Mad Anthony no doubt got the idea of a night time bayonet charge from watching his troops getting slaughtered 2 yrs earlier at Paoli, Pittsburgh rope maker Mary Pattison Irwin’s husband John was among those horribly wounded by British sabers, in fact he’d been left for dead on the field. The morning after the battle revolutionaries found him & took him to one of G Washington’s field hospitals
Your facial expression at 59:48 was my face the entire time watching this lol. Lovely to see John back at it, thanks for this episode!
Always wild stuff! Thanks for the listen!
Mad Anthony no doubt got the idea of a night time bayonet charge from watching his troops getting slaughtered 2 yrs earlier at Paoli, Pittsburgh rope maker Mary Pattison Irwin’s husband John was among those horribly wounded by British sabers, in fact he’d been left for dead on the field. The morning after the battle revolutionaries found him & took him to one of G Washington’s field hospitals
Very interesting. I have to look more into this. Thanks for the listen!
Link PT 1
ua-cam.com/video/B77nICc3mFI/v-deo.html!