Could You Survive as a Redcoat During the Jacobite Rebellion?

[@survivehistory]

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[@HarryFlashmanVC]

There were English Jacobites who rose in '45. Not just Highlanders, Irish and French. In 1716 10000 Northumbrians rose for James. It was a civil war

[@HarryFlashmanVC]

Well done! Excellent episode

[@paulkirk7120]

​@@HarryFlashmanVC Perhaps in the '15. Certainly not in the '45. About 200 from Manchester and a handful from elsewhere.

[@frauleinhohenzollern]

No, not red coats, regulars. "The regulars are coming!".

[@MML-gk5xc]

Can you make a video about an English longbowman during the Hundred Years War ?

[@BasicallyBaconSandvichIV]

You know it always surprises me that this isn't just some pirated episodes from TV, but an actual made for KZbin KZbin channel.

[@literallydarheel3234]

Well, TV history is all about Bigfoot, skinwalkers, trucking, pawnshops, and aliens. We have to go to other sources for real information formerly known as "History"

[@Free-Space-Drinks]

100%, got a Nastalga kick from when History channel was good.

[@Sillytommysadventure]

Thats what every top comment is on every one of their videos

[@luggilu7864]

If it was made for tv thered be more mistakes and historical inaccuracies

[@ufc990]

​​@@luggilu7864Seriously what a joke of a comment, this is just like a ton of other mediocre channels presenting general information. Better than early 2000s history channel programming but that's a low, LOW standard to hold one to.

[@kylecatofpulp]

The first guy explaining the uniforms is so effortlessly expelling insanely specific information. That man has heard every question there is. He can be the speaker of the house for redcoats. 😂

[@microwavegommmm916]

One of the best history channels on KZbin, feels like 2000's UK TV

[@survivehistory]

Cheers!

[@Samr1883]

Yes! Before we were watching those old stuff in history class, now e watch this guy.

[@Quarz-y6q]

Scotland Forever

[@mojo_joju]

Could you please visit the time period of life in as a pirate in the tropics? I’d love to hear about the hardships of being a sailor during the 17th century and how tough it would’ve been for the first Europeans who landed in Australia

[@skullsaintdead]

Omg yes, it'd be epic if they did a special focus on the Batavia shipwreck. As a West Australian, it's such a horrific yet ultimately hopeful insight into human behaviour. Should be made into a TV series like the Terror was for the Franklin Expedition, one of my favourite shows.

[@IntEngT]

Brilliant idea. I think that would cost alot more to produce though

[@Sonny-m1f]

Most of those pirates were Jacobite as well.

[@TheIrishvolunteer]

There is a full movie on KZbin made about the final battle of the rebellion, titled simply, "Culloden." It was made in the 60s with an extremely low budget, but it remains a tremendously gritty and rough portrayal of linear warfare. Highly advise anyone interested in history to watch it!

[@-._A2._-]

However some of the facts in it isn't true. Just remember watch it, then watch a more modern documentary

[@TheIrishvolunteer]

@@-._A2._- Oh definitely, that was a by product of the low budget.

[@-._A2._-]

@@TheIrishvolunteer ye certainly good in visuals and portraying the feeling of 18th-early 19th century warfare. But it's also product of its time, they lack some of the newer studies of it. And also had biases

[@paulkirk7120]

Chasing the Deer is better.

[@Jürgen_von_Schumacher]

Watching that now! Thank you!

[@Trumleren]

As a Dane who for the past 3 years have studied this spectacular era of British/Scottish history this video was a DELIGHT!! ⚔️

[@SultanOfAwesomeness]

Thank you again for continuing to provide a British perspective on more niche areas of social/living history that aren’t covered very much.

[@Baldwin-iv445]

I wish there were other channels of this quality outside of the UK. We could get Aussies doing videos of the new guinea. Or civil war videos that aren't just taken on phones and home video cameras

[@walnzell9328]

The thing about the commission purchasing meaning "incompetent officers" isn't entirely accurate. The commission system was a bit like the stock market. It was highly encouraged that families actually put a little effort into their nepotism. You had to play it very carefully. If you were caught being incompetent you would be stripped of your officer rank and all the monetary value it had, that you've been putting so much time and money into, leaving you basically destitute. So if you were a coward, it was best you had some good excuses and bribed the right people. There were no hedge funds in the British army. You had to actually try.

[@gordonmacdonald6442]

What the man failed to say was the Highlanders' targe oftentimes had a protruding metal "boss" on the front center which sometimes included a sizeable metal spike which would do some nasty damage when they charged and rammed into their enemies impaling them!! He also forgot to mention the Highlanders' "sgian dubh" and "sgian aclais" knives, which any Scots Highlander worth his salt always kept on his person!! The Highlanders also utilized small cannons at this time!

