ACW: Battle of Second Manassas - "Fatal Blow at Manassas" - Part 4/4

Thanks everybody that has been following along in our coverage of Second Manassas! I hope you all enjoyed the finale of this major battle and if you are new to the channel, subscribe if you would like to see more American military history!

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Yall have the absolute best way of showing and explaining the battles. Keep up the great work. APPRECIATE YALL!

Fun fact: The officers who led the Union troops during Manassas 1 & 2 battles all had the unique ability of making me want to claw my own eyes out whenever I look at their combat maneuvers during those battles. It‘s so painful to look at. 😣

I've always found the rock fight at the railroad cut to be one of the most unique battlefield incidents of the entire war. I also really like the Troiani piece. As always great work on the video!

Just made dinner so this is gonna be a good episode

26:00 Beverly Robertson’s cavalry attacks, and good ole honest General John Buford meets it and repels the attacks long enough to cover the Union Army’s retreat!!!

This channel simply doesn't have an unworthy video in its library. Great summary of the whole campaign, and battle, wonderful work guys. Quite a ways to go for the campaign and battle I always found most interesting (Murfreesboro/Stones River), but I am fully confident you will do it, and my ancestors, proud.

The way the Zouaves of Warren’s Brigade saved Hazlett’s Battery set the tone for Hazlett to do his part at Gettysburg on July 2nd, 1863

you have the best recounting of the battles of the Civil War i have ever come across. Your research is impeccable. Thank you my friend. History owes you a debt of gratitude.

Job well done, I really get a sense of how poorly the Union troops were being lead. So many regiments just standing around awaiting orders, and no support to those who are taking up defenses. Can't wait for Antietam!

The long awaited 4th part 👍 thanks for all your hard work on the content.

Excellent! Ive been following the civil war since I was 7, Im glad i started with books, but these are so well put together. Future generations will have so much they can learn. As always- looking forward to the future battles. Especially Chancellorsville! And of course- Gettysburg will go without saying, Day 1 in particular.

General Pope, upon taking command of all of the Union Armies in 1862, said that the enemy never saw the backs of his own Troops. They did at Second Manassas, though! General Pope learned two very valuable lessons that day. 1:Never let your mouth overload your "Backside"! 2:You can be replaced! And, sure enough... for a short while in 1862, General McClellan got his command back, as Commander of all of the Union Forces. That didn't last long, though. After Antietam, and General McClellan's utter failure to completely crush the Confederate Army, President Abraham Lincoln replaced General McClellan with somebody that was even worse than General McClellan-General Ambrose Burnside, who ended up wasting so many of his Brave Soldiers, that the ground in front of the Confederates was strewn with at least 7,500 of his Men, dead or wounded. General Burnside was so stubborn, that he thought he knew more than his subordinates did, and it led to one of the worst Union defeats of the entire Civil War!

Great video!! You must have spent 100's of hours in the creation. Best I have seen about the Battle of Manassas.

Man! Watched it during the premier, but I played the whole playlist for this campaign and battle. Well done. Outstanding even. Cheers from Tennessee

FINALLY! I've been so excited for the conclusion of 2nd Manassas, even though I already know how it ends. I just love the way your videos explain everything in beautiful detail.

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Looking at Porter‘s attack unfolding has an almost comical quality because, like, LONGSTREET IS *RIGHT THERE*. The. Whole. Time. With his entire half of the Army. Sitting right on Porters flank, he could have attacked at any time. It was the most obvious thing ever but the Union commanders just kind of ignore it—it‘s like one of those old cartoons or something, you know, where they take the dramatic irony and crank it up to 11. Guess what‘s gonna happen, the movie is telling us. But they just had to keep attacking Jackson. Gotta frontally attack Jackson who is sitting in a giant trench waiting for them instead of maybe trying to flank him with your right flank or something. Nope, attack Jackson from the front so that Longstreet is sitting right on your flank while you‘re doing it. 🤦

Hey look, it‘s Buford and Reynolds, I wonder if we‘re ever gonna see those two again 🤔