The Adventures of Captain Robert Stobo: A Forgotten Hero

[@HoH]

Sad that Stobo was tormented by his own demons during peacetime, and took is own life, after playing such a crucial role during the war. Brilliant episode as always!

[@GeorgeSemel]

Then as today, some are able to better cope with such things. It's not a natural act to kill each other, we have laws in that regard that is old as man himself. Wars are a necessary evil. It's never a good thing but human nature being just that human nature well we have them, Being able to defend and to fight is out of necessity and human beings do was in necessary all the time.

[@Dr_Do-Little]

He can rot in hell for eternity ... If only I believed in hell... But yes. Good episode. As always.

[@oldesertguy9616]

It's not unusual for someone to become accustomed to strife and the excitement of combat, and the resulting fame and feelings of accomplishment. Once the excitement is over, it is difficult to go back to a normal life.

[@BrassLock]

Probably an undiagnosed case of what we now call Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. In World War One it was called Shell Shock. Prior to that, it probably wasn't considered worth bothering about, just referred to as "Soldier's Heart", or "Battle Fatigue". "Melacholia" may have been the term used in his case, following his untimely death, but which only describes the symptoms of reactive depression. It doesn't include the issue of flashbacks, which usually disturb sleep, and reduces ones ability to deal rationally with life's challenges plus severely affects the immune system. Good enough reason for him to think about ending it all, especially if he had taken to the cheaply available alcohol, but which wasn't featured in this narrative. However, George Washington was known to favour the Army's use of "moderate amounts of strong liquor" and may have encouraged those in his circle of influence.

[@ralphcraig5816]

@@oldesertguy9616 Many never do and end up addicted to any number of things, drugs and alcohol obviously, or other high risk behavior, gambling, skydiving , mountain climbing, anything that either promotes an adrenaline rush or tamps down the need down. As a three tour Vietnam vet, I know of what I speak. The fact that I'm still alive considering all the crazy stuff I've done since then is just dumb luck. My family and friends all agree. I've been in counseling groups with fellow vets, and in the end, we all end up still looking for that buzz that normal civilized behavior will never produce! Good chance Stobo suffered the same malady...

[@RIVERSTYX1981]

My father said "No one returns from a war. We're all still out there, fighting".

Welcome Home my brothers. 07. Superpickle D co 1/22 4th Inf Div, Vietnam 68/69

[@johnopalko5223]

If they had been able to make history this interesting when I was in school I might have paid more attention. It turns out that I didn't hate history, after all. I just hated the way it was taught.

In 1492 Columbus sailed the Ocean Blue Columbus is bad And you should feel bad Class dismissed Do you hate yourself yet? Meanwhile I could never understand why I hated my 6th grade spanish teacher so much for so long. It's because he got to love his culture.

[@QuantumRift]

I have a zeal for History. I was lucky enough to have good history teachers and profs that 'made learning fun' and interesting.

[@RebeccaCampbell1969]

John Opalko Then, now? Who cares! You are enjoying it now… and as an adult you get to understand it

[@RebeccaCampbell1969]

John Galt Ouch, now imagine today’s kids in western nations schools… this is problematic

[@cascorick8253]

Most of what we learn in history classes in the states turned out to be lies, what we were told about Christopher Columbus is evidence of that! If the guy with the bow tie was my history teacher, I would have never missed a single day of school!

[@Peasmouldia]

I've yet to see a dud History Guy vid. You just keep knocking them out of the park. Thank you for another H.G. gem.

[@jonslg240]

That's because the duds are still fireworks

[@tedthesailor172]

He should be appointed Professor of Pocket History...

[@eugenetswong]

I was shocked to discover that he seems to not be funded by PBS or a university. The storytelling and information seems to be at such a high level, that I was surprised to see that he is simply running his own KZbin channel. Wow.

[@niteshades_promise]

at the point in Pittsburgh there was a 4 point fort and a larger 5 point star fort inluding a canal. that got filled in and destroyed by a highway system. not much is left or even visible today. i remember when you could still see the bricks and walk down in the old canal where George Washington himself would have sailed around it. thats now filled in with just a new concrete sidewalk outlying it. pittsburgh ruined history for a highway fountain and an art festival. its disgusting when you see old depictions and photots. at 1 point the park had a pond in the canal part and walking bridge over it. that was before i was born. point stat park ruined fort Duquesne/pitt.🤢 i didnt know about this guy. very interesting. as always great video!🍻

[@niteshades_promise]

kcotte59 books? what are those?😂🍻

[@Henchman1977]

All Canadian school children are taught extensively about the battle of the Plains of Abraham and of Montcalm and Wolfe (at least they were...) but I'd never heard of Stobo until today.

