1860s USA - Real Photos of Civil War America - Colorized
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- 1860s USA - Real Photos of Civil War America - Colorized
Civil War USA - Real Vintage Photos Brought to Life - COLORIZED
The civil war claimed the lives of approximately 620.000 young men, tore families apart, and shaped a nation. The conflict holds immense historical significance.
In this video, we honor the courage of the brave souls who endured this tumultuous period, a conflict that played a pivotal role in ending a brutal practice in the United States.
Today we're bringing these war-torn images to life in vivid color.
#civilwar #history #historicalphotos
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Wonderful images of such a turning point in American history. Could you please leave the subtitles on screen for a little longer as there's hardly time to read them.
We do have the option of pressing pause.
@@Holliethedog "Pause"? Are you sure?
"Turning point". That's a good one! In the long run, I wonder what that, 'turning point' really means. Domination of the federal government over the respective States? States supremacy over the federal government? A balance of the two, among other Checks and Balances? Hmm...
It is acknowledge that the photographs are predominantly those of Union soldiers with somr additional ones of (defeated) General Lee. Maybe the South did not have so much money for the "luxury" of photography? Also and however it is a little hard in our era to sentimentalise and valourise the Confederates who wanted to keep cruelly-treated, African-American people enslaved because of their skin colour; however diluted it happened to be (through rape by white "Christian" men).
@@ClydeLyndonSelby-cw7zq You have no idea of what you're talking about. By the way, all the original thirteen colonies had (African-American) slaves, as well as the latter states of Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Kentuckey, MIssouri, etc,... Google it!
Thank you for your thoughtful use of added color. This is one of the best I've seen!
Two yrs. ago we visited Appomattox Courthouse. I took my 11 yr old granddaughter to show her about the family's history in the Civil War. Enjoyed the video.
Enjoyed looking at these vintage photos in color, thank you!
My ancestor was one of the ones who died fighting the Civil War. My great-grandfather's only brother, he was 22. A terrible loss to the family My g-grandpa was also in the war, but, never saw battle , he was in Georgia when the war ended. Both fought for the Union. He became a homesteader in KS where he was a successful wheat farmer. Most Americans came here in the early 1900's, but, my ancestors helped built this nation and I'm proud of them. So these are not just mere pictures to me, but, part of my family's history. Just subscribed!
estelleadamski308 - My great-great-great-great-great-grandfather fought in the American Revolutionary War and my great-great-grandfather and his three brothers fought in the American Civil War, with one brother being killed near Atlanta in 1864. My great-great-grandfather was captured three times and exchanged twice and released from captivity the 3rd time when the war ended. My great-great-grandfather, Benjamin H. Bounds, was with the Fourth Mississippi Infantry Regiment Company F. He last fought at the Battle of Fort Blakeley in 1865.
@@Marcfj Your family has a very extensive military service in the USA. I can trace my family from the 1700's in KY, but, so far, not any earlier. We are rare indeed, as most Americans can only trace their family back to the early 20th century. Our ancestors fought for this country and let's hope our republic endures.
@@estelleadamski308 - Yes, we are very rare indeed. My first ancestor born in America was my great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandfather John Bounds who was born in Northumberland County, Virginia, Colonial America in 1649. However, that aside, there are some family branches that I could only trace back so far before, figuratively speaking, hitting a brick wall.
My Great grandfather fought in the war too but he wasn’t a traitor like your grandfather. He was a rebel till the day he died
@@skylersimpson4692 Oh really? In this case the traitors were the ones who fought against the Republic. We cannot second guess the decision. My family was from KY, so the state was split. If the South prevailed there would still be slavery today, maybe? Who knows? There were hard feeling on both sides and in some cases it's still around. I never called your ancestor a traitor and you have no business calling mine a traitor, either. Neither of us lived during that time, so we don't know all the answers.
Love your channel. However, it would be great if you could leave up each photo with printed text 4-5 seconds longer.
