The winter valley forge
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- The Winter at Valley Forge (1777)
- George Washington's Quarters
- Soldiers Quarters
- General George Washingtons continental army suffered a string of defeats during the fall including losing the capital of Philadelphia to the British. The Americans decided to camp for the winter outside the city they endured a chronic supply crisis but largely remained well fed and clothed
- Problems Faced by the Soldiers #1
- Washington selected the valley forge on the Schuylkill river approximently 20 miles northwest of Philadelphia. valley forge was easily defensible it was still close enough to the city where Washington could still maintain pressure on the British.
- Problems Faced by the Soldiers #2
- The army's engineers, the men began constructing over 2,000 log huts laid out along military streets, and a bridge was built over the Schuylkill river.
- Training with Baron Fredrick von Steuben
- disease began to strike at the army. over the next three months influenza, tyhus, typhoid, dysentery all erupted within the encampment. over 2,000 men died
- During the early months of encampment, supplies and provisions were scarce but available. The soldiers made due with substance meals such as "fire cake," a mixture of water and flour this would sometimes be supplemented by pepper pot soup, a stew of beef tripe and vegetables
- 100 trained men were instructed by von Stueben and made them in drill, maneuver, and a simplified manual of arms. The 100 men were in turn sent out to other units to repeat that process and so on until the entire army was trained
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