Ulysses S. Grant's Council of War | Civil War Then & Now

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On May 21, 1864 war photographer Timothy O'Sullivan took a series of photos of Ulysses S. Grant's Council of War during the Overland Campaign. The photos were taken on the upper level of the Massaponax Baptist Church in Fredericksburg, Va.
Garry Adelman and Kris White of the American Battlefield Trust break down these historic shots.
The American Battlefield Trust preserves America’s hallowed battlegrounds and educates the public about what happened there and why it matters. We permanently protect these battlefields for future generations as a lasting and tangible memorial to the brave soldiers who fought in the American Revolution, the War of 1812, and the Civil War.

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@ryanenlow2687 2 ай бұрын

The close up analysis of those famous photos was exquisite.... Thank you Adelson and company... freaking fantastic!!!

@justgoofingoff 2 ай бұрын

Drive by the church almost every day heading home, I see those pictures in my head every time i look at it.

@CuyanaTGen 2 ай бұрын

Are the Church pews shown in this set of fotos --- as arranged on the front lawn and occupied by the Union staff, etc --- the same as the ones now being used in the Church?

@annmcgehee1728 2 ай бұрын

Great job to get in close to identify even better details we might otherwise miss, like the cross on the wagon, the fez and sash! Excellent, please make more of these videos!!

@stewartj3407 2 ай бұрын

If only someone would’ve shown this picture to Grant in his later years, and record his thoughts on it, and identify for us all the main players. I bet he would’ve been delighted to see an image like that so many years later. I wonder if he ever saw it?

@lookonthebrightsideoflife5200 2 ай бұрын

It's possible but unlikely. Most of the photos from the war were seen during the war and, with Grant in the field, I don't think he would have. By the end of the war nobody wanted to see the carnage anymore and the subject wouldn't become a fascination for people again until reunions started happening and around the 50th anniversary of the war. On the otherhand, it wouldn't surprise me if Grant, while President, may have requested to see some of the many thousands of photographs taken of the war or perhaps Matthew Brady could've put something together for him of his command. I haven't read Grant's memoir to see if he references seeing any so anyone who has would know. Otherwise, it seems most, if not all, veterans of that war didn't want to be reminded of those days. Arthur, Harrison, McKinley, Hayes, and Garfield among them.

@NJcruiser 2 ай бұрын

Have stood right there several times and once was invited into the church along with the other members of our small tour group to check out the soldier graffiti. Truly an amazing place.

@MrElliotc02 2 ай бұрын

Absolutely stunning! I've seen this photos dozens of times but you made it speak. Really outstanding job.

@Bynggo 2 ай бұрын

Brilliant overview. Thank you. What a shame politicians are dumbing down the US population to a point where some now have no idea what you are talking about.

@ChrisRubeo Ай бұрын

Oh BOY is that ever true!

@ronharrell5626 2 ай бұрын

Garry - what a great video. I love how you overlay the old and the current view. This is on my bucket list of placed to see. Now I will know how to orient the photo to the current site of the church.

@scottkelly1685 2 ай бұрын

I've long thought these photos are the closest we ever got to a motion picture from the war. Thanks for the vid!

@ChrisWeil 2 ай бұрын

visited over the Summer as this is one of my favorite photo series. Love how Rawlins has his leg up on the bench while reading the paper and Dana is leaning on him.

@felixfonseca1284 2 ай бұрын

The 3D job with the 100 years old photo is incredible.

@GEORGEWINS1956 2 ай бұрын

160 years.

@sharkusvelarde 2 ай бұрын

I love it, a nod to Frassanito's work. Thanks Gary!

@vickistevens423 2 ай бұрын

Incredible close-ups of the photographs and the detailed information. Outstanding job, Garry and Kris.

@dkstryker 2 ай бұрын

You don't know how grateful I am you guys made this video.. I love these photos honestly they are my favorite from. The entire war. These photos show exactly how life was for the commanders for the Civil War and the entire country. It depicts traffic, topography, rustic living, and how military commanders communicated.. its surreal to think 30 years later there would be electricity, gas powered vehicles,telephones, cigarettes, and then a few years down the road from 1900, there would be airplanes... how fast things changed in the world shortly after this photo was taken.. the thing that astounds me with this photo is its one of the last along with the photos of the West that depict a fading way of life for the birth of a new form of life.

