Whenever I look at comments like these, I cringe in advance, not because of the comment itself, but because I know sooner or later someone will take it seriously.
My 10 x great grandfather was a captain with the Massachusetts Militia. It was really awesome to learn about that. Now I am part of the daughter's of Revolution and Early Settler's of America. My 13th great-grandfather landed in Boston in 1636 and built a house in Quincy, Mass.
My 10th great grandfather was the colonel over your ancestor. Im so proud. There was this captain from Quincy he beat up because he wouldn't follow orders. So cool and I'm glad I found out. I'm now in the master order of esteemed American officer descendants club and Most Successful Early Settler's of America club.
@@23rdMS_Inf I'm a member of the Massachusetts Historical Society, and I also know that your 11th great uncle, twice removed, was the court jester of the King of Wallachia. His name was Shemp, or Simp or something like that. Anyhoo, the king found out he was carrying out crimes against nature concerning the Queen's favorite poodle. So, the king had him hanged, drawn and quartered. Apparently he wasn't very funny anyway. Seems to run in the family.
@@23rdMS_Inf Hmmm. Interesting that you think Down Syndrome is the result of inbreeding. Must've seen that at the movies or on the tee vee. Perhaps you shouldn't have played hooky and slept in class so often? But, it's never too late to learn, my friend. Seems like you're functionally literate anyway.
People have given reenactors a hard time, but honestly this looks quite fun, and well thought out! The exhilaration of losing yourself for a moment to transport back to another time, hundreds of years before you were born. To simulate what it could have been like. I don’t know. I’ve never done it, but I dig it, and I admire those who participate.
I'm a member of a discord server with reenactors (Civil War, WW1, WW2, Vietnam, etc.) and I'm just going to give you a heads up that some people take it very serious. One time I was making a US vietnam era infantry kit just to wear while playing airsoft, and when I mentioned one of the brands I was shopping from, one guy went on a rampage, calling that brand shit because their kit didn't look accurate and it'll break. I even shared a picture the helmet when I was done with it and man did I regret that. I had to explain to them that I was on a limited budget and I was trying to complete the look and wasn't going for actual realism. Sometimes they just need to chill.
I have been apart of a Battle Re-enactment that goes on where i live. It was the Battle Of 1812. Very cool to see and be apart of if you’re a history buff. Its cool to see other places do it as well.
This is pure madness! I can't imagine staring death in the face only a few yards away. Modern society would crumble mentally if they had to fight wars like this. Thanks for taking us along!
Yeah people dismiss this one because call of duty hasn't made a game about it that has micro transactions 🙄 meanwhile history buffs like me are watching the Patriot wishing we had a game about it
Blayze McKnight Obviously an American, if his ancestor was a loyalist and saw him flying his profile picture he would disown him as an American scoundrel
@@krendilsshieldheart6344 he probably added wadding, which means he put the paper cartridge into the barrel like you're supposed too, this allows for a tight seal too be formed and more pressure too build up. That's how a musket should really sound as seen here th-cam.com/video/yS1NDMN9Gnw/w-d-xo.html
I'd like to do reenacting like this, Musket reenactments (specifically the American Revolution and Civil War) look really fun, for lack of a better word, the volley firing is by far the coolest part
You just decide when you want to die or get wounded, a youtuber called brandon F made a very good video called something like, "How do reenactors know when they've been hit", a lot of the time people die when they have no ammo left or their gun stops working
Geistmeister6 airsoft would be a better option, it wont ruin the costumes and the guns are already sold in that style, while paintball guns need big magazines wich ruin the look of the rifle
There's a video explaining this They just die when they think they die, let's say your in a Napoleonic reenactment and a cannon shoots directly at you, you'd die.
They don't shoot any real Projectiles, so what they do is if you think you are in a situation where you are going to die, you act like you die. For example, if your group is shot point black by a cannon, you would die. If you're in the front lines and a large group shoots at you, you would probably die if they shot near you.
Man I didn't know they had cameras back then, let alone footage as high of quality as this. I wonder why we don't see any other footage from the revolutionary War?
5:30 that was epic when one of the guys just wanted to shoot him and so he dropped. The the rest of you are like "oh shit!" while the americans charge Epic reenactment
At 3:10, that's exactly How you die on the battlefield. When in an engagement while you are re-enacting, IF your musket misfires 3 times or more than you HAVE to take a bullet for the Regiment. Nice death whatever your name is front rank!
Thanks for the video, and for the re-enactment. I've recently discovered my 3rd Great Grandfather was there, enlisting as a nineteen year old Private in the Continental Army. This certainly gives extra perspective into how insane their "line up and shoot" tactics were. Thank God he survived!
You should do actual research. People bathed and washed regularly in the past, people did not walk around filthy, even soldiers on the battlefield in the 18th century would have made a point to wash at a minimum two times per week to use a river or water source or simply lather and wipe or rinse with soap and water brought with them etc. They also brought alcohol to use as a disinfectant. The clothes would have smelled different to today but men and woman would wash and use scents such as perfume or musk etc. In towns, even poor families would try to maintain good hygiene and soap was cheap and readily available to the family. In the 18th century and before, people with bad hygiene were often shunned or looked down upon.
