The Winter that Won the War: The Winter Encampment at Valley Forge, 1777-1778
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“An Army of skeletons appeared before our eyes naked, starved, sick and discouraged.”
Gouverneur Morris recorded these words in his report to the Continental Congress after a visit to the Continental Army encampment at Valley Forge. Sent as part of a fact-finding mission, Morris and his fellow congressmen arrived to conditions far worse than they had initially expected.
After a campaigning season that saw the defeat at Brandywine, the loss of Philadelphia, the capital of the rebellious Britis...
Gouverneur Morris recorded these words in his report to the Continental Congress after a visit to the Continental Army encampment at Valley Forge. Sent as part of a fact-finding mission, Morris and his fellow congressmen arrived to conditions far worse than they had initially expected.
After a campaigning season that saw the defeat at Brandywine, the loss of Philadelphia, the capital of the rebellious Britis...






















