Amazingly well crafted history; the back and forth between events in the secessionist South and Lincoln’s travel from Illinois to D.C. was expertly made. The pictures, the newspapers, the map details, just splendid. This could make for a historical TV show!
Jeffrey, the way you have presented this video, with the map and locations along with dates and subjects really helps to tie everything together. By using pictures and maps you have cleared up a lot of confusion. Thank you so much.
That was the moment that the Confederacy lost the Civil War. The moment that they issued a constitution that established slavery in perpetuity. Yes there were other issues such trade tariffs and Federalism versus States' rights to anull federal law and whether we are a democracy or a republic. But the tariffs issue becomes irrelevant after the war and the other issues weren't resolved fully because those who were more likely to be Anti-Federalist politically sided with Federalism against fellow Antifederalists because of slavery. And those states were the bread basket of the nation. A big deal is made of the fact that both Delaware and Maryland part of the Union but Maryland's state legislature tried to vote on secession and the governor sent in the militia to shut down the congress and arrested everyone there. Some of them spent the entire war in jail along with the mayor of Baltimore. They were way too close to Washington DC to be allowed to even think about secession and Delaware quickly got the hint and accepted the fact that they were not going to prevent abolition of slavery unless they could get the confederacy back in the union before that happened. Slavery was not in danger of abolition until the westward expansion that was barely begun in Minnesota and the Great Sioux Uprising was going on in Minnesota and the only reason that there wasn't enough federal troops to respond at first was the Civil War. So before they seceded, they could have continued to stonewall any legislation to make it a federal issue for the time being. The westward expansion was just beginning but a large influx of immigrants from Germany had just arrived and were part of the push west for their own farms through a federal program. They were fundamentalist Lutheran and would never have compromised on slavery. That is why the German immigrants that would have otherwise been antifederalist in their political leaning, became one of the biggest sources of recruits for union loyalty. Likewise for Kentucky etc. I realize that a large number of rank and file soldiers didn't own slaves but the political elite who were assembled to vote for the constitution for the Confederacy stated right here that they wanted to enshrine slavery in perpetuity. I realize that a lot of the rank and file were told that this was about federal over reaching on state sovereign authority, the state secession declaration from South Carolina (for example) basically blamed the federal government for not enforcing the Fugitive Slave Act on Free States like Illinois (for example), as one of the reasons for secession. The people who had been elected to vote and write why they were seceded said that they wanted the federal government to force the state of Illinois to enforce a federal law that the majority of the state of Illinois thought was wrong. They were only States' Rights when it inconvenienced them. Lincoln replied in his Inauguration speech where he stated that those states were slave states could remain as slave states and he would recognize the law in place regarding the Mason/Dixon line and he did not have the authority to overrule Congress regardless of his personal feelings. He then says in no uncertain terms that the states have no choice in whether or not they are going to collect the federal tariffs and actually assist in collecting them whether or not they liked them as the states did not have the authority to make a separate treaty with a foreign power and a tariff is a federal trade treaty. Only the Federal Government has the right to set Trade Policy. If they did not like the current tariffs then they should take that up with the Federal Legislature and change the law. They don't get any other options regarding tariffs. The Federal Legislature sets the law regarding the tariffs and not the individual states. Jefferson Davis even said that it was basically one of the most insulting responses he had ever read since Lincoln was telling them to be happy with the states that they already had and that he wouldn't try to change current law. He is still refusing to let us expand into more favorable areas of the country and whether he would enforce the Fugitive Slave Act. He then completely refused to compromise on the issue regarding tariffs. He completely refused to compromise regarding our rights as sovereign states. He didn't get it. The war was already lost and Lincoln and his Cabinet knew this. It was their overarching strategy. The Confederacy forgot that they need foreign supply of necessities like coffee and guns and all that they had to do was to take control of the Mississippi River and blockade the Confederacy from getting any supply from foreign countries and they will be unable to supply the Confederacy either in the field for the troops or on the plantations or in the cities like Charleston with a lot of stuff that seem like luxuries until you remember that the water needs to be boiled to make it safe for drinking and soldiers need to boil their water to cook their rations. And even the War Cabinet understood that coffee was a necessity and it was part of the rations. There is also an account of the official report filed for the battle of Antitem where Future president of the United States William McKinley is sited for heroism for risking his life as a Mess Sargeant to get coffee to the troops. It makes sense that the consumption of caffeine would artificially boost adrenaline and keep the troops willing to fight. The superior officer that sites him for his bravery is future president Hayes. And you can slowly start to see how much of a necessity coffee is when you start to read the various journals etc of the frontline soldiers and see the steady decline in morale between the Confederacy and Federal soldiers and see what a difference real coffee makes. Lincoln only had one concern and that was that public opinion might turn against a war if it went on too long and that the Confederacy might convince countries such as France or Britain to recognize them as a legitimate country if they could avoid a decisive defeat of their forces and convince Britain to supply them with weapons and gunpowder etc. As long as they can't get any foreign aid then they could win by attrition and they could just get a general who could just maintain the pressure on the Confederate army and not let them rest or resupply. They knew that the Union could keep up a greater supply of soldiers and the rations to keep them in the field as long as they could blockade the ports. The Confederacy didn't understand that while they seem to have seen slavery as an economic or property issue, the abolitionist movement saw it as a moral issue that they could not compromise on. The states that Lincoln needed to feed the army were heavily abolitionist in some form even if they would have otherwise supported a weaker Federal government.
