The Whites of Their Eyes

from stuart10er

Interesting short overview into exactly what the cover says, the events leading up to the creation of the first American Army in 1775, the nomination of George Washington as its first commander and the battle of Bunker Hill (Breed's Hill, really). The battle has a mythic quality in the American p...

from Shrike58

That I don't esteem this lively history of the New England militia army that held the line until the arrival of George Washington on the scene (and which essentially faded away with the formation of the Continental Army) a bit higher can be illustrated with one example. Not one, not two, but thre...