Tuesday, February 16, 2010  The Siege of 96, South Carolina,
1781               1. One thing I remember growing up was
hearing about how brital the British were, and how noble the
American Forces. Of course this was a lie and he Rebels were far
worse to the Loyalists than had previously been stated. I also
know that Most Americans think of the Revoluton as castign off
forign rule, when it was a Civil War and odnt realise that
American troops serve the Crown.      it always saddens me as
the myth of the noble revolution seems fsar more intrenched, and
todays Americans cant imagine an American Loyalist form the
p4rid. But they did exist, and the Heros treated them badly.
Thus, tragedy.    2. I'd like to seem all "fair and balanced"
and say that both sides did bad things etc but I really havn't
found anything on the Crown forces side that resembles the many
instances of atrocity done by the "Patriots" -and I have looked!
As I think I pointed out in the piece on Colonel Tarleton -the
Waxhaws massacre was a p