The American Revolution

[javaguru]

The documentary is on the Military Channel.....


The theme song, which was popular during the war.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NJZajT9Pug

 

[javaguru]

I fully expect this to be a chirp thread......nobody wants to learn anything on EF...I need to post a "would you hit it" thread.

 

[javaguru]

Henry Knox.....he was 25 when the war started...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Knox

As the Siege of Boston continued, he suggested that the cannons then at recently captured Fort Ticonderoga could have a decisive impact. Washington commissioned him to colonel and gave him charge of an expedition to retrieve them. His force brought them by ox-drawn sled south along the west bank of the Hudson River from Fort Ticonderoga to Albany, where they crossed the Hudson and then continued east through The Berkshires and finally to Boston. A map of the trail taken by Knox and his men can be seen by clicking this link Along this trail are at various points plaques denoting the historic event. One of these plaques can be viewed by clicking this link There are 56 identical plaques on the trail from Fort Ticonderoga to Cambridge, Massachusetts denoting the approximately 56 day length of the journey. Knox and his men averaged approximately 5 ⅜ miles per day, completing the 300 mile trip in 56 days, between December 5th, 1775, and January 24th, 1776. The Cannon Train was composed of fifty-nine cannon and mortars, and weighed a total of 60 tons. Upon their arrival in Cambridge, when Washington's army took the Heights of Dorchester, the cannons were placed in a heavily fortified position overlooking Boston, from which they seriously threatened the British fleet in the harbor (see fortification of Dorchester Heights). As a result, the British were forced to withdraw to Halifax on March 17, 1776. After the siege was lifted, Knox undertook the construction and improvement of defenses in Connecticut and Rhode Island to prepare for the British return.

 

[javaguru]

Anyone remember the movie, "The Patriot"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Morgan

The Battle of Cowpens
Morgan chose to make his stand at Cowpens, South Carolina. On the morning of January 17, 1781, they met Tarleton in the Battle of Cowpens. By this time, the opponents were numerically balanced, with about 1,000 each. Morgan had been joined by militia forces under Andrew Pickens and William Washington's dragoons. Tarleton's legion was supplemented with the light infantry from several regiments of regulars.

Morgan's plan took advantage of Tarleton's tendency for quick action and his disdain for the militia, as well as the longer range and accuracy of his Virginia riflemen. The marksmen were positioned to the front, followed by the militia, with the regulars at the hilltop. The first two units were to withdraw as soon as they were seriously threatened, but after inflicting damage. This would invite a premature charge.

The tactic resulted in a double envelopement. In less than an hour, Tarleton's 1,076 men suffered 110 killed, and 830 captured. The captives included 200 wounded. Although Tarleton escaped, the Americans captured all his supplies and equipment, including the officers' slaves. Morgan's cunning plan at Cowpens is widely considered to be "the" tactical masterpiece of the war.

Cornwallis had lost not only Tarleton's legion, but also his light infantry, which limited his speed of reaction for the rest of the campaign. For his actions, Virginia gave Morgan land and an estate that had been abandoned by a Tory. The damp and chill of the campaign had aggravated his sciatica to the point where he was in constant pain; on 10 February, he returned to his Virginia farm. In July 1781, Morgan briefly joined Lafayette to once more pursue Banastre Tarleton, this time in Virginia, but they were not successful.

 

[string_bean00]

weed weed smoke that seed

 

[javaguru]

weed weed smoke that seed

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=305vRNoofr8

 

[string_bean00]

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=305vRNoofr8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJgarp40UJg

 

[javaguru]

Nathanael Greene
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathanael_Greene

Nathanael Greene (August 7, 1742 (N.S.) – June 19, 1786), a major general of the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War. When the war began, Greene was a militia private- the lowest rank possible; he emerged from the war with a reputation as George Washington's most gifted and dependable officer.

 

[javaguru]

You've heard of Valley Forge but Morristown was worse......

George Washington and the Continental Army were encamped near Morristown from January to May 1777. Washington had his headquarters during that first encampment at Jacob Arnold's Tavern located at the Morristown Green in the center of the town. Morristown was selected for its extremely strategic location, the skills and trades of the residents, local industries and natural resources to provide arms, and the ability of the community also to provide enough food to support the army. The churches were used for inoculations for smallpox. That first Headquarters, Arnold's Tavern, was eventually moved a half mile south of the green onto Mount Kemble Avenue to become All Souls Hospital in the late 1800s. It suffered a fire in 1918, and the original structure was demolished, but new buildings for the hospital were built directly across the street.[4]

During the second encampment from December 1779 to June 1780 at Jockey Hollow, Washington's second headquarters in Morristown was located at the Ford Mansion, a large mansion near what was then the 'edge of town.' Ford's widow and children shared the house with Martha Washington and officers of the Continental Army.

The winter of 1780 was the worst winter of the Revolutionary War. The starvation was complicated by extreme inflation of money and lack of pay for the army. During Washington's second stay, in March 1780, he declared St. Patrick's Day a holiday to honor his many Irish troops.[5]

Martha Washington traveled from Virginia and was present with George each winter throughout the war.

The Marquis de Lafayette brought news here in 1780 of aid from France.

The Ford Mansion, Jockey Hollow, and Fort Nonsense are all preserved as part of Morristown National Historical Park managed by the National Park Service, which has the distinction among historic preservationists of being the first National Historical Park established in the United States[6].

 

[rsnoble-im-back]

Funny that I just posted a reply that this country needs a revolotution earlier this am. I think our whole entire fucking gov't needs to be replaced. And with fucking billionaires like it is now. If people would grow a fucking brain and realize how much of a royal ass fucking we're getting then changes could be made.