Valley Forge Would You Have Stayed Or Quit?

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Valley forge would you have stayed or quit?

Valley Forge, of December of 1777 - June 1778, George Washington set up a winter camp for his Continental Army. Which was a hard place to live, in would you have stayed or quit, I would not have quit Washington's army because there was a lot of sickness, but not a lot of dying. And Washington was trying to get help from the committee.

In addition there's a lot of sickness but not a lot of dying. And in document A it says that 3,989 / of a 8,000 were sick. That means about 50% of the soldiers were sick in at Valley Forge in. Document a I also found that 1,800 out of 12,000 died that's a 15% which means a 85% chance of dying

And Washington was also getting help from the Congressional Committee.

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