If the older generation of Lutherans were cautious about their involvement, it seems that the younger generation was not, and this can be seen in the actions of Henry Muhlenberg’s sons, Peter and Frederick. Peter was a Lutheran pastor in Woodstock, Virginia, but left his position in early 1776 to become an officer in the Continental Army (rising to the rank of major-general), and enlisted a number of his parishioners to join the army with him. In response to a letter from his brother Frederick, chiding