Sponsored by Blinkist: Use my special link to start your free 7 day trial with Blinkist and get 25% off of Premium membership! Thanks for watching, if you would like to see more videos like this, please like and subscribe! JOIN THE COMMUNITY! https://discord.gg/s24Vtmp SUPPORT THE CHANNEL! https://www.patreon.com/warhawkyt Despite the unexpected attack by McClellan against the outer works of Richmond at Oak Grove on June 25th, General Robert E. Lee believes that his counter-offensive plan has not been uncovered, and so on Thursday, June 26th, 1862, begins his attack against the Union Army of the Potomac's right flank north of the Chickahominy River. Lee plans to use Stonewall Jackson's Command and A. P. Hill's Light Division to attack the forces of Major General Fitz John Porter's V Corps dug in along Beaver Dam Creek near Mechanicsville. However, much to Lee's frustration, most of his carefully-laid plans go awry from the start. Jackson's Command gets lost in its march towards Mechanicsville, and A. P. Hill is left waiting under artillery fire. By late afternoon, A. P. Hill impatiently launches his division against the entrenched Federals behind Beaver Dam Creek, leading to a bloody repulse that evening in the second of the Seven Days Battles. More videos on the Seven Days Battles: Battle of Oak Grove https://youtu.be/s3_ZDyp9KJ0 Battle of Beaver Dam Creek https://youtu.be/Ulzz9Av6a-8 Battle of Gaines' Mill https://youtu.be/wdumXEpWDFY Battle of Garnett's and Golding's Farm https://youtu.be/9VKPG5Qmvls Battle of Savage's Station https://youtu.be/IghejwKYekA Battle of Glendale & White Oak Swamp https://youtu.be/Oot5Um1t3as Music from Flimstro: https://filmstro.com/music/ Sources: To the Gates of Richmond: The Peninsula Campaign by Stephen W. Sears The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Civil War Script Writer - J. Woody Historical Consultant - Jesse G Background sounds by Cajun1862 #americancivilwar #sevendaysbattles #peninsulacampaign ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ulzz9Av6a-8

Thanks for watching, if you would like to see more videos like this, please like and subscribe! Discord: https://discord.gg/s24Vtmp Suffering numerous setbacks in the West, the Confederates from the newly-formed Army of Mississippi, led by the able General Albert Sidney Johnston, attempt a counter-strike against Major General Ulysses S. Grant's Army of the Tennessee while it is encamped at Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee River. The fate of the Western Theater hangs in the balance. If Johnston's army can destroy Grant's forces before he is reinforced by the Army of the Ohio under Major General Don Carlos Buell, he can turn around the misfortunes in the West. However, if Johnston's army is defeated, there will be nothing stopping the Union from securing a firm control over the region. On the eve of battle, Johnston and his generals wait intensely for the bloodbath that will soon ensue around a small log cabin church known as Shiloh... Music from Flimstro: https://filmstro.com/music/ Sources: Shiloh: The Battle that changed the civil war by Larry J. Daniel Shiloh and the Western Campaign (American Battle Series) by O. Edward Cunningham Shiloh: Conquer or Perish (Modern War Studies) by Timothy B. Smith Shiloh, 1862 by Winston Groom Our Fathers at Shiloh: A Step-By-Step Account of one of the Greatest Battles of the American Civil War by Jack Kunkel Script written J. Woody #americancivilwar #battleofshiloh #civilwar ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-o_st339FI