Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2000 21:31:25 -0400 From: "Thomas M. Sommers" <tms2@mail.ptd.net> To: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Guns and freedom [Was: Re: On "intelligent people" and"dangers to BSD"] Message-ID: <38E945ED.8FC1F4FE@mail.ptd.net> References: <200004032256.PAA28790@sgi523.lmms.lmco.com>
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Mark Spiegel wrote: > > Gates?!?!? that paper shuffler was hiding in his tent when > the battle took place. Benedict Arnold, the later infamous > traitor, became famous for leading the colonists to victory > at Saratoga. > > And the troops he led were overwhelmingly MILITIA. > > Washington explicitly called for the militia to turn back > Bourgoyne because he couldn't spare more than the corps of > sharpshooters he did send. These few and whatever stragglers > there were from the loss of Fort Ticonderoga were the only > army regulars. Can you point me to a good OB for the battle? The sources I checked are pretty vague, but suggest that the militia was in the minority. The sources could be wrong, or I could be misinterpreting them. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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