Tour Stop 2: The Campaign that made Ulysses S. Grant's Career: Forts Henry & Donelson

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2 жыл бұрын

We are launching our 2021 Western Theater of the Civil War video swing where Ulysses S. Grant's career was launched-Fort Henry on the Tennessee River.
Join Garry Adelman, Greg Biggs, and Chris Mackowski as they take you to the banks of the Tennessee River, near Dover, Tennessee, where Fort Henry once protected the ingress to the heart of the Confederacy. #FortHenryTour
This video is part of our Battlefield Tour Series covering Civil War Tennessee and Mississippi. View the full playlist here: • Civil War Tennessee/Mi...
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@dupeesfashionconsultant4204 2 жыл бұрын

Love the western swing!! Never hear anything about the western campaigns

@Droobie420 Жыл бұрын

Terrible spot for a fort

@nickroberts-xf7oq Жыл бұрын

Even East Tennessee was considered to be in the western theater. 🎉

@CodyChepa88 2 жыл бұрын

I have really loved learning more about grant and his career. Also like learning about the western side of the war.

@Dive-Bar-Casanova 2 жыл бұрын

We like that Garry continuously prefaces his descriptions with what units and people were Confederate and what were Union. Really helps prevent confusion.

@joesmoak7647 2 жыл бұрын

I love your videos. Thank you so much for what you do. I learn so much from every video. I am excited about seeing the upcoming videos on Shiloh and Corinth.

@johnresto1603 2 жыл бұрын

So good that you have Chris with you. Such a great historian and guide.

@yuckyool 2 жыл бұрын

I visited Fort Donelson a few weeks ago . . . and here are my thoughts: 1. It was a catastrophic (Strategic) loss for the Confederacy as shown by the withdrawal from Columbus/Bowling Green and/at the Battle of Shiloh a few weeks later. 2. Buckner's Division, responsible for the Confederate's Right (northern) Flank was located too high up on the hill. The line of trenches (they are still there today) were positioned just behind the old Eddyville Rd, along the actual crest vs. the military crest, thereby allowing C.F. Smith's Division to come through the ravine and climb most of the hill before Buckner's troops knew they were there. 3. In-fighting among dis-functional Confederate leadership led to attempts-to-escape from a decent defensive position (especially after beating the Federal Navy), relinquishing command to save face and avoid fighting leading to an almost surprising unconditional surrender In my opinion, the Confederacy really screwed up, surrendered way too early/easily giving the North its first (in retrospect, HUGE) strategic victory as well as the capture of 12,000+ Confederate forces.

@CreatorsKid 2 жыл бұрын

I've watched the 1st video, making my way through all of them if time permits. Just letting you know you are much appreciated for what you are doing. Thanks to all of you involved.

@AmericanBattlefieldTrust 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Take your time. They will be here forever 😁

@panzerlehr2730 Жыл бұрын

Grant strikes South!🇺🇲🇺🇲

@Odin029 2 жыл бұрын

I never knew much about Adolphus Heiman, but a marker for where his house used to be is just down the road from me.

@nickroberts-xf7oq Жыл бұрын

Fort Donelson is awesome to see ! 🎉 And, from there, its only a couple of hours to Shiloh ! 🎉

@coffeeNTrees 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for all you do!

@SuperPhester 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, My great grandfather was wounded at the first battle day of Shiloh! So I love this history!

@darrenrawlings9278 2 жыл бұрын

Very enjoyable thanks guys

@paulbrasier372 2 жыл бұрын

Always hungry for more and more about the great General Grant. So few of these following Grant and so much about lesser Generals that only fought in a couple battles for the south.

@GodseyKnives 2 жыл бұрын

I've enjoyed the videos

@kennethbigos4051 2 жыл бұрын

Great stuff!

@dupeesfashionconsultant4204 2 жыл бұрын

Just went to fort Fisher in Wilmington love the lesser known battles

@scottbumpus4699 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent overview. Glad to see our end of the war getting some much deserved attention.

@1189paris 2 жыл бұрын

I will be heading out to Fort Donelson this Friday so the premier of this video has been very helpful.

@j.j.guerrieri8121 2 жыл бұрын

These guys are great, great content over the last few days, a lot of work and driving I’m sure

@joemabry9643 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@elliottjames8020 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for doing the Western Theater, it's long overdue. Yes I understand the problems, but this is where the war is won, in the west.

@kaycox5555 2 жыл бұрын

Love these videos!!

