Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2000 15:56:53 -0700 (PDT) From: mark.spiegel@lmco.com (Mark Spiegel) To: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: tms2@mail.ptd.net Subject: Re: Guns and freedom [Was: Re: On "intelligent people" and"dangers to BSD"] Message-ID: <200004032256.PAA28790@sgi523.lmms.lmco.com> In-Reply-To: <no.id>; from "Thomas M. Sommers" at Apr 1, 100 1:34 am
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: : Mark Spiegel wrote: : > : > Not true. When the British attempted to split the Colonies in : > two down the Hudson Valley, it was the locals and their rifles : > who defeated Bourgoyne's (sp?) Army, as it tried to move : > from Montreal to British-held NYC. : : Gates's army was made up of Continentals. There were militia present, : but the core of the army was regulars. Of course, the militia played a : significant part in harassing the British communications prior to the : battle. : 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. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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