[@1KJRoberts]

Thanks, Ian. You answered the question that occurred to me as I listened - riveted to this great lesson.

[@hshs5756]

"What is history but a fable agreed upon?" -- Napoleon Bonaparte We can only hope that the constant presence of modern recording technology will change that, but so far it hasn't had much of an impact. This is evidenced by things like abundant video showing explosives bringing down the WTC towers, yet the world is still full of people who believe airliners and jet fuel achieved the impossible, even bringing down a building, WTC7, that was never hit!

[@zabaleta66]

@@hshs5756 Stop it, just stop it!! There were no explosives, you fool!

[@SlyPearTree]

Same here, but that history course was about 40 years ago for me so it's quite possible I simply forgot about Stobo.

[@erg0centric]

As a Canadian I learned this as well, then I went to Montreal and learned the truth - that they had never lost a battle.

[@dobypilgrim6160]

The suicide of Stobo reminded me of the suicide of Meriwether Lewis a generation later. Great men both. And tragic. Thanks for this video. Superb as always.

[@andrewinbody4301]

My thought too.

[@rutabagasteu]

There is some evidence the Inn keepers killed Lewis for money they thought he had.

[@JeffDeWitt]

@@rutabagasteu Well... at least that is what was in a Cussler novel. Learning history from a Cussler novel is a bit like learning about WWII from Hogan's Heroes, but he does but it bit's of historical fact.

[@Reneelwaring]

Most don't know the unwritten history of the Lewis and Clark expedition. How the US Government wouldn't give Clark the rank of Capt. but Lewis felt it was nec. so he called Clark Capt. Clark charged a lot of the items used for the voyage but the US Gov. would not honour those purchases because he didn't have the rank to make them. His family bour the weight of this debt for three generations, to the tune of $47,000. Lewis wasn't happy at how the Gov. treated Clark, not even giving him a Gov. Post as they did Lewis and he ended his life in Kentucky across the river from Indiana where Clark was living with his daughter. This information is from memory, given to me by the Clark family in Indiana.

[@richardpruett7500]

Stobo cut quite the character. Sad that he took his own life. With the looming American Revolution, his greatest adventures might have lain just ahead.

[@dugroz]

But which side would he have been on???

[@ReflectedMiles]

@@dugroz Exactly my thought. He had suffered and expended much of his life's work on the protection and advancement of the British cause. His brilliance might easily have become the turning of the Revolutionary tide in Britain's favor as well. He possessed a lot of the ingenuity and audacity that the colonists depended upon for their advantage.

[@RebeccaCampbell1969]

A fellow Bipolar Disorder, type 2 perhaps,… like so many historical figures, and some not so historical. But 43 is quite good age, and list of accomplishments for those XVIII century years. Vincent Van Gogh lived in the XIX century, and took his life at a younger age… but then again this is not a “whose story is sadder” discussion Cheers!

@ His body was worn out ; a wreck of a man

[@eugenetswong]

@@ReflectedMiles as sad as I am that the Americans broke away from us, I find the thought of Canada and America being 1 country to be quite disturbing. The idea is that the amount of land and amount of people under a few rulers would put us in a weak position. If our countries were broken up into 4-8 countries, then we might have more independence. That's just speculation, though.

[@RebeccaCampbell1969]

Plains of Abraham, the battle of Quebec (fortress)… both General Montcalm and General Wolfe died during and after the battle. The city of Quebec is, IMO, the best tourist attraction of Canada… one can enjoy good coffee and an omelette for breakfast, and buy a Chess set made in stone with the colors of the two armies, and Montcalm and Wolfe as kings Montcalm was badly immortalized in the Last of the Mohicans propaganda book, Wolfe was a veteran of the Jacobite war in Scotland… where he as a lieutenant choose not to execute every scot soldier or civilian as per his royal orders said, thus he was respected and then loved by Scottish troops after the 1745 war. Both men were good considering the circumstances, but then again the world needed to be forged.

[@CDNShuffle]

My fav channel on youtube🤩

[@araeagle3829]

I love it, you worked in pirates!! What a wonderful story. I have never heard of him before. Though I am most saddened that this remarkable man ended his own life. I say again you should put "And don't all great stories involve pirates?" on a t-shirt. It would be great!

[@jasonhobb4520]

I'm calling it. He's an alien. The history guy is not of us. He's too damn brilliant and to upbeat and happy about history to have a degree in history and still be human. This guy is amazing

[@rpierwit]

I hadn't thought of that but it seems reasonable. 😉

[@ohmeowzer1]

Jason Hobb 😂

[@barrylucas505]

Hey! Keep it to yourself!

[@conveyor2]

Indeed. He has been living among us for several thousand years, observing, recording, interpreting, feeding cats. Cats are alien as well.

