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To: Pharmboy

A "motley crew" that conducted itself so well, that it lost fewer troops at Yorktown. ;')


12 posted on 12/18/2005 7:15:45 AM PST by SunkenCiv ("In silence, and at night, the Conscience feels that life should soar to nobler ends than Power.")
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To: SunkenCiv

A side note re Yorktown: as an assignment of honor, Alexander Hamilton asked Washington (the General called him "Alex") if he could lead his brigade along the most dangerous route. Washington accorded him that honor. Hamilton was not only a genius but a great and valiant soldier.


15 posted on 12/18/2005 7:22:46 AM PST by Pharmboy (The stone age didn't end because they ran out of stones.)
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