Virginia in the Civil War
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- President of the American Battlefield Trust David Duncan details the role that his home state, the Commonwealth of Virginia, played in the Civil War. Visit Virginia's battlefields: www.battlefiel....
Virginia served as the epicenter of the American Civil War, with 43% of the battles taking place in the Commonwealth.
The American Battlefield Trust preserves America’s hallowed battlegrounds and educates the public about what happened there and why it matters. We permanently protect these battlefields for future generations as a lasting and tangible memorial to the brave soldiers who fought in the American Revolution, the War of 1812, and the Civil War.
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Me: *Walks out of my house.* “Ah, yes, a battlefield!”
More like a cemetery 👻
Our nation's history practically began in Virginia. Her sons and daughters have steered the course of our history for centuries.
Very true , I just moved from IL , not to long ago , I found a town I really liked , I ironically found out I have 6th & 7th grandparents buried there . One of them was somewhat famous , he was one of general Daniel Morgan’s closest confidants
This is my state, my pride. I'm from and live in Hampton Roads.
I love this!! History has changed all of our lives. We must embrace it and better ourselves! Thank y’all so much!
The Tredegar Iron Works in Richmond was the only factory in the South that could produce railroad track rails, armor plating for ironclad warships as well as one of the few places they could cast iron cannons. During the Civil War it supplied about half the artillery used by the Confederate Army.
Thank you from France for this documentary on the Civil War in Virginia. I love American history. I have family in this beautiful state of America. I LOVE!!! 🇺🇸💓
I’m a proud Virginian! Sic Semper Tyrannis
Chill Bro
You can be a proud Virginian without supporting the assassination of duly elected officials.
@@rud1gga155Sic Semper Tyrannis! (Its our motto)
I would love to see a video about the lesser known or explored skirmishes in southwest VA where federal forces were attacking railways, telegraph lines and salt mines. The battles in and around Wytheville, Marion and Saltville VA to be more precise. Thank you for posting.
Don't forget the Battle of Cloyd's Mountain in Dublin, Pulaski County, VA. May 9, 1864. That battle covered a lot more ground than just Cloyd's Mountain.
10 minutes from Bristoe Station. 15 from Manassas. Yeah, it's awesome to live where I live. Can't get enough!
Long live the south and God bless ole VIRGINIA.
Thankyou for your brilliant presentation! Yes, absolutely agree with you: learn this history might change your life!
I’m from WA state and have been to VA many times and have walked many of the battlefields and many more to go.
The great state of Virginia is home to the most valiant men, and the pioneers of America
Both my parents' lines are from Virgina since the 17th century. That has made it impossible to not find records of service to England (against Spain and later France), also as frontier fighters against Indian raids over from Ohio, then as Revolutionary soldiers (12 now in NSSAR), also some Loyalists, then in the Confederacy and the Union. So much fighting and shattered families!
Had a cup of coffee and a few puffs off the old pipe while setting down by the creek beside the stone bridge about a month ago
I moved from Massachusetts to the Peninsula area of Virginia when I was a teenager and have been here ever since. When I first got down here I was thinking of the area for more of Revolutionary War history, but I have come to appreciate many of the great local sites for Civil War History, especially some of the early ones around Newport News and Hampton... and George H. Thomas, was very underappreciated IMHO
Love all the great videos, please keep it up.
Thnxs
Next you need to do West Virginia in the civil war. This state had a major impact on the civil war.
@Stephen Woolley same, I have many ancestors that fought for West Virginia infantry, artillery, and cavalry regiments.
Here you go: th-cam.com/video/UQif0X2mxXw/w-d-xo.html
@@AmericanBattlefieldTrust sorry if this is a random question but in the Virginia City war did they have battles with ships by any chance and some sank? If you can answer that be much appreciated.
I first did a double-take when he mentioned “major generals” and then proceeded to name several lieutenant generals and a brigadier. Then it occurred to me that by “major” he meant preeminent, not the rank itself. (I think that Col Mosby was finally promoted to brigadier although this may not have had time to be confirmed by the Confederate Congress. I’d have to research this as I’m not entirely certain.)
