# History buffs, check out this is cool video **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 2, 2008, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/history-buffs-check-out-this-is-cool-video/432027 "2008-01-02T19:47:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2008, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/history-buffs-check-out-this-is-cool-video/432027/1 "2008-01-02T19:47:41Z")
[The Civil War in four minutes](http://www.idkwtf.com/videos/latest-videos/the-civil-war-in-four-minutes) Pretty cool, and it really helps you visualize the big picture. ---
**Author:** ![Intelligently\_Designed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intelligently_designed/32/20957_2.png) [@Intelligently\_Designed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intelligently_Designed)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2008, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/history-buffs-check-out-this-is-cool-video/432027/2 "2008-01-02T19:51:10Z")
[Link](http://www.idkwtf.com/videos/latest-videos/the-civil-war-in-four-minutes) corrected. ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2008, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/history-buffs-check-out-this-is-cool-video/432027/3 "2008-01-02T20:06:53Z")
[QUOTE=Intelligently Designed] [Link](http://www.idkwtf.com/videos/latest-videos/the-civil-war-in-four-minutes) corrected. [/QUOTE] Huh. Thx. I c&p their link, strange that they would have it wrong. IDK where the phantom “is” came from in the title either. Looks like I fail at the internets. Still, the video is cool! ---
**Author:** ![dolphinboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dolphinboy/32/330_2.png) [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2008, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/history-buffs-check-out-this-is-cool-video/432027/4 "2008-01-02T23:27:51Z")
Very cool. I wish they hadn’t cut off the west since most people, myself included, are fairly ignorant about how the West was involved in the war. Were there really no CW battles east of Texas? ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2008, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/history-buffs-check-out-this-is-cool-video/432027/5 "2008-01-03T01:46:36Z")
They have the same display at the Lincoln Library/Museum in Springfield, Illinois. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2008, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/history-buffs-check-out-this-is-cool-video/432027/6 "2008-01-03T03:06:36Z")
Interesting viewing. Thanks for that. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2008, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/history-buffs-check-out-this-is-cool-video/432027/7 "2008-01-03T06:10:16Z")
[QUOTE=kunilou] They have the same display at the Lincoln Library/Museum in Springfield, Illinois. [/QUOTE] That’s where I saw it, too. Some of the indications of territorial control, esp. in the West, is a bit arbitrary (hard to show partisan or irregulars’ activity in that format), but it’s pretty interesting.