To be honest, this battle was lost more than it was won. The union's consistency of not protecting their flanks came out again. And the impotence of command, particularly from Fremont, was also a major factor. Great video
@@ranica47 it was a great video. But that battle should have never happened. In the last video it showed how freemont, 1 day earlier, lead one of the worst attacks of the war up to that point, and maybe even beyond. Check it out
@@michaelmccabe3079 actually I did mean impotence, as in he was so afraid of failure that he couldn't give proper orders for the situation. Bottom line is at that point Union field command on average sucked to a point where too many people died for little to no gain
Love your videos. I live very close to this battlefield and the Battle of Cross Keys. It's fun to drive through these areas everyday and see how they moved and imagine what it looked like all those years ago.
Having attended Augusta Military Academy from 67-74, less than 5 miles from both Port Republic and Cross Keys, i had more than one occasion to appreciate those rolling bottomlands, in early June; imagining, like you, what those brave men endured. Outstanding presentation.
Huzzah for the Seven Days! Who's ready for Stonewall Jackson to go from leading one of the most brilliant campaigns of American military history straight into classic Civil War subordinate who frustrates his superior's plans?
You know you are doing a good effort when even before your newest clip is opened you are getting multiple thumbs up. I really enjoy this channel. Keep up the great work!
Well done! as a Civil war enthusiast I have been collecting Civil war soldiers for the last few years and this battle is quite interesting to maybe do a diorama of it...Now I just need the space to do it. Keep up the good work!
The whole battlefield looks almost exactly similar today as it did back then, there's a nice house where the Union battery was today. 38°18'4.51"N 78°45'56.36"W on google earth.
Taylor really took his time with that flanking maneuver, if they would’ve rushed into the wheatfield against the infantry I think the battle may have gone differently.
I live in the Valley and it's interesting to compare the 1862 campaign to the 1864 Shenandoah campaign. By 1864 the Confederates were out-manned and undersupplied. If you look at the Battle of Waynesboro, the last battle of the 1864 campaign, Gen. Early's infantry couldn't cover the whole line and got flanked by Gen. Custer's troops armed with Sharp's Repeaters, leading to a complete rout and almost all of the infantry captured. Gen. Early was heavily criticized for not setting up his defense a few miles away in the much more defensible Blue Ridge mountains but it seems he didn't want to give up the last of his supplies, stored in Waynesboro, yet didn't have sufficient horses and wagons to move them.
Damn, the Yankees are really starting to slow. Hopefully McClellan will capture Richmond soon and this infernal war will be over. I believe the Rebs are beat, unless they began a massive offensive and somehow drove them back into the James River, their chances are slim.
What do the red borders mean on some units? It looked like some of Fremont’s regiments in this episode had red borders. Likewise, what do blue Confederate regiments represent? I know some LA regts had blue uniforms up until 1862 so was wondering if it had anything to do with that?
I have a question. In 1861-1862. Did we have egos with the Union Officers? Example McClellan is an example. But these early losses especially in the east I see egos.
Besides Shields out right beating Jackson at Kernstown, Tyler, as a brigadier, was the second best at dealing with Jackson and almost beat him himself. Milory I would say came in third for out fighting Jackson at McDowell but he couldnt overcome the terrain or numbers disadvantage
@@WarhawkYT It wasn't Shield's victory at Kernstown though, that is Kimball's victory. Your own video states that. :P However Gibbon took on Jackson very well too, and his men earned their name at Jackson's expense. The Iron Brigade. Coming away victorious in their skirmish with the Stonewall Brigade...the elite of the rebels can't match the elite of the Union.
Fremont may have been the worst general in the entire war up until this point. Holy shit dude, do something. Jackson very fortunate to go up against him, and not some of the more capable generals of the Union army.
No, Fremont wasn't as useless as McClellan was. I'll stand by McClellan as one of the best generals the south had being as inept and cautious as he was. Only ever did one good thing, and that was sending support to Hancock. Hell, the victory at Antietam...he only achieved by luck, and the command of the subordinates.
