![]() My spirits began to revive at the sight of the money offered the seeds of courage began to sprout for, contrary to my knowledge, there was a scattering of them sowed, but they had not as yet germinated I felt a strong inclination, when I found I had them, to cultivate them. A dollar deposited upon the drum head was taken up by some one as soon as placed there, and the holder's name taken, and he enrolled, with orders to equip himself as quick as possible. Morristown National Historical Park, and the original text is now available again in print. The account was published anonymously in 1. ![]() Martin expresses, with equal eloquence, both his pride in serving his country and his indignation at the neglect from which his fellows suffered. His account includes harrowing accounts of a number of battles, but is most notable for the great variety of incidents that mark a soldier's life in wartime: bouts of dysentery and yellow fever inoculation for smallpox marching and hauling equipment tracking down deserters outbreaks of mischief and above all the constantly recurring fight to ward off hunger, which at one point brought his company to the verge of mutiny. ![]() American War of Independence as seen by a common soldier, Joseph Plumb Martin. The Adventures Of A Revolutionary Soldier (1. ![]()
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