Obviously the British recognized it as an army, even if they often saw
it as little better than Milita. But then the British more or less
designed the Milita system in use in the Colonies, and still in a
modified form recognized by the United States Code today.
On 2/19/2010 9:44 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote:
Bill,
You better not tell George Washington that he didn't have an army.
Nobody wintered in Valley Forge.
Nobody made the British surrender at Yorktown.
Nope, there was no army involved. ;-)
Regards, Bob S.
On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 8:18 PM, William Robb<[email protected]> wrote:
----- Original Message ----- From: "P N Stenquist"
Subject: Re: plane crash
Utter nonsense. American revolutionary forces were organized armies that
took direct action against British troops. Undoubtedly, both sides acted
against civilian populations to some extent, but the American Revolution
was as much a war as any other of the time.
Well, they did overthrow the legal government of the day, and they didn't
have a recognized army at the time.
You can't have it both ways no matter how much you want to play both sides
of the fence.
William Robb
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