ACW: Battle of Second Manassas - “Brawl at Brawner Farm” - Part 1/4
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After destroying the Union supply depot at Manassas Junction, Stonewall Jackson and his Left Wing of the Army of Northern Virginia find themselves standing on the old battlefield of Manassas. Jackson entrenches his forces behind an unfinished railroad along Stony Ridge and prepares to pitch battle with John Pope's Army of Virginia. Pope, believing Jackson to be in Centreville, marches his forces across the Warrenton Turnpike eastward toward Bull Run and Centreville. Jackson, with his wing concealed behind Stony Ridge, watches as Federal troops of Rufus King's division in Irvin McDowell's III Corps march by down the road near Groveton and Brawner Farm. Wishing to bring on a general engagement, in the late evening hours of Thursday, August 28th, 1862, Jackson's batteries open fire on King's column near the Brawner Farm. These are the opening shots of the three-day Second Battle of Bull Run or Battle of Second Manassas. The action at Brawner Farm on the 28th between Union troops of John Gibbon's "Black Hat" Brigade and Jackson's old command, the "Stonewall Brigade", will see some of the most intense and bloodiest combat actions of the Civil War unfold from near point-blank range.
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Return to Bull Run: The Campaign and Battle of Second Manassas by John J. Hennessy
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I posted this in the description but I wanted to rehighligh it here in the comments, thanks to the youtube channels Field Marshal and Civil War Week by Week for their guest voiceovers!
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I live near the Manassas battlefield and visit the Brawner Farm area every now and then. What strikes me is just how close the opposing lines were to each other. They fired into one another from point blank range for roughly 90 minutes with neither side giving an inch. Only darkness interrupted the fighting.
Yep one of the most dramatic stand up fights of the war
Did they have rifled muskets or smoothbore? Were they still teaching Napoleonic tactics at West Point?
@@tomotto3197 At this point they probably had rifles, the Iron Brigade definitely had them in the form of the 1854 Lorenz rifle. The confederates probably did too, but maybe not. The tactics were still Napoleonic.
The Iron Brigade’s first action, I have to say that with the exception of the 2nd Wisconsin, the Brigade was entirely green. But they took on the Stonewall Brigade and stood their ground. These men of Gibbon’s Black Hat Brigade proved they were the Best of the West, and some the best troops in the Union Army.
The ragged ass brigade did a hell of a job!
Best brigade in the AotP
@@scottanos9981 That is true, the Raggedy Ass Second Wisconsin is one hell of a unit. Fun fact: Edgar O’Conner, the Regiment’s Colonel who would be killed, was not trusted by senior Union Staff and was thought a southern sympathizer, in a similar way that General John Gibbon was thought as a southern sympathizer, but Colonel O’Conner giving his life would prove them all wrong.
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They were likely the best of the AoP in 1862-63. They were eventually routed by one of the brigades they faced at Brawner's Farm/Groveton, Lawton's Georgia Brigade. At the Battle of the Wilderness, the Georgia Brigade, then under John B. Gordon, counterattacked the Iron Brigade and routed them.
Warhawk, I'm in the 2nd WI, Company K reenactment group based out of the Madison area of Wisconsin, I'll be sure to share this with everyone in the group. They'll be very happy to see the 2nd WI getting the spotlight
awesome thanks Ksgamer!
7th NJ here
You make the most captivating battle videos of all youtube history video makers.
I feel like I was in the battle itself, fighting among the soldiers.
7th Wisconsin Infantry marker on the battlefield
Col. William W. Robinson
"We soon found that we had to deal with General Ewell's whole division of picked men. We advanced within hailing distance of each other, then halted and laid down, and my God, what a slaughter! No one appeared to know the object of the fight, and there we stood on hour, the men falling all around; but we got no orders to fall back, and Wisconsin men would rather die than fall back without orders."
- An Unknown Wisconsin Soldier
Great video glad I could contribute my voice
“From McClellan, to Pope, to Burnside, to Meade”
Good job Jonathan.
Thanks gamer!
Jackson, Mastermind of the Tactical Offensive
ayo, looks who back
One of my ancestors George W. Cooley was killed at South Mountain in September of 1862 fighting at South Mountain in the 7th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. This engagement at Brawner's Farm was his first battle. Thanks for sharing!
Second Manassas, one of Lee's three big victories, along with Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, although it is not talked about as often as the other two. Quality is excellent, it looks very nice.
