherman’s March to the Sea is when things really started to go “south” for the CSA.
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Can we get a *bruh* in the chat?
Anti bruh
Bruh
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And that's how West Virginia was born.
TAKE ME HOME
COUNTRY ROOOOOADS
TO THE PLACE I BELONG
Goddamnit.
I once saw a Confederate Flag flying in West Virginia.
People seem to focus on the eastern boarder fights, but nobody ever seems to notice how important the battles for control of the Mississippi were
I have to imagine there's like a Lost Cause reason for that because while Lee was able to hold a stalemate in Virginia, the Confederacy was slowly bleeding out everywhere else. The Eastern Front is the one bright spot for the CSA in what is otherwise a one sided war.
@@DaDARKPass So I don't disagree that Lee left the Western Front out to dry because he only cared about Virginia or that Longstreet was instrumental in the victory of Chickamauga.
However he is definitely not the reason they lost the front. There was just too much land to defend with too few troops and the Confederacy lacking any real semblance of a Navy or Railroads allowing the North to control first all the Mississippi River and then all of the interior keep their advances supplied.
Lee on the other hand had the comparatively simple task of holding the Rappahannock River against an army that could never fully commit itself to attacking him because it had the opposing missions of taking Richmond while also defending Washington. Once it DID fully commit itself to attacking him Lee was trapped in Petersburg in the span of a few months.
@@DaDARKPass Well yes. Any strategy other than the Vietcong/Taliban strategy results in a loss for the confederacy
@@just_radical This was American World War. Conflicts took place in California, Washington and Idaho Territories, Dakota and Modern Day Minnesota and even at the shores of Brazil and France, as well as Russian sailors helped Unionists to blockade the south, German and Irish mercenaries fought on both side. The South even tried to colonize a part of Northern South America, definitely a World War.
@@just_radical they did that after the war, the Klan. Union occupation kept it pretty well contained
I love how every once and a while these little red snakes will just slither across the map, being chased around until retreating or being captured
Grierson's Raid visualized was really cool. Allowed the Union to capture Vicksburg, Missouri.
That moment when Sherman just starts VP sniping and snaking everywhere
Hoi4 reference
@@elliotshin6448 Pog
@@JakeGeremia
"Pog"
- Nicholas II
I remember when we learned about that guy in history and his March to the sea that man was an absolute legend burned those confederate cities to the ground
sherman cut a swath of death that broke the confederacy. My history teacher back in high school loved that part of the civil war.
George Washington: warns of 2 party system.
Americans: hold my beer
@Mic Micson he actually did we fucked up
let's have a one-party system, like in the Soviet Union or North Korea... or better have hundred party system with one beloved ruler like Putin or Obama... your choice... whatever you choose, it is not my choice...
I bet you like trump not a one party but many but you cant handle that conservative im right everyone wrong
@@coloradoroads2098 trump loves putin obama is gone he can't even run anymore dont what if ism on me
@@coloradoroads2098 have you heard about europe? You should come in here sometimes, its pretty nice and dandy
Union soldier: What should we name all of this West Virginia we now control?
Union general: Let me stop you there private.
Missississippippi
Big Mountain Momma state
Canada 2
East Ohio, south Pennsylvania,North Kentucky
It didn't become west virginia because the union captured the territory. That area broke away from virginia and formed their own state when virginia seceded.
4:56
"Quick, we're losing the war! Do something"
"How about we change the flag?"
they changed the flag cuz southerners complained that it looked like a surrender flag, and most confederates didn't fly that flag into battle either
@@Erik_830 because it wasn’t the battle flag
@@stopmotionharry8989
both sides took their respective national flags into battle
What weird priorities.
I had no idea a Confederate general ran through Indiana and Ohio to flee Union troops.
It's called "Morgan's Raid"
@@Julius37500 Thanks for the information.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgan's_Raid
Woah that shit’s legendary
It didn’t really end well for Morgan and his men, and he was never able to recapture the glory he won in 1862.
Indeed, it was Morgan who was considered the best cavalry leader up until shortly before his disaster-which he embarked on for the above reasons
WarlordofBritannia What was his end goal? To get to Canada or something?
Damn, seeing all those failed offensives by both sides really drives home how hard and grueling this war was.
Speaking from experience are you?
It was especially like that Virginia. Lots of attacks and counterattacks with little ground ultimately gained or lost until the last few months of the war. Hundreds of battles fought in the area between Richmond and Washington DC.
This was like the american revolution but the revolutionists lost
It was due mainly to poor leadership. McClellan and his armies outnumbered the southern armies. He kept reporting to Washington that his armies were outnumbered and refused to make offensive maneuvers that would take out the dissidents.
