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One bit that was left out, when Davis and his troopers left Harpers Ferry, they came across a large supply train outside Hagerstown. Being born in Mississippi, Colonel Davis rode out to meet them. In the pre-dawn light he spoke to the teamsters and told them that Yankee cavalry was in the area, and that they should divert on a different route. The ruse worked. Davis and his troopers joined the train thinking the troopers were their new escorts. When the real escorts came up demanding to know why they were off course, the Yankee troopers drove them off. It wasn't until dawn that the teamsters realized the men accompanying them wore blue. By then it was too late. Davis made it through Maryland and into Pennsylvania. Not only did they escape surrender at Harpers Ferry, thereby denying all those good horses for the confederates, but they also captured General Longstreet's reserve ammunition, around forty wagon's worth. Thereby denying its use for Antietam.

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The Federal army had quite the task defending such a place.. This is so well told, what a treat to wake up to!

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Excellent coverage of this critical campaign! I particularly enjoyed your treatment of the Battle of Crampton's Gap, as I can vividly recall that mountainous terrain when I visited the War Correspondents Memorial Arch there in July 2004 whilst portraying an artist correspondent for Harper's Weekly. Thank you for bringing back such fond memories.

An amazing video!! Harpers Ferry is never truly known beyond John Brown’s Raid and deserves to have its story told!! Well done once again!!

Too many Historians haven't given Jackson the credit he deserves for his victory at Harpers Ferry, often. times acknowledged, but then quickly passed through to give other matters attention. The 12,419 Union Prisoners were paroled, and exchanged, and essentially allowed Lee to replace his 10,317 casualties at Antietam.

This video describes how timidity and delay can change the course of battle. It also shows that a tactical defeat can be a strategic victory if it buys time for reinforcements to arrive to the main objective. The CSA had the advantage in geography, but more crucially, it also had better leadership, and a better sense of the whole battle.

Another *EXCELLENT* video, Warhawk! Thank YOU (and your team) for such great work!! . . . (RJT)

Very well made narrative on this battle at Harpers Ferry. Thanks for sharing 💯👍

Shoutout to Alfred Thomas Archimedes Torbert. The pride of Southern Delaware!

It's a beautiful spot to visit and the area is heavy in history.

Probably my favorite “battlefield” I’ve visited. Really beautiful area

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Can’t wait to see this video. Thank you for bringing history to life

Love these videos man. Thanks for all the work you do.

A very clear exposition of a complex military situation - many thanks!

17:45 reminds me of when Nathan Forrest left the Confederate general to sneak out at Fort Donelson

Your channel is underrated and I’ll be sharing it with all my fellow history buffs!

Excellent video as always. Having ancestors mustered into both Coles Calvary, who made their escape with Col. Davis and 1st MD PHB, who were paroled afterwords, this brought to light the actions and movements they encountered during the seige.

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It was Dien Bien Phu 90 years before Dien Bien Phu, particularly the besiegers taking the strategic heights and then moving from there. There were rumors that Col. Miles may have been killed by his own troops out of disgust for his incompetence and insistence on following impossible orders. Wouldn't be surprising if that were the case.

As someone who has climbed the heights on all sides of Harper's Ferry, I envy no man involved in this battle

Great job, dude. Keep up the good work!

Imagine if Lee had not Ordered Jackson to Force March to him at Sharpsburg and the Battle of Antietam had not taken place when it did in 1862. Jackson had achieved a Spectacular success with the Capture of Harpers Ferry and over 13.000 Federals and over a hundred cannon with millions of dollars' worth of supplies and small arms. Lee should have marched to Jackson abandoning his thrust into Maryland and taken the Victory at Harpers Ferry preventing Lincoln from taking political control of the War and preventing England and France form intervening on behalf of the South. Jackson and Lee could have consolidated their gains at Harpers Ferry and moved back into the Valley with on the prestige of Victory and hovered on Washington’s Flank! McClellan would have been Paralyzed!

Enjoyed the Harpers Ferry Video very much. 😊

Amazing video as always the team does a great job been watching your amazing videos for the last couple years i really enjoy the in depth videos a little sad to see the regimental pieces go away always loved them because it had the colors of their uniforms and had the regiments be more viewable but i understand it takes more time to do regimental then mostly brigade and i respect your decision and you can always go back one day and do regimental but keep up the amazing work and i will continue to watch the videos as they gonalong with th timeline thank you for the amazing videos

Look forward to these videos every month

Another excellent video.

Thumb up before watching. It can’t be disappointing.

superbe video as always keep on

LOL Kershaw: FIX BAYONETS! Mary-landers: Our men are running from the battlefield, a shamefur dispray! Kershaw: Shit, really? I didnt think I sound that scary.

Love your videos

I’ve been enjoying your videos quite a bit and it appears you do in-depth research, do you have a citation for the 1st PHB fleeing in panic on Maryland Heights? That’s contrary to the research I myself have done as well as contrary to Major Henry Kyd Douglas’s firsthand account of the battle. Major Douglas was a CS officer, but he knew Col Maulsby of the 1st PHB, Douglas says the Maulsby and his men were eager for a fight that was denied them by being ordered to withdrew and ultimately surrender. I’m sure you have a source, just curious to what the truth is between your source and Douglas.

Dude, Me and Unc went to Harpers Ferry/ Bolivar Heights 2 days ago!! 🤣🤣🤣 On a serious note, The Potomac River is THE LOWEST its been in a good while. Can literally see the Bedrock.. Thanks for the coincidence! 😛

Small error, at 6:08 he mentions that command of Ford's Brigade comes upon Colonel Elikam Sherrill of the 126th New York instead of the 125th. Minor detail.