[@TungstenSocietyPictures]

This is absurdly high quality. Absolutely smitten, and had to subscribe.

[@survivehistory]

Welcome!

[@HouseofBurgessesLR]

Subscribed! Excellent! Would be great to see some coverage of the BA in the Georgia Colony. They were stationed at Fort King George in Darien, and Fort Frederica on St. Simons Island; winning a key victory over the Spanish in The Battle of Bloody Marsh. They ensured that Georgia would be protected from subsequent invasions by Spain.

[@gavinrn]

As someone who studies broadsword and sabre fencing of this era, I dunnae ken if it gets better than this! Some of the best history content around! Thank you ever so much

[@survivehistory]

Our pleasure!

[@ScarletRebel96]

Love these documentaries they always remind me of the good era of the History Channel

[@leprawnchannel9405]

Now the history channel is just conspiracies lol

[@goldenageofdinosaurs7192]

@@leprawnchannel9405It’s absolutely awful. I think they have a lot to answer for. They’ve been instrumental in helping to dumb down the American people, making them more open to conspiratorial thinking which, ironically, makes people less capable of critical & rational thought.

[@HellCat_V1]

​@@leprawnchannel9405 conspiracy theories and WW2, only saw an exception: Napoleon

[@exetrf4ng837]

@@HellCat_V1 most things about WW2 being how hitler wiped his ass

[@gordonmacdonald6442]

The infamous "Rebel Yell" employed by Confederate troops during the US Civil War also came from the Scots Highlanders, along with the "Highland Charge"; the main Confederate battle flag was also inspired the Scottish St. Andrew's Cross/saltaire flag and the infamous burning wooden cross was initially used by Scots Highlanders to signal to their distant clansmen that a gathering of their clan was to take place, as the Highlander ran around the hills carrying it, which was later utilized by a different kind of clan that's spelled with a k!

[@ciaranReal]

Cool, as a brit/scot I never knew this

[@Gojiraking]

That is just one proposed origin. Others include Virginian fox hunting cries, Native American war cries, and even Arabian ululations carried to the new world and then North by Spanish influence, tracing back potentially to forcibly converted/exiled Iberian Muslims. I think ultimately it’s likely the result of a hot pot of cultural influences. It’s rad as hell though either way!

[@roybuis7646]

Don't forget having to fight Jamie Fraser! Outlander got me so interested in the jacobite rising of the '45 that I actually bought a couple history books about the Jacobite rising and the battle of Culloden Moor.

[@PJDAltamirus0425]

Yeah and if you read the books and actually pay attention to the TV series, the Outlander books and aren't Highland Scots = good, English= bad. If that was the case..... Lord John wouldn't a character. The Outlander books being on average 900 pages long isn't just fluff. Diana Galbadon also lambasted Bonny Prince Charlie as kinda a buffoon.

[@HarryFlashmanVC]

The Jacobite army doesn't look especially malnourished! 😉 So far I've identified 22 family members who were at Culloden. 18 on the Jacobite side 4 on the Government. 3 generations of Stewart ancestors on my mother's side were killed by the same cannonball as they charged. Tragically the clans fought as family units so artillery caused particular devastation killing son, father, brother and cousins. The only battle where I had more ancestors killed was Flodden... any identifiable Scottish male (identifiable because they owned land) whose death is on the 9th September 1513 or soon afterward was almost certainly killed in the bloodbath at Flodden.

[@loyalpiper]

Sounds more like they were shredded by cannister shot than a cannonball.

[@leithafae]

fella we ae 21st century human beings i work in customer services and am in an office over 40 hours a week. I do this as a hobby. Do 4 periods of history for reenactment and LARP as well as other hobbies. I hate to tell folks i aint going to be the real thing.

[@HarryFlashmanVC]

@leithafae don't worry.. I'm only teasing! I also used to do re enactment.. 15th C wars of the roses period. Gave up when I hit 50 as running around a field in armour when you spend your life sat on your backside isn't much fun!!! Brilliant effort though.

[@leithafae]

@@HarryFlashmanVC if u fancy trying something a lot easier than war of the roses jacobite kits very light lace wars are in the midlands.

