Cornwallis Enters the Fray - American Revolution DOCUMENTARY

Kings and Generals animated historical documentary series on the early modern history continues with a series on the American Revolution - the War of American Independence. In the first video we discussed the main reasons why the Thirteen Colonies rebelled against the British crown ( • American Revolution - ... ), while the second will focus on the beginning of war, as the two sides clashed first at Lexington and Concord, and then near Boston at Bunker Hill ( • Battle of Bunker Hill ... ). In 1775 and 1776 the war continued with the siege of Boston, American Declaration of Independence, Fall of New York, Battle of Long Island, Ten Crucial Days, the battle of Trenton and the battle of Princeton ( • Battle of Trenton 1776... ), while in 1777 the tide turned with the battles of Brandywine, Germantown and Saratoga ( • How Did the Americans ... ). France and Spain joined the war around this time, putting even more pressure on the British, who now had to defend their European and Caribbean holdings, too. Despite the fact that the battles of Monmouth Courthouse and Rhode Island were tactically inconclusive, the situation for the Britain continued to deteriorate ( • France and Spain Join ... ). However, situation in the South, where there were more Loyalists and the British forces were led by Cornwallis, was better for Britain, which showed itself during the Battles of Savannah, Charleston, Waxhaws, Camden and Kings Mountain.
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00:00 Intro
01:43 Addressing Slavery
04:37 Southern States & Loyalist Uprisings
07:51 1779 Stalemate
09:13 Siege of Savannah
14:51 Siege of Charleston
16:42 Battle of Waxhaws
19:49 Battle of Camden
22:24 The Battle of Kings Mountain
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[@KingsandGenerals]

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[@kyrgyzsanjar]

I’m going to have a drink tonight for the “over the mountain” guys! Much respect from mountains of Kyrgyzstan!

[@rickjohnson9558]

Not many Americans today know how much hatred the British created by banning settlement to the west of the Appalachia’s and Blue Ridge. Them fellers was TOUGH, and not inclined to take a whole lot of crap. Mad respect to you from an American of Ukrainian descent.

[@theguy8729]

​@@rickjohnson9558 well that hatred isn't justified at all. The British made treaties with natives to not settle over there

[@rickjohnson9558]

@@theguy8729 not today, certainly. 250 years ago was another matter entirely. Land hunger was all-consuming among the settlers, particularly among the “over mountain men”.

[@kyrgyzsanjar]

@@rickjohnson9558 cheers! And Slava Ukraini!

[@theguy8729]

@@rickjohnson9558 Wasn't justified then by their standards either

[@revere0311]

“We fight get beat and fight again." Was General Greene's message to Washington in 1781 and it encapsulated the resilience of the American forces. The American Revolutionary War began in the north but saw victory in the south, a fact often overlooked in historical accounts. The southern campaign's significance was overshadowed by the writing of Revolutionary War history during the centennial in 1876, which coincided with the end of the Civil War. Consequently, American history tends to focus on northern victories rather than setbacks (Lexington & Concord, Bunker Hill, Saratoga) and then the general history skips to the wars finale at Yorktown. Despite the perception that the war took a hiatus from 1779-1781, the southern campaign was marked by relentless fighting. The American army in the south, mainly composed of Continental units from the southern & middle colonies and a robust partisan force, faced brutal conditions but persisted in rebuilding and fighting back. The desegregation of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War contrasts with the U.S. Army's segregated state until 1948. The contributions of African American patriots during this time are often overlooked but are highlighted in Judith Van Buskirk's book, "Standing in Their Own Light." French support during the war, including the provision of muskets, powder, uniforms, and financial assistance, is another aspect that is underappreciated in historical narratives. General Nathanael Greene's summary of the Southern Campaign aptly captures the enduring spirit of the American forces in the face of adversity. Great Video! Thanks for shining light on this underappreciated part of history.

[@hoppy5359]

Thanks for this, not many people talk about the southern campaign even though it was vital as it cut off a lot of agricultural supply lines. Not to mention leverage for other countries to either join or stay out of due to the tobacco and later cotton exports.

