I have. And it says that the British were winning until the French
arrived.
And while there were professionals on the colonial side, there were
many more on the British and Hessian side, that is until the French
showed up.
Also, while George Washington did have military training, he made most
of his early career as a surveyor and farmer. He intended to go back
to farming when he was "drafted" as President.
On Wed, 12 Sep 2001 17:28:24 -0700 (PDT), you wrote:
>George Washington was a career military officer
>trained by the British as a colonial "regular" army
>officer.
>
>There was a professional colonial army that fought
>against the royalists, they got their experience
>fighting the Indians, the French in northern NY, and
>probably the Dutch, also in NY.
>
>Fort Niagara has flown the flags of four different
>countries!
>
>History!! Read the history of your country!!
>
>Joe
>
>--- Daniel Terp <dterp@tallcity.com> wrote:
>> On Wed, 12 Sep 2001 03:42:53 -0500, you wrote:
>>
>> > The Red Coats were trained professionals also.
>> > Ed Morgan
>>
>> True, and they were beating the crap out of the
>> civilian "militias"
>> until the French regulars arrived to reinforce the
>> colonials.
>>
>>
>>
>>
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