Answer:
1. Joseph Plumb Martin was an average kid joins the Army when he is 15, guards New York.
2. a. one chip is the coast of an aircraft today
b. 2000 very old trees
3. July 4th 1776
4. 3000, 9 / 10, by the end of the war it was about 12,000
5. he is leader of rifles, gambler and smart and a drinker