Thanks for your feedback. I will show the texts a little longer in my next videos!
Yeah, and while you’re at it, show the pics you advertise too!!
These would be better without the non-contemporary music or any at all. More attention is needed to spelling in the captions. I have subscribed.
Thanks for the feedback, Stephen. Appreciate it.
Agreed. The music seemed incongruous.
I thought the music was rather soothing.
Beautiful work. Thank you for sharing.
Love your stuff. Suggestion. Allow the written words to be displayed a bit longer while viewing the picture. I understand we can pause it but then the music gets distorted and doesn't flow. Thanks.
Flow is important.
Beautiful video. Thanks for the creation of this video and for all the hard work necessary to color the images. I love the one scene with the assembled regiment, in camp, surrounded by the smoke from all the fires. It is a world we do not know. I was able to visit a Civil War battlefield (National Park) that was hosting reenactors. The overwhelming odor…horse poop; and this from a handful of horses, not the thousands of horses that traveled with the army. Great channel-thanks.
Why jazz music? Does not do justice to the era, nor the historical and human element.
But it was quite soothing to listen to.
Needed hip hop for slave shots
Definitely should have played some Tupac or Notorious B.I.G.
@@johncox1570 Unnecessary comment
There isn't enough time allowed to read what is written.
Awesome photography, colorization and video. Thx.
These are emotionally charged, bringing home a connection so far removed from the distance that black and white photography can achieve. I immediately went and watched the Civil War film Glory. After viewing these, the film came to life in a way I had not experienced before.
It's better for modern audiences, no doubt as long as they get the colors right. With historical photographs it's vital that the colors are correct or the artist can embarrass themselves. I saw one of these colorized photographs of Adolph Hitler. The artist must not have known that after Germany declared war on the UK and France on Sept 3 1939, he never wore his brown political uniform again for the rest of this life. The photograph was of a well known late 1940 meeting between the dictator of Spain and Hitler taken at a train station on the French-Spanish border at Hendaye. I saw that and I cringed.
Yeah, I went to the premiere in NYC when he come out around 1985 or 86. I thought that it was a very good movie and rare for Hollywood, historically accurate too.
Gettysburg is another good film about the war.
Highly recommend Ken Burns - The Civil War.
Great pictures and mostly accurate but it's tilted.@@venusrising6554
Great posts thank you so much
I have subscribed. Its great work ❤❤
Great historic pictures
Enjoyed this so much.just wished the captions on the pictures stayed up a little longer so I could read and then enjoy savoring the pictures as this was so interesting.
What a great channel. Love learning about history. I had a gr gr grandfather who saw Robert E. Lee surrender at Appomattox. He was with Maine cavalry.
Jazz music inappropriate
But it was quite soothing to listen to.
Nice photos, however, a few more seconds to read the captions is needed. I wanted to soak up the photos and information but there just wasn't enough time provided, unfortunately
Thanks for the feedback. I will take care of that in my next videos!
It would have been nice to have time to read the captions and look at these great images!
We are not all speed readers you should know!
Pause button is your friend
There's a little old feature called a PAUSE button on your phone or computer ya know..🙄🤦🏼♀️. Some people are just not very intelligent critical thinkers for the easiest solutions..🙄🤦🏼♀️
Love your presentations. And unlike other TH-camrs you always have great music!
That’s a big compliment, thanks! ❤️🙏
...and not too loud!
Great photos thank you
I just discovered this channel today. I've subscribed and requested notifications. I hope, at some future time, you'll record the background music and make it available for your subscribers.
Johnny Reb of the Civil War once gave the meaning of the war. " Rich man's war, poor man's fight!"
It hasn't changed much in the last 150 years hasn't it?
Only 5% of residents of the south owned slaves. The bulk of southern value was tied to slaves and their efforts. It's no wonder their owners clung to them so violently. It's also a wonder why those who did not own slaves bought into the hogwash of states' rights used to convince them to risk their lives for a cause that did not profit them.
