Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/12/28

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Subject: [Leica] Washington's losses
From: lrzeitlin at gmail.com (Lawrence Zeitlin)
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2009 17:03:21 -0500
 
Mark writes:
"Washington had lost 90 percent of his army.

Think of that when you look at a dollar bill."


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But not to casualties. Short term enlistments (many as short as 3 months)
were the primary problem. Many men simply tired of army service in the cold
winter with scanty supplies and simply went home.

Larry Z
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