Do you do your videos by campaigns or order of the battles? I’m really hoping to see some battles covered that are closer to home to me like Mansfield and Pleasant Hill in Louisiana or even some lesser known battles in the ArkLaTex/Red River Campaign
@@SarisTX damn, other than pea ridge and others in Arkansas that happened early 1862, red River campaign won’t begin until 1864. 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️ I live in East Texas and not much really happened in Texas that I’m aware of other than Sabine Pass and Palmetto Ranch
Body servant who served and fought with his master thus why he has a uniform and weapons which, while unusual, did happen. Emancipation didn't become a Union war goal until late 1862, and even then, the war was clearly one primarily of conquest and many blacks knew that they'd suffer as much as the whites if the Yankees came through.
This was one of your best videos- thank you! Its unfortunate today with Gender Politics and Political Correctness to Not recognize the heroic deeds and sacrifices of the 'Men of The South' as like the Northerners also believed in God, died for what they believed in and also displayed times of extreme bravery and sacrifice. I these I salute them- in re: the issue of slavery that is a whole other topic, but to hide and erase their history i.e. taking down their statues and un-writing their stories in school books is Total hypocracy!
Unfortunately, heroism and sacrifices in service of a terrible cause sours the taste. The Confederacy seceded for the cause of slavery, and once the war was over many of them joined paramilitaries that reestablished slavery all but in name. The Union veterans of the war unanimously opposed erecting statues since they glorified the treason and slavery, rather than to remind the southerners that their cause was not just.
@@michaelmccabe3079 I agree with you 'in part'- for everyone should HATE slavery, but this has Not been the record! The Jews who should be one people who naturally abhor slavery- yet 'some' were indeed the Biggest Slavers of all i.e. Rhode Is. Providence was once called- Jew Town as it was the second busiest port taking-in slaves- why because there was $money in it! NYC 1865 NYC race riots lynched Blacks they caught in the streets as people Did Not Want To Go IN The Draft to get killed for Blacks! (Obviously this was Not everyone!) And the Southern states were discriminately overtaxed well before the Civil War so altogether succeeding from the Union was in many ways quite similar to our reasons for our Rev. War against Britain and I am sure many Southerns saw this as equally legitimate!
Excellent video makes one wonder what could’ve happened has Jackson not been killed and has Jackson been placed at the head of the confederate forces instead of Roberty Lee
@@cal4837 you may be right we will never know but I can’t help but think that he was one of their best tacticians and being a charismatic leader he may have gotten more out of the soldiers
Yes. People who are cool and dependable often use psycheist slurs to refer to others in fits of normaltrash behavior 😂 Good thing the Stonewall functioned fine even without a commanding officer.
While i really enjoy your content, i am confused why you rely so heavily on propaganda/massivly fictionializing paintings to illustrate the subchapters. It often paints a very strange picture if you know a thing or to about the Civil War. General Jackson for example was known to be one of the worst dressed general in the war, the confederate soldiers were in the overwhelming majority very poorly uniformed. Yet your paintings are mostly heroising and heavily distorted potrayals of especially confederate forces. Some of those paintings are clearly "lost cause"-style distortion of history, e.g. by potraying crying afro-americans slave mourning their fallen owner or showing perfectly uniformed waves of grey-coloured soldiers attacking (probably no coincidence that a lot more paintings are showing confederate heroic attacks/defenses, because a lot more of those were painted as part of the whole "lost cause" issue). That leaves a bit of a sour aftertaste over the excellent historic coverage.
Im sorry you dont like the pictures we use, we only use pictures associated with the battle/campaign that we're working on. Given that this is Jackson's Valley Campaign where the Union lost 5 out of the 6 battles and it commanders were completely inept to deal with Jackson or work together, no wonder there are not many "pro-union" pictures to use. We try our best to be as neutral as possible for both sides but at the same time we are working with what we have. If you would like, we have a discord where you can contribute content towards upcoming videos. The ones we used in this video were the only pictures found that are representing port republic or the campaign itself.
To be honest, this battle was lost more than it was won. The union's consistency of not protecting their flanks came out again. And the impotence of command, particularly from Fremont, was also a major factor. Great video
You hit the nail Timothy, thanks!
If Fremont had arrived earlier and shelled the Rebel advance it would have turned the tide. Great video once again man!
@@ranica47 it was a great video. But that battle should have never happened. In the last video it showed how freemont, 1 day earlier, lead one of the worst attacks of the war up to that point, and maybe even beyond. Check it out
I think you mean "incompetence," not "impotence." Impotence would be if he was being micromanaged by higher-ups and had his hands tied.