[@hoppy5359]

@@michaelturner5050 The Patriot is overhyped and has more Historical Inaccuracies/Contradictions than 300. I'm talking something that actually has research, time, and attention to detail in it. Plus when you think of the American Revolution you don't really think of the south, you think of Massachusetts, New York, Delaware, (and parts of Virginia) but most people forget About the Carolinas and Georgia unless you 1 grew up there and spent time taught about it or 2 doing research/historical job.

[@michaelswami]

I submit that Nathanael Greene and Daniel Morgan (among others) won the war via the Southern Campaign. Having forced Cornwallis to retreat to Yorktown, Washington and the French were able to trap him there and force the surrender of his army.

[@NazriB]

Lies again? Navy Seals Big Clit

[@paulinotou]

@@hoppy5359 true, the Southern war wasn't as conventional as the Northern one. But it did lead to Yorktown and was actually pretty crucial portion that ended the war.

[@DerMef]

I would like to point out that the important cash crops in the South were tobacco and indigo. Indigo production was eventually outcompeted by British India, so it disappeared. Cotton did not became important until the 19th century. The reason why cotton is so strongly associated with the Southern plantations today is that it became the dominant cash crop in the decades leading up to the Civil War and abolition of slavery, but this was not the case during the American Revolution.

[@ronjohnson6916]

I remember reading a scathing comment by one of Gates' critics about the speed he showed in the aftermath of the battle. Also interesting to hear the small numbers involved at this point.

[@jonbaxter2254]

180 miles in THREE days! That is 60 miles a day, in a time where men could usually travel about 20. He was hauling ass.

[@JackHankeAnd]

@@jonbaxter2254 I assume he had a horse; otherwise that amount of distance covered seems nearly impossible, particularly given the quality of roads at the time. Makes me wonder how many others with him had horses. I imagine not many.

[@rythania7686]

Ferguson sent a whig prisoner over the mountains with a message that he would come "…over the mountains, hang their leaders, and lay their country waste with fire and sword.” The overmountain men answered that call. My husband's ancestor was the only doctor among the overmountain men. It's a huge part of the family history.

[@jasonmelius4839]

Ferguson was reacting to the rebels almost constantly murdering and torturing people in the NC Backcountry. Read the entire letter Ferguson sent, not just the "fire and sword" part.

[@rythania7686]

@jasonmelius4839 In his message “desist from their opposition to the British army, and take protection under his standard, he would march his army over the mountains, hang their leaders, and lay their country waste with fire and sword.” The Watauga people left the British colonies and had a 10 year lease they paid the Cherokee for. They left after the Battle of Alamance regulator wars. They were not murders like you are claiming, but in fact as you can see in the above quote he was demanding them to continue thier peace with protection under the British standard.

[@jasonmelius4839]

