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    Dearest Family, I have been at Valley Forge for 2 months now. It’s very dreadful here. How is it back home?. We have walked so long and so far our shoes have worn done so as long as you are not starving and walking miles you are doing better than i am. Sometimes I wonder why did I join this dreadful misery…… but then it hits me when i have doubts of this war, i joined to give freedom to our nation, a better life for you and the boys. It’s been so hard here over the past 3 months…

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    In December 1777-June 1778 George Washington made a winter camp for the Continental Army in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. It is difficult place to live. I would not quit because there is a lot of people sick but not of people dying, Washington is getting help, the conditions are bad, but there is a “spirit of Alacrity,” and I don’t want to be a summer soldier because freedom is worth fighting for. I would not quit because there are a lot of people sick people, but not a lot dying. In document A…

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    socialising, sailing the terrifying sea, and living in Valley Forge couldn't shake me, then no British army would. From the time I was a young boy, my grandmother taught me the importance of socialization and what it can do for you (Auricchio 7). Grandmother La Fayette enrolled me in one of the most prestigious secondary schools, just so that I might get rid of my awkwardness and gain some sort of social prowess…

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    Valley Forge was a winter camp for the colonists during December, 1777-1778. The colonists trained and fought there with courage, but some have died from diseases and lack of food. However, if I had been a soldier at Valley Forge, I would have stayed and fought with the other colonists instead of running away or quitting. One reason I would stay is because in the article “Estimates of Deaths at Valley Forge (Doc A)”, it states that only 1,800 people died out of 12,000 people in December. That is…

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    In the historical fiction novel, “Forge,” by Laurie Halse Anderson, tells the story of Curzon Smith, a runaway slave who enlists in the rebellion against the British during the American Revolution. It is a sequel to “Chains” where “Forge” begins after Curzon has been deserted by Isabel, a friend whom of which had freed him from imprisonment at the end of the previous novel. Along the arduous journey, the protagonist faces “ignorance, mistrust, and greed” including the conditions that come along…

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    in the war, victory seemed far off, in fact for many, it seemed unlikely. If you were a soldier at Valley Forge, would you have abandoned the war too? I am not going to re-enlist in the Revolutionary War because of the illness and death toll, the lack of provisions and quality supplies, and the low levels of enthusiasm left in the soldiers for the war. During the winter stay at Valley Forge, many soldiers were reported sick or unable to report to duty. The devastation was terrible, and illness…

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    Jeffrey St. John’s third book in the trilogy, Forge of Union, Anvil of Liberty: A Correspondent 's Report on the First Federal Elections, the First Federal Congress, and the Bill of Rights, was written to show the in-depth view of how integral the three years from 1788 to 1790 were in the long-lasting development of a once weak and divided nation into one of the modern day great-powers of the world. In this novel the story is told from the first-person view of a Philadelphian newspaper…

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    the Continental Army at Valley Forge during the Revolutionary war. The Patriot side of the revolution was was not going so good in the first two years of the war. Some of the men were deserting General Washington and going home because they believed that there was no point of living in miserable conditions when there was little hope of winning the war. General Washington decided to take the troops that he did have left to build a camp at a place called Valley Forge in the winter of 1777. The…

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    could have families that miss them every single day. They would be glad to see their loved one in person rather than through a letter. I know I would myself. From Document A, it talks about how many of the soldiers had died during the winter at Valley Forge. Around 15-21% of the soldiers had died during the winter because of things such as diseases and illnesses like smallpox. Surgeons have claimed to have a way for curing us militia of smallpox.…

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    it? You might be able to answer this question, since you probably haven’t been in that situation. However, the starved, freezing, poorly clothed men that were stationed at Valley Forge during the winter of 1777-1778 could definitely answer this question. An additional question they had to ask themselves at Valley Forge was: “Will I re-enlist or will I quit?” If I would have been in a soldier’s shoes in those fateful winter days, I would have re-enlisted. The facts that there was honor in…

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