The meaning of the war was defined by the enslavement of human beings.
Period.
Amazing material. What was particularly striking was the relative informality of high ranking officers. You would be hard pushed to see similar pictures during the Schleswig Holstein Campaigns or the prusso Austrian war 1866 or the Franco German war 1870.
Leave the text up longer please. Awesome video. Thanks.
I like how the pics are accompanied by 1860s smooth jazz.
Excellent👍
It's amazing to see old photos of a war when only one side is shown!
A reflection of the technological superiority of that side?
Beautiful pictures, thanks, & nice music too: can you tell
who is playing, please?
Great video. The pictures were amazing. But I am disappointed that there are barely any pictures illustrating the Confederate side. Other than confederate POWs and hierarchs (EG; Robert E Lee, Jefferson Davis), I don't remembers seeing anything about the South.
The southerners didn't have the resources (cameras, time, etc) that the northerners had, apparently.
I am sure this is a good video, however, spoilt by music choice and the picture frames with titles were too short not allowing enough time to digest the text. Sorry! 😞
Please create a video of old aviation history.
Beautiful and striking photos. Could you please tell me what music you had playing in the background? It was lovely to listen to.
I like the music, no idea who it is.
Apparently, its, "Sad Cop Story " by Ludvig Moulin, Check it out theresa
😎🤌💎🌟 FASCINATINGGG, this!! GREAT work....👏👏👏👏
Beautiful music
As one who came to the US in the early 1960's I have been a US Civil War buff and have visited most of the National Park Service battlefields. My readings have led me to consider that most of the post war north v south political landscape was shaped by A Lincoln allowing CS officers and others to retain horses. arms, etc. One see that as allowing the CA veterans to feel that they were not actually defeated on the battlefield.
Possibly but their life would have been very difficult if they maintained that attitude during the military occupation of the south during the reconstruction years. A time in US history you hear very little about and what you do hear isn't good.
@@johngaither9263 And the freed slaves were not treated well by northerners. And it took another 100 years before a black student could enroll in Mississippi University and Alabama.
Grant was the last President to be a slave owner.
We left a union that we VOLUNTARILY joined in the first place. Nothing in the US Constitution said that any State, or group of States, could not leave said union.
Unfortunately the death of Lincoln and the resulting rise in Southern political strength after the war led to the premature end of military occupation of the South. This in turn enabled the rise of Jim Crow and Confederate mythology.
👍❣️ Thanks
Excellent work in an incredibly valuable project. You're all geniuses for re-creating this visual history for us. The thoughtless stupidity of some people bent on destroying this history lesson by removing statues--of any civil war leader--burns me up.
I love the music. Particularly the pieces played here. If these are available or taken from recorded, jazz albums, can you let us know the artist and or album?
The song is "Sad Cop Story" by Ludvig Moulin.
@@bobblowhard8823thank you!! 🙏😎
I read somewhere about Lincoln having brown eyes.
i realy love the music.The smooth Jazz.
Wow! A real treat!
Suggest you keep the text overlay on the photos just a bit longer.
I never thought about ghosts much until my young husband and I drove through Harper's Ferry, WV late at night on the way to Baltimore.
Интересно и познавательно, спасибо!!!
I don't recall seeing the image of the woman from the thumbnail in the actual set of pictures. Bait and switch?
Show de imagens
That was awsome. Maybe it's me but I wish it went much slower even more than twice the speed reduced. I kept having to back it up and try to pause, but the pause sucks bc my viewer is screened with adverts at 50 %
Los Angeles, San Francisco of the 1920's and 30's.. Bravo to colorized photography from a bygone era..
Great pics and great music too.
Awesome work putting this together, only one criticism though.. At 4:26 Virginia is spelt wrong, unless there is actually a place called Viringia, I did google it to check, but nothing came up... Great stuff.
Whether taxation, slavery or ego , thanks for the photo presentation!
