The American Civil War - OverSimplified (Part 2)
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Fun fact: Grant was supposed to go to the theater with Lincoln, boothe planned to stab him and Grant always blamed himself for Lincoln's death.
damn.... thats actually really sad.
Not just an incedible General. But also an incedible sporting man who wasn't bitter about the war.
I also found it really sad when he blamed himself for that time so many of his soldirs died.
@Lime Green Dude, wtf are you on about? This isn't a Joker review, it's a bomb-ass history video.
@Lime Green nobody cares
Sarcasms Agent he’s a bot
Grant: carried the team
George: failed to win
Lee: says gg after losing
Joseph: has beans
Martha: is cleaning
We can’t forget Sherman tho. Him and grant carried the war
@@gloriaborger5760 Exactly
@AUser 009 NO
@AUser 009 Fsr I hate this meme
It's cruel how Lincoln was killed right after his victory. He and his wife had a chance to finally regroup and heal, and that was cut short.
HE MASSACRED THOUSANDS OF NATIVE AMERICANS during before and after
yeah really cruel for john wilkes booth to end lincoln's break from managing an entire war
what an asshole
Really¿?🤨
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@@MrSlushie6000 Yes, really.
I didn't cry at the end,I merely failed to stop my tears
You and me both! LOL!
McClellan moment
Same with me bro
LOL WE GOT MCCLELLAND HERE
i never cry, just that when im sad, WATER COME OUTTA MY EYES
“I didn’t lose, I merely failed to win”
McClellan 2020
George McClellan *HOW DARE YOU EXIST*
I'm sure you told everyone "Lincoln didn't fire me, he simply told me I failed to stay hired"
Your still alive? It says on Wikipedia you died in 1885
Coco Wang it’s just fakes
@@adawm what does "r/woosh" mean? "im a retard"or someing?
Fun Fact: General Grant originally was going to go to the theatre with Lincoln but his wife (Julia Grant) disliked Lincoln’s wife (Mary Todd) and refused to go
I knew grant was going to go, but didn’t- but not this exact reason. Thanks you for sharing, very interesting!
Did you know Lincoln wrote about a dream of his death weeks before it happened? He dreamed he woke up in the middle of the night and found a crowd clad in black weeping downstairs. He asked “What’s happening?” They said “Haven’t you heard? The President’s been shot.” Hearing this Lincoln walked down the hall to the very wing his body would placed in after his actual death and saw a casket in the exact same place he would be put with his own corpse inside of it.
@@aglock9193 if this is true that is very cool and fascinating thanks for sharing this fun fact
@@aglock9193 yeah,im alr know and that interesting
@@solipsistinen7662 Also I read that Booth given the chance, he would have also attempted to take Grant's life as well. Considering he managed to escape from Rathbone, I can only imagine how it could have gone either way.
As much as Grant is seen as a butcher, if you were to look at the percentages of men lost, Lee actually lost more men per battle on average- the main difference was just the size of army. The deaths of all those men was tragic, but Grant kept pushing South unlike other generals which meant these deaths were not in vain.
Also Grant and the union were on the offensive so they were at a disadvantage. They also weren't as familiar with the terrain so tactics were always going to favor the south a bit.
More to the point though, they also were trying to make sure the people of the south would actually rejoin after the rebellion was over, so they had to be careful to not over reach.
Had they did this from the start so many lives would be spared cause the war would have ended quicker. But hindsight is 20/20, both sides were hoping the other would call it quits so not exactly willing to push assertive strategies.
War is hell.
@@biazacha Lincoln: "You outnumber them, go attack!"
McKellan: "No."
Fun fact: the word “sideburns” actually originated from General Burnside’s name!
What do you think they were called before sideburns?
Peripheral flames
@@FlyingCaesar316or maybe partial side beards?
Mutton chops
Similarly the term “hooker” came from, well, hookers that followed General Hooker’s army
Fun fact: Before the assassination, Abraham Lincoln's son, Robert Lincoln was nearly crushed by a train after he accidentally fell between the platform and the train, but was saved by a man he recognized as a popular actor of the time. The actor was Edwin Booth, John Wilkes older brother.
One dies so another can live
A soul for a soul
Idk how lincoln would've made it through the death of another child. I'm sure he would've wished it was himself instead
In this case the brothers are nothing alike but could you image John hearing his brother say that and just go "you did what!?"
Tf 🤯🤯🤯
Even i, not being an American, felt patriotic seeing Lincoln's Memorial in the end. Respected.
Jeremy Meier respect. I am from Kansas and knowing the conflict that was in my home state I too feel patriotic for Lincoln.
Only if you know the trie story and not the myth behind Lincoln and freeing the slaves
@@joshlanier8567
Hey. Could you not?
Lincoln wanted to send all blacks to africa. It's not as it seems
Esad Ozdemir get off buzfeed
The context of Lincoln's death is so upsetting. I can't imagine Reconstruction being easy but i feel like under Lincoln, it would have gone so much better. The more you learn about the assassination, the sadder it gets. Booth, as an actor, knew Our American Cousin by heart so he intentionally choice to shoot during one of the funniest lines in the play and Lincoln was laughing, so at least his final moments were happy. May his memory be a blessing
Booth, blinded by his quest for some vengeance and glory in the sputtering final years of his life, doomed his countrymen to over a century of strife. Like you said, I don’t think the job was small enough for one man to accomplish in one presidency, but I hope booth is reminded of the consequences of his action every moment of his time in hell, assuming such a place exists for me to lodge such a request.
