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To: Pharmboy
"The only real instances of guerilla warfare are in the South," Ferling notes.

As long as you forget the reign of terror unleashed upon the Northeast by Gentleman Johnny and the others. The Indians didn't exactly practice conventional warfare, just ask Jane McCrea.

9 posted on 07/08/2007 8:08:29 AM PDT by NonValueAdded (Brian J. Marotta, 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub, (1948-2007) Rest In Peace, our FRiend)
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To: NonValueAdded

NVA on a roll today. Yes—the killing of Jane MCrea (even though she was on her way to meet her Loyalist/Officer lover) was a key issue that got many men from the surrounding countryside (NY, CT, MA,) to join Granny Gates at Saratoga.


10 posted on 07/08/2007 8:11:00 AM PDT by Pharmboy ([She turned me into a] Newt! in '08)
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