RETREAT FROM GETTYSBURG
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- Опубликовано: 6 сен 2024
- Based on Kent Masterson Brown's award winning 2005 book, "Retreat From Gettysburg: Lee, Logistics, and the Pennsylvania Campaign," this documentary about a critical moment in the American Civil War takes the viewer on the very roads used by Lee's Army and its immense wagon trains, as well as the key sites along those roads, where Lee established defenses that delayed or defeated advances by General Meade's Union forces.
Recipient of a 2009 Silver Telly Award.
The logistics of an army in the field has always fascinated me and this is an excellent example of how complex and difficult it was just moving men, equipment and supplies.
Totally. A lot more complicated than a game of chess that's for sure.
do you know if there is a video game which strongly features logistics ? civil war, or any other?
“An army marches on it’s stomach.” Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of the French
This is the most FACTUAL video about the Civil War, that I have had the honor to view. Thank you for the explicit narrating. Every American High School child should be Required to watch this video.
I had Family, on both sides at Gettysburg.
May we Never do this ever again in the USA Constitutional REPUBLIC! Amen?
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Hopefully never again. Amen
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This is the part of history thats never talked about. Excellent presentation !!!
Agree completely. Those Tarheel boys
Can’t believe I’m just now finding this. This is a great documentary!
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They have a lot of great documentaries. Been a while back but if I remember right they used to have a documentary they would sometimes show about the battle of blue licks and I think one about Mill Springs
For all who enjoy this film, based on Mr. Brown's book on Lee's retreat from Gettysburg, please note that the companion volume, a command study of General George Gordon Meade at Gettysburg, will be published in spring of 2021!!
I drive the roads described from Williamsport - Hagerstown - Gettysburg, all the time. I had no idea of the extent of the fighting and maneuvering that took place there. I guess things are overshadowed by Antietam's proximity. I met Mr. Brown when he came to Winchester and gave a talk at the Old Courthouse Civil War Museum. He was a true gentleman and engaging speaker. These films are excellent!
This Documentary is a Gem. I've been obsessed with the Civil War my entire life. 40 Years now. Clear and Concise, I've watched this 5 or 6 times already. Reminds you that the War was far from over and that the killing never stops. These Armies faced logistical nightmare's and I can barely wrap my mind around the fact that they pulled these movements off. Wagon trains that are 20 or 30 miles long end to end moving terribly wounded men in agony with horses dropping dead left and right. I could only imagine what a Turnpike looked like one or two hours after a convoy ran through. Smells and sights....... I wish I could find something like this in regards to the March towards Gettysburg.
Thanks for watching! Glad you can appreciate it! As regards the march toward Gettysburg, you will want to get your hands on a copy of Kent Masterson Brown's book coming from UNC Press in Spring 2021, entitled, "Meade at Gettysburg:A Study in Command." It recounts with great detail the advance into Pennsylvania as well as the operations after the battle. Mr. Brown's book, "Retreat from Gettysburg: Lee, Logistics, and the Pennsylvania Campaign," formed the basis of the film and can be obtained on Amazon. It contains tremendous detail we can tell you would enjoy concerning Lee's retreat back to Virginia. Please consider giving a tax-deductible donation in any amount at www.witnessinghistory.org/donate/
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Facts are that 90% of the Union Army consisted of Farmers from the Northern States.
And by 1863, little to NO crops, of FOOD had been grown in over
2 years and well into the 3rd year.
The USA, at that time, was mostly an Agriarian Society.
And the Union Army had destroyed the Southern Farm and their Crops of Food in the South.
The Reason that Robert E. Lee lead the Army of Northern Virginia out of the SOUTH, at this time (Late June into July) is: because it is the time of year, in the USA that the earliest Food crops began to produce and are Harvested. Lee wanted the Virginia, Tennessee and North Carolina Farmers to harvest what Food that they could at home.
What is Never told about the Civil War is after 1862 into 1863 STARVATION in the USA engulfed the ENTIRE USA.
Abraham Lincoln could NOT even Feed his own Army. That riots and fighting for Food broke out all over the USA. Until Abraham Lincoln had ordered his Union Army to start looting the Citizen Farms all over the Northern States, just as they had been doing in the South.
