Independence

"If the gunpowder is too wet to fire ... then use the bayonet." -General George Washington

SPRING 1776. With Captain Daniel Morgan captured in Quebec, Lieutenant Ethan Chambers returns home burdened by guilt but determined to carry on his mentor's cause. As the colonies push for freedom from the English crown, he raises a company of riflemen-farmers, tradesmen, and boys barely old enough to hold a musket-and leads them north to join

General George Washington's battered army, defending against...