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Although no battle was fought here, from December 19, 1777 to
June 9, 1778 a struggle to survive against terrible odds, hunger, illness, and nature occurred at Valley Forge. Valley Forge was a 2,255-acre camp established eighteen miles Northwest of Philadelphia to train and house over 9,000 men in America’s War for Independence. The 9,000 men who were in Valley Forge were just like men of today. The only difference of the men in Valley Forge was that they were forced into extra ordinary circumstances (Revolutionary War).
The warfare that resulted in the Valley Forge encampment began in late August 1777 when Sir William Howe, commander in chief of British forces in North America, landed his army at the upper end of the Chesapeake Bay. ... Several locations were proposed, but George Washington selected Valley Forge. ... Valley Forge was named for an iron forge on Valley Creek.
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