[@jasonhobb4520]

@@conveyor2 lol. I knew it! No one could go through the mundane and tedious routines and test of historical education to get a degree and still come out with such a love for it and great attitude about it. It's just beyond The Human Condition. It defies the very physics of the human brain. Alien I say. They don't make people like that.

[@unclemuir]

I believe that someone stole my education as a child. I had never heard anything about this until now.

[@victorcastle1840]

For sure your children won't since schools have either pretty well rewritten American history or stopped teaching American History completely . ......:-( and you know the saying, those who don't know history and bound to repeat it .

[@JeffDeWitt]

I knew about Fort Necessity and Washington's surrender, but only because I stumbled across it while driving through Pennsylvania.

@@levitatingoctahedron922 As an example any time they have a pregnant woman in a textbook it will always be a white pregnant woman with a black baby every single time.

[@williamhill7312]

Stobo had to have suffered from PTSD after all of that! Amazing video, I had never heard of this man.

[@IntrepidFraidyCat]

That third escape would make a great movie! Thank you for another wonderful dose of 18th century history.

[@Wallyworld30]

I wonder if they made a theatre play about him back during the 18th century.

[@renton6349]

His whole story would be worth a movie

[@randomuser778]

Really enjoyed this one. Great stuff! It's disheartening how many wonderful stories are _not_ taught in history classes. Thankfully, we've got the History Guy to fill us in on some of the great stories we missed.

[@karlbrundage7472]

The very definition of a "Man of Action".

[@TheArkDoc]

Found your channel yesterday. I've subscribed and binge-watched your videos for hours. Best channel on KZbin.

[@Ammo08]

Strobo was James Bond before there was a James Bond.

[@27steve88]

Amazing absolutely love the vids always so insightful and packed with great facts

[@johnc5588]

I along with my 3 children look forward to your videos. Thank You.

[@johnbockelie3899]

May be being in peace time army, he was too used to action, and.fighting , the peace idea was something.he couldn't comprehend.PTSD was also present after the Civil War as well.

[@fredbunce9232]

As a life long resident of Pittsburgh and ardent history buff i found this story very fascinating. Thank you.

[@tylerdavidson9700]

Imagine what Captain Stobo might have accomplished had he lived to participate in the War for American Independence. Depression is a terrible disease and clearly not an affliction of modern times as it's so often portrayed.

[@TheHistoryGuyChannel]

It is interesting to wonder which side he would have taken. In 1770 Washington sent him a letter regarding a land grant in Virginia, only to find that he had committed suicide. Had he returned to Virginia, whose side would he have chosen six years later?

[@jeremyperala839]

Stobo would've been a Patriot, no doubt. How do I know? I have no evidence, but it's nicer to think he would've been on our side. So be it.

[@Tourist1967]

@@jeremyperala839 Don't know. A middle-class Scot from Glasgow, then a centre of loyalism and Toryism - may well have backed the status quo. Not that it matters. Honourable men on both sides, no doubt.

[@Dave_Sisson]

Of course Stobo would have been loyal to the Crown. Perhaps more acts of heroic brilliance by him might have helped to win the war and today "The American Mutiny" would be an almost forgotten footnote in history.

[@GraemePayne1967Marine]

"... PTSD ... is not an affliction of modern times ..." Absolutely. Reading contemporary writings of ancient wars clearly shows that, especially to those of us familiar with the affliction. Herodotus and other ancient writers had seen war and knew it's effects, they just didn't have today's insights and scientific jargon.

[@dirus3142]

The Seven Years War (French and Indian War in the U.S.) can be considered a global conflict. A world war if you will. Started by George Washington. The British and French didn't just fight in the Americas. The conflict also took place in other colonies, and were ever British and French ships would cross paths. A history teacher I had used the painting The Death of Wolfe" in part of his lecture for U.S. history. He used it to illistrate the relationships between the British, and British American colonists.

[@nomduclavier]

Problem: All this war made us poor. Solution: more war.

[@mikeyerke3920]

I misread. I thought this was about Capt. Stubing. The LUUUUUVE BOAT!!! 🎶

[@chrisosh9574]

A great story, Stobo achieved a full lifetime of adventure in his short life. I worked on a job converting an old Victorian house to a restaurant, it was next door to Quebec House, Wolfe's old residence in Westerham, Kent in the UK. The owner of the restaurant was a top French chef who decided to call the restaurant, The Marquis de Montcalm, very expensive but extremely good food.

[@MisterSiza78]

That was a sad ending, though I wonder if his suicide was caused by then unknown affliction of ptsd?

[@heartproblems2727]

My initial thought also.

[@adamkendall997]

No people weren't little bitches back then.

