I just stumbled upon this and I Already watch all of them, these videos are awsome. I cant wait for more. Im from Missouri near St.louis, What a history this state has . Thank you.
There’s a fine line between being brave by leading from the front, and being foolish by failing to delegate tasks. Generals have no business personally doing reconnaissance, and to order your detail back for fear of _their_ safety is just reckless. Jackson died the same way.
6:40 - 6:43 Weird audio bit. Sounds like another voiceover layer on top of the actual one. Otherwise, excellent video. Weird how you've gotten no press for these yet by any other big history tuber.
Great video.. As always for the South in the West, something silly happens, bad luck. If those two Generals were not killed, Union would have lost this battle.
I think you are assuming too much. Van Dorn had his army run ragged even before the battle, and too far from their supply train for it to be of any use. (I mean they actually couldn't find their supply train at one point). Curtis was also an excellent defensive General and excellent administrator. He was the only commander to ever figure out how to use Sigel (relegate him to managing artillery, something he was actually good at). McCulloch was largely untested. Wilson's Creek was a typical early war farce of a "battle" where confusion and chaos reigned, and the Union Army was outnumbered and only withdrew after running out of ammunition. All this is to say we actually don't know how he would've faired if he gad lived. (I mean we know he was prone to impulsivity, which is what got him killed). His subordinate who was killed was even more untested, so no way to know. The rest of the war would show that Price was...well, mediocre at best.
Luck is made. Those two generals were killed because they were far too close to the front than they should have been. Doing solo reconnaissance as a GENERAL and leading your men from the front out of a wood into unknown enemy numbers is literally asking to be shot, and the Union obliged.
An excellent description of a much misunderstood battle. Enjoyed it thoroughly
Best presentation of the Pea Ridge battle that I've seen. Thanks to you for your hard work.
Very well done!
I just stumbled upon this and I Already watch all of them, these videos are awsome. I cant wait for more. Im from Missouri near St.louis, What a history this state has . Thank you.
Thanks a lot for your sincere comments. We greatly appreciate it!
This video was really well done! I can't imagine how much effort and time it took to make this. Definitely deserves way more views.
This is absolutely fantastic! 👏 Great work as always 💯
Excellent Overview Team!
Lovely stuff!
There’s a fine line between being brave by leading from the front, and being foolish by failing to delegate tasks. Generals have no business personally doing reconnaissance, and to order your detail back for fear of _their_ safety is just reckless. Jackson died the same way.
Good stuff man! I love this period in history. And if you ever need a guy to handle voice work for you! ;)
Will you continue
We are working on several at the moment.
6:40 - 6:43 Weird audio bit. Sounds like another voiceover layer on top of the actual one.
Otherwise, excellent video. Weird how you've gotten no press for these yet by any other big history tuber.
Weird audio bit detected. Damn. Thank you for your comment!
It's good, history good, audio spot before Van Dorn's blunders skips and over swiftly. Don't stop making videos first rate, thx for taking the time.
Great video.. As always for the South in the West, something silly happens, bad luck. If those two Generals were not killed, Union would have lost this battle.
I think you are assuming too much. Van Dorn had his army run ragged even before the battle, and too far from their supply train for it to be of any use. (I mean they actually couldn't find their supply train at one point). Curtis was also an excellent defensive General and excellent administrator. He was the only commander to ever figure out how to use Sigel (relegate him to managing artillery, something he was actually good at).
McCulloch was largely untested. Wilson's Creek was a typical early war farce of a "battle" where confusion and chaos reigned, and the Union Army was outnumbered and only withdrew after running out of ammunition. All this is to say we actually don't know how he would've faired if he gad lived. (I mean we know he was prone to impulsivity, which is what got him killed). His subordinate who was killed was even more untested, so no way to know.
The rest of the war would show that Price was...well, mediocre at best.
Luck is made. Those two generals were killed because they were far too close to the front than they should have been. Doing solo reconnaissance as a GENERAL and leading your men from the front out of a wood into unknown enemy numbers is literally asking to be shot, and the Union obliged.
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i love history about my beautiful state