It was a brutal winter so far for Colonel Magnus and his troops. They were hunkering down in Allentown New York for now it seemed there was blizzard after blizzard. They were buried in four feet of snow, morale was low, and they were still searching for more cold weather gear to distribute among all of the Soldiers under his command. There was plenty at Camp Edwards however the roads were iced over and even the track vehicles had problems maneuvering assuming you could even get them started. Food and water were also low, one of the several reasons for low morale. Colonel Magnus was using the images of Valley Forge telling his troops this was the ‘New’ Valley Forge. That they were going to return the country back to its roots and it was Gods will, no matter what it took they would preserver. Many of the service members, especially the junior officers, thought it was all-well-and-fine, but it wasn’t going to feed or cloth everyone. Some felt that the Colonel was sitting in his ivory tower and was losing touch with the average Joe. Regardless, the people that thought this kept the thoughts to themselves. They were afraid to voice their concerns, they knew that…show more content… Colonel Magnus and his staff were feeling secure with their mission and were anxious to restart their campaign south. The next objective was Fort Indiantown Gap in Pennsylvania it’s the National Guard Training area and was over two hundred ninety-four miles away. Colonel Magnus new men and women there that he knew would be loyal to his cause, assuming they were there and still alive. Winter was giving way to spring and the roads were clear but wet, there weren’t enough vehicles to move everyone that was one of the remedies he hoped to solve at Fort Indiantown Gap. It was going to be a long slow march, almost three hundred miles on foot by mostly
