We are back to the Western Theater! Its been a whopping two years since we've last heard the likes of Grant, Buell, Bragg, and Van Dorn. But they have returned! Download Warhammer 40,000 Tacticus for free here - play.tacticusgame.com/Warhawk
It was the classic "And then what?" situation. He achieved his preliminary goals, and then realized he hadn't made any solid plans beyond "The Kentuckians will flock to my banner and I'll make a new army out of them". When that didn't materialize (the Confederates never fully grasped the fact that virtually all Kentuckians who wanted to fight for the Confederacy had fled south when the state refused to secede and had already signed up), he was stuck out in an isolated position with no plans on how to get out of it.
Maybe, but it‘s not the smartest move, both for Thomas personally and for the war effort. Thomas is a top-notch general*, and would be exceptionally well-suited to repulsing Bragg. He ultimately does no one any favors by turning down the command. So what if Buell fell victim to nasty army politics? That doesn‘t change the fact that Buell is not well-suited to leading the Army, unlike Thomas (or Rosecrans, for that matter). Even less should he be surprised that embarassing Halleck in this way would come back to bite him. You‘re either unselfishly honorable, but then you need to be unselfish enough to take any Ls that result from it. Or you‘re not in which case just accept the promotion (the men will thank you). Angering the high command but then getting mad that they don’t like you is a bad combination. Thomas is arguably his own worst enemy here.
@ well if Halleck and Thomas and Buell could all look back on everything in hindsight like us in 2024 then I’m sure the decision making equation would’ve been much different for them all. Going on what they knew or thought at the time is all they could do. Hence, it’s honorable that Thomas declined the promotion imo.
@ not really though. You‘re acting like Thomas would have needed YT Ranking videos to tell him he was a better general than Buell. But trust me, if you‘re a decently competent officer and you have a superior who is not decently competent, you know. If your commanding officer is debilitatingly indecisive, that is also something you will figure out pretty soon. More to the point, Thomas is competent enough and knows he is competent enough to solve the military problem at hand (almost certainly as well or better than Buell). In which case he should definitely go and do that. Honorable is what keeps your own men alive, something that Thomas generally took very seriously.
The Battle of Perryville is extremely well preserved- a great visit plus it’s a nice drive though rolling hills to get there- make sure to take the trip - you won’t be disappointed
@@WarhawkYT You really should go! It's a nice area, and since it's so far from any major city, urban/suburban sprawl hasn't gotten anywhere near the battlefield unlike in so many other cases. The town and the rolling farmland around aren't much different from when the battle was fought (although there will likely be more water in the creeks!). As @fett333 said, the state and preservationist groups have done a very good job in preserving the battlefield site. Plus, there are a lot of other interesting things around, like Camp Nelson (named after the murdered general), Lincoln's birthplace and childhood home, Bardstown and Harrodsburg are cool towns with historical sites, and the largest cave system in the world, Mammoth Cave, isn't too far away. And plenty of bourbon, if you're interested in that.
You and history gone wilder are the best to ever do it on TH-cam when it comes to the American civil war, you two should really consider a collab on a video.
Honored once again by your amazing content!! Always a pleasure to watch your amazing maps and listen to the great amount of information you give!! Well done, Warhawk!! Fantastic!
"I know Mr. Davis thinks he can do a great many things others would hesitate to attempt. For instance, he tried to do what God failed to do-make a soldier of Braxton Bragg...and you know the result."-Joseph E. Johnston
@@WarhawkYTi find it ironic that it comes from Joseph. Considering how hard he fumbeled during the peninsula and how he nearly got to disaster at Atlanta
@@elmascapo6588 you've an odd definition of 'fumbled' considering that Johnston outmaneuvered and frustrated McClellan for months up to and during the Peninsular Campaign. This while being faced with the challenges of being significantly outnumbered on land and water as well as having far inferior logistical capacity than the Army of the Potomac. It's important to note that while not as successful as initially planned, Johnston's assault at Seven Pines did achieve the goal of halting McClellan's march on Richmond and laying the groundwork for Lee's follow up in the Seven Days battles. Atlanta was categorically the fault of Davis, not Johnston. Johnston's conduct of the strategic withdrawal and forcing Sherman to fight on terms favorable to the Southerners not only kept his own army intact, but significantly weakened Sherman's forces as they had to detach garrisons to protect the lines of communication and supply. This after Johnston had painstakingly rebuilt the shattered, disorganized and demoralized Army of Tennessee back to fighting strength. Both of those campaigns were conducted exceptionally by Johnston despite great difficulties.
