Stephen Young Thank you! At the time this was commissioned, I was working with the official U.S. Army War College publications, with approval by the subject experts at the museum in Virginia; I did my best to interpret their direction.
A Pyrrhic victory at best for CSA. They had a higher percentage of losses and lost Jackson.North lived to fight another day(Gettysburg) two months later. As Napoleon said at Borodino, "..,one more victory like this and I'm doomed". BTW Darrel please do more!
I wish. This was one of the last big projects I did for an exhibit company that was working on the visitor center at Chancellorsville. I started the project with some experience in interactive 3D from a number of years earlier, and ended up learning a lot (never enough) about Cinema4D. Had to buy a new computer to finish the rendering but it's 8 years old now and I haven't done any more 3D work! Thanks for the comment.
Thanks! From what I understand (not having gotten the opportunity to see the installation myself) there are other nearby exhibits that would have had conflicting sound issues. I learned a lot about Cinema 4D in a short period of time (most of my experience with it was from more than a decade ago, doing small, interactive 3D pieces inside Shockwave 3D) and I had to get a new Mac Pro to get the job done two weeks into the project, but I did have the advantage of a lot of old-schoo tabletop wargames in my background.
@@darrelplant How many frames did you need for this? It's extremely fluid, like tossing something on ice. I'm looking to become an animator, web developer, and a few things in between for freelance and possibly even a solid job.
@@j.franklin21 Thanks for the kind comments. The delivered final version of the map animation was done at 30fps. In 2014, it was my first major 3D project in a decade. I'd done a bit of interactive 3D work in the 2001-2004 era, but was never really able to break in further. Then this project (for an exhibit developer) came along, and I had to really ramp up my rusty (and outdated) skills but I haven't had any more major work along this line, sadly.
That was awesome! Finally a visual of the battle that an ordinary person can grasp. If schools had this available, high school history class would be alot more engaging!
Unfortunately, NONE of this (only white man guilt for slavery) is taught. Ask any kid in HS to name a Civil War battle and they will only reply : (and with a question) Gettysburg ??
1:54 This video finally helps me understand why Lee was so pissed (forget which General it was). He had Sedgwick bottled up at Salem Church, could have captured a whole entire corp, and they slipped away across the river.
Lee, the real butcher of the Civil War. His true talent was convincing farm boys to keep fighting when civilized soldiers would break. Casualties under Lee were ridiculous by the standards of the day. He also had Jackson here, who could convince his troops to perform ridiculously long and fast marches, and fight when they arrived, exhausted. (Which is probably why his troops eventually shot him.)
I used several tools. I used a digital US Geological Services contour map as the base, drawing shapes in Adobe Flash for the terrain color. I used Adobe Fireworks to digitize the line art, and to create elements for titles. Most of the work was done in Maxon Cinema 4D, a 3D animation program, where I made a mesh and used a bitmap to distort it to give the terrain relief, then map the artwork onto the mesh. Trees, buildings, explosions, and military units were created in Cinema 4D, along with the animations. Hope that's useful info.
Hey can we use your video for our school project? We find this video very useful to present the idea of the battle to our class. We will be giving you credit. So can we please?
+Sanjanaa A Credit should go to the Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park. The video is on display at their Chancellorsville visitor center.
Historians celebrate the audacity of Lee and Jackson in dividing the confederate force at Chancellorsville, but this video can't help but make me wonder what Hooker was thinking. Ernest Furguson says that the battleplan he explained to Lincoln was to maneuver and force Lee to fight on Hooker’s chosen terrain in a Napoleonic battle of annihilation south of the Rappahannock River. But why would he think Lee would fight such a battle on the enemy's terms unless he had no other option? Despite his observation balloons, battlefield telegraphs and cavalry forays, there also had to have been a total breakdown in intelligence about the dispositions of the confederate forces facing him. Once he established himself on Lee's flank in such a threatening position...why did he surrender the initiative on May 1, or at least not throw heavy counterpunches with his healthy advantage in troops to limit Lee's options on May 2. If Hooker was going to stand on the defensive like Meade did later at Gettysburg, why didn't he strengthen his positions (like Lee had Anderson do on the right flank as half his army marched off under Jackson to attack Hooker's flank) and position his several reserve corps in positions where they could support the front lines. And why was Sedgewick's force, who had a 4-1 manpower advantage over the troops in his front so poorly used. The fact that Hooker was stunned by the cannonball striking his HQ on May 3 is often given as an excuse....but he went passive well before that incident. Where was "Fighting" Joe Hooker on May 1 and 2...twiddling his thumbs and hoping that Lee would give him a Fredericksburg in reverse? Sounds harsh I know and others more knowledgeable can surely educate me on the challenges facing the General on May 1 and 2, but from the vantage of a 10,000 foot tall general provided by this video, I'm honestly stumped and am inclined to think this battle was lost for the Union in Hookers head before it even started in earnest.