Sad indeed. Just sad :(
Fun story: during WW2 Britain bought some M3 “Lee” tanks from America, but didn’t like them very much, so they modified them and named the new version the M3 “Grant”.
Based limeys
And some of M3 Lee was imported to USSR and used by the red army. But it was very unpopular due to it's poor performance against German weapons, and it earned the nickname "coffin of 7 brothers" given by the Red army
BURN
The Sherman tanks needed more r&d though. Every time one was built it would head toward Atlanta on its own
@@tonyjoestar2632hilarious!😂
Not-so-fun fact: Until the day he died, Ulysses Grant said that he wondered if Lincoln would have been assassinated if he had gone to the play with Lincoln (he had politely denied the offer.)
And the military leader who did go with him, Major Henry Rathbone, actually went insane because of his perceived failure to save Lincoln. I'm glad that didn't happen to Grant, in all honesty.
@Meadowfrost Definitely.
@@Angry5704 I mean he was destined to be a shit president to begin with lol
@@Will-jk6nw He's been getting more favorable historical reviews recently. His administration was scandalous, but Grant himself was dedicated to racial equality, unlike Johnson before him.
@@thekingofracoons He's talking about Grant's presidency, not Lincoln's.
I don’t know why but it makes me feel better when Oversimplified mentions that President Lincoln was enjoying the play
Angelica Schuyler i like to think he died happy
He died happy, and enjoying himself, surrounded by the people he loved as a President of a Nation he fought tooth and nail for. He may have been shot, yes, but Abraham died a happy man.
@@FeatKanye It's too early to cry today :(
But were you satisfied?
Missing97 of course not! She has never been satisfied
American or not, the respect I hold for Lincoln and his close ones is unimaginable
I feel the same. Washington and Honest Abe are probably the most well liked presidents in the US ... everywhere except the south east that is. The best are always those that lead out of necessity or duty instead of lust for power.
Saying "Long Live the Confederacy" is a slap to the face to the legacy of Lincoln, no matter if it is joking or not. This man fought for our freedom, he should be respected.
*Long Live the Confederacy*
@@Doogalebot12 wow, look who's an edgelord. you want a golden razorblade or something?
@@ECWPlays It was funny and you made it too easy cmon
He was a good man with good intentions, but the end of the day his actions have only made things worse. A lot of our problems these days stem from the severe cultural differences between the South and the rest of the United States. Besides if he truly fought for freedom, he would have left the Confederacy alone and recognize that it is for the best. I wonder what he would think if he was alive today. Perhaps he would recognize the damage that his actions have caused. I should note that I do not want another Civil War or secession of Southern states again. I want a unified United States. But what I want and what needs to happen are two different things. Lincoln should have recognized that what he wanted and what needed to happen were two different things.
@@chrisberrios5857you just redefined the tolerance paradox. Sure, if you're a liberal who cares about the process of tolerance rather than the goal of tolerance, then leaving the slave states alone would seem like the 'good' choice. But if your goal is tolerance, then you should serve to fight against institutions causing inequality.
Imagine losing a Battle so hard, you apologized to your injured and broken men as they fell back, the emotions behind it must have been brutal
I think moments like these are what makes you truly respect him. He was a military genius but he also clearly cared for his men and admitted and had remorse for his mistakes.
@@Fexisepic i agree in that you can respect him for being a genius and care for his men, but he was pro slavery which in 9/10 cases is a red flag lmao
Edit I’m a retard and didn’t know that lee wasn’t necessarily pro slaver so stop yelling at me please 😭😭💀
@@chickenwiggies4365 It's much more complex than that
@@chickenwiggies4365 Being a confederacy military leader doesn't make you pro-slavery.
@@chickenwiggies4365 actually he was one of the few Confederates who wasn't necessarily pro-slavery but he did do what he did to defend his State as people didn't identify with the country at that point. Based on his life he may have actually been in favor of abolition
Fun fact: they turned Robert E Lee's home into Arlington national cemetery where nearly every american soldier to die in combat has been buried there since the civil war
How... How is that a fun fact
@@jesusolguin5896 don't worry about it
it was actually his wifes, who was the granddaughter or great granddaughter of some george washington relative
Yea the pricks
@@WellingtonLee573 lmao
As a native Austrian, that end part hit me hard. I’ve never really read into American history or anything, but it’s easy to tell how much of a good man and leader Lincoln was.
The people who should read most into American history are my fellow Americans. Either way, thanks for the kind words! Cheers from Jersey! (New Jersey, sorry force of habit)
yo and I'm German seems likes we have a similar interest in the Deutsches Kaiserreich long live the kaiser!
@@williamhiley6943 Es lebe der Kaiser!
@@German_Empire_EnjoyerThe Austrian Kaiser, of course. German Empire sucked.