[@Farmkid02]

Learning more about the Stuart clan has become a very light past time of mine. Living in America i don’t get as much. My grandmother always brings up our royal blood so its pretty cool to me! (My last name is Stewart)

[@jakukuja7736]

Even equiped with ranged weapon I would absolutly run away upon sight of determined Scots charging me

[@educatedfool5121]

From my perspective it depends on the ranged weapon, if you gave me a modern automatic rifle with a detachable magazine, I'd hold my ground. With a musket? Ehh.... depends if the ranks of my unit hold first.

[@mistersandwich0034]

@@educatedfool5121and if your troops has a cavalry squad nearby, you’re good as tea in the morn. but if not, well screw the king I’m packing anyway or another.

[@JustAThought916]

@@educatedfool5121 nae bother rambo

[@pjtren1588]

You get used to it...

[@ROALD.]

Although as stated, the Jacobites weren’t all Scots but included Irish, English and Frenchmen.

[@gordonmacdonald6442]

For the longest time, the Scottish Highlands were naturally "cut off"/separated from the rest of the British isle by the steep rocky terrain/mounatins and harsh conditions caused by inclimate weather and was notoriously oftentimes deemed impassable by the English, even in the best of conditions, which is why all those roads were built; it was this natural barrier that kept modernity out for centuries and caused them to keep to their medieval ways and customs, which was a bit of a culture shock to the rest of Britain and Europe and led them to be looked down upon/despised and called filthy savages no better than an animal! But the Highland Clearances saw to that, bringing "modernity" to a savage land, along with over-grazing sheep that destroyed the landscape just so rich people could get richer!

[@Deluxedracula]

These people are all really interesting to listen to!

[@gordonmacdonald6442]

The Highlander clan name being associated with a specific tartan is not entirely a Victorian era creation, as like the man said, certain tartans were associated with certain regions, but then the larger clans that occupied certain regions and largely wore the tartans made in that same said region caused for the clan name to be associated with that same said regional tartan. During the early and middle parts of the 19th century, amongst the German speaking populous of mainland Europe, Scottish Highlander culture and aesthetic was revived due in large part to the popularity of the tale of Rob Roy and the stories of the likes of Sir Walter Scott and Robert Burns; this super fascination with all things Scottish came to England/UK when Victoria (part German) came to the throne in 1837, and her fully German husband Prince Albert brought about the Royal fad of the "Tartan Craze!"

[@BoringBrandi]

Another excellent history channel, these reenactors or living history actors do so much to bring history to life

[@survivehistory]

thanks!

[@evanmeacham2395]

The scene at 19:52 was amazing

[@FrancoisHBear]

Great video - informative and engaging. Well done. Especially enjoyed Evelyn’s bit (sorry if spelling is incorrect). Hats off to all the reenactors.😊thanks for your passion

[@survivehistory]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@NeptuniumNecromancy]

I always liked the some of your lines being said as if you were actually participating in these battles, I definitely laughed a bit watching you run away and casting off some of the uniform as you talked about the rout during Prestonpans.

[@NavyDood21]

Love these videos. They are super interesting, and make me EXTREMELY thankful for the medical treatment I receive now. Physically I do think I could handle things, but I have do doubt that I could not handle the mental load.

[@davidschlageter5962]

These are the best! That officer really knows his craft!

[@patricktogno7088]

This is so well done. Thank you for doing this. What an amazing and informative history channel. Great job

[@survivehistory]

Our pleasure!

[@Decastorm666]

Great work once again chaps! Hoping to see the next one soon! May I recommend The American Civil war? Or perhaps the mongolians of the east?

[@LucHywel-xw5tw]

Hey man, thanks for this. Not sure it's the right niche but if anyone's heavily obsessed with ultra-in depth Art of War and historical combat I strongly recommend Schwerpunkt's series: just for this video, the modern warfare playlist for example is amazing. Keep up the amazing work! Looking forward to watching this and the next

[@Kestrel-777]

Seconded

[@KnjazNazrath]

His output is insane. He just refuses to burn out. I'm sure he's secretly the most polite eldritch entity in existence.

[@Vert-r5h]

I couldn't even survive as a redcoat at Butlins!!!

[@lynnewayne6898]

😂 Excellent! Love that! 👏

[@SableTwoSeven]

The intro to this video goes so hard! Love this channel, and recommend it to my family and friends!

[@survivehistory]

Really appreciate that! We work hard on our intros!

[@SableTwoSeven]

@@survivehistory I see the hard work you put into an entire episode and I say bravo! I share these with my relatives and friends who are fellow students of history!

[@walnzell9328]

13:58 Grenadiers rarely used grenades. There was no place for grenades in regular battle. Sieges, on the other hand, did indeed see use of grenades by both the defenders and attackers.

