Reading the Hamilton biography, I was shocked to learn just how low the morale was at Washington’s camp. When I learned this in AP US History, I understood it m

Reading the Hamilton biography, I was shocked to learn just how low the morale was at Washington’s camp. When I learned this in AP US History, I understood it more as disgruntled soldiers grumbling about the lack of good food. Reading the book, I realize it was more like the men were on the cusp of an all out rebellion and it was really Washington’s carisma barely holding it together as the men starved and froze to death with over a year without pay. They also had to periodically execute the most vocal dissedents, which to me was very shocking.