Regarding the Louisiana militia uniforms: there was in 1812 a militia battalion commanded by Major Plauché. The uniform of the battalion was based on the uniform of the grenadiers of the Old Guard of Napoleon's Imperial Guard, they went as far as having a French cockade on their bearskins. The militia artillery adopted uniforms based on the Old Guard foot artillery.
Historically, the US and France had a complicated relationship. The US would work with the French, but were not shy about fighting them or leaving them to die if the French tried to get one over on them.
Based on what I've read and researched over the years, the United States did not care for either side during the Napoleonic Wars. While most Americans did not want to see France lose against the Coalition--and thereby ending the French experiment in liberty--those same people also did not care for Napoleon too much either. At the same time, there was a faction of Americans, particularly in the New England area who were decidedly Anti-French while the majority opinion in America was more Anti-British. During the Napoleonic Wars, both the French and the British engaged in the harassment of American merchants going to and from Europe. Both were trying to suppress the other nation's economy. This was a violation of America's neutrality rights, and America actually considered declaring war on both France and England at the same time. Obviously, that would have been something of a problem, so President Madison chose to declare war on England mostly due to the fact that the British were by far the most problematic considering their habit of impressing American citizens into the Royal Navy and stirring up trouble in the American Northwest Territory. By the way, impressment of seamen into the Royal Navy was acceptable under British law; therefore, by impressing American seamen, the British were essentially laughing off American sovereignty and independence by flippantly deciding who on board an American vessel would be English or not--and they would use any kind of excuse to do so! It's a long and complicated story, but that's just a short summary of the American perspective of the conflicts in Europe.
And yet the resulting War of 1812 failed to address the majority of the issues raised by Madison (other than the Native American issue, which was resolved after Tecumseh's death a d his Confederacy's defeat at Thames, along with the British dropping all demands for an independent "buffer" after their embarrassing defeat at Plattsburgh). Impressment as a practice ended with Napoleon's abdication and the trade war ended with the Orders in Council a few weeks before war was even declared.
@@DirtyMikeandTheBoys69 After the War of 1812, there was an incident when a British sea captain attempted to impress some Americans into the Royal Navy. After complaints were lodged, the British authorities flipped out and ordered the Captain to return the Americans immediately because the British had found out how resolved the United States was to defend her rights and sovereignty. It was also common knowledge in both the American and British governments that if another war broke out between the two countries, the British would most likely lose; and it was assumed by many that after a decade or two there would be another war. That prediction almost came true a couple of times in the next few decades. In short, while the war did not affect much on paper, it did accomplish President Madison's goals and then some. America came out of it with a point made, more respect from other countries, and a much stronger union. Meanwhile, the British found it easier to mostly write the war off as a side show (which from their perspective it probably was) and to forget about it.
@@haswordmaster1497 you should send me the source where you got that information from, because I couldn't find any information on it bring common knowledge that if another war broke out, Great Britain would lose.
@@DirtyMikeandTheBoys69 I don't remember where I read that government officials in both countries figured that another war would probably end in English defeat. I believe it may have been a magazine that I purchased that was published in the 50s or so. I believe that Daniel Webster was one who predicted an American victory. I wouldn't be surprised if the Duke of Wellington also had similar reservations, but that's me more or less speculating based on his opinions concerning the conduct of the War of 1812. Sorry, that I couldn't be more specific about that particular source.
@@haswordmaster1497 Wellington was under the fair assumption that the War of 1812 had stagnated into a stalemate and that despite British superiority, they had failed to actually defeat the United States, thus arguing that British lawmakers shouldn't make any demands for territory. Here's the actual quote - "I think you have no right, from the state of war, to demand any concession of territory from America. You have not been able to carry it into the enemy's territory, notwithstanding your military success and now undoubted military superiority, and have not even cleared your own territory on the point of attack. You cannot on any principle of equality in negotiation claim a cessation of territory except in exchange for other advantages which you have in your power. Then if this reasoning be true, why stipulate for the uti possidetis? You can get no territory: indeed, the state of your military operations, however creditable, does not entitle you to demand any."
Apollo: "Alright guys, time to get your snacks and drinks..." Concession Stand Seller: "All American Hotdogs, get your hotdogs before the insatiable bloodlust of the cannons and muskets has all of your collective attention! Get em' while they're still hot!"
I used to believe that the phrase "military grade" was actually true and meant something, not just some marketing phrase. But then I realized, why would any government want to sell legit military grade equipment to their citizens
@@tazkannon7403 “Best possible price for the lowest possible cost”. That’s what military grade means 😂. Honestly, when soldiers are allowed to buy commercially available military gear we jump on it. So much better than our standard issued crap lol.
30:00 There is a little know mystery of how one general was found dead on the battlefield that is far from the main battle. Some say its a lone sniper, some say its friendly fire............But the truth is there is a lone retreating soldier was running from the battle but then he saw the enemy general, he gathering his courage and fire at him and then he fled due to the enemy cavalry being to close. Not knowing he mortally wounded the general that due to it he bleed out and die while searching to link up to his forces.
