The irony about the Revolutionary War is that the British took the lessons from their defeat and used it against Napoleon in Spain, down to the important detail of having a spy network and large-scale guerilla warfare.
It was our tenacity that vexed the British no end. We simply outlasted & exhausted them, plus much incompetence & complacency among their commanders; not all, of course. Cornwallis & Tarleton were superb, for example, to name but two. Also, the 13 colonies presented the British with too vast a territory to subjugate with any permanency. French entry into the war on our side was a huge factor as well. Without their aid, well, let's face it---the game, sir, would've been over much sooner.
General Washington did not wear three stars on his epaulet until the presidency of his successor, John Adams, when he took command of the army in 1798.
Including a regiment of several hundred French Canadian volunteers from Quebec after the failed U.S. invasion of Canada in 1775 (nicknamed "Congress' Own Regiment").
ROBERT, THERE WERE OTHERS THAN MILITIA PRIOR TO 1777-1778, TROOPS WINTERING AT VALLEY FORGE WERE ENLISTED FROM THEIR INDIVIDUAL STATES. A LOOK AT THE MUSTER ROLLS FROM THE WINTER 1777-1778 WILL GUVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MILITIA AND CONGRESSIONAL SOLDIERS.
@@gen.heintzguiderian491 …. When Washington got to the siege of Boston it was a collection of militias. At Valley Forge Von Steuben standardized the troops into army. Prior to that soldiers from each of the colonies had their own ways. There was originally very little standardization. The only professional military officers were from europe. Who’d been recruited by Franklin to join the cause
Slavery is ended, and our technology is a completely different thing than in that day of Mozart and Beethoven. So... I think he would not make any statements of anything. Other than to say, this is a different world all together; much better than his day when famine was always a real threat; that he wouldn't know where to begin to make it better and in fear of making it worse, he'll say nothing, But go for a airplane ride and some 4 wheeling and maybe some jet skiing.
One of the main things that made Washington such a great president was... he didn't want the job! Yet, he did it with honor and for love of country. If only we could have another leader like him again!
40:57 - "Martha is incredibly wealthy, but Washington also sees a quality of strength.. sees Martha as a woman who is intelligent.. who is a worthy partner..." Need he go on? Everyone knows (According to letters Washington wrote to the love of his life, even before marrying Martha, whom he called Patsy) What Washington saw in his wife: She was a means to an end. As was he, for her as well. They had an understanding.. not a romance.
The British were fighting in a wild, untamed, foreign country. The local people could not really be trusted. In many ways, the American Revolution has similarities to the Vietnam War, for the British.
One of the main reasons America won was because victims who fight back actually have the advantage of being wronged which sets most people into there fight or flight mindstate which you cannot do the flight part when you're trapped in a corner! One thing government don't want people to learn is that humans are naturally violent because then people wouldn't put up with there BS of treating us now how the British treated america when it was forming! Even illegally taxing us like them too.. don't say the taxes are for infrastructure either.. we had all that before those thugs we call the IRS came around.. government takes away a bunch of our rights in the name of safety but somehow we end up even less safe then before! Lately it's even been the ones who are suppose to keep us safe keeping us in fear like the police and authority! If I were a black man I'd feel like I'm taking a risk even calling the cops for help myself aha..
I suppose it’s “apples to oranges” as that time in history cannot be compared to today, but I never quite understood warfare of that era. Columns of men dressed in ranks, walking into gunfire.
1:49 Anyone know what happened to the actor that plays the soldier in this scene or know his agent? That over the shoulder look gives me shivers every time.
I have read a couple books and saw other documentaries that had to do with Washington's behavior and appearance. I don't know how aggressive he was in conversation, but in his action he was rather ruthless. He was also a rather greedy man. I was reading one of his biographies where it describes how he would take long trips around the lands which he somehow acquired at some point before, during, or immediately after the revolutionary war. He was getting very angry and didn't even want some random people who wanted to farm his land to stay there. That is despite it being rather large territory. He later also expressed his hatred toward the natives since they were living in the land that was "his". One part describes how some of the settlers who built a farm on his land didn't even know that anyone already owned the land. They were some religious puritans and he basically trying to squeeze every penny out of them and really hated them. Our impression of him as a "nice" person could only have come from the most common portrait of Washington, including the one we see on the money. That portrait is apparently very inaccurate because the painter and he didn't like each other and Washington had to hold a bunch of cotton in his mouth which made his face look like he was a calm man with puffy cheeks. Remember also that he was trained by the British military. They were already known as very violent people, but if he had been promoted a number of times then he must have been more volatile than others.
