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Obtaining naval superiority during that time was like saying today air superiority. It decided the outcome of the war since there was no airplanes and you could impose naval blockades preventing the trade of goods necessary for the cause.The north literally sent the south back to the dark ages.
Naval forces often go unrecognized in the history books. Even the spartan's last stand at thermopylae was only made possible by the greek fleet blocking the persian navy
The U.S. Navy essentially captured Fort Henry and New Orleans by themselves. The Union Army in the west would have been hard-pressed without Foote and Farragut. At Shiloh, they not only did what the video said, but they kept Confederate infantry awake all night by firing through the night until reinforcements attacked in Day 2. All this from an old Army guy.
Didn’t Lincoln send a fleet to Charleston which caused Fort Sumter? And didn’t a northerner name John Brown intentionally try to start a war with the south by killing 9 southerners and 1 Virginia marine at Harper’s ferry in 1859? Americans fought a war against the mightiest empire on earth in 1776. Fighting against impossible odds, is very American. Same with the Texas Revolution. 🇺🇸
@@SouthernGentleman no that's not what started this war. Those conflicts were the "icing on the cake." The war started back before even the American Revolution. Read up on the political tension leading up to the war for more info.
@@asavita8745 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. - History . net
Nice video but you left out "The Influence of Seapower upon History 1660-1783" by Capt. A. T. Mahan. This work would lead to the United States Navy becoming a world naval power. It was read by other naval strategiest and scholars from other nations as well. Mahan wrote other naval works as well. I still hope it is taught our nation's academic naval warfare institutions and not the woke stupidity awash on the young minds of future naval scholars.
I wish black confederate sailors got more spotlight. Like W.S Lewis a black confederate blockade runner. Or David White, a free black confederate sailor that died on the CSS Alabama
@@Phono-fun There were 200,000 free blacks in the south, It has been estimated that over 65,000 Southern blacks were in the Confederate ranks. Over 13,000 of these, “saw the elephant” also known as meeting the enemy in combat. These Black Confederates included both slave and free. The Confederate Congress did not approve blacks to be officially enlisted as soldiers (except as musicians), until late in the war. But in the ranks it was a different story. Many Confederate officers did not obey the mandates of politicians, they frequently enlisted blacks with the simple criteria; “Will you fight?” Historian Ervin Jordan, explains that “biracial units” were frequently organized “by local Confederate and State militia Commanders in response to immediate threats in the form of Union raids…”. Dr. Leonard Haynes, an African-American professor at Southern University, stated, “When you eliminate the black Confederate soldier, you’ve eliminated the history of the South.” For a considerable time during the siege of Williamsburg, the enemy had a black rifle shooter in their front who kept up a close fire on our men, and, although the distance was great, yet he caused more or less annoyance by his persistent shooting. On one occasion while at the advanced posts with a detail, the writer with his squad had an opportunity to note the skill of this determined black with his well aimed rifle.” -Union Captain C.A. Stevens
@@SouthernGentlemanIt's been historically documented that around 90% of the African American men who were brought into the confederate military were slaves... The other 5% only severing in ceremonial roles plus 5% being the last weeks of the civil war. Estimates mean nothing without documentation, I'm sorry there's no major documentation that freeman official served in combat roles in the confederate military, until the final weeks. Most of the officers forcefully drafted their own slaves, enlisting them without their consent. There's quite a bit of evidence to suggest the African American who picked up the riffle likely picked up his master's. (There's no evidence he was a freeman officially serving.) You know what's sad? The African American men who officially joined the confederate military in the final weeks likely did it out of duress, not their own will. They didn't even get their freedom after serving, most were/would still be classified as slaves. More African American's fled to join the union during the civil war than one's that officially served in the confederacy.
@@Phono-fun Wrong. It been documented that thousands of free black men volunteered in partisans and militias and were cast aside today because they were not regular army. Almost all black union soldiers were once slaves while slavery was legal in the union during the civil war and were later promised freedom. Same thing with the confederacy except on a independent level. “If you ride with me you will be free.” -Nathan Bedford Forrest to black slaves. 20% of his cavalry was black.
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I’d love to learn more about what role The US and CS Marines played in the conflict! Keep up the great content
Obtaining naval superiority during that time was like saying today air superiority. It decided the outcome of the war since there was no airplanes and you could impose naval blockades preventing the trade of goods necessary for the cause.The north literally sent the south back to the dark ages.