@jorgemartinpaez4376 2 жыл бұрын

Such a crucial battle

@jonathanjenkins6727 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for covering Phelps' Raid

@gregbiggs5674 2 жыл бұрын

It is very understated and could have had much bigger ramifications if Grant had been allowed to take 2-30,000 men to Florence, Al instead of going to Donelson.

@johnresto1603 2 жыл бұрын

Can't wait for Nashville and Thomas.

@sagebrother 2 жыл бұрын

Informative and energetic as usual. Well done.

@robertharker 2 жыл бұрын

A great video. One long shot with the presenters switching out seamlessly. A very interesting way to make a video. Rather than assemble editing the video, you assemble edit the presenters. Keep up the good work!

@craiggleason8386 2 жыл бұрын

There is a great reproduction of a city class gunboat at mud Island at Memphis. Great place to go if you get a chance

@gregbiggs5674 2 жыл бұрын

I loved that when I saw it some years ago.

@andrewhoward9870 2 жыл бұрын

Wow. I had no idea that the water flooded Fort Henry. So interesting!

@pigybak 2 жыл бұрын

Very interesting….

@kennethserfass5361 9 ай бұрын

Nice to see the west get proper consideration. My own series is all about How the War was Won in the West.

@jamesmartin3431 2 жыл бұрын

The Red Coats of London are here. Just wanted to say how much I love these presentation!!

@johnt.kennedy3856 2 жыл бұрын

Redcoats!? You mean the team that is 0-1-1 here in America?

@jamesmartin3431 2 жыл бұрын

@@johnt.kennedy3856 Sorry John, I meant the one's that burnt the White House down in 1812. I wish we hadn't as it upset Mrs Madison's afternoon tea party. lol

@johnt.kennedy3856 2 жыл бұрын

@@jamesmartin3431 oh yea, how did Pacham do down in His visit to New Orleans?

@jamesmartin3431 2 жыл бұрын

@@johnt.kennedy3856 Hi John, Good point well made. As an English Republican all I can say is Long live the free and independent USA

@johnt.kennedy3856 2 жыл бұрын

@@jamesmartin3431 No worries pal, hard to keep war victories coming when you are fighting the vast majority of the world.

@MrKnight19971 2 жыл бұрын

All I remember from school is that the Union sailed down the Mississippi and split the CSA down the middle. The schools didn't really teach me about the battles.

@bradleycred99 2 жыл бұрын

👍🏼🤠👍🏼

@seancrowley1065 Жыл бұрын

I think the loss of Ft Henry and Ft Wagner due to water is a shame !

@jorgemartinpaez4376 2 жыл бұрын

I never knew that the riverclad ships timberclad and ironclads were damaged?

@shiningstaer 2 жыл бұрын

4th!

@sadeaton 2 жыл бұрын

ABT should have gotten more involved with preserving historic markers and monuments the past few years, cowards all the way around.

@michaelamanek8908 2 жыл бұрын

Are the guns under water today ?

@jimryon8113 2 жыл бұрын

Why do historians always use future tense?

@oneleggoalie 2 жыл бұрын

Lincoln should have realised sooner that Grant was a far superior thinker and general than McClellan...like comparing homework between a high schooler and a postgraduate...or was Grant just a brawler with brains ? 😐

@johnfleet235 4 ай бұрын

Lincoln was aware of Grant as far back as November 1861. Though I think Grant would possibly have failed if he was in the East in 1861 and 1862. Grant started the war a long way from Washington. He had a chance to learn from his mistakes and how to be a successful General.

@calkinsb0713 2 жыл бұрын

Forest???😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@JonathanLundkvist 2 жыл бұрын

Was Nathan Bedford Forrest called "Man of Fire" because he liked to burn crosses and dance around them in a white hood?

@jimminshall7449 2 жыл бұрын

@Jonathan Lundkvist triggered!

@JonathanLundkvist 2 жыл бұрын

@@jimminshall7449 Just remembering the history about the man; after all the removal of the statues apparently make many southerners forget.

@jimminshall7449 2 жыл бұрын

@@JonathanLundkvist he should be remembered as a brilliant General and Southern patriot which is what he was/is. Destroying history by removing statues isn’t going to change that.

@JonathanLundkvist 2 жыл бұрын

@@jimminshall7449 It should also be remembered that he killed US Soldiers, betrayed his country and founded a terrorist organisation based on hate. That is history too.

@jimminshall7449 2 жыл бұрын

@@JonathanLundkvist He killed Union soldiers because they invaded the South and committed atrocities on the Southern people. The South had a right to secede and Lincoln was a tyrant. General Forrest and others started that organization due to the atrocities that were committed on Southern people (that includes women and children) during Reconstruction.