When I Want To Die Research Paper

In December 1777 George Washington and his troops arrived at Valley Forge. Valley Forge was 18 miles away from Philadelphia. Soldiers, barely surviving without the proper resources. They were sick, hungry,and cold. So the question is: If I had the choice would I re-enlist? I would not re-enlist for three reasons.Lack of supplies, the loss of soldiers, and that we needed inspiration. Also while in the army soldiers probably thinking “Will I make it out alive?”

This defends the point of not re-enlisting back into the

My first reason, I want to stay is because some soldiers survived the smallpox disease. Most soldiers survived because George Washington used a soldier that was infected by the disease and put inside a healthy soldier. After a couple of days that the

Assuming that I stay, I would still have bad circumstances at Valley Forge, I would be ill which might make me die, and the bad clothing conditions. You and I should not re-enlist because we want to live and could lose the fight. I would rather survive and die old and happy, seeing your grandchildren grow up. Not die young and not see your children or grandchildren grow up, and make your wife a widow and your children heart broken that they won’t have a dad

Death is all around you,what do you do? Valley Forge was a winter camp in 1777 to 1778 for the George Washington and his army. Valley Forge was 18 miles outside of Philadelphia. The winter at Valley Forge was long, cold, harsh, and horrible. Soldiers 9 month terms were about to end many wanted to go home. The question to us is would you re-enlist or not re-enlist? I have decided to re-enlist for three reasons which are less soldiers, hard times, and support. It would not matter to me what happened I,am a loyal soldier.

The diary of Waldo is the first document that i'm going to start my argument for why i would quit. The first reason is that i would not like to live in such poor conditions cause i would not be able to live like that. My final reason is that i would not want to be part of the big mass of soldiers that are all dying. The estimate of illness & death at valley Forge. According to the accurate text, the number of soldiers and people dying are very high, that could be me. And another reason is that all of these people getting sick and they might get me sick if i stay and fight and sleep in the same room as them or near them. Finally, the engraving of William Henry Powell explains why i would leave and not fight at valley forge. As he describes,

We are just sitting around and watching other men get sick and die. plus many of the men are losing limbs because they are freezing, then losing circulation, so they have to be amputated. Men are suffering. They told us that we had 8 months of food. We had 8 days of food.(: A&E Television Networks) If I lose a limb, there is now way for me to farm, or really even make money. Which means that I will lose my home, and income. Which basically means my wife and daughter will die as well. For those matters, I see no reason to re-enlist. It just seems pointless. If I go home now, I can be with my wife and daughter,and not get sick and die or lose a limb.

Would you rather quit fighting once your enlistment is over or embrace death after sacrificing your life for a strong cause? After the Battle of Lexington, Bunker Hill, and Saratoga, George Washington and his soldiers decided to build a winter camp in December of 1777. Being called the Continental Army, they settled down in Valley Forge, about 18 to 20 miles northwest of Philadelphia. While the British sat in their luxurious homes, the soldiers tolerated the 16’ by 14’ huts with problems such as the cold and smoke. However, George Washington has a serious complication on hand. The soldiers’ 9-month enlistment are soon coming to an end. While some are happy to return home, others are brave and courageous to re-enlist and keep fighting for the country.

British are taking over, men are falling at gun shot, chaos consumes us all. There are countless deaths among us, the men fall from sickness and murder. With every fallen soldier there is another family without a son, father, or husband. This war needs to end, soon. I have decided to re-enlist for three reasons which are to fill in for others that left or died, the Congressmen are here to support us, finally if we do not win this war we are nothing but slaves to the British.

With only dead or alive as the final result, and suffering that it comes with, I would have not re-enlisted when my 9-month enlistment was up.

Soldiers exist to fight, Men exist to love. Soldiers live in the cold, Men with whom they can protect. The first two years of the American Revolution had been cruddy for America. George Washington (The general of the Continental Army) has been having trouble keep soldiers from leaving. Had you been a soldier at Valley Forge, would you have left and gone home? I would want to leave Valley Forge because I don’t want to risk my health, live in terror, and I would want to protect loved ones.

My first reason for not re-enlisting is that there are miserable conditions. I overheard General Washington talking to a doctor, and he estimated that about half of the few thousand soldiers here are sick, and a quarter are dead (Busch 147)! Approximately one

I have decided not to re-enlist for three reasons which are the bad conditions, half of the soldiers are sick, and very cold and snowing. I think it would be better if I did not re-enlist because I am already really sick, some of my toes are missing, and I don’t want to die! My mother is getting pretty old, and I want to be there for her. My siblings miss me and I cry when I read their letters they send me. I feel like it would be a good idea if I go home. I know some soldiers are staying because they are patriotic and they want to serve their country and die knowing they did what is

Another reason I must re-enlist is the fact that my government deserves my loyalty. The Committee of Congress has stayed with us through much of the winter after arriving at Valley Forge a few weeks ago and has given us hope (Document B). That hope has sparked within us a new flood of encouragement and will power. When George Washington was talking to the 5 members of Congress, he expressed the fact that we brave soldiers need help in our battle with Britain (Document B). Even though it’s cold, and we have threadbare clothing that are merely rags, and the Congress members are all dressed in their finest, our spirit is still strong (Document B). Even Dr. Waldo stated that while tending to our sick soldiers, he was surprised by the magnitude of cheerful willingness to proceed with fighting for our cause (Document C). Dr. Waldo expected us to be down on our luck for having to withstand the poor food, fatigue, cold weather, crowded huts, and smoky air quality which was due to poor ventilation, but most soldiers were able to persevere through all of that hardship (Document C). The Committee of Congress makes me feel like someone is listening to our needs. The general supports us and the government cares about us, so I must support my government.

Based on these interviews it seems the citizens on the American Homefront had decided to go to war because they respected president Roosevelt and trusted his decisions and felt the war was necessary. Edward Huddy from New York said, “the whole country is behind him” in reference to president Roosevelt after his speech which both Edward and Luis Andrew, also from New York city called a “fine speech”. The librarian from Minneapolis, Minnesota said “it has to be don’t” when talking about sending soldiers to war. The neighbors of the interviewer in Burlington, North Carolina said “we’ve got to win this war”. While the citizens in America seem to support the war to preserve their home lives and the regular peace of the nations it seems many of the servicemen may have decided to fight to change their home lives. John Jeffries says that many Americans only had “glimpses of the war”, all the horrors were censored out leaving just leaving war as a glorifying fight. Because of these many recruits likely decided to fight to come home a heroic symbol, receive personal gains, to have a better different future than the recent past they had lived in. Sadly “real” war wasn’t like what they had seen back home and the welcome back was sometimes the same shock. War was gruesome and cruel and upon return to America some veterans were “feared as disruptive