So, now we have a tense stand-off going on between the Wilmington soldiers and those being inhumanely pestered by mosquitoes at Greenfield. In case you're wondering about the gaunt, hoosier-looking captain who said the mosquitoes were sucking their blood to the general, hoosier-looking mans inexperienced, awkward or unsophisticated. (I have to wonder if Indiana is aware of this definition?)
That hoosier-looking Captain continued: "Howsomdeavor if they were to be baggonetted [bayoneted] to death he supposed they must submit. He didn't like it nohow;but it was he, the general, who requested it, he supposed they moust stay a leetle longer.
"The general spoke soothingly to them; talked about patriotism,, love of country, and all that sort of thing.
Looking Like the Whole Thing's Not Going to Result in Bloodshed. --Brock-Perry
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
Battle of New Orleans.
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