18:16 That weird structure under construction on the far side of the river is the base of one of the towers for Cincinnati's iconic John A Roebling Suspension Bridge, which was in a lull in construction at this point (it was started in 1858 and would be completed in 1866). Roebling would later go on to design the Brooklyn Bridge with this bridge as its prototype.
@@WarhawkYT No problem...between the actual rivers and union armies of the Ohio, Cumberland, and Tennesee it can get mixed up!!! BTW: Love your videos!!
thanks for making this video. i live in lexington and am new to civil war history - im gonna be visiting a lot of these places this week thanks to this video
@@signoguns8501 Cajuns were a mixed original French from French colonial time, Canadian French from Acadia (The British transported them) and the creol refugees from Haiti and from the Caribic area. A little Spanish from Spanish time. Interesting majority of the Cajuns were neutral in the Civil War. Beauregard was in the minority! Farragut and Butler could greet them (plus for the more them 70 000 Europeans and the lot of Northern expatriots) South Louisiana and New Orleans remained firmly in Norhern hands. The 28th General Order of Butler was successful also for them!
@@avenaoat I always associate that area with france and napoleon, so assumed it was a french colony. But guess thats a very simplified dumbed down version of the truth lol. Thanks for sharing. Fascinating era.
@@signoguns8501 There were almost 40 years Spanish rule from 1763, but few Spanish arrived here so the French language was the majority in 1804. J. F. Cooper's historical novel (my childhood favorite) The Prairie uses a character Inez to come from Spanish family in Louisiana but Cooper should have chosen a Cajun Family girl for fiancee of Middleton artillery captain if he would have known the history of Louisiana better. Cooper did not mention the French rule from 1688 to 1763 in his novel.
Sorry to say it is, according to Merriam-Webster. It is a colloquial and it has been in use since old and middle English and considering what this youtuber studies and presents, he probably got the word a letter or dispatch of person from the 1860s.
My great great grandfather, Louis Redmond (8th Regiment Mississippi Infantry) was wounded and captured at the Battle of Bardstown, Kentucky. He was exchanged at Vicksburg, Mississippi and served until his regiment was surrendered at the end of the was.
I've seen tons of videos of Bragg's invasion of Kentucky and there are a lot of factors for why it failed from logistics, rough terrains, political factors/timing, weather than simply military factors. The Battle of Perryville is the final major battle in Kentucky. Do you agree and what you think was the main reason for why the campaign failed?
Great video, but I have always heard that Nelson was extremely popular with his troops. Maybe the raw troops who were defeated at Richmond were more approving of Davis' actions, but my understanding is that Buell was careful not to put Davis in command of Nelson's former division because of their anger over the murder
I always thought the most realistic portrayal of how a current day american Civil War might start was Euel Arden’s novel, Down Here in the Warmth. Great book. Militia on the streets of NYC. Great New York novel.
The only good thing about Bragg (can't use his abusive upbringing as a excuse for everything) is the Fort in Northern California that's weirdly named after him. It's been a great place for many of our large family Vaca's/Reunions for over 40 yrs. So thank u from a Yankee
Hey man i was born on fort bragg(now named fort liberty), when they were deciding whether or not to re-name fort bragg they did a canvas, and surprisingly most of the soldiers voted for the name change, because general bragg was such a horrible leader lmao 😂 When you have infantry-man and green berets that say "yea buddy you suck" then you know you're REALLY cooked.