Thanks Deteon!
Incredibly well done. One of the most underrated battles of the war. Thank you sir.
Ah, yes, Pope slamming his head into the brick wall.
One of his major talents.
A stonewall you could say
More to come :)
My introduction to this battle was reading Tom Wickers "Unto This Hour" back in the 80's. Sort of "The Killer Angels" for Second Manassas. It was eye opening reading a novelization, coming from the mouths of the men who you just described firing at each other from within a football fields distance. Great video.
It is truly glorious to see two elite and honorable units fight each other to a standstill
Another excellent battle video, congratulations Warhawk. I eagerly look forward to your videos, especially those involving the ANV.
Ayy thanks Wyoming!
Thanks for posting this. I was reading a book about the battle last night, and I kept getting confused about who was where when, and why Gibbon's brigade ended up getting heavily engaged when he was in the middle of the marching column.
You’re welcome, I hoped this helped!
The most detailed coveraged of a battle I have seen on youtube.
This was awesome. I like the maps as well. I made my wife watch this with me because we take our kids to hike around Brawner Farm all of the time. I had three ancestors that fought with the 7th Indiana. They were under Ricketts. I'm looking forward to see if they make an appearance.
Great work guys! I love the new edits and way of visualizing casualties you have incorporated. Keep up the great work and keep getting better at retelling history! You are doing phenomenal
Thanks Trace, glad you enjoyed it!
Why is Gibbon not given credit for what he accomplished with volunteers? Namesake or not he was a he'll of a comander.
My pre-Internet Civil War "education" was, "The Civil War happened, and then we won."
Even trying to remember, all I can recall is a fancy overpriced pewter chess set they sold on TV.
I am glad for your work.
Lol nice story, thanks Eddie
2nd Manassas has always fascinated me, and it is criminally understudied. The Iron Brigade, with its later addition of the 24th Michigan, comprised the best Federal troops of the war, and you have done their baptism of fire splendidly.
One of my favorite books on the war is John Hennessey's "Return to Bull Run", and your retelling of the Battle of Brawner's Farm is a fantastic retelling, equal of that book's, but in video form.
Great work Warhawk, your channel is one of the best military history channels on this platform.
Thanks Emperor, I’m actually using that but as my source for the movements in the videos and is my favorite book on the battle aswell!
Always nice seeing by boy John Gibbon in the fight. :)
The best!
I hope to see more quotes from Rufus Dawes of the 6th Wisconsin, his story of the Iron Brigade is amazing and I hope that South Mountain, Antietam, and Gettysburg in future videos!!
Maybe it's just me but I'm struggling to hear all your narrative as the music is quite loud.
With that said it's a great video as always.
Edit: I had been messing with the sound bar at one time and changed it back to its original setting 😅 The Sound is perfect
Glad to hear that you fixed it!
I'm watching this video again to get my Warhawk fix. I love your series both as a Civil War history enthusiast and a public historian. It's awesome. Second Manassas is one of my favorite battles to read about so my anticipation is mounting for the second part. I look forward to it! By the way, the Battle of Stones River (Murfreesboro) would be great too! Keep up the great work!
Thanks Brayton, we’re in the middle of part 2 so it so expect it soon! I’m actually reading a book on Stones River right now to get an idea of how the movements would be in anticipation for our video!
@@WarhawkYT Excellent! I look forward to it, so take your time (I say as I chew my nails). Though I don't know your methodology behind finding the amazing detail you put into your videos, if you're interested, Peter Cozzens book "No Better Place To Die" is a great addition to the histography of the Stone River battle.
@@braytonblank86 Will do! If you look at our descriptions, we post our sources for the information we use. I haven't read Cozzne's book on Stones River, however, the book I am reading for the battle is from Larry J Daniel.
Another fantastic episode I really like the new look to your videos!
Black Hat Brigade: Morale: Infinite
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Absolutely love these videos, and loving the new looks to the maps. Amazing work keep it up!
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I need a parents permission slip to watch this video unfortunately, I’m so disappointed that ChickenHawk would swear in one of his family friendly videos :(
Rip bozo
VICTORY BELLS FOR YE GRAND OLE WARHAWK, BELLE OF THE BALL!!
DING! DING! DING!!
Jack ~'()'~
Glad you liked it Jack!
