New England in the American Revolution Stories of Starvation, Disease and Determination World war 1939-1945 taking twenty-six hostages

taking twenty-six hostages

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New England in the American Revolution Stories of Starvation, Disease and Determination World war 1939-1945 taking twenty-six hostagesBy: Robert A. Geake Published by Arcadia Publishing (SC), 2025 10 07 During the War of Independence, New England's soldiers faced the possibility of death in battle on the field, from an errant cannon blast or, more commonly, from a skirmish in the woodlands. More feared, perhaps, were the dangers that came off the field of battle in the form of illness, hunger and exposure to the elements. Those who served "'til the war's end" faced the tides of