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He was also an English general who betrayed his nation and his king.
by peterfirefly 12y ago
He was also an English general who betrayed his nation and his king.
- vinceguidry 12y agoHe most certainly wasn't. He fought in the colonial militia during the French and Indian war. He held the rank of Colonel, but being a Colonel in a provincial militia is a far cry from even a low-level officer's post in the British Army. He yearned to serve in the British Army but never received a commission. So he went back to his family farm and became over 16 years a wealthy, politically-connected planter, over time coming to share the general colonial opposition to Parliament. When war broke out between the colonies and the homeland, he showed up at the Second Continental Congress in his old militia uniform, and they picked him to lead the army.
- peterfirefly 12y agoYou are right and I apologize. I relied on my memory in this case because I, quite frankly, was lazy, hungry, and about to make dinner. I have definitely seen him described as a General before the war, in texts written by Americans, though, which is where my mistake comes from. Damn, I don't like making mistakes.