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Members of the Revolutionary Committee vote on how many troops to move
Gunfire, blood, smoke, and bodies. The battle field was littered with bullet shells and dropped weapons, but the battle for Virginia raged on. The sudden attack of the British on Williamsburg would decide the course of war to follow, as the battle raged for Virginia.
The Revolutionary Committee frantically strategized how to push the British out of Williamsburg and voted on plans of action. Thomas Paine’s plan to ambush a battalion of one hundred British soldiers was approved and successful, but not without losing the high ground in the hills.
Another plan formed, one to divide and conquer the North and South simultaneously. Again met with both failure and success. The Southern attack ended in a massacre, but to the North, the British were force to retreat to Francisco’s Meadow.
The Revolutionary Committee once again struck with another double attack, but this time a raging success. Now the British only remained in the hills to the Southwest, and the Patriots outnumbered them greatly.
Patrick Henry set forward a pincer attack and managed to wipe out one battalion of British troops, yet in doing so lost one hundred of his own men. Now, with the last of the British troops surrounded, the committee sent an all out assault.
The result? An astounding victory for the Revolution. With only 350 casualties to the British’s 650, the British Empire received a huge loss.
Riding high on a victory, the Revolutionary Committee was suddenly met with shocking news. One of their own, George Clark, was found to be a traitor and was working with the British to lead 12,000 troops to Pennsylvania. However, Patriot spies had found out and notified the 5,000 French troops in Pennsylvania of Clark’s traitorous intentions.
It was another huge victory for the colonies. All 12,000 of the British troops and Clark himself were slaughtered.
The committee, still in shock over the news of Clark, were suddenly interrupted by an angry General Washington. Washington had intercepted notes of backstabbing, betrayals, and mistrust of and from members of the committee and furiously confronted them.
Washington berrates the Revolutionary Committee on their traitorous behaviors
“If I see anymore of this traitorous behavior or intent from any member, I’ll throw all out you out and find a new committee,” Washington said. Now both shaken and in shock, the committee regrouped to assess the current state of affairs of the colonies.
Britain, with control of Rhode Island (RI), decided to fortify their stronghold by bringing 2,000 troops from the surrounding area into RI. Spain, though allied with the Patriots, was in possession of Georgia (GA). But little did the Spanish know how that was about to change.
With 999 Spanish and Portuguese troops being moved into Ohio, the stage was set for the Americans to take GA from the Spanish in a stealthy coup. The USS Freedom and her crew disguised themselves in stolen Spanish uniforms and flags. No one thought anything of the ship sailing into the Port of Savannah.
The crew quickly took control of the port, kidnapped the Governor of Louisiana, Bernardo de Gálvez, and killed him. With none the wiser, the crew left Georgia. Georgia came under control of the Patriots, with their Spanish allies remaining clueless. Serious consequences would arise if the Spanish were to find out what transpired.
Simultaneously, New Jersey declared its independence and establishes the new nation of New Hopkinsville. Patrick Henry, accused of being a traitor, fled to this new “nation” to be safe from the wrath of Washington.
The war is balanced on a knife’s edge, and what will happen next is anyone’s guess. All that can be certain is that for the budding nation of the United States of America, the road to the end of the revolution will be one steeped in blood, tragedy, and betrayal.