Once again, war is no longer focused here in New York, but rather, the war has gone southward. Another messenger rode in on horseback, stating that the British took over Charleston, South Carolina on May 12. In the southern colonies there are many Loyalists who still swear fealty to the king, and Americans are having to fight other Americans. Redcoats are causing mass destruction as they weave their way through the colonies. If only the fighting could end. I plead for it to end, for Patriots to win, and that my may husband may come home to my two happy children. My hopes might only be fantasy, and perhaps they are future punishment when these hopes are broken, but I must think happily, so that I may keep moving through my problems.
I must think of something positive to write, before my eyes are all soaked and my hands are too shaky to write and my mind is about to explode. Something positive is that French troops arrived in Newport, Rhode Island on July 11th. I suppose our allies are something to look towards. Perhaps they will help bring us out of the mess we are in, to help us become independent. I must hope so.
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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