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Book Review of The Winter of Red Snow: The Revolutionary War Diary of Abigail Jane Stewart (Dear America)

The Winter of Red Snow: The Revolutionary War Diary of Abigail Jane Stewart (Dear America)
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Dec. 19, 1777, Friday-I woke to sleet hitting the window and another sound I'd not heard before. A drumbeat! Papa came in from milking and said, "The soldiers are coming." ...Finally, through the gray we saw them. Three officers on horseback led. We ran outside to cheer, but the men were quiet and thin. The sight of them took my breath away. "They have no shoes," Elisabeth whispered. We watched for several minutes as they passed by. We were unable to speak. Their footprints left blood in the snow. As I write this upstairs, my candle low and our room cold, I think I shall never again complain.