The idea that people rarely bathed comes from the time of the plague, because bath houses became plague-centers and people correlated bathing with the deaths rather than the mites from rats, but by the time portrayed in the video, people tried to wash regularly.
Being able to occupy the house and fight from it was awesome to watch! I know what you mean about the historical feeling, the chills you get when it starts to hit you. I do American Civil War and for the 150th Shiloh in TN, we got to be shuttled to the battle by a paddleboat down the river just as the Iowa regiment we were portraying did during the actual battle. Those moments are awesome!
Indeed. I'm a British guy. In 2010 I was dropped in Belgium and made my way back to the beaches at Dunkirk in all the correct equipment, scrounging a lift home on a real Dunkirk little ship. Epic moments.
I was there as well with the 15th Iowa, waking up at 3 Am, loaded up onto the paddle wheeler with the crew dressed as US Navy, lit up with lanterns. Then marching through the battlefield the next day. Something I will never forget.
they usually shoot paper to make a realistic sound, though the paper doesnt hit anyone because its the enemy is far away and it burns right after it leaves the musket anyways
In American Reenacting, only powder is placed into the barrel. Not even paper is inserted in the barrel unlike in Europe. People just die when they deem it best - be it because the scenario is silly, no one is dying, person's gun not firing, or theyre tired of marching around.
I bet it's fun to reenact Battles, because the only time you hear of a battle it's in a book or ye ol' lagers. But being there in the battles s just trying to make it come to life and trying to make it work.
stumbled on this place- heard about reenactments, was about to laugh my ass of at how nerdy the whole idea. ended up loving it, this shit is thoroughly awesome
Provincial forces, Haitians, and other mercenary units had some diversity. Ultimately it's for your own enjoyment, remembering and experiencing history. Who cares what you look like, you'll enjoy it, and your unit members will see you as another member. Don't let it deter you.
i'm a civil war reenactor i can answer those. for 1, it's personal preferance. it's usually better to die when you're tired or out of ammunition, as long as you make sure your weapon is cleared before doing so. 2. search around online for units, a lot of us are recruiting and need more people, the hobby needs to grow in order to thrive. :)
Different groups do dying differently. I was part of a civil war re-enactment as part of an artillery group. When we were being briefed, the riflemen drew a piece of paper from a hat. It had numbers from 2 to I think 9. So if you pulled a 3, you’d go down after your groups third volley when appropriate. Since I was artillery, we drew differently. I drew “45 minutes or 50 yards”. So after 45min or if the enemy got within 50 yards, then I’d go down. Other places do an honor system. You go down when it seems obvious for you to go down. But that can sometimes create invincible squads that over exaggerate the inaccuracy of smooth bore muskets. Which kinda kills the fun for both sides.
One thing though...I know that nobody is using a ball or anything, but why does nobody use the ramrod, just for historical accuracy and load time? My best guess offhand is that its because someone may forget to take the ramrod out and accidentally shoot a ramrod into someone.
There are accounts of both Confederate and Federal soldiers being impaled by ramrods during the Civil War. A soldier would be reloading his rifle, and, in the heat of the fighting, would forget to remove his ramrod from the barrel. If he fired, the rammer would sail across the field of fire to it's target along with the bullet.
I've had that happen before as a Re-enactor myself. Though it wasn't a musket ramrod, it was an Artillery ramrod, and it was like a Patriot missile flying overhead.
@@triggeredbeetle5370 Reenactments i think have pre set groups that will fall, but there's no projectiles at all. It's a group effort lol, sometimes people run out of powder or just get tired and take a dive lol
Is the equipment given to you? Like the gun and powder? Do you have rent it/buy it? Let me know.Oh and can you explain how re-enacting works? Is it scripted?
+TK Gaming Equipment is bought, gun powder is bought and you roll your own rounds. Many units will loan gear until you get your own and reenacting comes in many different forms. Events can range from fully scripted scenarios to unplanned chaos. There are many events such as living history occasions as well for the general public to learn! If you like history why not experience it first hand as best we can!
+JHouse171 (Son of Liberty) I really want to join! Ive looked at your website. I live in Britain and if I had a chance of joining itll have to be a fifer or Drummer (and I dont know how to play a fife, but I have a bit of experience with a drum). :(
+Ethan Dodd You have to get private lessons or play at your school to play the drum they told me as im going to be a drummer that you have to get lessons and you cant just walk in playing the drum
I am a member of the First Rhode Island Regiment. I am in this video at the end. I'm the black guy without a weapon towards the end of the final formation. We do this reenactment the first Saturday in October every year. My group also does Civil War Reenacting. We are the 3rd USCT Civil War Reenactors. We can be found on FB. Please, come out o this event next year if you can.
