Battle of Shiloh (1862) - American Civil War DOCUMENTARY

three things
1: As a million angry Civil War nerds have no doubt informed you, the commander in charge of the Confederate forces was Albery Sidney JOHNSTON. As in Johnston with a T. You said Johnson throughout the video. AS Johnston gets the full name treatment because of Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston, also a notable Confederate leader.

2: If you look at the topography around Shilon, Albert Sidney Johnston's original plan was unworkable. The west bank of the Tennessee at that point was a series if minor ridges and escarpments, all heavily wooded, and the rifer was defended by the timberclad warships. There is no actual way Confederate troops were getting over the Dill Branch to Pittsburgh Landingwithout carrying the fight in the center. The original plan was a pipe dream, especially after the South failed to carry the sunken road quickly enough

3: There is no way to bypass the sunken road as you suggest. The terrain doesn't allow for it either in the east or in the wes. The good ground to carry offensives past the Hamburg-Purde road was all in the center. In the west was swampland, and in the east was the west bank of the Tennessee, which I already mentioned wwas completely unsuitable for attack.

That, and there were enough federal forces pinned down between Prentiss and WHL Wallace to mount a strong counterattack into the rear of Confederate forces, and leaving enough troops in the area to deter a breakout attempt would have taken too much strength from the offensive. Carrying the Hornet's Nest was the right decision. Prentiss and his men put up one hell of a fight but that's not Beauregard's fault. What Prentiss accomplished is one of the finer bits of evidence we have that in war you can do the right thing and have it blow up in your fae anyway.

Can I just say @kingsandGenerals thanks you have the best content a man could ask for 🥲

Thanks for sharing. Captain Ward Hurlburt (Corporal at the time of this battle) is my great great grandpa.

You need to put more real images in your video. Painted maps and video game soldiers doesn't do justice to actual era.

My Boy Scout Troop back in the day used to take an annual trip Shiloh, Tennessee to hike. We always went in February because of the four-day weekend we would have. Every year we went it seem to rain or snow or some kind of wet weather. I could imagine going through a thunderstorm in 1860's gear and clothing. Certain spots out there are more eerie than others.

Definitely want to go back to the area as an adult now and hike there again!!

Omg guys...that's not even CLOSE to where Murfreesboro is located 😢
It's a 30 minute drive southeast from Nashville and the location of the Battle of Stones River

Do you have one for Vicksburg?

Grant was removed from command due to bogus charges of being drunk leveled against him by healla k...who was telling washington Grant was drunk while telling Grant that those in Washington had it in for him. He was motivated purely by jealousy...eventually Lincoln grew tired of the accusations and told Hallock to present evidence to support his accusations and heal lack reversed course .

I actually visited Shiloh as a kid. My main memory is catching tadpoles in Bloody Pond, and how surreal it all was. It was such a beautiful day and area, but knowing what happened a little over 100 years ago...

Funny noone in the world call the civil war civil. It's the secession war in the most European languages

Excellent info.

Watching this video I'm constantly asking myself: What do these white mother*ckers think has given them the right to fight these wars on Indian land? They call it the world's first democracy, I call it colonialism, slavery, genocide. The root of all evil

I actually live near shiloh 8 l live in jackson

I enjoyed this 4 years later! It was kind of surreal for US Civil War information to be talked about in kilometers and numbers shown on screen with a period as the 1000's separator. It's all in line with how this channel does videos, it just really stood out because of the topic.

🎂USA SHAM

K&G, you guys need to do more on The American Civil War or The War of Northern Aggression as it's known in these parts. Cheers from Tennessee.

Well Nobody came out of this well

K and G is a great channel, but it is amazing how many things they get wrong about American history

Wish there was a civil war playlist.

British are hard to take onmatters of battle - way too arrogant

Man a lot of the cities marked were way off.

I had a great grandfather who fought in that battle - he was wounded, went home, got married, had children, and here I am the great grand daughter.

Anyone else weirded out by how far north Memphis is on this map? Memphis is much closer to the border of Mississippi than this map indicates

Seeing that army that was marching down the wrong road get pulled back was painful

I was going to comment to turn down the volume on the gunfire because it drowns out his voice but this was 3 years ago

Anyone know the music used?

I can't believe you did some American Civil War episodes and I didn't know. Binge watching starts now lol. You should do a whole series on the entire war. I would watch at least twice

I live in West Tennessee, not far from Shiloh. Its a beautiful area and remains a reminder of the failure to seek Harmony through Communications.

I support the Union in my thoughts Then and Now. 🇺🇸

Sad how it took such horrific bloodshed to end slavery

Can you do one about the battle of 5 de Mayo, it’s very interesting.

did those 3d renders come from a game or a game mod?

Do a video about Grant’s Vicksburg campaign.

To just think the war was started over president lincoln lieing the war was about taxes period but what goes around comes around and it did . PS can't we all just get along probably not God bless Dixie

So many battles of the civil war id love to see covered

why dont u do more of the civil war plz ?

With no fast up to date
Update communication
Telegraph doesn't compare to phones or
Computers in speed of
Fast in speed of info.
I feel like Calvery. Large And Small horseback riders to relay
Messages was a powerful feat in itself.

Thank you for posting this video

Are the graphics a Total War Mod?

Since childhood into my 30's. The specific spot that continually emitted an eerie aura every time I visited. Is the Bloody Pond. 👻

Ah yes, Ulysses S. Grant, the most overrated general of the American Civil War that Northerners cling onto as being some brilliant tactician.

The fact is that it doesn't take a lot of brains to throw hordes of men at enemy lines.

I live on second creek that runs into the Tennessee river in Alabama

I’ve been to Shiloh three times very old haunting feeling. Very sad

Playing a PC game called Ultimate General: Civil War and playing as the Union im about to take part in the the battle of Shiloh. So what better way to learn of it then through Kings and Generals?

Dude my name is Shiloh

Your map has a ‘Harrisburg’ Virginia - it is ‘Harrisonburg’. Great video otherwise

I'm sorry...poorly made video

Do you have a full video of the 3 kingdoms of korea???

Can you please do more civil war battles thanks

I love kings and generals