ipl-logo

Valley Forge DBQ

520 Words3 Pages

Valley Forge was a winter camp 18 miles away from Philadelphia, where George Washington took his troops during 1777 and 1778. The British army is comfortable in Philadelphia, while Valley Forge has harsh conditions with the cold weather and the lack of supplies. I will not reenlist when my 9-month enlistment is over. I will not reenlist for these reasons, diseases, lack supplies, and cold weather and smoky air. First, diseases have spread throughout the camp and are affecting thousands. According to Document A, in February, almost 50% of the camp had diseases or died from diseases. This shows that half of the camp is getting a disease and some are dying from them. This means that I have a 50/50 of receiving a disease and have a possibility …show more content…

According to Document C, “There comes a soldier, his bare feet are seen thro’ his worn out shoes, his legs nearly naked from the tattered remains of an only pair of stockings.” This shows that the soldiers barely have clothes. How can someone in the army continue to get stronger and fight more if they barely have clothes in the freezing temperatures of winter? Also, according to Document C, “I can’t endure it-Why are we went here to starve and freeze.” This shows that the camp lacks in both food and clothes which causes the soldiers to freeze and starve from hunger and lack of clothes to keep them warm. There is constantly a lack of food in the camp and when there is food is it very nasty tasting food. How can I know that after we are done at this camp I will get the supplies I need to survive if I didn’t get them now? I will quit because of the lack of supplies for soldiers at Camp Forge. Third, the cold weather has caused me to freeze and the smoky air has messed up my senses. According to Document C, the air inside the huts is very smoky, but cannot be let outside because of the lack of opening and the cold air. This means that soldiers are constantly breathing in smoky air, which is not good for their health. The cold weather itself also causes a threat because without the proper clothing the freezing temperatures can cause sickness. Since I have endured these conditions I have decided to quit and go back home after my 9-month

Show More
Related
201 Words | 1 Pages

According to Estimates of Illness and Deaths at Valley Forge (Doc. A), there was about 4,000 illnesses in February 1778. The illnesses mainly came from diseases. There was also 2,500 deaths due to disease. In the painting of George Washington presenting to Continental Congress (Doc. B), the soldiers were wearing no shoes. Since they were low on supplies, they had to step on the cold ground giving

Read More
277 Words | 2 Pages

Stay or Leave at Valley Forge George Washington and his men retreat from the British after they took Philadelphia, so General Washington and his men retreat about 18 miles northwest from Philadelphia and created a camp for the winter. Even though the estimates of all the soldiers was about 12,000 men, and it was said that at the end of the winter there were only 8,000 men was all not true. Not all of the death counts were accurate. About half of those numbers could have been men that left, or men that were stricken ill, but recovered and rejoined the army. The sickness count was about 40-50%, and the death count was only 10-12%.

Read More
236 Words | 1 Pages

Valley Forge - The Camp Of Death Valley Forge is a winter camp that has caused loads of deaths. There is low supplies and they have very poor weather conditions. I wouldn’t want to stay at Valley Forge because I wouldn’t want to be apart of that type of environment. In the engraving of a painting by Henry Powell it shows George Washington presenting Congressional Committee to soldiers at Valley Forge. (Doc B) If you look closely you can see the soldiers have no shoes, which shows the lack of supplies they have.

Read More
889 Words | 4 Pages

Captives were given limited food and unsanitary water. This type of march lasted about eight months gathering hundreds more captives along the way from camp to camp until they reached the Yalu River. By November, random executions poor sanitation and diseases had taken out hundreds of soldiers. Because American soldiers were still wearing what was left of the uniforms they were captured in, the sub-zero temperatures killed more soldiers from frostbite. Lt. Rountree stated the following, "By the early summer of 1951, we had lost more than 400 of our original group of 778 men.

