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If I Would Have Re-Enlisted In The American Continental Army
In this essay I will be discussing if I would have re-enlisted in the American Continental

Army. I will be providing information and details about my answer from 3 different documents. So my short answer would be no I would not re-enlist but I’m going to tell details why I am saying no. This paragraph will be based upon the death rate and how sick people got. So during the Winter a lot of American soldiers died because they didn’t have clothes, food, or good shelter, which made it pretty hard to survive. Also they didn’t have shoes which for me would be pretty hard to walk everywhere without shoes. Overall Winter’s would be very rough and I could not stand it naturally I get sick all of the time during Winter and I am so miserable when I’m
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