For our returning viewers, these are the same productions as before, just with our new American Battlefield Trust opening. We wanted a more cohesive look moving forward as our audience continues to grow. As always we appreciate your support and look forward to continuing to share our passion for American history.

Why can't the History Channel play stuff like this? Instead, they play fake garbage like Pawn Stars or ludicrous trash like Ancient Aliens.

I walked the Shilo battle field 3 weeks ago. I am a Vietnam combat veteran and the civil war places always seem sacred and somehow haunting to me. Having walked the ground and seen the maps here, I cannot help but feel the deepest respect for those men ( on both sides) that fought there.

"I can't spare this man, he fights!" Lincoln was right about that. A more timid Union commander might very well have retreated back to Nashville after that first day, but not Grant, he snatched victory from the jaws of defeat. Did he make mistakes leading to his army being surprised? Yes, but what general never made mistakes in this war? Grant however never let himself be demoralized by his mistakes, he only learned from them and even when he lost battles he ended up winning campaigns of incredible strategic value. Even Lee, while repeatedly winning battle after battle against Grant, was not able to contain him like he had been able to do with McClellan.

I think that April the 6th was not Grant's biggest setback but the proof of his leadership skills. The man rode up and down the lines turning a confused and demoralized union men into determined and focused soldiers and stopping the enemy from reaching the landing. He didn't send a dispatch to check out the cannon fire. He traveled himself to the frontline and took charge of the situation. He met with officers in the field and turned a "soldiers fight" into an organized defense.

My ancestor was at Shiloh. He was with the 12th Iowa. Taken prisoner at the Hornet's Nest, later traded back to the Union. He rejoined the fight and died of disease at Vicksburg.

American Civil War reenactors make this art form possible. They should be honoured for their profound recreations of massed humanity in extremis.

Make more of these animated Battle Maps! Please

So that's why Johnston didn't realise he had been hit in the femoral artery... I always wondered on how and why he never felt himself get shot, and how he was able to bleed out the way he did.... I love how this channel teaches me the smaller facts of history... you learn more than what you already knew.

i've walked all of the recognised battlefield trails, twice along with the Boy Scout Troop 127 my son was involved with. it was quite an experience walking the same steps these forces walked back in 1862. i received a frameable "Veteran of Shiloh Battlefield" certificate for completing the 110 miles of hikes required. an experience i will never forget.

Shiloh is where I caught my bug for the Civil War as a kid visiting family in Mississippi. It's a great park in the National Park Service.

The battlefield losses at Shiloh were quite shocking, although other later battles would have higher casualties. There was great reluctance to join infantry regiments after the battle, with only cavalry regiments being able to attract recruits in West Tennessee due to this battle and the subsequent Federal occupation. Had several ancestors involved at the battle, with some dying subsequently due to battle injuries or disease.

Very well preserved battlefield. Unique cannons that I have never seen. Cemetary is a place of reverence. Highly recommend a visit.

I love American History!! This showed a picture of Grant wearing a snazzy hat with feather, which is surprising as he was such a shy man. His memoirs are absolutely fantastic, he writes very well.This generation settled the matter once and for all, God bless them!!

It is my certainty that visual work such as this represents the highest form of visual art. There is no artistic ego, only fact. It has the extremes of human experience, good and bad, simultaneously. Horrible, beautiful and awe - inspiring. All of life and death's great paradoxes are there. Entire communities including women, with extreme stoicism, shoulder to shoulder, knowing what was ahead repeatedly going in to battle. Many vapourised by artillery at close range. Unbelievable suffering and fortitude, deprivations and horror were encountered. Most were poor volunteers. These people and their suffering should be remembered and depicted. This has to be the noblest form of visual art to date. A war mostly down to peer pressure (E. Bearss sic.). Warnings from history, of course.

These videos are amazing. The intro music pulls you right in with a somewhat engaging and empowering score but then brings home the horrors of war that truly existed. It was a quagmire of human drama played out at the expense of thousands.

Well done. The stand at the Hornet's Nest went some way to determining the outcome.

Incredible content. Must be viewed by all Americans at this divisive hour in our history

Your battle maps are the ones that I always go to when I'm trying to get a picture of the action in my head. The maps themselves are superb, and I enjoy the medley of reenactment footage and old photographs that you use to add depth to the story.