I think some very interesting campaigns from 1861-1862 should be reviewed later. 1. (Hatterras) The 3 Florida forts story (Fort Pickens, Fort Jefferson, Fort Zachary Taylor) toghether with the battle of Port Royal and the siege of Fort Pulaski. In the Gulf of Mexico early blockading steps as the occupation of Ship Island. The 2 forts in the East part of Florida became Federal forts. The start of the Anconda plan untill New Orleans. You delt with Seccessionwille, but antecedent missed. Amphibious Navy-Army actions before Normandy and Iwo Jima. 2. A little Wild West romantic, the Californian column occupied El Paso Texas and El Paso was Federal occupied untill the end of the Civil War after the battle of the Glorieta pass. Their campaign was a true Wild West story.
I know Bragg was in a tight spot here, but attempting to conscript useless citizens in a state he did not control was a terrible idea. Also, Jefferson Davis's meddling with leadership was hilarious. So many times he put incompetent friends in positions they did not belong, and then gave every strutting bantam rooster their very own command. Not smart. ("The Fighting Bishop"--lol 🙄).
Then again, he was also responsible for putting competent generals in positions of power such as Lee. Leonidas Polk was more of an exception than a general rule. Bragg - for all of his anger management issues - was a competent commander. It’s just that he was put with the B-team of the Confederacy.
@MatthewChenault Pillow, Floyd, McCulloch, Price, VanDorne,....the names of the exceptionally useless seems endless, not rare. I get Davis was stuck with some real winners when he needed to raise armies from specific states. I'd guess that's why he assigned these guys to Confederate backwaters that didnt matter. Except when it did. -cough- Pemberton Vicksburg.
Hopefully my comment in the Antietam video on how to pronounce Versailles KY properly made it to you in time for this video. And I see Hawes on the map. Poor fellow, his "administration" lasted all of about 3 hours.
yo man sorry to bother but i have a video idea for you. i know your account is mainly us stuff but i think it would be a really good idea since not a lot of people have done it before. maybe you could dot he egyptian-ottoman wars, or muhammad ali pasha's rise to power
Poor representation of the Nelson/Davis affair. You somehow leave out the part when Nelson a 6' 5" 300lb man slaps Davis 5 6" sprawling. Jefferson left the room and acquired a revolver from another officer before returning to confront Nelson for an apology before shooting him.
This was all much ado about nothing. With the blockade and the Union holding New Orleans the western theatre was inconsequential. Every battle and march etc. wasted away the CSA resources of men and logistics which they could not easily replace, while the industrial giant Union were building railroads cannon and weapons together with an inexhaustible supply of men.... as I have mentioned on many such videos... Even Confederate "victories" were losses cuz their military effectiveness was constantly diminished.
We are back to the Western Theater! Its been a whopping two years since we've last heard the likes of Grant, Buell, Bragg, and Van Dorn. But they have returned!
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20:18 a rare case of an American pronouncing glasgow correctly
I imagine many in the Southern camp wished Bragg had not returned but it is good to see your videos again
Amazing! Welcome back!
If you and Epic TV ever work together it should be good
@@loyalpiper i got you bb
Dang was not expecting new content this soon. Proud of you man, been with your channel for a while, please keep up the good work
really? its been over a month since our last full video. Anyways, thank you Drew!
I love the vids bro, they are really good.
So Smith disregarded Braggs decent plan made his own stupid plan realised his plan was stupid and then expected Bragg to bail him out
Sounds like a certain Spaghetti loving fascist and an angry German speaking man with a funny mustache.
That’s smith for yall, he’ll get dumber and dumber as the war continues
It was the classic "And then what?" situation. He achieved his preliminary goals, and then realized he hadn't made any solid plans beyond "The Kentuckians will flock to my banner and I'll make a new army out of them". When that didn't materialize (the Confederates never fully grasped the fact that virtually all Kentuckians who wanted to fight for the Confederacy had fled south when the state refused to secede and had already signed up), he was stuck out in an isolated position with no plans on how to get out of it.
Bragg told Smith to take a part of his forces so Smith did it himself, btw, Bragg's order was not at all decent
dont sell Bragg short he is the textbook definition of incompetent
This channel is extremely underrated. Love the content keep up the good work.
Thomas is a real one for declining the promotion.