[@nicholasjasman6550]

He literally said that bud

[@walnzell9328]

@@nicholasjasman6550 He did? Wow. I must've been really tired or something.

[@bobfoster2972]

They was English Jacobites who died in the battles and the kilt was first worn in nothan England by catholic English as the Jacobites were celebrated in nothan England to take down the king

[@burgeryoufoundbehindthegrill]

No, Kilts are Ugandan. Invented by Idi Amin.

[@Jack-ux1ow]

@@burgeryoufoundbehindthegrill Thats nonsense and can be disproven by 5 seconds on google

[@olekcholewa8171]

@@Jack-ux1owr/woosh

[@paralogregt]

Bollocks, get your facts right.

[@CelticDruidTempleOfBeliefsnewa]

Kilts started in hispania than Ireland than Scotland modern kilt and great kilt was English made

[@Active_Sun_Particles]

Very cool for us to hear here that Bagpipes are indeed a completely ancient instrument, from Scotland, to Bulgaria, to Anatolia, to Babylonia. People were playing such instruments.

[@gordonmacdonald6442]

Whilst they're all fundamentally similar, they are all varied in build, size, and sound; The Great Highland Bagpipes, which is what is associated with Scotland, has a somewhat large build, powered by the player's own breath, and has a louder, higher pitched sound/tone as it was used on the battlefield and to communicate over long distances! The Uilliean bagpipes of Ireland differ greatly in build, size, and sound to that of the Great Highland Bagpipes, but they still sound hauntingly beautiful!

[@lyndad1039]

Really interesting again! Thanks for these videos look forward to your next one.

[@poil8351]

don't forget about the dutch and hessians forces on the british government side. there was even a small american colonial unit.

[@paulkirk7120]

The Georgia Rangers were raised for service in the colonies but they were Yorkshiremen I believe.

[@poil8351]

@paulkirk7120 and if iam not mistaken they had a sort of colonial unfiorm not regular army type.

[@blurg9677]

Also don’t forget, the majority of the British forces that fought were also mainly Scottish troops

[@Tom26NC]

I find this so fascinating to watch, especially as I had family on both sides of this conflict- though the majority were Jacobites. -An American Fenwick (And yes, one related to Jacobite conspirator Sir John Fenwick.)

[@passchen-fail3704]

Excellent documentary! I’m sending this to someone who’s super into the time period. I’ve been subscribed since last week after seeing the two wwii videos. You guys do excellent work.

[@survivehistory]

Much appreciated!

[@gordonmacdonald6442]

On an interesting side note, contemporary documentation recounts how there was a particular smell/stench associated with a Scots Highlander, due in large part to their belted plaids (Great Kilts), which they lived in and called their "hill skin" whenever they were out and about!! Highlanders would also coat their belted plaids in animal fat to help better repel water and wind, which also lent to the bad smell!!

[@rc59191]

Already know I'm gonna love this it's one of my favorite topics to learn about. Hope you guys cover the Highlanders next.

[@Sonny-m1f]

Yes, far harder being a Jacobite after Derby than a govt man. Even harder being a Gael after drumoosie moor.

[@tomabbott5259]

I wish somebody would make a strategic computer game of this and the English civil war too...

[@RM-cv4tl]

THIS. This is what we want to see! Thank you for doing what the History Channel refuses to do anymore.

[@alexwilliamson1486]

Yes, if you had superior numbers, artillery support (with the right calibre of rounds for your guns) you’re, not half starved and have done a night march to attack someone and it had failed, then stand under an artillery bombardment for over an hour, in driving rain in April on Drumossie Moor…I probably can…

[@kingtoncaligan1861]

You sir have been chosen at random to be jacobit. Get jacobitten.

[@Grenadier13thfoot]

So incompetent leadership, planning an execution?

[@alexwilliamson1486]

@@kingtoncaligan1861I sir, have ancestors, buried on Culloden Moor, Frasers, yet sir, I did take the Queens shilling 16 years man and boy…one was never bitten…

[@ethanwashington60]

​@@alexwilliamson1486cheers for serving our country 👍

[@henriashurst-pitkanen8735]

@@alexwilliamson1486 Jamie?

[@PowermadNavigator]

Man, this is a VERY interesting topic and I always love seeing any reenactors in action. Also, I really like the cinematography here - there are some great shots indeed (pun mostly intended). It's such a great and colorful combination of effort and it really does pay off - the result is fantastic and more needs to be done to spread the reenactor popularity and help them in their efforts. Last, but not least, hearing "Damn your eyes!" seals the deal.

[@survivehistory]

Thanks very much!