My father grew up in Vicksburg. He used to pick up Civil War bullets and other little things from his backyard. He thought nothing of it at the time. No one told him to save the things he found. We visited Vicksburg when I was 9 years old. We walked on the battlefield and I could just feel the history. Standing on the battlefield that day was the beginning of my love of history. 💙 I've been to Fords theater and then across the street where Lincoln died. I saw the bed. Of course, I am sure many other subscribers have been to these places, too. 😁
He took it for what, now?
@@azurezzz 😂😂😂😂😂😂
I've been to Gettysburg, and what really struck me was just how small the whole battlefield seemed. Part of that was just my inherent perspective as someone who has lived her entire life on the West Coast, where hills and mountains are on a completely different scale than they are out east; Big Round Top would be considered a pretty small hill out here, and Little Round Top wouldn't even warrant a name as a geological feature. Trying to wrap my mind around them being important strategic points that thousands of men fought and died for was...challenging. Or standing at Devil's Den and seeing just how small of a place it was, and then remembering that 1,800 casualties were suffered between the two sides there; it would be a challenge just to fit 1,800 people there at once. The place is so small and saw so much carnage. It was really sobering.
@@Beljeth you couldn't have said it better. I was just a kid so I saw it through the eyes of a kid, when everything looks bigger than when you are an adult, and I don't remember it being as large of an area as you'd think. I never thought about the size and the soldiers before. Puts it into a new perspective. I want to visit Gettysburg but I am not sure that I will ever be able to afford to travel again in this lifetime. I want to visit Boston and Salem, too. I want to visit the UK, which as you know is a very small country, but I won't hold my breath. 😂 Imagine fighting a battle in a country that small. Yikes! 😬
Starving soldiers, Union or Confederate, would've definitely taken Joseph's beans.
Yeah I'm with Joseph on this one!
Would've ? THEY WERE THERE FOR IT !
Lincoln: Joseph... *Get the gun*
Yup they will take this mr beans
WALN Zell And nigerundayo
Part one: “Damn we’re really kicking the North’s ass!”
Part 2: *North Removes Training Weights*
hello ren. btw diesel patches is daddy
Part 3 rko outta no where by vintage randy orton to mark his entrance.
Or Lincoln fires his soy boy generals
forgive me sensei washington but just this once i must go all out
JODisHere i knew it was some livestream when i saw the check mark and a random phrase
Fun fact: It is traditional to put a penny with abe side up on John Wilkes Booth grave when you visit. Even in death he is taking the L for his horrendous act.
Sounds like he is still getting paid to me...
@@darricshhhconsidering that he can’t spend a cent, doesn’t seem like he’s getting paid
@@darricshhh what the hell is he gonna buy with it, hes literally dead
@@Jeff_Biden your mom
@@darricshhhyour dad
Lincoln was a good man. Never deserved to die.
I truly believe had he lived, he would’ve been opposed to segregation, but been uneasy at first given the hell he went through in the Civil War
If Lincoln had lived segregation likely never would’ve happened in the first place.
Yeah it would, tbings were okay for about 20 years after the civil war, blacks had seates in the house ans stuff, but it fell apart@camerondisser4390
The way he described Lincoln right before he was murdered actually made me really sad. Never really considered after all my history classes he never really got to enjoy a time of peace as a president and the insane amount of stress he was under
In hindsight it's pretty bizarre how well he kept it together under the circumstances. Compared to someone like Robespierre if we stay in OverSimplified territory who completely unraveled under the pressure of a revolution.
@@AliceDiableaux its why he is remembered as one of the greatest Presidents of all time. Other presidents saw us through world wars, but they never had to deal with a war in their back yards against people they once called countrymen. To see a nation through a civil war like that, its nothing short of miraculous
Jrey1803 I got chills
The way he posses as we think there will be a gunshot. Then to only have his voice come back is a powerful move. From that, you know that Lincoln is his all-time favorite president.
You wanna know something about John Wilkes Booth he was DEMOCRAT
I’m now convinced that the only reason Gettysburg was involved at all was for the sole purpose of stealing Joseph’s beans
Yup
How many times do I have to tell you, they aren’t here, *FOR HIS BEANS!*
YES
LOL
🤣🤣🤣🤣
For the record, you could argue that Lee's generalship was more deserving of the title of "Butcher" than Grant's ever was. Lee often incurred far greater casualties than he inflicted, especially compared relative to the number of men he could stand to replace, opposed with the Union who could always field far more. He was always quite the romanticist, and he saw poetry in tactical brilliance, which is why he always tried to be good at it and win victories that would look cool and make for good press.
Grant was a pragmatist more than anything else, and the way he conducted his battles was consistently steak over sizzle (more substantive gains). He always tried to ensure that his battles were a net gain. He never seemed to see the poetry in being good at war, but he tried to conduct the war in terms of cost efficiency. He wanted the battles he fought to be worth something.
Atun-Shei did a pretty good breakdown of the generalships of Grant and Lee in his Checkmate, Lincolnites video about whether or not the Confederacy had better Generals.
Also, just as a side note, when you read General Lee's quotes, he'll say some stuff like "Always do the best you can! Always work hard, be honest, and never compromise your principles!" but then after he says "Slavery as an institution is a moral and political evil in any country," he's like "Meh... I'm not gonna do anything about ending slavery because that's in God's hands, not in mine." Just ridiculous. The math doesn't add up, Bobby.
