Mr. Beat The Most Surprising Battle of the Civil War

🎯 Загружено автоматически через бота: 🚫 Оригинал видео: 📺 Данное видео принадлежит каналу «Mr. Beat» (@iammrbeat). Оно представлено в нашем сообществе исключительно в информационных, научных, образовательных или культурных целях. Наше сообщество не утверждает никаких прав на данное видео. Пожалуйста, поддержите автора, посетив его оригинальный канал. ✉️ Если у вас есть претензии к авторским правам на данное видео, пожалуйста, свяжитесь с нами по почте support@, и мы немедленно удалим его. 📃 Оригинальное описание: Grab Atlas VPN for $ before the deal expires: This video is dedicated to Wes Byers (1956-2021). Mr. Beat tells you about that time or two a sitting U.S. President got in trouble for breaking the law. Produced by Matt Beat. All images/video by Matt Beat, found in the public domain or creative commons (credits listed in video), or used under fair use guidelines. Music by Quinn Parsley. Sources/further reading: Cameo, yo: Snail mail Mr. Beat: PO Box 1982 Lawrence, KS 66044 Donate to Mr. Beat for great perks on Patreon: Buy Mr. Beat’s book, The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2016) Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: More merch: Reddit: Mr. Beat’s band: Mr. Beat on Twitter: Mr. Beat on Facebook: Mr. Beat on Instagram: Mr. Beat’s Discord server: Mr. Beat’s Tiktok: @iammrbeat?lang=en Mr. Beat favorites: POP! Icons: George Washington Useful Charts: Recommended books: Republic, Lost by Lawrence Lessing Truman by David McCullough Studio equipment: Canon EOS M50 Camera EF-M 15-45mm Lens Samtian LED Video Light Kit TroyStudio Acoustic Panel Blue Snowball iCE USB Mic I use MagicLinks for all my ready-to-shop product links. Check it out here: FTC Disclosure: This post or video contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission for purchases made through my links. #civilwar #ushistory #apush Here’s the story of a picnic that got interrupted by a major American Civil War battle. I recently went to the site of it. It’s quite a lovely area, honestly. About 30 miles southwest of Washington, D.C. in northern Virginia. Today, it’s so peaceful, but on July 21, 1861, it was the site of horrifying death and destruction. But let’s back up a bit. Three months prior was the Battle of Fort Sumter near Charleston, South Carolina. A new country had seceded from the United States called the Confederate States of America. On April 13, 1861, some rebel Confederate soldiers had successfully taken over an American fort, marking the beginning of the American Civil War . It was after the bombardment of Fort Sumter that all of a sudden there was widespread support from both the North and South to fight. President Abraham Lincoln declared that the Southern states that seceded had broken the law, essentially calling it an insurrection. In response, 750,000 men volunteered to fight the rebels. Many of them had no military experience whatsoever. Americans seemed pumped up, man. Horace Greeley’s New York Tribune proclaimed “Forward to Richmond! The Rebel Congress must not be allowed to meet there on the 20th of July!” By the way, Richmond, Virginia, was now the capital of the newly formed Confederate States of America. Many America
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