Men are starving to death, there is hardly any supplies, but we are still going to win this war. The Patriots(Americans who supported independence) have just been defeated at the Battle of Germantown. The army then set up camp at Valley Forge for the winter. There are approximately 12,000 soldiers here, most under the age of 20. They are living in crowded, damp tents and many of the them do not have clothes to cover their whole body let alone to keep them warm.
I am the wife a commanding officer in the Colonial Army. I have witnessed horrible things here at Valley Forge many of which are unspeakable. I am usually told to stay in our tent because disease is spreading rapidly but I don’t listen. Instead I help in the medical tent as a nurse.
I am the wife a commanding officer in the Colonial Army. I have witnessed horrible things here at Valley Forge many of which are unspeakable. I am usually told to stay in our tent because disease is spreading rapidly but I don’t listen. Instead I help in the medical tent as a nurse.