Feeding Washington's Army: Surviving the Valley Forge Winter of 1778

Feeding Washington's Army: Surviving the Valley Forge Winter of 1778

by Ricardo A. Herrera
Feeding Washington's Army: Surviving the Valley Forge Winter of 1778

Feeding Washington's Army: Surviving the Valley Forge Winter of 1778

by Ricardo A. Herrera

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Overview

In this major new history of the Continental Army's Grand Forage of 1778, award-winning military historian Ricardo A. Herrera uncovers what daily life was like for soldiers during the darkest and coldest days of the American Revolution: the Valley Forge winter. Here, the army launched its largest and riskiest operation—not a bloody battle against British forces but a campaign to feed itself and prevent starvation or dispersal during the long encampment. Herrera brings to light the army's herculean efforts to feed itself, support local and Continental governments, and challenge the British Army.

Highlighting the missteps and triumphs of both General George Washington and his officers as well as ordinary soldiers, sailors, and militiamen, Feeding Washington's Army moves far beyond oft-told, heroic, and mythical tales of Valley Forge and digs deeply into its daily reality, revealing how close the Continental Army came to succumbing to starvation and how strong and resourceful its soldiers and leaders actually were.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781469667317
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Publication date: 06/14/2022
Pages: 272
Sales rank: 650,208
Product dimensions: 6.20(w) x 9.40(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Ricardo A. Herrera is professor of military history at the School of Advanced Military Studies at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College.

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The Continental Army was not about to go down without a forage—and a grand one at that. Rick Herrera in Feeding Washington's Army provides a lively story and argument that the encampment at Valley Forge was anything but a mythic scene of passive, static self-sacrifice. The Grand Forage of 1778 to garner the supplies necessary to sustain the Revolution's main army may have been an act of desperation, but as Herrera proves, it also manifested the acumen and daring of General Washington and the commanders who executed the mission."—Holly Mayer, author of Congress's Own: A Canadian Regiment, the Continental Army, and American Union



Ricardo Herrera's Feeding Washington's Army is one of the most significant military histories of the Revolutionary War in decades, providing insight into the strategic planning and execution of George Washington and key subordinates like Nathanael Greene. Herrera's riveting account of the Grand Forage illuminates how Valley Forge was a story not just of soldiers' privation and survival but also of the critical strategic importance of military supplies."—Sarah Purcell, author of Sealed with Blood: War, Sacrifice, and Memory in Revolutionary America



A stunning achievement that highlights the primacy of logistics in the Revolutionary War. Above all, Herrera's evocative and beautifully written narrative captures how the Grand Forage of 1778 crucially transformed George Washington's Continental Army and its key lieutenants."—David Preston, author of Braddock's Defeat: The Battle of the Monongahela and the Road to Revolution

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