Valley+Forge

Valley Forge By: Tyler

1777 was the most frustating year of the Revolutionary war. Earlier,Washington and his troops were drivenout of NewYork and began a long dismal retreat across the plains of New Jersey.

 At that time, Philadelphia served as the capital of the infant American Republic. General Washington believed that the fall of the city would be a disaster for the nation. Determined to stop the British, he movedhis army to a Pennsylvania stream called the Brandywine. The booming voices of commanders thundered out orders.

Cannon blasts sounded like the devils own drumbeats. General Washington watched and worried. He knew that the British out numberd his men, but from what he could deturmine, the redcoats seemed to be advancing with only small units. Washington needed to establish a winter quarters that the British army without exposure to suprise attack. Washington led 12,000 men into Valley Forge in December 1777.

This is the British side. The British relentless British advance was so discouraging that patriot Thomas Pain was moved to write," these are the times that try men's souls". Later that year, the British marched toward Philadephia. The British army out numbered the Amercian Army. This all took place in Pennsylvania.