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Although I don't usually post articles on anniversaries or remembrances, I put this up for two reasons: the war in the south has been under-emphasized and the Highlanders 71st Regiment of Foot was a storied bunch.
1 posted on 10/30/2011 7:14:40 AM PDT by Pharmboy
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2 posted on 10/30/2011 7:17:53 AM PDT by Pharmboy (Democrats lie because they must...)
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Cheraw has a great state park for camping. It is also the home of jazzman Dizzy Guillespie. It definitely is a quaint little southern town.


3 posted on 10/30/2011 7:23:31 AM PDT by JEC ((Pray for ALL our troops))
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The British army really had a lot of highland Scots in those days. Probably the only way a lot of them could earn a living. It was the Black Watch along with the Hessians who defeated Washington in New York.

Although they were fine fighters they could be beaten when poorly led. For instance at New Orleans. Of course a lot of Jackson’s men (and Jackson himself) were Scots Irish backwoodsmen.


4 posted on 10/30/2011 7:35:48 AM PDT by yarddog
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The “united” states remain in dire need of funds and military support. Congress dispatches Benjamin Franklin to France in hopes of creating an alliance which will provide both. Meanwhile, a British army marches down the Hudson River trying to cut off New England from the other colonies. The British are crushed by Americans at Saratoga. The French enter the conflict on the American side.

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The British hope to exploit the issue of slavery and to enlist the support of loyalists in the south. They fail. After a series of brutal engagements, the British army heads for Virginia, only to be trapped by the miraculous convergence of Washington’s army and the French fleet at Yorktown. The end of the war is at hand.

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5 posted on 10/30/2011 7:44:49 AM PDT by ETL (ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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Thank you for posting. We have such an interesting history; gives some perspective for today.


7 posted on 10/30/2011 7:48:22 AM PDT by Pat4ever
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8 posted on 10/30/2011 7:59:52 AM PDT by DJ MacWoW (America! The wolves are here! What will you do?)
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9 posted on 10/30/2011 9:11:34 AM PDT by upchuck (Rerun: Think you know hardship? Wait till the dollar is no longer the world's reserve currency.)
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Cheraw is such a beautiful place. It’s like stepping back in time.


16 posted on 10/30/2011 5:29:27 PM PDT by Grandma Pam
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