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If I was a soldier in the American Continental Army during the Valley Forge time period, I would probably have quit the war. The reason that I would want to quit is i wouldn't want to fight in a war, at all. I don't think that fighting and killing is the answer to a country's problems. However, if i was in the war then I would have quit because times were hard for the soldiers and for the people who were supporting the war, the Americans were losing the war, and they were losing their confidence. The soldiers and the Generals didn't have very much supplies, some didn't have shoes, or coats, or anything warm for the winter. 50% of the soldiers were sick and 1,800 to 2,500 people died just over the winter. Food was

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