[Jason_b]

"...what won the Revolution was Washington’s creation of the Continental army. "

And Baron Von Stuben's training them in military discipline.

[justshutupandtakeit]

Alexander Hamilton and Von Steuben (his close friend) wrote the Manual of Arms used to train the US army for the first half century or more. Only through the professionalization of the military were we successful.

But around here romaniticization of the militia’s role and effectiveness is still commonplace.