Read More
177 Words | 1 Pages

Next, in Document C (Diary of Dr. Albigence) there was bad food and it was getting very cold causing soldiers to freeze. Also, they ran out of meat and everybody was throwing up, this was a vary disturbing time. Last, in Document B(Painting by William Henry Powell) the painting shows that the people staying in Valley Forge aren 't doing so well. Also, they look ready to fight because

Read More
556 Words | 3 Pages

In the harsh, dreaded winter at Valley Forge, your enlistment has finally retired. But now there is a decision to be made. Will I stay and be loyal to the Continental Army. Or will I abandon and never look back at the Continental Army.

Read More
856 Words | 4 Pages

Also, the soldiers were miserable but, they had “Spirit of Alacrity” which is cheerful willingness (Doc. C). Of course there were tough time, it’s winter! The soldiers had to suffer with not a lot of supplies but the soldiers knew that soon enough, it was all going to be over. After winter come spring and summer where there are good conditions. So if I stay positive just like the others, then I know not to quit and continue fighting for

Read More
831 Words | 4 Pages

The winter of 1777-78 was terribly cold, bitter, and harsh. These conditions made things very difficult for General Washington’s military unit. The unit’s morale and physical strengths were severely tested throughout this challenging and historical time. On December 19, 1777, General George Washington, the Commander of the U.S. Continental Army led the troops to Valley Forge in Pennsylvania for a few different reasons.

Read More
506 Words | 3 Pages

There is a 50% chance of getting sick, 25% chance of dying, and there’s no medication which is shown in the chart of Document A. If you are sick out there in the cold you do not have a very good chance of dying and their strategies were not very good. Also they did not have good/any intelligence. Being around others that were sick didn’t help the situation either because there sickness would spread to you as well as the doctors. Having no

Read More
949 Words | 4 Pages

No more water, or electricity, broken windows and doors slamming to in the wind, loose iron-sheets from the roofs screeching, ashes from the fire drifting high, afar. The work of the bombs had been completed by the work of man: ragged, decrepit, skeleton-like patients at all able to move dragged themselves everywhere on the frozen soil, like an invasion of worms. They had ransacked all the empty huts in search of food and wood; they had violated with senseless fury the grotesquely adorned rooms of the hated Blockältester, forbidden to the ordinary Häftlinge until the previous day; no longer in control of their own bowels, they had fouled everywhere, polluting the precious snow, the only source of water remaining in the whole camp” (Levi

Read More
665 Words | 3 Pages

When it comes night time, all of us soldiers sleep in huts that are very small. We have a fireplace to keep us warm, but it leaves a lot of smoke in the room. Many men here have little to no clothes and have ragged, old shoes to wear. If I did re-enlist, I would still be in these terrible conditions which I do not

Read More
543 Words | 3 Pages

I’ve been here for 8 months, and in 1 more month I can choose to re-enlist, or go home. My decision has already been made. Although George Washington is trying his best, his monotonous words will not be enough to keep me in this graveyard. I refuse to risk my health and in all likelihood die from the sickness and disease going around camp. I refuse to starve, be frigid, live in smolder-filled huts, and remain unclothed and unhealthy.

Read More
438 Words | 2 Pages

It is winter and we have camped at Valley Forge. You know how I manage through the winter, but the condition we are currently in has made life difficult for me. There are no supplies, no food, clothes or anything coming our way. We have no shoes and uniforms, and the little we have are rugs that are likely to fall off soon. I pity other soldiers because mine is tattered, but I consider it better than what they have.

Read More
554 Words | 3 Pages

It’s a cold winter night, I’ve been on this slow carriage heading to the Virginian Army. From what i’ve heard they’ve set up some cabins for the winter. I’ll have a cabin next to the general’s which should be a good cabin. I got there around dawn, people were just waking up to some bacon beans salted pork. Now that I can see these cabins which look like glorified outhouses, they are just the body of a cabin with the roof’s made of nothing but rain flys.

Read More
610 Words | 3 Pages

Sadly, it is either smoke in the lungs, or freezing to death. The soldiers choose smoke. Either way they have to suffer. In document c and b it shows the cold, it said it was a big factor in the war.

Read More

More about Valley Forge DBQ

Open Document