@@michaelmccabe3079 actually I did mean impotence, as in he was so afraid of failure that he couldn't give proper orders for the situation. Bottom line is at that point Union field command on average sucked to a point where too many people died for little to no gain
Both sides really performed incredibly well in this battle. I loved watching every moment of this campaign. Well done!
Thanks Field Marshal!
The Union just loves leaving it's artillery unprotected.
EXCELLENT!! (and I apprec' the "arrows" and "circles" drawn at key moments of the battle - ideal for ol' men/fans, like me . . .). Thank you, folks!
Thank you R. Tee!
Love your videos. I live very close to this battlefield and the Battle of Cross Keys. It's fun to drive through these areas everyday and see how they moved and imagine what it looked like all those years ago.
Glad to hear that VA Hawkeye!
Having attended Augusta Military Academy from 67-74, less than 5 miles from both Port Republic and Cross Keys, i had more than one occasion to appreciate those rolling bottomlands, in early June; imagining, like you, what those brave men endured.
Outstanding presentation.
I really enjoy all of your videos. Especially since I am a civil war buff since I was a kid
Huzzah for the Seven Days! Who's ready for Stonewall Jackson to go from leading one of the most brilliant campaigns of American military history straight into classic Civil War subordinate who frustrates his superior's plans?
Who else but Jackson? Great strategist but poor tactician
@@WarhawkYT Didn't he also go into the Seven Days without any sleep whatsoever?
@@10Tabris01 yeah jackson was kinda of a snoozer on the battlefield
You know you are doing a good effort when even before your newest clip is opened you are getting multiple thumbs up. I really enjoy this channel. Keep up the great work!
Its always a good sign to see people liking the video even before its officially out! Thanks C Fox!
Yes Warhawk you've done it again congratulations keep up the good work
Thanks Gus!
Well done! as a Civil war enthusiast I have been collecting Civil war soldiers for the last few years and this battle is quite interesting to maybe do a diorama of it...Now I just need the space to do it. Keep up the good work!
these are some really really good videos. The graphics are outstanding. I can't wait for future campaigns!
Thanks William, so do I!
Hooray! Thomas Stonewall does it again!
Loving these videos @warhawk. Great stuff, looking forward to the future videos.
Glad to hear that Jason!
Again a wonderful video I enjoy your series very much and cannot wait to see what is going to happen in the seven days battles.
Thanks Wyoming! Im excited to work on the seven days too!
Hell of a good pick for a Jackson quote at 18:04.
The Battle of Mine Creek, Kansas would be a great video.
Well do it when it comes up in our calendar!
Now on to perhaps the most exciting battle of the entire Civil War...
The Naval Battle of Memphis
oh god no
The one from June 6th 1862?
"God has been our shield, and to His name be all the glory" -Stonewall Jackson
Awesome video!
Well done!
I hope we get to cover Rosecran's Tullahoma campaign.
They will, they are doing the civil war in chronological order
Your best video yet.
Thanks to hear that General Apathy!
The whole battlefield looks almost exactly similar today as it did back then, there's a nice house where the Union battery was today. 38°18'4.51"N 78°45'56.36"W on google earth.
The Seven Days Battles? Oh my…
Oh yes
@@WarhawkYT
McClellan: “Oh no…”
Thank you for the great content. Keep it up bro.
Thanks Brandon!
Thanks!
Thanks General Cromwell!
Taylor really took his time with that flanking maneuver, if they would’ve rushed into the wheatfield against the infantry I think the battle may have gone differently.
true true
Hey there.! Nice video as always ;)
Hey, thanks!
Nice
nice nice
The union could get reinforcements for every man loss, the south could not.
Every dead Confederate is a Union victory
@@WriteInAaronBushnell the war is over - embrace the tyranny
That is quite true, the south couldnt win the war with attrition alone
They could, if they weren’t too evil for their enslaved population to want to fight for them lol
I live in the Valley and it's interesting to compare the 1862 campaign to the 1864 Shenandoah campaign.
By 1864 the Confederates were out-manned and undersupplied. If you look at the Battle of Waynesboro, the last battle of the 1864 campaign, Gen. Early's infantry couldn't cover the whole line and got flanked by Gen. Custer's troops armed with Sharp's Repeaters, leading to a complete rout and almost all of the infantry captured. Gen. Early was heavily criticized for not setting up his defense a few miles away in the much more defensible Blue Ridge mountains but it seems he didn't want to give up the last of his supplies, stored in Waynesboro, yet didn't have sufficient horses and wagons to move them.
another great video
Thanks Micahistory!
