I'm doing it. I am building the habit. Start working early. Not ness writing but it is my day off. Alot of Ws in my opera. I know wikipedia is not completely trust worthy but it is still interesting reading. State of Franlin to Pyle's Hacking match to battle of Guilford Courthouse.
"At the same time, Lieutenant Colonel Henry Lee, father of Robert E. Lee and Brigadier General Andrew Pickens were in the area with orders to harass the enemy. They had sent out scouts to locate Pyle's army, and upon learning their location, made plans to rendezvous with those forces, with the chief object being Tarleton's dragoons and infantry, which would deal a major blow to Cornwallis.
On noon of the 24th, Lee and Pickens captured 2 British staff officers and learned through interrogation that Tarleton was only a few miles ahead. In the waning hours of the day, Lee's Legion, who wore short green jackets and plumed helmets, encountered 2 of Pyle's men, who mistook them for Tarleton's dragoons, who wore similar uniforms. Lee used this confusion to his advantage and learned that Pyle's army was located nearby. Lee's troops trotted into the camp in full salute. Lee exchanged customary civilities with Col. Pyle, and began shaking his hand when the sounds of battle commenced.
The most commonly accepted account of the battle, pieced together from reports from Lee and Captain Joseph Graham, indicates that Lee's deception was purely chance, and that he had originally intended to avoid the loyalists, intending instead to encounter Tarleton's Dragoons, the more important objective. The sounds of battle apparently commenced when the militia at the rear of Lee's Legion, recognizing the strips of red cloth on the hats of Pyle's men as the badge of loyalists, alerted their commander, Captain Eggleston, who was new to the South and was not familiar with local Whig and Tory badges. When he asked one of the loyalists which side he was on, the man replid "King George," and Eggleston responded by striking him on the head with his sabre. Seeing this, the militia joined in the attack. The loyalists, believing the attack to be a mistake, continued insisting they were on King George's side, to no avail. After 10 minutes, the remaining loyalists had fled, and ninety-three loyalists were known to be dead, certainly more were wounded and others were seen being carried off by friends. According to local legend, John Pyle was badly wounded in the battle, and crawled into a nearby pond where he concealed himself until he could be rescued. After recovering from his wounds, he surrendered to the local militia. Later they were pardoned as a result of Pyle's care for wounded patriots."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyle's_Hacking_Match
All very interesting. Benjamin Frankin wrote propoganda. " Benjamin Franklin wrote an article which claimed a Hessian commander wanted more of his soldiers dead so that he could be better compensated. "
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hessian
History sure is interesting.
But indeed to further work. this upodating can provide a useful bit of warm up but I hope my open ramblings of the past few days have offended no one. Yesterday morning I was brushing my shoulds off. I may have still be drunk from a cube of wine. Ladies is pimps too go on brush your shoulds off.
oh and the whole reason I went wiki-ing so early in the morning:
"
This aphorism is widely used by Latin authors including Horace and Seneca, but it is actually attributed to Hippocrates (c. 460 BC - 377 BC), the Greek physician.The original was in Greek. The Latin translation of the original is like this:
vita brevis, ars vero longa, occasio autem praeceps, experientia fallax, judicium difficile.
(Life is short, the art long, opportunity fleeting, experiment treacherous, judgment difficult.)
"
http://www.skylore.net/blog/astroblog/archives/2005/10/13-2201.php
I need to read some Aristotle on Catharsis. And no I do not name drop. It is a brave (self congratulatory) thing I do in the current self depricating climate to say plainly: I like to learn and think. I'd like to trans that to latin. Where is my Wheellock?
Maybe a walk.
"At the same time, Lieutenant Colonel Henry Lee, father of Robert E. Lee and Brigadier General Andrew Pickens were in the area with orders to harass the enemy. They had sent out scouts to locate Pyle's army, and upon learning their location, made plans to rendezvous with those forces, with the chief object being Tarleton's dragoons and infantry, which would deal a major blow to Cornwallis.
On noon of the 24th, Lee and Pickens captured 2 British staff officers and learned through interrogation that Tarleton was only a few miles ahead. In the waning hours of the day, Lee's Legion, who wore short green jackets and plumed helmets, encountered 2 of Pyle's men, who mistook them for Tarleton's dragoons, who wore similar uniforms. Lee used this confusion to his advantage and learned that Pyle's army was located nearby. Lee's troops trotted into the camp in full salute. Lee exchanged customary civilities with Col. Pyle, and began shaking his hand when the sounds of battle commenced.
The most commonly accepted account of the battle, pieced together from reports from Lee and Captain Joseph Graham, indicates that Lee's deception was purely chance, and that he had originally intended to avoid the loyalists, intending instead to encounter Tarleton's Dragoons, the more important objective. The sounds of battle apparently commenced when the militia at the rear of Lee's Legion, recognizing the strips of red cloth on the hats of Pyle's men as the badge of loyalists, alerted their commander, Captain Eggleston, who was new to the South and was not familiar with local Whig and Tory badges. When he asked one of the loyalists which side he was on, the man replid "King George," and Eggleston responded by striking him on the head with his sabre. Seeing this, the militia joined in the attack. The loyalists, believing the attack to be a mistake, continued insisting they were on King George's side, to no avail. After 10 minutes, the remaining loyalists had fled, and ninety-three loyalists were known to be dead, certainly more were wounded and others were seen being carried off by friends. According to local legend, John Pyle was badly wounded in the battle, and crawled into a nearby pond where he concealed himself until he could be rescued. After recovering from his wounds, he surrendered to the local militia. Later they were pardoned as a result of Pyle's care for wounded patriots."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyle's_Hacking_Match
All very interesting. Benjamin Frankin wrote propoganda. " Benjamin Franklin wrote an article which claimed a Hessian commander wanted more of his soldiers dead so that he could be better compensated. "
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hessian
History sure is interesting.
But indeed to further work. this upodating can provide a useful bit of warm up but I hope my open ramblings of the past few days have offended no one. Yesterday morning I was brushing my shoulds off. I may have still be drunk from a cube of wine. Ladies is pimps too go on brush your shoulds off.
oh and the whole reason I went wiki-ing so early in the morning:
"
This aphorism is widely used by Latin authors including Horace and Seneca, but it is actually attributed to Hippocrates (c. 460 BC - 377 BC), the Greek physician.The original was in Greek. The Latin translation of the original is like this:
vita brevis, ars vero longa, occasio autem praeceps, experientia fallax, judicium difficile.
(Life is short, the art long, opportunity fleeting, experiment treacherous, judgment difficult.)
"
http://www.skylore.net/blog/astroblog/archives/2005/10/13-2201.php
I need to read some Aristotle on Catharsis. And no I do not name drop. It is a brave (self congratulatory) thing I do in the current self depricating climate to say plainly: I like to learn and think. I'd like to trans that to latin. Where is my Wheellock?
Maybe a walk.
pavlovsdog:
I saw God of Hell. I enjoyed it, but as with many protest pieces I think it was preaching to the choir. Good acting though especially the woman, and Welsh, the government agent.