“The Congress seems to stumble every step. I do not mean one or two of the cattle, but the whole stable.” Washington should threaten resignation, he added, “unless they refrain from unhinging the army by their absurd interference.” The ranks were thrilled to see him, and word of his arrival aroused “the universal satisfaction of the camp,” a New Jersey chaplain wrote. “We expect soon a stroke that will decide the victory of this campaign.” Lee promptly recognized that any such stroke likely would come from the enemy: Frog’s Neck could not long hold the British lion. He implored Washington to
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