Blog #4 - Revolution Article

Rethinking the Revolution

1.     Following George Washington’s death, Mason Locke Weems wrote the article “Life of Washington” which greatly admired Washington and his contributions. It talked about how George Washington was similar to Moses in the way that he guided his people away from captivity. 

2.     The Civil War and Revolutionary war are opposite of each other in the sequence of war and revolution. The Civil War started out as a war and turned into a revolution, whereas the Revolutionary war started out as a revolution and became a war.

3.     The best-known leaders of the Revolutionary War were mostly civilian leaders, whereas compared to the Civil War the most well known leaders were mainly Military Men.

4.     Commonly appreciated Paintings of the American Revolution such as Washington Crossing the Delaware by Emanuel Leutze and The Spirit of ‘76 by Archibald Willard depict the war in a non-violent way. In Willard’s famous painting, there are no dead bodies, shots being fired, or wielding of bayonets.

5.     Although soldiers in the Civil War carried weapons that were able to cause more damage and casualties than those in the Revolutionary War, there was intense close combat and bayonet fighting in the Revolution. The Rifles used in the Civil war contained a shooting range about six times further than the muskets used in the Revolutionary War.