Big fan of the channel "History Marche". I just watched all of the Napoleonic Wars Episodes. And again Apollo... You just played right into it. Thank you again for your channel. Never stop !
There's a fun song about paw-paws: "Picking up paw-paws, put 'em in a basket" x3 "Way down yonder in the paw-paw patch." There's also a fun play on words: "Picking up Papa, put him in a casket." x3 etc...
I think America's Napoleonic Era uniforms were patterned after the Prussians. Don't quote me on this but I also think that American military drill was also Prussian. I know it was during the American Revolution, but I'm not sure about this era.
ironically enough , up till the civil war many American militia loved to play dress up , you could see several Militia regiments sporting fancy european uniforms with bearskin hat obviously it stopped during the civil war because well. you know
40:34 why did you randomly start talking about a fruit during an important engagement? Guess them paw paws are life changing during battle. A secret power up or something.
To answer your question New Orleans had a strong french style and US home guard, militia, and even volunteer units were very unique in their uniforms. Even regular units were often based on whatever dye was available (Scott's brigade used gray uniforms because they were issued undyed wool coats, this later became the standard uniform at VMI to honor those soldiers).
Baloo from Jungle Book sings about pawpaws.. "Now when you pick a pawpaw Or a prickly pear And you prick a raw paw Well, next time beware Don't pick the prickly pear by the paw When you pick a pear Try to use the claw But you don't need to use the claw When you pick a pear of the big pawpaw; Have I given you a clue?"
I think it is more tradition rather than actual garrison troops since the troops would of been needed in Europe or in other areas of the French Empire. I know New Orleans has a tradition of having great artillery units (Washington battery in the Civil War comes to mind).
I'm not that familiar with uniform history as much as battle history, but I do know there were units I think on both sides, especially early on in the war before things became mostly uniform, that had their uniforms patterned after the French Zouave in the Civil war.
Realistically I think the US was more of an annoyance to the UK, considering they didn't really send reinforcements till the war in Europe concluded. If the Americans did invade Europe I think it would of been small expeditionary forces being transported by blockade runners and having to be supplied by the fench
Kind of. People forget the US defeated three out of 4 invasions during the war of 1812. But I think the British would have still lost. When they asked Wellington to go to America, he said no. Claiming he was still needed in Europe even though the war with Napoleon was over. As for invading Europe by the US it would have been waste of money, men and material for little to no gain.
@@phillip_iv_planetking6354 Well the British were much more focused on the larger threat, they could have easily swamped the US in a naval blockade and massacred them in open battle, the British ‘invasions’ were both not very large and still managed to burn the White House and fight the US to a neutral seat in the peace negotiations
@@dsan8742 Actually it was the other way around. "During the negotiations, the British had four invasions underway. One force carried out a burning of Washington, but the main mission failed in its goal of capturing Baltimore. The British fleet sailed away when the army commander was killed. A small force invaded the District of Maine from New Brunswick, capturing parts of northeastern Maine and several smuggling towns on the seacoast and re-established the New Ireland colony with the ultimate purpose of incorporating Maine into Canada. Much more important were two major invasions. In northern New York State, 10,000 British troops marched south to cut off New England until a decisive defeat at the Battle of Plattsburgh forced them back to Canada.[15] Nothing was known at the time of the fate of the other major invasion force that had been sent to capture New Orleans and control the Mississippi River. The British prime minister, Lord Liverpool, wanted the Duke of Wellington to go to command in Canada with the assignment of winning the war. Wellington replied that he would go to America but believed that he was needed in Europe.[16] He also stated: I think you have no right, from the state of war, to demand any concession of territory from America... You have not been able to carry it into the enemy's territory, notwithstanding your military success, and now undoubted military superiority, and have not even cleared your own territory on the point of attack. You cannot on any principle of equality in negotiation claim a cession of territory except in exchange for other advantages which you have in your power... Then if this reasoning be true, why stipulate for the uti possidetis? You can get no territory: indeed, the state of your military operations, however creditable, does not entitle you to demand any." Treaty of Ghent.
Neither power were engaging in sinking American merchants. Specifically not the French because they had no real navy to speak of on the high seas after Trafalgar. Both, however, were heavily interfering with American trade. The French in the European ports and the British on the ocean. One of the key reasons why the United States did not declare on the French but on the British was because the British were impressing Americans citizens into the Royal Navy.
The British were doing the same thing but also taking people away to serve in their Navy if it wasn't for Napoleon the British would have been able to completely focused on US during the War of 1812 which was going on at the same time as the Napoleonic War
We kinda were an unofficial ally of Napoleon if you think about it. We bought their land, yes, but we also fought the British in the war of 1812 which took a lot of British forces away from mainland Europe. Enemy of my enemy is my friend
My understanding of the french purchase was that most of it wasn't even owned by France. Essentially french just "claimed" it while every other power chuckled at it and the US went "we'll buy it!!!". US would have been better served to just take it since really nobody was there to defend Also this was blasphemy to do this battle on the May 24 weekend ;) :p For those Americans out there the May 24 weekend is when our queen was crowned 70 years ago. What nobody really talks about is what happens to that holiday when the queen dies since we'll need to change our long weekend then! With such an interest in American musket history I'm surprised you haven't given Grand Tactician Civil War a go :)
I think the French strong armed the Spanish into giving up the territory to them. Napoleon was planning to expand his empire into North America, but chose not to after having problems in the Caribbean and issues in Russia. He also did not want to gain the ire of the United States.
