{"product_id":"embattled-farmers-campaigns-and-profiles-of-revolutionary-soldiers-from-lincoln-massachusetts-17751783-9780944856116","title":"Embattled Farmers: Campaigns and Profiles of Revolutionary Soldiers from Lincoln  Massachusetts  1775-1783","description":"\u003cp\u003eThere was nothing extraordinary about these men; they were ordinary farmers  laborers  merchants  tradesmen  slaves  and former slaves  the cross-section of a typical eighteenth-century New England farming community. But when faced with the loss of their cherished liberties and long-standing tradition of self-government  they were swept up in an epic struggle against long odds. These are the forgotten men who fought the American Revolution. Meticulously researched  Embattled Farmers traces the footsteps of 252 individual menall connected with the same communitywho served as Patriot soldiers. Through repeated enlistments  they served at Lexington and Concord  at the Siege of Boston  and during the campaigns to Ticonderoga  Canada  New York  Saratoga  the Hudson Valley  The Jerseys  Valley Forge  and Yorktown. Despite family and community ties  four others remained loyal to the King  and fought against their neighbors and kinfolk. They lost everything they had  and lived the remainder of their lives in exile. Individual stories tell of under-age service  skirmishes and battles  guard duty  fatigue duty  capture by the enemy  smallpox  desertion  and hardships  as well as service by slaves  economic dislocation  and the practice of substitution. Collectively  their stories present a fascinating mosaic of a community at war. Told mostly from the perspectiveand in some cases the actual wordsof the men themselves  Embattled Farmers places the reader shoulder to shoulder with the men-at-arms. As minute men  militia  privateers  Continental soldiersand Loyalist militiaas officers and foot-soldiers  the stories of these Lincoln men bring to life the human drama of the War for American Independence. The books many hidden pearls will delight any armchair historian.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45275475673141,"sku":"ByrdShop_094485611X","price":241.61,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780944856116.jpg?v=1780507940","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/embattled-farmers-campaigns-and-profiles-of-revolutionary-soldiers-from-lincoln-massachusetts-17751783-9780944856116","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}