Name _______________________________________ Date ___________________________ # _____________
Valley Forge Notes
The Continental Army was stationed at ____________________ in
____________________ during the winter of ___________________________. General
Washington was forced to make winter camp about 20 miles from
_________________________ at Valley Forge.
It was a miserable winter for the _____________ soldiers of the Continental Army at
Valley Forge. Many soldiers lacked ____________ and warm ______________. Food was
______________. _________________ such as smallpox and typhoid fever swept through the camp. 2500 men died that winter from the cold, disease and
______________________.
During this winter, General _________________ joined the Continental Army, without pay, and impressed the troops and Washington by living under the same conditions as the soldiers. Using his own _____________, Lafayette helped buy food, uniforms, and weapons.
Another important addition to the Continental Army was Baron Friedrich von
_______________. He knew how to ________________ an army. Even under the hardships of the camp, he ________________ the soldiers repeatedly during the winter so that by springtime the Continental Army had become a strong and disciplined fighting
______________.
Name _______________________________________ Date ___________________________ # _____________
Valley Forge Notes
The Continental Army was stationed at ____________________ in
____________________ during the winter of ___________________________. General
Washington was forced to make winter camp about 20 miles from
_________________________ at Valley Forge.
It was a miserable winter for the _____________ soldiers of the Continental Army at
Valley Forge. Many soldiers lacked ____________ and warm ______________. Food was
______________. _________________ such as smallpox and typhoid fever swept through the camp. 2500 men died that winter from the cold, disease and
______________________.
During this winter, General _________________ joined the Continental Army, without pay, and impressed the troops and Washington by living under the same conditions as the soldiers. Using his own _____________, Lafayette helped buy food, uniforms, and weapons.
Another important addition to the Continental Army was Baron Friedrich von
_______________. He knew how to ________________ an army. Even under the hardships of the camp, he ________________ the soldiers repeatedly during the winter so that by springtime the Continental Army had become a strong and disciplined fighting
______________.

Name _______________________________________ Date ___________________________ # _____________
Valley Forge Notes
The Continental Army was stationed at _Valley Forge____ in _Pennsylvania____ during the winter of ___1777_____. General Washington was forced to make winter camp about 20 miles from __Philadelphia___ at Valley Forge.
It was a miserable winter for the _10,000__ soldiers of the Continental Army at
Valley Forge. Many soldiers lacked _shoes__ and warm _clothing__. Food was
_scarce___. __Diseases__ such as smallpox and typhoid fever swept through the camp. 2500 men died that winter from the cold, disease and _malnutrition__.
During this winter, General __Lafayette__ joined the Continental Army, without pay, and impressed the troops and Washington by living under the same conditions as the soldiers. Using his own _money__, Lafayette helped buy food, uniforms, and weapons.
Another important addition to the Continental Army was Baron Friedrich von
__Steuben__. He knew how to _train__ an army. Even under the hardships of the camp, he _drilled_ the soldiers repeatedly during the winter so that by springtime the
Continental Army had become a strong and disciplined fighting __force___.