re: #13 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

Considering that their tendency to break and run when the Redcoats marched up and started firing cost them several important battles in the middle phases of the war, this was a justifiable position for him to take.

The tendency of the militia to cut and run was so well-known on both sides that the Continental Army was actually able to exploit it at the Battle of Cowpens, getting the Redcoats to march right into an ambush by having the militia fire two volleys and then appear to retreat.