GETTYBURG: The Fall of General Lee

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  • Опубликовано: 30 окт 2024

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  • @charlesphillips1468
    @charlesphillips1468 5 месяцев назад +37

    And the next day, Vicksburg surrendered, cutting the Confederacy in half and giving the Union full control of the Mississippi River.

    • @donb7113
      @donb7113 4 месяца назад +1

      And it got Lincoln re-elected.

    • @infantinofan
      @infantinofan 2 месяца назад +2

      @@donb7113 No, that was Sherman's capture of Atlanta a year later in 1864. That was when Lincoln was re-elected.

  • @Fhurin
    @Fhurin 6 месяцев назад +48

    "why did Robert R Lee lose the battle of Gettysburg?"
    Ordering a charge into an open field with heavy Union canon fire was probably it. An unbelievably idiotic order from a General who should have known better or listened to his staff

    • @edwardclement102
      @edwardclement102 5 месяцев назад +1

      Wrong they were not supported.

    • @Fhurin
      @Fhurin 5 месяцев назад +1

      @@edwardclement102 what? Lee was winning the battle, until he got it in his head to attack the center lines 😐

    • @Excalibur833
      @Excalibur833 5 месяцев назад +9

      @@Fhurin Correct. Even if the assault had achieved its objective, the attrition and loss of men would still have been nearly as great, something that Lee could not afford. He still would have been stuck in enemy territory with a hobbled and undersupplied army. Even a technical victory at Gettysburg probably would have proved to be a Pyrrhic one.

    • @wentonmastermind
      @wentonmastermind 5 месяцев назад +4

      I write from England . You are absolutely right. The way Lee is depicted in the film Gettysburg conjours up images of the British generals of World War One - donkeys leading lions to reverse the normal phrase.

    • @harrybond1485
      @harrybond1485 5 месяцев назад

      Robert R. LEE.?

  • @Agnoletta
    @Agnoletta 6 месяцев назад +37

    Because Meade outfought him.

    • @anthonyhengst2908
      @anthonyhengst2908 5 месяцев назад +7

      And General Buford had an "eye" for good high ground.

    • @Agnoletta
      @Agnoletta 5 месяцев назад

      @@anthonyhengst2908 Definitely!

    • @WalterKing-f2h
      @WalterKing-f2h 5 месяцев назад

      Lee lost the battle Gettysburg because of general Longstreet!!

    • @tripsaplenty1227
      @tripsaplenty1227 5 месяцев назад +4

      ​@@WalterKing-f2h
      No, lee lost in spite of Longstreet. Longstreet was right, attacking those hills was suicide.

    • @mickeygriffin-z8r
      @mickeygriffin-z8r 5 месяцев назад +1

      NO!

  • @aaronfleming9426
    @aaronfleming9426 5 месяцев назад +14

    "I always thought the Yankees had something to do with it." - George Pickett

    • @nomdeguerre7265
      @nomdeguerre7265 Месяц назад

      That guy, to whom I am related by marriage into my extended family, had a damned good point there.

  • @TheBabashee
    @TheBabashee 4 месяца назад +10

    Pickett himself said that the Union Army had something to do with it. Lee didn’t lack cavalry.

    • @infantinofan
      @infantinofan 2 месяца назад

      Lee's cavalry lost touch with the army and Lee had no good intelligence as to what the Union army was doing before and during the first two days of the battle.

    • @TheBabashee
      @TheBabashee Месяц назад

      @@infantinofan He had at least one brigade of cavalry, plus other intelligence sources

    • @infantinofan
      @infantinofan Месяц назад

      @@TheBabashee Which Brigade and what other sources?

  • @Yette
    @Yette 5 месяцев назад +15

    Lee believed his own press clippings, thought his army was invincible. Frontal assault proved otherwise

    • @stevefisher8323
      @stevefisher8323 5 месяцев назад +1

      You mean invincible :)

    • @zabsterfins
      @zabsterfins 4 месяца назад

      Chancellorsville was right before Gettysburg.
      And what Lee did in May was beyond believable.
      With a army that was already short (Longstreet was in N.Carolina)
      he divided his army at least 3x in the face of a superior force !
      And nearly drove it into the river.
      Hard not to think your are invincible so immediately after such a showing.
      But Lee learned a hard lesson :
      - Frontal assault (so stupid)
      - Faulty intelligence (not believing that nearly the entire AOP was on the field by the evening of the 2nd also stupid)
      - Loss of Stonewall (relying on Ewell and Hill to be up to Jackson's par, unwise)

  • @lpwienert7358
    @lpwienert7358 5 месяцев назад +5

    Stonewall wanted towards the capital immediately after Bull Run. Washington was open, Baltimore was open, troops were fresh.

    • @TheBabashee
      @TheBabashee Месяц назад

      @@lpwienert7358 Jackson only commanded a brigade, probably didn’t have much influence with Johnston, or Beauregard (or Davis. who was on the scene by that time) but there should have been at least an attempt!

  • @suewarner1781
    @suewarner1781 6 месяцев назад +27

    Lee lost at Gettysburg because he didn't listen to General Longstreet.

