well, that laggic was corrosive and when the revolution comes along it great deal accelerates the erosion particularly in the south. virginia is a good example of that. in some ways accelerated by the revolution. yes. >> could you tell me the numbers of populations of patriots versus the royalists and give a better definition of the irregulars and how they were defined? >> irregulars can take many different forms, but almost everyone who is male and over the age of 16 up until at least the age of 45 but could be 60 is supposed to enroll in a malitia, as you can imagine the training of these men are nonexistent. you don't want to put these guys into a field with british regulars because they are going to do the sensible thing and run away. a lot of time george washington is dependent on these guys. being in the regular armies is a set of miseries, food is bad, officers are not polite, they treat you bad, they tell you to do things you don't want to do, they treat you bad, in the words of soldiers, slaves and then you're not really paid most of the time. and you are subject to diseases of t