The war was raging all around him.
Johnny was only twelve years old, so he wasn't allowed to pick up a gun or to be a soldier.
However, he still had a very important job on the battlefield: he was the messenger for American Major General Gates.
While he waited for the scouts to come back with their reports of British troop movements, Johnny could hear the musket balls whizzing above him, breaking branches in the trees.
His father was out there in the battle lines, and through the smoke on .
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