100%. The more I learn about the Civil War, there more simple it becomes. The breaking point was slavery. There are so many parts of the country that would be anti-federalist, but they wouldn't support slavery. And slavery only benefitted the elite of the South. The Civil War actually led to more federalism.
Even they called themselves rebels, why are you ashamed of this accurate description? They stole weapons and munitions from the federal government and marched troops into neighboring states in order to conquer them; if this isn’t open rebellion then nothing is.
Capturing United States property, declaring the US Constitution null and void, firing cannons on United States supply ships that are trying to provision US troops, organized plots against the president... sounds like rebellion to me. I don't know what else to call it.
It wasn't a civil war. It was a rebellion. A civil war would have meant two or more sides competing for control of the nation. This was not the case. The War of the Rebellion, popularly used at the time but has since fallen out of favor, more accurately describes the conflict. The Slaveholder's Rebellion is also more accurate. Great work Jeffery! Can't wait for the vid on March 1861. Also would love a video on the Wilderness or the Overland campaign. @@JeffreytheLibrarian
Brother it's 2024. If a state were to "secede" today, it would not be viewed as such, it would be viewed as treason and rebellion. The same was true in 1861. The fundamental interpretation of the constitution has not changed and secession is in fact rebellion unless a constitutional ammendment were to be passed legalizing seccesion, which one wasn't, hence rebellion.
Amazingly well crafted history; the back and forth between events in the secessionist South and Lincoln’s travel from Illinois to D.C. was expertly made. The pictures, the newspapers, the map details, just splendid. This could make for a historical TV show!
Thank you!
Jeffrey, the way you have presented this video, with the map and locations along with dates and subjects really helps to tie everything together. By using pictures and maps you have cleared up a lot of confusion. Thank you so much.
Thank you!
Great video! Thank you
Thanks for watching!
Another excellent offering, Jeffrey. Thank you!!
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Thank you for this video. You put the timing of events together to give us the context we need. This is something lacking in historical videos.
I need to see it chronologically and spatially to understand myself. Thanks for watching.
Always such high quality content, thank you for putting in the time!
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Compelling use of pictures, newspaper clippings, maps and other visuals to tell the story
Great job!
Thanks!
Looking forward to the next one!
Thank you! Its on the horizon.
Thanks .. that is an interesting account of the history of the United States.
I appreciate it!
Please make more videos
Thank you! More coming. I know it takes a while to get them out. They just take a lot of research and fact checking.
@@JeffreytheLibrarian thank you for your hard work. Great content, I’ve watched all your videos many times over
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Make a new comment with your questions, and I should see it on my end.
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That was the moment that the Confederacy lost the Civil War. The moment that they issued a constitution that established slavery in perpetuity. Yes there were other issues such trade tariffs and Federalism versus States' rights to anull federal law and whether we are a democracy or a republic. But the tariffs issue becomes irrelevant after the war and the other issues weren't resolved fully because those who were more likely to be Anti-Federalist politically sided with Federalism against fellow Antifederalists because of slavery. And those states were the bread basket of the nation. A big deal is made of the fact that both Delaware and Maryland part of the Union but Maryland's state legislature tried to vote on secession and the governor sent in the militia to shut down the congress and arrested everyone there. Some of them spent the entire war in jail along with the mayor of Baltimore. They were way too close to Washington DC to be allowed to even think about secession and Delaware quickly got the hint and accepted the fact that they were not going to prevent abolition of slavery unless they could get the confederacy back in the union before that happened. Slavery was not in danger of abolition until the westward expansion that was barely begun in Minnesota and the Great Sioux Uprising was going on in Minnesota and the only reason that there wasn't enough federal troops to respond at first was the Civil War. So before they seceded, they could have continued to stonewall any legislation to make it a federal issue for the time being. The westward expansion was just beginning but a large influx of immigrants from Germany had just arrived and were part of the push west for their own farms through a federal program. They were fundamentalist Lutheran and would never have compromised on slavery. That is why the German immigrants that would have otherwise been antifederalist in their political leaning, became one of the biggest sources of recruits for union loyalty. Likewise for Kentucky etc. I realize that a large number of rank and file soldiers didn't own slaves but the political elite who were assembled to vote for the constitution for the Confederacy stated right here that they wanted to enshrine slavery in perpetuity. I realize that a lot of the rank and file were told that this was about federal over reaching on state sovereign authority, the state secession declaration from South Carolina (for example) basically blamed the federal government for not enforcing the Fugitive Slave Act on Free States like Illinois (for example), as one of the reasons for secession. The people who had been elected to vote and write why they were seceded said that they wanted the