Comments on: 4 minute Civil War http://cominganarchy.com/2007/05/21/4-minute-civil-war/ Speak Victorian, Think Pagan Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:53:11 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: bristlecone http://cominganarchy.com/2007/05/21/4-minute-civil-war/comment-page-1/#comment-380828 bristlecone Thu, 08 Nov 2007 04:40:36 +0000 http://cominganarchy.com/2007/05/21/4-minute-civil-war/#comment-380828 Jon, the South didn't have to destroy the Grand Army of the Republic. They just had to make it painful enough for the North to decide it wasn't worth the cost. Not unlike Ho Chi Minh's tactics in the Vietnam war or Murtha's tactics in the Iraq war. They also hoped to hang on long enough to get the British to pressure the North to the bargaining table. They thought a cotton embargo would hurt the Brits more than it did and overestimated British animus toward the Yankees. The Confederates were willing to become a British client state (the South was full of tory sympahizers during the Revolution). I think the South might well have won had the war started a hundred years later. Jon, the South didn’t have to destroy the Grand Army of the Republic. They just had to make it painful enough for the North to decide it wasn’t worth the cost.

Not unlike Ho Chi Minh’s tactics in the Vietnam war or Murtha’s tactics in the Iraq war.

They also hoped to hang on long enough to get the British to pressure the North to the bargaining table. They thought a cotton embargo would hurt the Brits more than it did and overestimated British animus toward the Yankees. The Confederates were willing to become a British client state (the South was full of tory sympahizers during the Revolution).

I think the South might well have won had the war started a hundred years later.

]]> By: Brian http://cominganarchy.com/2007/05/21/4-minute-civil-war/comment-page-1/#comment-380823 Brian Thu, 08 Nov 2007 00:19:17 +0000 http://cominganarchy.com/2007/05/21/4-minute-civil-war/#comment-380823 http://www.idkwtf.com/videos/latest-videos/the-civil-war-in-four-minutes Here's the alternate link. http://www.idkwtf.com/videos/latest-videos/the-civil-war-in-four-minutes
Here’s the alternate link.

]]> By: Younghusband http://cominganarchy.com/2007/05/21/4-minute-civil-war/comment-page-1/#comment-375446 Younghusband Mon, 28 May 2007 03:55:34 +0000 http://cominganarchy.com/2007/05/21/4-minute-civil-war/#comment-375446 Looks like the video was removed from YouTube by the user. Too bad... Looks like the video was removed from YouTube by the user. Too bad…

]]> By: Jayson http://cominganarchy.com/2007/05/21/4-minute-civil-war/comment-page-1/#comment-375377 Jayson Sat, 26 May 2007 15:14:48 +0000 http://cominganarchy.com/2007/05/21/4-minute-civil-war/#comment-375377 Hey, what happened? Why was the clip removed?! Hey, what happened? Why was the clip removed?!

]]> By: Dan tdaxp http://cominganarchy.com/2007/05/21/4-minute-civil-war/comment-page-1/#comment-375149 Dan tdaxp Wed, 23 May 2007 07:37:42 +0000 http://cominganarchy.com/2007/05/21/4-minute-civil-war/#comment-375149 Extremely beautiful. The KIA counter is horrifying, especially when nothing is happening. Bravo! Extremely beautiful. The KIA counter is horrifying, especially when nothing is happening. Bravo!

]]> By: alec http://cominganarchy.com/2007/05/21/4-minute-civil-war/comment-page-1/#comment-375106 alec Tue, 22 May 2007 01:16:07 +0000 http://cominganarchy.com/2007/05/21/4-minute-civil-war/#comment-375106 I love the Ken Burns music too. Harkens me back to the days of being a young'en, watching the PBS documentary and enjoying my proximity to significant battle sites. By the way, if you any of you live in the US and feel like seeing the wonders of capitalism in action, go to Gettysburg and enjoy firsthand some grade A degradation of a revered national site. I love the Ken Burns music too. Harkens me back to the days of being a young’en, watching the PBS documentary and enjoying my proximity to significant battle sites. By the way, if you any of you live in the US and feel like seeing the wonders of capitalism in action, go to Gettysburg and enjoy firsthand some grade A degradation of a revered national site.