Many of the Union Soldiers left the Union Army, for this reason and they would NOT raid and loot their own neighborhoods.
They Protested..
@@DA-bp8lf Some people believe that Lee had suffered a heart attack on June 28th 1863, going from Maryland into Pennsylvania.. And they also say that
Lee was suffering with chronic dysentery
And the out door temperature they also tell had been in the high 90 degrees, for 6 weeks, with no rain.
I’ve often thought Lees retreat from Gettysburg was one of the most Masterful military
Operations in American history!
And you would be absolutely right. For the most in-depth written treatments on both Lee's retreat and Meade's pursuit, check out Kent Masterson Brown's books, "Retreat from Gettysburg: Lee, Logistics, and the Pennsylvania Campaign," and "Meade at Gettysburg: A Study in Command."amzn.to/3dB55eT
Meade was right not to pursue. After Lee crossed the Potomac and dug in, forget it. Meade would have suffered another Fredericksburg!
That right after great stupidity.
Especially since Meade refused to attack. Had he done so, the war would have ended then and there.
@@patrickdunham1878 So true.
I am here today, (July 2024), because my great-great-great grandfather, Thomas Maloney, survived Gettysburg. I saw a photograph of him riding in the back of a car in a veterans' parade.
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I can't get enough of these documentaries.
Lee was a master of movement.
He had a network to help him.
Meade still catches flak for not pursuing Lee more aggressively.
He knew Lee had thought of putting up defensive screens.
And Once again Custer shows up in yet another battle. This man was all over the place. He wasn't even supposed to be in East Cavalry field. But he was.
Thanks for watching and commenting! For more information, you can read Kent Masterson Brown's books, "Retreat from Gettysburg: Lee, Logistics, and the Pennsylvania Campaign," and "Meade at Gettysburg: A Study in Command."
@witnessinghistoryeducation5885 I have read that book and J. David Petruzzis book. He led a few of us on a search for the Fairfield Rd. Retreat.
We ended up on a golf course or something. Right where Lee had retreated across Falling waters
It was a miracle in so many ways.
Much like his grandfather during the Revolution. He built back up defenses across the river in The palisades area.
The army under Washington moved from the defensive position at the top of Manhattan. It was going to be a war of movement and attrition.
You have to watch this six or seven times. Like the battle itself, Kent doesn't stop forcing the march on the narrative. Still brilliant of course.
I have watched this many times. Can never get enough. Well done.
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Masterful...Lee fought with such less resources yet came within a whisker of causing the Feds to sue for peace. When I was a young man I thought Grant and Sherman were heroes but the older I have gotten and watched what America has become I am more and more in agreement with the south's and Lee's position.
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Outstanding documentary. I've been to Gettysburg many times. This part of the campaign is largely overlooked. An incredible operation. The determination and grit of the men of both armies are beyond admirable. The contributions of the horses during campaign can't be understated. Again, very well done and thank you for a fine piece of work.
Thank you! For more information on the incredible war horses of the Civil War, watch Witnessing History's "Unsung Hero: The Horse in the Civil War."
Between 1-2 million horses and mules died in the civil war. The average life of the horses on the battle field was 7 months
This book by Ken has after my beginning the study in 1955 has been placed into my Top 25 Civil War books including Bruce Catton, Shelby Foote, Edwin Bearss, James McPherson, American Heritage Photograpib and Pictorial History with Bruce Catton, Edwin Bearss's Vicksburg Campaign series including Confederate Victoria at Vicksburg his trilogy, the National Geographic Vicksburg and Gettysburg, many volumes of Longstreet's staff officers the best privately for family edited and released by Gary Gallagher.
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Absolutely 1 of the few masterfully written, accurately detailed, and presented works on the Civil War. Having studied all histories since 1965, this literally brings it to life it's so superbly done.
It's a shame that Meade's memory was maligned so badly especially during the war. Meade was being prudent but he did vigorously pursue Lee. Caution isn't timidity.
Mr. Brown has just finished a command study of General George Gordon Meade at Gettysburg, due for publication in spring 2021. You will enjoy it. It is a companion volume to Mr. Brown's book, "Retreat from Gettysburg: Lee, Logistics, and the Pennsylvania Campaign," the basis for this film.