[@advasity339]

Love learning about this specific time period

[@Delabane]

I know its 30 odd years later but for about 9 years I used to do American Revolution re-enactment in the UK as as British redcoat soldier in the early-mid 2000's. Found out a ancestor was a Captain in the 5th Regiment of Foot and was wounded at Bunker Hill (Captain Francis Marsden) he sadly died 5 years later aged 27. I did a bit of filming for A History of Britain (2000), Meet the Ancestors (2001 - Mike Loades was something to do with it before he was famous). The Tower (2002) and was nearly in the first episode of Poldark before the BBC cancelled the scene at short notice! Despite all our accuracy and detail, on more than one occasion they made us look like ghosts/a memory from the past, such was the minimalist style of the 2000's. I am glad to see this has changed for the better with more thought and there appears to be more quality documenters concerning the 18th century and using re-enactors properly. Unfortunately back then they just didn't care enough. I don't do re-enactment anymore (too political) but there were some decent people but sadly there were a lot of people who were for the better word, morally bankrupt. Anyway, I got to do some interesting things in my 20's that I won't forget an this was a decent documentary. Thank you for posting and I will leave you to the 'armchair experts' :)

[@passchen-fail3704]

The movie industry is morally bankrupt, especially with its portrayal of history.

[@CCC-b1n]

I don't know about the Revolution, but I've got American, Brit, and French ancestors, and I know for sure one of the colonists joined the militia to fight the French and Indians in 1754. I could have had ancestors from the other side too.

[@Delabane]

@@passchen-fail3704 Sadly so. We were actually hoping around 2000 that the Patriot would make the period popular, the way Last of the Mohicans had the French and Indian War some years before. Unfortunately it didn't, as most people in the UK hated the Patriot and saw it as another Braveheart, though set in the 18th century. I think Poldark made the period more popular though.

[@Delabane]

@@CCC-b1n My wife's family are from Puerto Rico, no idea if her family were there at the time. I am sure our ancestors may have been enemies but she is the mother of my beautiful children and I love them all dearly. My loyalty is to them not some land, border or country.

[@samlawless62]

Great to see some Scottish history by an English man amazing work

[@bruhian_gacha_fnaf]

An amazing video yet again!

[@FuFureal]

XVII & XVIII centuries are my favourite historical periods, so I'm in for a treat

[@DTOStudios]

The only thing I wish to add, the Redcoat reenactor says they didnt aim their muskets but present them. While this was the command used, this is incorrect they did aim their muskets at least later in the armies of the American Revolution which is only 30 years later than this. The Brown Bess had a sight at the end of the muzzle (although no rear sight, and before anyone says bayonet lug it was called a sight in the period accounts and drill manuals) and again at least by the revolution there are primary sources that discuss drilling the men in marksmanship. Drill manuals discussed training the men to aim, and primary sources of the garrison at Boston discussed the men putting targets floating out in Boston Harbor and shooting at them to train themselves to aim at individual targets. Not trying to bash the reenactor, im sure he knows his stuff, but i think this might be one small detail he has wrong

[@Darryl_Francis]

0:35 "...brought a clash of military cultures unlike any other in British history" ... Other than the several previous Jacobite Rebellions of course 😂

[@Splodge542]

Weren't the Black Watch lowlanders from Perth in Highland Dress recruited to patrol the Highlands (which you can see quite clearly from Perth)? They drilled upon Perth Inch, I think, recorded in a painting in the Black Watch Museum at Balhousie Castle, Perth.

[@ardshielcomplex8917]

The Black Watch were originally recruited from "the Whig" Protestant Highland Clans, mainly Campbell, Ross, Munroe and Grants.

[@Weasel-vp8zk]

They were first mustered in Highland Perthshire, at Aberfedly. The regiment was and still are stationed in Perth.

[@Weasel-vp8zk]

@@ardshielcomplex8917 Correct. They were Highlanders not Lowlanders.

