Cantering up on his white charger, Washington stared at Lee with un expression so wrathful thai few of his aides would ever forget it.

”What is the meaning of this, Sir?” the red-faced commander-in-chief demanded.

Lee turned his glance aside and began to mutter something none of the witnesses could quite make out. Before he had finished, Washington whipped out his sword, waved it aloft, and with a violent curse, shouted to the retreating American troops to stand and fight. The rout was stemmed.

So reads one description of the dramatic climax of the Battle of Monmouth on June 28, 1778. How true is it?

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