Thursday, May 22, 2008
Friday, May 16, 2008
Letter to Friend
Dear Friend,
Our huts in Valley Forge are very small. Each hut has 12 men in it, and also each person only has enough room for themselves. Although we still have heat, its brought to our bodies from the stone fireplace we have. The floors are very dirty and only a cloth that covers the door opening, which makes it very cold in the room. It was easy to house all of the soldiers, but its hard to keep clothes on us, and keep us fed. But we are managing. It is hard to keep warm, even with the fireplace. The temperatures stay pretty close to the 20's and 30's. Six weeks of snow and rain is really starting to make everyone sick, but we have to try and stay strong for our country.
I like that we have a hospital now for the military, which is in Yellow Springs. Now we can have our men get help. Most of them are getting sick because of bad hygiene. The only way that we can wash up is in the Schuylkill River, and creeks. Thats also our source for getting water to drink. We have up to 3,000 and 4,000 soldiers that have been vaccinated.
Our huts in Valley Forge are very small. Each hut has 12 men in it, and also each person only has enough room for themselves. Although we still have heat, its brought to our bodies from the stone fireplace we have. The floors are very dirty and only a cloth that covers the door opening, which makes it very cold in the room. It was easy to house all of the soldiers, but its hard to keep clothes on us, and keep us fed. But we are managing. It is hard to keep warm, even with the fireplace. The temperatures stay pretty close to the 20's and 30's. Six weeks of snow and rain is really starting to make everyone sick, but we have to try and stay strong for our country.
I like that we have a hospital now for the military, which is in Yellow Springs. Now we can have our men get help. Most of them are getting sick because of bad hygiene. The only way that we can wash up is in the Schuylkill River, and creeks. Thats also our source for getting water to drink. We have up to 3,000 and 4,000 soldiers that have been vaccinated.
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