George Washington's Winter At Valley Forge

We have little to no resources, many of us have died, and my clothes are now shreds. We have been suffering at Valley Forge from December to March of 1777-1778. I don’t want to die because I have many things I want to do in life and my family needs me. Homesick and worried, I miss my family dearly and my mother might pass away soon. I need to decide if I will quit and abandon Washington’s army. Even with all my thinking about signing up again, I wonder if I should quit. Troublesome diseases have spread and have caused many deaths. I have decided to not re-enlist for three reasons which are I don’t want to die or get sick, there are awful conditions, and horrible weather and starvation.
I will not re-enlist because there have been many deaths
Bad weather, the lack of roads, a shortage of wagons and the lack of an executive in the Continental government were some of the many problems. (George Washington’s Winter at Valley Forge 1777-1778‏ ) George Washington’s Winter at Valley Forge 1777-1778‏ “The Army which has surprisingly healthy hitherto, now begins to grow sickly from the continued fatigues the have suffered this Campaign. I am sick- discontented- and out of humor. Poor food-hard lodging- cold-weather-fatigue-nasty cloaths- nasty cookery- vomit half my time- smoak’d out of my senses-the Devil’s in’t- I can’t endure it …. “ (Document C, pg. 151) We live in small huts and I have to share a hut with 12 people. (video) Lots of smoke is in the air. “Heartily wish myself at home, my skin and eyes are almost spoil’d with continual smoke.” Not many people in the army have shoes. ( The Story of Valley Forge) This reason is causing me not to re-enlist because I don’t think I would be able to endure the awful
It is freezing. It doesn’t help that only one-fifth of us have a pair of shoes. Also, all of our clothes are in horrible condition. Lots of my friends have frostbite. We try to keep warm with a fire, but it only makes it a little warmer and very smoky. We are starving and our food is horrible. Brigadier General Jedidiah Huntington of Connecticut wrote: “I received an order to hold my Brigade in readiness to march; fighting will be by far preferable to starving; my Brigade are out of provisions nor can the Brigade commissary obtain any meat. It has several times been the case before thought the failure has generally been in flour. I am exceedingly unhappy in being the bearer of complaints to Headquarters. I have used every argument my imagination could invent to make the soldiers easy, but I despair of being able to do it much longer.” (George Washington’s Winter at Valley Forge 1777-1778‏ ). Our water tastes absolutely dreadful. “ I can’t endure it - Why are we sent here to starve and freeze…. There comes a soldier, his bare feet are seen thro’ his worn out shoes, his legs nearly naked from the tatter’d remains of an only pair of stockings…” We have very little resources to help us survive the freezing temperature and barely enough food to fill our stomachs. “A general cry thro’ the camp this evening among the soldiers, “No Meat! No Meat!” - the distant vales echo’d back the melancholy sound-”No