Valley Forge?

Question

About how many of Washingtons troops died in Valley Forge during the winter?

Answer 1

Of all the places associated with America's War for Independence, none conveys more the impression of suffering, sacrifice, and ultimate triumph than Valley Forge. No battles were fought here, no bayonet charges or artillery bombardments took place, but during the winter of 1777-78 approximately 2,000 soldiers died at hospitals in the surrounding area nonetheless. Valley Forge is the story of an army's epic struggle to survive against terrible odds, against hunger, disease, and the unrelenting forces of nature.
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"To see men without clothes to cover their nakedness, without blankets to lie upon, without shoes ... without a house or hut to cover them until those could be built, and submitting without a murmur, is a proof of patience and obedience which, in my opinion, can scarcely be paralleled."
-George Washington at Valley Forge,
April 21, 1778

Answer 2

Approximately 2,000 of Washington's 12,000 troops that were encamped at Valley Forge during the winter of 1777-78 died from several causes, including typhoid fever, dysentery, and pneumonia. Shelter and clothing were inadequate, as was food; these shortages resulted at one point in another 4,000 of the troops being listed as unfit for duty.

Answer 3

Between 2000 and 3000, about 2000 of them from diseases.

"Typhus, typhoid, dysentery, and pneumonia were among the killers that felled as many as 2,000 men that winter."

"Valley Forge" : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valley_forge

"While no battles against the British were fought that winter, casualties mounted at alarming rates as the army faced irregular food supplies, inadequate clothing. Over 2000 soldiers died from disease such as dysentery, pneumonia, typhus and typhoid."

"Valley Forge National Historical Park" : http://philadelphia.about.com/cs/parks/a/valley_forge.htm

"The Continental Army fought an epic struggle here against disease, neglect and inadequate supplies, a battle that claimed as many as 3,000 American lives during the six months the army camped here."

"Valley Forge" : http://historictraveler.away.com/primedia/military/valley_forge_1.html

Answer 4

I dont know, but about 10,000 soldiers died in camp during the revolutionary war from disese and malnutrition. Check out this site....