[@oldredcoonhound2182]

No, it's from being and doing exciting things in life, ( adrenaline rush) then being relegated to boredom

[@CallieMasters5000]

Perhaps maple syrup withdrawal?

[@oldesertguy9616]

@@adamkendall997 I guess Audie Murphy was a little bitch, according to your standards?

[@adoxartist1258]

I'm thinking the chronic malnutrition he suffered, and surely did not fully recover from, played a very large part in his depression and suicide.

[@jelkel25]

My maternal great great..... Grandfather was a Captain in George Washingtons Continental army, he was no spring chicken then, I wonder what he was doing during this time.

[@TheHistoryGuyChannel]

Many of the military leaders from the Revolution got their first military experience in the French and Indian War.

[@welshy4638]

A brave retelling of the story. Mentioning whites taken as slaves during black history month. I salute your valour.

[@jackielinde7568]

The thing about slavery is that, despite which people being enslaved, is a distasteful and horrible practice. It doesn't take away from Black history, but serves to highlight just how horrible the practice was that many blacks suffered under it's bootheel. It just goes to show a lesson that people in today's time need to remember, "That which you find distasteful if someone does unto you, do not do unto others."

[@daveh3997]

During the colonial era anyone could be taken into slavery. Especially when captured in war and turned over to the Indians. cupola.gettysburg.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1057&context=histfac Those prisoners were a drop in the bucket compared to the 10.7 million African slaves shipped to North America, the Caribbean and South America.

[@robertsettle2590]

@@daveh3997 not even close to 10.7 million.

[@alfbeef5880]

@@robertsettle2590 wonder how many white soldiers died defending freedom for everybody in the United States no matter what color you are... so if you really want to get technical we all have been slaves....

[@conveyor2]

@@robertsettle2590 "Indentured servitude" applied to Europeans. Their numbers can be found where?

[@williamstolley2165]

I believe this is the best story you have ever told with such a tragic ending that it brought me to tears. You are to be commended, sir.

[@jerrellbevers6071]

He did all of that by the age of 43 _and then wept._ Amazing!

[@StephenMortimer]

average age in those years was 30-33

[@GeorgeSemel]

Well, people didn't live as long on average as we do today. And Soldiering is a young man's thing. In most Armies by the time you hit forty, you are looking at retirement or retirement very soon. It's only in the recent time that 60 is considered the new 40. Well are much more healthy, we eat better, cleaner personal habits for the most part. Medicine is way better than it was during Captian Stobo's time. You grew up fast in his time and society of the day expected things from you, there was not much sitting around gee's just traveling that distance from VA to Ohio was a Major undertaking, now show up at the Airport get on an Airplane then in about 45 min get off and go about whatever it is you are going to do. A career Officer like him at age 43 would be either a full Colonel or on the short list for promotion to Brigadier General or looking at retirement soon.

[@StephenMortimer]

@@GeorgeSemel low infant mortality is the main reason for the AVERAGE..

[@lordgarion514]

@@StephenMortimer Don't let that average fool you. The fact is that at that time about 30% of all children died before the age of 6 from the diseases that we now have vaccines for. plus you have to count all the ones that died for other reasons as well. That's a lot of very small numbers to be working into an average. If they made it to the age of 21, then it was quite common for them to make it to their 60s, and the 70's weren't exactly rare either.(but rarer than today)

[@StephenMortimer]

@@lordgarion514 I am 75 and have CHILBLAINS .. was not uncommon in those days but nearly unheard of today... never met a doc that knew of it

[@johnwilliamson2276]

Thanks again for the great video of Major Sobo. As I live in Washington PA which is about 60 miles from Fort Necessity I was very interested in it. I have been up to the fort many times and am always interested in hearing more about it. So, thank you again.

[@TheHistoryGuyChannel]

I was a Ranger at Fort Necessity in 1989. It is a lovely area.

[@niteshades_promise]

John Williamson hi practically neighbor. i also live near washington and loved fort necessity. so much history in our area. cant forget the whiskey rebellion.🍻

[@niteshades_promise]

The History Guy: History Deserves to Be Remembered thats awesome! that mite be around the time i was there!🍻

[@johnwilliamson2276]

@@niteshades_promise well, don't get me started with the whiskey rebellion. This is such a sham on the public it makes me sick. These guys decide not to pay any tax on the whiskey they make and say that they are going to secede from the union. Then when George Washington starts to march over the Allegheny Mountains, they ( the ring-leaders ) escape west & leave everyone else to there fate. Not something I want to celebrate! Plus, that really stupid statue on main street is one ugly looking thing!

[@niteshades_promise]

John Williamson yep yep yep even my alcoholic a$$ dosent celebrate the death of Pennsylvanians🍻

[@Me-ck4zh]

One of the french prisoners that was exchanged for Stobo was my ancestor René-Hyppolyte Lépine dit Laforce

[@tracydonnelly3570]

Would have loved to know all this way back when.... from stobo. Would have been awesome to know.