I 1000% agree with this comment
On this channel we do mostly like to poke fun at General Winfield Scott, but he was crazy impressive. He held the position of top general for the longest time yet. He had several honourary degrees. While the Seven Days battles were happening (McClellan's retreat after he attempted to take Richmond from the southeast) Lincoln actually visited Scott, who had retired from service, at the latter's home in New York, to ask for advice on the course of the war. Scott also wrote memoirs in his retirement, and sent them to Grant, with the message "From the oldest general to the greatest."
Scott died in 1866, just two weeks before his 80th birthday. He was buried in New York, in the town he lived in, and the funeral was attended by several of the top Union generals, including Grant.
Little known fact: Lincoln was also an accomplished vampire hunter. There is a great documentary about it starring Rufus Sewell and Daniel Day Lewis.
raven lord
That was a good documentary.
raven lord hahaha I remember that movie
Edit: “documentary”
Skipii Clan documentary*
He was also a good wrestler at his youth and even invented some famous moves
Sewwfffyhjijui all facts, he indeed killed many vamps
Lee: Sorry boys, it's my fault that we lost the battle
McClellan: Congratulations boys, we've retreated successfully from the cowardly enemy yee-haw!
Muhammad Rizka This enraged Lincoln. Who punished him severely.
LOL
Ethan Jay Norman lol
hello riz. btw diesel patches is daddy
He's not texan dude
Not only does Oversimplified have the entertainment levels, he doesn't have an annoying voice. Could watch for hours
Dig at extra history?
@@revwolfeheyyyy, extra history does not have an annoying voice. He’s one of my favorites
@@Thepeanutcollector mine too! But the og voice for them def annoyed a lot of people.
@@revwolfeyeahhh I guess I could see that for some people haha
To me the similarities between the kind of fighting seen in the U.S. Civil War and WWI despite being over 40 years apart is kind of scary. Both wars lasted four years, and saw the a major political assassination and the use of:
Machine guns, barbed wire, artillery, tele-communication sabotage, bayonets attached to almost all rifles, shotguns, prolonged siege tactics, trench warfare, ironclads (primitive submarines in the case of the USS Monitor and CSS Hunley), chemical weapons (only proposed, not used), armored trains, spotter balloons, and total war.
The Civil War was basically the trailer for what modern warfare would be.
Its ironic even considering many of the European Powers that saw the Civil War sent attaches to see the strategy and style of fighting the Confederates and Union practiced and all they saw and thought was they were barbaric or unimpressed with the quality they saw.
How ironic merely 40 years later, they too would be the ones to do the same fighting on their own continent.
Literally any major historical event:*exists*
The price of bread: “I’m gonna do what’s called a pro gamer move”
keep it at that many likes
Denied
hhahha You talking about the French revolution video
@@moneyman2980 nope he talking about pretty much every historical event
LOL
i'm not american so i never thought much of abraham lincoln's assassination, but hearing it being talked about like this actually makes me kinda sad. the man had been been through so much since the start of the war, including the loss of his son and the stress of the presidency and when the war finally ended he had no time to have a well-deserved rest before being suddenly shot in front of his own wife by some washed-up actor
Me too.
The actor was actually quite famous at the time, not washed up. Doesn't make him any less of a bastard though.
My mom was also slave like me and a 13-year-old sister (to 12 February)
I think it’s interesting and sad. I think ultimately Lincoln’s death helped to create an event that the entire country could mourn and bring us together.
When a tyrant gets shot😭😭🤣🤣
I still believe this was the best two videos Oversimplified had done. He wasn't rude with his jokes, he just tried to make a good video, and gave it the best ending out of all his videos in my opinion.
1:31 “Hey God! Whose side are you on?”
🎵 And then along came Zeus
He hurled his thunder bolt!🎵
I won't say I'm in love with how this comment goes the distance
Thank you for your service o7
Dude, uncool
Lincoln was so tired after the civil war and when he wanted to get some rest he gets shot, that is very depressing
At least he got too rest, it's sadly a forever rest but Im sure he's sitting happily on his personal throne in heaven
Not really sad for him -he is dead , nothing matters to him anymore
It is very sad for his family n friends tho .
This video account is rather one sided in favor of the north and has left out a lot of details and events. There are numerous reliable books on the subject. John Wilkes Booth was a confederate soldier who was angry that president Lincoln ignored numerous requests from the Southern side to release the Southern P.O.W. soldiers that were held captive in the North and dying of starvation illness and cold conditions at the hands of the Northern soldiers. Lincoln refused several requests by the South to exchange Northern P.OW. soldiers being held captive in the South for Southern P.O.W. soldiers held captive in the North. In anger John Wilkes Booth that was a confederate soldier shot Abraham Lincoln on Good Friday as a possibility that he was trying to send a message that Lincoln thought of himself as God as Lincoln had also stated that he was a Free Thinker and not religious. Far more lives both soldiers and civilians were lost on the Southern side and the North got help from Europe. Also the South was sabotaged in unexpected ways. Then later came the Carpetbaggers from the North to take whatever they could and raise prices in the South after the war.