I've been to a lot of civil war battlefields and of all of them Shiloh is by far my favorite. It was just so unique in military history. Two groups of barely trained civilians going at each other with a savagery that wouldn't be seen until later in the war at places like Little Round Top and Overland campaign. The terrain, the hardships the men endured even when not in battle. Everything about it is unique in world history.

The battle of Shiloh was the first real modern battle of modern war. Shiloh was fought with mostly older smoothbore muskets converted to percussion cap. Many Confederate regiments had old Brown Bess muskets converted to percussion cap or muskets from the War of 1812 converted to percussion cap. Many Confederate regiments had squirrel hunting rifles and shotguns brought from home. The Union Army also had large numbers of old smoothbore muskets from the War of 1812 and Mexican War such as the 1842 Springfield smoothbore musket. Almost all of these older muskets including many bought in Europe were percussion cap for more consistent firing. Most of these smoothbore muskets were filled with homemade buckshot rounds or buck and ball rounds. Buck and ball rounds were .69 caliber ball rounds with three .30 caliber muskets. However many soldiers made their own homemade buckshot rounds of 12 or more buckshot balls from artillery canister rounds. These were close range weapons but extremely effective at 50 meters with 100 meters at the outer range. The fighting showed the devastating lethality of these older smoothbore weapons firing a regimental volley of buck and ball rounds or buckshot. Most of the fighting ranges at Shiloh were at very close range at under a hundred meters. Much of Shiloh is filled with brush and tree foliage. The rifled musket and Minie ball were used at Shiloh but far too many Civil War historians overhype the rifled musket and MInie ball. Most of these Civil War battles were filled with the fog of thick black powder smoke. Artillery guns also fired black powerder rounds creating enormous clouds of smoke hanging over the battlefield. Many of these Civil War battles became close range "point and shoot" affairs where each side had a general idea where the enemy was but few individual targets could be made out. The rifled musket also had a parabolic trajectory that would cause a Minie ball sailing over the target's human head at 200 to 250 yards. Riflemen on both sides at Shiloh were poorly trained for judging distance of the target and adjusting their aiming point. So most regiments of soldiers used their smoothbore muskets with buck and ball rounds fired in volleys at close range of a 100 yards or less. Skirmishers used their rifled muskets better in open order in front of the men in the double ranks. It is important to note the enormous casualties caused at Shiloh with these older smoothbore muskets. The percussion cap was a big game changer because shooting became more consistent and easier to train green soldiers. The smoothbore musket with the percussion cap and buck and ball rounds were the real killers at Shiloh. The Minie ball and rifled musket killed or maimed most Civil war soldiers but these casualties occurred at ranges of less than 100 meters due to the poor training and clouds of smoke hanging over the battlefield from blackpowder weapons. It is important to remember the casualty rates Civil War battles and ranges of the two sides engaging each other were NOT fundamentally different from Napoleonic battles 50 years earlier. The deadliest weapons of the Civil War were those railroads and steam riverboats that allowed the concentration of armies in field almost indefinitely.

My Mother's family is from the Corinth area and got to see the battlefield as a teenager. Thanks for the great presentation.

I like this lecture, I guess is what you call it. The guy speaking is a Marine Vet who passed away from Cancer a few years ago. He always did a good job.

RIP brave men.

I was there and walked the fields, it's massive, and the woods are hard to see through. This battle was fought on both sides by men who believed in a cause. I have been to Gettysburg and compared to it, this was a unbelievable battle of will. God bless them all!

never was a history buff as a hi schooler, am 68 and luv learning it now, superb animations and re-enactments. the photogs, artists and survivors to tell the history of the ACW, it was like being there>they all gone now, but they live becuz of American Battlefield Trust>

this channel is a treasure. A NATIONAL Treasure. I ain't even AMerican!

I have been re-reading Larry J. Daniel's SHILOH. It has amazing detail re which little unit did what where and for how long. The casualties were stunning; one formation started with roughly 2500 men, and ended with aprox. 350. A wave of Rebels taking a Union volley at 200 yards. People talk lightly these days about "civil war;" that was the reality. PS the animated maps really show how it happened, with the big picture.

I visited Shiloh 2 years ago and was amazed at how well preserved the battlefield was. Being in the deep Tennessee country, there is no urban encroachment like you see with the battlefields in the east. When I visited Antietam the nearby suburbs and housing just off the park property was a terrible eyesore to someone who cares about preservation. But at Shiloh the landscape was pristine. Shiloh is well off the beaten path and it takes a while to get there, but if you care about battlefield preservation I recommend taking the time to visit.

