"Foxhole level" view of the War of Independence

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What kind of people "signed/made their mark" and marched off with the local Militia to face down The Empire? Here's what a Private saw in 1776, as General George Washington maneuvered his army of colonials against British regulars. As expected, long periods of boredom and foraging for food, broken up by short periods of scary reality.