Essay:

Imagine that you are a soldier in one of the General Washington’s battalions at Trenton. It is Christmas Eve, and you

have had only a few hours of sleep in the past three days. The winter has been bitter, and many of your fellow soldiers

have died. Another storm is approaching. Tomorrow night your battalion will cross the icy Delaware River to take the

British by surprise. In this quiet moment before the battle, write a letter to your sister, describing your living conditions

and explaining what her gift, a hand knitted wool scarf, means to you. /