Hard to call it a bad purchase when it’s one of the greatest land purchases in history, and avoiding war with the French and Spanish at the time had to be a deciding factor in its purchase
History is written by the victor. Can we know for certain what may have happened if the US scoffed at the french and just took the territory? Of course not. I don't believe France was in any position to wage war in north america. I suppose an argument can be made that the US bought it to avoid blood shed. An equal argument could be said that the US got bamboozled into buying land that really no one had much of a foothold on yet.
@@mikeyt2323 The United States wanted to buy New Orleans originally. When the Spanish had control of the territory, there had been a long debate between the two countries on whether or not the United States could send goods through New Orleans via the Mississippi River which was the border line between Spanish Territory and American. New Orleans and the surrounding territory was held by the Spanish hence the debate. When Napoleon took the territory, there was concern that he might close off the trade route again, so President Jefferson offered to buy the city from France. Napoleon then offered the entire area at a very low price, America jumped at the bargain.
On a historical note, a lot of Latin Americans, including José de San Martín, the Libertador of Argentina and Chile, went over to Europe to fight Napoleon. San Martín actually fought in the Battle of Bailén, which resulted in the first major defeat for the Napoleonic Grande Armée.
Actually during this time the French became an enemy to the USA. The XYZ affair almost caused a war and very controversial acts, Jefferson would fix that in his presidency but Adam’s term was full of anti French and call for war against them.
One thing the British soldiers were genuinely afraid of was the Kentucky long rifle, that weapon allowed the US to turn New Orleans into such a one sided victory (that and Lafitte's river flotilla). While it wasn't the only long rifle of its time it was one of the longest ranged weapons and the frontiersmen who used it were incredible shots, the idea of it making an appearance in Europe is downright delightful.
The war of 1812 was also the first time a US force met a professional army of equal numbers on neutral ground (neither side entrenched) and came out victorious, the invasion of Canada was where General Scott first made his name and he commanded the US brigade during that battle.
I’m not particularly sure if Louisiana kept the uniforms, but we did and do keep A LOT of French traditions etc. We have parishes and interpreted our law after the Napoleonic code.
Apollo, you are so good at this and I watch all your videos. The way you appreciate the game and the history is all great. I once heard it claimed that Americans can commentate anything, you are certainly proof of the high quality of American commentating. Look forward to all your content.
I wish the mod used "volunteers" instead of militia, US militia rarely fought outside of its designated territories (usually keeping within a county or occasionally joining a larger campaign within its state)
The only way I could see this happening is that if the British did a lot more worse things to start the war of 1812 and the USA completely obliterated the British forces in North America and then went out to contour more British colonies
Paw paws are absolutely amazing. If they had a better shelf life I think they'd be more popular than avocados. My sister in laws family makes paw paw ice cream that is amazing, and they're in Pittsburgh. I'm pretty sure they can grow over most of the eastern US, it's just some places they're more known and deliberately planted. We east coasters zlso have our scrapple ;D
Well, custom factions have been removed. So you dont have a real bavarian faction anymore. But its possible to play them as their respective historical corps. (1809 lefebvre and 1812 St.Cyr i think) if you play Tow (new version of custom factions) you can play france 1809/1812, which consists of the entire forces of the specific campaigns, including bavarians, saxons, garde and normal french. Hope i was able to help!
Than the confederates would probably had won, especially if it was at the start of the war where the confederacy was generally winning. Also they would probably not invade just send resources and their navy to blockade/capture union ships. If they did use an army I can’t see them sending more than a few 10s of thousands from Canada. Hmm also suppose theirs a fair chance of the French allying with union if British allied Confederacy, or maybe the war would had just ended in a cease fire extremely quickly with the union not wanting a war against a confederacy with British support.
@@incognito9292 The British actually favored the Confederacy for a few reasons. First, the American South was a major source of cheap cotton for their textile industry. Secondly, the United States was already poised to out compete the British at every turn. Remember, the British and American relations at the time was still rather cold, so a divided America was more in the British interest. However, you are correct. Part of the reason that England did not support the Confederacy was because of the Emancipation Proclamation. Even though document had no real legal binding at all, it did the trick of keeping Europe out of the Civil War.
@@haswordmaster1497 Except the south was competing with British India for cheap cotton, so Britain only saw the civil war as a win-win, since it would regardless weaken its competitor one way or another. So there was no need to intervene at all.
@@fede98k54 True. Regardless, the British did provide the South of some support. One of the South's best warships, the CSS Alabama, was built by the English for the Confederacy. It was a private contract, but it does demonstrate English preference for the South. It wasn't the only ship the British made for the Southern states. After the war, the United States was able to claim $15 M from the British for damages caused by English made ships used by the South.
