The Philadelphia Campaign [Part 2/2]: Valley Forge & the Battle of Monmouth, 1778

Valley Forge currently is a very nice place to visit. Along with its historical background there is a bike trail, a beautiful monument, and green meadows. I even spotted a fox at the field Steuben trained the soldiers.

hell yeah, HR is back!

My 6th great-grandfather endured the winter at Valley Forge and then fought at Monmouth Courthouse. That was the last of the major engagements he was in, after he was at the siege of Boston, the tail end of the Quebec campaign, Trenton, Princeton, and Saratoga. His grear-great-grandson wrote down what little his grandmother told him about her grandfather’s memories of Valley Forge, including his observations of Washington there. He had enlisted in the 2nd New Hampshire Regiment a day after Bunker Hill.

Nice to have a Revolutionary War channel with good narration, map illustration, and battle scenes. Keep up the good work.

von Steuben despite being abrubtly discharged from the Prussian army as a Captain and then not being entirely truthful about his past to Washington, is considered one of the fathers of the US army. His contributions to drill and military regulations are still the basis for many US army regulations today. Notably the modern drilling technique he taught the continental army instilled staying power and a sense of élan when attacking, which was sorely missing in previous battles. Dude spent a total of 23 years in 2 different militaries, absolute legend. Also was taught directly by Frederick the Great.

Excellent work, really appreciate you covering this campaign in such depth, outside of Valley Forge itself, it's very poorly known

Nice!

Love the series please continue

Charles Lee also talked enough smack about Washington after the battle that two of Washington’s lieutenants, John Laurens and Alexander Hamilton, decided to duel him, at which point Lee was shot but survived.

Looks like the revolution has just grown dramatically, and without a undefeated general. Things just might take a turn for the worst

I’ve said it before I’ll say it again, the best documentaries on this subject. Well done and thank you!

Nice! I forgot I was waiting for this... thanks!

Great episode

Fantastic work man

I have an ancestor who I am pretty sure was a Hessian soldier for the British. He was captured by the Americans, and chose to desert rather than return home after the war. I don’t know the details, except that he is buried in Pennsylvania. He may have been captured at one of the battles in this video, but I don’t know for certain.

Ok no sleep for me then

Wonderful! Been waiting for this one. Bloody marvelous work! Thanks for the video. Cheers from Tennessee

Just as a suggestion, have you ever considered putting your sources in the description? I think that would be helpful.

Will you be doing a video on the Battle of Wyoming aka the Wyoming massacre and its an event in the revolutionary war that I know very little about and the only things I really know is that it triggered false rumors of a widespread massacre of women and children and these rumors helped to start and encourage a mass evacuation known as the big runaway which saw the American evacuation of the West Branch Susquehanna Valley however the Wyoming massacre also led to an event known as the Sullivan expedition.

BTW if you really wanna impress your French viewers, dont pronounce the "s" in "Marquis" source: my ancestor was one. so more like Mar-Key