Custer beat Lee back to the Potomac but Meade had no desire to fight Lee again! Meade did extremely well for the battle but Grant would have finished the war then and there.....
I agree ☝️ it was very wise of General Meade, he deserves better.
I find it helpful and more engaging looking at Google maps with the terrain feature while watching video. I get a much better sense of the distances and understanding of the terrain they had to move around.
Thanks for watching and commenting! It's not just toy soldiers on a chessboard, is it, when one considers the terrain.
Wow love this documentary! Never really heard or read about his retreat
You might enjoy "Retreat from Gettysburg: Lee, Logistics, and the Pennsylvania Campaign," by Kent Masterson Brown, the book on which the documentary is based. Thanks for watching and commenting!
@@witnessinghistoryeducation5885 I have told many of my friends that enjoy civil war documentaries they feel your work here is amazing as well. I will check out the book you mentioned. Thanks again for making this
Many laudatory comments on the quality and content of this documentary excellence. But god, the impossible, unjustifiable consequence, the suffering and loss of war, on an inhuman scale, only to be repeated through centuries to come...When will we ever learn.
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God Bless these efforts. I fought at Gettysburg. I was the third Confederate over the angle on the third day. They made a poster of us jumping the stone wall in 1992.
I fought in the hand to hand combat as we tried to seize the cannon and turn them on the Yanks. I was stabbed. I was clubbed. I twisted and turned and joined the retreat.
I bled. I lived to return to my Virginia. I watched my brother fall. We were fighting for our rats.
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I'm from Sweden but I've been fascinated by the American civil war since I was a young boy, I watched North and South with Patrick Swayze on Tv and since then I've been stuck.
Amazing film/documentary. Please make more of these, absolutly briliiant.
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I love how the states the units engaged were from, is stated in this documentary. To many Civil War documentary's mention only Union or Confederate, living in North Carolina, I learned of the enormous sacrifice that North Carolinians gave during the war. All of the states suffered, they should always be remembered for what they did, and not lumped together as just Northern or Southern.
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@@witnessinghistoryeducation5885 Just bought the book as well can't wait to read it.
@@kileyjade420 Enjoy!
Wow! This is done incredibly well. I need more documentaries like this in my life.
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This is amazing and incredibly complex. Living and growing up in this area there is very little that i have seen about this with this level of detail. THank you
Thanks for watching and commenting! You can learn more about Lee's retreat from Gettysburg in two books, "Retreat from Gettysburg: Lee, Logistics and the Pennsylvania Campaign," and "Meade at Gettysburg: A Study in Command," both authored by Kent Masterson Brown.
Thank you for these great documentaries. I started with Daniel Boone and find my thirst for American History that I had as a kid , rekindled by such inspiring work. I have family in Civil War history and believe it’s sacred .
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I too have ancestors who fought in this War. I can't abide for someone whose ancestors weren't even in America in that era to badmouth our ancestors actions.
Sure they have freedom of speech, but judging someone's opinions from that era, with the mindset of today is truly wrong.
This is a fantastic Documentary. If you are a Civil War Nut like myself looking for a fix of new information. This is really good. I'm so glad I came across this. Bless Everyone........ Preserve and Protect our History Please.
Thanks for watching! You might enjoy Mr. Brown's book, "Retreat from Gettysburg: Lee, Logistics, and the Pennsylvania Campaign," available everywhere. If you buy from Amazon, when you use the smile.amazon.com link to do so, you can select Witnessing History Education Foundation as the nonprofit to receive a tiny percentage of the purchase. Also look for the companion volume, a command study of General Meade at Gettysburg, coming in spring of 2021 from the University of North Carolina Press.
Best documetary i've seen on the subject.
Thank you. Mr. Brown based the film on his book, "Retreat from Gettysburg: Lee, Logistics, and the Pennsylvania Campaign," companion volume for his latest book, "Meade at Gettysburg:A Study in Command."
That was absolutely fantastic. Excellent detailed history lesson. Thank you!
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will continue to do so. Impressed with your work. True unrevised history. That is what we need. TY@@witnessinghistoryeducation5885
i have always said this the retreat from Gettysburg was lees greatest achievement of the war to get back across to Virginia allowed the war to continue another 22 months after such a defeat that was taken from the jaws of victory
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“……a defeat that was taken from the jaws of victory.”