Naval forces often go unrecognized in the history books. Even the spartan's last stand at thermopylae was only made possible by the greek fleet blocking the persian navy
The Confederate Navy have the British Empire to thank for their best ships
The U.S. Navy essentially captured Fort Henry and New Orleans by themselves. The Union Army in the west would have been hard-pressed without Foote and Farragut. At Shiloh, they not only did what the video said, but they kept Confederate infantry awake all night by firing through the night until reinforcements attacked in Day 2. All this from an old Army guy.
Great video. I would love more about the US Navy during the War of 1812, maybe something about Oliver Hazard Perry.
The South didn't think this through very well before starting the war
Didn’t Lincoln send a fleet to Charleston which caused Fort Sumter?
And didn’t a northerner name John Brown intentionally try to start a war with the south by killing 9 southerners and 1 Virginia marine at Harper’s ferry in 1859?
Americans fought a war against the mightiest empire on earth in 1776. Fighting against impossible odds, is very American. Same with the Texas Revolution. 🇺🇸
@@SouthernGentleman no that's not what started this war. Those conflicts were the "icing on the cake." The war started back before even the American Revolution. Read up on the political tension leading up to the war for more info.
@@asavita8745 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.
- History . net
@@SouthernGentleman I just responded to your newest comment but my comment disappeared. Do you see it?
@@SouthernGentleman List of causes of the Civil War-
Slavery
Peacekeeping around the world...
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Nice video but you left out "The Influence of Seapower upon History 1660-1783" by Capt. A. T. Mahan. This work would lead to the United States Navy becoming a world naval power. It was read by other naval strategiest and scholars from other nations as well. Mahan wrote other naval works as well. I still hope it is taught our nation's academic naval warfare institutions and not the woke stupidity awash on the young minds of future naval scholars.
I wish black confederate sailors got more spotlight. Like W.S Lewis a black confederate blockade runner.
Or David White, a free black confederate sailor that died on the CSS Alabama
90% of the African Americans who were in the confederate army/navy served as slaves.
@@Phono-fun There were 200,000 free blacks in the south, It has been estimated that over 65,000 Southern blacks were in the Confederate ranks. Over 13,000 of these, “saw the elephant” also known as meeting the enemy in combat. These Black Confederates included both slave and free. The Confederate Congress did not approve blacks to be officially enlisted as soldiers (except as musicians), until late in the war. But in the ranks it was a different story. Many Confederate officers did not obey the mandates of politicians, they frequently enlisted blacks with the simple criteria; “Will you fight?” Historian Ervin Jordan, explains that “biracial units” were frequently organized “by local Confederate and State militia Commanders in response to immediate threats in the form of Union raids…”. Dr. Leonard Haynes, an African-American professor at Southern University, stated, “When you eliminate the black Confederate soldier, you’ve eliminated the history of the South.”
For a considerable time during the siege of Williamsburg, the enemy had a black rifle shooter in their front who kept up a close fire on our men, and, although the distance was great, yet he caused more or less annoyance by his persistent shooting. On one occasion while at the advanced posts with a detail, the writer with his squad had an opportunity to note the skill of this determined black with his well aimed rifle.” -Union Captain C.A. Stevens
@@Phono-fun 99% of black American revolution soldiers were slaves.
@@SouthernGentlemanIt's been historically documented that around 90% of the African American men who were brought into the confederate military were slaves... The other 5% only severing in ceremonial roles plus 5% being the last weeks of the civil war. Estimates mean nothing without documentation, I'm sorry there's no major documentation that freeman official served in combat roles in the confederate military, until the final weeks. Most of the officers forcefully drafted their own slaves, enlisting them without their consent. There's quite a bit of evidence to suggest the African American who picked up the riffle likely picked up his master's. (There's no evidence he was a freeman officially serving.)
You know what's sad? The African American men who officially joined the confederate military in the final weeks likely did it out of duress, not their own will. They didn't even get their freedom after serving, most were/would still be classified as slaves. More African American's fled to join the union during the civil war than one's that officially served in the confederacy.
@@Phono-fun Wrong. It been documented that thousands of free black men volunteered in partisans and militias and were cast aside today because they were not regular army. Almost all black union soldiers were once slaves while slavery was legal in the union during the civil war and were later promised freedom. Same thing with the confederacy except on a independent level.
“If you ride with me you will be free.” -Nathan Bedford Forrest to black slaves. 20% of his cavalry was black.