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.
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.
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.
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
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."
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
@@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 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-yS1NDMN9Gnw.html
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.
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
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
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!
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.
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
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.
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 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.
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.
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'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
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.
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.
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
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.
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!
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
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.
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!
