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John C. McRae, Valley Forge prayer, with General George Washington praying at Valley Forge, 1866, engraving, based on a painting by Henry Brueckner On April 25, a group of forty-seven Oneida and Seneca men, along with Polly Cooper, left with Louis de Tousard, carrying bushels of corn and supplies 250 miles (400 km) to assist Washington at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania.
Polly Cooper was an Oneida woman who traveled to Valley Forge in 1777 during the American Revolution. [5] Under Chief Skenandon's leadership, the Oneidas brought bushels of maize to General George Washington's starving Patriot army. [6] Cooper showed Washington's people how to properly cook and eat the corn.
The Oneida oral tradition tells that Chief Skenandoa provided critical food, sending corn to General George Washington and his men during their harsh winter at Valley Forge in 1777–1778. Washington is said to have named the Shenandoah River and valley in his honor, [ 15 ] [ 16 ] and subsequently numerous other places in the United States were ...
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.
Valley Forge Visitor Center. The park's visitor center includes a museum with artifacts from the American Revolutionary War, an interactive muster roll of Continental soldiers encamped at Valley Forge, ranger-led gallery programs and walks, a story telling program, a visitor information desk, and a store for books and souvenirs.
Daniel and Abraham Nimham and his fellow Stockbridge warriors fought for the American cause during the Revolutionary War and were some of America's first Veterans. They served with Washington at Valley Forge and later with General Marquis de Lafayette's troops. It is noted that Daniel "faithfully served in the army as a soldier at Cambridge ...
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Upon the arrival of the Continental Army at Valley Forge, the David Havard House served as quarters for Colonel William Bradford [2] and Colonel Elias Boudinot, who were brothers-in-law. [3]: 121–122 Bradford's older brother Thomas, a captain, arrived in January 1778, and their father, Colonel William Bradford Sr., joined them in April 1778.