Person 1 Shoots a blank across the map Person 1 - Hey, I hit you! Person 2 looks at Person 1, shoots him Person 2 - Call your hits! Person 1 - Ref! Referee - Yes? Person 1 - He's not calling his hits. Person 2 shoots a blank at Person 1. Person 2 - Call your hits! Person 1 - No you missed! Referee 2 walks to Person 2 Referee 2 - What's going on? Person 2 - That guy over there isn't calling his hits. I'm pretty sure I hit him my crosshair was on him. Person 1 shoots at Person 2 Person 1 to Referee 1 - see my crosshair was on him. Person 2 shoots back. Person 2 - ref he's not calling his hits this is the 10th time I shot him. Referee 2 - Let me try. Referee 2 loads a bb into the musket, aims at Person 1 Person 1 - Wtf was that. Referee 1 - looks like you were hit, now back to re spawn. Person 3 shoots blank at Person 2. Person 2 - Hit!
Imagine being one of those guys that died in the first 5 minutes and now you have to spent the rest of your afternoon laying in the dirt.
How can you tell?
You don’t
@@BalgothTheVile They didn't get hit, they just die whenever they want
well I mean you just kinda decide to die whenever, so the people who died super early were probably ok with it
@@tyleriguana They weren't, they would die if they were
Soldier: *dies*
His teammates: “sucks to be you.”
Sucks to suck
😂😂😂😂😂✅
@@finnyism5005 Experience...
The revolutionary war in a nutshell:
You would you know your shot?
We all know nobody searched for this but we all enjoyed this.
You sir are correct
True
Your profile picture is..... Stra....
Wow a Chickenfish smokin' is cool and dangk
agreed
@Lucas Neef same
A moment of silence to all the brave reenactors who give their lives every year in the accurate portrayal of the battles of the American Revolution.
the powder is probably another version of gunpowder thats doesnt kill people
@Neptune Probably are real, just firing without balls
A moment of silence for their wallets! Re-enactment to this faithful level is not cheap (both in time and money).
@Neptune They're real muskets they just put powder in them and some times paper but I don't think most places even do that.
Whenever I look at comments like these, I cringe in advance, not because of the comment itself, but because I know sooner or later someone will take it seriously.
I love how that guy was giving a speech telling them to surrender then some guy was just like no and shot him
Комяаd Катfisн when
@@mrhistorybuff5470 5:17
I also love how the officer played along
R.I.P man with the speech :(
If u dont know what time 5:32
5:31 Someone make a note of that man's bravery.
Aye kapitan
@Samuel Santoro It was a pirates of the caribbean reference
@@mc_st0ner792 I literally watched on stranger rides last night so I totally got it lol
@@anguslmx23 kapitaaan
@@04F revolution*
7:31-British guy "hey"
dead guy "what's up"
cuz that's how the battles were back then
You US
You
roblox haha
*cause
@@grzyb11 bruv-
Well it’s not like the audience can here that
My 10 x great grandfather was a captain with the Massachusetts Militia. It was really awesome to learn about that. Now I am part of the daughter's of Revolution and Early Settler's of America. My 13th great-grandfather landed in Boston in 1636 and built a house in Quincy, Mass.
My 10th great grandfather was the colonel over your ancestor. Im so proud. There was this captain from Quincy he beat up because he wouldn't follow orders. So cool and I'm glad I found out. I'm now in the master order of esteemed American officer descendants club and Most Successful Early Settler's of America club.
@@23rdMS_Inf I'm a member of the Massachusetts Historical Society, and I also know that your 11th great uncle, twice removed, was the court jester of the King of Wallachia. His name was Shemp, or Simp or something like that. Anyhoo, the king found out he was carrying out crimes against nature concerning the Queen's favorite poodle. So, the king had him hanged, drawn and quartered. Apparently he wasn't very funny anyway. Seems to run in the family.
@@23rdMS_Inf Hmmm. Interesting that you think Down Syndrome is the result of inbreeding. Must've seen that at the movies or on the tee vee. Perhaps you shouldn't have played hooky and slept in class so often? But, it's never too late to learn, my friend. Seems like you're functionally literate anyway.
My family came to the US in 1931 so you've been here a while.
Something simple to say, Great Britain is GREAT
Guess they love history so much they want to be apart of it. Respect
It's fun to relive history. Especially the fun parts
+RBX HBMGeorgeHannoverIII This is awkward.
TheTimeTheif here.
RBX HBMGeorgeHannoverIII in roblox...
RBX HBMGeorgeHannoverIII I'll join
Zurvuh_ Turduh
"We are superior! Surrender now!"
*takes one rite in da heart*
Nice.
in what part
Microwave 5:22
Noice
When was that 😂
Dat1CanadianGuy *slurps* *pop* nice
3:02 old man: 1st time?
Young guy: auuughhhhhh.
Æugh
Hahaha 😂
RIP. The way he just flopped to the ground, 😂
Ninja k, He wasn’t in the mood for conversation.