@karen-leelamb1097 2 ай бұрын

This is incredible! Please do more of these.

@neilscoins9148 2 ай бұрын

You miss one crucial thing in the photographs. The church pews which they are sitting on are the ones in the upper loft.

@Thudd100 2 ай бұрын

Well done. Love the " then and now".

@christophermarks6260 2 ай бұрын

I'd love to see a bronze statue showing Grant looking over Meade's shoulder- that bench alone and the men on it. It would look fantastic at the church.

@bonanzatime 2 ай бұрын

When I first saw this photograph, it fascinated me. Thank you for elaborating on it. .. My ears perked up when I heard, '4th Pennsylvania Calvary' because that was my great great grandfather's regiment. But he wouldn't have been here because he was captured in October 1863 at Jeffersonton, then eventually sent to Andersonville (probably one of the first ones).

@christineruss2630 2 ай бұрын

That was awesome! Thank you. New trip next weekend!

@MrRozzi20 2 ай бұрын

The transitions are FANTASTIC!

@brianfischer149 2 ай бұрын

Excellent video presentation ! We live in Illinois and have been to Grant's home in Galena. Also been to Grant's Farm in St. Louis Missouri several times . Moving to Southern Ohio and have come to find out Grant was born near Cincinnati, Ohio. Have read a Biography about Grant years ago. He really was a Great man in my opinion and a great American Story of were he began and what he became . General of the Union Army and than President of the United States !

@Truckergregg 2 ай бұрын

Wow, that is insane. What it must feel like to stand right there in the footsteps of history. Just amazing.

@jamesmccarthy5086 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing. I had no idea there were multiple pictures taken at this spot! I’ve always loved the first one and have always wondered what they could be talking about. It had to have been kinda hectic in a way. And plus I always kinda imagine myself walking by and taking a seat next to one of them looking at the map. Thanks again!

@craigcolandro2781 2 ай бұрын

Great as always, Garry and Kris. I stopped here one day last October the week of the Image Of War Seminar and took some pics, but the Church was closed so I couldn't get the good shots from the window. :( I want to get in there so bad! I did take the long shot looking towards the church with back to the highway for a nice Now and Then.

@donaldswankie4081 2 ай бұрын

Awesome job Gary and Chris ..

@commonleadership48 2 ай бұрын

absolutely incredible. a great documentary

@Grunt802VT 2 ай бұрын

"Coming up from The American Battlefield Trust"!! ❤

@oldprankster7606 2 ай бұрын

This video truly personifies what the AMT is all about - bringing recognition to long forgotten places of history that beg to be remembered. You made this ordinary-in-appearance road intersection and an unassuming church come alive again as an important part of American history. An enlightening and fascinating presentation. Thanks so much.

@MakeNumismaticsGreatAgain 2 ай бұрын

Well done guys. Your videos keep getting better and better. Keep it up!

@jude999 2 ай бұрын

This is definitely another notch up in quality

@platform15gym 2 ай бұрын

Wow - I stopped at the gas station across Hwy 1 last September and I was trying to imagine where Grant was sitting back in May 1864 while I was filling up my car. Thank you!

@bobhanson6586 2 ай бұрын

Terrific mining of information from 3 plates! Your photo graphics are tasteful yet help clearly tell the story. Well done!

@patrickcameron4882 2 ай бұрын

This short film was outstanding. I saw this area a few years ago and the film really brought the event back to life.

@danielfaflik4545 2 ай бұрын

Man you guys are nailing these videos. The narration the videos and pictures and the overall video presentation really well done.

@stewartj3407 2 ай бұрын

I don’t know how many books I’ve read that described Grant as stoop shouldered, and every time I hear that, the image of him sitting on this bench with cigar in mouth is the image that comes to mind.

