1. Weem's "Life of Washington" made Washington out to be a "veritable Moses", causing Johns Adams' fears about how the Revolution would be remembered to come true.
2. George Washington never had a truly defining moment as an orator during his career, unlike Lincoln.
3. The British Redcoats marching along the roads from Lexington to Concord committed atrocities against the civilians of the local towns. This was a pattern throughout the war, of extreme brutality, one that is often forgot today.
4. The Americans and British slaughtered each others' prisoners in droves, Banastre Tarleton being one of the most infamous cavalry commanders of the war for his slaughter of unarmed Americans.
5. The American army lost 30,000 troops during the Revolutionary War, and percentage wise, just as many civilians as in the Civil War.
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