[@hamm6035]

It is amazing that many times, in America's hour of need, history finds a man such as this to appear and win the day. We are a blessed nation.

[@Grimenoughtomaketherobotcry]

He was a British soldier and officer of the King. No one knows for sure which side he'd have fought for had he remained in North America, but with his being an officer, it'd be a good bet he'd have remained loyal.

[@rhett1029]

@@Grimenoughtomaketherobotcry doubt it he grew up in Virginia and Scots while did fight alongside their fellow English they did not have the best relationship with them which made it entirely plausible he would’ve fought for the Americans. However I guess we’ll never know

[@Grimenoughtomaketherobotcry]

@@rhett1029 Plenty of Virginians were Loyalist, and fought for the Crown in the Queen's Loyal Virginia Regiment, the Virginia Light Horse, and the Virginia Volunteers Regiment. And there were several Scots regiments of the British Army fighting in the War of Independence, including the 84th Regiment of Foot (Royal Highland Emmigrants), the 42nd (Royal Highland) Regiment of Foot, 70th RoF (Glasgow Lowland), 71st RoF (Fraser's Highlanders), 74th Ro(Highland)F, 76th RoF (Macdonald's Highlanders), 80th RoF (Royal Edinburgh Volunteers), and the 83rd RoF (Royal Glasgow Volunteers).

[@hipocampelofantocame]

Being a native born Virginia with roots (Albemarle County), I was fascinated by this historical gem.

[@michaelgillett5477]

Another I don’t know if you’re interested but the Chesapeake boat from America I think is American war of independence we should punchbowl British navy if you go to Wycombe in Hampshire England there is actually a flour mill there which is manufactured from the timbers the Chesapeake boat I have photographs going back I am pre-war post war I am love the original Flour mill if you need it if you’d like any more information feel free to contact me thank you very much history man Michael work at the National motor Museum beauty

[@kevinlesch9656]

I think I finally figured it out of i watch the video twice i think I can absorb at least half the information. I have a thing for maps though and second time thru I pause it a lot just for the maps. Thanks for another great one history guy!

[@greghall4113]

Really enjoy your videos.

[@johnmcnulty4425]

As a native Pittsburgher, it makes me proud that my hometown caused a world war!

[@Diver932]

I used to think I had a pretty good handle on the history of America, but this guy teaches me daily that I've still lots to learn. Thank you, sir. And please continue with your lessons.

[@DAGATHire]

Holy crap... what a story. Pity about the end i guess the chap was impacted greatly by his own deeds, yet his story is not forgotten thanks to this channel. bravo #thehistoryguy

[@michaelmize1155]

I attended High School in Fort Chiswell,Va. which was one of the border forts set up by Col. Washington. The area is ripe with arrowheads, musket balls, and Minie rounds that have accumulated from so many battles fought over that land. It is probably not the case anymore but in the 1960s the History Classes taken that year were of Virginia alone which considering it's rich history was a deep well to draw from. Love the show and look forward to future episodes.

[@charleshacker4456]

enjoying your history lessons... thanks for sharing with us!

[@TheFlatlander440]

It's a shame that Stobo took his own life at such a young age. If he had continued in the military he would probably would have been a British General during the Revolutionary War and who knows how that would have effected the outcome. Thanks for sharing.

[@TheHistoryGuyChannel]

Careers languished between wars. Braddock was a lieutenant for twenty years. In terms of opportunity, though, Washington tried to contact Stobo regarding a land grant in Virginia, only to find that he had committed suicide.

[@RCAvhstape]

@@TheHistoryGuyChannel That makes it even sadder.

[@allover4309]

@@TheHistoryGuyChannel committed suicide or was "suicided" by an angry French loyalist?

[@TheHistoryGuyChannel]

All Over LOL that would have been an angry Frenchman with a grudge to wait till 1770 and hunt him down in his barracks in England.

[@allover4309]

@@TheHistoryGuyChannel Conspiracy theory withdrawn lol

[@amywright2243]

Fascinating! I think you'd also enjoy the story of Simon Kenton. Thanks for sharing!

[@nomar5spaulding]

Wow I didn't realize that Wolfe besieged Quebec with an army of only 4,000.

[@Luxnutz1]

Fantastic!!!! Put on your list the Exploits of Captain Lambert Wickes.

[@clintbramlett7826]

Wow. What a tremendous story only to take his own life at 43.

[@stone1andonly]

Yet another well-done episode, sir. People rarely are taught about the impact of the Seven-Years War (and its aftermath) on history as one of the primary causes of the Revolutionary War. Many of the taxes imposed on the colonies were a direct result of England trying to pay its war debts from that conflict.

