...added, and he issued a dire warning: "[UJnless some great and capital change suddenly takes place . . . this Army must inevitably be reduced to one or other...three things: Starve — dissolve — or disperse. . . . [R]est assured, Sir, this is not an exaggerated picture."9 While there probably was some hyperbole...

...following: "I am now convinced beyond doubt that unless some great and capital 280 change take place... this army must inevitably be reduced to one or other of these three things: starve, dissolve, or disperse."43 Across the nation, pastors were beginning to catch the spirit of the tremendous spiritual...

...great and capital change takes place . . . this Army inevitably will be reduced to one or the other of three things. Starve, dissolve or disperse, in order...to obtain subsistence in the best manner they can . . ." Congress was at a loss as what to do. The Army in winter quarters at Valley Forge was starving,...

...a doubt, that unless some great and capital change suddenly takes place, this army must inevitably starve, dissolve, or disperse in order to obtain subsistence in the best manner possible (3:59). In the spring of 1778, Congress again reorganized the Commissary Department. It still...