How aptly stated and beautifully worded.
@@cessna101 thanks i am an irish man and a historion of the that period a facinating period in american history how brother versus brother could be so vicious alas but that is how civil wars are more personal which we know are not like any other war because emotions are involved take general thomas a virginian his family turned his photos face to the wall when he went with the north and they never spoke to him again a great man and good tactition
Another great educational documentary from Kent Masterson Brown.War is always terrible but this war was awful because sometimes brother against brother.I have a letter my paternal great grandfather wrote home dated november 1863. In the letter he writes about seeing a confederate spy being hung.He said it was a hard site.I read in his obituary that he was a teamster and at some point he contracted a disease that caused his death in 1908.He declined going to the hospital but wanted to stay with his friends.I always thought that probably saved his life at that time.My brother did some research and found out from the outfit he was in ( company "D" 66th Indiana volunteers) commanded by a General Dodge that they ended up going with Shermans march to the sea. The letter was written from their camp near Polanski,Tenn.
Wonderful that you have this recollection written by your great grandfather. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for sharing this interesting and informative documentary, having been involved with moving small to medium sized military units and formations in peacetime I can appreciate how difficult and extraordinarily well executed Lee’s plan was, he seemed to have thought of everything, and quickly as well, probably one of the best fighting retreats ever. 😀👍🇬🇧🏴
Thanks for watching. Lee was an incredible military genius. You might enjoy reading Mr. Brown's book, "Retreat from Gettysburg: Lee, Logistics, and the Pennsylvania Campaign." He has just finished writing the companion volume, a command study on General George Gordon Meade at Gettysburg.
This is one of most epic military movements in all of history.
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The retreat from Gettysburg refers to the movement of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia led by General Robert E. Lee following the Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War. The Battle of Gettysburg, fought from July 1 to 3, 1863, was a significant turning point in the war and marked a decisive Union victory.
After three days of intense fighting and heavy casualties, General Lee's Confederate forces were defeated by General George G. Meade's Union Army. Lee faced the difficult decision of retreating his army back to Virginia. The retreat from Gettysburg took place from July 4 to 14, 1863, as Lee's army withdrew from Pennsylvania and crossed the Potomac River.
During the retreat, both sides engaged in skirmishes and minor clashes, but no large-scale battles occurred. General Meade's pursuit of Lee was cautious, and he did not press the attack aggressively. The harsh weather, difficult terrain, and exhaustion also hampered both armies.
The retreat effectively ended the Gettysburg Campaign and resulted in the Confederate Army's return to Virginia. The Battle of Gettysburg and its aftermath were a significant setback for the Confederacy, and many historians view it as a turning point in the Civil War, as it marked the beginning of a gradual shift in momentum in favor of the Union.
The retreat from Gettysburg demonstrated the challenges and hardships faced by both armies during the war and highlighted the importance of logistics, terrain, and strategic decision-making in military campaigns.
Thanks for watching and commenting! A detailed analysis of the Gettysburg Campaign is found in Kent Masterson Brown's companion volumes, "Retreat from Gettysburg: Lee, Logistics, and the Pennsylvania Campaign," and "Meade at Gettysburg: A Study in Command"
One hell of a story! For the most part Lee's army returned to Richmond fully intact, along with 50,000+ head of cattle and sheep and other provisions. Lesser armies could never have done it.
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Very good program!!!
Extraordinarily well done, brilliant
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Amazing informative insights as to Lee's retreat. Never had heard such detail. Thankyou
Glad you enjoyed it
It's amazing for sure.
My great-great-grandfather George C. Powell, 20th NC, was in the first day's fighting. The 20th suffered 65% casualties---killed, wounded, captured---and the survivors were placed in reserve. On the third day, when Pickett's charge failed, Lee decided against sending his reserves in a second charge. As a result, George Powell survived and participated in the withdrawal presented here. He was at Appomattox, Virginia on April 9, 1865, when Lee surrendered. After being paroled, he began a long walk to his home in Columbus County, NC. A few years later he moved his family to Middleburg, Florida.
Great production.
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Incredible documentary.
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This was very well done, I enjoyed it!