    • @edwardclement102
      @edwardclement102 5 месяцев назад

      Wrong Longstreet moved too slowly.

    • @suewarner1781
      @suewarner1781 5 месяцев назад +5

      @@edwardclement102 Longstreet did not agree with Pickets Charge, Lee should have listened.

    • @irockuroll60
      @irockuroll60 5 месяцев назад +2

      Lee lost Gettysburg because it is a war and you don’t win every battle. He had won almost every battle from 7 days to Chancellorsville (Antietam was a draw).
      Winning every battle against great odds prob gave him a false sense of security

    • @aaronfleming9426
      @aaronfleming9426 5 месяцев назад +4

      @@irockuroll60 Seven Days was a strategic victory because McClellan had decided to start running away before the fighting even started. Tactically, Lee was defeated in almost every engagement. At Gaines Mill, Lee had a huge numerical advantage yet lost more men and accomplished nothing.
      Just a few days after Gaines Mill, Lee suffered an awful defeat at Malvern Hill.
      What did the two battles have in common? Lee attacked uphill against determined infantry and massed artillery.
      What happened at Gettysburg? Lee attacked uphill against determined infantry and massed artillery.
      Conclusion: Lee hadn't been learning from his mistakes. If he couldn't defeat Porter at Gaines Mill when the rebels had a huge numerical advantage, how on earth did he think he could be able to defeat Meade with uphill attacks across open ground when the rebels were outnumbered?

    • @irockuroll60
      @irockuroll60 4 месяца назад

      @@aaronfleming9426 did the seven days battle drive McClellan from Richmond? Did it drive McClellan from the Peninsula?
      I love know it alls aka virgins.

  • @robertbutler6784
    @robertbutler6784 14 дней назад

    The seldom mentioned factor is the Union rate of march. It is often stated that the marches before Gettysburg were difficult, but no credit is given to their result. Meade for the first time parked the ambulances and supply wagons to give the fighting forces priority on the road. As a result, those forces marched several times faster than they had before, and more Union troops were at Gettysburg than Lee anticipated. Of course, no ambulances or supplies proved a difficulty for the Union forces, but the speed and numbers led to a victory.

  • @ValinPrezkowski
    @ValinPrezkowski 2 месяца назад +1

    Shelby Foote said that Gettysburg was the price the confederacy paid to have Lee as their Commanding General. And as has been suggested, Lee had not lost a significant battle to that point and had a belief that the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia was somehow invincible!

  • @charlessaint7926
    @charlessaint7926 4 месяца назад +2

    Meade, "How did we win the battle? Easy. Our boys were better."

  • @boomerreb4997
    @boomerreb4997 5 месяцев назад +4

    The battle should have been one on the second day. Two corps commanders (Hill and Ewell) and several other generals including Anderson, Mahone, Posey, Rodes and Early failed to carry out their responsibiliteis.

    • @aaronfleming9426
      @aaronfleming9426 5 месяцев назад +1

      Battlefields aren't chessboards. It's hard to carry out your responsibilities when the Union army is shooting at you.

    • @zabsterfins
      @zabsterfins 4 месяца назад

      still licking their wounds from Day 1

    • @manilajohn0182
      @manilajohn0182 2 месяца назад

      Not even remotely true.

  • @thomasmcdaniel6264
    @thomasmcdaniel6264 2 месяца назад +1

    Charging across a vast open field at an enemy who is well fortified, while holding high ground...aint too smart!🙄

  • @Carlton-e1f
    @Carlton-e1f Месяц назад +1

    Weight and age issues aside as it is beating an already over-discussed dead horse, reenactors should know by now how to poperly wear/don your kit. Accoutrement belts should be worn at the waist...not haphazardly hanging off the hips.. This among other...

  • @ronalddawson7138
    @ronalddawson7138 8 дней назад

    Lee, what a disaster, his decision making at Gettysburg, it totaly erased all of his previous stategy and prior success, was his failure a culminating weakness, one that would bring light to his lack of leadership and validation, or was this a judgment, and devine intervention at the hands of our creator ?

  • @Theearthtraveler
    @Theearthtraveler Месяц назад

    Good and to the point!!

  • @kennethcalvert6802
    @kennethcalvert6802 5 месяцев назад +5

    He lost because he was too pig headed to listen to reason!

    • @Fat12219
      @Fat12219 3 месяца назад

      Lost all those men 😮

  • @allanchurm
    @allanchurm 4 месяца назад +1

    STUART was the reason as Lee didnt know where the union army was..then a attack up hill against defended positions and over open ground..longstreet knew what to do drop back and
    set up defencive positions.

  • @halhughes
    @halhughes 3 месяца назад

    At a UDC Meeting, General Picket was asked why General Lee lost The Battle of Gettysburg! He stated, “The last time I checked, the Yankees had something to do with it!”

  • @gabrielagustinhomas
    @gabrielagustinhomas 26 дней назад

    I wonder if the Confederacy would still have lost the war if they won at Gettysburg.

