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| The Continental Army’s encampment at Valley Forge in Pennsylvania during the winter of 1777-1778 was the bleakest time of the American struggle for independence. Hunger and disease compounded the problems of inadequate shelter and lack of adequate winter clothing. More than 2500 men died of typhus, dysentery, and pneumonia. Washington made repeated appeals for aid and supplies, but the Congress was unable to move the states to provide them. | ||||||
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| American Revolution; Philadelphia (city, Pennsylvania); United States Army; Washington, George | ||||||
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