Valley Forge
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VALLEY FORGE
HANAN, CHRIS, KARLEE, TIFFANI
LEADING UP TO VALLEY FORGE
- British army moved to Staten Island, American forces were still at Middlebrook.
- The British fleet was under Lord Howe, sailed from New York with entire British
- Army in command of his brother sir William Howe.
- . Washington set up camp on Neshaminy
- Creek, 90 miles north of Philadelphia.
LEADING UP TO VALLEY FORGE
- The enemy appeared in Chesapeake Bay. On August 23
- Washingtons army marched through Philadelphia then to Wilmington.
- The enemy marched upon the 95th at the elk river, 54 miles south
- Of Philadelphia.
LEADING UP TO VALLEY FORGE
- Battle of Germantown, was the retreat of Americans to White Marsh, about six
- Miles north of Chestnut Hill.
- Lord Howes ships invaded Fort Mifflin and Fort Mercer below the city.
- An incident of this movement was the Battle of Red Bank, N.J., in which
- Count Donop, the Hessian commander, was wounded.
LEADING UP TO VALLEY FORGEN
- After an exhausting march from White Marsh, Washingtons troops
- Arrived upon the hills at Valley Forge. Four days later nearly 3,000 men
- Of this force were sick or too unable to do their duty.
PEOPLE OF VALLEY FORGE
- Benedict Arnold was born January 14th, 1741
- He was born in Norwich, Connecticut
- He was a very successful military commander.
- Arnold was offered a large amount of money and a job in the royal military.
- He took this offer and was branded a traitor.
PEOPLE OF VALLEY FORGE
- Dr. John Cochran
- He was born in 1730
- He was born in Sadsbury, Pennsylvania
- He and William Shippen volunteered and helped find ways to benefit the continental army.
- He was the leading physician at valley forge.
GENERAL NATHANIEL GREENE
- He was one of the most trusted generals of the revolutionary war.
- He was born in 1742 in Rhode Island.
- He enlisted as soon as he heard of the war.
- He worked his way through the ranks of the continental army.
- Washington called for his help when gates was defeated.
JACOB LATCH
- He was born in Merion, Pennsylvania.
- He was born in 1758
- He was attached to the army at valley forge.
- He was trained as a shoemaker and cordwainer.
- He was a message runner during the war.
JOHN MARSHALL
- He was born in 1775
- Born in Germantown ,Virginia
- He spent the winter of 177-1778 at valley forge.
- He resigned from the military in 1781
- He studied law and began practicing.
ABOUT VALLEY FORGE
- Valley Forge was a Pennsylvania camp for the
- Continental Army under General George Washinton.
- It occurred from December 19, 1777 to
- June 19,1778
ABOUT VALLEY FORGE
- Washington led 11,000 regulars to take up quarters at
- Valley Forge during the Winter. The first three months were
- The Hardest for the soldiers. It was the worst winter they have had in a
- While. Many soldiers died during the winter from starvation
- And frostbite.
ABOUT VALLEY FORGE
- Despite difficulties, however, the encampment
- Gave a turning point for the continental army.
- There was no battle fought at valley forge.
ABOUT VALLEY FORGE
- The under clothed and under fed Continental army
- Huddled in make shift huts in the freezing
- Snow and cold woods
ABOUT VALLEY FORGE
- There was very little food so the
- Soldiers ate "fire cake" a mixture
- Of water and flour.
ABOUT VALLEY FORGE
- It's located southeastern corner
- Of Pennsylvania, 25 miles northwest of
- Philadelphia. It was named after an iron
- Forge located at the nearby valley creek.
ABOUT VALLEY FORGE
- About 2500 out of 11,000 men died
- And they were buried in unmarked
- Graves.
ABOUT VALLEY FORGE
- Valley forge was the 3rd of the 8th
- American winter encampments during
- The American Revolutionary War.
ABOUT VALLEY FORGE
- Valley forge is remembered as the
- Place Birth place of the continental
- Valley forge is not the site of a great
- Battle.
VALLEY FORGE
- Valley forge tested the loyalty
- Of American troop, only dedicated
- Troops stayed. The mentally
- Survived.