@@caelan8819 XD
People have given reenactors a hard time, but honestly this looks quite fun, and well thought out!
The exhilaration of losing yourself for a moment to transport back to another time, hundreds of years before you were born. To simulate what it could have been like. I don’t know. I’ve never done it, but I dig it, and I admire those who participate.
3:18 me and the boys leaving the library after putting the constitution in the fiction section
@Zi Jun Huang what don’t you get about it?
@Zi Jun Huang it a meme... Like girls vs boys meme
Not gonna lie, that’s one of the only “me and the boys” meme that actually made me laugh
Darren Edwards the kid at the end
@@jacobchevalier1909 i mean the constitution was written in 1789, after the revolutionary war
Props to the camera man for going back in time to film this epic moment!!!
as stated in the sacred astartes codex, the camera man never fails!
most underrated person in this whole vid
Cameraman is always goated
Some bri'sh dude after seeing some weird guy holding a strange looking rock:Is that a new fashion innit?
Officer: SURRENDER!!
Brits: Nah Fam
5:31
Take that Traitor!
They don't use fam back then Dumbass
@@TheRealAwesomePossum That is a very weak attempt of trolling. Try better next time.
@@DillaDoncic That was a very weak response. Be better, Thanks.
@@TheRealAwesomePossum I know this is just to get a rise out of me so i'll just stop it here. Have fun
This is so cool, I love history and would love to be part of a war reenactment. Doesn't matter which war. Im just fascinated by military history
It's actually way less interesting than it seems.
@@longxiao9823 to you perhaps, too each their own 💁
@@longxiao9823 It's more interesting when your life is on the line.
I'm a member of a discord server with reenactors (Civil War, WW1, WW2, Vietnam, etc.) and I'm just going to give you a heads up that some people take it very serious. One time I was making a US vietnam era infantry kit just to wear while playing airsoft, and when I mentioned one of the brands I was shopping from, one guy went on a rampage, calling that brand shit because their kit didn't look accurate and it'll break. I even shared a picture the helmet when I was done with it and man did I regret that. I had to explain to them that I was on a limited budget and I was trying to complete the look and wasn't going for actual realism. Sometimes they just need to chill.
@@Knightshospitaller lol guess some people just can’t get enough judgement in real life that they have to seek satisfaction by being d-heads
3:26 Rip Drum Kid
Same
F
F
LOL
Sad and funny lol
3:25 drummer making them beats “we got London on the tra-“
😂
LOL IM DEAD. Officer: Dont shoot the soldiers with the guns! Shoot the 9 year old kid in the back with drums!
@@DillaDoncic 😂😂😂 I'm dying
Oof ded 😂😂
What the fuck
Damn they shot the drummer lol.
Jovan Bozic 3:25 in the back.
😂
“WAR CRIME!”
Yes drummers were used to relay commands back then
WAIT THIS IS IN 2015 WHY ARE THEY FIGHTING STILL I THOUGHT THE WAR WAS OVER!!!!!!!
I have been apart of a Battle Re-enactment that goes on where i live. It was the Battle Of 1812. Very cool to see and be apart of if you’re a history buff. Its cool to see other places do it as well.
3:26 They killed the drummer boy
Indeedಡ ͜ ʖ ಡ
Rip
@@nataliep9651 Went down in style
F
Yup
3:03 that was some cute roleplay
I didn't know they had color in 1777.
Omfg
Btw im joking
dope
King Lurch Yeah your right,but the real question is what is colour?
Red represents the British
This is pure madness! I can't imagine staring death in the face only a few yards away. Modern society would crumble mentally if they had to fight wars like this. Thanks for taking us along!
Yeah people dismiss this one because call of duty hasn't made a game about it that has micro transactions 🙄 meanwhile history buffs like me are watching the Patriot wishing we had a game about it
@@Spiralreddblud yapping 😭
Leaked footage of Battlefield 1777 game play
isaac Bluer XD
isaac Bluer should be called battlefield revolution
isaac Bluer 16 I would play the shit out of that.
isaac Bluer 16 When is It Gonna Be Released I Wanna The Shit Outta Of This Game
Justin Aleligay dice would probably add automatic weapons lol
One of my ancestors fought in the real battle of Germantown. It's interesting to have a tangible connection to these events.
Thomas Barber, wow, did ypur ancestor live and what side was he on?
Thomas Barber, grammar lol
Blayze McKnight Obviously an American, if his ancestor was a loyalist and saw him flying his profile picture he would disown him as an American scoundrel
@@nationalistcanuck2877 haha
no u
"We are superior, surrender now!"
*Loses the battle to the British*
Abe?
You belong in the 19th century!
Fighting a foreign war overseas is quite hard for the 18th century I must say
@@themanwithallthewrongopini3551 Yes, it quite is.
@@themanwithallthewrongopini3551 especially when fighting 2 other empires
I enjoy reenactments like this. It got me thinking how different everything was not that long ago.
and how different things will be not to long from now.. feel like thats the more difficult one to comprehend
This actual battle in real life was pretty long ago but if you dint think 200 years is a long time ok
@@klaycurry1376 I think he meant how reenactions were so popular and massive only a few years ago, but now almost dead
The Boyz: We're bored!