@@kintothewind Also part of it is likely competent Southern leadership. But good lower level strategy by the South or not, eventually Northern offensives would exhaust them through sheer weight of arms.
2:55
*Starts playing a game of tag during a bloody war*
Just like age of civilizations 2.
That is Morgan's Raid.
Lmao
@@yanxishan6575 WES MORGAN!!!!
jk
@@cornertakenquicklyorigi4290 too true
This demonstrates the difference between tactical and strategic approaches. The south won battles. The north had a plan. General Lee maneuvered for tactical wins while the north played long ball and captured objectives with strategic importance. The Confederate plan was to just stack bodies. That'll work for a while, but in the end is not effective.
The difference was that the north had industrial capabilities while south did not. So saying Grant outstrategized Lee by playing "the long game" is not really fair.
Lee was clearly a better general than Grant, ethically and also on the battlefield.
@@themoonrider351 I didn't say that Grant out strategized Lee. I said that the North out strategized the South. Certainly use of industrial capabilities played into that.
@@TheWartHawgI agree. The specific strategy a country uses in war obviously has to and will be according to their individual resources or conditions in general if exectuted by people familiar to the country.
It comes to mind, that the south doesnt really need to beat the north completely in a strategic way in order to reach their goal, which is acceptance of seccesion from the north. For that the south only needs to prevent being beaten strategically on their own.
This is in my view the only real advantage in the start conditions of the war the south has upon the north: they just were in the position were a "simple" resistance against Invasion would have made them to win.
@@themoonrider351 :: Against Grant, Lee only played defense behind trenches, stonewalls, and bulwarks. With the rifle increased reach of the 1860s, being in defense gave considerable tactical advantage that compensated the numerical inferiority. And , Lee, a slaves owner who sexually impregnated his teenage slave girls to then sell the babies product of it, hardly can be considered "an ethical man".
It doesn't work especially if your numbers are lower, the population of the north exceeded the south's by two to one
2:55
For those wondering, the Confederate mission that went from Kentucky to Ohio, and briefly West Virginia, is called "Morgan's Raid".
And what was the purpose of this raid ?
@@alexandrualex1085 To raid
Ba Dum Tiss
Who knew Morgan Freeman was fighting in the Civil War. What a guy.
@@mikemancini313 morgan freeman is sus fighting for the south hmmmmmm
This is visually by far your best video, I always wanted mappers to add casualties and major cities to the map. Amazing job dude.
1st comment on comment that has not had a reply in 2 years!
United States: cuts their entire nation in 3 pieces
Confederacy: Hey let’s change the flag again
The 3rd time
Lol
Now that is some misplaced priorities.
Dude got his priority straight
@JOHNJOGJOSHJOBJOE based
It's always interesting when looking a long-protracted wars, how it looks very much like a stalemate, then it all falls apart so quickly for the losing side.
Virginia: *We're leavin', and we're takin' Appalachia with us!*
West Virginia: *No.*
NC took real Appalachia with em
@@killertaco8themaster773 lol. How do you figure?
@@killertaco8themaster773 as a West Virginian no yall didn’t
@@killertaco8themaster773 appalachia isn't just one state y'all are dumb it's not NC or WV its the whole mountain region from northern georgia to southern new york including most of PA
@@sneersh9107 yeah and the trail goes even further you can get to maine
When you try to claim independence from a country that claimed independence 85 years ago
lol
The colonies never held a vote establishing eternal allegiance to each other as agreed to in the Constitution. The States did.
@Mateusz Convolo: Colonies had to pay taxes to the English government yet had no say in running that government. Taxation without representation is tyranny, and the colonies had the right to revolt against tyranny.
@Mateusz Convolo: The South signed the Constitution which clearly said the Federal government ONLY had the right to coin money or provide for the national defense. The South tried to do both of these things, which made their secession unconstitutional. Where the hell do you get the idea that any part of any country has the right to secede at will?
Ecuador and Venezuala became independent from (Gran) Colombia after 12 years of independence.
British: our children seem to be arguing.
*[Few hours later]*
British: good lord, now they're killing each other!
Lol
@Young Thinker - iuvenis animo
British: Well atleast my children in South Asia are-
*Sees Pakistan and India at each other's throat with nukes*
British: Did I really raised them like that? I am sure I did better than that of US.
*Learns that they had 4 wars*
British: Where did I go wrong?
“Now they’re killing each other now” tsk tsk tsk redundant
@Young Thinker - iuvenis animo
Actually US learned to intervene and mess up the world from their father "The Great British Empire" and being a citizen of former occupied British territory I agree
British: Why can't you be more like your Canadian brothers and not kill each other.
