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General John Burgoyne (24 February 1722 – 4 August 1792) was a British army officer, politician and dramatist. He first saw action during the Seven Years' War when he participated in several battles, mostly notably during the Portugal Campaign of 1762. Burgoyne is best known for his role in the American War of Independence.  In the army he had been promoted to major-general. On the outbreak of the American War of Independence, he was appointed to a command, and arrived in Boston in May 1775, a few weeks after the first shots of the war had been fired at Lexington and Concord. He participated as part of the garrison during the Siege of Boston, although he did not see action at theBattle of Bunker Hill, in which the British forces were led by William Howe and Henry Clinton. Frustrated by the lack of opportunities, he returned to England long before the rest of the garrison, which evacuated the city in March 1776.[ During the Saratoga campaign he surrendered hisarmy of 5,000 men to the American troops on October 17, 1777. Appointed to command a force designated to capture Albanyand end the rebellion, Burgoyne advanced from Canada but soon found himself surrounded and outnumbered. He fought two battles at Saratoga, but was forced to open negotiations with Horatio Gates. Although he agreed to a convention, on 17 October 1777, which would allow his troops to return home, this was subsequently revoked and his men were made prisoners. Burgoyne faced criticism when he returned to Britain, and never held another active command. In 1776, he was at the head of the British reinforcements that sailed up the Saint Lawrence River and relieved Quebec City, which was under siege by the Continental Army. He led forces under General Guy Carleton in the drive that chased the Continental Army from the province of Quebec. Carleton then led the British forces onto Lake Champlain, but was, in Burgoyne's opinion, insufficiently bold when he failed to attempt the capture of Fort Ticonderoga after winning the naval Battle of Valcour Island in October. Burgoyne was also an accomplished playwright known for his works such as The Maid of the Oaks and The Heiress, but his plays never reached the fame of his military career. He served as a member of the House of Commons of Parliament for a number of years, sitting for the seats of Midhurst and Preston. He is often referred to as Gentleman Johnny. WI 1 Militia/Minuteman kneeling loading musket

AWI 2 British/Continental Infantry marching

AWI 3 British Drummer bearskin hat

AWI 4 Iroquois Warrior kneeling musket

AWI 5 British Light Dragoon Officer with Horse

AWI 6 British Light Infantryman at trail

AWI 7 British/Continental Officer

AWI 8 Hessian Grenadier marching mitre hat

AWI 9 British Grenadier marching bearskin hat

AWI 10 Continental Drummer boy

AWI 11 Continental Dragoon with Horse

AWI 12 British/Continental Ensign (Standard)

AWI 13 Militiaman advancing brimmed hat

AWI 14 Mounted General in Greatcoat with Horse

AWI 15 British/Continental Infantryman firing musket

AWI 16 Queens Rangers Hussar with Horse

AWI 17 Continental Light Infantry, Rhode Island

AWI 18 Continental Militiaman, musket, cap

AWI 19 Iroquois Warrior advancing with tomahawk

AWI 20 British Legion cavalry, tarleton, with horse

AWI 21 British Dragoon Trooper with horse

AWI 22 British Grenadier firing musket, bearskin hat

AWI 23 British Queens Rangers Light Infantry advancing

AWI 24 Iroquois Warrior advancing with musket

AWI 25 British Infantryman thrusting bayonet

AWI 26 Continental Maryland Infantry loading musket

AWI 27 Iroquois Warrior firing musket

AWI 28 Militiaman musket at ready, bareheaded

AWI 29 Scots Infantryman at ready

AWI 30 Hessian Musketeer at ready

AWI 31 Militiaman kneeling firing musket, tricorn hat

AWI 32 Mountainman Militia kneeling at ready, buckskins

AWI 33 American Continental Dragoon Officer with Horse

AWI 34 British/Continental Artilleryman with rammer

AWI 35 Mountainman firing musket, squirrel hat

AWI 36 Militiaman long coat bareheaded

AWI 37 2nd New Hampshire Infantry Regiment, advancing

AWI 38 British/Continental Artilleryman porte fire

AWI 39 British /Continental Infantryman biting cartridge

AWI 40 British /Continental Infantryman advancing at ready

AWI 41 Hessian Grenadier mitre hat charging

AWI 42 American advancing, brimmed hat, buckskins

AWI 43 Militia/Minuteman at ready, brimmed hat

AWI 44 Militia/Minuteman at ready, tricorn hat

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AWI A. British / American Northern Campaign Band of 10 Iroquois Battalion of 20 British Infantry of the Line Battalion of 20 British Grenadiers Company of 10 Greenmountain Boys Company of 10 Minutemen, Rifle Company of 10 Frontiersmen Continental Battalion of 20 Line Infantry

AWI B. British/American Southern Campaign Troop of 5 British Dragoons Battalion of 20 British Infantry of the Line Battalion of 20 British Grenadiers Troop of 5 Continental Dragoons Company of 10 Minutemen, Rifle Company of 10 Frontiersmen Continental Battalion of 20 Line Infantry