@oldmanhunter5162 Күн бұрын

I am australian and have had a great interest in the civil war for many years,these short videos on these photos which i have seen many times bring a real personal touch to them.

@garypender9459 2 ай бұрын

I think that photo is one of the best photos from the Civil War! So much going on in one picture! Wouldn’t it be great, to be standing nearby and listening to Gen. Grant and his men? As a member of American Battlefield Trust, I enjoy these videos! Keep up the good and important work!!👍👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

@AmericanBattlefieldTrust 2 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@user-pp5xj5ge3q 2 ай бұрын

Wow very fortunate to have this photo

@davidhowell9849 2 ай бұрын

Absolutely awesome video! Great detail .. seen these photographs for years.. it’s amazing the things in it that stand out of you know what to look for

@dorothywillis1 2 ай бұрын

Very well done! Unposed photos tell a lot about the situation that posed photos miss.

@lesleyewen-foster3629 2 ай бұрын

Wow!! I love your presentation of the historic, famous photographs superimposed on present day turf. Than you!!!!

@richardcashman7671 2 ай бұрын

This was terrific. I’ve been a student of the Clvil War for decades and superimposing those photos over the way it looks today is brilliant stuff. Great job…!

@accent77 2 ай бұрын

This type of stuff will never fail to fascinate me.

@jude999 2 ай бұрын

Wow. I could have spent another half hour in listening to the analyzation of this photograph. I had no idea it was located right along a main road Grant was a badass, retreating never even crossed his mind. Sacrificed as many men as it took. As Lincoln said, he was the general that "could face the numbers."

@CJCx3_Videos Ай бұрын

Wow, whoever is doing your CGI needs a raise! Fantastic new ways to analysis the old photos. Great work.

@Corbrwl 2 ай бұрын

Love the photo details that you dove into here. Hope you do more of that in the future.

@markmoorhead1442 2 ай бұрын

That’s amazing to me how you guys are able to piece together the who’s who in this photograph. Great work !

@dkstryker 2 ай бұрын

And out of all of the photos here the one of Grant smoking his cogar is my favorite. I've only seen 3 photos of him smoking his ever so present cigars! Here you see the exact man described in all the Civil War books, brimmed hat, cigar sticking out of his mouth, commanding each General what to do next!!

@phillipsmith4814 2 ай бұрын

OUTSTANDING!! Love this video. You made a familiar and amazing series of photos come alive, almost as if the scene was taking place now! One question. I assume that the pews that many are sitting on came from the church. Are those pews still there or have they been replaced with “improved” models. Thanks.

@AmericanBattlefieldTrust 2 ай бұрын

A few are likely original.

@Andre-qc9nb 2 ай бұрын

one of your better short photography based videos. Never had heard of this photograph but WOW the detail, the people in it...the contrast of the location then and now. Amazing, great job guys!

@c.thompson6638 27 күн бұрын

Excellent video editing work where you fade in the old photo where you are standing. ABT does great work!

@joijaxx 2 ай бұрын

This is my favorite ABT video to date and of my favorite photos of the Civil War no less. Thank you so much, and I will rejoin this weekend for content like this and the calendar! :)

@pamelaoliver8442 2 ай бұрын

I know this sounds silly but this was moving. Spellbinding, even. It's one thing to draw battle lines and say ok, this regiment....etc..making a bridge to the past like this is something else altogether. Bravo.

@8CountAudio 2 ай бұрын

Ahhh!! My all-time fave picture of the war. First saw it in a Gordon Rhea book (from the Overland series…the North Anna book). What a moment both in the foreground and background. Thanks so much for featuring this shot!

@JohnLight1 2 ай бұрын

Great video Garry and Kris.

@jankovarik9714 2 ай бұрын

I LOVE these videos! Garry and Kris really bring history right "into focus" with clarity and such rich explanation that I feel as though I'm in the photo, living in that moment. You guys ROCK!

@CrossTrain 2 ай бұрын

This was absolutely astounding! What an amazing video! Wow! I'm so in love with these VR videos you all do! Thank you ABT! And thank you Kris & Garry.

