...flesh, and the rest three or four days." Famished for want of food, they were no better off for clothes. The unfortunate soldiers were in want of everything. " They had neither coats, hats, shirts, ALEXANDER HAMILTON was one of the most efficient statesmen and founders of the Republic. As a leader...

...telling picture of the later sufferings of the men: The unfortunate soldiers were in want of every thing; they had neither coats, hats, shirts, nor shoes; their...black, and it was often necessary to amputate them . . . The army frequently remained whole days without provisions, and the patient endurance of both...

...telling picture of the later sufferings of the men: The unfortunate soldiers were in want of every thing; they had neither coats, hats, shirts, nor shoes; their...and legs froze till they became black, and it was of ten necessary to amputate them . . . The army frequently remained whole days without provisions,...

...of victory with his men. He went through the trying winter at Valley Forge, where, as he tells us, "the unfortunate soldiers were in want of everything; they had neither coats nor hats, nor shirts, nor shoes; their feet and legs froze until they grew black, and it was often...

...averse to the measures of Congress that they did not supply them."3 The 2 Lafayette says in his Memoirs: "The unfortunate soldiers were in want of everything; they had neither coats, nor hats, nor shirts, nor shoes; their feet and legs froze till they grew black, and it was often necessary...

...come over the sea to dedicate himself to the cause of liberty in America, wrote of Valley Forge : ' The unfortunate soldiers were in want of everything;...hats, shirts, nor shoes; 'their feet and legs froze until they became black. The army frequently remained whole days without provisions, and the patient...

...they were in want of everything; they had neither coats, hats, shirts nor shoes; their feet and their legs froze till they became black, and it was often necessary to amputate them." . . . The army frequently remained whole days without provisions, and the patient endurance of the...

...described the deplorable condition of the soldiers in that month of February, 1778, in these words: "The unfortunate soldiers were in want of everything....hats, shirts, nor shoes. Their feet and legs froze until they were black, and it was often necessary to amputate them." At about the same time Washington...

...of victory with his men. He went through the trying winter at Valley Forge, where, as he tells us, " the unfortunate soldiers were in want of everything ; they had neither coats nor hats nor shirts nor shoes ; their feet and legs froze until they grew black, and it was often necessary...

...my power to relieve or prevent." General LaFayette, who had joined Washington's staff, reported that "the unfortunate soldiers were in want of everything; they had neither coats, hats, shirts, nor shoes; that their feet and legs froze until they became black, and it was often necessary to amputate them....