I live in Illinois, and my dad and I used to go to Springfield to visit the Lincoln museum. They had this 5- minute animated map of how the territories changed throughout the war and I really loved it as a kid. This video is the closest thing to that animation and I love it. Thank you sir.
4:22 I love the little confederate group who marched all the way to Jefferson city before retreating
They made it as far as Kansas City, they were bounced at the battle of westport. Their original target was Ft. Leavenworth.
I was just at the Pilot Knob battle site last week. The fort battlements are still there.
I believe that's Price's Raid
@@randy7928 there were a few battles on the California side of the country. California was Union and surrounded by Confederate States of America states.
@@mock15halo there were a few battles on the California side of the country. California was Union and surrounded by Confederate States of America states.
Hmmm, but what about the droid attack on the wookies?
This needs more attention. 😂😂
Sherman will help the wookies. Good relationship with them he has.
@@iansnook6120 no it doesn't, this comment has been done to death
@@ARG0T every single word in the English language has been done to death none of what we're saying is original
@@ARG0T He is right though,its a system,we cannot afford to lose
2:52 The Battle at Schrute Farms, The northern most battle of the Civil War
Oscar: I’m gonna stop you right there
All the way to Ohio wow
I assume the Schrute's won. They're still at it today with little change from 1863.
Them Schrute's attempted to take over New York City in the summer of 1866. My grandfather was one of them.
If I remember my history it was known as a sanctuary for all manor of fee spirits and dandies. 🤔
There's clearly a great amount of work been put into this video. Well done & thank you.
What about the battle of Schrute farms
Do you mean the most northern battle in the civil war??
Beets all over the place there...
New Jersey Mapping Damn. The bait was ignored, so you had to step it up and spam buzzwords an entire month afterwards.
@@shastealyomeal gotteem
That had the 2nd highest death rate per land?
Grant after taking Vicksburg:
*I sawed this confederacy in half*
Technically in three since the union already took control of the Mississippi river
*Now that's a lot of damage!*
@@joemomma7431 vicksburg is apart of the mississippi river
TO SHOW YOU THE POWER OF THE UNION...
cope
0:15 bruh imagine being that one guy who dies before the battles even begin
Probably due to disease or a mistake
He died from a misfire of the cannon during the peace ceremony
I think on fort Sumter, the confederate cannons failed to kill anyone, but cripled the fortress so it had to surrender. Before that they wanted to give last salute with theirs own cannons. One of these exploded, killing that guy.
@@ondrejurban2634 your very close, a spark from the gun light a powder Magazine and the explosion from that killed him.
Spawn killed
Thank you for this. I was looking for something to show the progression in real time. cheers!
4:57 we are losing the war, let’s change the flag!
That’s the blood stained banner. It was adopted due to troops mistaking the old flag with one of surrender
So first time they changed the flag because it looked like the US flag from afar, then they changed it a 2nd time because it was mistaken as the surrender flag. Cool stuff.
That Contra Guy then why the hell was it that in the first place
Mythic YT bureaucrats aren’t soldiers on a battlefield.
That Contra Guy r/whoosh
CSA: We're losing what do we do?
Also CSA: Let's Change our flag!
YEAH THAT WILL SHOW THEM!
@@twisterman101new4 it's like in those cartoons when one guys chasing the other guy, so the guy being chased puts on a fake moustache
@@mashedtomato2079 Ah so its like Chaz, They where about to get crushed and wanted to show that they didn't mean to do as much as they did lol.
"We're losing, what do we do?" "Gimme a minute, will you? I know it seems like a lost cause, but...wait. That's it! We'll invent publicists and frame our fuckups as heroic triumphs! Nothing more American than that!"
It’s like the Big Bang. From darkness, light begins to expand. From secession, white begins to expand until the flag is entirely white at the end,.
In order to show you the power of *THE UNION ARMY*
4:36
I SAWED THIS *REBELLION* IN HALF!
chewchewtrain 💀
Now I’m going to use RECONSTRUCTION to fix it! Oh wait, it’s still broke.
William Sherman's march to the sea :)
***THAT’S A LOTTA DAMAGE!!!***
*FOR THE SECOND TIME*
I like how their both capital are very close to each other
It’s why a lot of the bigger battles happened I think
Actually the south changed capitals. It was Richmond VA, then Danville VA, and then Montgomery AL
@@nicholasprutzman9915 You have that backwards.