Maybe at that moment but when Halleck gave command to Rosecrans he got quick angry
Maybe, but it‘s not the smartest move, both for Thomas personally and for the war effort. Thomas is a top-notch general*, and would be exceptionally well-suited to repulsing Bragg. He ultimately does no one any favors by turning down the command. So what if Buell fell victim to nasty army politics? That doesn‘t change the fact that Buell is not well-suited to leading the Army, unlike Thomas (or Rosecrans, for that matter).
Even less should he be surprised that embarassing Halleck in this way would come back to bite him. You‘re either unselfishly honorable, but then you need to be unselfish enough to take any Ls that result from it. Or you‘re not in which case just accept the promotion (the men will thank you).
Angering the high command but then getting mad that they don’t like you is a bad combination. Thomas is arguably his own worst enemy here.
@ well if Halleck and Thomas and Buell could all look back on everything in hindsight like us in 2024 then I’m sure the decision making equation would’ve been much different for them all.
Going on what they knew or thought at the time is all they could do. Hence, it’s honorable that Thomas declined the promotion imo.
@ not really though. You‘re acting like Thomas would have needed YT Ranking videos to tell him he was a better general than Buell. But trust me, if you‘re a decently competent officer and you have a superior who is not decently competent, you know. If your commanding officer is debilitatingly indecisive, that is also something you will figure out pretty soon.
More to the point, Thomas is competent enough and knows he is competent enough to solve the military problem at hand (almost certainly as well or better than Buell). In which case he should definitely go and do that. Honorable is what keeps your own men alive, something that Thomas generally took very seriously.
"General Nelson's gone! He was ended by Davis!"
*And there was much rejoicing* .
Amen
The Battle of Perryville is extremely well preserved- a great visit plus it’s a nice drive though rolling hills to get there- make sure to take the trip - you won’t be disappointed
That’s the last major battlefield I haven’t been too yet, I definitely need to see it at some point
@@WarhawkYTas someone who lives in Kentucky and has been to Perryville twice, I highly recommend you do.
@@WarhawkYT You really should go! It's a nice area, and since it's so far from any major city, urban/suburban sprawl hasn't gotten anywhere near the battlefield unlike in so many other cases. The town and the rolling farmland around aren't much different from when the battle was fought (although there will likely be more water in the creeks!). As @fett333 said, the state and preservationist groups have done a very good job in preserving the battlefield site. Plus, there are a lot of other interesting things around, like Camp Nelson (named after the murdered general), Lincoln's birthplace and childhood home, Bardstown and Harrodsburg are cool towns with historical sites, and the largest cave system in the world, Mammoth Cave, isn't too far away. And plenty of bourbon, if you're interested in that.
I went when I was younger, definitely need to go back !! Such an awesome area !!
You and history gone wilder are the best to ever do it on TH-cam when it comes to the American civil war, you two should really consider a collab on a video.
Honored once again by your amazing content!! Always a pleasure to watch your amazing maps and listen to the great amount of information you give!! Well done, Warhawk!! Fantastic!
My pleasure GC!
After watching a VTH video hearing Braggs quarreled with EVERYONE... even himself.... holy moly
Bragg has to pick a fight with everybody, even with himself.
@@WarhawkYT At least he didn't get shot, unlike "Bull" Nelson.
"I know Mr. Davis thinks he can do a great many things others would hesitate to attempt. For instance, he tried to do what God failed to do-make a soldier of Braxton Bragg...and you know the result."-Joseph E. Johnston
Amen
@@WarhawkYTi find it ironic that it comes from Joseph.
Considering how hard he fumbeled during the peninsula and how he nearly got to disaster at Atlanta
I don’t blame Bragg for most of what happened to him. They put the man with a short temper with generals who seemingly lack critical thinking skills.
@@MatthewChenault Saying that the generals of Bragg had thinking abilities is giving them to much credit
@@elmascapo6588 you've an odd definition of 'fumbled' considering that Johnston outmaneuvered and frustrated McClellan for months up to and during the Peninsular Campaign. This while being faced with the challenges of being significantly outnumbered on land and water as well as having far inferior logistical capacity than the Army of the Potomac.
