#thomas catesby jones

[cynthia39100]

Treason the Musical

So I have seen it twice now. Here are my thoughts:

Who decided to end " cold hard ground" like that?? Catesby (Connor Jones) poured his SOUL in that song and they just BUTCHER IT!! I'm so angry. Aghhhh!

Also, I want to eliminate Thomas from the story. I don't care about his trauma when I only knew him for 3 seconds for god's sake.

Then I want to replace half of the dialogue with the songs they took away. A lot of dialogue felt unnecessary and truncated the emotion-building of the songs, I think.

The music was EPIC. The cast was PERFECT. The venue, the sound effects, and the visual design were all great. Why was the storytelling so weird?? Some of my favourite songs and melodies were gone too... I'm so sad...

[ltwilliammowett]

British and American Gunboats in Action on Lake Borgne, 14 December 1814, by Thomas Lyde Hornbrook (1780–1850)

During the preparation for the attack on New Orleans during the Anglo-American War of 1812 to 1814, one of the obstacles for the British to overcome was five American gunboats moored on Lake Borgne, a sea lake to the east. Since the waters were too shallow to permit men-of-war to get within range, the attack was made by boats of the fleet. This force consisted of 42 launches, each with a carronade mounted in the bow, and carrying 980 seamen and marines.

The five American gunboats were commanded by Lieutenant Thomas Catesby Jones and manned by 182 men. When Jones’s vessel drifted on the current a hundred yards nearer to his attackers, his was the first to be in action. He was boarded by sailors from the barge of Commander Nicholas Lockyer, the British officer in charge of the attack. The Americans resisted fiercely and had the advantage of height and anti-boarding netting. Lockyer was wounded, his number two killed and his barge suffered heavy loss. When a second took its place it was sunk but by sheer weight of numbers the British boats prevailed. They cut away the nettings and subsequently all the gunboats were taken. 41 Americans and 94 British were killed or wounded.

[si-national-portrait-gallery]

Thomas ap Catesby Jones, Auguste Edouart, 1841, Smithsonian: National Portrait Gallery

Size: Image/Sheet: 28.1cm x 21.2cm (11 1/16" x 8 3/8") Medium: Positive cut, pencil, lithograph on paper

http://npg.si.edu/object/npg_S_NPG.91.126.126.A

[ltwilliammowett]

British and American Gunboats in Action on Lake Borgne, 14 December 1814, by Thomas Hornbrook,  mid 19th century

During the preparation for the attack on New Orleans during the War of 1812, one of the obstacles for the British to overcome was five American gunboats moored on Lake Borgne, a sea lake to the east. Since the waters were too shallow to permit men-of-war to get within range, the attack was made by boats of the fleet.

This force consisted of 42 launches, each with a carronade mounted in the bow, and carrying 980 seamen and marines. The five American gunboats were commanded by Lieutenant Thomas Catesby Jones and manned by 182 men. When Jones's vessel drifted on the current a hundred yards nearer to his attackers, his was the first to be in action. He was boarded by sailors from the barge of Commander Nicholas Lockyer, the British officer in charge of the attack.

The Americans resisted fiercely and had the advantage of height and anti-boarding netting. Lockyer was wounded, his number-two killed and his barge suffered heavy loss. When a second took its place it was sunk but by sheer weight of numbers the British boats prevailed. They cut away the nettings and subsequently all the gunboats were taken. 41 Americans and 94 British were killed or wounded.

[ltwilliammowett]

British and American Gunboats in Action on Lake Borgne, 14 December 1814, by Thomas Lyde Hornbrook Early to mid 19th century

During the preparation for the attack on New Orleans during the Anglo-American War of 1812-14, one of the obstacles for the British to overcome was five American gunboats moored on Lake Borgne, a sea lake to the east. Since the waters were too shallow to permit men-of-war to get within range, the attack was made by boats of the fleet.

This force consisted of 42 launches, each with a carronade mounted in the bow, and carrying 980 seamen and marines. The five American gunboats were commanded by Lieutenant Thomas Catesby Jones and manned by 182 men. When Jones's vessel drifted on the current a hundred yards nearer to his attackers, his was the first to be in action. He was boarded by sailors from the barge of Commander Nicholas Lockyer, the British officer in charge of the attack. The Americans resisted fiercely and had the advantage of height and anti-boarding netting.

Lockyer was wounded, his number-two killed and his barge suffered heavy loss. When a second took its place it was sunk but by sheer weight of numbers the British boats prevailed. They cut away the nettings and subsequently all the gunboats were taken. 41 Americans and 94 British were killed or wounded.