Great video but leave more time to read the story behind each photo. ❤️
Sure...I had to freeze every image so as to have time to look at it well and read slowly the captions, pondering about their facial expressions and the suffering shown on them because of the war devastation. Poor people...!
Interesting photo of Arabella Barlow. She nursed her husband Francis Channing Barlow after he received several wounds on the 1st days fight at Gettysburg. Sadly I believe Mrs Barlow died later in the war from illness possibly yellow fever. Heck of a war for the Barlow family without doubt.
That's indeed a sad story. She died from typhus in 1864.
Barlow was a very interesting and brilliant New Englander, I believe he was Harvard educated scholar that was left on the field at Gettysburg severely wounded, picked up the Confederates and fought in numerous battles the rest of the war. A very dedicated and brave man indeed. I remember his was a really good story but I've forgotten most of the details. 🤔since I read about him many decades ago.
The predominantly Germanic 11th Corps disliked Barlow, who harbored a prejudice against Germans. Why they put Barlow into command of them is beyond me?
At Gettysburg, Barlow posted him men at an exposed position at Barlow's Knoll Salient. It was there that the domino effect started, and uprooted the entire Union Army on July 1st; in that fighting Barlow was wounded.
It could be that the Barlow's Knoll experience later encouraged him to be optimistic about the success at the Mule Shoe Salient, in the Battle of Spotsylvania.
Cool 😎
Great video! I would like to not need to speed read the captions. A little more time would be great.
I like the music haunting
The music is all wrong for that time period.
Could we also see the original black and white image monochromes as well as your colorized version?
. . The captions printed in white are difficult to read and the time given to read complete lines runs rapid, insufficient time . …perhaps sharp blue print can stand out better ?. . .
. . ✨ sorry, but I love these photo montages that you’ve created along with a music score, thought to let you know this commentary . .✨
Very interesting but not enough time to read info and see the pictures...
I wish you would leave the captions on a little longer.
This is a photo of the Court-house in the town of Appomattox Court House. The surrender ceremony DID NOT TAKE PLACE in the Court-house, but at the privately-owned home of Wilmer McLean, a citizen of Appomattox Court House.
4:13 is at Massaponax Church in Spotsylvania, Va.
The color adds a lot to these IMO
Interesting photos, but I never subscribe to channels that use clickbait images on thumbnail. Also, the music grated. I know it’s a difficult problem.
Any pictures of Vicksburg after the fight? My. great-grandmother said that as a very young girl she was brought to cave/celler where it was so damp she felt child even at that time of year. Got to see a favorite uncle make a visit, the last time she ever saw him.
Chilled... Not CHILD🙄 The american education system has failed too many of us these days... NOBODY can even spell anymore...🙄
VIcksburg was an extraordinary event, and a vivid example of the military genius of Grant.
A lot of these photos look like they are taken in a studio. Take for example 4:53. Pause it and look at the photo really well. This is either a studio with a 'nature' backdrop, or the lenses of the cameras in the 1800s were far better capturing depth than they are today?
The plates (film) were very insensitive to light and required very long exposures with everyone told to hold their poses. Lenses were fast and used at wide open apertures to help minimize exposure times... Hence the short depth of focus you've noticed. If you look at the head shot portrait of Lincoln you'll note even his ears are out of focus. With highly sensitive modern cameras, photographers emulate this look by using neutral density filters to cut the light down and let them use wide apertures in daylight situations.
@@Ducati900SS Yes, we all know how those cameras worked and we dont know the 'sensitivities' of the the cameras in that period (just because they looked the same, it doesnt mean they all had the same specs) . Although everyone is holding their poses, most of the (moving) flag is focused almost to perfection apart from a small part), tent is very focuses, but the grass and small wooden structure to the left behind the chair, although is further from the chair but CLOSER from the flag and tent, is out of focus.