[@Sonny-m1f]

From what I understand the black watch was at Finchley green at the time. They'd mutinied in 1743 when they got word they'd be sent to the west indies. A death sentence for a lot of men. Especially men from the north, more acclimated to the cold. They were "on guard duty" until Cumberland came up from South Hampton. They were involved in Culloden (drumoosie moor) an the highland clearances. Being filled out by Campbell clansmen, these things only added to the huge distrust an hatred for Campbell's. Campbell being derived from the Scots Gaelic for crooked mouths. The Campbell's used legal means to gain power an often times took the side on the English knowing they'd gain power after Alba was subjugated. Famed Jacobite historian Murray Pittock said that when the clan chiefs voted to turn back at derby against the wishes of the prince, the only govt forces who laid between the Jacobite army an london at the time were were around 2-3000 militia, men of the black watch. Ofcourse the Jacobite command could not know this an had been given bad information. A phantom army was approaching they were told. The plan was also to coordinate with a French landing in the south but again, because of the times this could not be coordinated as the princes army out ran it's lines of communication an intelligence. An so they made their fateful decision to turn back at derby. What could have been tho. As Cumberland was only just then at South Hampton an would not make it in time to block the Jacobite advance on London. This could have sent the govt into flight. Could have bought time for the French. Who knows. 🦄⚔️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿⚔️🦄

[@Weasel-vp8zk]

@@Sonny-m1f The Black Watch had also fought with distinction at the Battle of Fontenoy during the War of the Austrian Succession. When news of the Jacobite rising arrived in the continent, Cumberland and the British army returned to Britain. The veteran Black Watch were left on the English coast in case of a French invasion. The Black Watch who fought at Prestonpans in 1745 and Culloden in 1746 were newly raised companies.

[@spacklurns159]

if you want to know about the rank and file of this war and don't want to pick up a history book just watch Chasing the Deer 1995. Pretty good representation and Brian blessed can always be counted on for a great performance.

[@Devon_Corren]

J’ai visité il y à quelques années le site de la bataille de Culloden, je suis passionné d’Histoire et de ce beau pays qu’est l’Écosse ♥️.

[@talleman1]

Like this uniform but having wore one, it is hot and they kept cutting them down over the years but wool does keep you warm even when wet.

[@e_skie2685]

Well done covering all the units and logistics of the uprising.

[@MARC-Winters-lo9nc]

Homework nah. I’m watching survive history’s new banger 😂🤩

[@Cab00se90]

An excellent video, it is very interesting to see this type of video for the risings. It’s good to see other people pointing out that this isn’t just a Scotland v England conflict, the Risings were Scottish civil wars - a result of the successful Dutch Invasion of England in 1688 and discontent with the Revolution settlement and later the Union of 1707. Unlike England, where James was said to have abdicated, the Scots Convention explicitly dethroned James with the Claim of Right. Mentioning Dettingen, funnily enough one of the Jacobites first major opponents were the Scots-Dutch Brigade in the ‘first Rising’ (1689-1691). This elite formation of Scots served in the Dutch Republic and were key in defeating the Jacobites in a brutal three year war. All those years later the Brigade fought again at Dettingen under George II in the Allied Army.

[@Sneed-mi3ov]

The glorious revolution was not in any way a "dutch invasion" Imbecile

[@FlymanMS]

1:08 General Soprano!

[@ChillMajor]

i love how it feels like a new video every week keep up the great work! Edit: great video by the way

[@survivehistory]

Thanks! Will do!

[@gijoemasters]

I know it's a small part of British history, but I really wanna see the British perspective on the American War of Independence

[@welshman8954]

Or as we brits call it the great tax dodge of 76 😂😂

[@BenSchaffer-xk7ox]

American reenactor of the American Revolution over the pond. Instant subscribe here!

[@The-egg-cult.]

Everyone needs to watch culloden if you haven't, great movie

[@Sonny-m1f]

Be aware the victors write the history books. They lie about the prince. He wasn't an Italian toft. He was raised in the exiled Stuart court an tutored by English and Scottish tutors. He had a British accent. He won more battles than he lost. He left the field at Culloden with his cavalry an some of the right wing of his army. He didn't fly off as the Hanoverians portray in their narrative after Culloden. King Robert the Bruce lost far more battles than his descendant, Prince Charles. He also did not die on battle numerous times. No one bad mouths him. Charles was raised a warrior prince an was doing exactly what he had been born and raised to do. The point of the 45 was not to re institute Catholicism in the UK. Charles was Catholic, but the majority of rank an file an a good deal of the Jacobite high command were non juring Episcopalians from the north east. Protestants. The point was to dissolve the hated union of 1707 an replace the German usurpers with the rightful British royal family, the Stewart's/Stuarts.

[@MustangAndKodiak]

This content is so good, more people need to see it

[@Kaiser-Francis-II]

Will you ever make a video on the napoleonic austrian army?

[@lazylazer-bb6dq]

This video was AMAZING

[@Uublaze09-eq6df]

No. I can’t. Sorry.

[@merlinlearned6796]

That’s hilarious sir!

