ARTICLE: "The Gentiles that had gone out of captivity were delivered by the power of God" (1 Nephi 13:19)
Washington, fearing the worst, asked for a list of casualties. To his amazement, not one American soldier had been killed. He quickly took his prisoners and marched back across the river before British reinforcements could arrive. Washington had his first victory, and in the cold bitter reality of defeat and death, a nation was born.
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