Civil War Battle Animations

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I have made battle animations for fourteen Civil War battles on YouTube using the video game Empire: Total War - I used the accurate troops and placed them in their historical positions. This animation is a way to grab the attention of people, to teach them in a fun way about the battle and its most important moments, and to inspire a more general interest in history and the American Civil War in general!

Here is the link to the playlist of the Civil War battle animations:

Let me know what you think, I will be making as many of these as I can while still maintaining historical accuracy. Enjoy and have a great day! =)

 

[BlueGrayBlood]

Ambitious project

 

[RebelHeart]

This is a terrific idea and well executed. I wish you the best of luck and hope for your determination in seeing it through. I've never enjoyed a video game video so much.

Now I need that game.

 

[kevikens]

Very nicely done. I wish I had had something like this when I was still teaching high school history classes.

 

[samuel orris]

Very fun to watch.

 

[dlavin]

agree, that was fun to watch

 

[revistor]

Very cool! I'm working on something similar by putting troops where they stood on the battlefields themselves for tourists via augmented reality (see images attached from Bentonville, NC battlefield). I used a service to create the 3D models themselves and had to keep them to a low poly count as to not overwhelm the iPhone processor. Motion and more detailed models (like yours in ACW) are a hoped-for next step (along with more accurate troop facings and #s. Not sure if it'd be possible to combine the technologies....

Thanks so much for sharing!