@@rythania7686 Read Ferguson's complete declaration. Pay extra close attention to the very last paragraph: “DECLARATION Tryon County, Gilbert Town September 9th 1780 “The experience that the deluded inhabitants of the revolted American provinces have had of the falsehoods by which the rebel leaders have artfully excited them, against their duty to God and the King and their best interests, to involve their country in blood and misery will, it is hoped, by degrees open their eyes that they may at last listen to the calm voice of reason and truth. “They have been told that Britain, the land of liberty and toleration and chief support of freedom and the Protestant religion throughout the world, was about to introduce popery and slavery among her American descendents at the very time the rebel Congress was privately forming a league with France and Spain which, had it succeeded to their wish, would have banished real liberty and true religion from the face of the earth. “They were told that the savages were to be solicited to murder and lay waste and that the British troops were to assist them in desolating the country. Now, the only Indians employ’d since the invasion of Carolina are those of Catawbaw by the rebels, and even the Cherokee nation that followed the British troops to Savannah River to revenge the burning of their towns were refused leave and sent back; and the King’s troops have exerted themselves to restrain the resentment of the loyalists and prevent bad men on both sides from aggravating the horrors of war by rapine and outrage. “They were told the King meant to enslave them at a time when He with His Parliament had by publick Act of the Constitution renounced all right of taxing Americans for ever and voted a restoration of all their ancient rights and libertys to those Americans who should submit; but the chief rebels have industriously conceal’d and suppress’d these advantagious offers, knowing that all reasonable and honest men would gladly receive them. “They were told that all those in South Carolina who had taken protection were forced to inlist, then in fact no protected man was suffer’d, much less compell’d, to bear arms, even in the militia, until he had given proof of his sincerity. “They were told that the protected men were maltreated and plunder’d by order, when in fact the authority of the King’s officers was diligently employ’d to restrain the loyalists from retaliating the injuries that their innocent familys had suffer’d during the rebel government; and althou it is impossible at once to prevent every person amongst a numerous body of men irritated by oppression from taking their revenge, yet the good behaviour of our militia at present in Tryon County shows that the King’s officers have exerted themselves with success to prevent desolation. “In a word, the King by proclamation, and in consequence of a solemn Act of His Parliament, holds forth to every American who is disposed to return to his duty an offer of the same free and happy government he formerly enjoy’d, with an exemption from taxation and pardon for all offences; and His officers are strictly commanded to protect to the utmost of their power all men who submit and all women and children of every denomination. “Of course no man can have an interest in continuing to his country the miserys of war (particularly after its fate is decided) except those few who have either engross’d all the power or who by their extreme injustice and cruelty to individuals are become detestable to the best men of all partys, or otherwise who, having got a habit of rapine and plunder, wish to continue to rob in the confusion of the times. Under the last description are the partys lately from Georgia, Nolachuki, and some scoundrels of both sides, all of whom it is the duty and interest of every man of honest feelings to suppress and crush. “Wherefore every man that is not conscious of crimes that render him unfit to live in a state of peace in civil society has only to repair to his home and declare his submission, after which his person, his property and just rights as a freeman will be protected to the utmost until the re-establishment of civil government shall for ever fix and secure his libertys. In the mean time, should the publick service render it necessary to use his cattle, forrage or grain, the same receipts that are in the like case given to the loyalists he will receive from the British commanding officer - not waste paper like the bills of the rebel Congress, but equal to cash, insuring him of full payment in a few weeks. “As to those rebels who continue the waste of human blood in a war without a just object or even a reasonable pretext, whatever fate may befall them and their property, it shall be the endeavour of the King’s officers to protect their wives and familys from injury or insult and to pursue with equal vengeance those of their own party or of the enemy who shall offer any outrage or insult to the female sex or act the part of house thieves.”

[@jasonmelius4839]

@@rythania7686 If you read his entire letter, he was reacting to brutal murders committed by men like Benjamin Cleveland. Historians have conveniently left out all of the parts that illustrate how brutal the Patriots were to men, women, and children.

[@rickjohnson9558]

As I write this I’m flying to Charleston. Looking forward to visiting Kings Mountain, Cowpens, Ninety Six and Guilford Courthouse. What wonderful timing, and thanks for posting!

[@andrewdixon3960]

I live just down the road from Kings Mountain National park and a bit from Cowpens. Both are great parks.

[@codymills2393]

That’s gonna be quite of bit of driving 😅 hope you’re here for a few days

[@forrestsory1893]

Be sure to visit battery park. It once defended the approaches to Charleston. Fort Moltre is a tourist attraction. The old Post office on the east side has a nearby plaque showing the spot where Blackbeard the Pirate was hanged. The historic market is near there is where slaves were once sold as they came off the ship. It's a tourist bazaar now. You can buy baskets made in the old colonial traditional way.

[@rythania7686]

You should visit Fort Watauga and Sycamore Shoals too.

[@rickjohnson9558]

@@codymills2393 A whole week!

[@ianfitzpatrick2230]

I only wish my grandfather was still alive for this series. I got my love for history from him, and I loved showing him these battle videos so he can see how everything moved where. He would have loved to see the American revolution play out instead of only reading about it. Thank you guys for great content!

[@SirLurkALot]

More great work on the American Revolution! I'm particularly enjoying this and the Pacific War week-by-week episodes, but find many of the others both fascinating and instructive as well.

[@theawesomeman9821]

Cool fact, in the film The Patriot, Jason Isaacs played Tarleton and Francis Marion was played by Mel Gibson.

[@mango2005]

He's renamed "Tavington" in The Patriot though.

[@theawesomeman9821]

@@mango2005 basically the same guy

[@jasonmelius4839]

@@theawesomeman9821 not really. Tarleton never ordered anyone murdered.

[@C.R.W]

When viewing the campaign map, remember that none of those lakes were there. A small detail, but one I couldn't help but notice.

