The American Civil War - OverSimplified (Part 2)
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Published 2020-01-31
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Music (licensed under a Creative Commons license).
Music by Kevin MacLeod:
Fast Talkin
Marty Gots A Plan
Minima
Covert Affair
Exotic Battle
Digya
Expeditionary
Celtic Impulse
Hard Boiled
Enter The Maze
Expeditionary
Accralate
Investigations
Dark Mystery
Faceoff
Crossing The Chasm
From Artlist:
Assaf Alayon - Sweet Glimpse
Ian Post - Into The Battle
Kevin Graham - Autumn
Marco Martini - Renaissance
LMOP - The Whisper Man
Stanley Gurvich - Puddles
Stanley Gurvich - Optimistic
Stanley Gurvich - At First
All images public domain or licensed from Shutterstock and Dreamstime.
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All Comments (21)
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Fun fact: Grant was supposed to go to the theater with Lincoln, boothe planned to stab him and Grant always blamed himself for Lincoln's death.
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Me: happy for Lincoln because he is happy Oversimplified: he then went to see a play Me: Oh shit
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I didn't cry at the end,I merely failed to stop my tears
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It's cruel how Lincoln was killed right after his victory. He and his wife had a chance to finally regroup and heal, and that was cut short.
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“I didn’t lose, I merely failed to win” McClellan 2020
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Grant: carried the team George: failed to win Lee: says gg after losing Joseph: has beans
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As much as Grant is seen as a butcher, if you were to look at the percentages of men lost, Lee actually lost more men per battle on average- the main difference was just the size of army. The deaths of all those men was tragic, but Grant kept pushing South unlike other generals which meant these deaths were not in vain.
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Fun fact: the word “sideburns” actually originated from General Burnside’s name!
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I’m now convinced that the only reason Gettysburg was involved at all was for the sole purpose of stealing Joseph’s beans
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The Confederates: THEY'RE GONNA TAKE OUR SLAVES! Joseph, an Intellectual: THEY'RE GONNA TAKE MY BEANS!
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Fun story: during WW2 Britain bought some M3 “Lee” tanks from America, but didn’t like them very much, so they modified them and named the new version the M3 “Grant”.
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The context of Lincoln's death is so upsetting. I can't imagine Reconstruction being easy but i feel like under Lincoln, it would have gone so much better. The more you learn about the assassination, the sadder it gets. Booth, as an actor, knew Our American Cousin by heart so he intentionally choice to shoot during one of the funniest lines in the play and Lincoln was laughing, so at least his final moments were happy. May his memory be a blessing
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George McClellan didn’t get fired, he merely couldn’t keep his job.
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Fun Fact: General Grant originally was going to go to the theatre with Lincoln but his wife (Julia Grant) disliked Lincoln’s wife (Mary Todd) and refused to go
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American or not, the respect I hold for Lincoln and his close ones is unimaginable
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Saying "Long Live the Confederacy" is a slap to the face to the legacy of Lincoln, no matter if it is joking or not. This man fought for our freedom, he should be respected.
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Lee: Sorry boys, it's my fault that we lost the battle McClellan: Congratulations boys, we've retreated successfully from the cowardly enemy yee-haw!
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The south lost because they tried to take Joseph’s beans
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As a native Austrian, that end part hit me hard. I’ve never really read into American history or anything, but it’s easy to tell how much of a good man and leader Lincoln was.
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Fun fact: It is traditional to put a penny with abe side up on John Wilkes Booth grave when you visit. Even in death he is taking the L for his horrendous act.