@Timinator2K10 2 ай бұрын

I believe that I’ve seen the colorized version of this photo…very striking.

@Blend-24 Ай бұрын

What an amazing historic place!! That for showing this photograph and narrating the details of it!!

@bobbyblizzard8488 2 ай бұрын

Really stunning, it’s amazing to see the level of detail, thank you for sharing and the work it took to make this!

@theophilhist6455 2 ай бұрын

This is a fantastic video. You guys do such outstanding work. The Collis Zouave note is an amazing observation in a photo I've seen countless times. The ODD is also another observation...remarkable work...Thanks

@indycarcomplainer2304 2 ай бұрын

I love this video. This is the kind of thing that brings history alive, and I can share it with friends so they can see that preservation is incredibly important. I wish I could show this to my dearly, departed parents.,

@martindriver6026 2 ай бұрын

This was so awesome. You guys definitely made it come to life. So much was captured in those photos. A gathering that would of been lost forever if it wasn't for those photos. Great job!

@terryeustice5399 2 ай бұрын

That was an amazing photo of the wagons passing by. Thank you for sharing this history with us! 💯👍👊

@Power_Prawnstar Ай бұрын

How have I only just found this channel? Man these videos are great, thank you.

@DonaldKDever 2 ай бұрын

I love these photo comparisons.

@offcenterconcepthaus 2 ай бұрын

Editing is SPOT ON.

@webcelt 2 ай бұрын

How things have changed. Hard to imagine a similar meeting today would allow a photographer to record who was there. A couple figures seem to be looking up at the camera, so they knew O'Sullivan was there.

@jhsams1977 2 ай бұрын

What a great job guys, to let us see what it looks like then and now. Keep it up!

@cindylodestro5788 2 ай бұрын

Wow…fabulous narration for this video; brings it to life!!

@richsnyder8015 2 ай бұрын

This is simply a tremendous video presentation! Thank you so much for your work!

@joshk96 2 ай бұрын

Love the detail!!!

@jalinajovkovich3808 2 ай бұрын

Great work! I live five minutes from this site. The photos are some of my favorites from the Civil War. The new Army museum has a mock up of the church in the Civil War exhibit along with a short film on Grant.

@TommyFraley Күн бұрын

This video is truly a work of art not only did you capture the history of the time but you kept me hooked and entertained throughout .good job keep up the good work

@dennisquelch588 2 ай бұрын

Fantastic! Thank you for breaking down that photo for us. Really remarkable.

@yankeebarber 20 күн бұрын

Fantastic! Great job, guys!!! I love the graphics and how the 3D effects made us feel like we were standing amidst those men at that time. Very cool. I wonder if we could get that church to replant those trees right where they were?

@josiahtaylor4204 2 ай бұрын

I LOVED THIS! Please do more!

@toddgreve6587 2 ай бұрын

I truly like the VR edition of this photo! I hope you do more like this.

@bilhardenberger573 2 күн бұрын

Outstanding analysis and details. Thank you.

@robertmoffitt1336 2 ай бұрын

Garry Adelman is, simply put, inspiring.

@bullhead900 2 ай бұрын

I really appreciate these then and now videos, your guys do an excellent job!

@stflaw 2 ай бұрын

Terrific production values. Well done.

@Brace67 2 ай бұрын

Wonderful video and so informative as you provide details of those historic photographs and stand where they actually took place. Thank you

@judgeaileencannon9607 2 ай бұрын

Fantastic graphics! I’m impressed and appreciative 👍🏼

@rorypasini6282 2 ай бұрын

You guys absolutely crushed this. Sooo well done!

@nighthiker8872 2 ай бұрын

Great video, a second of the main map of the location, with main roads.

@michaelhorning6014 2 ай бұрын

The title is deceptive because Grant never held 'councils of war' as they were understood. He would listen to reports from subordinates, but he never asked advice or polled his officers on what course they should take, as many commanders would. Grant listened, thought, and then issued orders. His orders were always written, he never relied on verbal orders as Lee often did.