Strategies and Tactics of the American Revolution | Unconventional Warfare

Many Americans are familiar with the major battles of the Revolutionary War. The battles of Saratoga or Bunker Hill or Yorktown, stand tall in our collective memory. But much of the fighting, in much of the country, often involved fights between groups of less than a hundred participants.
Today we’re going to shed some light on a very dark corner of the fighting that happened in the American Revolution....unconventional warfare!
Source material for this video:
"A People's History of the American Revolution" by Ray Raphael as the source for the David Fanning quotes and the following article in the Journal of the American Revolution for the Colonel Tye story:
Joseph E. Wroblewski, “Colonel Tye: Leader of Loyalists Raiders- And Runaway Slave ,” Journal of the American Revolution, February 17, 2021
Raphael, Ray. "A People's History of the American Revolution: how common people shaped the fight for independence." 2016.
Joseph E. Wroblewski, “Colonel Tye: Leader of Loyalists Raiders- And Runaway Slave ,” Journal of the American Revolution, February 17, 2021
Matthew H. Ward, “Joshua Huddy: Scourge of New Jersey Loyalists,” Journal of the American Revolution, October 8, 2018.

[@zzkatz08]

I know TJ had a blast filming this!

[@siryort7024]

While not small at all (around 1,300 to 1,600 total troops), I just recently found out about the battle of St Louis and Cahokia in May of 1780. It is amazing to me in all my years of studying the Rev War that I have never heard about these battles. Had they won these battles, the landscape after the Treaty of Paris would have looked quite different in the Midwest.

[@JonathanDYellowbear]

There is a battle that we reenact here in the Machias Maine territory. The first naval battle of the Revolution. 2nd battle was in 1777 with 2000 support from the Wabanaki Confederacy due to a letter sent to the PASSAMAQUODDY NATION, from Gen. George Washington himself asking the chief leaders to help defend the Eastern most parts of the territory of Maine, to keep the redcoads from invading the area again.

[@Joseywales414]

Excellent , I’m very appreciative of you doing this video. Keeping history alive is very important.
This was a very good insight to the American revolution that many have very little knowledge of. There is some history & stories up in my area of western Virginia fort Henry days in wheeling and fort Pricket in fairmont, wv.

[@friendlym1rifle]

So basically. Todays subject unconventional warfare tactics.

[@chickensandwich1589]

7:20 cat! 😻

[@HappyHermitt]

Typical tactics of the era was like dueling en masse.
I would've been like a lio rabbit. Conceal, shoot, n move.

[@RensTop40Playlists]

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[@acmelka]

Americans glamorize the American Revolution... and Civil War. Any of which ALWAYS involves reciprocating atrocities and niegbor on niegbor killing