[metesky]

In these earlier hostilities, Ferling writes, the colonists "not infrequently adopted terror tactics that included torture; killing women, children, and the elderly; the destruction of Indian villages and food supplies; and summary executions of prisoners or their sale into slavery in faraway lands." English soldiers would refer to such methods as the "American way of war."

The English were right, it was the "American way of war", but more it was the "American Indian way of war" and the natives got it returned to them in spades by the colonials who were quick learners.

A comment on your comment: Over the 4th, the History Channel repeated it's excellent series on the Revolution and one of the things mentioned was that between the fall of Charleston and Cowpens there were something like 110/130 major engagements in the Carolinas.

[Pharmboy]

When does a “skirmish” become a “battle?” Hard to say...and there were plenty here in NY/NJ also.