Here's the deal. I understand before the US constitution was created there was an uprising by lead by a Veteran named Daniel Shay. The cause was the hard ships of Western Massachustts farmers and the unwillingness for their elected government to save them from financial ruin. The situation grew worse with both the government and rebels stepping up their activities.
Shay had an army formed around a veteran core and similar uprsising were popping up throughout New England. Massachusttes with no federal aid had to raise a mercenary army. The rebellion failed after Shay failed to secure a weapons dump which would haver fully armed his troops and provided him with artillery. In the event of victory he claimed his intent was to march to Boston and burn it to the ground. keep in mind Massachusetts leader Samuel Adams had already called for the deaths of every rebel(despite being a former revolutionaire himself).
I've heard the lossoccured because Shay divided his army for a three pronged attack and his messenger sernding marching orders was captured by the state militia. This both knocked one third of the rebel army offf the atytack and alerted them to his tactics.
So what do you think would happen if that messenger delivered the orders, and Shay's full force advanced as planned without the militia knowing their plans?
Shay had an army formed around a veteran core and similar uprsising were popping up throughout New England. Massachusttes with no federal aid had to raise a mercenary army. The rebellion failed after Shay failed to secure a weapons dump which would haver fully armed his troops and provided him with artillery. In the event of victory he claimed his intent was to march to Boston and burn it to the ground. keep in mind Massachusetts leader Samuel Adams had already called for the deaths of every rebel(despite being a former revolutionaire himself).
I've heard the lossoccured because Shay divided his army for a three pronged attack and his messenger sernding marching orders was captured by the state militia. This both knocked one third of the rebel army offf the atytack and alerted them to his tactics.
So what do you think would happen if that messenger delivered the orders, and Shay's full force advanced as planned without the militia knowing their plans?
). That weapons stockpile in question (Springfield, MA) happens to be only about 10 miles from here, and one of his first victories (in Northampton, MA) is only about 3 miles away (me living in Easthampton now, ha!).