I should’ve left Valley Forge sooner! Document A supports my claim. Based on document A, having about 400 people die, I would definitely want to leave. I also would want to leave, because of all the diseases that could be spread of you and terrible food and cooking. My next document supporting my claim is document C, by Dr. Waldo. He explains it very well with a nasty smell and not at all a home-like feeling. He also describes it as disgusting and the opposite of home and fun, proving itself. Finally, document D, by Thomas Paine explains it as tyranny. Hell and Painful! In the end, it’s obvious…
One aspect of this is the inadequate clothing the troops had. One fifth of them had no shoes, and going barefoot in the dead of winter would not have been any fun. (Doc. F) All their other clothes were tattered and did not compensate for the cold temperatures in any way. (Doc. C) The quality of the food and the air inside the cabins was lousy as well. The very little food that could be obtained at Valley Forge was undoubtedly contaminated from all the diseases. The sad excuse for a ventilation system inside the soldiers’ cabins was poor and insufficient, and this probably didn’t help the health issues that close to half of the men already had. (Doc. C) Walking away from the American army did mean that I would only lessen the chances that I would get what I joined the military to find. But between the frostbite-inducing lack of proper clothing, shortage of safe-to-eat food, and smoke inhalation, there would have been enough dangers to make me think twice before…
1778, a soldiers chance of being sick was 50%. The chance of dying due to illness…
* The Continental Army suffered further casualties at Valley Forge due to cold and disease.…
Evaluate the effectiveness and intent of the U.S. Government in dealing with the slavery issue from 1787-1857.…
Prisoners of the Andersonville prison camp often found that life in the prison has been much worse than on the battlefield. The prison was often unsanitary and overcrowded, which led to disease. Many prisoners who were once healthy, died because of disease or malnutrition. These prisoners were not in these camps for doing wrong, but for fighting in the war. Furthermore, the Andersonville prisoner was not only in prison for different reasons than people of today, but also had much harder lives to live.…
George Washington had led the Continental Army through battle after battle, and only won two minor battles. While the British set up comfortable quarters in Philadelphia, George Washington had his men build uniform huts in Valley Forge, a few miles away. Sickness and disease ran rampant, and conditions were torturous. Your family is poor and your mother is ill. Since your nine-month enlistment is up, Washington's men are progressing from hut to hut to find out if soldiers will reenlist or quit. The question asked by this Mini-Q is, ‘Had you been a soldier at Valley Forge, would you have quit?’ I would have quit because the British army had so many advantages and illness was almost unavoidable.…
Imagine you’re freezing and starving, your friends are all sick and dying, and on top of all that, you’re in the middle of a war. In the winter of 1777 and 1778, this was how George Washington and his troops lived. They spent a long winter in blistering cold weather and lived in poorly built huts. We had no shoes, food, or supplies in general. If you were in this situation and you had served your enlistment time, would you re-enlist and go back to these conditions? I personally did not re-enlist because there were harsh conditions, people were getting sick and dying, and we had no support or supplies from congress.…
Imagine a harsh, snowy December and the people around you are sick, hungry and cold. Some men are also dead. All of you are fighting for the thing that's going to make America independent. Most of the soldiers her are done with their nine month enlistment and it’s my turn to decide whether to re-enlist or not. I would not abandon Valley Forge because the Committee of Congress gives me hope, the healthy men have to stay and fight and we are not a nation of summer soldiers.…
Struggled with keeping the British from tracking them down, so they had to play it extra safe. But as soon as they reached the French Quarter not all hope was lost. A soldier would of quit Valley Forge because of how many people died, not enough money, and the living conditions.…
Inmates were given only one saltine cracker a day to survive off of. The camp was built to hold only 10,000 inmates, but it the camp held 30,000 at a time. The stream turned into a swamp and no new water came in, giving prisoners little water. Over 13,000 soldiers died of various ailments including scurvy, diarrhea, and dysentery. A group called The Andersonville Raiders, were a group of prisoners who stole from and killed inmates to get their food or clothes. This group sent the message to all the inmates that nobody was safe.…
The conditions in Valley Forge was bad because there are a lot of sick people, but not a lot of them were dying. Throughout December 23, 1777 only 2,898 soldiers were ill and in February 1, 1778 there was 3,989 soldiers were ill. (Doc A) Which is about 50% considering the fact that 4,000 soldiers died by the beginning of February and it would leave them 8,000 soldiers left. Now, the sickness only killed 1,800 out of 12,000 soldiers (bottom and top of Doc. A) and it can mean that only 15% of the soldiers were dying and 85% were alive, so I would stay because I have a larger chance of living than dying.…
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The Civil War was the bloodiest war the United States has ever fought - killing over 620,000 Americans and causing more destruction than any other war. Long standing conflicts and disagreements made the violent war seem inevitable years before it happened, and led to it becoming a major turning point in US history. Americans have struggled with sectionalism since the colonial days, as seen in the issue of slavery and states rights, and the passing of documents and compromises such as the Articles of Confederation in an attempt to unify the colonies. During the period around the Civil War, the universal idea of manifest destiny reignited sectionalism between states because of arguments over whether to admit new lands in the West as slave or…
Due to the number of sickness and death in the camp I realize that I need to keep fighting. It is February 1, 1778 and about one-half of Washington’s army are sick (Doc A) During the winter, between 1800 and 2500 have died as a result of illness. (Doc A). Many soldiers also have ripped clothing and no shoes. (Doc 3). I could have reconsidered as to being part of the army because my parents need a lot of help on the burden for the farm and to say the truth the numbers of death are sky high. Also the conditions for the army seem to worsen year by year. Yet I chose to reenlist because helping my team can help me.…