After the campaigning season, Washington led his men to a site for the winter and it is called Valley Forge. Washington had his men start building the huts/cabins.
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George Washington's Quarters
Washington sent Brigadier General Anthony Wayne to New Jersey in February 1778, to gather food and cattle for the men. A month later, Wayne returned with 50 head of cattle and 30 horses.
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Soldiers Quarters
With not enough supplies soldiers started making fire cake a mixture between water and flour.
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Problems Faced by the Soldiers #1
Soldiers stared getting diseases over the next three months, influenza, typhus, typhoid, and dysentery all erupted within the encampment. Of the 2,000 men who died at Valley Forge, over two-thirds were killed by disease.
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Problems Faced by the Soldiers #2
The soldiers also had a shortage on clothing so some men were half naked and with freezing in the cold and some men and a lot of men died from the disease and the cold.
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Training with Baron Fredrick von Steuben
On February 23, 1778, Baron Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben arrived in the camp. A former member of the Prussian General Staff, von Steuben had been recruited to the American cause in Paris by Benjamin Franklin. von Steuben introduced a system of progressive training for recruits which educated them in
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