@@carolynetter8046 Perhaps all true, but then again, you have to emphasize this is an "Oversimplified" version of the Civil War. The complexities of this time period cannot reduced to 20+ minutes. History is never so one-sided.
@@jdm3072 good point.
Me: happy for Lincoln because he is happy
Oversimplified: he then went to see a play
Me: Oh shit
Daniel O’Ray yeah
Not gonna lie, I teared up because I knew what was gonna happen next :(
Daniel O’Ray Same
@@SnowyElephant but if you look in conspiracies, he knew in some way that he is going to die
hello daniel. btw diesel patches is daddy
As an African American I see the American Civil War as an absolute victory.
I'm not even american, but Lincoln is a true inspiration. To suffer through the ultimate sorrow of losing a child and still finding the strength to continue the fight to end slavery and win the war... it's simply awe-inspiring.
John Wilkes booth: *gets drunk after two glasses of brandy*
Grant on his second bottle of whisky: Pathetic
Not even two bottles of Brandy...
Two glasses
Well, he didn't want to get drunk- Lincoln's assassination was a well-planned conspiracy. As Wilkes killed Lincoln, the Secretaries of War, State, and the Treasury were also attacked. Two attackers screwed up, and soldiers discovered and chased down Secretary of War Stanton's attacker after he clubbed Stanton's young son in the head with a pistol.
@@Nmille98 I it's think he was saying something called a joke
Nealon Miller
Why though? Why was Wilks so willing to do something so horrible? Something so horrible it would make him the Praeha of the entire country? Is...there any resources on why he did this?
@@kyokyoniizukyo7171 he was from the South. His co-conspirators were from the South. Small groups of people killing important people for their birthplace and associated ideals are hardly rare throughout history.
This really is proof that a house divided against itself cannot stand.
bruh i thought you died so what do you think of the new cod warzone
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a house divided against itself cannot party rock - Abraham Lincoln
Nice Bible quote, Abe. Matthew 12:25
A house divided by a nation?? my friend,look at the border in Belgium and The netherlands,Or Maybe malaysia or indonesia,tho it may not exist in your era,malaca and dutch hindia sound a bell??
lincoln's death at the end actually had my eyes watering a bit
As someone who spent 20+ years of his life learning about and becoming an expert on the civil war chapter of this country- I do appreciate the details and information you gave. You correctly stated areas that are often left out or that people just get plain wrong. Especially in this day in age where giving credit to anyone who's ideals you dont believe in is considered taboo. Before the civil war we were a group of united states... after the civil war we were a nation- ideologically speaking.
Imagine having to tell General Lee that you just shot *Stonewall Jackson*
He'd probably be like
"Ya know what, I don't even need to do anything. Just gonna let you think about that. You just fked the war for us. Think about that."
@@spiffygonzales5899 I don't think if he were still alive they would have won the war.
@@drethethinker6418
I agree, but you gotta admit that Jacksons death greatly hurt the Confederate army as well as the general southern moral. Heck that news even spread throughout Europe.
Spiffy Gonzales yes I agree but if he was still alive the war might have turned into a peace agreement or perhaps a victory based on how well the generals where stratagy wise
@@drethethinker6418 mh jackson was basically lee's assistant and helped him think, he probably would have convinvced him not to have fought the union at gettysburg. As well as jackson was a man who knew how to keep his men in line and disciplined so when he was in command his men were basically immune to charges. Lol commanding buff. Gettysburg may have never happend. As for lee's other defeats..... yeah blame the fucker who lost the fucking battle plans
Fun Fact: Ya’ll remember when Lincoln was assassinated? Well, he and his wife Mary actually invited Grant to the play where he died. However, Gen. Grant’s wife HATED Mary Lincoln. So, General Grant has no choice but to withdraw the President’s invitation. He did this by pulling out the worst excuse in American history: “I can’t go because of the kids.” LOL
Oh wow😂😭
This is very sad.
Sad..
Prageru right
Is it possible that Grant could have saved Lincoln if he hadn't rejected the invitation?
I find it funny how there are always people on Twitter who act as if the Civil War wasn't about slavery, even though the Vice President said they were doing it because they wanted to keep slavery
The conferency:this is about slavery! Twiter:NUH UH
In all seriousness Lincoln’s life was cut way too short, and he didn’t didn’t deserve to die way too soon, and I also feel bad for his wife, at the moment she was genuinely happy her husband dies, I feel bad for them both, it had a bad ending..
Never have i heard someone make a president's death so sad. even after hearing it a million times
I felt the exact same way. He really set the mood for that part.
Sameee
Darius Canta agreed
He was a tyrant and war criminal.
You know what death was sad? Stonewall Jackson. I knew about him and his fate before the video and that death just ruffles my feather.
sad fact, during the show right before John Wilkes Booth killed lincoln, a man named Rathbone saw the gun and attempted to save Lincon but failed. After Lincoln died, it was said he went mad. His mind went wild and he suffered psychological issues which caused him to go into a mental ward and would die a mad man.
Lol
Just restart the mission no big deal
yooo
@José Santiago Restrepo Garzón 😳
Huh. My stepdad has the last name Rathbone, who's family had a little bit to do with stopping slavery. Wonder if it's any relation.
