Thank you so much, Joanie...and God bless you and yours too! and may He keep you.
As usual, I ad a bunch of typos in my original but have gone back on my site now and cleared most of those out...and corrected a couple of inconsistencies.
As to Citizen Militia facing down Federal/Regular troops AND causing them to retreat...surely we find some of that (as you say) in the Revolutionary War on occasion and probably the War of 1812.
In the Texas War of Independence there may also have been some against Mexican troops.
I would imagine that there might have been some of that in the Civil War in some engagements as well.
But since then, I do not believe it has happened at all.
In this case...it makes a critical point. And it is one that is not lost on the opposition. As I staed earlier on this thread, those militia commanders had best keep in mind that the BLM and other agencies will study and learn from this and attempt to not allow it to repeat...so their own tactics will have to also adjust.
In this case, I believe the BLM was completely surprised by the Bundys taking the offensive and coming to the compound. I also believe that the recognized when they arrived that they were going to be outflanked and that the militia members had taken the high ground on the bridges with a commanding field of view. Their position was untenable.
I am very proud of those people...and pray God’s watch care be upon them. They will need it.
It is very possible...perhaps even likely...that the Federal people will wait a week or two...or maybe a month...and then conduct a helicopter born raid in the early pre-dawn hours one day against the Bundy ranch house to take him and his son into custody...and they will come in primed to shoot to kill if they do.
Agree.