The reflection upon my situation and that of this army produces many an uneasy hour when all around me are wrapped in slepp.
Few people know the predicament we are in.
General George Washington, January 14,1776

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The title of the book may be a little misleading, because the storry starts in the beginning of the Continental army in defending Boston during 1775 after Bunker Hill, Lexington and Concord to to the battle for Princeton in January 1777. Also the the focus is on the military history of the Republic.