Have you ever wondered why soldiers in the American Revolutionary War fought in lines? Or how they used rifles? Did they have cavalry? How did they use cannons on a battlefield? Were there sneak attacks or ambushes?
Warfare is immensely complicated, and for all the rules and organization that armies have attempted to use to maximize their success, no plan survives contact with the enemy. The unpredictability of warfare means most things that can happen, probably have. So we’re going look at some of the unique, and the more ordinary situations that soldiers ended up in during the Revolution.
Today, we are going to try and answer a question that a guest at the museum asked me recently. “Did the soldiers ever get attacked in their camp?”
Sources:
From George Washington to Brigadier General Anthony Wayne, 18 September 1777: [ Ссылка ]
To George Washington from Brigadier General Anthony Wayne, 19 September 1777: [ Ссылка ]
To George Washington from Brigadier General Anthony Wayne, 19 September 1777: [ Ссылка ]