Yeh, the George Washington in this was portrayed/acted like how racist, midget, alcoholic, Mel Gibson had the British officers in his comedy...cough....history movie, The Patriot, lmao ;P
Yup, once you understand all "History" is just "His-Story" you start to get this world and it's past the best thing you can do is gain different perspectives so you can hopefully come to you're version! Like I always say just because 4 ppl live in the same house doesn't mean there the same person! We all got our own perspectives and opinions! Is there a common truth yes! But who's to say someone else's version is right or wrong? It's all human constructs.. life is about finding and making a purpose for yourself unless you're greedy then it's all about $$$$.
Didn't G W stand about 6'4" (193 cm) in height? That would have made him a big man in that time period and the actor portraying him didn't appear to very tall.
while taller than many the average height really hasn't changed all that much in north america (it'd be like having someone who is 6'6" nowadays taller than most but not a massive difference. Especially among the social elite in a place like the colonies (where food would have been varied and plentiful).
Somewhere between 6' 2" & 6' 3" and a weight in the area of 180 and 200 lbs. during his time in the Revolution. For the average person who has an average height of 5' 4" and weight of 150 lbs., Washington was truly a giant of a man.
Luckily, I'm a Libertarian and I lack any sense of being "triggered" by him. For even though I may not always agree with Mr. O'Reilly, I certainly respect his freedom of expression.
This must be 'snopes' version. Whenever the author has to use the assertion of the "truth about" something - as if everything you've heard up until they graced the world with their unbiased character, and finally saved all mankind from the lies of everyone and everything but their own singular sense of honesty - I can't help bracing myself for a subtle smear campaign, disguised as being 'for your own good' and the sake of the unvarnished truth, as if it's not anyone's particular viewpoint, but coming from a non-human source that is objective in a way that no human could be. How the author[s] accessed such a perspective is never explained of course: it's likely established by the same kind of means as the new "science" we have now, that isn't just an opinion or someone's limited understanding, but somehow exists objectively exterior to the phenomenon of personal viewpoint, yet can be accessed without loss of quality or integrity by humans who have earned 'degrees' through the grace and approval of other humans with degrees.
The Person who does this to be, alone with the one who ordered it had better sleep with one eye open. Because if he let's me live, it will be at his Peril. Just saying. GW along with over did this to me would have one eye open experience from this day forward
He was William "Billy" Lee, 1750-1828, G. Washingtons personal manservant, who was with the General throughout the war ,and who was immediately freed at Washingtons death.
He was William "Billy" Lee, 1750-1828. He was Washingtons personal manservant (slave), who was with Washington throughout the War. He was the only servant who was immediately freed at Washingtons death.
This actor portraying Washington is to gruff and cranky. All accounts of him from people who knew him said he was a man a great temperance and fortitude as well as noble and kind. This show does a disservice to his character and memory.
Yep, that piece of garbage. It makes me wonder how much input he may have had into this show and if he did, how much might it reflect his own twisted views of reality.
They were all bi - sexual back then and they wore the wig to feel their feminine side. A little known fact is George Washington went by the name Georgina or georgette when he was feeling especially girly. Go figure Eh???
The French wore wigs first (Dunno if that's coz they were all baldy xP), in them days everyone copied French fashions.....um, except eating frogs n snails blerrk!!
This is about the lamest portrayal of GW and the Revolution I've seen, and I've seen many. It's like a badly cast, macho-patriotic, 50s-era-Cold War indoctrination film. John Wayne and Randolph Scott might have made it worth the ticket, but alas...
Patriotism, the last refuge of a scoundrel, and oh what a patriot Bill O'Reilly is....as long as it's other guys doing the fighting and dying to ensure he has a place to be patriotic about. No Nam stories huh Bill?
11:00 washington was a stupid general from the first battle to the last. an attack on boston without ammo or gunpowder which everyone knew was hairbrained for many different reasons to yorktown, when GW wanted to fight a city war in new york instead.
