Bodle, “Generals and ‘Gentlemen’: Pennsylvania Politics and the Decision for Valley Forge,” Pennsylvania History 62, no. 1 (Winter 1995): 59-89 Bodle, The Valley Forge Winter: Civilians and Soldiers ...
The winter of 1777-1778 was ... cause of the American Revolution. Valley Forge was a military encampment more than two miles long, consisting of crude log huts, each one crowded with soldiers.