The wars in the south continue, and British presence is still in New York City. It takes quite a long time for word to carry, but sadly, I hear such unfortunate news. We won one battle, on August Sixth of this year at Hanging Rock, South Carolina, but from there we have been failing. In the same month, the British won at Camden because our attack was not carried out as it should have been. Starvation has done much damage to troops, but even more devastation is done to the countryside there.
More heartbreaking is the word I hear about Benedict Arnold, who served us well in the war. He became a traitor, and he had planned to give up West Point to the enemy. How crazy must one be to do something so foolish, to give up hope for freedom and liberty? For this I feel angered. If you support a cause, why must you betray it?
The British here in the city are threatening as always. I wish for my husband, but I doubt he'll be coming back.
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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