Comments by "Joe Swanson" (@joeswanson733) on "Glory: Battle of Antietam Opening Scene (Matthew Broderick Clip)" video.

  1. this is strange but i read that during the civil war they already had means of reconaissance used hot air balloons for reconnaissance to help determine the location of troops and artillery. with such knowledge they could've maneuvered their forces coming in from a different vector but unless both sides know what the other side is up to than they shift and shift and shift... but even the powers to be by the civil war realized that line fighting was becoming way too costly in manpower. hence why after the civil war it was abandoned altogether.
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  2. each battle was run by a different general/commanding officer. for example antietam was under Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan. which in the end was a union victory. FORCES ENGAGED 132,000 UNION 87,000 CONFED. 45,000 ESTIMATED CASUALTIES 22,717 UNION 12,401 CONFED. 10,316
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