Depends who they invaded, and if they had other allies, they could definitely get over there and defeat some European powers but if it was all at once than yeah at that time their chances would be slim. Hmm they would also probably fair better towards the end of 19th century rather than beginning.
Well if it wasn't for Napoleon we might not have won the war of 1812 he did keep the British occupied in Europe so they couldn't send everything over here
Apollo how you were talking about the uniforms 17:56 they were based after Austrian uniforms for a long time, that's where they get there European look
This is what’s going on in my darth mod campaign I am the thirteen colonies and I took new Spain as a protectorate . Now France is at war with new spain and I , on top of that the British Spain and Russia all hate me to 😅
not us invaiding europe at all more like us taking the royal navy out of the equation durring the war of 1812 and getting a force to Europe to fight though it would be more focused on the British then on the rest of the coloition.
The US is really bad in this match, because of the player. If he'd think twice before sending every unit to the tree-line and get ambushed. It was actually predictable (you can see that the Dutch pulled out their forces and US right on their tail). Why did he follow them? idk...
it would be my dream if some company made this game or style of it like total war style and remaster it to the point of this mod and put it on console as well
I downloaded the Napoleonic Total War 3 mod, but I don't see the new battlefield maps on there like I see PA playing. Also, I don't see any new factions. Can anyone help me out on what I'm doing wrong? Would be much appreciated.
19:30 -
Apollo: "I need to stop rambling about uniforms, I'm missing too much."
Also Apollo: "Look at these squid hats!"
I love how you took a Waterloo painting and merged it with a battle of new Orleans painting.
I just noticed this
thanks napoleon
@@AbrahamLincoln4 Mr president?!?
@@AbrahamLincoln4 Mr President are you rolling in your graves
@@AbrahamLincoln4 i see you in every historical video
Regarding the Louisiana militia uniforms: there was in 1812 a militia battalion commanded by Major Plauché. The uniform of the battalion was based on the uniform of the grenadiers of the Old Guard of Napoleon's Imperial Guard, they went as far as having a French cockade on their bearskins. The militia artillery adopted uniforms based on the Old Guard foot artillery.
That is very interesting I did not know that.
Historically, the US and France had a complicated relationship. The US would work with the French, but were not shy about fighting them or leaving them to die if the French tried to get one over on them.
Not to [mention] that the French Revolution strained the relationship
@@iancootz What? No. It definitely helped the relation ship.
@@rubenleejohnsen2037 I liked your comment because I believe I detected a note of sarcasm there
@@iancootz yeah i realized before i did something stupid
@@rubenleejohnsen2037 No, it didn't...
Based on what I've read and researched over the years, the United States did not care for either side during the Napoleonic Wars. While most Americans did not want to see France lose against the Coalition--and thereby ending the French experiment in liberty--those same people also did not care for Napoleon too much either. At the same time, there was a faction of Americans, particularly in the New England area who were decidedly Anti-French while the majority opinion in America was more Anti-British. During the Napoleonic Wars, both the French and the British engaged in the harassment of American merchants going to and from Europe. Both were trying to suppress the other nation's economy. This was a violation of America's neutrality rights, and America actually considered declaring war on both France and England at the same time. Obviously, that would have been something of a problem, so President Madison chose to declare war on England mostly due to the fact that the British were by far the most problematic considering their habit of impressing American citizens into the Royal Navy and stirring up trouble in the American Northwest Territory. By the way, impressment of seamen into the Royal Navy was acceptable under British law; therefore, by impressing American seamen, the British were essentially laughing off American sovereignty and independence by flippantly deciding who on board an American vessel would be English or not--and they would use any kind of excuse to do so! It's a long and complicated story, but that's just a short summary of the American perspective of the conflicts in Europe.
And yet the resulting War of 1812 failed to address the majority of the issues raised by Madison (other than the Native American issue, which was resolved after Tecumseh's death a d his Confederacy's defeat at Thames, along with the British dropping all demands for an independent "buffer" after their embarrassing defeat at Plattsburgh). Impressment as a practice ended with Napoleon's abdication and the trade war ended with the Orders in Council a few weeks before war was even declared.
@@DirtyMikeandTheBoys69 After the War of 1812, there was an incident when a British sea captain attempted to impress some Americans into the Royal Navy. After complaints were lodged, the British authorities flipped out and ordered the Captain to return the Americans immediately because the British had found out how resolved the United States was to defend her rights and sovereignty. It was also common knowledge in both the American and British governments that if another war broke out between the two countries, the British would most likely lose; and it was assumed by many that after a decade or two there would be another war. That prediction almost came true a couple of times in the next few decades. In short, while the war did not affect much on paper, it did accomplish President Madison's goals and then some. America came out of it with a point made, more respect from other countries, and a much stronger union. Meanwhile, the British found it easier to mostly write the war off as a side show (which from their perspective it probably was) and to forget about it.
