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=//﻿Dear Mom, //= =//Right now the revolutionary war is going on. I'm a colonial soldier,and very scared of losing my life. I didnt get much training but I tried to prepare myself as well as I could. The living conditions are not very well. I sleep in small tent which I share with another soldier although, it has many rips and tares in it. We dont get much to eat. I eat as often as I can but not as much as I would like. Sometimes I would find a berry bush and eat as many as I can but there has been frost lately so I haven't found much. //= =//My feet get very frost bit and sore from walking barefoot.I try to wrap shirts and rags around them but they always either fall off or the water or snow leaks through.I don't enjoy being here at all though, we desperately need the money.I hope to be home soon, but I can not promise you or the rest of the family anything. //= =//My uniform has a black coat with many copper buttons. Underneath it i wear a tanish colored shirt which also has copper buttons all the way up and a collar. My pants are tan and i wear black boots, which come up right below my knee, over my pants. For weapons we use cannons, pistols, rifles, muskets, and swords. I deeply wish to be home so i dont have to fight! We have fought in many battles. We fought against Canada, New York, and New Jersey and lost to all of them. Although we one against Trenton and Saratoga. //=