American Revolution
I’ve been watching The History Channel’s The Revolution for the past few weeks. I suppose you would classify it as docudrama. It is quite fascinating. I’ll be the first to admit there are some gaps in my American History knowledge, particularly the revolution, that I’m not comfortable with. We covered and I learned much about Breed’s/Bunker Hill, Trenton, Fort Ticonderoga, and the winter at Valley Forge in grammar school and high school. There wasn’t much new there for me but the Battle of Monmouth, the siege of Charleston, and the winter at Morristown were events we didn’t cover very well. Good TV.
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I'm very proud that an American has won again.
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I've always been interested in the American Revolution. I recommend "Washington's Crossing" by David Hackett Fischer, which provides in-depth discussin about the Battles of Trenton and Princeton. As for the series, I didn't know it was on.
K-
I happened to catch a glimpse of the promo, Kem. I gave it a season pass on TiVo and I don't have to remember. It's an amazing feature. Anyway, it comes on Sunday nights and I am certain they will rerun it. Original programming is a moneymaker for cable channels.
One aspect of the Revolutionary War that I have found very interesting is the war in the South. That doesn't seem to get covered as much as Washington's army but it was very important. I'd recommend checking into Francis Marion, "The Swamp Fox of the Revolution", if you haven't already, as a starting point. I don't have any good books to recommend off the top of my head, but they are out there, as is a ton of stuff on the internet.
That's what I found fascinating last night, Dave. With Washington and his army wintering in Morristown and too beleaguered to give chase to the British force sailing south under General Clinton, the siege of Charleston was bound to succeed. Still, the American commander at Charleston, General Benjamin Lincoln, and his badly outnumbered and overmatched force dug in and fought. Like details? General Lincoln suffered from severe sleep apnea. The war in the south has been given short shrift. This is just cool stuff. Think I'll be heading to the library when it's over.