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Valley Forge Essay

Many of the men are starving and ill; I doubt i will even make it out alive. Two years into the Revolutionary War, the capital of Philadelphia was taken by the British. The Patriots had set up a winter camp at Valley Forge, 18 miles from Philadelphia in 1777. One question I have to ask myself is if I was a soldier at Valley Forge would have quit (leave and not re-enlist). I have decided to re-enlist for three reasons which are we need more soldiers, you could move up in rank, but mostly because Washington needs help.

The First Reason I will re-enlist is because they need more soldiers. In document A it says “ about 1,800 people died and about 2,500 got ill. This reason is causing me to re-enlist because so many people

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