If I Were A Soldier At Valley Forge Dbq

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In december of 1777, Washington’s army arrived at valley Forge, a small camp 18 miles from Philadelphia, in need of shelter, food, and supplies. As the encampment continues, conditions only worsened as illness and death began to plague the men leading may soldiers to secede the army. This was a time of difficult challenges for the Continental army. If you were a soldier in Washington’s army would you have left? If I were a soldier at Valley Forge I would have left the army because of the illness and death, lack of support, and hardships that would be faced

At Valley Forge many soldiers separate from illness and even death due to the poor conditions and lack of supplies. According to document A, statistics of people who had
illnesses or died at Valley Forge “3989” people had illnesses and “1800 to 2500” in total had parish. In document see a journal entry, from the account of the soldier, that there was “No Meat, No Meat!” With this evidence, the fear of becoming ill or even dying would persuade anyone that Valley Forge it’s not equipped with the proper resources to alleviate what is wrong with the soldiers. Lastly, if the illness spreading to myself then how would I be able to fight the British. …show more content…

In document B the engraving by William Powell, of George Washington is in the middle greeting the committee, on the left, to the soldiers of Valley Forge, on the right, and explaining the conditions there are forced to live under. Also, with the soldiers desperate plea to better conditions the strike fear into the eyes of the committee which leads to little change in brings need resources to support the army. This engraving depicts how the Congress Stood by and did little to help aid Washington’s

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