"Rethinking the Revolution"
1. People can use history to manipulate how the past is remembered.
2. It is thought that the Civil War was bloodier than the Revolutionary War, but this is not true. It is only remembered as such because the Civil War is primarily a war, secondly a revolution, where the Revolutionary War is primarily a revolution, secondly a war.
3. The Revolutionary War was honored by the first generation as a military victory, but after the War of 1812 the viewpoint shifted to focus on the political victory of the Revolution.
4. Battles of the Revolutionary War were fought at a close distance: home plate to 2nd base on a baseball field. The battles included bayonet charges and hand-to-hand combat.
5. In the Revolutionary War soldiers had a 10% chance of dying on the battlefield and a staggering 50% chance of dying in captivity.
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