"And I was there...." 
Posted on 10/19/2017 12:45:03 PM PDT by Bull Snipe
In 202 BC, Roman Consul Publius Cornelius Scipo's Roman and allied Legions defeat Hannibal Barca's Carthaginian army at the Battle of Zama. This effectively ends the Second Punic War.
In 1781, Lord Cornwallis surrenders his 8000 man army to General George Washington and General Rochambeau at Yorktown Virginia. This effectively ends the fighting in the American Revolution and guarantees our independence from Britain.
1864 Major General Philip Sheridan's Union Army of Shenandoah defeat Lt. General Jubal Early's Confederate army of the Valley at the Battle of Cedar Creek, near Middleton, VA. This effectively ends the Civil War in the Shenandoah Valley.
"And I was there...."
LOL! I don’t know about Patton, but my four times great-grandfather was at Yorktown in 1781 as a member of a Virginia militia and saw the surrender of Cornwallis in 1781.
Wow! my family in America dates back to the mid 1800s when the Brits started letting the Irish starve to death or leave. I can find evidence of only one that served in the Civil War. Having a family history back to the revolution must be a source of great pride!
It is. I also have a copy of a Civil War pass for one of my great-grandfathers from the Nat’l Archives signed by Confederate Col. George Smith Patton Sr. (Gen’ Patton’s grandfather). My g-grandfather was caught with the pass in his pocket when captured by Yanks who then put him Camp Chase POW camp.
By the time Phil Sheridan’s cavalry had rampaged through the Shenandoah, to quote him: “A crow flying over that range would have to pack a lunch.”
Was Patton a 3-star in North Africa?
Brian Williams was an eyewitness to all three events.
You really do need a ‘/s’ tag on that headline.
As for Gen. Phil Sheridan’s epic ride to save the day at Cedar Creek; I think he ‘justified’ his overnight stay in Winchester by quipping; “I’d rather have been late than Early!” FYI: his war horse was named Rienzi but after the battle was renamed Winchester in honor of the ride. The horse was 3 inches taller at the shoulder than Gen.Sheridan who was only 5’5”. The Smithsonian has the stuffed and mounted horse in Washington, DC.
In the film he pinned his third star on himself in North Africa, to Omar Bradley’s irritation. It wasn’t confirmed by Congress yet. But Patton just laughed that off.
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