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During the Revolution the Second Continental Congress appointed Otto to establish a military hospital in Trenton, New Jersey for the treatment of smallpox. He was present during the Battle of Long Island in 1776. [2] He was also assigned to the Continental hospital at Valley Forge and located in the Uwchlan Meetinghouse. [3]
Washington's Headquarters at Valley Forge, also known as the Isaac Potts House, is a historic house that served as General George Washington's headquarters at Valley Forge during the American Revolutionary War. The building, which still stands, is one of the centerpieces of Valley Forge National Historical Park in Southeastern Pennsylvania.
Valley Forge was the winter encampment of the Continental Army, under the command of George Washington, during the American Revolutionary War. The Valley Forge encampment lasted six months, from December 19, 1777, to June 19, 1778. It was the third of the eight winter encampments that Washington and the Continental Army endured during the war.
Returns to Colonel Thomas Ellison House [138] [circular reference] 1048 River Rd, New Windsor, NY 12553 New Windsor, New York. December 6, 1780 [139] to May 18, 1781 The Thomas Ellison House was built by William Bull of Orange County, NY, in 1754. A copy of the contract is in possession of the William Bull and Sarah Wells Stone House Association.
Valley Forge was designated a U.S. National Historic Landmark in 1961 and was listed in the initial National Register of Historic Places in 1966. [8] [9] The area covered by these listings goes outside what was then Valley Forge State Park boundaries to include four historic houses where the Marquis de Lafayette and other officers were quartered.
In 1909, the exterior of the office/sleeping tent was purchased by Reverend Dr. W. Herbert Burk for the Valley Forge Museum of American History, predecessor to the Valley Forge Historical Society. [citation needed] It was exhibited in a museum on the grounds of the 1777–1778 Valley Forge encampment. [8]
The Soldiers' Revolution: Pennsylvanians in Arms and the Forging of Early American Identity. 2003. ISBN 027102335X. Lockhart, Paul. The Drillmaster of Valley Forge: The Baron de Steuben and the Making of the American Army. 2010. ISBN 0061451649. McGuire, Thomas J. Battle of Paoli. 2000. ISBN 0811701980. McGuire, Thomas J.
The Command of the Howe Brothers During the American Revolution. New York and London, 1936. Buchanan, John. The Road to Valley Forge: How Washington Built the Army That Won the Revolution. Wiley, 2004. ISBN 0-471-44156-2. Fischer, David Hackett. Washington's Crossing. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004. ISBN 0-19-517034-2.