Birth of the Swamp Fox part 1

At the risk of trivialising the subject I noticed someone has uploaded all the episodes of Disney's Swamp Fox starring Leslie Nielsen as Francis Marion. This series which is from 1959 offended the Canadians on a governmental level. Swamp Fox wiki. Of course this series was the basis of the movie the Patriot.

George Washington (1984) parts 3 and 4

This is something that will hopefully please all of you whether you like the Seven Years War or the Revwar - someone has uploaded the epic miniseries George Washington onto Youtube - this part, part 3 deals initially with Fort Necessity - the Braddock disaster is covered later at the beginning of Part 4. I remember loving this when it came out - still looks OK if a little cheesey but that's the nature of miniseries from the time. I like James Mason's Braddock...quite charming.
IMDB on the series

The Crossing Part 1

This 2000 movie starring Jeff Daniels and set in the Revwar about the crossing of the Delaware is up in parts on Youtube.Looks like its worth watching especially as its for free. Has a similar feel to those Gettysburg series of movies. If you want to cut to the chase and get to the Battle of Trenton go here.

The savages let loose, or the cruel fate of the loyalists

1783 image rom the British Museum who say;
Description
American loyalists are being murdered by Red Indians. An Indian (left) seizes by the hair a loyalist lying on the ground, and holds up a knife saying "I'll scalp him". Another Indian (right) raises a tomahawk in both hands above a loyalist who kneels on one knee, saying "O cruel Fate! is this the Return for our Loyalty". The Indian says, "I'll tomahawk the Dog".
A third Indian (left) pulls a rope attached to the ropes by which four loyalists hang by the neck to the branch of a tree, inscribed "Recommended to Congress by lord S------e" [Shelburne]. He is saying "I have them all in a String."
The Indians all wear tall feather head-dresses and kilts of feathers. Of the six loyalists, two of those hanging from the tree are dressed as military officers, the others as civilians.
Beneath the design is engraved:

"Is this a Peace, when Loyalists must bleed?
It is a Bloody Piece of work indeed."c. March 1783

British Indian Department 1780

Image from here
Go here to see the reconstructed B.I.D. uniform for 1768.

Minden day

Today we celebrate the victory in 1759 so a few posts on the theme of the long-suffering Redcoat.

Detail from 'A mock battle'

Showing militia at Warley Camp in 1778. By De Loutherbourg. Read about Warley camp's mock battles here