[@mikes7566]

King's Mountain is close to where I live! Thank you for covering this!

[@richardtabor8686]

Yuuussss. Ty so much for the content. I love the little details and beautiful content. Appreciate all of the hard work.

[@leitt3937]

Due to shifting demographics and markets, agricultural slavery was becoming less and less profitable in the American colonies. While many/most of the founders were morally opposed to slavery, they didn’t outright ban it because that would lose them the support of the southern colonies. They compromised by banning the import of new slaves and figured that slavery would die out due to lack of profitability, sadly with the invention of the cotton gin not long after the revolution, cotton farming became much more viable and slavery again grew.

[@Fordo007]

Yeah if I recall Washington tested if he could run his estate with no slaves and it failed. For plantation owners despite being aristocrats and 'rich' they were almost all in debt and barely breaking even. They inherited their fathers land and estate over and over and each generation just barely manages to hold on to it. Remove slavery and it becomes impossible to maintain that life. Slavery was morally wrong, but asking someone to destroy all that their father, his father, his father, etc... worked to build... and leave yourself and your own family destitute... that's a choice I don't know many today would do. Slavery dying out was expected by everyone and that estate owners would have to manage the change over time. The cotton gin got created and suddenly plantations could make you super wealthy and slavery suddenly became crucial to the entire southern economy.

[@PhillyPhanVinny]

I think this is my favorite series that you guys have been doing recently!

[@bigsarge2085]

Appreciate this coverage of American Revolutionary history.

[@michaelmoran2125]

Ya as an American it's awesome

[@Rainwarner]

I remember reading how the US militias treated Fergusons body after the battle. Horrible things happened all over this conflict on both sides. Thanks for another great video!

[@uria3679]

A lot of people would do the same thing if the person they hated so much was helpless

[@rythania7686]

After the battle of Alamance in 1771 the families of the defeated Regulators largely went over the mountain and had a 10 year lease of land from the Cherokee forming the Watauga Association. They left the English and wanted left alone. Then Ferguson and loyalist sent a Whig prisoner saying " If you do not desist your opposition to the British Arms, I shall march this army over the mountains, hang your leaders, and lay waste your country with fire and sword.” These families wanted left alone and went out of their way to be left alone. But the fight came to them so they finished it. That is war.

[@augustosolari7721]

​@@rythania7686still not a justification for any atrocity.

[@rythania7686]

@augustosolari7721 You are aware no tory witness said the peeing on the body happened right. It was Banastre Tarleton would wrote that and he was not there. No tory on the tory side said the atrocity of his body being peed on happened. That said, what happened to those families was worse than being peed on.

[@augustosolari7721]

@@rythania7686 don't care who started. In any case, giving no quarter to soldiers surrendering is wrong.

[@Tyler-nh6oy]

I had never heard of the mountain militia until this video. Interesting.

[@bloodygoat6941]

Once again a topic I was very interested in and looked up yesterday...now this video...thanks again guys, you are truly awesome

[@ignacio9702]

These videos are amazing. Love u for real, just a happy moment whenever a see a new video from u. Greetings from Spain

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks!

[@MikeD56034]

​@@KingsandGenerals the Continental Colonel you mentioned around 17mins his name was Abraham Buford

[@-RONNIE]

Thanks for the information in this video

[@matthewjay660]

I am VASTLY surprised that only a Lt. Colonel led 3,000 men to take Savannah. Should it not have been lead by a brigadier general? That was a whole brigade! Subject change: We should have listened to General de Rochambeau and Marquis de Lafayette and NOT to some French admiral* who had NO BUSINESS commanding troops on land.

[@TheReaperEagle]

The Writer here: Cambell wasn't supposed to be leading them, but due to staffing shortages, there weren't any higher officers to send with the troops from New York. He was supposed to wait for Prevost, who was actually a general and technically in command, but took the initiative rather than give Savannah the chance to prepare for the attack. Ironically, d'Estaing had been an infantry officer prior to being forced into the navy. He hated it, and was considered a mediocre (at best) sailor by his captains, all of whom were career navy. I read the Savannah campaign as him trying to return to his comfort zone and failing.

[@matthewjay660]

@@TheReaperEagle Thank-you, Eagle!

