Sword Fighting & Winter Clothing

1789-1914, Accesories, Arms and armour, Clothing, Coats and jackets, Early America, Early modern period, Europe, Hydepark, Melee weapon, Napoleonic wars, Northern America, Popular themes, Post type, Rapiers and muskets, Region, Southern America, Swords, Timeline

Clothing can change close combat, especially sword fighting, hugely. Heavy winter clothing can approach armour in its defensiveness. Extra videos on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scholagladiatoria

Were AXES used as weapons in the ‘Age of Sail’ by Pirates & Sailors?

16th c, 1789-1914, 17th c, 18th c, Accesories, Arms and armour, Axes, Early America, Early modern period, Hydepark, Melee weapon, Popular themes, Post type, Rapiers and muskets, Swords, Timeline

Boarding axes are featured fairly often in movies and TV set during the Age of Sail, by pirates and sailors. But were these axes really used very often as weapons? Extra videos on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scholagladiatoria

Rifle vs Musket – 19th Century Military History

1789-1914, Accesories, Ammunition, Arms and armour, Early America, Early modern period, Europe, Firearms, Hydepark, Northern America, Popular themes, Post type, Ranged weapon, Region

Looking specifically at the P1853 Rifle vs the East India Company Model F smoothbore musket here, but considering the wider implications of gun development in the middle of the 19th century. Extra videos on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scholagladiatoria

19th Century Weekly

1789-1914, Balkan Peninsula, British Isles, Early modern period, Europe, France and Low Countries, Germanic countries, Hydepark, Iberian Peninsula, Italian Peninsula, Northern America, Post type, Region, Scandinavia and Baltic countries, Slavic countries and Carpathians, TimelineLeave a comment

What’s up in Reenactment of 1789-1914 Upcoming events:  Waynesboro at War Hatboro Living History The Assault on Maryland Heights at the Harpers Ferry Battle For The Bridges Civil War Weekend at White Oak Civil War Re-enactments at Fort Macon Historic Cold Spring Village Hart County Civil War Days Event reports: Castle Rising Reenactment Day in…

Gettysburg Anniversary Committee doesn’t want to host 2020 event

1789-1914, Early modern period, Events, Northern America, Post type, Region, TimelineLeave a comment

The Gettysburg Anniversary Committee (GAC) would like to extend their gratitude and appreciation to all the reenactors, visitors, and local staff that have participated in the Annual Gettysburg Civil War Battle Reenactments for the past 25 years; making those dusty old history books come alive. We are honored to have hosted over 100,000 reenactors, 500,000…