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draconianRegiment t1_jd9rvgf wrote

There's an oversimplified video or two about this on YouTube.

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Joy1312 t1_jd9tkyq wrote

https://youtu.be/QLq6GEiHqR8

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PrezMoocow t1_jdbh6sn wrote

Straight line?

Straight line

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SuspiciouslyElven t1_jdcgybw wrote

To be fair, a third of the continent looks like this. Not many natural boundaries to fight over, y'know?

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Accomplished_Job_225 t1_jddirq0 wrote

The drainage basin heights of land or one of the east west rivers like the Missouri, Assiniboine, Souris, Qu'apple Rivers might have worked.

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confidence_basket t1_jd9l4xa wrote

Sounds like a pretty successful war!

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BrokenEye3 t1_jd9psqq wrote

Generals gathered in their masses

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ash_274 t1_jda69rf wrote

The Captain initially in charge of the US side was the same George Pickett that ordered the disastrous charge for the Confederate army at Gettysburg.

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skilledwarman t1_jda6ljc wrote

Wasn't it his division that made the charge (him included), but Lee that ordered it?

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ash_274 t1_jda92yv wrote

Apparently the plan was Longstreet's. Lee ordered an attack, but the tactical plan was Longstreet's and Pickett led his division (of the three divisions assembled) in the attack. Lee wanted to accept the blame (initially) for the failed attack after it had been repelled.

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skilledwarman t1_jdaauvw wrote

Thank you for the breakdown! I didn't know it was Longstreet's initial plan at all

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benefit_of_mrkite t1_jd9v9mh wrote

I hope someone put up a statue of that pig

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bothunter t1_jdai2a6 wrote

You would not be disappointed: https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2022/10/pig-war-commemorated-bronze-pig-san-juan-island-national-historical-park

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scorpyo72 t1_jd9psvi wrote

The island of San Juan was the epicenter. They preserve the American and British military camps.

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pkthunde t1_jda1jbg wrote

I think there's a "Hey Arnold!" episode loosely based on this.

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Sassy-irish-lassy t1_jd9nmcs wrote

War is hell

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TepanCH t1_jd9wy8v wrote

War isn't Hell. War is war, and Hell is Hell. And of the two, war is a lot worse.

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PIPBOY-2000 t1_jdbc3cv wrote

That's just a roundabout way of saying war is hell.

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ArenSteele t1_jdcyfug wrote

Yeah, but everyone in hell deserves to be there. Most victims of war are innocent.

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PIPBOY-2000 t1_jdd0rex wrote

True, but I think the saying is meant to just say how absolutely horrific war is. Since hell is supposed to be the worst thing man can imagine.

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BigheadReddit t1_jdba8kz wrote

Fucking Americans, shooting our pigs.. don’t make us build a wall…

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RockItGuyDC t1_jdbi9ha wrote

This is crazy. I just learned about this over the weekend when I visited San Juan Island for the first time and visited English Camp National Monument. Wierd coinkydink.

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Accomplished_Job_225 t1_jdciayv wrote

Douglas was from South America and not Ireland, I do believe. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essequibo_(colony)

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drak0bsidian OP t1_jdcpevs wrote

Governor Douglas was not the farmer . . .

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Douglas_(governor)

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Accomplished_Job_225 t1_jdd8htu wrote

Oh lol. Thanks for the correction.

For some reason I thought it was his pig, and that's why he got involved militarily.

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drak0bsidian OP t1_jdd8pb4 wrote

No worries. Figured you misread. And to your point, while he was born in a Dutch colony in South America, it became British shortly after.

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Accomplished_Job_225 t1_jdda9w2 wrote

I must have misread it somewhere as to the ownership of the pig and the level of offense the British governor took [though, knowing the British style of governance, it shouldn't be a surprise they would threaten war on behalf of a subject like the had just done / were doing in the opium wars against China].

Ooh I hadn't even considered the transfer of sovereignty. I wonder if the transfer of the Guyana area to Britain affected Douglas' life or decision to move to the opposite side of the continent.

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Ok-Seaworthiness4488 t1_jdahn70 wrote

Thus the line was drawn in what the definition of bacon is 🥓

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bryniepoo t1_jdb2wog wrote

Not a shining moment in my state's history...

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