*en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederate_States_of_America - It's Montgomery first then Richmond
@Cali Boy they did try to take DC
@Cali Boy they did but the union somehow counter attacked them also battle plans were leaked look at the top right you will of the confederate trying to take DC
Thank you all for being patient! Hope you enjoy the video!
Thank you for such great content!
Np bro, you’re awesome. Keep it up
+emperorTigerstar why was there a confederate flag change In the mid of the video?
@Greater Germany
The Confederacy changed their flag in the middle of the war
EmperorTigerstar good job!!!
The whole nation: fighting
California:
Let's make some movies about it!
California took West Texas from Texas in the Civil War. Help New Mexico reclaim stolen land from Texas as well. Viva California.
California wasl fighting through Apache country until they nailed the coffin for the Texans supporting the east.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Column
california is a weird place
@@TheSilentpigs100 trust me, lot of weird people
@@TheSilentpigs100 you're weird
I really appreciate the true flags with the stars/states being added and taken away. It feels genuine good work!
Fun fact, the California force sent to fight fought Apaches for most of the war
More like pulled coward moves. Poisoning and such.
They don't talk about the California part of the American Civil War through out all my years of middle and high school. Not once why.
@MrZapparin They don't talk about the California part of the American Civil War through out all my years of middle and high school. Not once why.
@@cooterpolluter They don't talk about the California part of the American Civil War through out all my years of middle and high school. Not once why.
@MrZapparin lol
At least we all gained something very valuable from that horrible conflict:
_WEST VIRGINIA, MOUNTAIN MOMMA..._
¿Hablas español :V? Lo digo por la bandera de Puerto Rico...
@@babyfnafhs6243 -
Si.
Not my favorite language, but yes, yes I can.
@@babyfnafhs6243 Viva Espana.
@@jojiraammmaafinafachinglan2856 thank you :).
@@incendiarybullet3516 Nice to see Latinos taking an interest in American history.
The Confederacy didn't lose, it merely failed to win.
Due to the number of 1Heads replying thinking this was a serious comment, I have to say that it's an OverSimplified reference. Now stop spamming my notification feed.
Still losing
Lol i get the reference
*OVERSIMPLIFIED*
@@fortnutkid8766 don't comment if you don't get the reference
Angry patriotic Americans on the vietnam war be like: the -confederacy- U.S army did not lose, they just failed to win
I love how you can see Sherman’s March near the end (the blue line splitting Georgia in two.)
Oklahoma?
More like
I N D I A N. T E R R I T O R Y
That was the pre-state name.
It should have stayed a Native nation instead of becoming just another midwestern rectangle
Didn't become a state until 1907.
@@aaronmarks9366 I disagree. It still kinda is a Native nation in some aspects though, I suppose.
@@Gutslinger 1907 actually.
2:52 To show you the power of flex tape
I SAWED THIS STATE IN HALF!
*Now that's a lot of damage!*
@@kurt01elijah49 HOW ABOUT A LITTLE MORE
*saws it even further*
@@vynonyoutube1418 N O W T H A T S A L O T O F D A M A G E
4:48 HOW BOUT A LITTE MORE?
4:41 "Rate my encirclement" -USA, 1864
5 and a three-quarters of encirclement if you count the Naval Blockade. 11/10 IGN would Civil War again.
Whats even funnier is not too long later, in Sherman's Pursuit of Lee, they end up creating another segmented bubble. They just love cuttin dat confederacy
TastyBurger122 That was the plan.
5:01
Damn fine
I've always thought that one of the key aspects that allowed the Union to win was the blockade they placed on international supplies for the South. Since a lot of their economy relied on the exportation of their goods across the ocean, cutting that off as a means to support their war effort all but set the stage for the eventual fall of the Confederacy. They just couldn't match the industrialized power of the Union and as far as I'm concerned, the war was lost almost as soon as it started in large part because of this.
It's sort of similar to the Pacific theater in WWII. The Japanese army could never hope to beat the US once their war machine got going full steam and I think a similar element to the CIvil War can be identified between the two armies involved.
The Navy blockade of the Confederacy wasn't that much. It almost even made the Union get attacked by Europe.
@@basedcheese1 That was because they intercepted several British ships in the open sea,nit because of blockage.Also,goods and money couldn't flow into Confederacy in sufficient numbers (the moment Vicksburg fell, nothing could come to the eastern part,while Texas could receive some through Mexico).
I find the Union Strategy remarkable. Looking at the map at the end of the war. Cutting the Confederacy into pieces. Cutting down the Mississippi River, then creating a path through Georgia to the Atlantic, then marching through SC and NC. Then following another river in Alabama.
