...should not be at all surprised at any disaster that may happen . . . Could I have foreseen what I have & am likely to experience, no consideration upon Earth should have induced me to accept this Command . . . Powder is also so much wanted that nothing without it can be done..."8 Wednesday, November 29,...

...never saw before, and pray God I may never be witness to again .... Could I have foreseen what I have, and am likely to experience, no consideration upon...earth should have induced me to accept this command." —George Washington in a letter, November 28, 1775 By January 14, 1776, only 8,212 men of the 20,370...

...confessed to an aide that had he foreseen the mountainous difficulties he would find within his own army, "no consideration upon Earth should have induced me to accept this Command." Only when the first snow of the season fell in December, and intelligence reports reached his desk...

...this would "destroy the little subordination" he had achieved. "Could I have foreseen what I have, and am likely to experience, no consideration upon...earth should have induced me to accept this command." 13 On New Year's Day 1776, Washington issued a general order proclaiming the "commencement to the new...

...and I pray God's mercy that I may never be witness to again. What will be the end of these maneuvers is beyond my scan. I tremble at the prospect. We have...earth should have induced me to accept this command." Ko one drew closer to Washington in this time of his troubles and perplexities than General Greene....

..."dirty, mercenary spirit pervades the whole," he wrote. "Could I have foreseen what I have and am like to experience, no consideration upon earth should have induced me to accept this command. " For six long months there had been hardly a shred of good news, no single event to lift the spirits...

...saw before, and pray Gfod I may never be witness to a^ain. . . . Qould I have joreseen what I have, and am likely to experience, no consideration upon...earth should have induced me to accept this command." Qeorge Washington, letter to (general Joseph ^cd November 28, 1175 Washington Resolves to Attack The...

...absence to keep Mount Vernon intact. Had he foreseen what he would face, Washington said that fall, "no consideration upon Earth should have induced me to accept this Command." With time the recruiting crisis was gradually resolved. In early December, Washington asked the New...

...would have only a small fraction of the men the British had. In a letter to a close friend he wrote, "Could I have foreseen what I have experienced and...earth should have induced me to accept this command." Yet Washington did not quit. Instead, he pushed forward by convincing troops to reenlist and asking...