The women in the sketch were part of a controversial group known as camp followers: wives, widows, runaways and others who marched with the Continental Army. By 1777, around 2,000 women had joined ...

When the Continental Army made camp at Valley Forge during the American Revolution, times were tough. The winter was bitter ...

Lord Dunmore's Proclamation By the winter of 1777-78, the Continental Army had dwindled to 18,000 from disease and desertion. This, together with the active recruitment of enslaved blacks by the ...

George Washington was commanding the Continental Army and staying in Morristown when he wrote an optimistic letter on the prospects of winning the Revolutionary War despite a recent defeat.

972 Robert Morris to Thomas Wharton, 1 Dec 1777 Elbridge Gerry to John Adams, 3 Dec 1777, LDC, pp. 353, 373-74. Cir to Gen Ofcrs of the Continental Army, 3 Dec 1777, PGW, p. 506. 23. Laurens to John ...

Our commitment has been a demonstration of our support for freedom and democracy and a striking reflection of our own history ...

In late April 1777, 1,500 British soldiers and loyalists landed on the Connecticut shore and marched 25 miles inland. Their goal was to destroy a Continental Army supply depot in Danbury ...

A May 1777 letter from George Washington ... Samuel Holden Parsons, came at a critical juncture for the Continental Army. Following a British attack on the town of Danbury, Connecticut, Washington ...