I think I’ll follow up and buy the book.
Glad you liked it! You will probably also enjoy reading Mr. Brown's new book, a companion volume to "Lee's Retreat," entitled "Meade at Gettysburg: A Study in Command," available for pre-order on Amazon. www.amazon.com/Meade-Gettysburg-Study-Command-America/dp/1469661993/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1299GSIEK5T5E&dchild=1&keywords=meade+at+gettysburg+a+study+in+command&qid=1620573885&sprefix=Meade+at+Get%2Caps%2C163&sr=8-1
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Me too
I’m sure Lee wondered if he maybe should have accepted Lincoln’s offer to command the northern army but his two sons had already committed to the south so he was under pressure to go with the confederacy. Also a true Virginian. The agrarian south was doomed to lose
in the long run.
This guy sounds a bit like Jimmy Stewart, oddly enough.
"hello old Building and Loan!"
That was a brilliant retreat by Robert E. Lee.
I like how this doc describes the behind the scenes operations of the medical corp. You don’t hear much about how battlefield medicine was conducted during the civil war.
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Pure genius how Lee, and his army successfully retreated from Gettysburg, while being harassed the entire time.
Loved the vid. Pure class. Thanx
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Excellent production value
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This was great.
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Thank you. I never knew escape of Lee’s army from Gettysburg was as formidable as the three day battle. Where is the report of such battle and honor on both sides in our history?
You might enjoy reading Mr. Brown's book, "Lee, Logistics, and the Pennsylvania Campaign," published by the University of North Carolina Press. The companion volume, a command study of General Meade during the Gettysburg battle and Lee's retreat, is due out in Spring 2021.
I imagine the withdrawal from Antietam would have been equally complex.
@@Bernie8330 Thank you for commenting. The withdrawal after Antietam was different in that Lee's army was only three miles from the Potomac River when the retreat began. You are correct; all retreats of armies the size of Lee's are extraordinarily complex.
Thank you for the history of America. The saddest part, beside the deaths, is Americans fought Americans.
I find it a tragedy that people don't recognize that. They only see it as traitors this, traitors that.
@@acdragonrider Yes, the 'regular' Confederate soldier was doing what was asked (required) given their location and duties to their community. To do anything else could be fatal to he and/or family. Didn't matter if he knew about the slavery issue, as one had to do what was required of them. Oh, and so many of the Confederate soldier's offspring fought for the U.S.A. in WWI, WWII, the Vietnam War, the Korean War, the Gulf War . . . etcetera. Bless all Americans.
and if things don't change in this country, it seems increasingly likely that we will again.
Thanks for this video -- I have never heard of all the Retreat from Gettysburg-- this is really great!
You might enjoy reading Kent Masterson Brown's book, "Retreat from Gettysburg: Lee, Logistics, and the Pennsylvania Campaign," available on Amazon. Thanks for watching and commenting!
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I nave read that Lincoln was furious with Meade for pulling back to Washington instead of pursuing Lee’s army.
It's likely you have read that; politically, Lincoln desperately needed this victory, the FIRST for the Union Army in 21 months of war, where Army recruitment efforts in New York sparked riots. For new research that casts light on Meade's position at the end of the battle, read Kent Masterson Brown's "Meade at Gettysburg: A Study in Command," which puts the political take on Meade's victory in perspective, considering the shape the Union Army was in at the end of the battle. Thanks for watching and commenting!
This is the best documentary that I've ever seen,
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Excellent documentary- Bravo!
Many thanks! Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching and commenting! Have you read Kent Masterson Brown's two books on the Gettysburg campaign, "Retreat from Gettysburg: Lee, Logistics, and the Pennsylvania Campaign," (UNC Press, 2005) and "Meade at Gettysburg: A Study in Command" (UNC Press, 2021)? You might enjoy reading them!
Great doc sad to think that the war could have been over there if Meade had pressed the issue and attacked. What a gaff!
Thanks for watching and commenting! We respectfully disagree that Meade made a "gaff" during the pursuit of Lee. For more information on Meade's army's predicament, read "Meade at Gettysburg: A Study in Command" by Kent Masterson Brown.
This was an excellent presentation.
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They say! That when Lee left out of Gettysburg....