Actually it made sense. The war was always going to be determined in Virginia. Accordingly Union forces ripping through areas of the South not only disrupted Southern supply lines = it diverted forces away from the main battle area to deal with those rampaging forces. The more troops sent South to try to counter Sherman meant less that Grant had to contend with.
Prior to Sherman's march the Confederacy - which was relatively small and which had intersecting rail lines - could simply shunt forces to and fro to counter Union moves. When Grant took over and began to apply concerted pressure on the Confederate forces on multiple fronts = that troop movement could no longer happen. "Divide and conquer" is an age-old military strategy.
Confederates definitely had better generals. But the sheer industrial capacity, and population, led to the North severely outnumbering and outgunning the confederacy.
Crimson - the Union had good generals as well. The Union however suffered in that after war happened the Union Army had to rapidly expand. Accordingly it formed - not only regular army units = but it accepted large numbers of "volunteer" forces which were raised at the State level. That would be akin to national guard today except those volunteer forces often had no military training while their officers were picked via politics.
Meanwhile the South had a long military history and when Southern officers opted to join the Confederacy they were employed in cohesive units. So like with the Battle of France in WWII where the French had more tanks that the Germans - but they spread them out and thus diluted their effectiveness = so the qualified officers in the Union Army were often spread out among the forces. As such it took time to winnow the chaff from the wheat as it were.
In all truth, Sherman's taking of Atlanta was probably the most important victory for the Union in the war - it led to Lincoln's re-election in 1864, along with giving the Republican Party veto-proof majorities in both houses of Congress. Honestly, the CSA was trying to run out the clock, knowing that the Civil War was extremely unpopular in the North, especially after Gettysburg. New York City had anti-war riots several times during the war (many of which were done by Irish Catholics afraid that newly-freed African Americans would be competing with them in the job market). In fact, the main platform for the Democratic Party in 1864 was to grant independence to the CSA. But after Sherman captured Atlanta by cutting off all supply lines into and out of the city, the writing was on the wall - Atlanta was probably the most important commercial and manufacturing hub in the CSA. In fact, Atlanta was so important that the Union pretty much started to rebuild Atlanta as soon as it was taken.
There was no strategy whatsoever lmao. The union was full of drunken generals.
4:23 LOL they managed to get deep into enemy line and return back XD
Price's Missouri Expedition if I'm not mistaken
@Notrius yeah but I think what he means is that army managed to go all the way into Missouri and kansas, and back to the Indian territory
0:19 Missouri: ,,Im gonna be neutral !!''
0:24 Union.: *Captures most of its territory
Missouri: ,,Wtf man, i said im neutral...''
Union: *,,You're not Swiss enough to have this power...''*
They weren’t neutral, it was the missouri state guard and they fought alongside the confederates
BlueGallade475 Since Missouri was a border state, why did they fight along side the confederates even though they didn't secede?
Sure there were a lot of angry confederate sympathizers in the border states.. which is why Lincoln made a few controversial moves like suspending habeas corpus.. but I never thought the entire Missouri state guard would fight on their side.. I'm not doubting you, I just wanna know why
@@Forgeries The Missouri Constitutional Convention did declared neutrality and voted against secession in 1860. And after the war started in 1861, the Price-Harney Truce was signed between the Federal and the Missouri State Guard to keep Missouri neutral , but that only lasted about a month.
@@mynameshashim3686 That's because the Missouri State Guard was raised in 1861 by the pro-confederate governor, Claiborne Fox Jackson, to keep the Union army out. The State Convention never voted secession though, and the confederate only "seceded" Missouri from the Union after they were almost entirely forced out from the state in late 1861.
@Jackson Guyon Mexico: Getting invaded by France.
When people talk about the Civil War's battles, it almost always Fort Sumpter, Gettysburg, Antietam, and Appomattox. But those battles for Vicksburg and control of the river as well as the scorched earth run from Atlanta to the coast were very significant as well.
2:56 what the hell is that worm going through kentucky?
Morgan's raid
Thanks, ill look it up and learn.
There's also a worm at 2:40
Union and Confederacy chase each other
@@imperator8661 First comment says 'Morgan's Raid'... You're still trying to think up reasons why the worm is there.
I was waiting this for so long
FloopDeeDoop Je suis triste
ALEXANDER THOMPSON It means Im sad
America is so tough that it kicks its own ass in a war
Lt. Pyukumuku Well, to be fair, that was just an intervention in a war. Yes, technically the U.S. “lost” the war, but it was more due to pressure from other nations (and its own people), the massacres unveiled, the Chinese sending troops and supplies to the country, etc. which led to South Vietnam being unified with the North. In other words, the United States is still a massive force to face and defeat
@Lt. Pyukumuku +China+Soviet Union+NorthKorea+Cuba. You forgot those, as they all aided North Vietnam.