Well, he did bluff the largest armed force in the world, enough to proclaim independence and completely help start an entire country...... I would believe there are, have been and will be hundreds of thousands of intelligent decorated military men that cant or will never top that. Call it what you will but warfare isn't just about intelligence, seems a good pair and a couple good bluffs can change the course of history.
@Sue Taft Sue, you should learn to read before you make a statement like that. my reference to new york was at the end of the war. GW wanted to attacked nyc rather than trap the brittish at yorktown. at the beginning of the war GW did defend niece, incompetently. he botched the battle of long island by being outflanked. by being on an island he only narrowly escaped being encircled by the world's biggest navy. he lost 1/3 of his army defending Ft. Washington which Gen Lee told him would be a mistake. perhaps you should read up on your american history.
R.I.P George Washington
As his bloodline I thank you for the sentiments. God bless us and America.
@@MrKgBizzle how are you his bloodline? He had no kids other than his stepchild. Who are you related descendant of?
Thank God for the people who were here before us. I feel their strength. I will never leave them.
Amen. God bless us and America 🇺🇸
I’m with you 🇺🇸 God bless America
Ladies and gentleman the moment you've been waiting for the pride of Mt Vernon George Washington!!!😀🇺🇸
i am crazy about that stuff. i like your comment.
WE ARE OUTGUNNED-
HERE COMES THE GENERAL!
@@sariekitchenout manned....
It continues to amaze me how we ever lasted as long as we did against Great Britain. It was short of a miracle that we won this war.
They won by not losing. Basically ran them out of patience and money.
A miracle indeed, though I'm not sure we still exist in any way the founders would acknowledge as The United States..
@@MrSparkums I so totally agree with what you said.
Grit. Toughness.
Something we Americans have lost with these younger generations offended by PePe LePew.
Without French or Spanish aid, we would’ve got destroyed on every front
It seems the same treachery exists in Washington today. I really like this video. Great job by all.
The irony about the Revolutionary War is that the British took the lessons from their defeat and used it against Napoleon in Spain, down to the important detail of having a spy network and large-scale guerilla warfare.
We, if you don't earn from your wars, you risk future defeat.
As in WWII GOD almighty was blessing the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!
The one dislike is from Benedict Arnold.
Sorry I couldn't help it.
There's a place in the world for corny humor and that is very well placed corny humor. My compliments.
Love these shows thank you:)
I didn't lose that loving feeling.
One of my favorite episodes
i love this stuff. i think it is my passion to know about this. some really great stuff.
Finally a docuseries that mentions general ward the first commander and chief.
The best leaders are usually filled with self doubt from all the diaries and biographies i've read.
I wish they would release the whole series on dvd/blu ray
Saw these videos on Sunday loved them .have not read the book yet. Great work O'Reilly.
It was our tenacity that vexed the British no end. We simply outlasted & exhausted them, plus much incompetence & complacency among their commanders; not all, of course. Cornwallis & Tarleton were superb, for example, to name but two. Also, the 13 colonies presented the British with too vast a territory to subjugate with any permanency. French entry into the war on our side was a huge factor as well. Without their aid, well, let's face it---the game, sir, would've been over much sooner.
31:36 “BUILD A CHURCH IN HELL, GENERAL” that was fucking baller dude
General Washington did not wear three stars on his epaulet until the presidency of his successor, John Adams, when he took command of the army in 1798.
I never knew that. Well done.
The first I heard that he was called your Excellency!
Until the winter at Valley Forge the Continental Army was a collection of militias from different places.
Including a regiment of several hundred French Canadian volunteers from Quebec after the failed U.S. invasion of Canada in 1775 (nicknamed "Congress' Own Regiment").
So what countries were they from?
ROBERT, THERE WERE OTHERS THAN MILITIA PRIOR TO 1777-1778, TROOPS WINTERING AT VALLEY FORGE WERE ENLISTED FROM THEIR INDIVIDUAL STATES. A LOOK AT THE MUSTER ROLLS FROM THE WINTER 1777-1778 WILL GUVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MILITIA AND CONGRESSIONAL SOLDIERS.
@@gen.heintzguiderian491 …. When Washington got to the siege of Boston it was a collection of militias. At Valley Forge Von Steuben standardized the troops into army. Prior to that soldiers from each of the colonies had their own ways. There was originally very little standardization. The only professional military officers were from europe. Who’d been recruited by Franklin to join the cause
Gen George Washington would be ashamed. Of this United States if he saw what it has began.