It's important to note that while not as successful as initially planned, Johnston's assault at Seven Pines did achieve the goal of halting McClellan's march on Richmond and laying the groundwork for Lee's follow up in the Seven Days battles.
Atlanta was categorically the fault of Davis, not Johnston. Johnston's conduct of the strategic withdrawal and forcing Sherman to fight on terms favorable to the Southerners not only kept his own army intact, but significantly weakened Sherman's forces as they had to detach garrisons to protect the lines of communication and supply. This after Johnston had painstakingly rebuilt the shattered, disorganized and demoralized Army of Tennessee back to fighting strength.
Both of those campaigns were conducted exceptionally by Johnston despite great difficulties.
18:16 That weird structure under construction on the far side of the river is the base of one of the towers for Cincinnati's iconic John A Roebling Suspension Bridge, which was in a lull in construction at this point (it was started in 1858 and would be completed in 1866). Roebling would later go on to design the Brooklyn Bridge with this bridge as its prototype.
First minute in, and I thought I was watching an epic history tv video 😅
Awesome coverage of the civil war as always
Who knows I might be EHTV after all 👀
My great great grandfather was under Bragg in the 41st Mississippi
Mate, you make great videos and I love watching them all. Hi from Australia.
Thanks Aussie!
“Dorn, No!” - Bragg, probably
You stated that Buell took the Army of the Ohio to capture Chattanooga “on the Cumberland River”…Chattanooga is on the Tennessee river…
Ah honest mistake, I get those two rivers mixed up sometimes. Thanks for pointing it out.
@@WarhawkYT No problem...between the actual rivers and union armies of the Ohio, Cumberland, and Tennesee it can get mixed up!!! BTW: Love your videos!!
As a Chattanooga resident I was looking for this comment :) An honest and easy mistake though that does not detract from a great video.
@@Bladin84 exactly!
Love your work, you deserve a huge following props my guy!
Thanks AWM! I am quite surprised I have garnered 38k subs at this point lol
Great overview as always!!
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!
thanks for making this video. i live in lexington and am new to civil war history - im gonna be visiting a lot of these places this week thanks to this video
That’s awesome bro, enjoy your trip!
as a native to Kentucky its truly amazing to see how my little ole state could've tipped the balance of power
Just like Lincoln said "I think to lose Kentucky is nearly the same as to lose the whole game."
@@WarhawkYT Humorous Lincoln and Davis both were born in Kentucky.
There is not a finer nor more perfect and proper name for a Confederate general than that of Beauregard
Thats the cajuns for ya
french?
@@signoguns8501 Cajuns were a mixed original French from French colonial time, Canadian French from Acadia (The British transported them) and the creol refugees from Haiti and from the Caribic area. A little Spanish from Spanish time.
Interesting majority of the Cajuns were neutral in the Civil War. Beauregard was in the minority!
Farragut and Butler could greet them (plus for the more them 70 000 Europeans and the lot of Northern expatriots) South Louisiana and New Orleans remained firmly in Norhern hands. The 28th General Order of Butler was successful also for them!
@@avenaoat I always associate that area with france and napoleon, so assumed it was a french colony. But guess thats a very simplified dumbed down version of the truth lol. Thanks for sharing. Fascinating era.
@@signoguns8501 There were almost 40 years Spanish rule from 1763, but few Spanish arrived here so the French language was the majority in 1804. J. F. Cooper's historical novel (my childhood favorite) The Prairie uses a character Inez to come from Spanish family in Louisiana but Cooper should have chosen a Cajun Family girl for fiancee of Middleton artillery captain if he would have known the history of Louisiana better. Cooper did not mention the French rule from 1688 to 1763 in his novel.
Let's go! Thank you so much!!!
Thanks you Something!
Always excited to see more of the Western Theater
Looked it up and yep, that's the John T. Wilder of Chattanooga fame.
He of the Spencer repeaters
Babe, wake up, there’s a new Warhawk video on Braggs Kentucky Campaign!
