Birthplace of An Army, A Study of the Valley Forge Encampment

HARRISBURG: PENNSYLVANIA HISTORICAL AND MUSEUM COMMISSION, 1979 VERY NICE LOOKING BLUE COVER, GOLD INSIGNIA ON FRONT, GOLD PRINT SPINE. WHITE PROTECTIVE COVER, BLUE PRINT, PICTURES OF THE MILITARY LEADERS AND WASHINGTON ON THE FRONT, LIGHTED FADED. BOOK IS VERY GOOD CONDITION WITH NO INTERNAL MARKINGS. TIGHT WITH NICE MAPS AND PICTURES INSIDE. GREAT COLLECTORS ITEM. FIRST PRINTING 1976. DECEMBER 19, 1777 TO JUNE 19, 1778. TERRIFIC BOOK. HIGHLIGHTS IN BACK, EVENTS, EPILOGUE, NOTES, APPENDIX, BIBLIOGRAPHY, INDEX. Valley Forge, Continental army encampment during the winter and spring of 1777¿1778, is situated on the west bank of the Schuylkill River, in Chester County, Pa., about twenty-five miles northwest of Philadelphia. After the American defeats at Brandywine, Paoli, and Germantown and after the British had occupied Philadelphia (then the national capital), Gen. George Washington led 11,000 regular troops to Valley Forge to take up winter quarters. The site provided convenient access to key roads, nearby military supplies, local farmlands, and a nearby health resort that could serve as a hospital for troops. Some officers also thought that the sloping hills, flanked by the Schuylkill and supported in the rear by the high, winding, wooded gorge of Valley Creek, could be made impregnable against attack. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.