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Surviving the Winters - Housing Washington's Army during the American Revolution (Hardcover)
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Surviving the Winters - Housing Washington's Army during the American Revolution (Hardcover)
Series: Campaigns and Commanders Series
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George Washington and his Continental Army braving the frigid
winter at Valley Forge is an iconic image in the popular history of
the American Revolution. Such winter camps, Steven Elliott tells us
in Surviving the Winters, were also a critical factor in the waging
and winning of the War of Independence. Exploring the inner
workings of the Continental Army through the prism of its
encampments, this book is the first to show how camp construction
and administration played a crucial role in Patriot strategy during
the war. As Elliott reminds us, Washington's troops spent only a
few days a year in combat. The rest of the time, especially in the
winter months, they were engaged in a different sort of battle -
against the elements, unfriendly terrain, disease, and hunger.
Victory in that more sustained struggle depended on a mastery of
camp construction, logistics, and health and hygiene - the
components that Elliott considers in his environmental,
administrative, and operational investigation of the winter
encampments at Middlebrook, Morristown, West Point, New Windsor,
and Valley Forge. Beyond the encampments' basic function of
sheltering soldiers, his study reveals their importance as a key
component of Washington's Fabian strategy: stationed on secure,
mountainous terrain close to New York, the camps allowed the
Continental commander-in-chief to monitor the enemy but avoid
direct engagement, thus neutralizing a numerically superior
opponent while husbanding his own strength. Documenting the growth
of Washington and his subordinates as military administrators,
Surviving the Winters offers a telling new perspective on the
commander's generalship during the Revolutionary War. At the same
time, the book demonstrates that these winter encampments stand
alongside more famous battlefields as sites where American
independence was won.
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