Valley Forge Encampment
On December 2, 1777, General George Washington wrote to Joseph Reed about the issue of where to encamp the Continental Army for the upcoming winter of...
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The Effects of Weather on 18th Century Warfare
Weather played an incredibly important role in 18th-century warfare. In an age before industrialization, the weather played a decisive role in how...
From Snowballs to Cannonballs
Grab your snow shovels, bundle up, and man the ramparts of your impromptu winter quarters for this edition of Nature of History on the influence of...
Morristown: Ice-cold Winter Encampment
VIDEO | Valley Forge may be the winter encampment that is most remembered as testing Patriot troops to the limits of their endurance – but the winters...
Valley Forge in American Memory
It’s a gripping story – the Continental army, on the brink of defeat, huddled together to survive the winter of 1777-1778 while Philadelphia, the...