Winter at Valley Forge
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- The Winter at Valley Forge (1777)
- George Washington's Quarters
- Soldiers Quarters
- The encampment at Valley Forge took place from December 19, 1777 through June 19, 1778Valley Forge on the Schuylkill River approximately 20 miles northwest of Philadelphia. With its high ground and position near the river, Valley Forge was easily defensible, but still close enough to the city for Washington to maintain pressure on the British
- Problems Faced by the Soldiers #1
- George Washington had way better lodging than the other soldiers
- Problems Faced by the Soldiers #2
- Under the direction of the army's engineers, the men began constructing over 2,000 log huts laid out along military streets. These were erected using lumber from the region's abundant forests and typically took a week to build. With the arrival of spring, Washington directed that two windows be added to each hut.
- Training with Baron Fredrick von Steuben
- 1. Taxation takes away propertyfrom citizens 2. Colonists donʼt have voice inParliament, 3. Thereʼs no way colonies could ever be represented in Parliament because it is too far away.
- disease began strike at the army. 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.
- Accepted by Washington, von Steuben was put to work designing a training program for the army. He was aided in this task by Major General Nathanael Greene and Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Hamilton.
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