(September 7, 2015 at 2:08 pm)Godschild Wrote:(September 7, 2015 at 1:49 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Could you give one example of an armed invasion of the US which was stopped by an armed rabble, G-C?
Revolutionary War.
Utterly incorrect.
Even though they were generally part of state militias (and not just every asshole with a gun) it was not until they were given proper training and discipline that they developed the capacity to stand up to the British Army. Washington routinely got his ass kicked until he was able to teach his men to be soldiers and not assholes. Hence, his commentary about "militia" cited above. It was the Battle of Monmouth which gave the Limeys the rude awakening that the Yanks had learned to fight.
The closest example you might have come up with would have been the Battle of New Orleans where Andy Jackson scraped together all sorts of people to add to his regular troops to fill out his line. They were still mainly regulars and militiamen. Fortunately that day the British were off their game totally and the war was already over although no one knew it.