The silence was haunting.. for the screaming wounded men dying on the Battle Field..
But John Mosby was waiting for Lee on the South side of the Patomic.
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Unbelievable presentation
This video is great. I've been interested in the War of Northern Aggression since I was a child. I never saw anything about Lee's retreat from Gettysburg and just figured they just rode back to VA. I've watched this video at least half a dozen times. THANK YOU for producing this! It's very well done.
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Wow! This is a great vid!! Lee's retreat from Gettysburg is something I never studied...
Thanks for watching and commenting! You would likely enjoy reading Kent Masterson Brown's two books on the Gettysburg campaign. The book, "Retreat from Gettysburg" was the basis of the film; his most recent, "Meade at Gettysburg:A Study in Command" is a companion to that book.
To say that Lee had an army chasing him is a large overstatement. The union had lost a lot of men and a lot of officers and needed time before they would be ready to engage the rebels. They were not chasing the Confederate forces. Not immediately at least.
Read Mr. Brown's book, "Meade at Gettysburg: A Study in Command" for more information about the Union army's difficulties chasing Lee!
Between 1-2 million horses and mules died in the civil war. The average life expectancy of the horse on the battle field was 7 months
Lee was truly a great general
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This was fantastic! Great visuals as well as commentary. Thank you
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George Pickett was overcome with rage and confronted Lee. Lee told him he should see to his brigade. He famously said, " General Lee! I have no brigade!".
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Any general can win a battle, a great general win a retreat...
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It still amazes me how Lee's usual strategic judgement failed him thinking his Confederate army were superior to the Federal army under Meade.
Lee's belief in the hubris of the Confederate fighting ability was part of his undoing along with JEB Stuart's failure in providing battlefield intelligence of the Federal defensive positions.
You can call it hubris, but let's be honest: The Confederate Army had won every single encounter with the Union Army for the twenty-one months preceding Gettysburg. Moreover, Lee's army was running like a machine during the Pennsylvania campaign, foraging and supplying itself with enough subsistence to keep it running for nearly another two years. The Confederate Army was receiving MAIL during the Gettysburg campaign! The Union Army, not so much. With a fresh, newly-appointed leader in General Meade (appointed three days before the battle of Gettysburg), not to mention a supply line that General Jeb Stuart had significantly interrupted, the Union Army barely had enough food and shoes for both men and horses during that Campaign.. You need to read more on the topic; beginning with Mr. Brown's books on the Gettysburg Campaign is a good place to start. Retreat from Gettysburg: Lee, Logistics, and the Pennsylvania Campaign, and Meade at Gettysburg, A Study in Command, will both dispel the myths you are repeating here, concerning General Lee and General Stuart.
Wow well done, I had no idea of all of this! Thank you.
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The irony was that it was a lot harder getting "out" of Pennsylvania than it was getting in...
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Fantastic! Film needs to be remastered and the audio re-mixed and mastered. An amazing true story very well done. I always wanted to know what happened after the battle.
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History is full of tragic war wounds
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General Lee appears to have used Gen. George Washington's strategy at the Battle of Long Island. My 5th Great-grandfather, Capt. Edward Dimmick, was one of those forming a rear guard tasked with holding off greatly superior English forces while the rest of the Revolutionary Army evacuated across the East River under cover of darkness. They kept campfires burning through the night to give the impression that the entire army was still there. As more soldiers evacuated, the rear guard grew smaller and more vulnerable should the English realize what was afoot. Washington remained with the rear guard, having promised not to leave until all the rest of the army was safely evacuated. My grandfather was with Washington until the last moment, shortly after sunrise, when Washington and he stepped onto the last boat to leave the island.
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This is so well written.
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i had no idea the south could build and transport a huge bridge like that.
Great video that I use on my classroom along with A Teenager’s Guide to the Civil War: A History Book for Teens.
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I live in Waynesboro pa, there was a rumor that Gen. Lee watered his horse Traveler in the center of town. The army came threw town.
This video is so excellent, I’m on my 3rd viewing, 😊 I kinda wonder, how Mr Lincoln would’ve reacted to this information, knowing how he insulted General Meade, obviously needlessly . Have y’all done anything on The battle of Chickamauga?
