Originally posted by MooCowofJustice
That's not quite as impressive as you're thinking, if I recall correctly.And yeah. He only defeated the super power of the time with a bunch of combined militias.
It is. Trust me. 😐
Generals alone do not win wars and winning generals themselves are not considered superior to losing ones in all cases. Takes a lot of help. Namely the French hating Britain's existence and joining in before the Colonies would have started seeing big losses.