[@matthewwelborn8083]

Patrick Ferguson said, “I am the king of this mountain [Kings Mountain] and God almighty cannot drive me from it.” His prophesy came true. His body is still there to this day.

[@gregorylittle1461]

Thanks for the excellent presentation on the Revolutionary War in the South. It is at best skimmed over, if even mentioned, in most treatments of this war. Re: Battle of Kings Mountain, Ferguson had threatened to go into the mountains, hang the patriots, and burn their farms. The Overmountain men (along with Piedmont, NC, Georgia, South Carolina and Virginia militia) decided to save him the trouble.

[@devlinm5398]

Great video, the detail was amazing

[@mikemodugno5879]

Awesome series!

[@user-yn5me8du7w]

My first time viewing this channel, very good!

[@thegovernor1146]

I’m very familiar with the history and course of the American Revolution. As always, your videos are extremely well done and always seem to find things I didn’t know. Love this series! Very interesting.

[@CheerfulFerryBoat-ug8gr]

@thegovernor1146 I'm trying to learn more about the American Revolution. Do you know how many French troops were in India during the American Revolution? And how many French troops at Gibraltar? I was very surprised to learn Hispanics also fought in the American Revolution as well! It still hasn't resonated lol!

[@boyscouts83712]

20:19 General Gates is a damn fool. Spent too many years in the British army. Going muzzle to muzzle in open is madness... 21:02 This battle was over before it began

[@erionduma-dl2fc]

Great video as always?❤❤❤

[@bettydoughtery3920]

Thank you

[@Kzoo-N-Ki]

Nice work

[@redomega24]

Francis Marion this is one of my favorite K&G videos.

[@AironSmieciowy-di3qy]

Great video!

[@Aninkovsky]

So, Francis Marion is Benjamin Martin played by Mel Gibson in the Patriot?

[@chancenebeker4481]

yes

[@chasechristophermurraydola9314]

And just thought I would ask but down the line will you be doing a series on the war of 1812 and I am asking because the war of 1812 is very interesting as it is underrated and overlooked and what I mean by that is the war of 1812 is called the forgotten war and it’s not called that because people don’t remember it but instead it’s called the forgotten war because it is studied much less than the American Revolutionary War and the civil war however even though it’s studied less that doesn’t mean it wasn’t important as it was important for many reasons and one of the reasons why it’s important is that it boosted national self confidence and encouraged the growing spirit of American expansionism. Another reason why it’s important is because it established the clear boundaries between Canada and the United States and it set conditions for control of the Oregon territory and it also freed international trade from the harsh restrictions that ignited the war however the most important reason why the war is important is because after the war there was peace like no more major wars between the United States and The United Kingdom.

[@furrycow9263]

You could have trimmed this comment significantly. No one wants to read a wall of text.

[@chasechristophermurraydola9314]

@@furrycow9263 oh okay.

[@RustyWells2]

@@chasechristophermurraydola9314 I enjoyed reading it I learned things I didn't know thanks.

[@welcometonebalia]

Thank you.

[@gregorylittle1461]

Thanks

[@ErasenTinta]

Amazing art work and information, as always!!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks!

[@Wilfa351]

As an American this has been my favorite series of yours so far! I would love if you did a series on the civil war next, or maybe some videos overviewing the Vicksburg campaign at least.

[@kisungyoon6662]

Tarelton's quarter...

[@stormbreaker6920]

nice vid :D

[@brokenbridge6316]

Nicely done video

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks!

[@brokenbridge6316]

@@KingsandGenerals---Your welcome

[@xSoccerFreak7]

Every time I learn about the revolution I’m always so confused why horatio gates is always given a leading position when he fumbles every single time. How tf didn’t he get fired after Saratoga

[@willn703]

Political allies in the Continental Congress.

[@forrestsory1893]

Kings mountain is in South Carolina. Not North Carolina as you mentioned. The few men that were allowed to live were deliberately allowed to live to carry the message home to the British and Loyalist of what happens when you make the mistake of threatening the mountain men with the burning of their homes and threatening their women and children. The British had burned quite a few "revolutionary" farms and villages at this point in the war. With 900 men heading their way it was considered a real threat when the leader of those men said that is what he was gonna do. The mountain men were battle hardened Indian fighters, crack shots with rifles not muskets . They took scalps on occasion. They do not quit. Because in Indian wars if you quit you lose your life, your wife and your kids and they will burn everything you built with your hands. These were not men to be trifled with. Sargent York from World war one was from east Tennessee. I would bet he is descended from the over the mountain men.

