Washington's Crossing of the Delaware River: The Revolutionary War in Four Minutes
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- Опубликовано: 27 авг 2024
- On Christmas Night, 1776, George Washington famously led the Continental Army on a daring maneuver across the Delaware River, resulting in a remarkable victory over Hessian soldiers at the Battle of Trenton on December 26. Washington's Crossing marked the beginning of The Ten Crucial Days, which includes the Battles of First and Second Trenton and Princeton.
This is a rebranded version of one of our existing Revolutionary War In4 videos. Kristopher White is the Senior Education Manager at the American Battlefield Trust.
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My 5th great grand father, Seth Hoyt, fought at Trenton and was one of the men that volunteered to stay on to fight at Princeton.
You must be so proud of that
That is so cool, I’d be so proud
Any relation to the hunting bow company Hoyt?
@@dillfunk9479 Never heard of them but it would not surprise me if we were distantly related. Most, if not all, of the Hoyts in America are descended from either Simon Hoyt who came to America in 1628 or a John Hoyt who my have been a son of Simon's. They are the earliest Hoyts recorded in America.
@@retiredguyadventures6211 so cool
The amount of suffering these men went through is hard to imagine.
and people today get offended by bs ! SMH
I grew up a block away from the Delaware River and would always think of the crossing when we would fish or swim in it. The bravery and sheer audacity of it always made me proud to be an American.
u can't imagine how I envy for having Washington as ur general.-a USA loving Chinese.
I lived a couple miles away from Washington's Crossing Pennsylvania for years. I loved the reenactment. This is also one of the most gorgeous areas in the USA. I love Bowman's tower. This is a very special place. Trenton is a special place too. I was born in Princeton. This is a wonderful place where the United States was coming into fruition.
Today I visited the location where he crossed the river, at the Washington Crossing State Park north of Trenton. It was so cool imagining it happening and walking in his footsteps
"On paper", General Washington and his troops had no chance of victory - but he wouldn't quit.
that why even after being forced out of York, he still went and rallied the true patriots for an decisive battle at trenton. it was just called "York" i think back then.
If Washington could have seen into the future at what America is now, he probably would have jumped into the river.
Facts
My fifth grandfather, Jacob Carr was with Washington at Trenton and Princeton.
It was at this moment that everyone realized who there secret Santa was.
My family's from Philly, I was born and raised in Bensalem, Lower Bucks County, PA. About half way between Independent Hall and Washington's Crossing. General John Cadwalader tried crossing in Bensalem at Dunk's Ferry Crossing, which is now Neshaminy State Park. We still have a road called Dunksferry. The dangerous part was trying to get heavy horses, canon, artillery, ball, shot, and powder across the fast-moving and deadly cold water.
Nicely Done, enjoyed!!!
Great video. Thank you.
Washington was a badass.
them drums and flutes in the background are 🔥
Currently reading "Washington's Crossing" by David Hackett Fischer, great so far. Have read his "Paul Revere's Ride" which was excellent.
It was actually shocking to see how small the Delaware River actually is when I was driving down through New Jersey. If it hadn't been for the wonders of modern GPS, I honestly would have honestly thought I was in the wrong spot.
Absolutely love this video and appreciate your detail, however I disagree with you on one thing. Being in the army for a long time I’ve seen many leaders do things that were a little unsafe In order to enhance the morale of theirtroops. I could absolutely, realistically see Washington standing up on that boat to deny any inner sissy
We visited when I was at a conference in Philly. I was surprised that it is just two small state parks. This is a key battle in the fight for Freedom it should be a national park on the level of Gettysburg!
Heck yeah. Thank you for the history lesson
First viewer! I visited this site during one summer. Nice location for a family outing.
Great video, the host did a fantastic job
My 5 th great grandfather was a hessian soldier , captured at Trenton , his name was Johann Warner Buck or Bock , he escaped and was so enamored with the American cause that he sought asylum here , He went to Virginia and married a German gal , Barbara Slusher … they settled in southern , Illinois .. my paternal granmother came through this line of ancestors .
Fridged Death at Valley Forge, ice flows down the Delaware River. All backdrop, to the apex of the 'Little Ice Age"!
Want to point out one detail i didn't hear mentioned. He ordered 3crossings his was the only one that made across. So his nmubers probably weren't as high as suspected.
To wrench liberty from the British was something of a miracle.
There must have been an angel on our shoulder. .
Thank you.
Born an Live in Philadelphia Not far from Independence Hall. My 7th Grandfather Fought under the Command of General Washington. SGT,..2nd New Jersey Continental Line, Continental Regulars, 1777- 1781, Battle Of Brandywine, Mustered Out. Giving a Land Grant by General Washington.
This guy forgot about the number 1 rule of any military force. If you're going to do something, make sure you look cool doing it.
Only a crazy man would take a mostly destroyed unpaid, underfed, frostbitten, force across a frozen river in December to go fight the largest empire in history at the height of its colonial power. I guess fortunately for us, Washington was crazy.
Such a heroic act of bravery from men who wanted their new country to survive slavery. I wonder if Washington sent some commando's out front of his attacking force to intercept anyone who would alert Corn Wallace to their attack? What suffering those men had to endure?
That's what I was thinking
Nah fam he was standing at the bow like the forest fox George really was
So interesting after reading The First Conspiracy by Brad Meltzer.
My man you’re acting like he crossed the Atlantic. It’s a quarter mile. Chill out
George stood like that the entire trip. I know, I was there. I am a time traveler.
Can you take me?
But fot the 5 thousand, would we have our Nation? Now think what 550 thousand can do to save it again.
I can only imagine that if I showed George Washington how America would end up until the present day I'm sure he would have ordered his men to turn the ship right around and let the British rule America I tbh wouldn't mind drinking tea at noon and having crumpets
Trust me if the continental army would have lost, a failed revolution would cause British to bring less developments to the area and exploit their resources, they wouldn't get the same freedom as they had before and the american infrastructure would be delayed by at least a decade, they would have the same infrastructure such as the likes of Egypt, India and Australia, which isn't bad but definitely not where America is right now!!
@@tangible959 yeah but at least the British seem to have more class than Americans do at this point
@@geraldthebusdriver3491 There's as much degeneracy in the UK as there is in the US right now
@@tony_anello really?!
No he wouldn’t why do I think that America is great today
dam George washington was a buzz kill huh? lol jk
Lucky the British didn't have face masks or America would have lost this war.
Yeah Washington was overrated
He was on a rraft with men and a cannon.
My 5 th great grandfather was a hessian soldier , captured at Trenton , his name was Johann Warner Buck or Bock , he escaped and was so enamored with the American cause that he sought asylum here , He went to Virginia and married a German gal , Barbara Slusher … they settled in southern , Illinois .. my paternal granmother came through this line of ancestors .