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It should be noted that the union medical corps treated the wounded confederates as best they could. To mistreat a wounded enemy who could not defend himself was considered cowardly by most soldiers. The civil war was fought, in general, by a code of honor that sadly exists only in diminished form today.
158 years ago...time flies
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If Meade had made an aggressive movement late on July 3rd or early on July 4th before Lee, got his forces moving South. Another big Fight would have taken place that could have gone either way. Lee was severely damaged, but Meade's Union Army was also hit very hard and was in no condition to move immediately and challenge Lee's retreat. By refusing to Move and allowing Lee to get on down the road. Meade ensured the War would continue on. But by lashing out at the grievously wounded animal that was in pain and on the run, he made have averted his own disaster.
If you enjoyed this film, you would also enjoy reading Kent Masterson Brown's "Meade at Gettysburg: A Study in Command." Thanks for watching and commenting!
Lee's entire Army of Northern Virginia was 58 miles long counting the wounded train, hospital train, supply train, artillery trains, and Cavalry and Infantry men marching. This also includes the ambulatory wounded men not riding in suppy wagons and ambulances. 58 miles and a flooding Potomac River. How many of you Fool's realize that Eastern Ohio, Pennsylvania, Maryland and ports of later West Virginia and Virginia had suffered from droughts lasting much more than a year, the June and July temperatures of the entire campaign reached 100+° and therefore when it rained at Gettysburg the grounds were too hard to soak but the movement of so much wagonry turned crap roads to mud and the ford's across the Potomac River were flooded and the worst move that Lee did was failure to leave enough troops to protect his pontoon bridges. Only 200 men protected each and I believe that roughly 3,000 green troops marched out from Washington DC and destroyed the entry points of the bridges. Justice Scheibert a Prussian observer assisted with directions to fix the bridge as he was an engineer
This time Grant was an Army leader at Vicksburg so Halleck was not so good for this!
The retreat is far more interesting than the battle
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great documentary pard - going to save this one to mp3 to listen on my next wagon (car) ride *LIKED* and *SUBSCRIBED*
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Being an engineering majo my knowledge pf history is lacking,and O am very appreciative of the opportunity you gave me to expand it somewhat. If possible I do have a question why did Gen. Meade not send scouts to shadow The Confederates with runners linked to communicate? Was this not feasible? Also, why did Meade not give chase with his army.I have read that President Lincoln was very unhappy that he didn't, nut have never found an accurate account of Meade's reason. Ad I enjoy history anyone knowledgeable please comment.❤The speaker was very good he held my suspense for the entire video , but I suspect its several years old.
The newest research on what General Meade did to chase Lee after Gettysburg is found in Kent Masterson Brown's "Meade at Gettysburg: A Study in Command", published in 2021. That book will answer a lot of your questions!
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Great content and a fantastic delivery and voice by the narrator thereof.
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Some say it wasn't about slavery but about an economic struggle between North and South. Edmund Ruffin was a Mississippi plantation and slave owner and he was allowed to touch off the first cannon shot against Fort Sumter.
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very well done
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@@witnessinghistoryeducation5885 your welcome
Lee was that kind of leader after such a battle they went on following if it had been Longstreet hood or any of the others this might have finished it
This is a good even handed video, no side favored. I reckon the author& narrator being from Lexington,KY. helps in that case, seeing that Kaintuck was neutral at the start of the War. But then had men who fought for both sides, the Union having slightly more percentage wise than the Confederates.
Usually the only time a "Civil War" video is non biased is when a foreigner is the narrator.
But then again, if their "WOKE" watch out.
Thanks for watching and commenting! Kent Masterson Brown is a national expert on Lee's Retreat, as he has written a book by the same name.
Can we have only 2:14 imagined to what would of happened at Gettysburg if
Robert E. Lee had NOT had a heart attack and dysentery, on June 28, 1863, coming out of Maryland, into Pennsylvania: And Thomas Jackson had not died 6 weeks earlier at Chancellorville?
Robert E. Lee was successful to what he had planned for at Gettysburg. For.
Lee had wanted the Union Army out of the Shenandoah Valley . As the 1863 harvesting season of food crops were begining to wripen.
Robert E. Lee was spot on time.
Jackson would have taken the Round tops and the high ground by the second day, July 2, 1863.
