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To: Iris7
By 1779, there were more Americans fighting with the British than with Washington!

There were no less than 21 regiments (estimated to total 6,500 to 8,000 men) of loyalists in the British army. Washington reported a field army of 3,468. About a third of Americans opposed the Revolution.

At Yorktown, the victory that won the war, Frenchman outnumbered Americans almost three to one!

Washington had 11,000 men engaged in the battle, while the French had at least 29,000 soldiers and sailors. The 37 French ships-of-the-line played a crucial role in trapping the 8,700 strong British army and winning the engagement.

Little Known Facts about the American Revolutionary War

63 posted on 05/26/2005 10:56:16 AM PDT by SAMWolf (Another beautiful theory, killed by a nasty, ugly, little fact.)
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I like that link. Interesting stuff Maynard.


65 posted on 05/26/2005 11:00:24 AM PDT by Wneighbor
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To: SAMWolf

Ah, yes, I was not including DeGrasse's men. Likely the fleet had roughly 25,000 crewmen. This was an all out French naval effort. Worked just fine.

Was trying to figure out how I had missed such a large number of French infantry, artillery, cavalry, etc.!!! Logistics would have been real difficult for a force like that there and then.


67 posted on 05/26/2005 12:34:01 PM PDT by Iris7 ("War means fighting, and fighting means killing." - Bedford Forrest)
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