Revolutionary War Reenactment
"There’s just something special about a man with a m
usket!" -- WJB
Artwork courtesy of David Jahntz, 2VA, NWTA
General Knowledge:
Free Yale Lectures on the Revolutionary War [video]
Revolutionary
War Animated Map [video]
Revolutionary War Quiz for Kids (and reenactors to answer!) And a little
more in soldier pay background
Rev War "Myths"
eMuseum:
Mount Vernon
Journal of the
American Revolution Free Subscription
Twistification: Interesting
Rev War Blog
Liberty! The American Revolution:
video,
program 2 video
program 6
The
American Revolutionary War:
video, part 1
video, part 2
How
Britain Lost America (video) The War That Made America:
video, part 1
video, part 2
video, part 3
Yorktown, Now
or Never
A British Documentary on George WashingtonList
of Continental Army Officers
The Revolutionary War
(Charles Kuralt)
The American Revolution
(Bill Kurtis)
American History - Rebels
List of Continental Army Officers
Battle
Descriptions (includes maps; click on specific battles in left column)
Patriotic Resources
Historic Sites
Thomas Paine Documents
Founders Archives
Museum
of the American Revolution (Support the original "Greatest Generation"!)
The American
Revolutionary War
Revolutionary War Audio & Video Tutorials
How To Articles from NWTA
Maps:
American Revolution Battle Maps and
West Point's Rev War Battle Maps
Animated Maps
Road to
Revolution (Virginia)
Songs
Musket Firing and Cleaning (Charleville)
Manual of Arms:
Von Steuben Manual of Arms: Cantigny 2012 (video) Von Steuben Facing Movements (video)
Manual of Arms -- West Point (diagrams,Von Steuben, courtesy Cadet Gray)
Manual of Arms (Another description, Von Steuben) 18th Century Musket Manual
Von Steuben's Manual (facsimile of 1794 edition) Another facsimile
Manual of Arms Commentary Manual of Arms Description (Encyclopedia Brittanica, 1797)
Manual of Arms 1764 Manual of Arms 1764 Used by Patriots until Von Steuben, Valley Forge Winter 1777-78
Videos:
Von
Steuben's Musket Drill
1764 Manual of Arms
1764 Manual of Arms
1764 Manual of Arms Firing Procedure
1764 Manual of Arms
1764 Drill
at Old North Bridge
King's Royal Yorkers
2nd
Virginia NWTA Facing Movements
2nd Virginia
NWTA
1st Virginia Drill
Old
Guard Drill
Stack Arms (Civil War -3)
Stack Arms (Civil War
Style - 4)
Military Unit Sizes:
British and Colonial
Continental Army
Battle of Yorktown:
British Battles
Order of Battle
(Divisions, Brigades, Regiments, Battalions,
Companies;
Legions (Cavalry & Infantry)
Links
to information from:
11th Pennsylvania Regiment
and
6th Connecticut Regiment
(& their valuable Tips
for Better Drill)
Southern Campaign Revolutionary War Records
Setting up an 18th Century
Wedge Tent
Patriotic Toasts : Eg, "Perpetual itching without the
benefit of scratching to the Enemies of America!"
Also: "Live free or die: Death is not the
worst of evils."
Directory of Valuable Re-enacting Links
Cantigny (Wheaton, IL) Rev War Reenactment Events:
2005 -Video , 2009 -
Video,
2009 - Photographs,
2010 -News Video,
2011 -
Photographs,
2012 - Video
Concord Revolutionary War
Reenactment
4/18/2009
Revolutionary War Relics at Cemetery Memorial for Veterans in Bloomingdale, IL
Revolutionary War Book Reviews
Revolutionary War Soldier's Info (per Tom Hand's
book "An American Triumph, p. 118):
"Most men who served in the
Continental Army were between the ages of fifteen and thirty and they came from
all walks of life.
These men signed up to serve for one to three years and
starting pay was about six dollars ($180 today) per month. If they got
out of line or failed to comply with their orders,
punishment was severe and included lashings and even death.
"When in camp, soldiers had one hot meal a day and
received about a pound and a half of beef, a pound of bread, and two ounces of
spirits (alcohol) each day, assuming Congress could
keep them supplied. Unfortunately, Congress was completely dependent on
the
states for provisions and all too often, because of
stingy and uncooperative state legislatures, the soldiers in the Continental
Army
were underfed.
"When marching, the men carried about forty-five pounds
of gear, including their weapon, ammunition, gun powder, mess kit
(plate, knife, spoon, cup), knapsack, and maybe an
extra blanket. On average, the soldiers marched fifteen miles a day."
2nd Virginia
Regiment Information:
Wikipedia Information about 2nd
Virginia,
2nd Virginia
Regiment Overview,
Other
2nd Virginia at Brandywine 2010 video,
2nd
Virginia Regiment History I,
2nd Virginia
Regiment History II,
2nd Virginia
Regiment History III,
Wayne Letter about
2VA Febiger @ Stony Point
2nd
Virginia Regiment, NWTA, center to right front line of unit, 11 Sep 2011. Visit us at
www.2va.org
Vendors:
Crazy Crow,
Godwin,
Jarnagin,
Jas. Townsend and Son,
Loyalist Arms, &
Track of the Wolf
Avalon Forge
Just2Tailors
Smoke & Fire "Take
Notice" Products: Yellow
Beard Creations
Clothing materials and patterns:
Wm Booth, Draper
Interesting article:
Revolutionary War Medicine
Other interesting items:
Frontier Doctors DVD
Washington's
Brass Key to the Bastille
Washington's Favorite Cologne (Caswell-Massey Number Six), gave it as gift to
Lafayette
Mount Vernon's
Bastille Key - George Washington's "Liberty Key"
Suggestions, click here to send email.
2nd Virginia Regiment Facebook Page 2nd Virginia NWTA Crown & Colony Event Video
2nd Virginia Regt. Webpage www.2va.org
includes many instructional videos, eg:
2nd Virginia History,
Manual of Arms, Facing
Movements,
Bullet-
Cartridge-
Also
Curiosity: What is "blue beef" as referred to in many Revolutionary War accounts? It is believed to be beef from the highly-muscled Belgian Blue cattle that were common at that time in the colonies.
Revolutionary War Amazon.com Book Reviews
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"No punishment, in my opinion, is too great for the man who
can 'build his greatness upon his country's ruin.'" — George Washington
"Arbitrary power [tyranny, dictatorship] is most easily established on the
ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness [lawlessness,
irresponsibility, anarchy]." — George Washington