Lee was enraged that his officers did not cross the Rappahannock River to pursue Hooker. Sure, the area between Fredericksburg and Alexandria would have made a nice buffer zone if the Union had accepted defeat, but until then, the Potomac River was the dividing line, and above that, the Mason-Dixon line.
The map is not accurate. The Union was not in piled up in Fredericksburg when the campaign began. They pushed units over the river slowly south of the city as the flanking movement took place. In addition, a division in Falmouth (just northeast of Fredericksburg) crossed over into the city and occupied it for a time after the battle was joined.
There are more than a few conflicts where this question can be asked of the victors and losers. Was Rommel in North Africa a genius? Was George Washington? After the New York Campaign in 1776 he rarely lost badly when he lost and when he won, won big.
This really helps understanding the various maneuvers, much more than just reading about them. Thanks.
Absolutely fantastic. The movements of each army could not have been more clear. This 2 minute video works wonderfully with Chancellorsville by Sears.
Stephen Young Thank you! At the time this was commissioned, I was working with the official U.S. Army War College publications, with approval by the subject experts at the museum in Virginia; I did my best to interpret their direction.
A Pyrrhic victory at best for CSA. They had a higher percentage of losses and lost Jackson.North lived to fight another day(Gettysburg) two months later. As Napoleon said at Borodino, "..,one more victory like this and I'm doomed". BTW Darrel please do more!
I wish. This was one of the last big projects I did for an exhibit company that was working on the visitor center at Chancellorsville. I started the project with some experience in interactive 3D from a number of years earlier, and ended up learning a lot (never enough) about Cinema4D. Had to buy a new computer to finish the rendering but it's 8 years old now and I haven't done any more 3D work! Thanks for the comment.
I thought it was Pyrrhus who said that after winning a battle against Romans
@@darrelplant its a shame you haven't done anymore of it. You definitely should it's great tbh.
@@Go-hard-or-go-home you a correct ;)
Great work Darrel, no sound, but crisp clear maps, all thats needed.
Art.
Thanks! From what I understand (not having gotten the opportunity to see the installation myself) there are other nearby exhibits that would have had conflicting sound issues. I learned a lot about Cinema 4D in a short period of time (most of my experience with it was from more than a decade ago, doing small, interactive 3D pieces inside Shockwave 3D) and I had to get a new Mac Pro to get the job done two weeks into the project, but I did have the advantage of a lot of old-schoo tabletop wargames in my background.
@@darrelplant
How many frames did you need for this? It's extremely fluid, like tossing something on ice.
I'm looking to become an animator, web developer, and a few things in between for freelance and possibly even a solid job.
@@j.franklin21 Thanks for the kind comments. The delivered final version of the map animation was done at 30fps. In 2014, it was my first major 3D project in a decade. I'd done a bit of interactive 3D work in the 2001-2004 era, but was never really able to break in further. Then this project (for an exhibit developer) came along, and I had to really ramp up my rusty (and outdated) skills but I haven't had any more major work along this line, sadly.
its amazing how Lee knew how to even the odds... very masterful !
That was awesome! Finally a visual of the battle that an ordinary person can grasp.
If schools had this available, high school history class would be alot more engaging!
Unfortunately, NONE of this (only white man guilt for slavery) is taught. Ask any kid in HS to name a Civil War battle and they will only reply : (and with a question) Gettysburg ??
I wish there was one of these for every engagement in the civil war
1:54 This video finally helps me understand why Lee was so pissed (forget which General it was). He had Sedgwick bottled up at Salem Church, could have captured a whole entire corp, and they slipped away across the river.
