Another fascinating British character was Major John Andre.
Other than Washington, General Knox was another of my favorites of the Revolution.
How Knox managed to transport the canon and other supplies from Fort Ticonderoga to Trenton in harsh winter weather was amazing.
I highly recommend “1776’ by David McCullough.
Well the fog of war is thick and there are many players.
I’m just a bit stunned that from all of history that I had never heard anything of the Culper spy ring until this year.
And one of the 6 is still unnamed
Booyaaah!
Hat tip and salutations to the 6th.
I was terrified about how the show would portray the Dunmore proclamation. I feared a leftist slant about freeing the slaves but they were dead honest.
The Dunmore proclamation was a bill of attainder which stripped patriots of their property including the slaves. The slaves weren’t freed, they were given a choice. Fight for the British and gain freedom once the war was won, be resold, or given to British officers or loyalist families.