army lacked supplies. Many soldiers had only blankets to cover themselves.
They also lacked shoes. The barefoot men left tracks of blood on the frozen
ground as they marched.
The soldiers' condition did not improve at camp. Over the winter, the
soldiers at Valley Forge grew weak from not having enough food or warm
clothing. Roughly a quarter of them died from malnutrition, exposure, or
diseases such as smallpox and typhoid fever. Because of this suffering, the
name Valley Forge came to stand for the great hardships that Americans
endured in the Revolutionary War.
Washington appealed to Congress for supplies, but it was slow in responding.
Luckily, private citizens sometimes helped the soldiers. On New Year's
Day 1778, a group of Philadelphia women drove ten teams of oxen into
camp. The oxen were pulling wagons full of supplies and 2,000 shirts. The
women had the oxen killed to provide food for the troops.
There was NO war at valley forge. The Continental army (led by general George Washington) stoped at valley forge during the winter and trained. After the winter at valley forge there was a battle.
The colonist won the war of Valley Forge because of our great leaders.
The percentage of soldiers tat died of the war at Valley Forge was 80%.
Valley Forge was not a battle site, but the winter quarters for Washington's troops. The war took place in many areas of the colonies.
Both Valley Forge and Gettysburg are in Pennsylvania. However, Valley Forge was the location of a 6-month long training encampment and there was not a battle fought at the location.
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They had to give food
Valley Forge was where the Continental Army trained during the war
They had to give food
They had to give food
They had to give food
There was NO war at valley forge. The Continental army (led by general George Washington) stoped at valley forge during the winter and trained. After the winter at valley forge there was a battle.
The colonist won the war of Valley Forge because of our great leaders.
i need to know how long was the winter at valley forge and the data and the year
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The percentage of soldiers tat died of the war at Valley Forge was 80%.
(1712-1783) A surgeon at Valley Forge during the war, he wrote a diary about the condition at Valley Forge.