From Lexington, the RedCoats marched towards Concord. At the North Bridge they encountered 5 companies of Minutemen who drove them back. But before that we’ll drop in at a New England village circa 1775.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battles_of_Lexington_and_Concord

One close-up shows a firearm with the following markings "Dublin Castle 1728" and a picture of a crown with the letters GR which represents King George I-III. Why were men trained for fast reloading rather than marksmanship? Read about this and more in the Redcoat's Brown Bess here: 11thpa.org/Bess.html .

This is Part 2 of 3 of the American Revolution series. Part 1 can be found here:
vimeo.com/949740

Part 3: here:
vimeo.com/1546051