[@Uublaze09-eq6df]

@@merlinlearned6796 ty

[@BunglebottomInc]

I love this era of history! The Civil War video made me check out a re enactment, it was good fun, actually, I held an Arqebus, cool scottish shield, scottish broadsword and claymore, lots of scottish stuff. Edit: i thought i'd say a bit more about it, during the English Civil War, scotland didn't neccesarily pick a side, they fought for both, but mostly the Royalists. The name War of the 3 Kingdoms is because the belligerents were: Scotland, England and Ireland I believe

[@MackensenLudwigvon]

"General *COPE.* " Man I love how he specified that word I know that was his name but still

[@jeffyoung60]

At the same time the British Crown and Parliament were committed to stationing substantial redcoat forces in North America. The French and Indian War, also known as The Seven Years War, was about to begin in North America and on the European continent. To say the British Army was stretched thin is stating it succinctly. Not only were new recruits in short supply while the demand for new soldiers grew, there was also the issue of the British government's finances in funding an enlarged British Army. The Industrial Revolution had yet to begin in England. Many English, Welsh, and Scottish peoples still lived on farms in an agrarian society. A problem was finding the pool of young men from rural Britain and from London to fulfill the British Army's needs. Scotland, for the short duration was not going to be a source of recruitment while the Jacobite Rebellion was simmering. Another problem was the British Army itself. Short enlistments still did not exist. One signed up for 20 years in the British Redcoat Army. The pay might have been marginally better than European continental armies but it still wasn't all that ample plus deductions were made for food, uniforms, and equipment. Discipline in the British Redcoat Army was harsh even if it wasn't exactly brutal. So a military enlistment in the British Redcoat Army wasn't always the way out of poverty and despair to many impoverished young British men.

[@floorbremen7893]

Please do a video on the American civil war great video by the way.

[@duglife2230]

53:17 AMERICA MENTIONED!!!!! RAAAHHHH!! WTF IS A KILOMETER!?!?!? 🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅 Jokes aside, this is my new favorite YT channel. Been binging all of these episodes for the last few days!

[@lynnewayne6898]

A lot of us in the UK aren't really sure what a kilometre is! Although we 'went metric' in 1995, we are still able to use imperial measurements for some drinks (we still drink beer in pints.) Our distance road signs are in miles and our speed is measured in MPH (although our speed display in cars and motorcycles also show KPH). I reckon that most people aged over fifty still need our bodyweight and height measured in stones, pounds and ounces to understand them. 😅 But certainly the BBC gives some distances in kilometres! (Then I'm lost!) Oh, and petrol and diesel are sold per litre! Eventually, when those of us aged 50+ now, are gone, imperial measurements will be too. If not before! 😔🤷‍♀️

[@cleverusername9369]

As a Scot who recently got into the show "Outlander" I'm absolutely thrilled to watch this.

[@XIXCentury]

Great stuff lad

[@ay2deet578]

Loving these videos

[@t.wcharles2171]

An interesting video, about a generally lesser known period of the Army.

[@RedScorpion92]

Its funny when people think of the Jacobite Risings they always think about scottish highlanders vs british troops but jacobite army of the 45 was made up scots, english, and irish men within or alongside french military units that was defeated at culloden.

[@BsMc09]

4500 scots fought for the jacobites 1200 fought for the government 🤷‍♂️

[@Udhdhfufuf]

It’s becuase the Americans in Hollywood decide that making up a story about Scottish rebels ( who in real life just wanted to change the monarch of Great Britain not leave it ) vs the “ evil English occupiers “

[@JustGrayNow]

New survive history video going hard

[@danieljosiahcotton]

Love these episodes. Keep em coming!

[@survivehistory]

We will!

[@thetruthcaboose2293]

Plenty of jacobites fought under British/Irish royalty and with funding from France and leftover materials from Britain, bellew for example lead troops very similar to the redcoats

[@Fatty2-sj8vr]

Brilliant, iv been watching your videos for the past couple of days.

[@survivehistory]

Appreciate it!

[@Fatty2-sj8vr]

@@survivehistory I've subscribed i look forward to more content 👍

[@northislandguy]

Must of been nerve wracking facing Highlanders coming at you

[@chiefmagua7160]

The quality is so high!

[@katharinenajjar2228]

Can I ask for history video? I never have asked before but this is so exciting! Horatio Hornblower/ Sharpe’s Rifle/ Pennisular War. Thanks for the video!

