Three Views of Independence: Firsthand Accounts of the Revolutionary War From An American Patriot, An American Tory, and a French Volunteer

Three firsthand accounts of the American Revolutionary War. Ebenezer Fox enlisted in the patriot militia before joining the US Navy, where he was captured and escaped from a British prison barge. The Chevalier de Pontgibaud was a French aristocrat who joined Washington's army at Valley Forge. David Fanning formed a loyalist pro-British militia under Cornwallis's command and fought several battles against the patriots.