William Howe

<p><span class="deck"><span class="typestyle">Stickler for a point of honor, the General marched to defeat and helped to lose a war</span> </span></p>

<p><span class="deck">Time is taking its toll of the romantic covered bridge, where once you could exchange gossip, argue politics, or court your lady fair.</span> </p>

<p><span class="deck"> <span class="typestyle"> Had a tempest not thwarted his plans, George Washington might have lost the Revolution in the first major operation he commanded</span> </span></p>

<p><span class="deck"> <span class="typestyle"> A domino theory, distant wilderness warfare, the notion of “defensive enclaves,” hawks, doves, hired mercenaries, possible intervention by hostile powers, a Little trouble telling friendly natives from unfriendly—George</span> III <span class="typestyle"> went through the whole routine</span> </span></p>

<p>The British commander felt the rebels didn't a real army. But letters he addressed to "George Washington, Esq." were returned to sender.</p>

<p><span class="deck"> Defeated at Saratoga, Burgoyne’s troops faced nearly five years of enforced exile in a hostile countryside</span> </p>

<p>“The damn rebels form well”</p>

<p>The brothers were expected to perform an almost impossible task, subduing a people of the same flesh and blood and heritage.</p>

<p><span class="deck"> Under duress in a British prison, Richard Stockton of New Jersey had the singular misfortune to become</span> </p>

<p><span class="deck"> <span class="typestyle"> Saluting a departing general, the British dazzled Philadelphians with the grandest party the city had ever seen; the tiny army that had toppled the general bided its time nearby</span> </span></p>

<p><span class="deck">The Battle of Bunker Hill</span></p>

<p>America’s first civil war took place during the Revolution, an ultra-violent, family-splitting, and often vindictive conflict between "patriots" and loyalists.</p>