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Bratton’s recollection, more than half a century later, of a traumatic event when he was a child, isn’t a reliable source. Is there anything to corroborate the story? A statement by Mrs Bratten, the British officer, or the militiaman who threatened her would be reliable. Even a note from the memoirs of another soldier would help.
709:). For example, the article doesn't mention Bratton and his men hacking a wounded Tory to pieces, or the many bodies in the woods who had been murdered. Edgar's description of the pre-existing conflicts also provides more context. Many writers refer to it as a Civil War. I will work on it when I can.
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I think the article, like the battle, seems one-sided. The problem is the absence of reports from Tories who were there, and the lack of official (i.e. regimental) records from the Whigs. I'd like the article to become more meaningful by giving it greater balance. Stick to the history and leave out
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Merriam-Webster defines "massacre" as "the act or an instance of killing a number of usually helpless or unresisting human beings under circumstances of atrocity or cruelty." That's not a description of Huck's Defeat, which is simply war being fought as wars are usually fought. We can lament the
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British! The language is strange and old fashioned "then they took a reaping hook to the neck of a farmwoman" etc.
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I think the article's sound as it stands, not one-sided at all. I'm certainly open to including other points of view if there are such, but I think Huck was an arrogant jerk. And, as you've suggested, you can't create fictionalized articles in an attempt to create better
653:). I'm learning about the revolution as my interests take me—a diversion from what I should be doing—so I came upon Huck's Defeat indirectly. To me, it sounds very much like the "Baylor Massacre": they were caught napping and suffered heavy losses.
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