d and General Washington validated sixteen thousand men on September 2, 1775 before heading off to Canada. (M. Flynn) Arnold ended up choosing a little under one thousand men to take with him on the attack. Washington had additionally added three hundred more soldiers from Pennsylvania and Virginia to proceed with Arnold. There were raging rainstorms and strong winds, almost like a hurricane. Part of Arnold's men backed out and returned home with most of the Army's food. The left over men were subdued to eating tree bark, leather from their shoes, Newfoundlander dogs, and anything that could be digested.
             The first men to arrive at the St. Lawrence River in Quebec were only a week and a half late, even with the extra miles add
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