How To Quit Valley Forge

In December of 1777 to June 1778, Washington’s Winter Camp for the Continental Army was holding 12,000 men, which was called Valley Forge and it was 18 miles off of Pennsylvania. They built 16 by 14 cabins that held 12 men, and there was no bed just mud and straw. Valley Forge was a very difficult place to live, one is that there was “poor food” and there was no ventilation in their crowded cabins. Therefore, Valley Forge was a hard, gross place to live and was very cold when winter came. So would I quit or stay? I would not quit Washington’s army because there is a lot of sick people at Valley Forge but there was not a lot of people dying there, also Washington was getting help from the congress, lastly I don’t want to be a summer soldier …show more content…
Firstly, in document A it stated there is “3,989 people sick out of the 8,000” who were there. Therefore, there is about 50% of soldiers sick and in the Winter it is common to be sick especially in those conditions. Secondly there were only “1,800 out of the 12,000 men died at Valley Forge”(doc A). What this is saying is that there is only a 15% chance of dying and a 85% chance of living which that is pretty good odds. Also in the background essay, it says today we know that most of the army survived the winter. So, I would take those odds and stay at Valley …show more content…
In document D it said that “the summer soldier and the sunshine Patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and women.” This evidence is saying to us that a summer soldier or a sunshine Patriot is weak and only fights in good conditions like the summer and quits after it gets hard for them, also the sunshine Patriot doesn’t deserve love or thanks from men or women. Since they fought in good conditions they were not considered strong by Washington but if they fought whenever they were called strong by Washington. This was the time when Washington was seeing who was weak and who was strong. I would not want to be called weak nor does a lot of people, so I would stay because I wanted to be called strong. It also said that “the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph”(doc D). This evidence means that the bigger the problem you get then the more success you will get from winning or solving the problem. In document D it states that “what we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly lightly”. So from this evidence it means that freedom is very big, so we should all value freedom.

So would I quit or would I stay? I would not quit Washington’s army because… there are a lot of sick people, but not a lot dying, again Washington is getting help from the congressmen, and lastly, I don’t want