This was the first encounter of the Georgia brigade (Lawton-Gordon-Evans) with the Iron Brigade. They would go toe to toe with each other in at least 6 more battles throughout the war. Two legendary brigades pitted against one another time after time. The only time one decisively defeated the other was during Gordon’s Counterattack on May 5 in the Wilderness where the Georgians shattered the Iron Brigade, inflicting 800+ casualties (most of them POWs)
The iron brigade wasn’t the same in 1864, iron brigade ceased to be a potent force after Gettysburg
Thoroughly enjoyed this one! I´m no expert of the Civil War, but trying to learn more. The detailed progress of the animated battle is very similar to a computer game called "Grand Tactician: The Civil War", that I have streamed a lot here on YT. Although it isnt well polished yet, the game contains many of the ingredients presented. Feuds among commanders, order delays, morale, horse artillery batteries with ability to flan, terrain, uniform choices and many, many other features. Looking forward to more from this series. Thanks for the video!
I’ve spent a little too much time on that game, we have a discord full of people who play that one all the time if you want to join and talk about it
The American Civil War is *so* incredibly confusing when it comes to troop deployment and commitment: in pre-Napoleonic battles, both sides would form a line (or several lines) with all their troops and throw it against the enemy line, with attempts to breakthrough or flank. Deviations happen but usually it this will be due to some obvious mistake or decision by the commanders. And after 1914 things change entirely and everyone forms a continuous front line with fewer, often smaller units engaged at any one time.
In the Civil War it‘s all over the place. Commanders facing a similar or superior force will sometimes send out a single regiment and let them fight unsupported for whole hours. Sometimes brigades or parts of brigades will fight by themselves, then halfway through both sides will reinforce them at the same time. The fights are so piecemeal. And that‘s not even getting into the question of why this or that position is being chosen as the spot to fight over.
Sometimes this is clearly accidental, sometimes it is intentional, but half the time the cause isn‘t even clear, nor is it clear whether it was a good or bad decision. Like in this battle, both sides clearly have issues with command and control due to miscommunications, disagreements and officer losses. But that only goes some of the way to explaining what is going on.
On the Union side, it‘s wild that they have four brigades but only one of them engages Jackson even though three of the commanders presumably want to. More to the point, Gibbons at least has his entire brigade to work with, and yet the entire first part of the battle the 2nd WI is on its own. What‘s he doing? If not advance the rest of the brigade, he could let the 2nd WI fall back into line and defend from the woods with his entire force. Surely that would be more sensible.
And what about Jackson. Were his subordinates sitting there this whole time watching the Stonewall slug it out and be like „they got this“? What even was Jackson‘s plan? The sensible move would have been to try surrounding the enemy with a larger force, but that does not look like they were trying at all. From the Confederate POV this whole engagement just looks totally bizarre.
Man this video looks awesome
Finished Rebel Yell this helped well done thanks
You deserve more subs for all this great content 👏
What a good video to watch while I stuff my face with turkey and stuffing 😎
Sounds like a great time!
Man, the Union's lack of good cavalry presence is telling! Putting 2 divisions to block Lee/Longstreet from getting through the pass, and some aggressive recon by flying columns (regiment-sized) would have made for a lot less groping around in the dark for Pope.
Much better map on this video
Thanks Sam!
I’m learning to understand this battle. Pope should’ve seen stonewall’s trap the moment after the brewners farm incident
However he didn’t
Dear Warhawk. Tank you for outstanding preformens. But you don't have to turn the music up so high in fokeep to your speech, it's plenty exciting without it.
I thought the music was fine
@@WarhawkYT Ok but not so high
While your map is limited in size, there were more Confederate regiments involved in the battle. Jackson was riding right behind these Georgians and encouraging them on as the fell in on the left of the Stonewall Brigade, where they exchanged volleys with the 7th Wisconsin.
“The comrade on my right fell, pierced through the head. Then the comrade on my left was shot through both arms. Then I was lifted from my feet by a ball hitting me high on the forehead.” -T.A. Cooper, 60th Georgia (CSA)
thats interesting as I used the LOC map of Second Manassas for my guide for making this map and all the regiments fit well enough on the map.