These videos are phenomenal. Really helps to understand these battles.

I'll be walking these fields in 1 week. Driving from deep South Texas, I can't wait to be there.

How did it take me so long to find this channel!? Wonderful job! Very informative! So great to honor our ancestors by remembering them.

These series show how hard fought this war really was. And give just some idea how high the cost of victory came.

Thank you guys so much for all you do to preserve our History especially now with so many attempting to erase or change it to suit their needs

While Grants army was surprised, his tactical deployment of his army before the battle was almost perfect. Both armies were not yet hard veterans but they fought well. Grant was cool and measured as always. He spent time deploying his batteries on a knoll by the landing that just dominates the landscape. That accomplished, he couldn't lose -

I've been to Shilo. I had only just driven in when a large stone monument appeared just 20 yards away. I stopped immediately and got out of the truck, camera in hand. But as I neared the thing and raised my camera, I started to cry. I never thought such an old honorary could effect me so emotionally. It had only one word: IOWA.

These Animated Battle Maps are outstanding!!

Just played this battle in Ultimate General: Civil War. It was intense!

As a decedent of Albert S. Johnston I always wondered the outcome of this battle would have been different had he not been killed. But I do believe the victory would of still been to the Union due to their outstanding numbers. Great video, many thanks.

Hi! This is a great way for learning and enjoying the Civil War.

Most awesome and noble - minded visual art and depiction. Perfection.

I visited Shiloh this past April. This is an incredible rendition of the action and covers the main points very well. Splendid job

I love the re-releases. These are really well done. I hope all get deeper treatments.

My Great-Great Grandfather died at this battle. fighting on the Union side.

i'm european but i love watching these videos, the real life camera shots which are the best reenactment shots i have ever seen, combined with the tactical map really give me the feeling i'm there. Great stuff

Outstanding video and cinematography.

You really need to do Second Manassas and the '62 & '64 Shenandoah campaigns. Bragg's campaign culminating at Perryville would be nice as well.

I've been learning about the War Between the States for 30 years and even I learn new things from these amazing videos. They are far superior to anything I learned in public school

Thank you ABT for your excellent American history productions!!!

I live in Chattanooga, just a stones throw over the border from Chickamauga, 15 minutes from Missionary Ridge and 25 minutes from Lookout/Signal Mountain(s). I constantly forget and am quite privileged to be in the backyard of three of the most pivotal battles in the Western Theater of the war. I’ve been to all three battlefields (multiple times as well as hikes there), Fort Donelson, Franklin and Stones River (Murfreesboro), but I still haven’t been to Shiloh. I’ll probably wait until November when we have some nice cool fall weather to visit and make a weekend out of it. The greatest irony is that “Shiloh” in Hebrew means “place of peace” but in April of 1862, quite the opposite was true.

I live literally 30mi from this battelfield its quite the sight and there are Indian mounds less than a mile from the main battelfield

This is a very useful aid to understanding this battle. Thank you!

What an excellent production bringing Shiloh to life.

You do a really good job of telling these stories. Thank you.

If they had listened to Nathan B. Forrest ....Shiloh would've been a total victory for CSA. Forrest was the most brilliant cavalry commander of the war & always knew the enemies location.

I was just at Shiloh yesterday. A somber place, and humbling.

Shiloh is an annual trip for our scout troop. (T525, Clarksville, Tn.) It has been a part of us for over 50 years. I have taken the boys to do the history trails and watched the video at the visitors center. The hornets nest, bloody pond, the mass graves. My youngest son has played Taps there for the lost. I must say, this video is an attention getter. The mixing of sight, sound and maps with explanations caught me off guard and unprepared for the emotions. It really puts the sacrifice these men made in a way unlike a monument does. Thank you 🙏🏻. Please keep up this great work.

Shiloh is one of the best preserved battlefields. If you get a chance go there.

One maybe interesting side note of the Battle of Shiloh, after the battle a Brown Bess was picked up from the battlefield. Marking the last known time a Brown Bess was used in battle.

Albert Sydney Johnson was reviewing a map that had a major error in showing the Tennessee River going straight down towards Mississippi instead of curving. The map also showed Pittsburgh Landing to be further South than it really was. This error combined with orders to keep the troops safe from Federal gunboats on the river resulted in the main attack taking place to far to the west of the river and thus pushed Grant's troops towards their base at Pittsburg landing instead of away from it.