[@Thoumint]

There actually is a kings mountain in NC as well apparently.

[@forrestsory1893]

@@Thoumint the town of Kings mountain was built in north Carolina. Kings mountain and the actual battleground and the National battleground park is in South Carolina. The town was built much later during the Revolution it was all wilderness and small farms very little land was cleared.

[@Thoumint]

@@forrestsory1893 Yea, I just looked it up earlier because I noticed a kings mountain placed on his map when talking about the Charleston stuff.

[@Rob-pl9vo]

Yeah there were a few errors in this episode.

[@jasonmelius4839]

The British Army was not burning farms and villages. That is 19th century mythology. The British, especially Cornwallis, had issued orders that if any soldiers were caught burning homes or looting, they would be executed on the spot without a trial. Cornwallis spells it out very clearly in several letters that the inhabitants were to be treated with respect, with the exception of people who committed murders of Tories and fence-sitters. Ferguson's "fire and sword" letter was in response to numerous instances of murders and torture committed by men like Benjamin Cleveland in the NC Backcountry. Rebels were experts at making Tories.

[@rayc718]

Nice video

[@dw9192]

Love it

[@dw9192]

❤ beautiful

[@jacksteele3028]

Ooooooh next up, COWPENS! Hope you include the story about the scout talking smack to Tarleton!

[@jonbaxter2254]

I know very little about the actual battles and dates of this war, but it is so interesting how organised they were before telegrams and GPS

[@dennis771]

This is golden

[@MichaelSmith-ij2ut]

15:52 Tarleton! Damn him. Damn that man!

[@chriscoates5312]

Nice

[@hafizabbasabbas4123]

Hello please make a detailed series on the three kingdoms period of ancient China

[@johnbradshaw2347]

Fun fact: Ben Franklin and Ben Rush, two fellow signers of the Declaration, founded the first Abolitionist movement in 1774. And in both 1774 and 1775, they sent pleas to the King and parliament to abolish slavery through out the empire, but each time both King George and parliament scoffed and dismissed them because they were still pro-slavery in England at the time.

[@user-zz1hc2dp1t]

The abolitionist movement was a mistake

[@johnbradshaw2347]

@@user-zz1hc2dp1t Why do you say that?

[@user-zz1hc2dp1t]

@@johnbradshaw2347 because they are more like terrorists than Americans

[@bilbobaggins5938]

England was largely anti-slavery in the late 18th Century and had a very strong abolitionist movement which ended slavery practices there.

[@johnbradshaw2347]

@bilbobaggins5938 No, it wasn't. Not until after the war of 1812 did England start their own abolitionist movement, and they finally outlawed slavery by 1832.

[@trombz2007]

12:10 "your Culper!?.. oh that's brilliant" 😆

[@lupertmiles884]

My hometown!! 😎

[@Gunnybumper]

I hope you cover cowpens in the next one!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Yep

[@MrSinclairn]

Biggest irony ,about BanastreTarleton,he was a younger son of trad.Lancashire landed gentry with slave & sugar plantation interests in the British W.I.,and after the war,he returned to England,became a parliamentary MP and spent the rest of his political career defending the slave trade in the House of Commons ! 🙄

[@gregthomas9773]

Lived in Charleston, and Wilmington, now Charlotte, glad there is lots of revolutionary history here

[@tomatoman1055]

I’ve been to the kings mountain and it was very cool

[@Mobius1akarob]

Thank you very much for going into such detail about slavery in the colonies/states. Many people see only the black and white (pun intended) of it because we all look through our modern lens. Not enough of us actually look into the uncomfortable gray.

[@thomasdaywalt7735]

wow gw your sir are a man of the people

[@chasechristophermurraydola9314]

My guess is the next episode will cover the battles of cowpens and Guilford court house and I can’t wait to see those two battles because for those of you who have seen the movie called the patriot the final battle in the movie was a combination of the battles of cowpens and guilford court house.

[@toddpeterson8653]

Don't forget 96. Star Fort

[@chasechristophermurraydola9314]

@@toddpeterson8653 right I completely forgot about the siege of fort 96.