Me: You guys wanna fight?
The Boyz:
Noone liked that
@@Jusaindo only in school restroom
one tip on how to be cringe part one
@@bucket1202 gotta love how cool and relevant he is that he replaced the s with z
Is this warhammer40k reference?
3:03 I mean, in complete fairness, his gun wasn't firing, so might-as-well enjoy yourself on the ground XD
@@rezwittkerchester2055 i vouch for this man all hate comments belong to me
Atheists: *triggered*
@@rezwittkerchester2055 god is not true
@@Edward_Npc and what proof do you have of that?
@@simonriley1981 and what proof do u have that god is real?
3:27 they capped the drummer boy!
drug wars gettin to intense
Love for my fallen homie. he was gangsta wit dem drums, but now he's kicken it with Georgie in the kingdom of heaven... RIP drummer homie
supersaiyanjesus36 he will be remembered as the og drummer
Z Nas lol XD
Those batahds
This is what got me into re-enactments thank you so much
I can picture that one guy, just running down the field in Modern Airsoft gear and Airsoft gun and screaming.
Until they reload real bullets...
CALL YOUR HITS WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH
@@orangeknightball3539 Lmao I can imagine someone dressed as Connor running up and down the field and smacking redcoats with an unsharpened tomahawk
5:42 Whoever that musket was aimed at, would have gotten the rekt
Did he pack to much gunpowder or something?
@@krendilsshieldheart6344 he probably added wadding, which means he put the paper cartridge into the barrel like you're supposed too, this allows for a tight seal too be formed and more pressure too build up. That's how a musket should really sound as seen here th-cam.com/video/yS1NDMN9Gnw/w-d-xo.html
You can hear him say that he double charged so he put double the amount of poweder.
1:49 That grey house in the back was like, "Oh God no not again!"
“Samantha they’re out there again!”
Oof
@@ItsAce671 I’m finishing... MY MAKEUP GEORGE
I'd like to do reenacting like this, Musket reenactments (specifically the American Revolution and Civil War) look really fun, for lack of a better word, the volley firing is by far the coolest part
Going to a New England part of the U.S.A.
Girls: oh my god, I love New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Rhode Island!
boys: 0:06
Lol
R.M.S Olympic you’re right, thanks
*heavy breathing*
I normally don’t like this joke but this made me laugh
Massachusetts best
These rustics are so inept. It nearly takes the honour out of victory...nearly.
How you are still alive
Do you know you got killed by an American bro?
*laughs in british*
@@palhairthegreat7643 He doesn't die
He didn't die he just merely failed to live
General cornwallis
0:10 replace the sound with Krusty krabs remix
Can someone answer this: how do you die in one of these? Like do you just decide if u want to fall down and die when they fire or like..
You just decide when you want to die or get wounded, a youtuber called brandon F made a very good video called something like, "How do reenactors know when they've been hit", a lot of the time people die when they have no ammo left or their gun stops working
I've always fantasized of paintball matches like this
Jackson Dawson A special paintball gun that takes around 30 seconds a shot perhaps?
Geistmeister6 airsoft would be a better option, it wont ruin the costumes and the guns are already sold in that style, while paintball guns need big magazines wich ruin the look of the rifle
***** I like that idea better. That way no one can pretend they didn't get hit.
Geistmeister6 this isn't a pant ball match they fire blanks and they get a slip of paper that tells them what to do
Air soft would be more accurate
Lining up and taking turns at shooting each other seems so scary. Not to mention the limited medical abilities compared today's.
Yeah, it's like being lined up in front a firing squad, but you both have guns.
Those wars back then were decided on who could load their gun faster than the man across from you.
Open Wheel Is The Best And You Know It well not really
What if wars were still fought like that it would be like 10 seconds and everyone is dead.
I'd feel safe with all my buddies surrounding me
5:30 British soldier: *Eat lead you bespawler!*
Serious question - How do re-enactors determine who is "dead" and what not?
They probably just act
They follow the script
There's a video explaining this
They just die when they think they die, let's say your in a Napoleonic reenactment and a cannon shoots directly at you, you'd die.
They don't shoot any real Projectiles, so what they do is if you think you are in a situation where you are going to die, you act like you die. For example, if your group is shot point black by a cannon, you would die. If you're in the front lines and a large group shoots at you, you would probably die if they shot near you.
Top most saddest anime deaths
3:03
His death was difficult to bear 😞
@सुधिर This is no laughing matter a fellow soldier has fallen that day
Failure to maintain 3 rounds a minute in any weather, I can have you brought up on charges for that
@सुधिर nice laugh cuz the soldier lost his life nice JUST NICE
I just love how all the other actors are just like “oh no, anyways…”
Everybody gangsta until one of the gunpowder had a bullet in it
The gun explodes?