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"This escalated quickly" - Everyone in 1862

wow i didn't know that this was America's largest surrender, nice video

Miles gets a bum rap from history imo. With the forces he had there was no way to defend 3 separate positions around the town from maneuver forces. The generals who gave him his orders to hold while also denying him troops before the battle were given a clean pass because the dead man couldn't defend himself and was an easy target for criticism. Keep in mind, Miles was under explicit orders not to withdraw. But war is war and in the end only success matters. The retreating cavalry units were not chastised for ignoring the orders of General-in-chief Henry W. Halleck and General Wood to hold "at all hazards" the important arsenal and railroad bridges until he was relieved by Union forces under Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan. 3 days Miles was told, surrender was on day 4.

"America's Largest Surrender", except for Lee's surrender at Appomattox.

I hope to see Colonel “Grimes” Davis’ breakout with his cavalry and how he captures Longstreet’s reserve ammunition.

Seems like boldness in covering all potential confederate movements and fields of fire wouldve won the day for the Union.Col. Dixon paid with his life.God rest all of them

anyone in the comments ever been to harpers ferry? would you recommend? this video got me wanting to go

The federal that led his 1400 out reminds me of a northern Nathan Bedford Forrest

I will say having hiked Maryland Heights numerous times the thought of trying to assault that position from the South via Harper's Ferry would be incredibly difficult, I doubt that once the Confederates were up there any force from Harper's Ferry would push them off the mountain. I cannot think of a more difficult command than the defense of Harpers Ferry against a well lead and superior force nor can I think of a less suitable commander for the exercise(OK maybe Benjamin Butler)

I am always amazed of how few casualties most battles of that time had. Is it so or is my perception of this general conflict distorted?

This is not a critique, because i know you have a full time job. But i can`t wait until your episodes comes out. rest of the civil war channels are amatuer production compared.

Franklin's sloth in this was utterly disgraceful and disqualifing for an officer to spend 3 hours with no movements other than assembling your Corp in a moment where speed is so clearly nessicary is frankly baffling. There was no attempt to use troops to probe or work around the Confederates they just wasted three hours. Franklin to me is primarily responsible for the failure of this section of the campaign. Though Miles did himself no favors with his incredibly passive defense. Drawing a scheme of defense for Harper’s Ferry with that few troops is near impossible but one thing I know for sure is that Cavalry doesn't do you any good when you don't use it. You could have had it attempt to slow down either Jackson's movement to Harper’s Ferry or perphas more profitably use it to assist the relief force in getting to you. The most important thing in a situation like this is depth. You need to slow the Confederates down as much as possible. I don't know why Miles thought the position on the Maryland heights could be held. You are simply always going to have your flank turned if the enemy out numbers you. Using the Cavalry to do literally anything would have significantly improved the situation and the decision to do nothing in a lost position is baffling. At the very least the store of the depot should be sabatoged as to not fall into enemy hands. In summation this was a tough task but both commanders bungled it to some degree. The only vague display of competence was from the Union Cavalry.

I think they were a little too ready to surrender considering the casualties sustained up to that point

Antietam when?

Are you going to be finishing out the Maryland Campaign?

Mr Harrington we needa Warzone video I’m still waiting 🙄

Pretty insane to use such a strategically compromised location as harpers ferry.

Terrible place to defend A.P. Hill was right to say that

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12k men under the command of a colonel?! That’s an entire corps. Why isn’t a general in command of a garrison that size?

this guy has one of the strangest accents I've ever heard. I can't get over the way he pronounced "Ohio" 7:18

When are more videos coming out?

Another video soon ???

I came here from War Of Rights.

Why do you post your videos unlisted first before premiering them

The first surrender was by Canada and England, who has assisted an insurrectionist named John Brown, who would assist a revolt by enslaved Africans. The lesson was that sooner or later the USA federal forces would prevail. Today, that federal schooling is still available.

Wasn't Bataan are larger surrender? That aside, way to go Grimes Davis.

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Everyone surrendered at Harper's Ferry, look at the terrain sir

Common Chickenhawk modification of history. They can't keep getting away with this.

Either White or Miles should have been court martial for their surrender of Harper's Ferry.

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Guess you don't consider the 30,000 that surrendered at Vicksburg, "Americans"?

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a friggin kamala harris add. cmon, keep political leaning out of historical educational videos

Guns on Maryland and Loudon Heights command the town of Harpers Ferry but did not command the Union line on Bolivar Heights and thus were insufficient to cause capitulation, necessitating Jackson's investment from Schoolhouse Ridge.

I think Gen. Miles was right to hold out. His subordinates and men seem like cowards.

OK lets run some #'s here Miles has just over 12.700 troops Missing form those 12,700 were 12,419 leaving but just under 300 to surrender yet u also say that there were 12.636 as casualties That would mean that Miles in reality by these #'s had over 25,000 troops which he did not When u used the words missing and causalities both should of read as captured have someone look at ur videos who know nothing of them but can see tjhings like this and that way u can avid these errors in future

The surrender of USAFFE, both on Bataan under King, and the rest of the forces within the United States' Commonwealth of the Philippines under Wainwright, in 1942. Was far larger than the surrender on Harpers Ferry. Therefore the title of this video is wrong. And it is a smack in the face of all those who fought the Empire of Japan from December 1941 to May 1942; a slap in the face of millions of Civilians who also pledged allegiance to the flag of the United States of America who had to live under the occupation of the Empire of Japan, and the tens of thousands who resisted said occupation. 👎

I had a ancestor at cramptons gap he was with company B 16th Georgia infantry

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