In all honesty, WE really dont know if the photo was in a studio. We assume (or would like to believe) it was on the battlefield. But for us in 2023, we cant really know 100%
Indeed. Research instantaneous photography of the period, there's amazing stuff that was done.@@Ducati900SS
@@onlinebills9169 I'm a tintypist; let me answer your question. Yeah, we don't know the specs of all the cameras from back then, but we can say the same about any era of photography - there's plenty of different cameras used in WW1, we don't know every spec.
The tent is definitely real. I suggest you look closely at the original image, these is probably from the colorization; the officers all look a bit weird, and the "black" bit in the tent looks almost fake as well - it's the AI coloring. Compare it to the real photo. Also, the point the other guy made stands - if you go into wetplate photography, or meet a photographer and take images of a particular aperture they definitely give off this distorted effect. Background is a massive copy of a photo if it's fake, it's an insanely detailed background then. 1860s CGI lol.. No studio photos from the time with backdrops look like this, or any other for that matter. You can do this with plenty of analog cameras from the past few decades.
Дякую. Фотки просто космос, як для мене. Мужній народ, я вдячний йому, що він звільнив мою маму з німецького полону. Будьте розумними як завжди, та бережіть мир.
Not a single mobile phone in sight. Everyone just living in the moment
America has still not recovered from this war
Especially among Southerners...the anger is still there.
The South did not have any cameras during the war time?
I was just about to ask that question. My ancestors died for the Confederacy, and 99.5% of the photos here are Union.
@@rhondabarbour7203 - That's what happens when a war leaves victors and vanquished...
They did, I doubt this is the only place you've found images of the war. You can find them
Can’t stand click bait. Never showed the photo of the pretty woman with the details behind it. Click bait photo has nothing to do with this video.
music ?
Not only the pics are excellent but the music is top top.
Peculiar soundtrack. Jazz in the 1860s?
I didn't realise Jazz was so popular during the 1860's.
It was huge.
the soldiers got pissed off with recorder and piano-accordian musak and they got into the jazz
Unlike some of the commenters, I deeply appreciated the music. Who were the artists and what is the recording?
Nice. Might try Civil War era music instead of jazz.
The photos are great. The jazz music a bit strange.
who can tell me something about the music in the background?
Tell me more about the cool jazz, on this production.
Good work ,but by the time three lines are read, the picture is gone. Not enough time to look at all the details of the pictures. When watching on a television most of the bottom of the ones with three lines are cut off. Try it yourself and you will see.
2:33 : That's a vlogger. Independent journalist with his own YT channel
Wonderful video! But the music doesn't do justice.....🤔
Subscripts move too fast to read fully.
Thanks for the feedback. I improved that in my later videos. 🙏
@@VintageTreasuresVideos Thank you so much!
Causes Of The Civil War
Video:
Causes of the Civil War
The causes of the Civil War and its cost to a young nation.
More from Wes about the causes of the Civil War.
What led to the outbreak of the bloodiest conflict in the history of North America?
A common explanation is that the Civil War was fought over the moral issue of slavery.
In fact, it was the economics of slavery and political control of that system that was central to the conflict.
A key issue was states' rights.
The Southern states wanted to assert their authority over the federal government so they could abolish federal laws they didn't support, especially laws interfering with the South's right to keep slaves and take them wherever they wished.
Another factor was territorial expansion.
The South wished to take slavery into the western territories, while the North was committed to keeping them open to white labor alone.
Meanwhile, the newly formed Republican party, whose members were strongly opposed to the westward expansion of slavery into new states, was gaining prominence.