@@haswordmaster1497 you should send me the source where you got that information from, because I couldn't find any information on it bring common knowledge that if another war broke out, Great Britain would lose.
@@DirtyMikeandTheBoys69 I don't remember where I read that government officials in both countries figured that another war would probably end in English defeat. I believe it may have been a magazine that I purchased that was published in the 50s or so. I believe that Daniel Webster was one who predicted an American victory. I wouldn't be surprised if the Duke of Wellington also had similar reservations, but that's me more or less speculating based on his opinions concerning the conduct of the War of 1812. Sorry, that I couldn't be more specific about that particular source.
@@haswordmaster1497 Wellington was under the fair assumption that the War of 1812 had stagnated into a stalemate and that despite British superiority, they had failed to actually defeat the United States, thus arguing that British lawmakers shouldn't make any demands for territory. Here's the actual quote -
"I think you have no right, from the state of war, to demand any concession of territory from America. You have not been able to carry it into the enemy's territory, notwithstanding your military success and now undoubted military superiority, and have not even cleared your own territory on the point of attack. You cannot on any principle of equality in negotiation claim a cessation of territory except in exchange for other advantages which you have in your power. Then if this reasoning be true, why stipulate for the uti possidetis? You can get no territory: indeed, the state of your military operations, however creditable, does not entitle you to demand any."
We need me more scenarios like this, keep up the good work
Apollo: "Alright guys, time to get your snacks and drinks..."
Concession Stand Seller: "All American Hotdogs, get your hotdogs before the insatiable bloodlust of the cannons and muskets has all of your collective attention! Get em' while they're still hot!"
Product: Military grade
Civilians: wow.... Thats reliable
Veterans: wow.... Thats shit. XD
I used to believe that the phrase "military grade" was actually true and meant something, not just some marketing phrase.
But then I realized, why would any government want to sell legit military grade equipment to their citizens
@@tazkannon7403 no military grade just means cheap 😂
As active duty, I can confirm
@@VoodooActual same
@@tazkannon7403 “Best possible price for the lowest possible cost”. That’s what military grade means 😂.
Honestly, when soldiers are allowed to buy commercially available military gear we jump on it. So much better than our standard issued crap lol.
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There is a little know mystery of how one general was found dead on the battlefield that is far from the main battle. Some say its a lone sniper, some say its friendly fire............But the truth is there is a lone retreating soldier was running from the battle but then he saw the enemy general, he gathering his courage and fire at him and then he fled due to the enemy cavalry being to close. Not knowing he mortally wounded the general that due to it he bleed out and die while searching to link up to his forces.
Dysentery claimed another victim
Died of Cringe
@@steelydan3263 a rare variant of SIDS… SGDS
Big fan of the channel "History Marche". I just watched all of the Napoleonic Wars Episodes. And again Apollo... You just played right into it.
Thank you again for your channel.
Never stop !
Seeing myself retreating in these video's are becoming tradition 🤣
Love the replays
There's a fun song about paw-paws: "Picking up paw-paws, put 'em in a basket" x3 "Way down yonder in the paw-paw patch."
There's also a fun play on words: "Picking up Papa, put him in a casket." x3 etc...
Honestly apollo, I loved the historical rant at the start of the battle. That kind of thing makes the battles more interesting.
The majority of the time us military has been influenced by the French army and even before the us was a nation
Sort of. Most of the time, sure, but when Prussians we're available...
I think America's Napoleonic Era uniforms were patterned after the Prussians. Don't quote me on this but I also think that American military drill was also Prussian. I know it was during the American Revolution, but I'm not sure about this era.
@@haswordmaster1497 yeah you are right.
@@khronostheavenger8923 yeah it was to an extent a mixture of different nations army influences
Apollo''s voice is just perfect for sponsorships lol So convincing.
France :- Helps US get its independance .
US :- Thanks for that .
Now let me just take Europe if you will.
Apollo: i guess I need to stop rambling about uniforms and pay attention.
Also Apollo: Hey Georgia! Look at these hats!
18:15 you know your military is good when your militia looks like French Old Guard
Except the army of the USA in 1812 was pretty poor
ironically enough , up till the civil war many American militia loved to play dress up , you could see several Militia regiments sporting fancy european uniforms with bearskin hat
obviously it stopped during the civil war because well.
you know
@@danielomar9712 i think a well known example is the Continental Morgan Guard
@@robowisanveithasung6022 oh those dudes looked swagger
@@danielomar9712 indeed. sad that their unis were wear and tear though
love this man, your channel reminds me of my childhood
I wish there was more games in this time era
Instead of life of a soldier maybe do death of a soldier to investigate the mysterious circumstances of the demise of the fallen American general?
40:34 why did you randomly start talking about a fruit during an important engagement? Guess them paw paws are life changing during battle. A secret power up or something.
Hahaha
14:51 It's Austrian.
[Technically separate from the HRE, although both are governed by the same Emperor.]
HRE was dissolved in 1806 after over 1,000 years after the formation of the empire. So it really depends on the year the Austrians in the game are.