“We Are Fighting for Independence, Not Slavery”. - Jefferson Davis President of the Confederacy to Edward Kirk
“I worked night and day for 12 years to prevent the war, but I could not. The north was mad, blind,would not let us govern ourselves, and so the war came.” - Confederate President Jefferson Davis
“In this enlightened age, there are few I believe, but what will acknowledge, that slavery as an institution, is a moral & political evil in any Country.” - Robert E Lee 1856
“While we see the Course of the final abolition of human slavery is onward, & we give it the aid of our prayers & all justifiable means in our power we must leave the progress as well as the result in his hands who Sees the end” - Robert E Lee 1856
“I am rejoiced that slavery is abolished. I believe it will be greatly for the interests of the South. So fully am I satisfied of this, as regards Virginia especially, that I would cheerfully have lost all I have lost by the war, and have suffered all I have suffered, to have this object attained.” - Robert E Lee 1865
“All I think that can now be done, is to aid our noble & generous women in their efforts to protect the graves & mark the last resting places of those who have fallen, & wait for better times.” - Robert E. Lee
“I have always been in favor of Emancipation.” - Robert E Lee
In an 1863 letter to his home state congressman, Elihu Washburne, Grant summed up his pre-war attitude: “I never was an Abolitionist,” he said, “not even what could be called anti-slavery.”
“Slavery exists. It is black in the South, and white in the North.” - Union Vice President Johnson.
“We're not fighting for the perpetuation of slavery, but for the principles of states rights and free trade, and in defense of our homes which we were ruthlessly invaded.” -VMI Jewish Cadet Moses Jacob Ezekiel
“Abolish the Loyal League and the Ku Klux Klan;
let us stand together. We may differ in color, but not in sentiment. Many things have been said about me which are wrong, and which white and black persons here, who stood by me through the war, can contradict.” - Nathan Bedford Forrest
“African Americans should have the right to vote.” - Confederate Colonel John Salmon Ford
The confederate soldier “Fought because he was provoked, intimidated, and ultimately invaded”
-James Webb Born Fighting a History of the Scoth-Irish in America
“I was fighting for my home, and he had no business being there”
-Virginia confederate Soldier Frank Potts
List of causes of the Civil War-
Harpers Ferry
On the night of October 16, 1859, Brown and a band of followers seized the federal arsenal at Harper’s Ferry, Virginia (now West Virginia), in what is believed to have been an attempt to arm a slave insurrection. (Brown denied this at his trial, but evidence indicated otherwise.) They were dislodged by a force of U.S. Marines led by Army lieutenant colonel Robert E. Lee.
Brown was swiftly tried for treason against Virginia and hanged. Southern reaction initially was that his acts were those of a mad fanatic, of little consequence. But when Northern abolitionists made a martyr of him, Southerners came to believe this was proof the North intended to wage a war of extermination against white Southerners. Brown’s raid thus became a step on the road to war between the sections.
States' Rights
The idea of states' rights was not new to the Civil War. Since the Constitution was first written there had been arguments about how much power the states should have versus how much power the federal government should have. The southern states felt that the federal government was taking away their rights and powers.
Political power
That was not enough to calm the fears of delegates to an 1860 secession convention in South Carolina. To the surprise of other Southern states-and even to many South Carolinians-the convention voted to dissolve the state’s contract with the United States and strike off on its own.
South Carolina had threatened this before in the 1830s during the presidency of Andrew Jackson, over a tariff that benefited Northern manufacturers but increased the cost of goods in the South. Jackson had vowed to send an army to force the state to stay in the Union, and Congress authorized him to raise such an army (all Southern senators walked out in protest before the vote was taken), but a compromise prevented the confrontation from occurring.
Perhaps learning from that experience the danger of going it alone, in 1860 and early 1861 South Carolina sent emissaries to other slave holding states urging their legislatures to follow its lead, nullify their contract with the United States and form a new Southern Confederacy. Six more states heeded the siren call: Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas. Others voted down secession-temporarily. When President Lincoln called for Volunteers to invade the south, six southern states voted to join the Confederacy.
The issue of slavery
The burning issue that led to the disruption of the union was the debate over the future of slavery. Secession brought about a war in which the Northern and Western states and territories fought to preserve the Union, and the South fought to establish Southern independence as a new confederation of states under its own constitution.
Most of the states of the North, meanwhile, one by one had gradually abolished slavery. A steady flow of immigrants, especially from Ireland and Germany during the potato famine of the 1840s and 1850s, insured the North a ready pool of laborers, many of whom could be hired at low wages, diminishing the need to cling to the institution of slavery. Child labor was also a growing trend in the North.
The agrarian South utilized slaves to tend its large plantations and perform other duties. On the eve of the Civil War, some 4 million Africans and their descendants toiled as slave laborers in the South. Slavery was part of the Southern economy although only a relatively small portion of the population actually owned slaves.
Just more LOST CAUSE Bull
@@wmschooley1234 Right. Historically accurate quote. Just bull to the Marxist puppet
@@wmschooley1234 And what was the lost cause?
Confederates fought for their home?
Most Confederates weren’t owners? 70% of the south didn’t have slavery
Most Confederate soldiers were under the age of 30?
Every race fought for the confederacy?