Slavery existed in the north until1868 General Grant owned 300 slaves The south fought over Mr Lincoln high tariff Larger states control the country South wanted States. To have right to leave union as 10 Amendment States Supreme court said S outh was right and Lincoln had them put in jail Mr Lincoln. Could. Have avoided war He wanted south cotton for new northern factors. Sou th had always sent it to England he got his way and many Revolutionary solder wer killed. 600/000 died t o form a large federal government we have today government. By corporate giants
97 per cent of the southern solders owned no slaves my great to great grandfather fought for the south he did not believe it right. But the Invasion of the southern states is why. He. Fought that what that sant Andrew flag stand s. For the south. Not slavery slavery was the law of united Statesuntl 14 amendment passed
My father wore a confederate flag on shoulder in Ww11
Read the story of Shuri castle on Okinawa in 1945. After being taken by the 1st Marine Division a Confederate battle flag (the stars and bars version) flew over it for at least a week. It was put up by some Texans, who else right, when no US flag was available. That part of the story is just sometimes left out nowadays.@@sumnerrutledge8332
The South was indeed fighting to preserve the institution of slavery for its perceived economic advantage.
The North was fighting to stop the spread of slavery at first, then the end of slavery altogether.
Slavery was doomed by its ultimate illegality and immorality. It was only a matter of time.
Reading is hard . removed to fast and white letters against light back ground .
Never saw a sling cart before, what were they slinging?
They were used to carry (sling) the heavy barrels of the larger artillery cannons.
The number of casualties has been revised, it now stands at 800,000, with another 50,000 civilian casualties.
you know why no one smiled back then? me either. but, some say it's because of the cameras. what do i mean? well, some of the cameras back then had a very slow shutter speed, if you'd even call it that. in order to expose the film plates to enough light, the photographer would lift the veil for several seconds, so everyone in the photo needed to be very still, it's often why you will sometimes see blurry arms or blurry feet, or even a focused body but blurry head. smiling creates unnecessary difficulty in keeping still. try to keep the same smile without moving for several seconds. it's possible, but, it's easier to just sit there. plus, smile long enough and you might giggle or laugh, causing movement, ruining the photo. i'm not sure how long "several seconds" was, but some say it was up to 30-90 seconds in order to get a sharp picture. now, you may say "well i could do that easily!" but your sister may say "i can't smile for 3 seconds without making myself laugh" ... I have the opposite problem, tell me not to smile for 2 minutes and i'll burst out laughing at some point... however, for a photographer whose job it is to take expensive photos that take a while to retake, they want it done correctly the first time, and when doing groups of people would rather everyone did it the simple way. In fact, here's a quote from History Nebraska in response to the question:
"A smile was more difficult to hold for a long period of time, so people grimaced or looked serious. However, technology had improved enough by 1845 that the exposure time was under a minute. However, smiling in photos didn't become the norm for three quarters of a century."
Interesting! Thanks for sharing 👊
Well explained, thank you.
As a tintypist, let me say this:
-Don't need to be a tintypist to say that smiling for a good 3 seconds isn't hard. Photos from the '10s or '20s also don't often show smiling in portraits - it's just to look more stoic, not so much exposure time. Most photos from the civil war are in studios or in broad daylight in the field, which gives ideal conditions for short exposure regardless of aperture, focal length etc
That track.playing behind the video ,might not be appropriate for the subject, but i love lt anyway, i might just go back and listen again.
Do you know who was playing?
Please leave the subtitle longer couldn’t read them
My apologies, in my later videos I show the subtitles for a longer time 🙏
Early motoring videos please!
Very rare seeing someone smiling in a 19th century photo
...or well-shaven men back in those days when most sported long beards or mustaches...
@rainbowseeker5930 They treated photographs like painted portraits, but I was talking about the young lady at the Miller house.
I'm guessing she's either a young wife or a teenage girl. Which in those days means she could have been a young wife, lol. I can't tell her age, though. 13 to 23, possibly.
My great grandfather, 4 times removed, was Hannibal Hamlin, Lincoln’s first vice-president.
Captions disappear too fast before you have time to read them.
then by the time you read the caption, the picture is gone and you didn't even get to look at it.
you don't allow enough time to read the inserted comments on the bottom. By the time you do get to read it if at all, the picture disappears so that you don't get to appreciate what's in the photos. It's very irritating to say the least although your work is very much appreciated.