Great. Thanks. Recently visited the area. Having videos like these helps a lot.
Lee, the real butcher of the Civil War. His true talent was convincing farm boys to keep fighting when civilized soldiers would break. Casualties under Lee were ridiculous by the standards of the day. He also had Jackson here, who could convince his troops to perform ridiculously long and fast marches, and fight when they arrived, exhausted. (Which is probably why his troops eventually shot him.)
What program you using to make maps?
I used several tools. I used a digital US Geological Services contour map as the base, drawing shapes in Adobe Flash for the terrain color. I used Adobe Fireworks to digitize the line art, and to create elements for titles. Most of the work was done in Maxon Cinema 4D, a 3D animation program, where I made a mesh and used a bitmap to distort it to give the terrain relief, then map the artwork onto the mesh. Trees, buildings, explosions, and military units were created in Cinema 4D, along with the animations. Hope that's useful info.
Hey can we use your video for our school project? We find this video very useful to present the idea of the battle to our class. We will be giving you credit. So can we please?
+Sanjanaa A Credit should go to the Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park. The video is on display at their Chancellorsville visitor center.
+Darrel Plant Thank you very much. :D
Historians celebrate the audacity of Lee and Jackson in dividing the confederate force at Chancellorsville, but this video can't help but make me wonder what Hooker was thinking. Ernest Furguson says that the battleplan he explained to Lincoln was to maneuver and force Lee to fight on Hooker’s chosen terrain in a Napoleonic battle of annihilation south of the Rappahannock River. But why would he think Lee would fight such a battle on the enemy's terms unless he had no other option? Despite his observation balloons, battlefield telegraphs and cavalry forays, there also had to have been a total breakdown in intelligence about the dispositions of the confederate forces facing him. Once he established himself on Lee's flank in such a threatening position...why did he surrender the initiative on May 1, or at least not throw heavy counterpunches with his healthy advantage in troops to limit Lee's options on May 2. If Hooker was going to stand on the defensive like Meade did later at Gettysburg, why didn't he strengthen his positions (like Lee had Anderson do on the right flank as half his army marched off under Jackson to attack Hooker's flank) and position his several reserve corps in positions where they could support the front lines. And why was Sedgewick's force, who had a 4-1 manpower advantage over the troops in his front so poorly used. The fact that Hooker was stunned by the cannonball striking his HQ on May 3 is often given as an excuse....but he went passive well before that incident. Where was "Fighting" Joe Hooker on May 1 and 2...twiddling his thumbs and hoping that Lee would give him a Fredericksburg in reverse? Sounds harsh I know and others more knowledgeable can surely educate me on the challenges facing the General on May 1 and 2, but from the vantage of a 10,000 foot tall general provided by this video, I'm honestly stumped and am inclined to think this battle was lost for the Union in Hookers head before it even started in earnest.
Hooker said later, just lost confidence in Joe Hooker".
@@minnowpd The mystique of Lee won out in the day.
Lee was enraged that his officers did not cross the Rappahannock River to pursue Hooker. Sure, the area between Fredericksburg and Alexandria would have made a nice buffer zone if the Union had accepted defeat, but until then, the Potomac River was the dividing line, and above that, the Mason-Dixon line.
The map is not accurate. The Union was not in piled up in Fredericksburg when the campaign began. They pushed units over the river slowly south of the city as the flanking movement took place. In addition, a division in Falmouth (just northeast of Fredericksburg) crossed over into the city and occupied it for a time after the battle was joined.
Safe to say if the numbers were even in that war, the South would’ve had their own country.
A really awful performance by the Union command. The battle made Jackson an Icon.
Just shows that Jackson was a military genius or the Union generals were inept. If the South had the manpower, the war would have been over in 63.
There are more than a few conflicts where this question can be asked of the victors and losers. Was Rommel in North Africa a genius? Was George Washington? After the New York Campaign in 1776 he rarely lost badly when he lost and when he won, won big.
But for every victory in Virginia there was an equal defeat out west. More manpower? No, more factories, steel mills, and farms.
Genius? Religious fanatic and psychopath more likely.