Replica of Soldiers' Huts in the Museum

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dc.creatorBeards, Daniel E.
dc.date.accessioned2024-11-08T16:42:41Z
dc.date.available2024-11-08T16:42:41Z
dc.date.issued3/10/2023 0:00
dc.descriptionOn October 17, 1779, the Continental Army bivouacked for the winter at Jockey Hollow. Soldiers camped at this location until January, 1780, during which they endured some of the harshest conditions of the war. That winter was the "cruelest" of the war, including the one at Valley Forge Upon taking up its ground at Jockey Hollow, Washington intended that his Army should build a "Log-house city." He insisted that all the soldiers' huts be finished before work started on the officers' quarters. (Washington himself and other senior officers were immediately quartered in homes in the area.) The work of felling trees and putting up hundreds of cabins went slowly amidst harsh winter weather. It was nearly February before the huts were completed. More than 600 acres of forest Introduction were cut to create streets of huts for over 10,000 soldiers and officers.
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dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10929/141454
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dc.subjectReplica Soldiers Hut
dc.subjectMuseum at Washington National Historical Park
dc.subjectRevolutionary War Soldiers Hut
dc.subjectMorristown National Historical Park
dc.subjectHistoric Morristown
dc.subjectNational Historical Park
dc.subjectThe American Revolution
dc.subjectAmerican History
dc.subjectUS History
dc.subjectGeorge Washington
dc.subjectContinental Army
dc.subjectWinter Encampment
dc.subjectHistory
dc.subjectMorristown
dc.subjectJockey Hollow
dc.subjectThe Ford Mansion
dc.subjectMorris County
dc.subjectThe American Revolution in New Jersey
dc.subjectThe Skylands
dc.subjectLakeland
dc.subjectNew Jersey
dc.subjectNJ
dc.subjectJersey
dc.subjectThe Garden State
dc.titleReplica of Soldiers' Huts in the Museum

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