What is the main problem in the book "The Fighting Ground"?

In a
story like , I believe it is usually safe to say that the main problem or
main conflict is the one between the great powers involved, in this case between the American
revolutionary forces on the one side and the British and Hessians on the other. The characters
in such a story are typically the "little people" who are caught up in the struggle
and whose lives are changed by what happens to them. In The
Fighting...

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