[@Nursilmaz]

I'm from Poland and Pułaski is remembered as a hero here and they teach us that he was cavalery commander and died during battle of Savannah but not the details. That was shit way to die. French and their damn 30iq frontal attacks

[@natel9019]

25 ship of the lines. It took 60 acres of oak trees to make ONE. Unbelievable amount of work.

[@Reignor99]

I'm playing a 1700's mod for Mount and Blade Bannerlord, and it's very fun to learn how and why battles were fought in rigid lines shooting at each other. It's simply the most reliable strategy. Spreading out to be a harder target just makes you vulnerable to being charged out by massed troops.

[@istn9478]

Buy Ultimate General: American Revolution if you would like to play this as a strategy PC game

[@DeusVultGamer]

I thought it wasn’t available yet?

[@Welsh1973]

Will be a Great game, still in final stages of development. Only available from Xsolla launcher. Steam release planned for June 2024.

[@CatchMeUp]

"...and was led by British Lieutenant-Colonel Banastre Tarleton..." - c'mon, the people in this era cannot be real. How is that a name?

[@annoyed707]

Says 'catchmeup'...

[@UGNAvalon]

I mean, that’s like saying “An influential business family named after the Trump Card?? Quit pulling my leg!”

[@-NovaRoma.]

I was eating ice cream with nothing to watch and then I got a notification

[@jamelcasino5093]

Damn I'm Learning Things I Never Knew TY High School Teachers 😂😂😂

[@CheerfulFerryBoat-ug8gr]

@jamelcasino5093 Me too! I never knew Hispanics also fought in the American Revolution as well! Pretty cool!

[@Rob-pl9vo]

Francis Marion is probably the most influential cavalryman in US history with his rides still being studied at Westpoint. His bridges campaign would make an excellent video. Probably the worst mistake the British made in Charleston was letting him out.

[@jessedellross3245]

Gates was truly a one hit wonder and is lucky he’s not a reviled as he probably should be

[@xtbum3339]

Not sure, but didn't Gates' inter-actions with Benedict Arnold factor in his decision to flip sides?

[@Ardenator1]

GIVE THEM TARLTEON'S QUARTER BOYS

[@carlosfilho3402]

Thais is a Magnificente Vídeo.

[@patrickwitter4437]

5:42 what is the soundtrack being played starting here. It’s majestic

[@theawesomeman9821]

Its weird to think of American Southerners being loyal to the British. They are two completely different societies with unique cultures.

[@Nagria2112]

its the same today isn´t it? Everybody today knows child work in cobalt mines is bad but do we change it as a normal citizen? no

[@AlohaSnackbar-pc9gd]

as a South Carolinian, I approve this message

[@anastasiaspy4575]

You could make a video for Friedrich 1 barbarosa life's . your videos for byzantine and ottoman empire is impressive.

[@georgewilkes02]

I hope you cover the Patriot militia actions by Francis Marion, Thomas Sumter, Andrew Pickens, Elijah Clarke, and others!!! The Southern campaign, was won by the actions of militia forces.

[@rythania7686]

You forgot John Sevier and Issac Shelby, the leaders of the overmountain men.

[@tommy-er6hh]

I am always surprised of army the size of a high school stadium had such an effect.

[@TheReaperEagle]

The Writer Here: It's important to remember two things: 1) Most people aren't going to argue with armed men, regardless of their number, either because they'd rather get on with their lives rather than get involved. 2) The much smaller population at the time. 3,000 men in modern South Carolina (population 5 million) is nothing. 3,000 men in 1780 South Carolina (free population 85,000) is far more threatening.

[@DJG2004]

Like learning more about the American revolution war. Big up all more American loyalist 🤝🏻

[@michaelscherer6416]

The southern campaign in the Revolution might be my favorite

[@heribertoruizjr.5296]

So im wondering on the epilouge of the american war of independence on the exchange of pows

[@boyscouts83712]

21:43 The ghost. The man Mel Gibson protrated in "The Patriot"

[@NerdVerse430]

You have 2 of the same videos in this playlist.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Will fix thanks

[@alfrancisbuada2591]

You should talk about the other generals in the Continental Army that isn't Washington or Benedict Arnold.

