(September 6, 2015 at 10:53 pm)Lemonvariable72 Wrote:(September 6, 2015 at 10:46 pm)Minimalist Wrote: The militia was the military.
And never forget what George Washington thought of them.
And we saw the success Mr. Gates had going muzzle to muzzle with the red coats.
Daniel Morgan figured out how to use them at Cowpens. "Just give me two fires, boys. Then you can run away!"
Okay - he didn't say "run away" - that was Graham Chapman in Holy Grail - but he did tell them to withdraw behind the regulars and "regroup." Everybody knew he was trying to get them out of there before they ran away!