Title: A Narrative of a Revolutionary Soldier: Some Adventures, Dangers, and Sufferings of Joseph Plumb Martin
Author: Joseph Plumb Martin
Publisher: Signet
Publication Date: 06/01/2010
ASIN: 0451531582
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Joseph Plumb Martin gives readers a rare enlisted soldier’s view of the American Revolution. His memoir follows a young Continental soldier through marches, hunger, cold, battle, poor pay, and exhaustion. Martin wrote decades after the war, but his account still captures the daily strain of service in the ranks. He shows the Revolution as ordinary soldiers experienced it, not as a clean story of famous leaders and decisive moments. For military history readers, the book connects grand strategy to endurance, morale, fear, humor, and survival. It remains one of the clearest firsthand accounts of the Continental Army.