@@el1tebunny555 the gun can have a bullet and kill someone
RIp to who ever would get shot
@@el1tebunny555 they are using real muskets
Did they build the muskets cause imagine cleaning the rust and stuff off an old one
Man I didn't know they had cameras back then, let alone footage as high of quality as this. I wonder why we don't see any other footage from the revolutionary War?
I know right
yeah bro super high quality
Facts. Probably got destroyed or lost after 200 years
The carbon-dating destroyed the film
Ig the government actually hides footage
Good thing the cameraman was actually doing something in this legendary battle
If it’s not too late, I would like to place a bet on the Americans winning.
Ya same here
same
Same man
@Samuel Santoro
They lost on the 1812, why y'all think the US won?
Same
5:30
that was epic when one of the guys just wanted to shoot him and so he dropped. The the rest of you are like "oh shit!" while the americans charge
Epic reenactment
At 3:10, that's exactly How you die on the battlefield. When in an engagement while you are re-enacting, IF your musket misfires 3 times or more than you HAVE to take a bullet for the Regiment. Nice death whatever your name is front rank!
Here just to say that this channel was fantastic and still is.
Is there hope for new content?
Thanks for the video, and for the re-enactment. I've recently discovered my 3rd Great Grandfather was there, enlisting as a nineteen year old Private in the Continental Army.
This certainly gives extra perspective into how insane their "line up and shoot" tactics were. Thank God he survived!
How old are you dude? My 3rd great grandfather served in the civil war
@@Theprussianguy did he fight for the north or south?
@@anthonyvasquez6113 haha north lmao
I didn't now they had crowds watching them while fighting in 1777🤔
I mean they kinda did when the British invaded cities.
They Did in Civil war lol A crowd of people Got picnics and Food out well.... Until One of the Unit's rushed Up the hill when being pushed back
@@erwinrommeldesertfox5267 Bull run
They should avoid showering for 3 or 4 months ahead of the reenactment so they smell like the troops and soldiers did 240 years ago, too.
That's what my dad and I do
Jesus I would've been put out if I didn't shower for 5 days
You should do actual research.
People bathed and washed regularly in the past, people did not walk around filthy, even soldiers on the battlefield in the 18th century would have made a point to wash at a minimum two times per week to use a river or water source or simply lather and wipe or rinse with soap and water brought with them etc. They also brought alcohol to use as a disinfectant.
The clothes would have smelled different to today but men and woman would wash and use scents such as perfume or musk etc. In towns, even poor families would try to maintain good hygiene and soap was cheap and readily available to the family.
In the 18th century and before, people with bad hygiene were often shunned or looked down upon.
Fun fact: The Vikings were often shamed during the Middle ages for bathing very often?
The idea that people rarely bathed comes from the time of the plague, because bath houses became plague-centers and people correlated bathing with the deaths rather than the mites from rats, but by the time portrayed in the video, people tried to wash regularly.
Respect for the camera man for going back in time to see this
My god these video games are getting pretty realistic
GIrls: Becky, why the hell do you have the same outfit as me? Get it off now!
Boys:
i would kill to do this and im a girl lol
I didn't know they had GoPro back then :D
or plywood
Hypocrite Biker true
Very true
Isaiah McClain ofcoursw they did!
Invented by Ben Franklin!
Imagine being a tourist from another country and seeing this thinking " what the hecks going on here!"
2:30 everyone press c
Chivalry lol
Mount and blade my nigga
+Marcus brown HA Chivalry its m&b man
Lol
true :D
3:03 when u miss McDonald's breakfast.
LMAO
Lol
😂
5:42 The most part were I keep repeating it
The best reenactment video hands down
Besides, anyone gonna talk about this thunder of a shot at 5:43
Being able to occupy the house and fight from it was awesome to watch!
I know what you mean about the historical feeling, the chills you get when it starts to hit you. I do American Civil War and for the 150th Shiloh in TN, we got to be shuttled to the battle by a paddleboat down the river just as the Iowa regiment we were portraying did during the actual battle.
Those moments are awesome!
Indeed. I'm a British guy. In 2010 I was dropped in Belgium and made my way back to the beaches at Dunkirk in all the correct equipment, scrounging a lift home on a real Dunkirk little ship. Epic moments.
I was there as well with the 15th Iowa, waking up at 3 Am, loaded up onto the paddle wheeler with the crew dressed as US Navy, lit up with lanterns. Then marching through the battlefield the next day. Something I will never forget.
Me:*playing blood and iron on roblox*
Random players: don't kill musicians.
Random players:*fires at musicians*
Me: Beethoven is ded. 😔
Blood and iron musician warcrime comp
U speak croissant? LolP?
@agent france Yes
Lol I massacre the musicians and the surrendered proples
Me too i like that game and i buyed the gamepass!
Guy at 3:03 was probably like "I think I could use a nap now but I can't just lie down... OH WAIT I COULD JUST DIE!"
