Subject: Joseph Sherburne recounts his experience of being in command of a fascine battery at New Hampshire. His journals keeps notes of what happened over the course of twenty-nine days; some days barely have one line written down for them, and others have short paragraphs. He talks about the amount of men who were under his command at the battery and how they performed, to which he noted that some of them were unskillful at managing the weaponry they had to use. He states that a few of them died in the warfare by way of bullets, and that his team themselves were frequently lacking in gunpowder. The lack in powder was so serious that at one point, they were forced to cease fire, no matter that they had been passionately pressing forward only minutes ago. Sometimes the weather held thick fog, and the humidity in the air made it unfit for firing the weapons, as the humidity would affect the gunpowder, which had to be kept dry. He talks about advancements they had made, as well as drawbacks they had to face and overcome. It was on the twenty-eighth day that a flag of truce was presented to his side, and on the twenty-ninth day, a second flag was delivered to them, signifying the end of the battle. …show more content…
This turmoil with the Spanish is what led to King George’s War, known in the European countries as the War of Austrian Succession. This was a war in the British colonies which extended to the French colonies, as King George meant to drive out the French from land he wished to claim solely for Britain. It was the British and New Englanders verses the French and the Spanish, who had, of course, sided with the French. Joseph Sherburne was a soldier in King George’s War on the side of the