![]() Washington required that soldiers keep receipts for what they took, so civilians could later request compensation from Congress. When the army could not supply food, it often requisitioned it from local farmers. Limited food resources near encampments, combined with a lack of an organized distribution system, meant soldiers went several days with little or no food during the winter. Soldiers were supposed to receive daily amounts of beef, pork or fish flour or bread cornmeal or rice, and rum or whiskey. George Washington estimated that the Army needed 100,000 barrels of flour and 20 million pounds of meat to feed 15,000 men for one year.īut rations were irregular during the first few months of encampments. ![]() Congress and the colonies had difficulty raising funds to purchase supplies. ![]() Feeding the Revolutionary Army of 1775-83 was a major undertaking. ![]()
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