tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post8495790507734998407..comments2024-03-28T04:26:30.557-05:00Comments on Boston 1775: Top Ten Turning-Points? Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-56476812264297999412020-11-27T11:10:03.183-05:002020-11-27T11:10:03.183-05:00Was just sitting at the computer and the TV was on...Was just sitting at the computer and the TV was on to NECN - 6 - in Boston. They also insert home 'tours' and a fellow in NY was showing an 18th Century home his parents bought - lovely. Then he mentioned that the Battle of Brooklyn was the first battle of the Revolutionary War - suddenly they got my attention but he said little else other than continue the house tour.Ed Rochehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05917740868482897540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-91683298437937715522013-09-21T11:47:34.755-05:002013-09-21T11:47:34.755-05:00I look forward to another assessment of Saratoga! ...I look forward to another assessment of Saratoga! J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-85417068908546194112013-09-20T17:33:22.676-05:002013-09-20T17:33:22.676-05:00I have some thoughts on Saratoga, but that will be...I have some thoughts on Saratoga, but that will be the subject of an article I'm writing for All Things Liberty. Saratoga was important, but not necessarily for the reason everyone thinks. <br /><br />I think the Siege of Charlestown was a major battle that should be in the Top Ten. Had the Americans not surrendered and defeated the British, or done the smart thing and left the city and fought the British on a field amenable to the Americans thus savings thousands of troops and an bountiful supply of munitions, the entire Southern Strategy would have been halted. Things in France might have been better as a result for Franklin and the French might have given more help in 1780 thus changing the course of the war. A lot of ifs of course.Xathoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05910312481367024828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-54057547925722045722013-09-20T14:30:03.339-05:002013-09-20T14:30:03.339-05:00I agree such lists are often subjective and theref...I agree such lists are often subjective and therefore may say as much about the lister as about the topic. For instance, Don Hagist has done a lot of great work on the war in Rhode Island, so it makes sense that he'd see the campaigns there as significant, while some of the people commenting on his article are proposing rather obscure battles in the west, possibly because they focus on that region. <br /><br />The discussion at All Things Liberty and here and on Facebook also brings up the issue of whether listing top <i>battles</i> makes sense, as long a tradition as that is. Are campaigns, and the manpower, logistical, and supply components, really more decisive? Was the great turning-point of the war not Saratoga but the bloodless signing of the French alliance in Paris? J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-13069226989281584252013-09-20T13:21:14.497-05:002013-09-20T13:21:14.497-05:00The " battle list" also didn't diffe...The " battle list" also didn't differentiate between battles vs. skirmishes either. Totally agree with your view on Lexington & Concord as not being a turning point at all. I basically don't like "lists", be they the best colleges in America, best places to live or best or worst anything else. Totally subjective and sometimes purchased by in interested party. There. Now I feel better.John L Smith Jrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04209064146960498237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-19523309371332207672013-09-20T11:11:21.159-05:002013-09-20T11:11:21.159-05:00I like your thoughts on Brandywine, especially if ...I like your thoughts on Brandywine, especially if you put it in the context of the larger campaign, which should include the battles at Germantown, Red Bank, and Fort Mifflin. Fort Mifflin in particular I think was hard-fought on behalf of the rebels, and successful in the sense that it delayed the British occupation of Philadelpiha and bought Washington a little extra time to regroup.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com