Thousands of blacks fought for the Confederacy like black Confederate sailor David White from CSS Alabama, Cuban Woman Loretta Velasquez dressed as a man to fight for the Confederacy, Cherokee and Choctaw tribes fought for the Confederacy. The last Confederate General to stop fighting was Cherokee General Stand Watie. 10,000 Jews fought for the Confederacy, like Moses Ezekiel. 13,000 Hispanics and 3,000 Mexican-Texans fought for the Confederacy as well, like Santos Benavides. Hundreds of Asians fought for the Confederacy like Charles Chon. Hawaiian Confederate sailors sailed on the CSS Shenandoah.
There is no lost cause myth, only Marxist propaganda
New York Times bestselling author Michael Korda's fresh, contemporary single volume historical biography of General Robert E. Lee in Clouds of glory, perhaps the most famous and least understood legend in American history and one of our most admired heroes. Michael Korda, author of Ulysses S. Grant and the bestsellers Ike and Hero, paints a vivid and admiring portrait of Lee as a brilliant general, a devoted family man, and principled gentleman who disliked slavery and disagreed with secession, yet who refused command of the Union Army in 1861 because he could not "draw his sword" against his beloved Virginia. Well-rounded and realistic, Clouds of Glory analyzes Lee's command during the Civil War and explores his responsibility for the fatal stalemate at Antietam, his defeat at Gettysburg (as well the many troubling controversies still surrounding it) and ultimately, his failed strategy for winning the war. As Korda shows, Lee's dignity, courage, leadership, and modesty made him a hero on both sides of the Mason-Dixon Line and a revered American icon who is recognized today as the nation's preeminent military leader. Clouds of Glory features dozens of stunning illustrations, some never before seen, including twelve pages of color, twenty-four pages of black-and-white, and nearly fifty in-text battle maps.
I love Gary Gallagher’s book 📖 The Union War. The issues of racism and slavery which were for a long time not given the attention they deserved have now clouded the underlying reason why the war was fought.
“Its difficult for us in the late 20th century to understand what Union meant to northerners in the mid 19th century, the United States represented a democratic beacon to the rest of the world and if we let this beacon be snuffed out by dismemberment of the Union the world may lose something that it can never regain, there may not be another spark that will lead to another democratic society such as the United States it’s something worth fighting for it’s something worth dying for.”
“It (the Union) represented the cherished legacy of the founding generation, a democratic republic with a constitution that guaranteed political liberty and afforded individuals a chance to better themselves economically. From the perspective of loyal Americans, their republic stood as the only hope for democracy in a western world that had fallen more deeply into the stifling embrace of oligarchy since the failed European revolutions of the 1840s. Slaveholding aristocrats who established the Confederacy, believed untold unionists, posed a direct threat not only to the long-term success of the American republic but also to the broader future of democracy. Should armies of citizen-soldiers fail to restore the Union, forces of privilege on both sides of the Atlantic could pronounce ordinary people incapable of self-government and render irrelevant the military sacrifices and political genius of the Revolutionary fathers.”
I have done it’s awesome and I’d do it again
Wow! I had no idea 164 battlefields in Virginia alone. Non-Americans think of the huge famous battles but are less aware of the wide diversity of struggle that constituencies the 61-65 war.
Please tell me what music that is. I recognize it from my childhood, but I can not place it.
Come to Virginia. Gain a deeper appreciation for West Virginia
Even though W. Virginia's economy has been in the toilet for many years now with several of its border counties considering seceding from it to go back to Virginia proper.
Which battlefield is the largest and flat not much hill
So which is rhe best one to go for tour
That's my BOY George Thomas! A Virginian who wasn't afraid to cut ties and fight on the right side of history. As a Restonian I am proud to count him as a fellow Virginian.
100%
Hallowed ground. 'Tis a shame dishonorable heirs and transient others have committed cultural atrocities on the Old Dominion and her sacred heroes.
Save Confederate Monuments!!!!!!!
Virginia born and raised
Thanks for not posting a video making me feel bad for being from Virginia. I never owned slaves. This was well done. Cheers!
Anyone whose family was in the South during the Civil War should feel bad. They spilled blood to preserve slavery. Disgusting. I on the other hand had relatives who died to preserve the Union and end slavery. They were from Iowa/Indiana/Illinois.
@@GeekRex No one should have to feel bad for actions they haven't done. Why should this person feel bad for the fact someone they had no control over did such disgusting acts.
@@bueno_oneub_0 They absolutely should. Their blood is your blood.
We love white history in VA. Thank goodness our new governor outlawed CRT.
@@mr.wonderful5573 and that will come back to bite you. How do you outlaw something that doesn't exist?
I visited recently. Seems like a good percentage of Virginia's populace hasn't realized they lost the war yet...
Virginia gaming
Sad how Virginia has become today. Huzzah for the old Dominions sons who gave their lives for the cause!
Johnny Reb still here.