Slavery is ended, and our technology is a completely different thing than in that day of Mozart and Beethoven.
So... I think he would not make any statements of anything. Other than to say, this is a different world all together; much better than his day when famine was always a real threat; that he wouldn't know where to begin to make it better and in fear of making it worse, he'll say nothing, But go for a airplane ride and some 4 wheeling and maybe some jet skiing.
@@jmitterii2welp, I’ll never get that 20 seconds back
One of the main things that made Washington such a great president was... he didn't want the job! Yet, he did it with honor and for love of country. If only we could have another leader like him again!
40:57 - "Martha is incredibly wealthy, but Washington also sees a quality of strength.. sees Martha as a woman who is intelligent.. who is a worthy partner..." Need he go on?
Everyone knows (According to letters Washington wrote to the love of his life, even before marrying Martha, whom he called Patsy) What Washington saw in his wife: She was a means to an end. As was he, for her as well. They had an understanding.. not a romance.
Great documentary!
It's happening again today! Just short of the start!
Never underestimate an enemy in war that, can only lead to suicide and defeat.
The British were fighting in a wild, untamed, foreign country. The local people could not really be trusted. In many ways, the American Revolution has similarities to the Vietnam War, for the British.
One of the main reasons America won was because victims who fight back actually have the advantage of being wronged which sets most people into there fight or flight mindstate which you cannot do the flight part when you're trapped in a corner! One thing government don't want people to learn is that humans are naturally violent because then people wouldn't put up with there BS of treating us now how the British treated america when it was forming! Even illegally taxing us like them too.. don't say the taxes are for infrastructure either.. we had all that before those thugs we call the IRS came around.. government takes away a bunch of our rights in the name of safety but somehow we end up even less safe then before! Lately it's even been the ones who are suppose to keep us safe keeping us in fear like the police and authority! If I were a black man I'd feel like I'm taking a risk even calling the cops for help myself aha..
Sun Tzu's greatest caution
@@TylerSane5 Britain had every right to tax the American colonist as they where British subjects.
@@lordjazoijua94 Nice to know you support taxation without representation.
Outstanding
GW learned from the natives.
I suppose it’s “apples to oranges” as that time in history cannot be compared to today, but I never quite understood warfare of that era. Columns of men dressed in ranks, walking into gunfire.
Twisted music for twisted Hollywood version of history.
good show
I love Jeol King! How good is he?
1:49 Anyone know what happened to the actor that plays the soldier in this scene or know his agent? That over the shoulder look gives me shivers every time.
My father was a millionare, but I wore burlap. Mine are heroes.
Lee was a jerk. Knox went right through my hometown. If I had been alive during the American Revolution I so would have been a GW groupie.
This show is great but boy this George Washington is hilarious. He’s so intense- like a cheesy villain 😂
I have read a couple books and saw other documentaries that had to do with Washington's behavior and appearance. I don't know how aggressive he was in conversation, but in his action he was rather ruthless. He was also a rather greedy man. I was reading one of his biographies where it describes how he would take long trips around the lands which he somehow acquired at some point before, during, or immediately after the revolutionary war. He was getting very angry and didn't even want some random people who wanted to farm his land to stay there. That is despite it being rather large territory. He later also expressed his hatred toward the natives since they were living in the land that was "his".
One part describes how some of the settlers who built a farm on his land didn't even know that anyone already owned the land. They were some religious puritans and he basically trying to squeeze every penny out of them and really hated them. Our impression of him as a "nice" person could only have come from the most common portrait of Washington, including the one we see on the money. That portrait is apparently very inaccurate because the painter and he didn't like each other and Washington had to hold a bunch of cotton in his mouth which made his face look like he was a calm man with puffy cheeks.
Remember also that he was trained by the British military. They were already known as very violent people, but if he had been promoted a number of times then he must have been more volatile than others.
Washington was a Virginia aristocrat. Many New England officers thought that he was cold and aloof.
Yeh, the George Washington in this was portrayed/acted like how racist, midget, alcoholic, Mel Gibson had the British officers in his comedy...cough....history movie, The Patriot, lmao ;P
Yup, once you understand all "History" is just "His-Story" you start to get this world and it's past the best thing you can do is gain different perspectives so you can hopefully come to you're version! Like I always say just because 4 ppl live in the same house doesn't mean there the same person! We all got our own perspectives and opinions! Is there a common truth yes! But who's to say someone else's version is right or wrong? It's all human constructs.. life is about finding and making a purpose for yourself unless you're greedy then it's all about $$$$.
