we were losing the war like crazy. washington lost two-third of his army, they were about to face the was it the haitians or the prussian? they were the navy seals of the day. we had farmers with nothing who wanted to go home, congress, they were chicken. congress was on this side of the river. congress got out. left philadelphia and they went to baltimore. washington knew he was going it was over. unless he came up with a plan. here was his plan. get em! that was pretty much it. get in the boats. get em. or when that river freezes, they re going to come over and they re going to slaughter every one of us. everyone in these votes was freaked out because they were fighting navy seals. that s when thomas payne wrote follow-up to common sense and he wrote this these are the times that try men s souls. the summer soldier in the