Bill, studying the Seminole Indian wars might be helpful? They fought almost entirely defensive. To this day that is why so many places in Florida have the word "Fort" in front of the city name. The Army decided thay couldn't beat them so it kinda adopted a policy of localized containment. John Anderson "Seminole Wind" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGoBQIhyFFM
Seminole War Map
http://www.sonofthesouth.net/america...le-war-map.htm
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