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1 I-145 A SOLDIER S LIFE Written by Linda Baten Johnson SETTING: Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, Winter of 1777-1778 CHARACTERS: Narrator Soldier One Soldier Two Officer One Officer Two Baron von Steuben WHEN CURTAIN RISES, ALL CHARACTERS ARE ON STAGE OR ENTER QUIETLY AND TAKE THEIR PLACES AT MUSIC STANDS OR AT TABLES. SIGNS SHOULD IDENTIFY THE CHARACTERS. NARRATOR ENTERS LAST. SAMPLE pages . PLEASE DO NOT copy ! 2 SAMPLE pages . PLEASE DO NOT copy ! A SOLDIER S LIFE BY Linda Baten Johnson NARRATOR: COLONIAL SOLDIERS COULD BE ANY AGE, FROM SIXTEEN TO SIXTY. YOUNG BOYS CAUGHT UP IN THE WAR FEVER SOMETIMES LIED ABOUT THEIR AGE IN ORDER TO ENLIST. EACH COLONY OR STATE WAS EXPECTED TO SEND A CERTAIN NUMBER OF MEN TO SERVE. IN ADDITION, THE STATE WAS TO PROVIDE UNIFORMS, EQUIPMENT AND THE SOLDIER S PAY, BUT THAT DIDN T ALWAYS HAPPEN. NEARLY SEVEN OF EVERY EIGHT SOLDIERS WHO DIED IN THE WAR DIED OF UNRELATED CAUSES SUCH AS DISEASE, EXPOSURE, AND STARVATION.

sample pages. please do not copy! 2 sample pages. please do not copy! a soldier’s life by linda baten johnson narrator: colonial soldiers could be any age, from sixteen to sixty. young boys caught up in the war fever sometimes lied about their age in order to enlist. each colony or state was expected to

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