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Dear Family, I am a British soldier during the revolutionary war. It's very scary just waiting to start the war. We arrived on a ship to the place where we are going to fight. I can't give you the actual place because I could get in a big load of trouble. So far I am sleeping in a house that we've taken over because of the quarter act. It's very warm. I am very happy that I don't have to sleep out in a tent in the cold. If you are wondering what we eat, we mostly eat stuff that we steal from other peoples houses. Or we just eat whatever is in the house we are sleeping in. We eat better than the colonial soldiers......so I've heard. Plus I've also heard that the valley forge men sleep in the snow!!!! Our uniforms are made out of wool and they are red. They are also heavy. I think I'd rather have them heavy so then it would be warmer for me. The weapons that we use are musskets. They are hard to use because most of the time they don't always go straight. They can take someones leg off!!! Kinda scary. Just imagine getting your leg blown off. We also have rifles too. Training for the war is very courageous for some people. We have some other soldiers that put apples at the top of their heads and then we have to shoot at the apples for target practice. I would hate to have to be the one with the apple on the top of my head. An engagement that I've fought in, was when we (the British soldiers) fought for a certain pond. We were on one side of the pond and the other people were on the other side. We are going to fight for it. So we started heading toward their side to fight for the pond. It was very scary. I kept thinking what if we didnt make it, like what would happen to the ones who survived. But we won it!!! So we got the pond and the land. The living conditions that we have are miserable. We have to enduer very strict discipline. Those that don't follow with the rules can be hung or whipped. The reason why I am fighting is because I want to continue our ruling of America. Some of the other soldiers came to fight because, well, they just volunteered.

sincerly, Huntyr