Battle of Monmouth - George Washington mini-series

[RussianZetaWolf]

funniest situation in the revolution

[hoosieryank1967]

Note the Negores in Yank uniform.

[agatematt]

Monmouth in New Jersey was the first test of the American army after its training at Valley Forge by Baron Von Steuben. The Continentals, dressed in uniforms made in brought in by the French fleet, proved themselves the battlefield equals to the best trained army in the world and demonstrated that it was no longer an army that would run when confronted by the bayonet.

[1995Pdr]

Washington is a brave glorious lad.

[GUALLACOL]

General Charles Lee was a coward.  In fact, he wanted Gen. Washington's position and glory for himself.

[GoToHell987987]

There are some redcoats at the Continental side, are they betrayers?

[texasconfederal]

@GoToHell987987 Those are Continental musicians/drummers. The musicians wear the opposite colors of their units i.e. unit with blue coats and red facings means musicians wear red coats with blue facings. So there would be some blue coats on the British side if the British unit had blue facings on their coats.

[GoToHell987987]

@texasconfederal But why do they wear opposite colors?

[texasconfederal]

@GoToHell987987 In the tradition of the European armies, and so that they are easily recognized on the battlefiled.

[hoosieryank1967]

@texasconfederal Drummers wore reversed colors to more easily identify them in the heat of battle to officers. Brit units that wore red with white or yellow facings had drummers in white or yellow with red facings, for example.

[ghtsw11]

@GoToHell987987 There were also some Continental Regiments with Red uniforms - famously some of the "Additional Continental Regiments" raised in 1777 (Sherburne's, Webb's and Henley's regiments, for instance) - they wore red uniforms,at least in the earlier years of their formation, plus an early Regiment (Smallwood's Maryland Regiment formed in 1776 and which merged into the 1st Maryland Regiment in the following year).

Henley's Regiment was at Monmouth Courthouse.

[JimbobHarrigan1984]

@GoToHell987987 a lot of people forget that the American revolution was also a civil war between patriots and loyalists.

[USMarineRifleman0311]

Mel Gibson wouldve killed them all alone with one napalm air strike...

[jthofner]

This was done better than "The Patriot". Loved this series.

[Castilliaisme]

Although it was a low budget film, the acting, the music and the the way it was presented made it better than what it is. The best of all it is a true story.

[Yorgar]

@Castilliaisme and it includes one of the most famous women in the Army Molly Pitcher the opinion of the Artilleryman

[HolyGhostCappella]

This clip is great... So much good and wonderful, yet so much wrong and inaccurate... DISOBEDIENCE!!!

[DetersStlMo]

Did you upload this from the VHS? This terrific mini series doesn't seem to be available anywhere on DVD.

[TheEscapedGoat]

@DetersStlMo I got this from a guy who apparently takes old VHS and uploads them to DVD. Just google "George Washington Mini-Series DVD" and several options should pop up. I forget which place I got it from. The quality isn't all that great though.