(12.14.2019 / December 14th 2019) OTD in 1799: George Washington passes away from hypovolemic shock (2.22.1732-12.14.1799)
Anybody know where I can find episode 5 6 and 7?
Wow, this is really well done
(Sees Bill O'Reilly)
Nevermind
Didn't G W stand about 6'4" (193 cm) in height? That would have made him a big man in that time period and the actor portraying him didn't appear to very tall.
oh no! what an inaccurate documentary!
while taller than many the average height really hasn't changed all that much in north america (it'd be like having someone who is 6'6" nowadays taller than most but not a massive difference.
Especially among the social elite in a place like the colonies (where food would have been varied and plentiful).
The Canuck Redcoat did you read that somewhere or just making a guess?
GW was 6'2"
Somewhere between 6' 2" & 6' 3" and a weight in the area of 180 and 200 lbs. during his time in the Revolution. For the average person who has an average height of 5' 4" and weight of 150 lbs., Washington was truly a giant of a man.
I want to see an episode about Hector Heathcote unsung hero.
I've got to do some research and find out when we became friends with Britain after this
"ammo' as such, didn't EXIST in the 1700's. There was only loose powder and lead balls.
Lol Bill Oreilly still triggers liberals
Luckily, I'm a Libertarian and I lack any sense of being "triggered" by him. For even though I may not always agree with Mr. O'Reilly, I certainly respect his freedom of expression.
Triggered LOL!
You fuck heads are so goofy LOL!
Washington rode a Grey Mare,not a brown one with a facial blaze.
Named Nelson :-)
Didn't know Washington had a slight British accent.
Yes, they all did back in colonial times or at least some form of a British accent. They didn't have our current American accent.
Would you please send me the first episode of legends and lies(George Washington) I don't what EP I have thank you
Thanks for the response
Watching this makes me worry we have become the smug Brits
@Doug 1885 been a minute would have to rewatch but I'm probably referring to the attitude of them in the. Context of the 1770s-80s
No just our government. And with the space force they have the high ground.
Sorry that already happen.
Don't they have a better actor to play the great George Washington
sippa dagirou ... or at the very least a better Whig.
I wonder why when I watch this on Fox Kelsey Grammar is in Bill's spot
Wheres epsidoes 5,6, and 7
This is an outstanding historical perspective. But why the presence of so many token blacks throughout? So patronizing and offensive to all.
28:45 I guess there was no such thing as "stop loss" during the revolutionary war. 😉
Why do they always get some way too old to play Washington? He was in his 40s when the war broke out, not his 60s.
Where is Bill Belichick?
LMAO
Yankee doddle kicks ass
It is God's will.
I miss O Reily and the No Spin Zone.
Ever heard of youtube?
This is no better than a middle school play
The seven that gave the thumbs down must be Tories or Turncoats.
Or Democrats
What country went bankrupt defending the colonies for 130 years?
It's because of Fox, and O'Reilly. Their sheep, they've been brainwashed to think that Fox is fake news...
George Washington was a slave o we owning trash
Ice program Sam Houston was over thrown from
This must be 'snopes' version.
Whenever the author has to use the assertion of the "truth about" something - as if everything you've heard up until they graced the world with their unbiased character, and finally saved all mankind from the lies of everyone and everything but their own singular sense of honesty - I can't help bracing myself for a subtle smear campaign, disguised as being 'for your own good' and the sake of the unvarnished truth, as if it's not anyone's particular viewpoint, but coming from a non-human source that is objective in a way that no human could be.
How the author[s] accessed such a perspective is never explained of course: it's likely established by the same kind of means as the new "science" we have now, that isn't just an opinion or someone's limited understanding, but somehow exists objectively exterior to the phenomenon of personal viewpoint, yet can be accessed without loss of quality or integrity by humans who have earned 'degrees' through the grace and approval of other humans with degrees.
The Person who does this to be, alone with the one who ordered it had better sleep with one eye open. Because if he let's me live, it will be at his Peril. Just saying. GW along with over did this to me would have one eye open experience from this day forward
It's a good thing Washington didn't have Bone Spurs.
