Видео

Not a VERTICAL trajectory unless you are suicidal. You mean a HIGH ANGLE trajectory

This shooting method demonstrates a clear method. However in historical context it tells us how men of the us civil war may have loaded their muskets and how the war was fought not using professional british troops but thousands of normal people taking up arms in a national tragedy

3 aimed shots a minute " Now that's soldiering"

Awesome video

Lovely content, calm down the noncing.

According to "Destroying Angel - The Rifle Musket as the First Modern Infantry Weapon" (Gibbons 2019) the British infantry was trained to use the rifle much more efficiently than the American armies. Possibly Fremantle was aware of this so wasn't expecting to learn any applicable lessons from what he observed.

Sorry to put it plainly but as a college level professor with a M.A. in experimental archeology this has nothing to do with experimental archeology.

The govt they took anything to do with the CSA down as offensive

I have two favorites. 12lb naval cannon and a coehorn 12lber.

❤ very interesting I lender a lot

only takes 5 soldiers to get 1 shot off every 3 seconds

About the battle of Cold Harbor: I read on wikipedia, that 1. Maine Heavy Artillery Regiment lost about one third of the men in a charge. But I could find NOT ONE WORD about their heavy artillery, or why they had to charge like infantry! I find that close to CRIMINAL NEGLECT!

A 12 pound mortar with a 30 inch bore? You can´t be serious!!

Cool video buddy. I was watching Brett's videos and you poped up. I live in Carlisle and get over the the park often. I've stood at those guns and thought anything you can see from that spot can be hit with those guns.

The English goverrnment was debating helping the Confederacy. It needed cotton for is mills. Engkand had recently abolished slavery. President Lincoln's government wisely abolished slavery. This meant England would be supporting a state where slavery was allowed. The English Government was afraid this action might create adverse public reaction to this action. Russia sent warships to Union ports. That protected them from European Navys. Some English officers were undoubtedly sent to evaluate the military situation to determine what was happening before they made a decision.

I know the Union painted the wooden parts of mobile artillery pieces Olive green. Do you know if this was this the same for the large siege guns?

Britain made uniforms for the south… like most countries , playing both sides to make money..

Excellent my friend

I wonder if a Williams bullet would perform well in the reproduction rifle muskets without the progressive depth rifling that 19th century pieces usually have. It sounds like the Williams bullet might grip the bore better in a straight depth barrel and give better accuracy. Does this sound right by your experience ?

I live a short distance from this park and have visited on a number of occasions and wondered about the history of the cannons. Thanks for providing another piece of information. Cheers Bob 👍

That's Hurt's Battery, Alabama Artillery Reserve...

This is very interesting I can think of parallels or equivalents in the 20th century one need only look at the Lethbridge Mission to the far east in 1944.

There was a 10" Rodman at my Pioneer Park in Walla Walla, WA that we used to play on.

First off . . . the eleven states that legally seceeded formed their own country. The attack on the CSA was an invasion by the USA. PERIOD. The only rebels were citizens of the mainly Border States (which did not secede) and who fought in their states against the USA forces. Lincoln and other Northerners refused to acknowledge the secession and the formation of the CSA. The USA committed the same kind of action as Hitler invading Poland. Just stating facts that almost everyone refuses to acknowledge. Secondly . . . Well Done and great info on Fremantle !

Seems to me the British advantage comes down to one thing... the ammo difference. This faceoff wasn't between men using ball ammunition of a similar relationship of ball to bore, it's between a "fitted" ball and an undersized one with a wood plug to facilitate rifling engagement and gas obturation. This was an apples vs oranges test, and little more. If it was to be a fair test of procedures, comparable projectiles should've been utilized.

Great video! As a student of the Russo Japanese war, I have a soft spot for little credited 'firsts' in types of war.

But can you do it in any weather? -Sharpe

A number of books were written later on the lessons of the Civil War. Several are available in English. The basic view of the Germans was the importance of the military use of trains and use of cavalry as mounted infantry. The British believed that it proved the continued use of mounted lancers.

You dudes need to check out Rob, of BritishMuzzleLoaders, just saying...

Semmes was the Uncle of Theodore Roosevelt.

David Lloyd George kept a picture of Lincoln his office.

New Orleans Louisiana has a very similar one , used by the Confederates ... However it was cast in the 1820's in Holland. I suspect a great many were sold to both sides during the civil war...

Best thing I've seen you do. Awesome work.

So many good men lost their lives in that war and the Revoultionary war and all the wars since that the US has fought and we are now on the precipice of losing it all to the international globalists who want to control us completely. We fought Germany and Japan and they were much less of a threat than what we face from within.

GREAT VIDEO.

I ALWAYS THINK OF PARROT RIFLES!

Too kool. I'd love to own one

The British upper class saw the south as a way to weaken the United States. It wasn’t about some romantic notion of old ways. How absurd!

What’s the annoying noise? Leaves? You should’ve redone the video.

I remember the BRM. In basic for 11B we would place a cleaning rod down the barrel while in the prone and place a dime balancing it on the end of the cleaning rod and squeezed the trigger. If the dime fell you failed.

Sam huston on war

👍🏻🇺🇸✌️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

👍🏻🇺🇸✌️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Lincoln was afraid britain would intervene from canada As 11.000 troops had just Been sent there Caught on two fronts would have been disastrous!

thanks

Had to double take from the first time I watched this , now that I'm reenacting, gotta admit the cap much on the chest is a better concept

Well done sir!

The US Army still uses the '4F' system for rating the combat readiness of a soldier. It goes back to the Civil War for the very reason stated-he had to have a minimum number of front teeth in order to tear the paper cartridges open with his mouth. It was noted that Confederates with British Enfields and the Pritchett cartridge system had a higher rate of fire. It's also been surmised that Union corps commander John Sedgwick was possibly killed by a sniper using another British made and supplied rifle-the Whitworth. This 'unofficial' British support (along with building and harboring Confederate blockade runners) prolonged the war by possibly years and needlessly added to the casualty lists in what was otherwise a one-sided, inevitable victory for the Union. Is it tea time yet?

Good job guys. We all know Americans are weak on NON-American history, but here you make some progress-TY.

TY. It is refreshing to see a real look into what other nations thought, or didn't, about conflict. Endless tales abound , but what did a Prussian engineer officer think ? or a Lt. col. of the Coldstream guards ? Perhaps this is where we really get what's been lost.