  • @bobbyb.6644
    @bobbyb.6644 2 месяца назад

    Every piece of bad luck hit Lee at the same time ? Outnumbered and Overextended lines didn’t allow for Any Mistakes ? Hubris or Desperation ? 🤔

  • @johnheckert4651
    @johnheckert4651 25 дней назад

    Meade had interior lines and the high ground. Lee didn't have enough artillery ammunition. A.P. was sick , Ewell failed .

  • @Rokdar1
    @Rokdar1 2 месяца назад

    It's unfortunate that Gen. Lee never studied the teachings of Sun Tzu.

  • @PatriciaNewhart
    @PatriciaNewhart 28 дней назад

    Chairside Generals..I am with Pickett..the Union soldiers had something to do with the Confederates losing at Gettysburg.

  • @jeffharbaugh8683
    @jeffharbaugh8683 4 месяца назад +1

    His intelligence was poor due to his cavalry gallivanting, and overconfidence.

    • @nomdeguerre7265
      @nomdeguerre7265 Месяц назад

      Lee's intelligence problems and his 'lack of cavalry' (he actually had two other cavalry units he failed to use to that end) was Lee's own fault.

  • @Defender78
    @Defender78 5 месяцев назад +3

    this is the shortest documentary of Gettysburg EVER... omg 2 min 53 seconds... theyre usually a minimum of 45 minutes. hmm mb this is like a Cliffnotes doc

  • @mwbright
    @mwbright 5 месяцев назад +5

    Lee lost to a better general.

    • @cheyennemauritz9911
      @cheyennemauritz9911 3 месяца назад +1

      Wrong l disagree

    • @manilajohn0182
      @manilajohn0182 2 месяца назад

      There's a lot of truth to that. Meade did anticipate where Lee would attack on 3 July.

  • @strangesightsinthesky
    @strangesightsinthesky Месяц назад

    was this an american version of stalingrad?

  • @nomdeguerre7265
    @nomdeguerre7265 Месяц назад

    Because Lee failed to properly direct his Corp commanders. That and that stupid Napoleonic charge the last day.

  • @josephtrapani6466
    @josephtrapani6466 Месяц назад

    What’s with the Russians at 1:56?

  • @johnanderson1245
    @johnanderson1245 2 месяца назад +1

    When we make plans God laughs.

  • @donallally5504
    @donallally5504 2 месяца назад

    It was crazy stuff to make this assault and this attack without the required Intelligence of what the Union Forces were upto or planned to do.
    But with this defeat the Confederacy were always going to be defeated.

  • @jeffreyjacobs390
    @jeffreyjacobs390 3 месяца назад

    FALL !? The battle was supposed to slam the southern forces .... after three days of slaughter and no positions overrun or decided victory ..... the field of battle was near even in death tolls for each side .... 53,000 men perished at Gettysburg ! Lee and his second division each retired from the conflict - as did the North .... each wanting to minimize losses for another day.

  • @cheyennemauritz9911
    @cheyennemauritz9911 3 месяца назад

    Not enough men and fire power no cannons

  • @derjaeger3321
    @derjaeger3321 2 месяца назад +1

    Why does nobody ask “Why did George Meade WIN the battle of Gettysburg”?

    • @manilajohn0182
      @manilajohn0182 2 месяца назад

      Why did George Meade WIN the battle of Gettysburg? I asked.

  • @tomlagoe8887
    @tomlagoe8887 2 месяца назад

    Lee was outgeneraled by Meade.

  • @marshalmagooo3899
    @marshalmagooo3899 4 месяца назад

    The Union will come to you...but if you come to us...mmmm no

  • @TrumpandGod-d5h
    @TrumpandGod-d5h 22 дня назад

    Shallow. Does not actually explain why Lee lost.

  • @EdwardArmstrong-y3f
    @EdwardArmstrong-y3f 2 месяца назад

    Great .!!! The Union beat break off lee army .!!! Thank God the US Army .!!!!

  • @MrMaddog1278
    @MrMaddog1278 5 месяцев назад +1

    It's simple Nathan Bedford Forrest was ordered to flank the hill with pickit but followed a trail gold laden wagons with beer bullets 😉 BTW this guy is clueless your welcome

  • @alvinkraycraft763
    @alvinkraycraft763 5 месяцев назад +4

    Forest was not at Gettysburg

    • @aaronfleming9426
      @aaronfleming9426 5 месяцев назад +1

      Forrest was at a lot of major battles the rebels lost. Great cavalry raider, but not some sort of game-changer in pitched battles.

    • @alvinkraycraft763
      @alvinkraycraft763 4 месяца назад +2

      Lee and Forrest never met

  • @Fat12219
    @Fat12219 3 месяца назад

    Hot and humid 😫

  • @nysports5085
    @nysports5085 14 дней назад

    Well known jeb screwed it all up

  • @Romanovism
    @Romanovism 2 месяца назад

    каких "выводов" хочет московит дождливый?

  • @MrKashia95
    @MrKashia95 3 месяца назад +2

    Lack of intelligence why does that remind me of something. That’s trump right now!😅