Or went to England
Good thing his name Wasn’t ObUma.
Original 6 Hockey u lost me (Obama) what did he do
Or asthma……
This is a nice pretend story but to know what really went on would make the video of the century
History is just here say and don't ever believe what people say
I distrust all modern media types, including Bill O'Reilly.
Ironic that a British officer brought down the British imperialism
Bill Rocks.. 💥💥💥
Curious as to who the black guy was.
He was William "Billy" Lee, 1750-1828, G. Washingtons personal manservant, who was with the General throughout the war ,and who was immediately freed at Washingtons death.
He was William "Billy" Lee, 1750-1828. He was Washingtons personal manservant (slave), who was with Washington throughout the War. He was the only servant who was immediately freed at Washingtons death.
On the dl GW's bf ?
Token
OdeToSummerSun nope he was Billy Lee, Washington’s slave and personal servant
Send polocks to code word pol ice locks up
we were not a repressive empire more of the American myth like the so called boston massacre!
You serious you asking how tall the actor is .. don’t you have bigger problems in your life ..
This actor portraying Washington is to gruff and cranky. All accounts of him from people who knew him said he was a man a great temperance and fortitude as well as noble and kind. This show does a disservice to his character and memory.
Bill O'reilly?? xD
Yep, that piece of garbage. It makes me wonder how much input he may have had into this show and if he did, how much might it reflect his own twisted views of reality.
Great show ... well except when Bill O’Reilly is on ... really a shame having him and all the baggage he brings on this well done show.
What baggage? It is not his fault liberals are snowflakes.
@@bulldogsbob what you call people you usually are
@@Geminish15
LOVE THE the history thank God for our brave men and women
Of. This great country
Jeff Daniels played a great George Washington in 'The Crossing'..... much better than this guy
Can anyone tell me why they wore those ugly wigs?
They were all bi - sexual back then and they wore the wig to feel their feminine side.
A little known fact is George Washington went by the name Georgina or georgette when he was feeling especially girly.
Go figure Eh???
Wigs are a British style
The French wore wigs first (Dunno if that's coz they were all baldy xP), in them days everyone copied French fashions.....um, except eating frogs n snails blerrk!!
Balding was a sign of syphilis
Brian Peters Washington didn’t wear a wig and they were going out of style during this period,
FOX and truth??? Lmao
Louie Cypher and if CNN made it would you watch it?
Lolz I thought the same thing.
This is about the lamest portrayal of GW and the Revolution I've seen, and I've seen many. It's like a badly cast, macho-patriotic, 50s-era-Cold War indoctrination film. John Wayne and Randolph Scott might have made it worth the ticket, but alas...
So say the socials Antifa minion paid by the George Soros people.
Never heard a retired 11B declare himself a fascist.
This show is nothing but a caricature of American history.
More propaganda from fox “news”.
I don't think the casting for Washington was very good.
Patriotism, the last refuge of a scoundrel, and oh what a patriot Bill O'Reilly is....as long as it's other guys doing the fighting and dying to ensure he has a place to be patriotic about. No Nam stories huh Bill?
Eejit
11:00 washington was a stupid general from the first battle to the last. an attack on boston without ammo or gunpowder which everyone knew was hairbrained for many different reasons to yorktown, when GW wanted to fight a city war in new york instead.
Well, he did bluff the largest armed force in the world, enough to proclaim independence and completely help start an entire country......
I would believe there are, have been and will be hundreds of thousands of intelligent decorated military men that cant or will never top that.
Call it what you will but warfare isn't just about intelligence, seems a good pair and a couple good bluffs can change the course of history.
He had good moments and bad moments, wanting to attack Boston was bad decision.
@Sue Taft Sue, you should learn to read before you make a statement like that. my reference to new york was at the end of the war. GW wanted to attacked nyc rather than trap the brittish at yorktown. at the beginning of the war GW did defend niece, incompetently. he botched the battle of long island by being outflanked. by being on an island he only narrowly escaped being encircled by the world's biggest navy. he lost 1/3 of his army defending Ft. Washington which Gen Lee told him would be a mistake. perhaps you should read up on your american history.
why the fuck is Bill O'Reilly commenting this?
Washington was as you colonials would say ,was a bum
Troll!