Nah his musket wasn’t working
are the muskets loaded with blanks or do they shoot something?
they usually shoot paper to make a realistic sound, though the paper doesnt hit anyone because its the enemy is far away and it burns right after it leaves the musket anyways
In American Reenacting, only powder is placed into the barrel. Not even paper is inserted in the barrel unlike in Europe.
People just die when they deem it best - be it because the scenario is silly, no one is dying, person's gun not firing, or theyre tired of marching around.
Nevertheless, It looks scary af
I bet it's fun to reenact Battles, because the only time you hear of a battle it's in a book or ye ol' lagers.
But being there in the battles s just trying to make it come to life and trying to make it work.
It is fun. Never done an American revolution reenactment but I have been a Union Soldier in a Civil War reenactment.
Never imagined this scene, soldiers talking while they march into a battle.
“Hey look it’s my neighbor hello neighbor”
stumbled on this place- heard about reenactments, was about to laugh my ass of at how nerdy the whole idea. ended up loving it, this shit is thoroughly awesome
I think airsoft is more nerdy than this
+adam sulaiman why does either one have to be nerdy?
Geralt of Rivia Idk, this comment showed up and my brain starts thinking which is nerdy. I dont have problem with either one of them
CallOfGamer TROLLHeart I can't see how it's nerdy in the first place
It's fun I reenact Civil War, World War 1, World War 2 and Vietnam
I love how it's old musket battles in the modern day
0:38 I guess America already won... There's a USA flag flying in the back left
Nice Quilava
learn2bk they lost
Dis boi
thanks for the spoiler
sparky eagle111 if they did then we wouldn't have american independence right now
0:19 i swear to god that is some spongebob music
LMAO
LOL
Ahoy spongebob me boy, I have been captured by the British Revolutionary Army, and I need your to kill them all and rescue me!
@@unoriginalclips9923 argh argh argh argh argh argh arrrrrrrrrggggghhhh
That was the music they played back in those days boiz
I really want to join one of these one day but sadly I'm Asian so I won't really fit in :P
+TheEpicdangaming So true. Or pasty white Spartan warriors in their fifties
Provincial forces, Haitians, and other mercenary units had some diversity. Ultimately it's for your own enjoyment, remembering and experiencing history. Who cares what you look like, you'll enjoy it, and your unit members will see you as another member. Don't let it deter you.
+TheEpicdangaming Of course it looks realistic. Ethnically they were very much the same. So what if the Texans' faces got a bit more sun.
To be accurate you could be the dude in the back selling whores and opiates
You could join the a ''british'' reenactment group because you know the sun never sets on the british empire.
Gotta be honest, this looks pretty fun! Respect for you man!
I love how all the actors just talk about how loud their gun was
After having watched a body camera on one of these guys, I realize that they're not reenacting. They are role playing.
sir1thomas1 they are reanacting
If they're roleplaying, they're shit at it.
sir1thomas1 they can record it if they want
Pretty much since they're not actually trying to kill eachother
Several questions. 1: How do you determine who dies? Is it random? 2: How would someone interested in this start? Thx.
Robert Walker They die when they feel like it.
some reenactments are planned others are not
i'm a civil war reenactor i can answer those. for 1, it's personal preferance. it's usually better to die when you're tired or out of ammunition, as long as you make sure your weapon is cleared before doing so. 2. search around online for units, a lot of us are recruiting and need more people, the hobby needs to grow in order to thrive. :)
Different groups do dying differently. I was part of a civil war re-enactment as part of an artillery group. When we were being briefed, the riflemen drew a piece of paper from a hat. It had numbers from 2 to I think 9. So if you pulled a 3, you’d go down after your groups third volley when appropriate. Since I was artillery, we drew differently. I drew “45 minutes or 50 yards”. So after 45min or if the enemy got within 50 yards, then I’d go down.
Other places do an honor system. You go down when it seems obvious for you to go down. But that can sometimes create invincible squads that over exaggerate the inaccuracy of smooth bore muskets. Which kinda kills the fun for both sides.
What did you use for this?
"YOU NEED TO SURR- AHHHHH" after getting his knee destroyed
3:10 nice death
LMAOOOO "nice death" HOW IS A DEATH SUPPOSED TO BE NICE
@@JaggyBoi1699 do you know what a reenactment is?
@@puma2334 how dumb do u think i am?
@@JaggyBoi1699 hmm idk I give it 5
@@puma2334 yeah wdym
One thing though...I know that nobody is using a ball or anything, but why does nobody use the ramrod, just for historical accuracy and load time? My best guess offhand is that its because someone may forget to take the ramrod out and accidentally shoot a ramrod into someone.
+frogbear02 That's exactly why, the possibility that someone could get hurt.
a react dude was talking about how they use to use them. till a dude forgot to take it out and it landed on a tree near him
There are accounts of both Confederate and Federal soldiers being impaled by ramrods during the Civil War. A soldier would be reloading his rifle, and, in the heat of the fighting, would forget to remove his ramrod from the barrel. If he fired, the rammer would sail across the field of fire to it's target along with the bullet.
