I am not as interested in the history as I am in the art that depicts the history of those eras. I find it fascinating that the artists would romanticise the violent events and horrific scenes of war with such beautiful brush strokes and compositions.
I am doing my degree in visual art and so the classical paintings of those eras so I find the artwork fascinating.

I also do not know that much about American history; your little excerpt about Saratoga is something I had never heard of before. Very interesting, thank you.