Army Logistics: The Civil War in Four Minutes
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- Join Historian Chris Kolakowski as he discusses Civil War logistics. Watch now to discover what it took to move and protect the men, horses, food, artillery, and other supplies that made up an army and learn about several campaigns where logistics made the difference!
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It’s really mind boggling to think about how they were able to produce, maneuver, and distribute the quantities of food and materials for these massive amounts of ppl... it’s really hard to believe they made it work.
Almost like it never happened at all...
And without any computers
Im my opinion this is one of the most interesting videos you have done, fantastic job
Agree!
This series of 4 minute videos is informing. Keeps your interest by being brief and you'll want to see others as they cover such a wide range of topics.
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Grant cutting his teeth during the Mexican War as a quartermaster for 'Old Rough and Ready' Zachary Taylor is where the young Grant learned the importance of logistics. Napoleon famously stated "An army marches on it's stomach" which is a fantastic summation of conducting a successful campaign. Grant surprised Lee more than once during the Overland Campaign by stealing a march which I feel was due to Grant's excellent grasp of army logistics and keeping the machine rolling.
I really like and enjoy this series.
The Napoleonic Armies usually concentrated for a brief period of time on a battllefield but had to disperse for fodder, food, and water for their animals and men. So Armies concentrated for a brief period of time but couldnt stay in one place for long periods of time. Armies could only concentrate for one or two battles per campaign but had to disperse again for lack of supplies, water, foraging and ability to bring up critical replcement equipment.
The Romans built good roads for a reason because the good roads meant troops could march quickly to threatened areas but also to bring up supplies that supplied those legions giving the Roman army their staying power that built the empire. The American solution was steam riverboats and railroads of which 30,000 miles were built in America in 1860. Herman Haupt ran the United States Military Railroad system. If you can get a chance study the USMRR system in the Civil War under the War Department. Every major corporations today uses the same compartmentalized specialized management department system used by the War Department to run the US Army railroad system in the Civil War. Logistics allowed huge armies to be kept in the field for indefinite periods as long as the trains ran on time.
This is a very well done documentary very well done good job
Awesome knowledge and video. Thanks, as always.
Amazing 👏 series so far! Bravo!!!
Another great and informative video - LIKED! Keep them coming pards. LT 1st Minn Sharpshooters.
Very interesting!
Very well said and very true.
I read the Army of Northern Virginia required 500,000 lbs of salt beef per week for sustainment, of course this does not include all the grain/fodder needed to transport said 500k lbs to the front
This was excellent
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I think it was Napoleon who said it: 'An army marches on it's stomach'. True dat.
What is the best movie about the civil war?
0:16 LOOOOOOOL just an example... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Waterloo
He meant the.largesr us army before civil war
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how can a civil war historian pronounce "Cavalry" "calvary"
It's rampant, and I have no idea why. We see it over and over in documentaries, videos, talks, etc. It's almost up there with people using "that begs the question" as if it means "that raises the question".