Valley Forge: In for the Long Fight Eight long months, of fighting and running, I enlisted to make a difference, but so far all I have done is construct a camp and watch my brothine die. Worst of all, I have buried my friends in shallow graves, and all others I considered friends have walked away, and all I can do is watch them walk away in disgust. Now I spend my days sitting in my quarters, that are filled with the same thick black smoke that contaminates all of Valley Forge. The only good news I have gotten this entire time, is that five members of congress are coming to review the conditions here at the camp, I pray they will grant us more food and clothing. It is only one month before my enlistment is up, however, I have seen people …show more content…
Most of our young, strong and healthy men have either deserted or walked away, we started with twelve thousand men (According to Doc A), and about three thousand are at home in the warmth with their families, or three feet under. Now we only have nine thousand, who are waiting for winter to end or their enlistment, whichever comes first. General Washington is trying to rally what remains of us, so he can get a count of what he has, during the rally, he had men read Thomas Paine's newest pamphlet, I believe it was called The American Crisis, it raised the morale of the entire camp, it is almost as if one of us here in the camp wrote it. Everything it said was true, especially when it said, “Tyranny like Hell, is not easily conquered,” and it also expressed that, “These are the times that try men's souls,” (Said in Doc D) those two lines spoke to all of us. Meanwhile, some men’s souls are under more pressure to give out, those men are the ill, all three thousand nine hundred eighty nine of them (Listed in Doc A). Many of those that are ill are in my close acquaintance and everyday I pray for our well