 So days later, on December 31st, 1776, Washington gathered his soldiers back at Trenton and pled with them to reenlist and even offered them a $10 bounty. Now, these are the kinds of moments that are easy to overlook. You might think, how could they give up now? They just won the war and the war wasn't even over. But you have to remember, these men had just marched for weeks and fought in a battle in about the worst physical circumstances possible and were stretched to the limit. Many of them had families to attend to.