January 1st 1778 JC

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January 1st 1778

It's the new year. I'm seventeen years old, and this is my second year fighting. My father fought with me last year but he went back home to take care of the farm, Nancy, and my mother. I have decided to keep this journal for when I'm gone, my part in this story shall live.

James Cadey

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