@@Generalissimo1756 It's the Napoleonic era, so the Emperor is Francis II.
“If I would of came out a little later”
-Apollo 2022
To answer your question New Orleans had a strong french style and US home guard, militia, and even volunteer units were very unique in their uniforms. Even regular units were often based on whatever dye was available (Scott's brigade used gray uniforms because they were issued undyed wool coats, this later became the standard uniform at VMI to honor those soldiers).
Rah Va Mil
Baloo from Jungle Book sings about pawpaws..
"Now when you pick a pawpaw
Or a prickly pear
And you prick a raw paw
Well, next time beware
Don't pick the prickly pear by the paw
When you pick a pear
Try to use the claw
But you don't need to use the claw
When you pick a pear of the big pawpaw;
Have I given you a clue?"
40:50 i love when Apollo talks about "pawpaw" while commenting a game about "pewpew" 🤠💣💥
Snack? How about a mixing bowl size serving of spaghetti and meatballs?
The Comte de Lasalle smiles, draws his sabre, and spurs his horse into action.
I love these great videos, very interesting scenario, keep these great videos coming, I love watching them
I think it is more tradition rather than actual garrison troops since the troops would of been needed in Europe or in other areas of the French Empire. I know New Orleans has a tradition of having great artillery units (Washington battery in the Civil War comes to mind).
Finally..some Napoleonic content
I'm not that familiar with uniform history as much as battle history, but I do know there were units I think on both sides, especially early on in the war before things became mostly uniform, that had their uniforms patterned after the French Zouave in the Civil war.
Realistically I think the US was more of an annoyance to the UK, considering they didn't really send reinforcements till the war in Europe concluded. If the Americans did invade Europe I think it would of been small expeditionary forces being transported by blockade runners and having to be supplied by the fench
realistically i dont think any american country or viceroyalty was in position to operate in anyway outside of america, way too small pop .
Who the hell are the Fench?
Kind of.
People forget the US defeated three out of 4 invasions during the war of 1812.
But I think the British would have still lost.
When they asked Wellington to go to America, he said no.
Claiming he was still needed in Europe even though the war with Napoleon was over.
As for invading Europe by the US it would have been waste of money, men and material for little to no gain.
@@phillip_iv_planetking6354
Well the British were much more focused on the larger threat, they could have easily swamped the US in a naval blockade and massacred them in open battle, the British ‘invasions’ were both not very large and still managed to burn the White House and fight the US to a neutral seat in the peace negotiations
@@dsan8742 Actually it was the other way around.
"During the negotiations, the British had four invasions underway. One force carried out a burning of Washington, but the main mission failed in its goal of capturing Baltimore. The British fleet sailed away when the army commander was killed. A small force invaded the District of Maine from New Brunswick, capturing parts of northeastern Maine and several smuggling towns on the seacoast and re-established the New Ireland colony with the ultimate purpose of incorporating Maine into Canada. Much more important were two major invasions. In northern New York State, 10,000 British troops marched south to cut off New England until a decisive defeat at the Battle of Plattsburgh forced them back to Canada.[15] Nothing was known at the time of the fate of the other major invasion force that had been sent to capture New Orleans and control the Mississippi River.
The British prime minister, Lord Liverpool, wanted the Duke of Wellington to go to command in Canada with the assignment of winning the war. Wellington replied that he would go to America but believed that he was needed in Europe.[16] He also stated:
I think you have no right, from the state of war, to demand any concession of territory from America... You have not been able to carry it into the enemy's territory, notwithstanding your military success, and now undoubted military superiority, and have not even cleared your own territory on the point of attack. You cannot on any principle of equality in negotiation claim a cession of territory except in exchange for other advantages which you have in your power... Then if this reasoning be true, why stipulate for the uti possidetis? You can get no territory: indeed, the state of your military operations, however creditable, does not entitle you to demand any."
Treaty of Ghent.
Redcoats and the Holy Roman Empire stole the show❤️🔥❤️🔥😻
the myth that us canadians gouge ourselves in maple syrup is stupid. its like saying british people only eat biscuits and drink tea
no you do, stop denying it
Good to see the US do well in NTW3 for a change! Usually they fold up like a table. Nice Battle Pixie!
You can see that the coalition learnt from napoleon by getting their ass kicked and can move around quickly now
The USA would have fought the French cause Napoleon’s navy kept sinking US trader ships and refusing to negotiate. Sorry I’m a little history nerd lol
Neither power were engaging in sinking American merchants. Specifically not the French because they had no real navy to speak of on the high seas after Trafalgar. Both, however, were heavily interfering with American trade. The French in the European ports and the British on the ocean. One of the key reasons why the United States did not declare on the French but on the British was because the British were impressing Americans citizens into the Royal Navy.
