13. The Lions Roared and loosed their German wolves

British soldiers of the 42nd Foot “Black Watch” and Hessian grenadiers descend on an American trench line from two sides during the Battle of Long Island.

battle Long Island — British soldiers of the 42nd Foot “Black Watch” and Hessian grenadiers descend on an American trench line from two sides during the Battle of Long Island.

This week, Albert finds himself — and the Army — in retreat. Along the way, he meets a 15-year-old Connecticut farm boy, Joseph Plumb Martin, who would go on to compile one of the few complete diaries of a Continental soldier. Martin would serve with Washington through Valley Forge and Yorktown, being discharged in 1783 as a Sergeant.

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