BGuthrie Photos: DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Price of Freedom -- Independence (American Revolution, War of 1812)

DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Price of Freedom -- Independence (American Revolution, War of 1812):

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1. SIPRIN_041115_62.JPG: The map shows the siege of Yorktown
2. SIPRIN_041129_11.JPG: War of 1812 Andrew Jackson: A New Hero -- In the battle of New Orleans, Andrew Jackson led a diverse group of American soldiers to victory against a stronger British force. In the last major battle of the war, Britain brought some 10,000 of its best troops to seize New Orleans. To stop them, General Andrew Jackson had a force of 4,000, composed of soldiers, militia, Choctaw Indians, former slaves, and even pirates. By carefully choosing his ground, Jackson forced the British to make futile attacks on well-fortified positions, and defeated them in a lopsided victory. Added to his fame as an Indian fighter, this brilliant action propelled him to national prominence and ultimately to election as president in 1828.
3. SIPRIN_041129_20.JPG: Uniform coat worn by Colonel Peter Gansevoort at Fort Stanwix, 1777
4. SIPRIN_041129_42.JPG: While I was photographing, I heard a curator talking to a restorer about the blemishes on this painting of George Washington. They were saying that they'd be taking it down to try to fix the problems.
5. SIPRIN_041129_73.JPG: .69-caliber flintlock musket marked "Towne of Boston" and used by militia. French and Indian War -- Disdained Provincials -- The British military had little respect for provincial troops or local militia. Colonial provincial troops and local militia fought the opening battles of the war against the French and their Indian allies. Colonials continued to fight when regular British soldiers under the command of General Edward Braddock was dispatched from England to conduct the war. After initial setbacks, including a British rout in which Braddock was killed, combined British forces successfully ousted the French from the Ohio River valley in 1758. Throughout the war, the British disparaged colonial forces: Braddock's aide labeled them "languid, spiritless, and unsoldierlike in appearance." Braddock's Defeat -- British troops under the command of Major General Edward Braddock were dispatched to Virginia in 1755. George Washington accompanies them on their first foray against the French and Indians, which ended in a calamitous defeat near Pittsburgh. Braddock was killed, but Washington emerged from the fray acclaimed. A Standing Army -- Following the French and Indian War, Britain stationed about one-fifth of its army in the colonies. British troops were stationed in port cities and assigned to frontier outposts from Florida to Nova Scotia. Many colonists viewed these paid professionals with awe and pride. Many others distrusted the red-coated soldiers -- derisively called lobsterbacks -- fearing that they would carry out the king's bidding even against the opposition of the colonists. "The Troops of George the Third have cross'd the wide atlantick not to engage an enemy," complained John Hancock, but to trample "on the rights and liberties of his most loyal subjects."
6. SIPRIN_041129_86.JPG: Powder horn depicting French and British troops
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