Getting Dressed | 18th Century German Jaeger Uniform

[@theogrimbauld781]

Great Video. Wonderful, accidentally found your post while looking for a reenactment. Greetings from Wiesbaden, Germany, Hesse

[@wes9809]

Liked this - but the audio is extremely quiet.

[@historyguy-oh5vh]

Very nice! Those uniforms look really nice with that green and red.

[@civerone]

Interesting! I have served in Jägerbataillon 67 (the "Breitenburger Jäger" ) in the Bundeswehr. I had no idea that Jäger played such a role in 18th century North America.

[@michelehumphrey852]

Another great video. Thanks for sharing 🙂

[@smea87]

Great video, do you have any information on where he was able to get his kit, the sword set specifically?

[@ASKSer79]

My German ancestor was a captain in the Revolutionary War against the British who was charged with overseeing the Hessian POWs as he had arrived in America in 1748

[@calebwelch6393]

Do y'all have any book recommendations about the Hessians?

[@jamesread1607]

Hi Caleb, Andrew suggests these for your ever growing reading list :-) -- Enemy Views: The American Revolutionary War as Recorded by the Hessian Participants, By Bruce Burgoyne. The Hessians and other German Auxiliaries of Great Britain in the Revolutionary War, By Edward J. Lowell. A Generous and Merciful Enemy: Life for German Prisoners of War During the American Revolution, By Daniel Krebs.

[@calebwelch6393]

@@jamesread1607 Thanks! I’ll make sure to check those out.

[@k.s.3748]

some went to British Western Florida as well, it was in British hands during the Revolution.

[@peternaumann777]

Funny Thing: Not even Hessians were a homogenious group in these days, a person from frankfurt would have called the hessian Jägers Identity :Kurfürstliche, or Kassler.

[@maximilian3544]

This guy has deeper knowledge and understanding of german history than 90% of germans. Much respect. Especially german being a cultural identity rather than a national or a racial one is lost on most people these days.

[@chasemaynard6318]

Its all of those things

[@briancomiskey3792]

Up?

[@pumpkinking5174]

Hair for all Germans serving in North America would have been worn long, in a queue with side curls.

[@brittakriep2938]

Jägerregiments in 18th century? No! May be companies or perhaps a battalion. The members of Jäger units had been either professional hunters or forrest officials ( in german Förster/ Forstbeamte, formerly different words had been used). At first they came with their private rifles ( Jägerbüchse, shorter ones are called Stutzen/ stutzen means to cut down. In USA rifles with a Stutzen stock are called Mannlicher style stock.) . Later Rifles had been bought by Gouvernement, but in a style more civilian than military. The somehow civilian look ended when all military long guns got rifled barrels. To the sidearms. Also here at first the Jäger soldiers came with their civilian knife Hirschfänger. Before 1848 Hirschfänger hunting knifes ( assumingly a descendant of medieval Langes Messer) was only allowed for noblemen, professional hunters or forest officials. After 1848 every german ( then including austrians) could buy such a weapon. They had been used into interwar era. After wwll long hunting knives came out of favour, but in last twenty years wild boar became a problem, and long knives are more necessary again. But classic Hirschfänger is today rare, but sometimes still used by older huntsmen as dress weapons at ceremonies.

[@robertmalmgren4640]

Two minutes to load will get you killed. It's not a smoothbore but shouldn't take that long.

[@briancomiskey3792]

Ok?

[@Martini_GP]

Rate of fire? kinda civilized era 😆

[@Alex-s9g9m]

Kinda looks like a continental marine but its a german jaeger🪖

[@JYFMuseums]

Sure. Green is the often overlooked uniform color of the Revolution. Jaeger and Continental Marines were wearing green along with so many of the American Loyalist troops

[@Alex-s9g9m]

Its like continental marine cause the green is like it but the thing in the front is not like it and there is a carbine for the german jaeger and i would love to see the continental marines@@JYFMuseums