Damn, the Yankees are really starting to slow. Hopefully McClellan will capture Richmond soon and this infernal war will be over. I believe the Rebs are beat, unless they began a massive offensive and somehow drove them back into the James River, their chances are slim.
Little Mac is going to win this war even with jackson in the valley
I can't help but admire your foreshadowing.
It's like a chess game with more options
quite so J T
One of your best videos to date... Can you please tell me the names of the songs used in this video... Keep up the good work
The music I use is from filmstro, its a lot of songs
What a Series Warhawk keep it up. Whats next,??
First Battle of Memphis
@Warhawk can't wait. As someone who lives in Arkansas, it'll be great to see some of the battle close to the state. Great video on pee ridge also.
@@davidtoddvlogs3486 Pea Ridge is the most fun one so far imo. Such an interesting battle.
Like always, very based video.
Thanks Jawk!
What do the red borders mean on some units? It looked like some of Fremont’s regiments in this episode had red borders.
Likewise, what do blue Confederate regiments represent? I know some LA regts had blue uniforms up until 1862 so was wondering if it had anything to do with that?
red represents the lining on the uniform of the unit, that is exactly the unit you are talking about 1st Louisiana Special Battalion, Wheat"s Tigers
Louisiana Tigers were crazy MFers!
I have a question. In 1861-1862. Did we have egos with the Union Officers? Example McClellan is an example. But these early losses especially in the east I see egos.
both sides has their egos, its was more of their incompetence versus confederate competence
Great work youve done. i have some music compositions if you want to use them in your videos.
Thank you TheFossilChannel!
im interested, send me some sample here: proxats1@gmail.com
@@WarhawkYT will do! thank you!
Another victory that southern arms could ill afford when the rate of loss was 8 : 10
Let's Go Shields!!!
Shields the man!
Considering Tyler only had 3,500 men vs Jackson’s 6,000 AND the fact Jackson had Ewell and Tyler with him, he did pretty well.
Besides Shields out right beating Jackson at Kernstown, Tyler, as a brigadier, was the second best at dealing with Jackson and almost beat him himself. Milory I would say came in third for out fighting Jackson at McDowell but he couldnt overcome the terrain or numbers disadvantage
@@WarhawkYT It wasn't Shield's victory at Kernstown though, that is Kimball's victory. Your own video states that. :P
However Gibbon took on Jackson very well too, and his men earned their name at Jackson's expense. The Iron Brigade.
Coming away victorious in their skirmish with the Stonewall Brigade...the elite of the rebels can't match the elite of the Union.
Fremont may have been the worst general in the entire war up until this point. Holy shit dude, do something.
Jackson very fortunate to go up against him, and not some of the more capable generals of the Union army.
Great point! Fremont and Banks fighting it out to see who the worst Union general is
@@generalapathy248 Pope is up there too
it would be interesting to see Jackson+Lee versus Grant
@@WarhawkYT Sheridan vs Jackson would’ve been fun. A lot of dash and aggression
No, Fremont wasn't as useless as McClellan was.
I'll stand by McClellan as one of the best generals the south had being as inept and cautious as he was. Only ever did one good thing, and that was sending support to Hancock.
Hell, the victory at Antietam...he only achieved by luck, and the command of the subordinates.
I heard old Stonewall got shot by his own troops
yankee propaganda
@@ApatheticBeaver Old Stonewall got that pneumonia.
he did in almost a year
Do you do your videos by campaigns or order of the battles? I’m really hoping to see some battles covered that are closer to home to me like Mansfield and Pleasant Hill in Louisiana or even some lesser known battles in the ArkLaTex/Red River Campaign
They make their battles in roughly chronological order. With this being their most recent video they are only in summer of 1862
@@SarisTX damn, other than pea ridge and others in Arkansas that happened early 1862, red River campaign won’t begin until 1864. 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️ I live in East Texas and not much really happened in Texas that I’m aware of other than Sabine Pass and Palmetto Ranch
Im from East Texas as well and Im already excited to work on the Red River Campaign whenever we get there!
