WI: Nathan Hale survives?
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Difficult to say. He was a low ranking 22 (ish) year old officer who I believe was a schoolteacher. There is no way to say if he would have had any major impact on history.
unprincipled peter
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he's famous for dying. It's possible he may have risen to be someone great, but far more likely that he would have lived in anonymity, revered only by his loved ones.
Good question. We often miss Nathan Hale as a Revolutionary hero.
If he had made it back to Washington, who knows what information he had on the British. By this time the British were already in Manhattan.
He could of survived New York just to be killed on some other battlefield. His initial regiment fought at Brandywine, Germantown, and Monmouth.
But who knows, he was the only individual who volunteered for the mission. If he had made it back, perhaps he is attached to Washington's staff.
He could have been an early abolitionist leader.
If he had made it back to Washington, who knows what information he had on the British. By this time the British were already in Manhattan.
He could of survived New York just to be killed on some other battlefield. His initial regiment fought at Brandywine, Germantown, and Monmouth.
But who knows, he was the only individual who volunteered for the mission. If he had made it back, perhaps he is attached to Washington's staff.
He could have been an early abolitionist leader.
Cuāuhtemōc
Banned
Honestly. It depends on whoever's writing him in a timeline. It's likely that he'll become a nobody and live a normal life after the revolution.
Hey, something somewhat tied to Connecticut!
Pretty much. He'd be good to offhandedly mention in a timeline as having happened to survive and gone on to something notable, but him surviving isn't likely that consequential in and of itself.
Pretty much. He'd be good to offhandedly mention in a timeline as having happened to survive and gone on to something notable, but him surviving isn't likely that consequential in and of itself.
Anaxagoras
Banned
Not much, IIRC. Fact is, he was not a very good spy. He was tricked into revealing himself right after he got into the British lines. He was a brave man who became an early revolutionary martyr, which is why he has been made immortal in history. Had he gotten back to Washington, it is likely he would have left no real trace in the history record.
If Nathan Hale becomes famous for his execution for treason (which I will assume happens prior to the year 1780), what would happen to Benedict Arnold? Would he still commit treason, or would he continue, influenced by the consequences suffered by Hale?
In that case, what would be of Arnold?
As someone who grew up and lives in Coventry, CT, it's cool to see our only point of relevancy coming up on here. Even so, I'd have to agree that Nathan Hale surviving in itself would only mean that he has a normal life, and maybe someone else takes the role of revolutionary martyr that he did.