Blog #4 - Revolution Article

5 Things i Learned When Reading the Article

• When compared to Civil War paintings, works of art featuring battles from the Revolution showed no signs of fighting, blood, dead bodies, or shooting.
• The Civil War killed more American Soldiers than any other war since. This is because the war consisted of Americans fighting other Americans
• Few people can name a Revolutionary soldier other than Washington, John Paul Jones, and Benedict Arnold (including me).
• Eighteenth century armies, in order to make their fighting more effective, fought at a close range, leading engagements to end in hand to hand combat and violent bayonet charges.
• The Revolutionary war is the longest war recorded in American history