@MBTM thank you sir
Even 3 years later. I rewatch this video a lot because I have such a love for America’s 16th president and his amazing care towards his presidency and the people that helped and followed him along the way. Damn Booth for murdering him, even now. I really wished Lincoln could’ve gone out a better way. Thank you for the stern yet comforting tone at the end. It really shed light on how even the most silliest, could be some of the most caring. Yet again, thank you.
Im not even american but lincoln seems like a rlly good guy this is a rlly sad war
There's one fact about the final days of the war that warms my heart.
On April 12th, there was a formal surrender ceremony where Confederate troops came to hand over their weapons. The proceeding was under the supervision of Gen. Chamberlain.
As their former adversaries came forward, Chamberlain ordered his men to salute them.
And they did.
Good when both sides of a conflict still have respect for one another
Chamberlain really was a fantastic man and soldier, and his life after the war was tragic. I'd recommend to all that you at least read his wiki page if not his biography and memoirs
At the end of the day, they were all Americans
Now prime minister Neville Chamberlain on the other hand...
I would never salute dirty slaving southerners.
Lincoln had such a rough presidency and life. The part where he was starting to get used to being in peace and then getting assassinated made me genuinely tear up.
Ya ever think about the people in forced labor camps or who were slaves? Yeah, they were never happy after they had been unfairly captured.
@@helo6824 regardless, his point about Lincoln still stands
@@Joelc0715 true
@@helo6824 dude
@@helo6824 lincoln tried his best but he very depressed epically his wife after losinf his son and her husband
Sherman used to have his men bend the rails from railroads and tie them around a tree, wait until they repaired it and then ordered his men To do it again.
What a prank
That ending..right in the feels. Awesome. All these should be shown in History class.
Grant is the player who carries the whole team
Would you argue that he and Washington would have gotten along well?
@@cruizy5955 That's an interesting question. On a cultural level, there would be barriers. Grant was born to a family that was only 1-2 generations into the middle class, whereas Washington was from as close to an aristocracy as there was in Virginia colony.
Grant was a salt of the earth kind of a guy. It's true that he inherited slaves through his wife, but he caused a small scandal by doing manual labor with them in his farm. The video also makes his taste for liquor a thing. But he was also easily led by the hand. (His administration is historically remembered as one of the most corrupt, and the word "lobbyist" was wrongly claimed to have been coined during the Grant administration.)
Maybe the greatest difference between Washington and Grant is their military record. Grant's successes were the result of his taking chances, which he could afford to do for the resource and people rich Union. Unlike Grant, Washington lost more battles than he won, often due to lack of resources and low morale. What made Washington brilliant was he had a big picture understanding that Pyrrhic victories for the English, and not strategic defeats, would win the war for the colonies.
As was mentioned in the Revolutionary War video, Washington's strength was he made the most of his advisors--which was a characteristic of the Washington presidency as well. (It also tends to be the characteristic that the most successful blue bloods have in common.) And it also contrasts with Grant--who had the personality of a bold maverick. He was at his best when he stood out of a crowd. Washington was at his best when he brought people together.
Their ideals may also have been different. Washington was shrewd and cynical, which probably permitted him to do immoral things--slavery, adultery, etc. Washington also famously believed the US would not last 20 years under the 1786 Constitution--he believed Civil War was inevitable. Grant was a kind of lazy idealist and only began to sympathize with Abolition in the late 1850s. But Washington was moved by the occupation of Boston, which was when he began to identify with the Revolutionaries. At that point, he believed the colonies finally had a just cause for rebellion.
This is why I think Washington would not have sided with the Confederacy. Washington, mind you an elitist, was reserved and conservative with regard to when a people can revolt from their nation. He would have seen the Confederacy, which seceded before Lincoln was sworn in, as merely criminals.
So I think Washington and Grant's political views would not have separated them, they may have hypothetically brought them together. And I will say that Washington did play favorites in his army, and he favored bolder generals.
My belief is that Washington could have brought the best out of someone like Grant. But their relationship would never have been equals. Washington had a more continent leadership style, whereas Grant had a sensitivity that could be taken advantage of--and probably was what led him to drink. But it is an unlikely friendship that hypotherically could have lasted a long time, despite some huge differences in the men themselves.
@@davewolf6256 Im glad i came to your TED talk
Oh hi USA
@@cruizy5955 LAMO
The real winner of this war is the guy who didn't let them take his beans
FAX DUDE
Fax indeed
Bruh
yeah 100%
Amen
I was a soldier during that battle, I was FOR SURE going to take his beans...
'Unconditional surrender' Grant would be a badass thing to be able to put on one's business card.
"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." -John 3:16. Jesus of Nazareth, The Messiah, died for the remission of sin, including yours, was buried and rose from the dead on the third day, and whoever believes on him shall live forever, even if they die.
I feel so bad for Lincoln's wife. Lost her son watched her husband suffer through the war only to lose him too
Exactly, I can't imagine what she felt when he was shot.
@@jamesfisher5285 That's people like this are considered heroes. If America had not been born much of the world would still be enslaved. It was our freedom that was the example to other nations. That's why we are called the leaders of the free world. But we didn't get it right the first time. This war had to happen to wash our nation clean of it's first attempt. I hope one day that everyone here realizes that we are one people stop all the dividing. Left from right, white from black and man from woman. It needs to stop. A house divided against itself cannot stand.