The US massacred Vietnamese forces, bombed the shit out of the north, took relatively light casualties, won every engagement (sure lost skirmishes probably here and there but any actual battle was won) and "ended" the war by having the North and South agree to stop fighting. The US then pulled out and the North then later reinvaded and reunified the North and South as this time the USA refused to intervene.
@@a-drewg1716 The US themselves also got massacred and they never really got the north and south to sign a peace treaty. The usa just kind of left the south Vietnamese to do their own thing.
@@Djbouti I had a whole thing types out but lost it because of a power outage so here is a summary. The US lost 58,200 combatants while according to Vietnam's estimates the North Vietnamese and Vietcong lost 1.1 MILLION. All in all 2 million civilians were lost on both sides and the South Vietnamese lost 200,000 - 250,000. Also the US did get the North and South to sign a agreement to end the hostilities (but the thing was that the agreement did not force the North Vietnamese soldiers to withdraw from the South so fighting most definitely didn't end but what ever it was "technically" a end to the fighting which was good enough for the USA)
Appreciate you puttting this together
4:22 CSA: Hey let's stop fighting and play a game of tag!
**goes around Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri and Union-occupied Indian Territory to get back to the CSA**
CSA: Hah you lost the game!
**Union still wins the war**
...so students, we lost the war but we won tag.
That ''game of tag'' was a large raid conducted by General Sterling Price. His goal was to either take St. Louis or Jefferson City to influence the 64' election, he failed tremendously at doing so and inadvertently helped Lincoln get re-elected, which was the complete opposite effect he had hoped for. Here's the wiki link if you are interested. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Price%27s_Missouri_Expedition
@@The_Unrepentant_McClellanite ok history nerd
@@mississippiball1003 I literally came here to find out about that game of tag, this "history nerd" is the only dude who's got the answer I was looking for. You shouldn't mock knowledge, especially when you lack it.
@@The_Unrepentant_McClellanite Thanks dawg
@@pidjiken9440 im confused now, because someone else claims it was Morgans Raid
Union: Cuts confederacy in two
Then cuts it in three.
Then cuts it in four
STOP HES ALREADY DEAD!
5:05 *tries cutting it in five anyways*
Genius battle plan to be honest
@@j.vinton4039 Divide and Conquer.
Ulysses 'Unconditional Surrender' Grant
BPNave literally
"HURRY UP MARTHA, THERE IS ANOTHER WAR OUTSIDE!"
"I'M WAITING, FOR MY HAIR TO DRY!"
*A cannonball hits there house*
Me: SOOO uncool
so funny
Manfred VI also wrong channel
Loco Cortes dude uncool
Ikr
That was oversimplified
Thanks for over four million views, everyone! :D
np broski
Np
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Every problem
My great Grandfather was captured during the Union's push on Selma, two weeks before the south surrendered. A POW at 15. He was 13 when he joined. We do not know if he was drafted or enlisted. After the war he moved to Texas, farmed and was a preacher in the primitive Baptist Church.
Wow. Your grandfather took L after L
Wow that's awesome that he survived. Also we have the same last name
@@jcoolguy1548 that’s probably one of the most common last names in America lol
How old are you? My great grandfather was only born in 1915
@@stopmotionharry8989 he must mean 2nd G Grandfather unless he’s about 130 years old
The union didn't split the confedracy in 2 but 3
4 right at the end
@@unkn0wnace there were a few battles on the California side of the country. California was Union and surrounded by Confederate States of America states.
@Big10fluff there were a few battles on the California side of the country. California was Union and surrounded by Confederate States of America states.
@@gamingyoutubernoonan0108 what? No.
Gaming TH-camr Noonan010 what ze heck is the “Confederate State of America states”
I’m disappointed that I didn’t see the Battle of Schrute Farms
I heard they were overrun by bears, beets, and BattleStar Galatica.
You are my favorite person
Most Northern battle
Corey Playz What do you mean? The battle of Shrute Farms was the northernmost battle of the civil war, it was also the only battle in Pennsylvania.
@@binaryorbitals
You forgot Gettysburg, also in Pennsylvania, and St. Albans Vermont.
I'm Canadian but my Great Grandfather fought in this war on the side of the Union. To my knowledge he was there when they Captured Atlanta. Other then that we don't know much about his time during the War.
thats awesome, and way too specific to make up so ur not lying
Thank you for his service.
