
There has been more action closer to me as well. General Anthony Wayne captured Stony Point, New York in mid-July. The attack, I've heard, was a very carefully planned one, all the soldiers knowing what they were to do and the plan itself kept secret. Sixty-three British were killed, and only fifteen Americans died, though the number of wounds differs.
To provide for my children, I've been working very hard to earn money. I sew many things to sell to other colonists, and I've managed to earn enough to feed them. I miss my husband, whose job helped provide for everything. John and Jane are five years old now, and I love my family dearly. I'm holding on to what I have in hopes that he will return, though a doubt has risen in my mind. Is he even still alive?
Sources: Deverell White. "Tennessee United States History Beginnings to 1877 ." Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 2008.
Kindig, Thomas. Independence Hall Association. "Revolutionary War Timeline." UShistory. 1999-2011. <http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/revwartimeline.htm>
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