George Washington’s troops could easily be followed as they trudged through the wintry expanse of southeastern Pennsylvania in late December 1777. The soldiers, many of them ragged and shoeless ...

That famous description of George Washington ... Dec. 14, 1799 Washington dies suddenly after contracting an acute infection while touring his estates in the winter. The nation goes into mourning.

George Washington ... The British force had been repeatedly attacked by American militia as it retreated. Despite the raid, Washington realized that the British force, which included pro-British ...

Library of Congress Although there was no way George Washington could ... significance had occurred before Washington assumed command of 16,000 colonial militia on July 3, 1775, in Cambridge.