]]> By: ElamBend http://cominganarchy.com/2007/05/21/4-minute-civil-war/comment-page-1/#comment-375103 ElamBend Tue, 22 May 2007 00:45:09 +0000 http://cominganarchy.com/2007/05/21/4-minute-civil-war/#comment-375103 That is great. It shows the importance of the western campaigns (particularly linking up the Mississippi), it shows how much stasis there was during much of the war (fueling the anti-war copperheads), and boy-o-boy does that KIA ticker click along, even when it seems as if nothing is 'happening' on the map. Sherman's march looks particularly signifigant. That is great. It shows the importance of the western campaigns (particularly linking up the Mississippi), it shows how much stasis there was during much of the war (fueling the anti-war copperheads), and boy-o-boy does that KIA ticker click along, even when it seems as if nothing is ‘happening’ on the map. Sherman’s march looks particularly signifigant.

]]> By: PurpleSlog http://cominganarchy.com/2007/05/21/4-minute-civil-war/comment-page-1/#comment-375100 PurpleSlog Tue, 22 May 2007 00:31:18 +0000 http://cominganarchy.com/2007/05/21/4-minute-civil-war/#comment-375100 Wow. Thanks for posting that! Wow. Thanks for posting that!

]]> By: Curzon http://cominganarchy.com/2007/05/21/4-minute-civil-war/comment-page-1/#comment-375097 Curzon Mon, 21 May 2007 22:48:58 +0000 http://cominganarchy.com/2007/05/21/4-minute-civil-war/#comment-375097 Awesome. I've always felt that geographic visualization of history is vital to understanding any "big picture" view of events, and this is probably the best way to do it -- time-specific, one week per second fluctuations. Awesome. I’ve always felt that geographic visualization of history is vital to understanding any “big picture” view of events, and this is probably the best way to do it — time-specific, one week per second fluctuations.

]]> By: jon http://cominganarchy.com/2007/05/21/4-minute-civil-war/comment-page-1/#comment-375096 jon Mon, 21 May 2007 21:05:57 +0000 http://cominganarchy.com/2007/05/21/4-minute-civil-war/#comment-375096 Love the video. It really shows how inconsequential most of the "great" Southern victories were. Also, knowing the history to begin with, you really get to see graphically just how important Grant and Sherman were to the Union. Finally, you see how delusional Jeff Davis was after the fall of Petersburg and Richmond to think that the South could win an outright victory in the war, if only Lee and Johnston could link up and try to defeat Sherman and Grant in detail. Besides the most obvious fact that either of those two northern armies outnumbered the combined forces of Lee and Johnston. Love the video. It really shows how inconsequential most of the “great” Southern victories were. Also, knowing the history to begin with, you really get to see graphically just how important Grant and Sherman were to the Union. Finally, you see how delusional Jeff Davis was after the fall of Petersburg and Richmond to think that the South could win an outright victory in the war, if only Lee and Johnston could link up and try to defeat Sherman and Grant in detail. Besides the most obvious fact that either of those two northern armies outnumbered the combined forces of Lee and Johnston.

]]> By: kende http://cominganarchy.com/2007/05/21/4-minute-civil-war/comment-page-1/#comment-375095 kende Mon, 21 May 2007 19:51:58 +0000 http://cominganarchy.com/2007/05/21/4-minute-civil-war/#comment-375095 That's a fantastic video. Teaches more about the Civil War in a few minutes than most high school history classes get to sink in ever. That’s a fantastic video. Teaches more about the Civil War in a few minutes than most high school history classes get to sink in ever.

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