Posted on 04/15/2012 11:48:38 AM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
The American was voted the winner in a contest run by the National Army Museum to identify the country's most outstanding military opponent.
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I have my own idea of why Jackson adopted the Indian baby.
Remember Jackson was orphaned at age 13 and was left completely alone to fend for him self. I think when he saw the baby his heart went out to him because he remembered his own suffering.
Remember Jackson was orphaned at age 13 and was left completely alone to fend for him self. I think when he saw the baby his heart went out to him because he remembered his own suffering.
Do you know what happened to the boy?
I can’t remember for certain but it sticks in my mind that he lived to maybe 18 or so and died of one of the many fevers that were prevalent at the time.
He was buried at the Hermitage.
Long Live George Washington!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydFJS-O2FwQ
Long Live George Washington!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydFJS-O2FwQ
Really?.
Try visiting Northern Ireland and the West of Scotland.
Proud of an IRA terrorist?.
At least Washington was an honourable soldier, who fought in the field as an honourable enemy does.
Actually the war of 1812 was a sideshow to the British.
The Peninsular War against France took priority.
“the General who simply whipped the British was Andrew Jackson.”
1 instance does not count. Not against an entire war.
People underestimate Washington. Unlike virtually all the others, he had almost no cards in his hands.
This was a seat-of-your-pants operation. The war started with almost no organization - that includes the obvious, as well as training or materiel. Washington had basically nothing to work with.
Add to that he wanted to temper himself and the whole movement so nothing might turn into a nightmare like the highly overrated French Revolution would be, the proletariat simply mobbing the the nobility system.
Washington basically tried to confer with Congress and defer to them, never wanting to overstep. While begging for help in money, provisions, and training.
Once Washington had had enough seeing the Cabal, he took greater initiative on his own without worrying so much about Congress.
He managed all this brilliantly. And ultimately, he got what he wanted - defeat of the King without total breakdown and chaos and counter-tyranny at home.
The Battle of New Orleans was not the only battle which Jackson fought. I don’t believe Jackson ever lost one and even a single battle is not meaningless, especially with how lopsided the victory was.
George Washington was embarrassed by the Hessian and the Black Watch in his first action in New York. To his credit, Washington kept learning and eventually was a very fine general.
As Robert E. Lee’s father said at Washington’s funeral. “He was first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen.”
Proud of the Black & Tans?
When else did Jackson actually face the British?
I will say it again - Washington had almost nothing to play with. There was no regular army, and less training. Never mind accoutrements and equipment. Mentioning Long Island - that’s the virtual real start of the RevWar for George. BTW, which he brilliantly - and providentially - escaped (subterfuge he would use again and again - mostly exactly because of his “army’s” disadvantages).
I’ll give you that 1. I have little sympathy for IRA types.
Different war.
I thought he was a royal officer in the French/Indian wars?
Nope.
They were a bunch of murdering thugs that many regular British soldiers, officers and generals despised. Montgomery called them the dregs of the earth.
He fought under British command and he was an officer, but he was still a colonial.
I think he died of tuberculosis, but don’t quote me on that. We just read ‘A Being So Gentle’ by Patricia Brady for my book club a few months back, but I can’t remember the young man’s cause of death.
That doesn’t matter. He still had the same rights and responsibilities as any other Briton (which at the time he was). In fact, it was the fear of losing the rights that the colonials assumed they had as Britons that were probably the main reasons for the revolution.
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