2024-11-082024-11-084/15/2016https://hdl.handle.net/10929/141548Soldiers bivouacked for the winter here on October 17, 1779 until January 1780, enduring some of the harshest weather of the war. A letter was found in which a soldier wrote : "Plenty of cold and snow Sam, if this cold continues there won't be one of us left to live in these damned log huts. Why did General Washington pick such a place for our winter encampment".Original file name IMG_4122.jpg3741 x 2748Each photograph within this collection is protected by copyright and/or related rights. Therefore, these photos may only be used in a way that is permitted by copyright and related rights legislation. The following terms of use for State Library patrons shall apply. 1. Educational Institution/student use is permitted as long as such usage adheres to all copyright and related rights legislation. In these instances, these photographs may only be used for educational or historical purposes. 2. Non-Commercial use is permitted without permission from the rights holder, as long as such use adheres to all copyright and related right legislation. 3. Under no circumstances may these photographs be used for commercial purposes without the direct permission of the rights-holder. 4. Under no circumstances may these photographs be used for political purposes. 5. Users must always give appropriate credit to the photographer. The credit may not in any way suggest the right's holder endorses the user or their use of the photographs. 6. Photographs may be copied or redistributed in any medium or format as long as such use does not violate copyright and related rights legislation. 7. Users may remix, transform, and rebuild upon the original photographs as long as it does not violate copyright and related rights legislation.Soldiers in Jockey Hollow HutsWashington's Troops at Jockey HollowWinter at Jockey HollowSoldiers HutsPennsylvania RegimentsJockey HollowMorristownMorristown National Historical ParkNational Park ServiceNPSThe Wick FarmThe American RevolutionAmerican HistorHistoryThe Continental ArmyGeorge WashingtonNew Jersey Register of Historic PlacesU.S. Historic District Contributing PropertyThe SkylandsWinter in the SkylinesNJSkylandsNew Jersey SkylandsLakelandNew JerseyMorris CountyJerseyThe Garden StateComments in a Letter From One of the Soldiers about the Weather