December 4th, 1791
Winter shown us its worst side today. A blizzard hit boston, and lasted all day. Our commander, George Washington, is beginning to doubt himself, as the colonies are losing much, much, much man power. Over 12,000 men died at boston when the blizzard hit, as they were in battle. But, our losses were not as great as the british, which was 20,000. I was also promoted, to captain to be exact. I was given charge of a much larger unit, 700 men. 300 Line infantry, 400 French men. I am to attack the hessians north of Boston. I must go, I will continue later...
I am back. The battle was mis calculated, but still a success. 4,000 men were there, 2,000 Hessians, 1,000 Loyalists, 500 Infantry, 500 Militia. We formed around them, using the snow as our cover. A nice guerrilla attack resulted on them, as I ordered a blanket fire. We saw them, they did not see us. When their forces were at 789, which were 700 Hessians and 89 Loyalists, they surrendered their arms. We already lost 235 men, but our victory was greater. I told the men that I will hand write 100 letters which would be sent to their families, while they wrote the rest. My hand will be sore by next morning, I believe. I was gladly happy to recieve the rank of Major the following hour of my victory, though. I was informed that I was one of the most valued officers there. I was glad for such a accomplishment. I was also placed command of 3,000 men, all American infantry, no subsitutes. I will continue tomorrow.
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Lieutenant Isaiah Parden, Officer of the La nouvelle armée française d'Amérique
Fiksi SejarahA mere extreme view of the revolutionary war, in alternate history of course, and going to be my third ongoing project. Hope you will like it.
