2026-03-202026-03-202014-04-07https://hdl.handle.net/10929/154660Unfortunately the troops stationed here during the terrible winter literally starved. There are reports that men did not put a single morsel of victuals into their mouth for four days and as many nights, except a little black birch bark which they gnawed off a stick of wood. Some men actually roasted their old shoes and ate them.Original file name 53940533071_4ba2de534d_o.jpg3960 x 2912Each 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.American RevolutionReenactment of Winter Encampment 1779 1780Continental ArmyAmerican HistoryThe Revolutionary WarU.S. HistoryU.S. Historic district Contributing propertyNew Jersey Register of Historic PlacesJockey HollowGeorge WashingtonGeneral George WashingtonNational Historical ParkNational Park ServiceNPSHarding TownshipMorristownMorris CountyMendham NJMorristown National Historical ParkThe SkylandsNJ SkylandsNew Jersey SkylandsJersey SkylandsNew JerseyNJJerseyThe Garden State