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If I was at Valley Forge I probably would have stayed. I say this because I would stay true to my country/colonies. The things that the soldiers at Valley Forge dealt with was crazy but if it meant freedom I would do what is necessary. Some of the soldiers at Valley Forge did not have shoes, most if not all of the soldiers were starving and for me if i do not eat I can get really mad. If you think about it if I get mad when not eating than you know that they were mad. Say if I was at Valley Forge and I was starving and smelt bad and had to sleep on beds made of straw on mud grounds with 13 other people in a 14 by 16 hut I would be mad. Do not tell me you would not be mad. You know and I know that everybody likes their privacy in their own room or area. But regarding all that I just said I would probably still stay at Valley Forge. …show more content…
So you are talking about some soldiers having 8 or 9 fingers instead of 10 because of frostbite or some soldiers having 8 or 9 toes because of frostbite as well. I mean you read or hear about Valley Forge and you are probably going to have no soldiers. I am guessing that over half of the soldiers left after all of the things they went through including sickness and diseases probably would or did leave the Continental Army and did not even second guess their decision.

So far in this essay I have been giving you all the bad things the Continental Army went through. The main reason I would stay is if I would be lucky enough to not get sick or get a disease and would have the people I liked in the same hut as me it would not be that bad. If you got some of your friends in your hut you could have a good time. You could play games and just have a great time in general. But on the other side of what i just said, what if you did not have

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