Neat.

Impressive looking RTS, although seems like a simple rush strategy near the end.

It's kinda like a lava lamp that teaches you stuff.

why they don't do this with every war is beyond me

For best results, do it in fullscreen.

I have no idea why a pacifist like me admires such a ruthless man as Sherman.

Dummy: because you can't argue with success

Spoiler: America wins.

And they're still fighting the Civil War in the Youtube comments section of the video.

Don't like the music, but it's still awesome.

The "Vietnam Version" of this video won't be nearly as entertaining

You can actually see the tide turn at the moment the North links up with Louisiana.

Thousands of lives and deaths and the fate of a nation, reduced to a map with some colors. Cool!

YouTube comments are gold.

The way to defeat terrorism is to start incinerating Muslims by the millions.

Awesome. Totally awesome.

Knoxville! Probably some guys from the Army of Northern Virginia got killed where I buy beer.

Gone. Note to self: don't wait to watch potentially interesting videos.

Your lack of faith is disturbing. Do not doubt the internet.

http://www.idkwtf.com/videos/latest-videos/the-civil-war-in-four-m inutes

Why aren't there more of these? This is gold.

And so, the Union was preserved.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijApe4TXDrc

Reminds me of Go. Anybody play Go? The idea is to surround your enemy's pieces with your pieces, if a piece is totally enveloped you capture it. Never really realized how accurately that captures the concept of war.