I did my college thesis on Mary Todd Lincoln. She was one tough cookie!
He dodged the war and still got shot, wild shit mane
Im glad
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@Fuert Neigt In what way shape or form does any of that have to do with my comment.
@Fuert Neigt That's a bit extreme
Yes...
*Good.*
@Fuert Neigt I understand your hate, I don't have any love for the rebel flag, but for quite a bit of the people who use the flag still, they fly it for Southern Pride. People in the South are a proud traditional people, some don't even know that it is currently a hate symbol.
i have respect for lincoln, as a non-american
Why did I cry at the end? lol
😂😢 same
George McClellan didn’t get fired, he merely couldn’t keep his job.
When he died, he didn’t die, he merely failed to continue living.
I didn't get older, I merely failed to stay young
@@iminediamonds omg LOL
He didn’t hate the president, he merely looked at him unfavorably.
I didn't get depressed, I merely got very very sad!
General Grant was in need of back surgery after carrying the entire Union.
Grant was the equivalent to a blue paint brush in MSpaint.
Grant was like the Asian player in a Call of Duty Lobby who carries the entire team.
Could say the same thing about Lee, one can't help but wonder what the outcome would've been if Lee had the same resources as Grant
@@raoshahbakht5679 yeah but I don't really wanna respect a confederate general, do you?
@@Zzzz-jn1xt You can respect someone's accomplishments without advocating for their cause.
You forgot mention how Lincoln in his spare time hunted Vampires.
Press f to respect Abraham Lincoln 💔😭😢
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The Confederates: THEY'RE GONNA TAKE OUR SLAVES!
Joseph, an Intellectual: THEY'RE GONNA TAKE MY BEANS!
That One Guy On South Park: THEY TOOK ER JERBS!
What if you. wanted to go to heaven.
But god said.
*THEY GONA TAKE MEA BEENS*
He's a Joestar
@@MrBoogamin OH MY GOOOD
Martha: WE’RE GONNA GET RATS!
I love the homage to Lincoln at the end. Truly one of the greatest human beings to ever live 😢
That last part where u talked about Lincoln, was heart-warming. it was beautiful, how you manage to make your videos both funny and serious is what makes u such a great channel, i'm on a spree to watch all your videos.
Really sad how the man died right around the time he could finally start being happy :(
At least he didnt die when the war was still raging. You could say that he died a fulfilling death
True, and I have no real clue as to what happens after we die but, I like to think he was reunited with his son.
And for it he is honored with an S tier rank among the presidents, rivaled only by George Washington in greatness and leadership.
@Jason Bailey nah. They aren’t on the same level as Washington and Lincoln
@Jason Bailey
Well who missing, thats 4
Two troops asked God whos side he was on
This enraged God who punished them severly.
dude, uncool.
How about the side that didn't have slavery?
I love this joke so much
😂😂😂😂😂
@@rwarren58 you didnt watch the whole video, did you?
I love the addition of Fredrick Douglas in the black men and women in the galleries... he's the only one not smiling.
Amazing attention to detail.
"Sleepy eyes Joe" did this guy predict the future?
They called Grant a butcher, then voted for him to be president in the next election. What winning a war does to your popularity
He also had to mostly carry the Union during the war
@@The_whales lets be fkin honest grant and sherman did 75% of the work
@@joeljustjazzing ye
Not only winning a war, but Lincoln being cowardly murdered made him into a mártir, so elect a harsher in the edges comrade was the expected outcome cause that’s how usually History repeats itself.
Also Andrew Johnson was impeached and not very popular by the end of his presidency, and Grant and his opposition to Johnson was seen as a link to Lincoln and return to the good old days
“That’s just Princess Leia with a mustache”.
Had me in tears.
Oof the likes, thx so much!!
DaShinyJolteonArtist “ET phone the doctor” is the one which got me.
Timestamp?
@@EliStettner 5:16 onwards.
Skillshare
Oversimplified has a way with words lol
“ Never Gave Up on the Darkest of Times. Stands as a symbol of Honesty , Empathy , Humility Perseverance and Courage - a continuous reminder of what has forged America , and what it should strive to be .”
Im not even american but i seriously started to cry silent tears for Lincoln as soon as it was shown the theater...
R.i.p Lincoln
I'm not American, but I got weirdly sentimental at the end
That's the American touch
Lincoln was an incredible human being. In the States he's more or less a celebrity. It seems like every president is hated by a good portion of people. But not Lincoln. He fought for what was right and sacrificed so much to make the world a better place. Rest in peace you amazing man.
I feel the same as well. I guess it's because of his compelling narration and well guided sentimental music.
Yeah me too. Lincoln was a very admirable man.
It's the music.
Thanks Oversimplified, in English we had to do a presentation about a famous person so I chose Abraham Lincoln and I went ahead and got top marks + highest mark you can get on the presentation thanks! :)
Beautiful ending man
"I surrendered to Lincoln's kindness as much as I did to Grant's armies." -Robert E Lee upon hearing of Lincoln's assassination.