I think they might use something.
I've had that happen before as a Re-enactor myself. Though it wasn't a musket ramrod, it was an Artillery ramrod, and it was like a Patriot missile flying overhead.
Brilliant, thank you for this video, good to see you Americans keeping history alive 👍🇬🇧
Love it when the dude was yelling "SURRENDER NOW" and he got shot lol
I wish I could get to know what it feels like to shot those kinds of weapon or to experience something like that. This reenactment thing is so cool!
the feel is meh, the smell however is the thing that sticks
@@jamesnicholson3658 interesting. Thanks for telling me (人 •͈ᴗ•͈)
@@jamesnicholson3658is it like an airsoft bullet? how do you know if your dead?
It's a hell of a thing, black powder is a totally different beast. Definitely get into it if you could
@@triggeredbeetle5370 Reenactments i think have pre set groups that will fall, but there's no projectiles at all. It's a group effort lol, sometimes people run out of powder or just get tired and take a dive lol
3:27 Kid Down! Kid Down!
The sounds of the muskets are so real. Imagine real life when hearing the bullets whizzing around you and the flesh being hit.
I'm just wondering what do they shoot like pellets?
Nothing, they use a black powder charge but without any projectile
Piloulegrand then how do people know when they are hit, do they just fall when they feel like it?
Mostly that yes. Some choose to fall (or it's pre-set which one will " die " , it depends ) when they are being fired at
No, even better, they shoot fire.
David mercado nothing
that looks like so much fun! apart from the people that ‘died’ having to lie there😂
I should of done that I would love to sleep I mean die
Maybe you could roll around and scream bloody murder until you get removed from the event
Is the equipment given to you? Like the gun and powder?
Do you have rent it/buy it? Let me know.Oh and can you explain how re-enacting works? Is it scripted?
+TK Gaming Equipment is bought, gun powder is bought and you roll your own rounds. Many units will loan gear until you get your own and reenacting comes in many different forms. Events can range from fully scripted scenarios to unplanned chaos. There are many events such as living history occasions as well for the general public to learn! If you like history why not experience it first hand as best we can!
JHouse171 I will try joining! Sounds great!
+JHouse171 (Son of Liberty) question how do you know when are dead
+JHouse171 (Son of Liberty) I really want to join! Ive looked at your website. I live in Britain and if I had a chance of joining itll have to be a fifer or Drummer (and I dont know how to play a fife, but I have a bit of experience with a drum). :(
+Ethan Dodd You have to get private lessons or play at your school to play the drum they told me as im going to be a drummer that you have to get lessons and you cant just walk in playing the drum
Hey do you know where I can get that reenactment gear too?
I am a member of the First Rhode Island Regiment. I am in this video at the end. I'm the black guy without a weapon towards the end of the final formation. We do this reenactment the first Saturday in October every year. My group also does Civil War Reenacting. We are the 3rd USCT Civil War Reenactors. We can be found on FB. Please, come out o this event next year if you can.
we definitely would mate
Do they call you Uncle Tom when you with yo bros
Earl Weeks I wanna come
Person 1 Shoots a blank across the map
Person 1 - Hey, I hit you!
Person 2 looks at Person 1, shoots him
Person 2 - Call your hits!
Person 1 - Ref!
Referee - Yes?
Person 1 - He's not calling his hits.
Person 2 shoots a blank at Person 1.
Person 2 - Call your hits!
Person 1 - No you missed!
Referee 2 walks to Person 2
Referee 2 - What's going on?
Person 2 - That guy over there isn't calling his hits. I'm pretty sure I hit him my crosshair was on him.
Person 1 shoots at Person 2
Person 1 to Referee 1 - see my crosshair was on him.
Person 2 shoots back.
Person 2 - ref he's not calling his hits this is the 10th time I shot him.
Referee 2 - Let me try.
Referee 2 loads a bb into the musket, aims at Person 1
Person 1 - Wtf was that.
Referee 1 - looks like you were hit, now back to re spawn.
Person 3 shoots blank at Person 2.
Person 2 - Hit!
I have a feeling your a 10 year old who has strong imaginations and is horrible in making jokes😂😂
lool do people actually just lay there after they 'die'?
bruv I'd be on my way home
Mustark Shahreya You wont lay there all the time, you will just get up again after a while.
Mustark Shahreya do they die
Aden hui
Just gotta wait 10 seconds and respawn.
Man, I didn't know the battle of Germantown was in 2015. Time sure does fly.
Fico impressionado como vocês, preservam a história de vocês.
Incrível o vídeo. Muito legal.
Brasil é diferente...
Did not know cameras were so sharp back then. This is some extraordinary footage.
I agree man, I didn’t know cameras even existed back in 1777! It’s so insane how detailed they were.
3:04
“You are supposed to be dead”
“oh, okay then”
Lmao
aM I nOT?
what happened to the drummer at 3:27
OF COURSE HE GOT SHOT