Revolutionary War Reenactment: Battle of Germantown 2015
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- Опубликовано: 4 окт 2015
- In late September of 1777, after victorious encounters with American troops at Brandywine and Paoli, British soldiers occupied Philadelphia, then the capital of the Revolutionary government. The occupying army quartered several thousand troops in the nearby village of Germantown, about 6 miles northwest of the city.
In early October, from his headquarters in Skippack (Montgomery County), General George Washington plotted to recapture the capital as quickly as possible. His elaborate battle plan called for an assault on Philadelphia from the northwest, aimed through the heart of Germantown. Overnight and through the early morning hours of October 4, as many as twelve thousand men moved south towards Germantown by several different routes, hoping to catch the British by surprise.Advancing Americans on the Germantown Road encountered a British picket outpost near, what is now, Allens Lane in Mount Airy. The resulting burst of artillery fire from nearby alarm cannons alerted British Colonel Thomas Musgrave’s 40th Regiment, which had camped in the fields around Cliveden. After several hours of intense fighting in and around Cliveden the Americans retreated back into Montgomery County, and eventually to a long winter at Valley Forge. They left behind more than 152 dead soldiers in Germantown, 70 of them on the grounds of Cliveden. British casualties were less severe, but a visitor after the battle described the interior of Cliveden as looking “like a slaughterhouse.”
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?
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.
Now all jokes aside those muskets look oddly like the real ones
the powder is probably another version of gunpowder thats doesnt kill people
@@neptune1030 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).
@@neptune1030 They're real muskets they just put powder in them and some times paper but I don't think most places even do that.
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.
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
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
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.
@@WestTNConfed 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.
@@WestTNConfed 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
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.
3:02 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
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*
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
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
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
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 what got me into re-enactments thank you so much
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
3:26 Rip Drum Kid
Same
F
F
LOL
Sad and funny lol
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'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
Here just to say that this channel was fantastic and still is.
Is there hope for new content?
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
3:26 They killed the drummer boy
Indeedಡ ͜ ʖ ಡ
Rip
@@nataliep9651 Went down in style
F
Yup
Gotta be honest, this looks pretty fun! Respect for you man!
Love these POV videos you post! I am currently working on a video for my channel on Brandywine Battlefield and with your permission would like to use a few clips from this video.
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
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?
Good thing the cameraman was actually doing something in this legendary battle
props to the camera man for going back in time to record this!
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
"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
This is bloody amazing thank you !
That was amazing! Thank you very much.
3:03 that was some cute roleplay
"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
Respect for the camera man for going back in time to see this
Man, I didn't know the battle of Germantown was in 2015. Time sure does fly.
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?
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
Great video! I got to go to the re-enactment in 2016, Tom McGuire was a great narrator over the action.
The best reenactment video hands down
Besides, anyone gonna talk about this thunder of a shot at 5:43
3:27 they capped the drummer boy!
+supersaiyanjesus36 LMAO
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
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
While watching this, I remembered that my grandad had a book written in the 1780s of someone's actual account from the battle of German town. I just find that interesting.
How do you record these reenactments when you go to them? I want to do this for my American civil war reenactments.
5:30 British soldier: *Eat lead you bespawler!*
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…”
I like how this was some well thought out and planned paint ball battle of the revolutionary War
I love how it's old musket battles in the modern day
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 ruclips.net/video/yS1NDMN9Gnw/видео.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 love reenactors discussing which firing mode is better in the middle of the combat
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
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
3:03 I mean, in complete fairness, his gun wasn't firing, so might-as-well enjoy yourself on the ground XD
John 3:16-17 KJV "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved."
@@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?
If you don’t mind me asking where’d you get your fingerless gloves they look very old timely I’m looking for a pair myself
Props to the soldiers from both sides for having gopros on themselves.
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
5:42 The most part were I keep repeating it
Imagine being a british soldier in the second row and out of nowhere your friend in front of you gets shot, and you walk right over him in his place without even caring
must have been rough seeing so much death and being forced to ignore it
Imagine being a tourist from another country and seeing this thinking " what the hecks going on here!"
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
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
This is actully pretty good!
Brilliant, thank you for this video, good to see you Americans keeping history alive 👍🇬🇧
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
3:27 Kid Down! Kid Down!
Idk if you still check in on your channel, but I've always wondered how/when do reenactors decide to "die" during the reenactment?
I was wondering, in the world of reenactments, in terms of (decently at least) long range engagements, how do you know when youve been "hit"/"killed"
3:02 the way he looked at him when he fell😂😂😂
SeXy.PaNcAkE 69 oh...
*"Oh, There goes Reginald."*
@@AbrahamLincoln4 shame I always liked Reginald
True bro true 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂
@@graysonperkins3832 Shame. he seemed mighty gay only just hours ago
My god these video games are getting pretty realistic
The camera man never dies
It’s amazing how they got some footage
0:10 replace the sound with Krusty krabs remix
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
New Lexington and Concord update is fire
MUSAMUZ???
@@444miguelo what
My kid asking me in 2050 if I fought in a war, I will show him this vid and tell him I was the cameraman
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!
The sounds of the muskets are so real. Imagine real life when hearing the bullets whizzing around you and the flesh being hit.
Great video!
2:30 everyone press c
Chivalry lol
Mount and blade my nigga
+Marcus brown HA Chivalry its m&b man
Lol
true :D
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!
I love this kind of stuff because it helps some people with like imagine someone walking up to this man saying "have you felt what it's like to be in the battle of germantown?" He'd be like yup
Well. This looks like a lot of fun. The best part was when the narrator said, "Oh, this is spectacular. I'm getting historical feels right now." That's got to be why reenactment societies continue to attract lots of people. The 'historical feels' - the brief, exhilarating feeling that you are (re-) living the sights, smells, and sounds of someone who lived generations ago.
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
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
I did re-enactments once upon a time and our opposition failed to tell us that they planned to be immortal during the battle, after 2 hours of constant volleys and most of our guys “dead” but none of them apparently being hit, our sgt. major comes up to me & my buddy to tell us that if he goes down, we need to just drop arms & let them give chase. Well what do you know sgt. major goes down and we book it into the woods. We made Kings immortals look for us until midnight until finally one of them had to come thru and say that the battle was over & and we were okay to come out after they looked for us with bloodhounds & torches for hours. Gotta hand it to them they kept it real even after the spectators left.
"bloodhounds and torches" damn, they were dedicated
This helped with my Revolution project
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
3:03 when u miss McDonald's breakfast.
LMAO
Lol
😂
My great great great grandfather was in this war where he was shot in the head and they thought he was dead so when they picked up his body he started to move around a little bit, and here I am today
Commander: **Dies**
Soldiers: so you’ve chosen death?
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.
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
Imagine ur one of those dudes who "died" in the very beginning and you have to spend ur entire day just pretending to be dead in the grass
My great great great grandfather was in the battle of Bunker hill and told the generals that we are better on the hill than retreating, he was Samuel Trevett there’s books about him too.
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
Never imagined this scene, soldiers talking while they march into a battle.
“Hey look it’s my neighbor hello neighbor”
Hey do you know where I can get that reenactment gear too?
I wanna see if I could “potentially” find my 8th grade History teacher, he told us stories of himself when he was still doing Reenactments. He was such a interesting guy, even brought his own Reenactment musket to school to show us and his other stuffs, like the uniforms with the hats and other accessories. We all got to hold the musket.