[@TheHistoryGuyChannel]

The wars of the eighteenth century flowed into each-other. Debt from the Seven Years war drove the taxes that sparked the American Revolution. French debt from supporting the US in the Revolution was a significant factor driving the taxes that caused the French Revolution. The Wars of the French Revolution flowed into the Napoleonic Wars.

[@Paladin1873]

That was an extraordinary tale which I have never before heard. Many thanks for sharing it. Now, where's the movie?

[@Joeybagofdonuts76]

I'm literally just blocks from the location of the fort. Delivering to the old Hienz factory.

[@leemaxwell1912]

Not only is this history to be remembered, but it would make a great song and/or a movie. How about it, Robby Robertson or Michael Mann?

[@ralph40]

Thank you Lee, that is a good idea. It will give me good practice if nothing else. Yes, how many remember, the night they drove old Dixie down, & the tune's author. Happy spring soon to be, we hope, pittsbrrrrrrrrg. And a pirate's favorite letter, not rrr, but C

[@scottfabel7492]

Any story with pirates is awesome. Thanks again THG!

[@45obiwan]

When a soldier can no longer find himself useful he looks for ways to leave this world. As it was in the past, it is now.

[@mikeowen657]

yep - adrenaline is the most addictive of naturally formed chemicals - and risky behavior and frustration cull many after the wars are done.

[@loriboufford6342]

My heart weeps for the millions of warriors. When will we learn, when will we ever learn?

[@45obiwan]

@@loriboufford6342 Thankfully we are learning and veterans are putting things into the works to help transition our brothers and sisters back to civilian life. But if you were to ask most of us, it is worth the harshest of payment we have to make.

[@shadowraith1]

Amazing snippet of the early America's. Quite a wild story. Makes me wonder how many stories have yet to be told. Sad that Stobo's story ended the way it did.

[@zebdoz333]

hey have you done a history about the German army in ww2?

[@Guangrui]

and a few years later Washington would be fighting along with the French vs. the British

[@bleak2L]

Please tell me im not the only person who thought that dude had been kneed in the nuts by that horse at 7:58?

[@TheHistoryGuyChannel]

LOL

[@nautifella]

Well, they didn't mention the nature of his wounds. Being kneed in the nads by George Washington's horse would seem to be mortal.

[@IntrepidFraidyCat]

I didn't even see that until I read your comment! 😜 LOL! I wonder what the artist was thinking when he painted that part.🤔

[@chesthoIe]

That painting was the very first winner of America's Funniest Home Portraits.

[@CallieMasters5000]

The artist was trying to illustrate the first recorded instance of a guy yelling "I'm walking here! I'm walking here!".

[@mugwump58]

Seeing Ofwego on period maps always piques my interest.

[@richardgarowski.5161]

ARRH..mate! Pirates are waters bikers!

[@828enigma6]

I could listen to your presentations for hours. Wish my history teachers in high school and college had your enthusiasm and depth of knowledge. Under them, history was dull and boring.

[@jeffwalther3935]

I became a history teacher to do just that. No one hired me. I wrote a book of 2 editions, hundreds of letters, 19 years of newsletters, all selfpublished with little or no significant acknowledgement, encouragement, guidance or assistance, much less dozens of other reasonable expectations. No one responded except in a rare, although telling, occasional, extremely minor and petty case of correction of grammar, never of the slightest significance AT ALL. Wtf?

[@PineValleyDigital]

Thank You! Never learned about this in school. This is the stuff of a "TV Mini Series" Would love to see this shown on the 'small screen'

[@jamesdowney854]

How about a piece on black wallstreet

[@paulferron3191]

Great new video! I start - and end - most days with The History Guy.

[@steveshoemaker6347]

W0W what a sad ending to a fine man.......An but of course......Thanks...for a very well said...Part History...!

[@richardmourdock2719]

Amazing story about a man who played such a defining role for North America. Ending reminds me of Meriwether Lewis... a young man who did great things but when upon realizing they are in the past, saw the future's uncertainly to terrifying to face. Great stuff, as always, H.G.!!

[@haskellvanmarter5501]

Richard Mourdock Yes, it is speculated that Meriwether Lewis in the end suffered the same fate. (Some say he was murdered). Those days were very hard times and hard to stay alive compared to today. Though in some country’s today it’s the same as back then. Crazy world we live in. So much death and destruction around us and through out all of history. Guess killing is in our blood and that’s what we are supposed to do?

[@andrewinbody4301]

Lewis was the first name to come to mind when The History Guy said that.

