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A very interesting post! This is something I’ve never heard about before – I look forward to reading more from you, @2brute!

This doesn’t seem to be working. I did all of the required steps but I haven’t got any notification or anything

Agree that we need an American Revolution group

The Hessians being drunk at Trenton is one that always gets my goat – today being December 26 I am reminded of it

For Revolutionary War buffs, I very highly recommend Lawrence Henry Gipson’s 15-volume British Empire Before the American Revolution. He very thoroughly covers the imperial apparatus employed by Great Britain from 1745-1775 and how that apparatus failed to restrain the rapidly growing American colonies. He is very sympathetic to the imperial…[Read more]

He was very much not a great tactician. He was mediocre. He seriously bungled his dispositions during the 1776 New York campaign, so much so that had he not been rescued by a fog following his defeat on Long Island he would have lost virtually his entire force on the banks of the East River. At the Battle of Long Island itself, he was outflanked…[Read more]

Antique weapons are a really cool gift. I would love, for example, to own a real weapon used during the Revolutionary War. Even better would be if I could know who it belonged to, i.e. an officer’s sword

I think gamification is fine, as long as it doesn’t incentivize spammy posting or mutual liking just to gain clout or whatever. But we’re really small at the moment, so these concerns are a while in the future