@@WarhawkYT One source I use is Hennessy's "Return to Bull Run: The Campaign and Battle of Second Manassas". pgs. 176-177
He claims Jackson was peeved because it seemed the Stonewall Brigade were the only ones engaged. So he grabbed two or possibly three of Lawton's Georgia Brigade and urged them alongside the Stonewall Brigade. I have yet to find a battle map that shows Lawton's full brigade in line, just the two regiments you have up. Evidently, the rest of Lawton's regiments formed alongside the others. Soon afterwards Jackson was pushing Trimble's Brigade into battle alongside Lawton's Brigade.
The 26th Georgia was involved in a charge so they suffered way more casualties(72%) than other regiments in the brigade. I really haven't done a lot of research on this part of the Second Manassas campaign. I'm going to see if I can find out more about the other regiments of Lawton's Brigade at Groveton.
Gibbon is a G for this. The first 5 mins of the video praises Jackson for a position and strategy that never really gets great results, because of Gibbon.
Outstanding!
Thanks Alan!
very detailed love it keep it up
Thanks Enalb, will do!
No matter what century, multi hour traffic delays around Manassas.
Been there three times, I can confirm
Yes it sucks. Its permanent rush hour there even on the weekends.
The green federal troops trounced the most experienced confederate troops.
The outcome of this battle is completely unexpected.
Apparently you didn't watch the video very carefully, the bluebellies exited the field to lick their wounds. And the Cornfederates held their ground, so what's that tell ya?
You one of those thick-headed tit jerker from Wisconsin? Go drink some Old Style & eat that cheese!
I love your channel man
Thanks Onlytheclouds!
Lived in Manassas most of my life. I am always drawn more the 2nd battle than the first. just a more ominous area.
That’s cool man, I’m kinda jealous
Yes it really is much more ominous in that area.
Pope was not a great commander,but also G. B. McLellan denied helping him against Lee.
McLellan has always been inept. We known this.
@@SoulKiller7EternalMaybe McLellan would have been under Grant
Better
McClellan's first priority was always to make McClellan appear the greatest.
Couldn't have Pope, or any other possible rival for army leadership, taking his spotlight. Even to the detriment of his own side.
@@NefariousKoel I wonder if Lincoln would have made Grant lieutenant-general right after Vicksburg,would McLellan serve under him as corps commander?
The Iron brigade does not melt.
DEO VINDICE!
Another brilliant video. Personally I am not a fan of having other people read the quotes, as it's a bit jarring. I prefer it when you read them.
they didn't wear plumbs on their hats lol
It's plume... "ploom" as in "a plume of feathers", they wore an ostrich feather in their hat
Thanks Kevlar
It could have been a plum, or maybe macaroni. Y'all yankees can be some kind of weird!
Nice to hear the guest voices, but the mic quality and audio mixing leave something to be desired.
Thx u
I suspect Confederate Generals from this point on made a point of knowing where the Wisconsin brigades were positioned in the Union line before issuing orders.
They didn't scare us..nope
Pretty Impressive by Gibbson and his brigade
If it wasn't for Gibbon, the only Union general there to keep his head and get things done, it would've been very one-sided.
16:17 who is this nice sounding guy?
Some sussy Minnesotan
Can't believe I missed the last two videos! YouTune alerts are garbage.
Perhaps you mean "The Second Battle of Manassas"? There is but one Manassas, & 2 Battles, rather than the reverse.
Nope, it’s literally named as the Battle of Second Manassas.
@@WarhawkYT You pay attention to that moniker, he must be from Wisconsin for sure. You can't tell those people a thing and make them believe it!
HURRAH FOR THE BLACK HAT BRIGADE!! HURRAH FOR GENERAL JOHN GIBBON!!!
"Ragged ass 2nd" gahahaha
I'm subscribed and have watched all these episodes in the playlist so far but you speak so fast. I have to rewind gets tiring.. slow down just 10%?
I love you ❤
Bro I love you work on this channel, but why can't you say peoples names right?
Who’s name did I say wrong?
I whole heartedly agree. He misses Taliaferro's every time. In the 7 days series it was General Huger that was constantly wrong. It makes following on the maps difficult when you can't find the commander easily.
Great video but please get rid of the music
If only Gibbon had more ofna higher command...he would've tossed Jackson aside quickly. But...Gibbon proved he was Jackson's equal...and Kimball proved to be better then Jackson.
Lol you’re right!
@@WarhawkYT lol the Iron Brigade also handed Stonewalls brigade their ass in terms of losses. Only 2 regiments shot to hell the entire brigade.
And Jackson started to panic while Gibbon kept a cool head because 'they aint running.'
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