federal government to force the state of Illinois to enforce a federal law that the majority of the state of Illinois thought was wrong. They were only States' Rights when it inconvenienced them. Lincoln replied in his Inauguration speech where he stated that those states were slave states could remain as slave states and he would recognize the law in place regarding the Mason/Dixon line and he did not have the authority to overrule Congress regardless of his personal feelings. He then says in no uncertain terms that the states have no choice in whether or not they are going to collect the federal tariffs and actually assist in collecting them whether or not they liked them as the states did not have the authority to make a separate treaty with a foreign power and a tariff is a federal trade treaty. Only the Federal Government has the right to set Trade Policy. If they did not like the current tariffs then they should take that up with the Federal Legislature and change the law. They don't get any other options regarding tariffs. The Federal Legislature sets the law regarding the tariffs and not the individual states. Jefferson Davis even said that it was basically one of the most insulting responses he had ever read since Lincoln was telling them to be happy with the states that they already had and that he wouldn't try to change current law. He is still refusing to let us expand into more favorable areas of the country and whether he would enforce the Fugitive Slave Act. He then completely refused to compromise on the issue regarding tariffs. He completely refused to compromise regarding our rights as sovereign states. He didn't get it. The war was already lost and Lincoln and his Cabinet knew this. It was their overarching strategy. The Confederacy forgot that they need foreign supply of necessities like coffee and guns and all that they had to do was to take control of the Mississippi River and blockade the Confederacy from getting any supply from foreign countries and they will be unable to supply the Confederacy either in the field for the troops or on the plantations or in the cities like Charleston with a lot of stuff that seem like luxuries until you remember that the water needs to be boiled to make it safe for drinking and soldiers need to boil their water to cook their rations. And even the War Cabinet understood that coffee was a necessity and it was part of the rations. There is also an account of the official report filed for the battle of Antitem where Future president of the United States William McKinley is sited for heroism for risking his life as a Mess Sargeant to get coffee to the troops. It makes sense that the consumption of caffeine would artificially boost adrenaline and keep the troops willing to fight. The superior officer that sites him for his bravery is future president Hayes. And you can slowly start to see how much of a necessity coffee is when you start to read the various journals etc of the frontline soldiers and see the steady decline in morale between the Confederacy and Federal soldiers and see what a difference real coffee makes. Lincoln only had one concern and that was that public opinion might turn against a war if it went on too long and that the Confederacy might convince countries such as France or Britain to recognize them as a legitimate country if they could avoid a decisive defeat of their forces and convince Britain to supply them with weapons and gunpowder etc. As long as they can't get any foreign aid then they could win by attrition and they could just get a general who could just maintain the pressure on the Confederate army and not let them rest or resupply. They knew that the Union could keep up a greater supply of soldiers and the rations to keep them in the field as long as they could blockade the ports. The Confederacy didn't understand that while they seem to have seen slavery as an economic or property issue, the abolitionist movement saw it as a moral issue that they could not compromise on. The states that Lincoln needed to feed the army were heavily abolitionist in some form even if they would have otherwise supported a weaker Federal government.
100%. The more I learn about the Civil War, there more simple it becomes. The breaking point was slavery. There are so many parts of the country that would be anti-federalist, but they wouldn't support slavery. And slavery only benefitted the elite of the South. The Civil War actually led to more federalism.
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No seven States were not in rebellion. Seven States had seceded, left the united states.
Even they called themselves rebels, why are you ashamed of this accurate description? They stole weapons and munitions from the federal government and marched troops into neighboring states in order to conquer them; if this isn’t open rebellion then nothing is.
Capturing United States property, declaring the US Constitution null and void, firing cannons on United States supply ships that are trying to provision US troops, organized plots against the president... sounds like rebellion to me. I don't know what else to call it.
It wasn't a civil war. It was a rebellion. A civil war would have meant two or more sides competing for control of the nation. This was not the case. The War of the Rebellion, popularly used at the time but has since fallen out of favor, more accurately describes the conflict. The Slaveholder's Rebellion is also more accurate.
Great work Jeffery! Can't wait for the vid on March 1861. Also would love a video on the Wilderness or the Overland campaign. @@JeffreytheLibrarian
Brother it's 2024. If a state were to "secede" today, it would not be viewed as such, it would be viewed as treason and rebellion. The same was true in 1861. The fundamental interpretation of the constitution has not changed and secession is in fact rebellion unless a constitutional ammendment were to be passed legalizing seccesion, which one wasn't, hence rebellion.
Oh ffs there is always at least one guy still white knuckling it in the comment section