Confederate Army Surrender Ceremony
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Brevet Major General Joshua Chamberlain was tapped by General Ulysses S. Grant to receive the Confederate infantry surrender at the Appomattox Court House. He ordered his men to come to attention and 'carry arms' as the Confederate soldiers marched down the road to surrender their arms and colors. This is the short story of that poignant scene on April 12, 1865.
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Narrated by Fred Kiger
Produced by Dan Irving
Published by Third Wheel Media
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It's difficult to see that there's people these days throwing away the honor these soldiers got shown, and showed themselves, by denying their terrible cause lost.
Beautifully narrated, thank you.
Well said sir. There has never been a more Civil and Compassionate surrender.
Much like a particular party in Germany during WW2, the southern Democrat party should have been disbanded and bared from holding any political positions after the surrender where only Republicans, free soil Democrats, and constitutionalist could hold power.
And after the dimbulb brigade thought they could take the US capitol with a can of bear mace, a handful of zip ties and a taser maga should be barred now.@ruffkuntry2574
Dang…what a beautiful presentation…!
Beautiful .
Long live the south
Your treasonous foreDaddies *lost* 158 years ago.
Time to start acknowledging reality.
The confederacy was never recognized by any legitimate government anywhere in the world. I have never considered it a legitimate army either. To me they were an organized band of rebels. I do give them respect because they were fighting for a cause they believed in but as Grant said, the worst that anyone ever fought for. I do have an ancestor who was there. He was a member of the West Virginia 7th Infantry. I am super proud of him for surviving that horrible rebellion.
West Virginia fought for the pro abolitionist union. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
There were led primarily by West Point trained professional soldiers. At the start of the war Scott offered Lee the command of the Union Army. Among other positions, Lee had been a commandant at West Point.
@@ruffkuntry2574The Union was not pro abolitionist. The 4 border states were slave states. When Fremont issued his own "emancipation proclamation" in Missouri during 1861 Lincoln slapped him down for it. Certain Union companies walked away after Lincoln issued his own Emancipation Proclamation stating they were not fighting to free slaves. The EP was issued as a military measure as it states, not a civil rights declaration. It did not free any slaves in any areas "not in rebellion" and/or under Union control. It was designed to disrupt the manpower situation in the South. The 1860 Indiana state constitution prohibted blacks from living in the state unless they could show they did before Indiana became as state. They could not even pass through Indiana. If you doubt this go read it. Kentucky did not ratify the 13th Amendment until 1976--- not 1876,----- 1976. When asked, the average union soldier said he was fighting for $13 a month and to preserve the Union, not free slaves. Abolitionist newspapers constituted only 2% of all Northern newspapers. NYC wanted to be a non aligned "open city" during The War so it could continue commerce with both sides. General Sherman hated slaves and free blacks. Likewise, McClellan was no abolitionist. His idea was when The War ended things would continue as they had been prior to The War, including slavery. The EP was so badly received in the North that in 1864 Lincoln ran as the Union Party candidate, not a Republican. White Union soldiers did not go fight and die 160 odd years ago so slaves who they 1. did not know, 2. wanted nothing to do with, 3. did not want to live with, and 4. did not want to compete with for low wage jobs could be free. NYC had draft riots during July, 1863, about 2 weeks after Gettysburg, where mobs set upon and hung blacks from telegraph poles and tree limbs. They also burned down the Colored Orphans Asylum.
There is a lot of revisionist nonsense about The War that sprung up in academia during shortly after the Centennial of 1861.
Imagine that,------ certain new crop liberal university professors, 100 + years after The War, knew what the Union fought for better than the people who did the actual fighting did when they did it.
@@ralphpezda6523 When did the union become pro abolitionist?
@@ruffkuntry2574 The point is it did not. Lincoln's 1st inaugrural speech spoke of collecting duties and imposts owed to the govt. His 2d inaugural spoke of the new birth of freedom---- on or about March 5 or 6, 1865------ about 6 weeks before he was shot and about 5 weeks before Lee surrendered. The War itself was fought over federalism & taxes. Slavery was about ~ 15% of the economic cause of The War. Federalism is our basic system: state & federal. The argument was which controls and that was hotly debated prior to the adoption of the Constitution some 80 years before The War and had not stopped. "Duties & imposts" and tariffs were the tax system of the day, the majority of which fell on the South which did not like it. During The War Lincoln was instrumental in starting the income tax to pay for it.
There were abolitionists who fought on the Northern side. The point is they were a small minority of Union soldiers but today all we hear is how The War was about slavery/abolition.
The ceremony didn't include the execution of the Leaders of the rebellion.
If you want a bitter reunification, there is no better way to assure it.
Cope and seethe
There was a peaceful surrender. First Lee to Grant,then Johnston to Sherman. Johnson tried to put Lee and other confederate leaders on trial for treason,but Grant opposed it strongly and threatened resigning his post.After that nothing was done.
April 12, 1865 the day the cowardly Southern soldiers dropped their rifles and surrendered, so that they may be allowed to return to their homes and families, to continue their yellow bloodlines.
To this day, that yellow blood reminds Americans of its cowardice, by displaying its flag of the Confederacy.
...you are a sick bastard !
These veteran soldiers shared so much death and horror on the many battlefields that they were bonded together in the end....they had so much in common that only THEY, the soldiers could understand. Civilians could not understand the depth of the tragedy and suffering. As Grant said of the Confederates : " They are now our countrymen again".
We will never watch any of your videos again after you deleted my comment.