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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJAF_a-pointed-defense_King-of-Prussia-PA.html
On the attack, this would be your perspective: advancing uphill, passing through sharp obstructions, only to face artillery and supporting infantry mounted in the redan. Brigade huts would be across the road, just behind the defenses. These for…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJAB_crowded-and-very-sickly_King-of-Prussia-PA.html
Putrid fever, the itch, diarrhea, dysentery and rheumatism were some of the afflictions suffered by the Continental troops. At Valley Forge the Hospital Department inoculated two to three thousand against smallpox. Medicine, food, blankets and eve…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJA8_the-camps-road-system_King-of-Prussia-PA.html
Adapting to the terrain, the arriving army used peaceful farm roads as lines of communication within the sprawling encampment. Livestock, commissary wagons, and troops dragging firewood quickly turned roads into rivers of mud. After Sullivan's Bri…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJ8T_headquarters-complex_King-of-Prussia-PA.html
The headquarters house overlooking the confluence of Valley Creek and the Schuylkill River was the hub of military activity. It was from here that General Washington, with the assistance of his staff, conducted the daily routine of the army. Often…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJ8Q_1st-and-2nd-rhode-island-regiments_King-of-Prussia-PA.html
Dedicated toMajor General Nathanael GreeneBrigadier General James Mirchell VarnumColonel Christopher GreeneColonel Israel Angelland to other officers and menof 1st and 2nd Rhode Island Regimentsencamped at Valley Forge in 1777-1778. - Let Our N…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJ8K_commander-in-chiefs-guards_King-of-Prussia-PA.html
Always present, Washington's guard occupied huts here. This special detachment was created to protect the Commander in Chief, his official family, and his equipment, supplies, and papers. Washington required that each life guard, as they called th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJ7Y_varnums-quarters_King-of-Prussia-PA.html
When he moved in, General James Varnum used one room as both living quarters and brigade headquarters, and even held general courts martial. The owners, David and Elizabeth Stephens and their family, were allowed to remain in the rest of the house…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJ7W_major-general-friedrich-wilhelm-baron-von-steuben_King-of-Prussia-PA.html
Erected by theNational GermanAmerican Alliance, ? 1915
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJ7P_huntingtons-brigade_King-of-Prussia-PA.html
Occupied this ground
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJ7L_huntingtons-brigade_King-of-Prussia-PA.html
Division—————————— Huntington's BrigadeBrig. General Jedediah Huntington commanding 1st Regiment Connecticut Infantry ? Lieut. Col. Samuel Prentice2nd Regiment Connecticut Infantry ? C…
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