Valley Forge, PA
In actuality the winter of 1777-78 was comparatively mild for Pennsylvania, with temperatures hovering around 0ºC. The ground never froze solid which encouraged mud and disease, a situation more dangerous to the troops' health than constant cold.
That was where Washington's army stayed during the winter of 1777. This was a critical point in the Revolution, as moral was low due to the bad conditions. Valley Forge was a military camp of the American Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.
Valley Forge
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Valley Forge.
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The winter in Valley Forge was challenging.
the winter of 1777
at valley forge in the winter of 1777 to 1778
Valley Forge, PA
Valley Forge, PA In actuality the winter of 1777-78 was comparatively mild for Pennsylvania, with temperatures hovering around 0ºC. The ground never froze solid which encouraged mud and disease, a situation more dangerous to the troops' health than constant cold.
That was where Washington's army stayed during the winter of 1777. This was a critical point in the Revolution, as moral was low due to the bad conditions. Valley Forge was a military camp of the American Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.
Valley Forge
Valley Forge, Pennsylvania was the site of the American Continental Army camp during the winter of 1777-1778. James Varnum was a General in the Continental Army. The naval Battle of Valcour Bay took place on October 11, 1776, on Lake Champlain.
Valley Forge is the name of a small town in Pennsylvania a few miles from Philadelphia. The Continental Army of the United States used it for their winter quarters during the American Revolutionary War of Independence in 1777.
According to the Mount Vernon Library George Washington led his troops into winter quarters around Middlebrook, New Jersey in December of 1778. General Israel Putnam and his Continental Army forces entered into Winter Quarters in Redding, Connecticut. Other forces had their own locations but I assume the question is related to General Washington's winter quarters.
Winter Quarters Nebraska Temple was created in 2001.