I don’t know a lot about the civil war since I grew up in Alaska. I learned little bits and pieces throughout the years. I have been to several civil war battle sights and few museums, however. This was really fascinating to watch. Thank you for creating this video. What’s the story behind the red dot chased by the blue dot that comes out of Texas around 4:23 in the video, goes up into Missouri and then back around into Texas?
Probably some guerrillas making a last stand running into union territory in order to wreck havoc. I’m not sure though
Price’s Raid
@@encycl07pedia- its really obvious when you think about it, texas [and all other states] are tiny from the alaskan pov...
@@idontknow5062 Alaska is the largest state in the Union so of course it's small
Why do you not know about the Civil War does Alaska not teach it?
2:52 Birth of a legend
KnownNiche Almost heaven...
Country roads....
MOUNTAIN MOMMA
Life is old there, older than the trees.
I can see Whitesprings from here
Casual reminder that the Russian Empire supported the Union during the Civil War and sent 2 naval fleets to Union ports (warmly welcomed by the American people) to deter Anglo-French intervention.
It was seen that way by the American people, and the Russians did come out in favor of the Union, but with the fleets it really was that the Russians wanted to have their fleets in positions that they would not be trapped in case war broke out between Russia and Britain/France rather than to deter an Anglo-French intervention into the U.S. Civil War.
@@fyeahusa True, it was more so about protecting the Russian Empire's own geopolitical interests. Supporting the United States was part of those interests.
wtf I love Russia now
Samovar maker huh. Never heard about that.
Casual reminder that the British Empire burned the White House. File under "so what?"
I love how the union army advance at 4:47 perfectly syncs up with the music.
Goddamit, u didn't make the confederacy win this time
This is not a alternative history video idiot
jk I love sarcasm
@@seth4014 sabatondiscordserver gang
Good job avoiding the whoosh, FadedX.
Thomas Turner weird joke
@@seth4014 if you have nostalgia or something you can go to "confederados" in Brasil🇧🇷 (?
That was absolutely amazing. Thank you for all of your hard work!
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4:36
Sherman: To show you the power of war, I sawed this Georgia in half!
That's a lotta damage!
*turns north*
how bout a little more
It's funny how when we hear he burned down Atlanta we think of the city of over 6 million people (including metros, about 400,000+ inside city limits) and back then it was the fourth largest city in Georgia (Behind savannah, Augusta, and Columbus) with under 10,000 people.
@@krismine99 well he still burned it down
@@thatssomewackshitbro8617 clearly
I am a late comer to your animation and I have to say it is a WOW! Thank you. Enjoyed all the comments too.
Georgia: Exists
General Sherman: I'm about to ruin this man's whole entire career.
We sittin here pretty in Augusta!
@@deathsite95 there were a few battles on the California side of the country. California was Union and surrounded by Confederate States of America states.
Gaming TH-camr Noonan010 What? California saw no fighting throughout the war because the entire western US stayed true to the union.
@@gamingyoutubernoonan0108 I'm talking about Augusta Georgia buddy. Augusta was the only Big city in Georgia the Yankees didn't burn.
Deathsite99 Guess we will have to burn Augusta too should the south rise again
I love when Sherman takes Atlanta and yeets himself across Georgia and up through the Carolinas as if to say “See? Look, this shit’s over, son. Go home and don’t make me do it again.”
Best was Sherman was the most brutal SOB but was the one who was the most lenient during the reconstruction period
There was no atlanta left to take after sherman went through it
@@Brettyb93 Lincoln and the Union showed more grace to the former confederacy than any modern politician or even society could possibly imagine. Without it, I'm sure the South would have tried to leave again
@@sharkwithnotoes3051 Atlanta was also so tiny back then, 4th largest city with less than half the number of people in Savannah at the time
At least Sherman knew who young leek be
Thanks for over three million views, everyone!
This is great! I think it would be nice to have markers for major battles as well. Maybe a dot that appears for the day(s) of the battle, then fades over the next few days.
Hey! A recent reply!
Thanks for the great video
Video looks great. There is only one mistake though, the North (Republican) is Red and the South (Democrat) is Blue. If you can switch it to be more accurate that would be amazing. Let me know.
Thanks
You can thank TH-cam for randomly recommending it to everyone, cuz let's be real no one searched for this.
Very informative. Great video.
Anyone know what that Confederate force trekking through Missouri at 4:26 and being chased back down to the South was?
Sterling Price's raid.
It was a raid done by Sterling Price.
cat and mouse
Price's Raid....plan to take over much of Western Missouri and strike at Kansas!
South: Yo, Yanks you got some coffee?
