Valley Forge Essay: If I Was A Soldier
Valley Forge Essay
If I was a soldier in Valley Forge I would have had to think every little detail out before I made my decision. Would I be better off leaving? Would I have a good chance of staying alive if I stayed? I wouldn't just jump into the decision without thinking everything through. Most likely I would have quit, and here are the reasons why.
In Valley Forge at this time it was cold, freezing actually. They had no warm clothes and even if they did it was torn to shreds. People around them were dying from all sorts of reasons. Some people's toes fell off from frostbite.They were also running out of supplies, and the little they did have they had been eating that all this time so they were tired of it. These two reason alone would have made me quit. The places they slept in had smoke in them and were not comfortable. Coming in and sleeping in that after a long day of fighting would not have been good. …show more content…
This would have been one of my big reasons to stay if I did. He was very responsible and knew what he was doing, I would have felt safe if he was my leader. Between the soldiers, George Washington, and the Militia I would have been okay with maybe staying if it wasn't for everything else. But I don't think I would have stayed just for George Washington. Everybody did have arguments once in awhile over some things, but over all they knew that they all want the same thing.
A Lot of people were dying, or getting sick. One of my factors for leaving was the death rate. In just about one year we lost about 4,000 people. In just December- June we lost 1,800-2,500. A Lot of people got sick and they didn't have the medicine or the doctors to help them so they got even more sick and ended up dying. Why would someone want to stay if they knew that they had a good chance of dying? You had a 50% chance of dying. (I got all this information from Document
If I was a soldier in Valley Forge I would have had to think every little detail out before I made my decision. Would I be better off leaving? Would I have a good chance of staying alive if I stayed? I wouldn't just jump into the decision without thinking everything through. Most likely I would have quit, and here are the reasons why.
In Valley Forge at this time it was cold, freezing actually. They had no warm clothes and even if they did it was torn to shreds. People around them were dying from all sorts of reasons. Some people's toes fell off from frostbite.They were also running out of supplies, and the little they did have they had been eating that all this time so they were tired of it. These two reason alone would have made me quit. The places they slept in had smoke in them and were not comfortable. Coming in and sleeping in that after a long day of fighting would not have been good. …show more content…
This would have been one of my big reasons to stay if I did. He was very responsible and knew what he was doing, I would have felt safe if he was my leader. Between the soldiers, George Washington, and the Militia I would have been okay with maybe staying if it wasn't for everything else. But I don't think I would have stayed just for George Washington. Everybody did have arguments once in awhile over some things, but over all they knew that they all want the same thing.
A Lot of people were dying, or getting sick. One of my factors for leaving was the death rate. In just about one year we lost about 4,000 people. In just December- June we lost 1,800-2,500. A Lot of people got sick and they didn't have the medicine or the doctors to help them so they got even more sick and ended up dying. Why would someone want to stay if they knew that they had a good chance of dying? You had a 50% chance of dying. (I got all this information from Document