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Birthplace of an army : a study of the Valley Forge encampment

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Author
Trussell, John B. B.
Date of Publication
1976.
Call Number
974.80293 T873b
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by John B. B. Trussell, Jr.
Author
Trussell, John B. B.
Place of Publication
Harrisburg
Publisher
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission,
Date of Publication
1976.
Physical Description
iv, 145 p., [2] leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 135-137.
Subjects
Washington, George, - 1732-1799 - Headquarters - Pennsylvania - Valley Forge.
United States. - Continental Army.
Valley Forge (Pa.)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.80293 T873b
Websites
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=inu.39000003345225;view=1up;seq=5
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Ceremonies at the dedication of the equestrian statue of Major-General Anthony Wayne, Commander-in-chief of the U. S. Army : Erected by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on the revolutionary camp ground at Valley Forge, June 20, 1908

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4839
Date of Publication
1909.
Call Number
923.5 W359p
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Place of Publication
Harrisburg, Pa
Publisher
Harrisburg publishing co.,
Date of Publication
1909.
Physical Description
81 p. : plates, map (1 fold.) ; 23 cm.
Summary
Includes text of oration by former Governor Samuel Pennypacker.
Subjects
Wayne, Anthony, - 1745-1796.
Valley Forge (Pa.) - History.
United States - History - Revolution - Biography.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
923.5 W359p
Websites
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015070226561&view=1up&seq=9
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Chester County landmarks : including landmarks at Brandywine and Valley Forge

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo6013
Edition
1st ed.
Date of Publication
1956.
Call Number
974.813 M159
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pen-and-ink drawings by Henry T. MacNeill.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
Whitford, Pa
Publisher
Stephen Moylan Press,
Date of Publication
1956.
Physical Description
vi, 37 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.
Notes
"First printing for the Chester County Day Committee."
Subjects
Chester County (Pa.) - History.
Chester County (Pa.) - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.
Valley Forge (Pa.) - History.
Additional Author
MacNeill, Henry T.
Additional Corporate Author
Chester County (Pa.). Historical Society.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.813 M159
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Epic on the Schuylkill : the Valley Forge encampment, 1777-1778

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Author
Trussell, John B. B.
Date of Publication
1974.
Call Number
974.80293 T873
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Responsibility
by John B. B. Trussell, Jr.
Author
Trussell, John B. B.
Place of Publication
Harrisburg
Publisher
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission,
Date of Publication
1974.
Physical Description
46 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Subjects
Valley Forge (Pa.)
Additional Corporate Author
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.80293 T873
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Following the drum : women at the Valley Forge encampment

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Author
Loane, Nancy K.,
Edition
1st ed.
Date of Publication
©2009.
Call Number
973.334 L795
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Responsibility
Nancy K. Loane.
ISBN
9781597973854
1597973858
Author
Loane, Nancy K.,
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
Washington, D.C
Publisher
Potomac Books,
Date of Publication
©2009.
Physical Description
x, 205 pages, [8] pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-200) and index.
Contents
Setting the stage : the war, army, and community -- Martha Washington at Valley Forge : "the worthy partner of the worthiest of men" -- Martha Washington at the other encampments : a resolute and loyal lady -- Catharine Greene and Lucy Knox : the ladies come to Valley Forge -- Rebekah Biddle, Lady Stirling, and Alice Shippen at Valley Forge : "I should not be sorry to see you here" -- The women with Washington's "family" : slaves, servants, and spies -- Camp women at Valley Forge : "a caravan of wild beasts" -- Camp women with the Continental Army : cannonballs and cooking kettles -- The general returns to Valley Forge : a distinguished officer's musings -- Appendix: Making the myth of Martha Washington : nineteenth-century fantasy vs. eighteenth-century reality.
Summary
"[This book] tells the story of the forgotten women who spent the winter of 1777-78 with the Continental Army at Valley Forge -- from those on society's lowest rungs to ladies of the upper echelon. Poor, dirty beings who clung to the very edge of survival, many camp women were soldiers' wives who worked as the army's washerwomen, nurses, cooks, or seamstresses. Though these women's written correspondence is scarce, author Nancy Loane uses sources such as issued military orders, pension depositions after the war, and soldiers' descriptions to bring these women to life. Other women at the encampment were of higher status: they traveled with Washington's entourage when the army headquarters shifted from place to place and served the general as valued cooks, laundresses, or housekeepers ... Drawing from diary entries and letters, Following the drum illuminates the experiences of these ladies, including Martha Washington, Lucy Knox, and Lady Stirling, during the encampment and then traces their lives after the Revolutionary War"--Jacket.
Subjects
Washington, George, - 1732-1799.
Washington, George, - 1732-1799 - Headquarters - Pennsylvania - Valley Forge.
Women - Pennsylvania - Valley Forge
Women - Pennsylvania - Valley Forge - Biography.
Women - United States - Biography.
Armed Forces
Women.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Participation, Female.
Pennsylvania - Valley Forge.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Women.
United States.
Valley Forge (Pa.) - History - 18th century.
Biography.
History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.334 L795
Websites
http://www.gbv.de/dms/bowker/toc/9781597973854.pdf
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John Laurance and the Role of Military Justice at Valley Forge