North: *REEEEEEEEE*
South: I'll come back later
Thanks for over a million views!
EmperorTigerstar no problem
1. Your welcome
2. That was not the confederate flag, that was simply the flag used in Texas for.....something I forgot but still
You are doing great, can u make a history about austria?
AW YEAH COYBOY
De nadc papuh
4:22 when your playing hoi 4 and you want the war to be over so you sent one division to the enemy capital
For those who were wondering, the spongebob tv show is 22 years old, which is over 5 times the lifespan of the confederate states
Really dude? We could not see that the CSA lasted 5 years. Crazy how a show lasted longer
The Confederacy lasted longer than Chaz and even the famous Paris commune.
@@curses6166what is chaz
@@nouzwhonopzCapitol Hill Autonomous Zone.
And outlasted the Nazi reign too!
Fun Fact: There was a guy named Wilmer McLean who was a grocer from Virginia. He and his wife witnessed the start and the end of the Civil War when a cannonball from Union forces broke through his farmhouse and destroyed his kitchen fireplace along with his supper in what would later be the First Battle of Bull Run. If that wasn't bad enough, after the incident when he and his wife moved to a certain courthouse in Virginia, their house became the place where General Lee surrendered to General Grant to end the Civil War. Not only that, but soldiers from BOTH sides ended up stealing most of his furniture and property as souvenirs, throwing money at him as they left.
I recommend looking him up yourself. It's pretty fascinating and you can't help but feel sorry for the guy.
Is that the guy with the city named after him?
@@ryanmartin73 I'm assuming you're talking about McLean, VA. I just googled it. Looks like it was named after some other guy named McLean, some 40 years after the Civil War.
storytsunami gotcha. Hell they could be cousins. Haha
@@ryanmartin73 Lol :)
That reminds me of that Japanese guy who was on a business trip in Hiroshima when the bomb landed, survived the blast, so went back to his home... in Nagasaki!
Those 410 downvotes are actually Austrialian fans of the Civil war trying to upvote. Carry on
This isn’t reddit you daft punk
li he they are most likely Confederate Nationalists
No, it's because the casualty numbers are so insanely wrong it's misleading.
Wack..
@@neecogwheelsword3627 looks like a photo of victor Emmanuel III, the last king of italy, except its painted
The South will rise again...
South Yemen, that is
Jonathan Beard lol wtf
Which, as it happens, is not really in the southern part of Yemen, rather, in the east. It also goes further north than North Yemen.
Nah it's South Korea.
@@Diskode48 South Yemen was a communist country that was separate from North Yemen until the two united in 1990. Due to corruption by Saleh's new government, they rebelled, but lost.
Jonathan Beard ah fucking commies alright it’s good they lost
just a quick question if a person was stabbed with a bayonet or by chance got shot somewhere that was not lethal and didnt die instantly but the wound got infected later and they died from the infection does that could as a death by disease or a KIA just wondering
Technically neither. It would count as mortality wounded or “MW” as Emperor Tigerstar has it at the casualty count at the end of the video.
@@BoDAssassin gotcha thank you very much this is very cool information
2:56 That moving piece of confederate territory in Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio was Morgan's Raid
What about 2:42 ? Mississippi
Ended with the Battle of Salineville and his subsequent surrender. Said to be the northernmost official battle involving the Confederate Army.
Imagine if they toke DC
2:52 Battle of Gettysburg
The battle of Gettysburg and Antietam seem small and quick on this map.
@@greywolf7577 Back then, wars didn’t take as many days as they do now.
i'd like to see the story behind all the random dots going through lines lol.
Ehpic raids
those were raids.
@@kurt01elijah49 I realize what they are, doesn't change the fact i'd like to see the stories.
@@billthecanuck Watch Oversimplifieds videos on it thats what brought me here
Wow that's brutal. People must've played really violent computer games back then, didn't they?
4:22 "holup guys need to go visit my nephew in Jefferson city brb"
Lmao
They were actually raids. Kool joke though.
Quite simply, one of the greatest videos ever done on TH-cam.
*4:22** did the U.S.A just tried to chase C.S.A troops?*
CfThird yeah it was a raid
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😆😆
Price's raid, I think.
A lot of raids.
when you are loosing, cant push the union in their pockets in nearly every convederated state, cant take washigton, so you are trying to bind troops in the east with cav-raids, kills thousands of american citizen, pillage american properties and create the best backfire against your whole "rebel nation". - raids
4:28 what was that worm thing ?
Confederate army
@@stephmod7434 lee going to home
@@alexandrualex1085 ?
@@alexandrualex1085 no