Joseph Plumb Martin was born on November 1760 in western Massachusetts. He wrote a book in which he described the life of an ordinary soldier during the American Revolution.”A Narrative of a Revolutionary Soldier” not only informed about the poor conditions in which the troops lived but also is one of the few soldier's accounts of the Revolution in general.
Martin grow up in his Connecticut grandparent's house. He noted since 1774 that a war with Great Britain was coming,so he promise himself to have nothing to do with it. A military representative
were taking everyone they could. They were taking even boys under sixteen which were the easiest to train and without any family responsibilities. Some of the new soldiers stayed at Martin's grandparents house before they start to fight in Boston. Interested by the conversations he heard and the possibility to earn some money,Martin changed his mind and decided to became s soldiers. At the age of sixteen,Martin enlisted in the......

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Title: A Narrative Of A Revolutionary Soldier
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