Major Jonathan Bratton

I will trade ground happily all day long.

And he trades Philadelphia, the nation's capital, in 1777.

And it says, hey, you can have it.

Enjoy this place.

Everyone here is arguing with each other.

And here, try to govern them.

And after like six months or four months, Howe is like,

British General Howe is pulling his hair out and actually retires and goes back to the UK and leaves Henry Clinton in charge because he's like, can't stand these people.

Philadelphia has that effect on people.

Exactly.

Ungovernable.

But in that time, you know, we see the loss of Philadelphia, you know, in our minds.

Oh, what a defeat.

A loss of a capital.

Washington sees it as great.

I can keep the British here all winter.

They will sit here and I can control the countryside, which is what he does from Valley Forge.

You know, his raid at Germantown.

following Battle of Bandiran and the seizure of Philadelphia by the British, the Battle of Germantown is essentially a way of showing the British, hey, yeah, you can push outposts outside the city.

I'm going to attack them every time you do.