X-post: Just watched the movie "The Patriot," and out of curiosity looked up a British view of the

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42. I worked at Mount Vernon for a while

That may be why I have a perhaps inflated view of General Washington.

(Trivia #1: he did not asked to be called "President Washington" or any other title, but in official correspondence he only asked to be addressed by his rank.)

(Trivia #2: by U.S. statute, Washington will always have seniority over any American officer. So when Pershing was appointed a five-star general -- a rank that didn't exist in the Revolutionary war -- Washington was appointed to the same rank one day before. If for some reason we appoint someone six-star general, Washington by law has to be appointed to that rank the day before.)

Anyways, the south in the Revolution is like the west in the Civil War: it's where the war was won, but it gets no press. Marion was a great guerrilla, but Washington did away with him the second he became inconvenient -- Trivia #3: Washington was a cold, cold bastard if you got in his way.