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21169
Author
Jones, Keith Marshall
Date of Publication
2017.
Call Number
905.748 HSP v.141
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Author
Jones, Keith Marshall
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Historical Society of Pennsylvania,
Date of Publication
2017.
Physical Description
7-29 p.
Series
Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography ; v. 141, no. 1
Summary
Abstract: Introducing a fresh metric—general courts-martial per thousand fit-for-duty troops—this article expands Valley Forge historiography by quantifying trial incidence in a forty-two-month context to suggest military justice played a significantly greater role over the winter of privation than previously thought. Courts-martial discipline, the essay argues, served as General Washington's fundamental instrument of command and control until drillmaster Baron von Steuben's iconic parade-ground regimen took hold. As Washington's unheralded "courtroom von Steuben," Judge Advocate General John Laurance superintended rule of military law over eighty tattered Valley Forge regiments by diligently enforcing the 1776 Articles of War among private soldiers, officers, and civilians alike.
Subjects
Military law
Valley Forge (Pa.) - History.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.748 HSP v.141
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Lancaster County and Valley Forge (during the Revolution)

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Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Date of Publication
1928
. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Washington, George, 1732-1799. Lancaster (Pa.)--History--18th century. Valley Forge (Pa.)--History--18th century. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1928 Description: 74-87 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical
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Responsibility
by H. Frank Eshleman.
Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1928
Physical Description
74-87 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 32, no. 5 & 6
Subjects
Washington, George, - 1732-1799.
Lancaster (Pa.) - History - 18th century.
Valley Forge (Pa.) - History - 18th century.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 32, number 5/6 (1928), p. 74-87Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.32
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Not by bread alone

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Author
Chunn, Calvin Ellsworth,
Date of Publication
c1981.
Call Number
973.3341 C559
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ISBN
0960682813 (pbk.)
Author
Chunn, Calvin Ellsworth,
Place of Publication
Valley Forge, PA
Publisher
Society of the Descendants of Washington's Army at Valley Forge,
Date of Publication
c1981.
Physical Description
86 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 83.
Subjects
United States. - Continental Army - Biography.
Generals - United States
Valley Forge (Pa.)
Valley Forge National Historical Park (Pa.) - Guidebooks.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Biography.
Additional Corporate Author
Society of the Descendants of Washington's Army at Valley Forge.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.3341 C559
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Ordeal at Valley Forge; a day-by-day chronicle from December 17, 1777 to June 18, 1778

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Author
Stoudt, John Joseph,
Date of Publication
1963.
Call Number
974.8029 P415s
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Responsibility
compiled from the sources.
Author
Stoudt, John Joseph,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Date of Publication
1963.
Physical Description
410 p. port., maps, facsims. 22 cm.
Notes
Bibliography: p. 387-397.
Summary
"What Dr.Stoudt has done is to cull a variety of sources- military journals, diaries, memoirs, newspapers, and published letters- and to reconstruct life at Valley Forge, day by day, during the terrible winter of 1777-1778. The 'chronicle' that emerges is not genuine history, since Dr.Stoudt has varied, modified, reorganized, transposed, and rewritten his source material to suit his purpose. This purpose is to dramatize that episode in American military history which has become a national symbol of courage and patriotism for the general reader and the Revolutionary Warbuff. As such,Ordeal at Valley Forge is a commendable effort." [From a book review by Milton Klein of Long Island University]
Subjects
Valley Forge (Pa.)
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Sources.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.8029 P415s
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The story of Valley Forge

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Author
Richards, Henry Melchior Muhlenberg.
Call Number
974.819 L441 v. 8
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by H. M. M. Richards.
Author
Richards, Henry Melchior Muhlenberg.
Physical Description
p. [320] - 334 ; ill. , 24. cm.
Series
Lebanon County Historical Society papers and addresses v VIII, no. 11.
Subjects
Valley Forge (Pa.) - History.
Pennsylvania - History - Revolution, 1775 - 1783.
Delaware River Valley (N.Y.-Del. and N. J.) - History - Revolution, 1775 - 1783.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.819 L441 v. 8
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