The Battle of Valley Forge

The army that straggled into the abs lutely nothing they found at valley forge, numbered about 11 thousand. The first thing they had to do was construct little rudimentary huts that they could cram themselves into. For nourishment, soldiers lived pretty much nonstop on a delicacy dubbed fire cake,. That's it, flour and water for like, months on end. There were a few times, especially in february 17 78, when even the flour ran out, and they just had nothing. Washington spent the winter begging, pleading and demanding more and better supplies from both the civilians in congress the officers running his supply chain.