A soldier chronicles the harsh winter colonial soldiers, led by General George Washington, spend at Valley Forge during the American Revolution.
A soldier chronicles the harsh winter colonial soldiers, led by General George Washington, spend at Valley Forge during the American Revolution.
Muhlenberg , Fisher , and Hunt observed different aspects of the evolving regional crisis and they were plugged into different strands of the verbal information networks of the day , but they and others agreed that the ebb and flow of ...
In this comprehensive volume, Newbery Award-winning author Russell Freedman applies his renowned storytelling skills to examine a pivotal moment in the Revolutionary War-- one in which the nation's future leader would be greatly tested.
In graphic novel format, this book tells the story of how the American troops survived during the brutal winter at Valley Forge.
Provides an account of the hardships endured by American patriot troops during the Revolutionary War while wintering at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, under the command of George Washington.
Even if he could have afforded to buttress the patrols east of the Schuylkill with more of his regulars—which, given his finite resources, he could not—it had long been decided in York and Lancaster that the territory in question was ...
In The Winter that Won the War: The Winter Encampment at Valley Forge, 1777-1778, historian Phillip S. Greenwalt takes the reader on campaign in the year 1777 and through the winter encampment, detailing the various changes that took place ...
A vividly exciting, on-the-scene account of the most crucial winter of the American Revolution.
In this book, readers witness the dedication of a civilian army that persevered through a fatal lack of supplies in order to continue the fight for independence from Britain.
Ebenezer Crosby to Norton Quincey, April 14, 1778, in Joseph lee Boyle, Writings from the Valley Forge Encampment of the Continental Army, December 19, 1777–June 19, 1778 (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 2000), 1:105. 4. Hugh F. Rankin, ed., ...