Babe loves Warhawk
Fantastic as always
“Heighth” isn’t a word. Love your work tho-best Civil War content on YT
Sorry to say it is, according to Merriam-Webster. It is a colloquial and it has been in use since old and middle English and considering what this youtuber studies and presents, he probably got the word a letter or dispatch of person from the 1860s.
@ I appreciate the correction. Cheers
looking forward to the vid! your works are amazing
Thank you!
As a Kentuckian seein this love it!!
Another great video. Thanks
Thanks Kid!
Good stuff as always warhawk
My great great grandfather, Louis Redmond (8th Regiment Mississippi Infantry) was wounded and captured at the Battle of Bardstown, Kentucky. He was exchanged at Vicksburg, Mississippi and served until his regiment was surrendered at the end of the was.
great work as always!
Really good content. Thanks for sharing! 💯💕👊👍
Glad you enjoyed it Terry!
I've seen tons of videos of Bragg's invasion of Kentucky and there are a lot of factors for why it failed from logistics, rough terrains, political factors/timing, weather than simply military factors. The Battle of Perryville is the final major battle in Kentucky. Do you agree and what you think was the main reason for why the campaign failed?
Yeah I agree. I’d say it’s a combination of logistics, lack of support from Kentuckians, no reinforcements, and weather that did the confederates in
@@WarhawkYT And infighting like Bragg refuse to be the alpha male leader to reign in his insubordinate officers liker Kirby Smith.
Great video, but I have always heard that Nelson was extremely popular with his troops. Maybe the raw troops who were defeated at Richmond were more approving of Davis' actions, but my understanding is that Buell was careful not to put Davis in command of Nelson's former division because of their anger over the murder
I always thought the most realistic portrayal of how a current day american Civil War might start was Euel Arden’s novel, Down Here in the Warmth. Great book. Militia on the streets of NYC. Great New York novel.
I’m curious to know more as the series progresses
Thanks For this! Love your content ❤❤❤❤❤
Thank you Daniel!
You did Jefferson C. Davis Dirty not mentioning him being physically assaulted by the evil giant.
>physically assaulted
he got slapped in the face lmao
Nicely done video
Glad you liked it!
@@WarhawkYT---thanks
What can we expect the rest of the ACW series to look like? Exciting, none the less!
Major and semi major battles
Can‘t wait for Stones River.
Minor correction: Chattanooga is on the Tennessee River, not the Cumberland
Your work is great 😊😊😊
The only good thing about Bragg (can't use his abusive upbringing as a excuse for everything) is the Fort in Northern California that's weirdly named after him. It's been a great place for many of our large family Vaca's/Reunions for over 40 yrs. So thank u from a Yankee
Big fan but I was looking forward to seeing the Battle of Richmond have a singular episode
Hey man i was born on fort bragg(now named fort liberty), when they were deciding whether or not to re-name fort bragg they did a canvas, and surprisingly most of the soldiers voted for the name change, because general bragg was such a horrible leader lmao 😂
When you have infantry-man and green berets that say "yea buddy you suck" then you know you're REALLY cooked.
Kirby Smith with an independent command, Bragg could of surely used his soldiers
Great viseo. Thank you
Thanks for watching!
This war gets more complicated by the day.
I think some very interesting campaigns from 1861-1862 should be reviewed later.
1. (Hatterras) The 3 Florida forts story (Fort Pickens, Fort Jefferson, Fort Zachary Taylor) toghether with the battle of Port Royal and the siege of Fort Pulaski. In the Gulf of Mexico early blockading steps as the occupation of Ship Island. The 2 forts in the East part of Florida became Federal forts. The start of the Anconda plan untill New Orleans. You delt with Seccessionwille, but antecedent missed. Amphibious Navy-Army actions before Normandy and Iwo Jima.
2. A little Wild West romantic, the Californian column occupied El Paso Texas and El Paso was Federal occupied untill the end of the Civil War after the battle of the Glorieta pass. Their campaign was a true Wild West story.
We’d definitely go back and cover those campaigns when we finish the main timeline
@@WarhawkYT Thank you!
Good video 👍
Sterling Price lent his name to Rooster Cogburns cat.
Chattanooga is such a pretty little city.
Frankfort would be the only Union capital to fall to southern hands.