The British were doing the same thing but also taking people away to serve in their Navy if it wasn't for Napoleon the British would have been able to completely focused on US during the War of 1812 which was going on at the same time as the Napoleonic War
We kinda were an unofficial ally of Napoleon if you think about it. We bought their land, yes, but we also fought the British in the war of 1812 which took a lot of British forces away from mainland Europe. Enemy of my enemy is my friend
the usa were the new scottish ally, an anglophone nation that hates england
My understanding of the french purchase was that most of it wasn't even owned by France. Essentially french just "claimed" it while every other power chuckled at it and the US went "we'll buy it!!!". US would have been better served to just take it since really nobody was there to defend
Also this was blasphemy to do this battle on the May 24 weekend ;) :p For those Americans out there the May 24 weekend is when our queen was crowned 70 years ago. What nobody really talks about is what happens to that holiday when the queen dies since we'll need to change our long weekend then!
With such an interest in American musket history I'm surprised you haven't given Grand Tactician Civil War a go :)
I think the French strong armed the Spanish into giving up the territory to them. Napoleon was planning to expand his empire into North America, but chose not to after having problems in the Caribbean and issues in Russia. He also did not want to gain the ire of the United States.
Hard to call it a bad purchase when it’s one of the greatest land purchases in history, and avoiding war with the French and Spanish at the time had to be a deciding factor in its purchase
History is written by the victor. Can we know for certain what may have happened if the US scoffed at the french and just took the territory? Of course not. I don't believe France was in any position to wage war in north america. I suppose an argument can be made that the US bought it to avoid blood shed. An equal argument could be said that the US got bamboozled into buying land that really no one had much of a foothold on yet.
@@mikeyt2323 The United States wanted to buy New Orleans originally. When the Spanish had control of the territory, there had been a long debate between the two countries on whether or not the United States could send goods through New Orleans via the Mississippi River which was the border line between Spanish Territory and American. New Orleans and the surrounding territory was held by the Spanish hence the debate. When Napoleon took the territory, there was concern that he might close off the trade route again, so President Jefferson offered to buy the city from France. Napoleon then offered the entire area at a very low price, America jumped at the bargain.
On a historical note, a lot of Latin Americans, including José de San Martín, the Libertador of Argentina and Chile, went over to Europe to fight Napoleon. San Martín actually fought in the Battle of Bailén, which resulted in the first major defeat for the Napoleonic Grande Armée.
They'd be in Davey Jones' locker thanks to the Royal Navy ;) Interesting Scenarion though!
how do you not have 1,000,000 yet? You're like one of the best commentators for these types of games
Actually during this time the French became an enemy to the USA. The XYZ affair almost caused a war and very controversial acts, Jefferson would fix that in his presidency but Adam’s term was full of anti French and call for war against them.
One thing the British soldiers were genuinely afraid of was the Kentucky long rifle, that weapon allowed the US to turn New Orleans into such a one sided victory (that and Lafitte's river flotilla). While it wasn't the only long rifle of its time it was one of the longest ranged weapons and the frontiersmen who used it were incredible shots, the idea of it making an appearance in Europe is downright delightful.
The war of 1812 was also the first time a US force met a professional army of equal numbers on neutral ground (neither side entrenched) and came out victorious, the invasion of Canada was where General Scott first made his name and he commanded the US brigade during that battle.
got too admit i really did think the usa had it......but hey the ally team got too together really good to watch
apollo came in clutch for fathers day ong ong
opener of 'Sir, it's the....Americans?'
I’m not particularly sure if Louisiana kept the uniforms, but we did and do keep A LOT of French traditions etc.
We have parishes and interpreted our law after the Napoleonic code.
Russian guy disconnected thats why the mass route happened. I was UK/Ned.
Apollo, you are so good at this and I watch all your videos. The way you appreciate the game and the history is all great. I once heard it claimed that Americans can commentate anything, you are certainly proof of the high quality of American commentating. Look forward to all your content.
*This is OUR Sunset Invasion!*
To battle!
I wish the mod used "volunteers" instead of militia, US militia rarely fought outside of its designated territories (usually keeping within a county or occasionally joining a larger campaign within its state)
you should really look into playing ultimate general civil war super fun game!
7:46 YES FINALLY! 95TH RIFLES! TOOK YOU LONG ENOUGH TO SHOW MY LADS! But I still rooting for US but I love 95th.
United States of America was in the WAR of 1812 🇺🇸🆚🇬🇧
Love when the videos gets to plant talk 🥲🤣😂
The only way I could see this happening is that if the British did a lot more worse things to start the war of 1812 and the USA completely obliterated the British forces in North America and then went out to contour more British colonies
Even then, I think it would mostly be battles in Canada and the Caribbean.
PawPaw trees! I actually do k ow about them. They taste like bananas. It looks kinda like an oversized bean. Big green fruit
Paw paws are absolutely amazing. If they had a better shelf life I think they'd be more popular than avocados. My sister in laws family makes paw paw ice cream that is amazing, and they're in Pittsburgh. I'm pretty sure they can grow over most of the eastern US, it's just some places they're more known and deliberately planted. We east coasters zlso have our scrapple ;D
Does anyone knows if bavaria is still in the game? I heard that it has been removed, but im not entirely sure if thats true...