[@haskellvanmarter5501]

Richard Mourdock You may enjoy the Book by Steven Ambrose titled Undaunted courage . I couldn’t put the book down. Great story that we never got in history class. Check it out. 👍

[@richardmourdock2719]

Astronaut Buzz Aldrin wrote a fascinating autobiography of the troubles (psychiatric and physical through alcohol). Aldrin after becoming the 2nd man on the moon really hit bottom. Part of it was … well, that he wasn't the 1st man on the moon and he had to deal with that. But much more was the letdown (like Meriwether Lewis and arguably Captain Strobo of achieving so much at a relatively young age and enjoying the spotlight and self-satisfaction and then depression that comes knowing you'll never be "there" again. @@haskellvanmarter5501

[@m3497]

Amazing bit of history. Keep it coming!

[@capriracer351]

The map you have on this video was from after the French and Indian war. Fort Venango would have been Fort Machault at that time. Fort Venango was built by the British after the French and Indian war near the site of the destroyed Machault. I have lived a majority of my life within a few miles of the site of both Forts. In fact, the story of these forts may be a very interesting subject for one of your excellent episodes.

[@timeflysintheshop]

WOW! What an amazing, bold, creative, and adventurous person. He would have been better off to stay in the colonies where all the action was. He might have played a major role in the revolution and become a founding father. He could have signed the declaration, had cities named after him, and his image could have been on the money in our pockets! Oh what might have been.

[@bongobrandy6297]

Arrr! Thar be pirates here!

[@XmarkedSpot]

2:13 The treaty of Aix-La-Chapelle? You surely mean the Free Imperial City of Aachen. (I'm nitpicking, sure, i only know about that French name because i went to university there)

[@TheHistoryGuyChannel]

No, I mean the treaty.

[@XmarkedSpot]

@@TheHistoryGuyChannelThanks for replying, sir. I merely meant that the city is called Aachen in German by virtue of being a "German" city throughout most of history, certainly at the time when that particular treaty had been signed. Followingly the treaty itself ought to called the Treaty of Aachen, wouldn't you agree? Anyhow, thanks for the entertaining content you provide us with, i enjoy it very much.

[@FredericGaillot]

The Treaty signed in Aix-La-Chapelle or Aachen is a document you can find copy on internet, and it is a document written in french and titled "Traité de Paix entre le Roy, le Roy de la Grande Bretagne et les Etats Generaux des provinces unies des Pays Bas, conclu à Aix-La-Chapelle le 18 Octobre 1748" .. in short, "Traité d'Aix-La-Chapelle".

[@robrosen7291]

Is Shay's Rebellion or the Whiskey Rebellion going to be covered in the future? Thank you for great content.

[@cyndifoore7743]

I grew up 25 miles north of Pittsburgh. There’s a town called Braddock near Pittsburgh and in my township in Beaver county there’s an area named Stobo. I never knew the history till now. How tragic that he took his life after the accomplishments he achieved. Thank you for bringing his story to life.

[@fosterhall1015]

Spoiler

[@britwokay8577]

All great stories do seem to involve pirates although perhaps not Pittsburgh Pirates, at least not for the last 40 years or so. General Braddock's grave was discovered over 100 years later when the road that would become Route 30 was made. Thanks for another great video and for the head's up through my Patreon membership which is a great value and worth every cent!

[@TheHistoryGuyChannel]

It is actually US Route 40- the national road. The grave site, which now has a monument, is part of Fort Necessity National Battlefield. The story does involve the Pittsburgh Pirates, of course, in that Three Rivers Stadium is within sight of the location of Fort Duquesne. And yes, the Pirates haven't been good since Willie Stargell retired.

[@silverbob8656]

And of course, Three Rivers Stadium has been gone for years too! The Pirates play at PNC Park.

[@TheHistoryGuyChannel]

SILVER Bob the last time I saw them play was in Three Rivers, so it has been a while for me.

[@LarrySimon-lz7ky]

👍 Another two thumbs up 👍

[@patrickroe8426]

Dear Hg...please do a story about....Heinze- Wolfgang Schnauffer...the Spook of St.Trond...the most feared night fighter pilot of WW2.....121 victories all at night...survived the war and took over the family vineyard.....yet not all bode well....he died in broad daylight....in his sports car.....killed by a wrong way driver on a bad curve.....Ironic?

[@butternutsquash6984]

Thanks for telling the end of his story. I've heard the romantic parts several times but never what happened to him after Montreal.

[@ExposingReflections]

265 years ago today General Wolfe was killed in battle upon the Plains of Abraham. His opponent, Loius- Joseph de-Mountcalm-Gozon, Marquise de Mountcalm de Saint-Veran, was mortally injured in the battle and would succumb to his injuries the next day.

[@jaewok5G]

great story, thg. if you needed to build a western civilization from scratch, you could hardly do it better nor faster than if you had Scotts and Poles - they are two societies whose people always seem to be at critical turning points.

