The First Battle of the Civil War | Abraham Lincoln

The Union faces off against the Confederacy in the first battle of the war. Lincoln soon realizes this war won't be as brief as he thought, in this clip from Season 1, "A President At War."

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[paulblackburn]

Wish you could keep history like this coming on the channel

[wisdomfromgeorge]

I am never too old to learn!!
Great video

[storytimewithunclebill]

Lincoln called the telegraph "lightning messages." Wonder what he would call a text message? Was interesting to watch. Great video

[FinanceHustle]

Great video! I love that these videos reveal those stories of what happened

[Lizardkid]

When will this be available on history vault?

[josephhewes]

Lincoln was told flat out that the Union "army" was not ready and he ordered it to go anyway. He did not know that the task of going into enemy territory and attacking an enemy army, which has the ease of movement of in their own territory, was by far the more difficult of the positions to be in, and was a perilous job.

It was Lincoln's fault because he thought that because they "were both green alike" it was an even bet. No, it wasn't. It was Lincoln's fault.

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[rc]

Wish they'd do one of these shows about Jefferson Davis, Lee, Bragg, and Longstreet.

[robharris]

How sick are these spectators/elitist watching like it some play I guess nothing changes !!

[jfontanez]

Lincoln didn’t realize how tuff the South was at that time they could of hit Washington if they wanted because the union really wasn’t that big yet

[GrouchyKraut]

0:51 "That's the way we have always done it"

Everyone did this. All armies were basically made up of farmers and peasants. Only a few throughout history up until the 1900s had professional soldiers.

[TRACTSJESUS]

JESUS SAVES JESUS FORGIVES U TO FOR ALL HAVE SINNED AND COME SHORT OF THE GLORY OF GOD ROMANS 3-23

[nicolastecson]

Why the lincoln movie his a vampire how about that

[kennethpanoy]

I know we're is the missing German gold in the abandoned salt mine in
Kaiseroder mine in Germany

[Canadian]

To fight corruption, let corrupt officials fight their own battles! Look at us now, being dictated by our own “freedom” gov… 😢

[KrasMazovHatesYourGuts]

Way down South in the land of traitors,
rattlesnakes and alligators,
right away!
come away!
right away!
come away!

[TrussttN]

I just wish Stonewall had been at Gettysburg. Things might be different.

[CB-hpzn]

Well regulated militias 😮 2nd addmendment 😮

[liamwilson]

If I was the time traveler I would have made sure we never discovered Africa therefore no slaves

[markperrault]

So. I don't remember the historians saying that dumb women were. There at battle traitor Mc