Very nicely done! As good of a job anyone could do in showing the battle!

Its sad how Grant is remembered as a drunk and butcher while his contribution to the Union and ending slavery is so great.

This is a truly great film! Great narration, great visuals, great job all around! ✨👏🏼😎✨

Great series! Thank you ;-)

brilliant series, what history docs should be like

As a student of the War Between the States I immensely enjoy these videos.

I was there for the 150th anniversary and that battlefield is immaculate.

I'm glad it was filmed in spring.

These are awesome! Well done.

One cool story from the Mexican War was that Grant, after borrowing a horse and charging into Monterrey with Jefferson Davis, wound up hunkered down in a building with PT Beauregard at one point during the day. That was the day Grant earned a mention in the papers by volunteering to go back for reinforcements and pulled some trick riding under fire down the street. He may have been the best horseman in the army at that point.

I haven’t been there since my teen years, “ The Hornets Nest” is still etched in my mind.

It’d be great if you could make more of these animated maps. I’ve watched most of them multiple times already. Very entertaining and enjoyable to watch

Excellent presentation. Thank you

My God the sacrifices these man gave. God bless them all.

Grant having a sprained ankle is an understatement. His horse slipped in the mud after getting off the boat and fell on top of his leg. Luckily, the softness of the mud also saved him and allowed him to walk away with just the sprained ankle.

My family owned land that this happened on, thank you for making this, I was able to see what actions occurred on that land

Two of my great grand father's brothers fought for Wisconsin on the Union side (obviously), and both were wounded and both were captured. The older of the two was let go as was to be too difficult to care for. He attempted to make it home but died in northern Illinois. The younger brother being shifted from one prison camp to another became quite ill and was let go. He too attempted to return home and unlike his brother was successful, but succumbed to his illness 2 months later. I have visited his grave site.

It's hard to understand the emotions this video expresses. I'm so thankful I never had to face these horrors. Wave after wave, unit after unit heading to the front, what did those men feel...

I love these accounts. Thank you for doing them.

Another excellent video presentation.

Great video! Another important battle of the Civil War and another massacre! Thanks for your job

A Union victory that was a textbook example of snatching victory from the jaws of defeat.

Thanks! Well done!

I love this series!

13:22 The 11th hour. Hold strong here, boys. The country depends on you now, here at this place. The cannon on this line is tremendous in number and strength. When visiting, it seems like this position could never have been taken with anything short of divine providence.

These are so great! Keep up the good work guys.

You should do one on the battle of Mobile bay

I'm craving Arby's for some reason...

Historians oft forget to mention that, due to the era this battle takes place, many otherwise everyday items were in short supply. The Confederates were short on Iphones, and even if they had them, microwave transmitters were hard to come by. The Federals would have done much better, but Nathan's brand hotdogs were nowhere to be found, extending the war itself for years.

Here in New Orleans we have a tumulus in Lakelawn Cemetery for the Army of Tennessee. A statue of A.S.Johnston on his horse is on top of it and it is where PGT Beauregard is buried.

Yay! Epic. Well done!

Great job! Keep up the good work.

Marvelous videos. Thanks.

Fascinating. Thank you!

11:49 the withdrawal of both union wings left the center alone, and watch the animation as Wallace's division is completely surrounded. The Hornet's nest becomes its name as 14 brigades and 60 cannon fire into the Unionists.

I’ve walked Shiloh, and I still can’t fully grasp how artillery could be effective with the thick cover of deciduous trees, even at the time of the battle. The elevation changes on the field are relatively small, so artillery could not take advantage of height to have fields of fire down into the trees…

I want to give a MASSIVE SHOUT OUT and Commemorate with Adoration for the 2nd, 4th, 5th, 27th, and 33rd Virginia Infantry Regiments and the Rockbridge Artillery Battery... Will always be Immortally Remembered for there Dauntless Intrepid and Valorous Deeds in the Field... Proving Preparedness to Engage and Endure Suffering Harm and Injury while Brandishing Courage under Conditions where Belligerences were Waging War with Extreme Violence....😊❤️💯🙏

These films are so good in all respects

The battle started with the engagement in Fraley's Field. Major Powells detachment engaged Hardee's pickets for over two hours. This is a pretty important part of the battle. Too important to overlook if you ask me.

These videos are the greatest.