[@timhuffman6007]

Hey Lance do a bite on the bull and bear fights in Yuerba Buena, San Francisco1840s great story before the gold rush. There's several 1st hand literary accounts and descriptions of events. Great blip of California history.

[@rickperry435]

How about a view of the Halifax (Nova Scotia, Canada) explosion of 1917 and how Boston (Massachusetts, U.S.A,) figures in in the history of the aftermath.

[@billhunt2605]

As many times that I've been to fort Pitt and fort necessity I've never heard this harrowing tale. Thank you HG !!!!!

[@HisameArtwork]

Moral of the story: french guards should not trust an englishman's promise not to run away... or he was a double agent.

[@TheManFromWaco]

Escaped British POW: "We're outnumbered, far behind enemy lines, and in the middle of the North American wilderness." Capt. Robert Stobo: "Then let's be PIRATES!"

[@brucekish7576]

To clarify, the Nemacolin Trail was what later became the National Pike Road and today U.S. 40. From Pittsburgh north, Washington used the Venango Trail up through what is now Butler County up to Ft Machault (Franklin, PA) at the confluence of French Creek and the Allegheny River. This path Washington used north-south is fairly well marked today and include portions of PA 8, 68, 528, and U.S. 19. (See Paul A.W. Wallace, "The Indian Paths of Pennsylvania.")

[@captsam54]

Trial of the 12 Spanish Pirates from the schooner Panda. Happened in Boston.. Exceptional story involving Hamilton..

[@LePrince1890]

Tobias Smollett's novel, "The Expedition of Humphry Clinker" has a character, Captain Lishmahago, who is based on Robert Stobo.

[@JC-pu1ej]

Please share the story of Major Jesse Walton Wooldridge (1880-1963). He was the most decorated line officer in the AEF during World War One. I have critical documents from his life, including his Medal of Honor recommendation which he never received in life. Last year I acquired a box of his papers and photographs from a military collector. The ball is in your court for another amazing tribute from the 38th Infantry Regiment. GBU, JC

[@johnharris1636]

Hi HG, have you done any segments on NASA lifting bodies, HL-10, M2-F3 and X-24A, specifically? My wife’s father was an engineer working on them.

[@aaronjohn6586]

Another man of courage, character and an undaunted spirit. Always impressed how you find these men that in their time showed through the actions they took, the fortitude that inspires to this day! Would love for you to do a segment on Paddy Mayne of the SAS.

[@ChakatSandwalker]

A suggestion for a future video: I live in New Zealand, and there have been a number of particularly famous disasters in our nation's young history. Perhaps you might consider covering one or two of them. Wikipedia (unsurprisingly) has a good list of many of them, but the memories of a lot of them have likely been lost to time. Ones I could consider noteworthy would be the 1863 wreck of the HMS Orpheus, any major wreck in the Auckland Islands (as they feature stories of heroism and survival in the middle of sub-Antarctica waters), the 1931 Napier earthquake, the 1953 Tangiwai train disaster, and the 1968 wreck of the Wahine (pronounced wa-HEE-neh), which is possibly the most well-known in NZ. Regardless of what was covered, they may be famous in NZ, but perhaps the world deserves to know them as well. You have a fascinating channel, and I always look forward to more. Your voice is very pleasant to listen to, and the bow-tie is perfect -- such class!

[@frankdawe5156]

Another absolutely amazing tale. One small point, though. The final battle of the Seven Years War in the New World was fought in St.John's, Newfoundland, on September 15, 1762, when General Amherst retook the town after a French force had captured it three months earlier.

[@acchaladka]

Cheers to the History Guy for another great story, here from the world’s second largest French city, Montréal. Suggestion: the Louis Joliet expedition, the battle for Louisbourg (in present-day NS), or there must be something epic and unknown from NewFoundland.

[@erictroxell2298]

Yet another superb episode. i actually knew of the captain from my background. i found it fascinating how some have used him as the first person to actually suffer from PTSD! i agree that i think this is what caused his anxiety,depression,etc... that let to his sad ending. WHAT DO YOU THINK??

[@SavedByScience19]

Suggestion! The ASM-135 ASAT missle that was launched from a F-15 in 1985 and shot down a satellite. I thought I know a lot about space history but I just learned this today. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASM-135_ASAT

[@ProperLogicalDebate]

When was the high point in American culture? Sure we had worries about the Bomb and Civil Rights was a concern but on May Day, 1 May 1960, a U-2 piloted by Francis Gary Powers was shot down.

[@jonslg240]

Stole a canoe. Captured a small boat. Narrowly avoided one war sloop..then SIEZED TWO SLOOPS How is that story not told more?