Well, custom factions have been removed. So you dont have a real bavarian faction anymore. But its possible to play them as their respective historical corps. (1809 lefebvre and 1812 St.Cyr i think)
if you play Tow (new version of custom factions) you can play france 1809/1812, which consists of the entire forces of the specific campaigns, including bavarians, saxons, garde and normal french.
Hope i was able to help!
@@imrahilvondolamroth4205 Yeah, ineed you were! Thx very much!
It's America, we didn't call ourselves 'The United States' until after the Civil War.
love this we need more ntw3!!
with British naval supremacy, it was unfortunately not feasible for the US to drop an expeditionary force, not to mention a variety of other factors
And that’s why we don’t know about it in history 😂
A more interesting scenario would be: What if the British invaded the Union during the Civil War and helped the Confederates?)))
@@incognito9292 the public would have revolted in some way but the goverment would have supported the confederacy due to the cotton resources
Than the confederates would probably had won, especially if it was at the start of the war where the confederacy was generally winning.
Also they would probably not invade just send resources and their navy to blockade/capture union ships. If they did use an army I can’t see them sending more than a few 10s of thousands from Canada.
Hmm also suppose theirs a fair chance of the French allying with union if British allied Confederacy, or maybe the war would had just ended in a cease fire extremely quickly with the union not wanting a war against a confederacy with British support.
@@incognito9292 The British actually favored the Confederacy for a few reasons. First, the American South was a major source of cheap cotton for their textile industry. Secondly, the United States was already poised to out compete the British at every turn. Remember, the British and American relations at the time was still rather cold, so a divided America was more in the British interest. However, you are correct. Part of the reason that England did not support the Confederacy was because of the Emancipation Proclamation. Even though document had no real legal binding at all, it did the trick of keeping Europe out of the Civil War.
@@haswordmaster1497 Except the south was competing with British India for cheap cotton, so Britain only saw the civil war as a win-win, since it would regardless weaken its competitor one way or another. So there was no need to intervene at all.
@@fede98k54 True. Regardless, the British did provide the South of some support. One of the South's best warships, the CSS Alabama, was built by the English for the Confederacy. It was a private contract, but it does demonstrate English preference for the South. It wasn't the only ship the British made for the Southern states. After the war, the United States was able to claim $15 M from the British for damages caused by English made ships used by the South.
Georgia is proud to have ya Apollo
YEAH I don't think that a milita would have such fancy uniforms as old guard
in reality the US would get curbstomped if they invaded europe in the 19th century
Depends who they invaded, and if they had other allies, they could definitely get over there and defeat some European powers but if it was all at once than yeah at that time their chances would be slim. Hmm they would also probably fair better towards the end of 19th century rather than beginning.
Well if it wasn't for Napoleon we might not have won the war of 1812 he did keep the British occupied in Europe so they couldn't send everything over here
YOU SHOULD TRY THE MOD FEILD AND COMMAND!!
This one i like
Hey your name is the equivalent of the United States cavalry
Apollo how you were talking about the uniforms 17:56 they were based after Austrian uniforms for a long time, that's where they get there European look
Did not picture Apollo being southern lol 👍
This is what’s going on in my darth mod campaign I am the thirteen colonies and I took new Spain as a protectorate . Now France is at war with new spain and I , on top of that the British Spain and Russia all hate me to 😅
Another what if
What if america joined the battle of waterloo when napoleon's imperial guard came
14:51 it's a combined Russo-Austrian/HRE force from around the time of Austerlitz.
The uniforms for the Louisiana militia are correct and historical 1811 to 1815
sick game idea!
This was a rough showing from start to finish for the Americans. Players unskilled
in reality the americans at this time would probably won't even be able to defeat the french light lnfantries
So basically this would be if the US answered Napoleon's call for help
not us invaiding europe at all more like us taking the royal navy out of the equation durring the war of 1812 and getting a force to Europe to fight though it would be more focused on the British then on the rest of the coloition.
Ngl The ridge wallet would be a pretty crappy gift for my dad considering that he already has one.+
Thank you so much I've been waiting for a while And subscribe people
The US is really bad in this match, because of the player. If he'd think twice before sending every unit to the tree-line and get ambushed. It was actually predictable (you can see that the Dutch pulled out their forces and US right on their tail). Why did he follow them? idk...
it would be my dream if some company made this game or style of it like total war style and remaster it to the point of this mod and put it on console as well
2:36 That exactly what the US army does in any country that they say they are "liberating" or "protecting democracy" in that country!
We still live under napoleanic law and rules in Louisiana we have hung on to our french history as well as spanish and so on
Should make more us battles lol. Love it
I downloaded the Napoleonic Total War 3 mod, but I don't see the new battlefield maps on there like I see PA playing. Also, I don't see any new factions. Can anyone help me out on what I'm doing wrong? Would be much appreciated.
Perfidious Americans
The best alternate reality
What a shame it is to spoil with bullets, such a scene of Marshall Beauty
New fear unlocked 🤣
Would love to know wherre and how to download this mod.
The New Orleans militia looks like old guard
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