Mississinewa War of 1812 battle re-enactment - 2009

Mississinewa 1812 is the largest War of 1812 re-enactment of it's kind. The battlefield is about 6 miles north of Marion, Indiana. It is the site of the first American victory in the war. This re-enactment is accurate to the time period, but they tell you up-front that it is not accurate to the battle itself, as no British were present at the battle, but Indians who were British allies.

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[fl333r]

Who came up with the "stand in a straight line and shoot when you are close enough" tactic for soldiers? Why did they choose that method for direct confrontations?

Also, great video!

[planetrockford]

Quality upload here and great camera work.

[bgnu1]

i feel obliged to weigh in here mostly because im actually in this video. this is actually more chaotic than battles tended to be during the early 19th century. As for the history the war probably never should have happened. Because of the delay of travel, the ship apologizing for the British impressment of sailors (the cited cause of the war) likely passed the American ship carrying the declaration of war. the war ended in a stalemate. neither side was really victorious.

[camster268]

I thought those battles back then were alot more...chaotic but then again I've never seem a reenactment

[mudkipping]

I hate that there's a loudspeaker sports announcer. It really takes away from what would otherwise feel like a trip back through time.

[marioworld51]

the dislike bar is the size of Justin beibers penis.

[vezzanator]

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During the 19th century the popular image of the war in the United States was of an American victory, and in Canada, of a Canadian victory. Each young country saw her self-perceived victory as an important foundation of her growing nationhood. The British, on the other hand, who had been preoccupied by Napoleon's challenge in Europe, paid little attention to what was to them a peripheral and secondary dispute

[RazorCell7]

@MrShoebox77 You're a completel utter tool and again you are proving how much of an idiot you are! I can see you got that off of wikipedia or some bullshit site cause if you really think only 49 Americans died then you are sadly mistaken. York was only a town you can't compare the fucking capitial of a country to a small town in lower Canada. The whole reason we burnt down the white house and pilaged everything because of the atrocious you did at York! An eye for an eye! We won this war dipshit!

[MrShoebox77]

@RazorCell7 Really because the battle count is 49 American and 37 British. And dipshit they burned down York (Torontro) Got please learn the subject before you comment.

[MrShoebox77]

@RazorCell7 Wow what a retard in you read the treat ofd Ghent it said the US gainied fishing right. And The British tried to stop America movment in to west in which case they own today retard. And killed British Indian allies. The US won this bottomline.