Blog #4 - Revolution Article

1. The American Civil War was more costly in lives and possibly more important than the American Revolution
2. Ben Franklin and George Washington may have embelished their parts in the war.
3. The Civil War has more memorable war heroes, while the Revolution has more memorable political figures
4. Paintings of the Revolutionary War don't depict the carnage that pictures of the Civil War do
5. Historians often focus on happenings away from the war, and not about the actual fighting