Valley Forge: Would you have quit?
I probably would have quit. The conditions were terrible, many died, people were deserting because they didn’t want to stay. I’m not saying it didn’t have it’s good times. In the end the bad outweighed the good. (Document B). They had leaders that were trying to help them, but it did not help as much as they thought it would. In the picture it shows George Washington with the committee of congress and the soldiers. Both parties seem to be upset. If there leaders couldn’t even keep two parties on the same side together, how could they lead in a battle. They probably were good leaders but these people were trying to have a civil discussion and couldn’t how were they going to control them on a battlefield. First off many died from malnourishment, …show more content…
(Document A). Starting off there were about 12,000 soldiers starting off, by the end there were only about 8,000 soldiers left. This was during the winter when they set up camp and little to no battles were fought. Mostly illnesses were the leading cause of death.Small pox, typhoid or typhus, pneumonia, and dysentery were some of the illnesses at Valley Forge. December through June about 1,800 to 2,500 died. That number could be higher which is good that it is lower but that is still 15 to 20% that died. About 50% of the population was sick though. (Document C). People wanted to desert, the conditions were that awful. The housing was also awful. The men had bad ventilation and smoke made them sick sometimes. The men were cramped in the huts and many did not have
I probably would have quit. The conditions were terrible, many died, people were deserting because they didn’t want to stay. I’m not saying it didn’t have it’s good times. In the end the bad outweighed the good. (Document B). They had leaders that were trying to help them, but it did not help as much as they thought it would. In the picture it shows George Washington with the committee of congress and the soldiers. Both parties seem to be upset. If there leaders couldn’t even keep two parties on the same side together, how could they lead in a battle. They probably were good leaders but these people were trying to have a civil discussion and couldn’t how were they going to control them on a battlefield. First off many died from malnourishment, …show more content…
(Document A). Starting off there were about 12,000 soldiers starting off, by the end there were only about 8,000 soldiers left. This was during the winter when they set up camp and little to no battles were fought. Mostly illnesses were the leading cause of death.Small pox, typhoid or typhus, pneumonia, and dysentery were some of the illnesses at Valley Forge. December through June about 1,800 to 2,500 died. That number could be higher which is good that it is lower but that is still 15 to 20% that died. About 50% of the population was sick though. (Document C). People wanted to desert, the conditions were that awful. The housing was also awful. The men had bad ventilation and smoke made them sick sometimes. The men were cramped in the huts and many did not have