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» Brian Tubbs - Complicated Situation for Washington

Washington was much more upset with the profiteers than he was with the disgruntled soldiers he commanded. Check out his letters. He had NOTHING good to say about those who thought more about money than the cause.

But getting back to your question....

There was A LOT at play in the Revolution. What Washington wanted was a standing, professional army. And, of course, he wanted that army trained, paid and well-supplied. That's what he wanted.

Well, he never really got what he wanted. He had to make do with inadequate supplies, poor training (until Von Steuben came to Valley Forge), worthless Continental currency, unreliable pay, strategically unreliable militia (and they were unreliable for extended campaigning and stand-up battles in the open field), short enlistments for the regulars, not enough regulars, and on and on and on. NO GENERAL in American history (with the possible exception of Robert E. Lee toward the end of the Civil War) had to deal with as many challenges and deficiencies as Washington did! None.

All that has to be kept in mind.