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Bravo!
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Great info
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Nobody seems to realize the beating all soldiers, Union and Conferate, took just shooting this early big bore rifles. Add the heat, lack of sleep, food, and general exhaustion. Mead made the right decision.
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Well Lee’s retreat from Gettysburg can be debated from several different viewpoints.
First off Meade did not immediately pursue him, but waited several days before doing so.
And that arguably was one of the biggest mistakes of the war for the union.
Certainly it infuriated Lincoln, and was responsible for him making General Grant the Union army commander.
And since Lee was allowed to recross the Potomac river and get safely back to more friendly territory, it enabled the war to continue for several more years.
Thanks for watching and commenting! For more information about the state of Meade's army after the victory at Gettysburg, the first victory by that army in 21 months, you can read "Meade at Gettysburg: A Study in Command" by Kent Masterson Brown.
@@witnessinghistoryeducation5885 I am well aware that Meade and his army were themselves in poor condition following the battle atGettysburg.
But other than his mental state Meade himself was not injured.
He had ample time to organize his troops, and at least attempt to put an end to Lees army within a week following Gettysburg.
There is no excuse for the fact that he didn’t, other than his leadership ability.
Thanks for commenting! Not going to argue with you here but research shows otherwise. It's fun being an armchair general!@@ernieforrest7218
First, it is a myth that there were shoes in Gettysburg..one group of Confederates who made it to York already raided anything worthwhile from Gettysburg. Lee's men were without shoes/boots during the Maryland Campaign in Maryland's sharp stony farm fields and roads. Lee tried to stay West of that stone problem in the fields which he should have set up a trap by fortification of all of the gaps. He should have faced them East to meet the Army of the Potomac and West to meet the several units plus militia who may have hit him in the rear of the Army of Northern Virginia. He should have moved more of the Army of the Shenandoah Valley to protect his several pontoon bridges. Lee did not want a battle but his subordinates foolishly started a main fight despite. This was due to the inability of Ewell to follow orders as he hesitated but if Lee states "if practible" that means take the hill which is "high ground" yet Lee's mistake was that AP Hill should have led this fight. It might have been done yet I doubt it. Yes Lee should have fallen back to the passes and fight a defensive battle which Longstreet thought he had achieved successfully to get his opinion of this campaign as a RAID across. It should have seized more than they did as they sent Quartermasters Corps and teamsters/slaves to seize every town, village on the maps especially the County Seats were the real estate and personal.
property tax books were centrally located. They could have even purchased machines for Confederate scrip and took South. Imagine photography equipment, printing presses, lathes and other shop equipment. Western Pennsylvania had OIL which was used for lubricants which the South replaced the shortage with hog fat. Attacking at Gettysburg was foolish since Longstreet had a spy who traveled in the North and his name was Harrison who on June 28 reported how close the Army of the Potomac was chasing Lee and that Meade had replaced Hooker.
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Coulda Shoulda Woulda's with a Dab of Hindsight Historian Cocktail. lol
@Rex Felton The only thing I'm getting out of all that is you've seen the movie. lol
Halleck's role is interesting. How many soldier had Halleck in Washington DC? I think the first cavalry attact would have been stronger if Halleck sent a divison infantry with artillery to help Mead's cavalry! Lee should have bigger measures to hold the Potomac's bridgehead. Halleck fantasic mistake was at Corinth in 1862 not to attact, but Grant got information through the railroad expert the train came empty to Corinth!
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John Mosby waited for Robert E. Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia South of the Patomic River, to be sure Lee could get back South of the Rive. And Mosby stayed between the Army of Northern Virginia and the Union Army.
Being a Southerner; I hated Lincoln, and the Yankees, but I educated myself, and I love Lincoln, and rejoice that the South didn't win the war.
If the South had won; America would be under the rule of the Catholic Church.
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Please explain the Catholic Church comment to me. I do not see a connection.
32:13 - "Kill Cavalry" (so called by his troopers for his general lack of concern for their safety) and Custer did not see eye to eye, or so it is told, and Sherman called the future governor of New Jersey, "a hell of a dammed fool." Sherman, however, judged him to be just the sort of cavalry commander to help make Georgia howl. He was.
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Excellent overview! thanks!
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