Fanoren Gaming god I love lee
That made me emotional
Lee was a nice guy, just on the wrong side
Hey
Donovan
Lee was loyal to Virginia, if Virginia was a northern free state which stayed loyal to the union, Lee would’ve fought on the union’s behalf
I’m not American, but I definitely got sentimental at the end.
Gabriel Nadeau I don’t want to be American rn
Grady Pytlinski wait why not?
priya moorthy yeeeea so theres, protests for blm. Trump deployed secret police in organ who are kidnapping said protests. We’ve hit 4 mill in covid cases, and now trump is trying to send us back to school and some states are reopening and there is now a word for people who don’t refuse masks which is anti masks which the fact that there’s a name makes it a problem, we’re basically turning into a parks and rec episode and it’s horrifying
I ment do refuse to where masks not don’t refuse, sorry
Same
Every time I rewatch this video I start tearing up at the end. Oversimplified does a great job telling this story of tragedy and progress for the United States.
I laughed at the end
@@user-rd6of2uu2v looks like we found John Wilkes Booth, so tell me, what were you thinking when you shot Lincoln?
That he was a loser
as a non-american, I learned so much on McClellan in this video. Now I can proudly say I didn't failed my licensure exam, I merely failed on passing it.
The south lost because they tried to take Joseph’s beans
Der gunna taek r beans!
To be honest, they looked REALLY tasty...
Nicholas Bender CEO of beans
If those beans were seized by Confederate forces the Northern economy would have collapsed
Nicholas Bender poor Joseph I wouldn’t want my beans to be take I sympathize with him
Man I ain't even American but tears rolled down my cheek when oversimplified hit the serious tone right from the moment lincoln died.
As a Romanian that moment hurt
He's just expressing his sympathy, chill out
@Charlemagne all that hate for nothing
Where chads cried.
I don't care
2:22 “Don’t you love your country?” / “Yes, and I’m trying to get back there as quick as I can” was a real-life exchange (slightly re-worded) between a Union officer and one of his soldiers. Proof that great humor existed even before the Oversimplified channel.
No way 😂
Sherman shouldn't have stopped until he was knee deep in the ocean.
Democrats, 1800s: Republicans want to take our slaves!
Republicans, 2010s: Democrats want to take our guns!
Joseph, 1860s: THEY WANNA TAKE MY BEANS
HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHA!!!
I want bean
OMG LOL
I am dying of laughter
WHO TOOK ALL MY BEANS NI-
Rebels:*exist*
Grant: _hippity hoppity, your river is now my property._
This feels so weird, I'm usually on the Rebels' side!
Obi-Wan Kenobi of course you are.
@@Obi-Wan_Kenobi why hello there
Did he get a grant for that land? Eh? Eh??
I'll leave
If this ever gets remade, it needs to have one of the most influential men of the civil war included that has been forgotten for too damn long.
Cassius Clay. The man who not only used his position as ambassador to Russia at the time to convince Russia to threaten France and the UK with war if they acknowledged the confederacy, but was the man who bullied Lincoln into signing the Emancipation Proclamation before he wanted to.
That ending and describing Abraham Lincoln was incredibly beautiful and did just to the life of Lincoln
I have a thought, Lincoln finished what the founding fathers wanted it the original constitution. Lincoln is the last father of America.
Considering one of the original founding fathers wanted to abolish slavery as well, not too surprised you see Lincoln as a founding father (that and he’s the founder of the modern union)
Lincoln is more of a founding father than most of the actual founding fathers
great way to put it man, props to you
Damn, that’s genuinely beautiful
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Lee: Hey you guys, have you seen Jackson? I can’t find him anywhere
CSA Soldiers: We...may have accidentally shot him...
Lee: *YOU WHAT*
*my guy you W H A T*
Mama
This angered Lee, who punished the soldiers severely.
CSA Soldiers have left the chat
U guys done goofed up
FUNFACT!!!!: at abraham lincon's funeral at near the end of the video look at last building on the left then look at the Window at the side you can see two boys looking out of the windo and one of the boys are acctually a future US president Theodore Roosevelt and beside is his brother (also im commenting 3 years after the videos publishing)
Even tough I am not American, I do know that MR. President Abraham Lincoln was the most important, president. And I find it sad that he was killed
“After the loss, Lee told the soldiers that it was his fault.”
Jesus Christ, my heart only has so many strings to pull.
He actually did this too. If my history is correct, at first he was asking his troops to stay, saying things like "Pick up your rifles boys, I need you all."
(This next part is unconfirmed) I read somewhere that he saw two men who had both lost one leg essentially having to use each other to "walk" and that's when Lee broke down.
He took a fade.
You should read the writings of Lee. You would find he was not only a great general, but an abolitionist
@@fallenicarus2685 But he fought for the South
@@dr.boring7022 Yes, but his reasoning wasn't to keep slavery. He was offered command of Union forces by Lincoln but refused when Virginia seceded arguing he couldn't fight his own people.
The civil war taught us one thing: don't fuck with Ulysses S Grant when he's been drinking
you're not wrong
Makes you have more respect for the town drunk. 🤣
correct
@Kalmree 😆
The true drunken master , Jackie Chan was inspired by him.