[@ThePalaeontologist]

Ronni Ancona's description of the Battle of Culloden (in terms of whom fought whom) is still quite apt for such documentaries as this. [answering Stephen Fry's question] "The Battle of Culloden, is quite, complicated, because it was basically, an Italian fop, with a Polish accent, with a bunch of Highlanders (some Irish, a few French), fighting some Scottish Lowlanders, English, led by a fat German from Hanover" - Ronni Ancona on QI. I'd like to say that people have risen above reductionism, into making it all just about England VS Scotland. Perhaps culturally, it was. But on a granular level, there was a lot more going on that may go unnoticed. Religious divides, going far further back than the Jacobite Rebellion. French opportunism, falling flat on it's face (yet again; they'd perfect that by the American War of Independence, though, several decades later - only for it it backfire spectacularly on the French Monarchy post-bankrupting France) The English majority (the common people) likely had no interest in whatever was or wasn't going on in Scotland, _until_ the Scottish came to their doorstep (invading England as far South as Derby, before the unmistakable clan based fault lines, upon which Bonny Prince Charlie could _not_ build his intended reign as the would-be returning Stuart King, caused them to turn back, fed by government lies about a 10,000 strong redcoat army awaiting them outside the gates of London; in reality, it needed a week or two longer to be redeployed from Saxony, in what is now Western Germany; where the Duke of Cumberland had been playing around at war and losing a lot of his brave soldiers in the process) The entire Jacobite Uprising was more a matter of dynastic wrangling between the Hanoverians and the downcast Stuarts. Had things gone differently, the Stuarts would have returned. However, this wouldn't be some fantasy world scenario where Scotland became the dominant nation - it never could be, economically, scientifically or by population. It is pure fantasy if anyone actually believes that. Even if the Jacobites took London, the English militias would have warred against them for years, whittling them away, and the locals would always have resented them. The Jacobites had zero long-term plans for whatever they thought they were even doing in England. It was just trying to stick it to the establishment. The Hanoverians had the Scottish Lowlanders (primarily) crush the Scottish Highlanders. Scotland defeating itself, essentially. Or perhaps, from an alternative viewpoint, _saving_ itself from further relegating itself. English Enlightenment scholars spread the Enlightenment to Scotland. That is a solid fact even if it's unpopular to voice. Scotland is rightly immensely proud of having many inventors and pioneers, in various academic professions. Engineering, Geology, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Surgery. There had long been a lot of excellence, speaking with a Scottish accent. And yet, without the Industrial Revolution beginning in England, it wouldn't have spread to Scottish landed gentry (fancy folk who could afford to give their sons and eventually daughters, top flight educations in places like Edinburgh and St Andrews, or just in England etc) And from there the Scottish merchant aka middle-classes eventually joined in and so on and so forth (just like what happened in England) There is no doubt that England and Scotland have long strengthened and helped each other, at this point, far more than they have ever been at odds. We are factually better for it.

[@RubberToeYT]

Great video, really well made and presented

[@SebastianForal]

The food looks really good to be honest, I'm surprised. Great video by the way, definitely subscribing.

[@survivehistory]

Thanks and welcome!

[@zpy-nq7wv]

❤ VERY INFORMATIVE SIR 👏 !

[@brabhamfreaman166]

25:44 Is this the Gaelic _Fein_ ? Made most notable in the modern day by the Irish Gaelic ‘Independents’ Sinn Fein, which in English I’ve only heard pronounced “Shin Fane” - I don’t know whether this is a direct derivative of _Irish_ Gaelic, or just an Anglicised pronunciation of the older ‘native language’ of the Celts?

[@bustercaps]

This is so good, thank you!

[@alexhousakos]

The inaccuracy of the muskets is why the Carolean Infantry (Sweden) during this era was relying on almost reaching the enemy lines to discharge their weapons.

[@talleman1]

Love this channel.

[@jaredmoyes81]

Just subbed. This channel is mint

[@jblauh01]

Really fascinating. I’ve always had a deep interest in the British militaries history. I have much respect for the British. So was it standard issue for the common British solider to be given a small saber like some of the gentlemen to seen from the video?

[@thetimeywimeycornerofhisto4954]

Banger after banger after banger!

[@Blaze-u9y]

The thumbnail to this video looks like it’s your first day on the job and this dude is showing you the ropes

[@jacklovell3181]

First time watching the chanel, absolutely amazing content can't wait to watch more. Any idea where to get a redcoat uniform for myself?

[@survivehistory]

Thanks so much! I'd suggest getting in touch with Pulteney's Regiment for kit advice.

[@jacklovell3181]

@survivehistory cheers thanks for the advice

[@etiennesharp]

Thanks

[@survivehistory]

Thanks so much Etienne!

[@jwgolf5442]

‘Could you survive as a redcoat during the Jacobite rebellion?’ - I guess more so than a Highlander.