[@KingsandGenerals]

We do talk about them.

[@alfrancisbuada2591]

@@KingsandGenerals when will we see Lafayette in the picture?

[@KingsandGenerals]

We have talked about Lafayette in the previous episodes, where appropriate

[@alfrancisbuada2591]

@@KingsandGenerals So, when will he arrive?

[@KingsandGenerals]

@@alfrancisbuada2591 check previous episodes in the description

[@kasrkin519]

The sword of the Lord and Gideon!

[@nicoz3743]

Will the channel member exclusive content (like Russo-Japanese war or war of Spanish succession) be made available for non channel members in the future?

[@KingsandGenerals]

Not sure

[@stubi1103]

What was the role of General von Steuben in this war?

[@JosephPercente]

I believe there were more french troops at Yorktown than American. If you count the french navy much more. Also there were more Tories in the south. I think britain re established crown rule in georgia and south carolina.

[@CheerfulFerryBoat-ug8gr]

@JosephPer Yes you're right. There were more French than Americans but I don't know by how much? But as far as Yorktown all together about 17 to 18 thousand? Is that correct? Yorktown is considered more a French victory but in reality if we're honest about history, it was ultimately an American-French-Spanish victory because Spanish involvement were a part of the military planning which is why the Spanish Ambassador was invited to the Yorktown victory celebration in October of last year 2023! Spain also protected French possessions in the Caribbean allowing Degrasse to travel freely to his destination to the Chesapeake and later Yorktown. Spain paid for the Yorktown campaign paying both French and Continental soldiers who hadn't been paid for several months and years causing several mutinees and also paid and refurbished Degrasse's French fleet allowing Degrasse to travel at all! Also, Spanish General Bernardo de Gálvez was kind and generous enough to release his own French troops under Spanish command and ALLOWED Degrasse to take them to go reinforce Rochambeau at Yorktown! Amazing beautiful American Revolution history!

[@Wilhelm-100TheTechnoAdmiral]

Slavery is terrible and should be abolished, but won't someone think of the economy and shareholders?

[@doomkitty8386]

22:26 the Scotch-Irish get their name from their migration patterns. Their ancestors came from the border between the Scottish lowlands and northern England. Before they came to America, they settled in Ulster/Northern Ireland as Ulstermen or Irish Protestants. In America, they became known as "Scotch-Irish" because they came first from Scotland, then to Ireland, and now to North America. In truth, it's possible that the majority of them were from northern England but they were too contemptuous of authority to correct this. These days, most of their ancestors identify as ethnic Americans. Those with a closer tie to their heritage prefer the term Scots-Irish over Scotch-Irish, as Scots are a people and Scotch is a beverage.

[@Creeptac]

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[@kancelariamuchomorek]

Pułaski did not have the title of count. The Polish nobility did not use aristocratic titles until the partitions of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in accordance with the ideals of nobility equality. The above does not apply to the hereditary princely families of Lithuania and Belarus. Nevertheless, the Polish nobility was assumed to be equal.

[@xpossed]

the pacific war being moved onto membership only got me on my knees on walmart aisle 6

[@alexanderrahl7034]

It's worth mentioning, that Washington effectively emancipated his slaves following his election to president. By bringing them north with him to D.C, and then "leaving them behind" when his terms ended and he returned south. Many founding fathers opposed slavery on moral grounds, but faced many traps, obstacles and pitfalls with the institution. One such, who's name I can't recall atm, received his slaves as inheritance and bound to an estate, which made it effectively impossible for him to legally emancipate them. As he wrote in several letters to fellow founders, as well as his frustration with the matter and desire to ensure they could be cared for. Others feared an inevitable race war would tear the union apart in the future, following the emancipation of the slaves, and many founders legitimately lost sleep over it, agonizing on how to go about the issue without mass bloodshed, a race war, the collapse of the union, or just letting them all go without any compensation or ability to support themselves. There was of course the issue of the southern states as well, that made it even harder. For they would likely either secede or join the british if an attempt to free the slaves was made.

[@hiddenhist]

To clarify, "positive law" means it is EXPLICITLY allowed. Basically the opposite of "well there isnt a rule _against_ it!"

[@MrSpeakeroth]

Nobody fights like d'Estaing