@@WarhawkYT oh no way?? I’m in Union Grove
can someone explain to me why the 1st LA is in blue?
Zouave style uniforms they wore. Warhawk discusses them in the video starting around 9:15.
The 1st LA Zouaves has a blue card because they wore a semi blue uniform, fashion as the zouaves
Can someone please explain the black confederate solider at 9:24 please
Body servant who served and fought with his master thus why he has a uniform and weapons which, while unusual, did happen. Emancipation didn't become a Union war goal until late 1862, and even then, the war was clearly one primarily of conquest and many blacks knew that they'd suffer as much as the whites if the Yankees came through.
Ewell MVP
This was one of your best videos- thank you! Its unfortunate today with Gender Politics and Political Correctness to Not recognize the heroic deeds and sacrifices of the 'Men of The South' as like the Northerners also believed in God, died for what they believed in and also displayed times of extreme bravery and sacrifice. I these I salute them- in re: the issue of slavery that is a whole other topic, but to hide and erase their history i.e. taking down their statues and un-writing their stories in school books is Total hypocracy!
Stick to Facebook homie
We're just covering the battles of the war but thanks all fredo
@@cal4837 no, I don't think I will.
Unfortunately, heroism and sacrifices in service of a terrible cause sours the taste. The Confederacy seceded for the cause of slavery, and once the war was over many of them joined paramilitaries that reestablished slavery all but in name. The Union veterans of the war unanimously opposed erecting statues since they glorified the treason and slavery, rather than to remind the southerners that their cause was not just.
@@michaelmccabe3079 I agree with you 'in part'- for everyone should HATE slavery, but this has Not been the record! The Jews who should be one people who naturally abhor slavery- yet 'some' were indeed the Biggest Slavers of all i.e. Rhode Is. Providence was once called- Jew Town as it was the second busiest port taking-in slaves- why because there was $money in it! NYC 1865 NYC race riots lynched Blacks they caught in the streets as people Did Not Want To Go IN The Draft to get killed for Blacks! (Obviously this was Not everyone!) And the Southern states were discriminately overtaxed well before the Civil War so altogether succeeding from the Union was in many ways quite similar to our reasons for our Rev. War against Britain and I am sure many Southerns saw this as equally legitimate!
Excellent video makes one wonder what could’ve happened has Jackson not been killed and has Jackson been placed at the head of the confederate forces instead of Roberty Lee
Thank you Dubya! Always an interesting topic
He seemed best on his own. He was pretty ineffective with a large army. He wouldve been way worse than Lee.
@@cal4837 you may be right we will never know but I can’t help but think that he was one of their best tacticians and being a charismatic leader he may have gotten more out of the soldiers
9:35 Show me someone who is "no-nonsense" and I know he's full of nonsense.
Guh
guh??????
Yes. People who are cool and dependable often use psycheist slurs to refer to others in fits of normaltrash behavior 😂
Good thing the Stonewall functioned fine even without a commanding officer.
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While i really enjoy your content, i am confused why you rely so heavily on propaganda/massivly fictionializing paintings to illustrate the subchapters. It often paints a very strange picture if you know a thing or to about the Civil War. General Jackson for example was known to be one of the worst dressed general in the war, the confederate soldiers were in the overwhelming majority very poorly uniformed. Yet your paintings are mostly heroising and heavily distorted potrayals of especially confederate forces. Some of those paintings are clearly "lost cause"-style distortion of history, e.g. by potraying crying afro-americans slave mourning their fallen owner or showing perfectly uniformed waves of grey-coloured soldiers attacking (probably no coincidence that a lot more paintings are showing confederate heroic attacks/defenses, because a lot more of those were painted as part of the whole "lost cause" issue). That leaves a bit of a sour aftertaste over the excellent historic coverage.
Yeah a lot of these paintings are soft core pr0nz for state rights’ers.
Im sorry you dont like the pictures we use, we only use pictures associated with the battle/campaign that we're working on. Given that this is Jackson's Valley Campaign where the Union lost 5 out of the 6 battles and it commanders were completely inept to deal with Jackson or work together, no wonder there are not many "pro-union" pictures to use. We try our best to be as neutral as possible for both sides but at the same time we are working with what we have. If you would like, we have a discord where you can contribute content towards upcoming videos. The ones we used in this video were the only pictures found that are representing port republic or the campaign itself.