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AWI D. British Southern Campaign Troop of 5 British Dragoons Troop of 5 Quees Rangers Hussars Two Battalions of 20 British Infantry of the line Battalion of 20 British Light Infantry Battalion of 20 British Grenadiers

AWI E. American Northern Campaign Battalion of 20 Greenmountain Boys Alarm Battalion of 20 Minutemen Militia Battalion of 20 Frontier Riflemen State Battalion of 20 Musketmen Continental Battalion of 20 Line Infantry

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One day in October, 1860, Apache Indians raided the ranch of John Ward on Sonoita Creek, plundered his house, took his son Mickey Free, and ran off all of his stock.  John Ward was absent at the time of the raid.  Upon his return, Ward immediately rode to Fort Buchanan, twelve miles to the northeast, at the head of the Sonoita Valley, and reported the raid to the Commanding Officer, Lieut. Col. Pitcain Morrison.  Nothing was done at this time, the reasons to this day are unknown, but a guess would be due to the lack of troops present for duty.  No reason was ever given and the pursuit of the raiders was not undertaken until January 29, 1861, three months later.

On January 29, 1861, Lieut. Col. Morrison ordered Second Lieutenant George N. Bascom, 7th U.S. Infantry, to proceed to Apache Pass, 150 miles to the Northeast to retake the boy, Mickey Free and the stolen stock.  Bascom's command, consisted of 54 men mounted on mules.  Also accompanying Bascom was Mr. Ward and an interpreter called Antonio. Bascom and his command arrived at the west summit of Apache Pass February 3rd and proceeded over the road two and a half miles to the Overland Mail Station. 
Bascom halted his command for water, and told the station keeper Mr. Culver that he was on his way to Fort Bliss, Texas.  After watering his command, Bascom continued on his way.  When he had marched about one mile to one and a half miles, he halted his command in the vicinity of Goodwin Canyon and set up his camp.  Bascom's command was camped in Siphon Canyon.  Cochise's camp was in Goodwin Canyon, only a short distance away.

Bascom convinced  Cochise to meet with him. Suspicious of Bascom's plans, Cochise brought with him his brother Coyuntwa, two nephews, his wife, and his two children. At the meeting, Cochise claimed he knew nothing of the affair. Doubting the Indian's honesty, Bascom attempted to imprison him and his family in a tent to be held hostage, but Cochise was able to escape with only a leg wound.

Bascom met Cochise at Apache Pass and captured him. Cochise escaped and Bascom captured five members of Cochise's family in retaliation, prompting Cochise to lay ambushes and capture four Americans whom he offered to trade for his family members.

On February 5, 1861, Cochise delivered a message to Bascom pleading for the release of his family, but Bascom refused and told Cochise that they "would be set free just so soon as the boy was released."

The following day, Cochise and a large party of Apaches attacked a group of Americans and captured three hostages, offering them in exchange for his family, but Bascom maintained that he would accept nothing other than the return of the boy and cattle. On February 7, 1861, Cochise and his men attacked Bascom's soldiers while they were fetching water.

According to recent sources, Cochise was known for his truthfulness and integrity and Bascom's accusations were false.

Cochise fled to Sonora. On the way, he killed the American prisoners and left their remains to be discovered by Bascom. Several days later, Bascom hanged Cochise's brother and nephews before he and his soldiers began their journey home.

The moment when Cochise discovered his brother and nephews dead has been called the moment when the Indians (the Chiricahua in particular) transferred their hatred of the Mexicans to the Americans.

Cochise's revenge in the form of numerous raids and murders were the beginning of the 25-year-long Apache Wars.

THE LOSS OF THE AMERICAS

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Reasons given for the loss of the american colonies are basically two, that of  simply the nature of the war and the behavior of the insurgents. Guerilla wars are always difficult to fight because the terrorists can chose the time and place of each engagement. All the terrorists have to do in the long run to win is to keep the war going until people in the law-abiding majority decide they cannot live like that anymore, and that, for a quiet life, even an extremist new regime might be better. (They know that the law-abiding people averse to the terrorists are unlikely to resort to guerrilla warfare themselves.) Washington, by himself (i.e. before the French arrived to help out), never won a single battle against the British.

The US encountered the same problem in Vietnam, of course. The US Army never lost a battle against the Vietcong, but we still lost the war because they thought they were fighting individual battles when Ho Chi Minh had drawn out the rules of engagement unbeknown to the Americans that of whose nerve could hold the longest, We know now that the greatest infantry of the last fifty years were Viets and they fought off a lopsided  and unwilling to fight army.  The same may be happening again in Iraq.


Then there's another reason thats just as wrong that of the French.Wrong again just as much as the idea that washington was a good leader. The basic truth was that the British just run of supplies and the will of their mad King to win which bore on the supplie situation.