New England in the American Revolution: Stories of Starvation, Disease and Determination (Military)During the War of Independence, New Englands soldiers faced the possibility of death in battle on the field, from an errant cannon blast or, more commonly, from a skirmish in the woodlands. More feared, perhaps, were the dangers that came off the field of battle in the form of illness, hunger and exposure to the elements. Those who served til the wars end faced the tides of sickness and hunger that swept through their encampments and prisons during