Perryville video imminent?
Warhawk, where did you find the Confederate flags?? Are they division or Corps flags?? Thanks!!!
I really enjoy these videos. But Chattanooga is on the Tennessee River, not the Cumberland.
Yep, I got the two mixed up
Don't worry. He is here visiting. He ain't staying long.
lol
Ohh heck yeah!
what kind of flag is van dorn's?
that is Van Dorn's battle flag
how did the north win I been watching your channel for a couple of years and the north doesn't seem to win many battles.
Very interesting campaign. I read little about it.
Definitely look into it
The most successful Civil War calvary raid still doesn't have a book. Rousseau's Opelika Raid
Jul 10, 1864 - Jul 22, 1864 is ripe.
East Tennessee wasn't disloyal, it was loyal to the Union.
I know Bragg was in a tight spot here, but attempting to conscript useless citizens in a state he did not control was a terrible idea. Also, Jefferson Davis's meddling with leadership was hilarious. So many times he put incompetent friends in positions they did not belong, and then gave every strutting bantam rooster their very own command. Not smart. ("The Fighting Bishop"--lol 🙄).
Then again, he was also responsible for putting competent generals in positions of power such as Lee.
Leonidas Polk was more of an exception than a general rule. Bragg - for all of his anger management issues - was a competent commander. It’s just that he was put with the B-team of the Confederacy.
@MatthewChenault Pillow, Floyd, McCulloch, Price, VanDorne,....the names of the exceptionally useless seems endless, not rare. I get Davis was stuck with some real winners when he needed to raise armies from specific states. I'd guess that's why he assigned these guys to Confederate backwaters that didnt matter. Except when it did. -cough- Pemberton Vicksburg.
Hopefully my comment in the Antietam video on how to pronounce Versailles KY properly made it to you in time for this video.
And I see Hawes on the map. Poor fellow, his "administration" lasted all of about 3 hours.
I did see it. I don't mention the town in this video, but in the Perryville video, it will be noted. It is pronounced ver-sails, right?
@@WarhawkYT Yes
yo man sorry to bother but i have a video idea for you. i know your account is mainly us stuff but i think it would be a really good idea since not a lot of people have done it before. maybe you could dot he egyptian-ottoman wars, or muhammad ali pasha's rise to power
no worries, tbh i do not know anything about those wars and id feel like i would do them injustice if I tried to cover them
How do you just surrender like that? Damn.
Well 33k vs 1.8k is a big difference
Morgan captured 12,000 Union troops?
1200
Poor representation of the Nelson/Davis affair. You somehow leave out the part when Nelson a 6' 5" 300lb man slaps Davis 5 6" sprawling. Jefferson left the room and acquired a revolver from another officer before returning to confront Nelson for an apology before shooting him.
Seriously somebody slaps you and you grab a gun to kill him? I'm sorry that wasn't self defense
@@Bentastic197 that is for a jury of his peers to adjudicate.
@@Bentastic197
honor self-defense.... 😊❤
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Comment for the algorithm
Hell yeah!
Thanks gamer
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thks for a video about this brave Confederate campaign
You’re welcome lol
Indeed
brave or foolish?
@@nickb2049 Absolutely foolish and a pointless waste of resources.
Reparations now Reparations tomorrow Reparations forever!
How in the holiest of fucks, did you just pronounce "Madrid"?!? 😂😂
thats how Missourians pronounce that town, its weird lol
@WarhawkYT very. At least Kentuckians seem to pronounce Glasgow right
Wait until you learn how Kentuckians pronounce "Versailles"!
I leave this comment as a sacrifice to the algorithm
This was all much ado about nothing. With the blockade and the Union holding New Orleans the western theatre was inconsequential. Every battle and march etc. wasted away the CSA resources of men and logistics which they could not easily replace, while the industrial giant Union were building railroads cannon and weapons together with an inexhaustible supply of men.... as I have mentioned on many such videos... Even Confederate "victories" were losses cuz their military effectiveness was constantly diminished.
@WarhawkYT you should check out Lines of Battle! It’s a perfect game for running these scenarios!