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jimbob86 · January 7, 2013, 08:01 PM

Forgive the History lesson- besides growing up with a History teacher for a mother, I had to write a college level term paper on the Battles of Saratoga/Burgoyne Campaign of 1777 ....... I LOVE Military History.

Granted, the defeat at Camden was in part due to failure of militia (but mostly due to Gates' poor tactics- he was a **** poor combat leader, and it would have been better for all concerned had Benedict Arnold killed him in duel sparked by a charge of cowardice after Saratoga, IMO) ..... Gen'l Daniel Morgan manged to use milita very effectively 6 months later at Cowpens .....

January 7, 2013, 08:01 PM	#218
jimbob86 Senior Member Join Date: October 4, 2007 Location: All the way to NEBRASKA Posts: 5,245	Forgive the History lesson- besides growing up with a History teacher for a mother, I had to write a college level term paper on the Battles of Saratoga/Burgoyne Campaign of 1777 ....... I LOVE Military History. Granted, the defeat at Camden was in part due to failure of militia (but mostly due to Gates' poor tactics- he was a **** poor combat leader, and it would have been better for all concerned had Benedict Arnold killed him in duel sparked by a charge of cowardice after Saratoga, IMO) ..... Gen'l Daniel Morgan manged to use milita very effectively 6 months later at Cowpens ..... __________________ TheGolden Rule of Tool Use: "If you don't know what you are doing, DON'T." http://nefirearm.com/ Last edited by jimbob86; January 7, 2013 at 08:38 PM.