Valley Forge: The 9 Month Death Sentence When you hear “Valley Forge” do you think of great living conditions‚ a large quantity of food‚ and all healthy soldiers? No. In the winter of 1777 and 1778 when George Washington’s Continental Army was forced to set up winter camp in Philadelphia even the littlest task of surviving was a struggle. Washington couldn’t even keep his own soldiers in the battle. So if you were a 9 month soldier‚ living in huts‚ becoming ill‚ and not being provided with enough
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Joseph Plumb Martin was born “upon the twenty-first of November‚ in the year of 1760” (Martin 6). His grandparents raised him on their Connecticut farm. Inspired by the Battles of Lexington and Concord he decided to enlist into the army. He was eager to help for the patriotic cause. In June of 1776‚ at the age of 15‚ Martin was able to enlist but didn’t want to sign up for a long enlistment. Soldiers at the time were enlisting for a year’s service but he did not like that and thought it was
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Dear Diary‚ February 16th‚ 1778 I’m writing to you from Valley Forge in Pennsylvania. Life here is horrible. There’s a lot shortages of everything from food to clothing to medicine. My men are sick from disease‚ hunger‚ and exposure. Right now‚ were camped in crude log cabins and have endured cold conditions while the Redcoats warmed themselves in colonial homes. Naked and starving as they are we cannot enough admire the incomparable patience and fidelity of the soldiery. My men
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Valley Forge In December 1777‚ George Washington created a camp called Valley Forge for the Continental Army to stay at. Valley Forge began to become a hard and unsanitary place to live. I would not quit because there was a lot of sick people‚ but not a lot was dying‚ The conditions are bad‚ but there was a ‘Spirit of alacrity’ among the soldiers‚ and I am not going to be a summer soldier because freedom is worth fighting for. The conditions in Valley Forge was bad because there are a lot of
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& Book Notes Essays Book Notes AP Notes Citation Generator More Valley Forge Dbq By Imjustdanna1‚ april. 2013 | 3 Pages (597 Words) | 55 Views | 4.51 12345 | Report | This is a Premium essay for upgraded members Sign Up to access full essay CALL ME MAYBE... Send Valley Forge DBQ “Give me liberty or give me death!” In December of 1777‚ George Washington decided to set up a winter camp at Valley Forge. The area was about eighteen miles northwest of Philadelphia making it a good
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price for this cause‚ as well as for those who are blessed enough to return from the battlefield unscathed. Allen Boyd Read more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/soldiers.html#AewxmAiKwdq3kHcR.99 From the bitter cold winter at Valley Forge‚ to the mountains of Afghanistan and the deserts of Iraq‚ our soldiers have courageously answered when called‚ gone where ordered‚ and defended our nation with honor. Solomon Ortiz Read more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/soldiers
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“No meat! No meat!” was a cry from a tired‚ desperate general in the suicidal camp at Valley Forge. On March 1st of 1778 is when I get to decide whether to reenlist or not from the army‚ but I have been thinking to myself why soldiers would want to re-enlist for 9 months at the Valley Forge Camp. The conditions in the Valley Forge encampment were terrible. First off‚ there wasn’t really any good and healthy food at the camp. Second‚ soldiers had been getting sick and dying from lack of food‚ and
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Valley Forge Essay I would re-enlist‚ because they were low on soldiers {doc c}‚ they need more supplies and in order to get them they need to win. With the amount of soldiers becoming sick and/or dying. Washington’s army was low on soldiers because they got to Valley Forge in December of 1777 and had a very harsh winter there. They had to build huts{a temporary house} because they were going to be there for a little while‚ while George Washington would spy on the British with people who would
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Looking around I see fellow soldiers sick‚ discouraged‚ and barely clothed. Soldiers at Valley Forge were cheerful in hard times‚ and healthy when there was sickness.I have decided to re-enlist for three reasons which are‚ with people dying the army needs me. Even in bad conditions I still want to help. George Washington read the army a motivational talk that influenced me to stay. I enlisted in the continental army because I want freedom. My cousin told me about his experience in the Boston Tea
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Valley forge When I walked into a valley forge camp I almost threw up the smell and site of the dead bodies there was at least a thousand sick people I started to walk around the camp. I saw people with almost no clothes they were also barefoot in cold weather. I heard people saying “I need meat and warm clothes under their breath”I started walking a little bit more deeper into the camp and I saw the hut so I went in right when I stepped into the hut and all I saw was smoke I didn’t even see
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