Question. Would we describe General Hull's actions and behavior amidst the siege of Fort Detroit be attributed to what we refer to in today's time as PTSD? I know the symptoms associated with the condition were not well noted or studied prior to WW1 (with the term "Shell Shock"), yet would it be fair to say that in contrast to Hull's noted bravery during the American Revolution (participating in 7 battles) his age, physique, fear of native tribespeople, as well as the sheer pressure and bluntness of General Brock's siege caused him to snap and immediately surrender 1) to a numerically inferior enemy force and 2) without even firing a single shot of retaliatory fire?
oh i think i learned about this! tecumsehs men marched in a single file line for the Americans to see, then circled back and marched again, creating the illusion that there were way more people
Tecumseh was a wonderful organizer and general. But not much of a visionary for his people. His brother would fill that role quite in a disastrous manner for the Shawnee. Tecumseh simply picked the wrong side. He let his hatred for the Americans block his reason. Brock’s only goal was to keep the Americans from tying up British troops in defending Canada. Had Tecumseh sided with Americans there might be a Shawnee nation today where Ohio, Indiana and Michigan. Weird how choices hastily made have everlasting consequences.
Extremely unlikely. Ohio had already been a state for a decade at this point. America had the Manifest Destiny thing going on strong and weren't going to let good land slip away. Plenty of Native American tribes fought for the U.S. in the War of 1812 thinking they'd get a land deal out of it. The Choctaw, the Chickasaw, the Cherokee to name a few. The Cherokee fought alongside Andrew Jackson at the battle of Horseshoe Bend in Alabama and he was so grateful that he would go on to illegally and forcibly purge them from the state in the Trail of Tears less than 20 years later.
I was at this fort. It never occurred to me I was walking on the same ground Tecumseh and Brock once walked on. 🇨🇦
"This is a real man!"
- Tecumseh referring to Gen. Isaac Brock following the start of their alliance
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Question. Would we describe General Hull's actions and behavior amidst the siege of Fort Detroit be attributed to what we refer to in today's time as PTSD? I know the symptoms associated with the condition were not well noted or studied prior to WW1 (with the term "Shell Shock"), yet would it be fair to say that in contrast to Hull's noted bravery during the American Revolution (participating in 7 battles) his age, physique, fear of native tribespeople, as well as the sheer pressure and bluntness of General Brock's siege caused him to snap and immediately surrender 1) to a numerically inferior enemy force and 2) without even firing a single shot of retaliatory fire?
This leaves out Tecumseh's tactic: The Detroit Bluff.
oh i think i learned about this! tecumsehs men marched in a single file line for the Americans to see, then circled back and marched again, creating the illusion that there were way more people
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Tecumseh was a wonderful organizer and general. But not much of a visionary for his people. His brother would fill that role quite in a disastrous manner for the Shawnee. Tecumseh simply picked the wrong side. He let his hatred for the Americans block his reason. Brock’s only goal was to keep the Americans from tying up British troops in defending Canada. Had Tecumseh sided with Americans there might be a Shawnee nation today where Ohio, Indiana and Michigan. Weird how choices hastily made have everlasting consequences.
Extremely unlikely. Ohio had already been a state for a decade at this point. America had the Manifest Destiny thing going on strong and weren't going to let good land slip away. Plenty of Native American tribes fought for the U.S. in the War of 1812 thinking they'd get a land deal out of it. The Choctaw, the Chickasaw, the Cherokee to name a few.
The Cherokee fought alongside Andrew Jackson at the battle of Horseshoe Bend in Alabama and he was so grateful that he would go on to illegally and forcibly purge them from the state in the Trail of Tears less than 20 years later.
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