A Secret Civil War Plot to Blow Up Richmond is Uncovered

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  • Опубликовано: 5 фев 2025
  • In 1864, a secret plan to blow up Richmond, Virginia was foiled. But how do you even blow up an entire city? A Civil War expert teamed up with a Hollywood props master to find out.
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Комментарии • 12

  • @saucejohnson9862
    @saucejohnson9862 6 лет назад +4

    How do you burn down a city? Well, when that city is made of 100% wood it's not that difficult.

  • @Xenochrist95
    @Xenochrist95 6 лет назад +2

    Has a bomb. Dumps paint thinner and lights with matches... What was the benefit of this demonstration? Removing blight I suppose lol.

  • @maryspears1737
    @maryspears1737 6 лет назад +4

    Some information, such as this, should be kept private.

    • @edyflak
      @edyflak 6 лет назад +1

      If someone wanted this information for malicious intent, they would find it easily elsewhere on the internet.

    • @ireviewmovies4fun
      @ireviewmovies4fun 6 лет назад

      This information wasn't even particularly useful, gasoline would work just as well and is the most commonly used accelerent

  • @TupinkJuanstink
    @TupinkJuanstink 6 лет назад

    Shows a "incendiary device" but only lights two bales of hay n old crack out bed with some turpentine.....? :/ ok. I was looking for ka-boom but oh well guess RUclips guidelines again )....: , lul

  • @maxio6571
    @maxio6571 6 лет назад +1

    Aren't you being a pain smithsonian??

  • @crazydougfam
    @crazydougfam 6 лет назад +2

    I hate how young they make that 13 yo look. My 13 yo son is 5’10 and though I don’t agree that boys should be conscripted, I see now how young boys could join the military especially if they look like my son does at 13, even if they aren’t as tall. I don’t doubt the boys who joined looked older than they are depicted here.

    • @Gravelgratious
      @Gravelgratious 6 лет назад +4

      There were drummer boys as old as nine on the field. They were boys. Nobody gave a shit back then. Different era different thinking. Dont put your modern views on it. This was a time where breathing made you eligible.

    • @Gravelgratious
      @Gravelgratious 6 лет назад +3

      Just to add there were no regulations regarding child labor at this time either. Many a child died in coal mines, whaling ships, naval works, and basic factory handworker jobs. All at minimal pay.They way we think of children is different from theirs.