Excerpt from Valley Force Historical Research Project
Forge perceived their environment. This was the first time aconcentrated, semi-permanent winter post was constructed on the North American continent, and it would never again be attempted at so meager a material advantage. General Huntington was not alone in his wide - eyed astonishment I wish I could tell you I was coming to see you, instead I am going to build me a House in the Woods, what do you think if the Armys making two thousand log Houses in all the Regularity of an encampment.4 Valley Forge represented an innovation in military practice, and as with most innovations it required a season of experiment before the pattern would be set for future winter cantonments. The resourcefulness of those who composed the stable core of the Continental Army would be strained to the utmost to render 5 the experiment of success.
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