Despite deceptive appearances, the British were far from luxuriating in Philadelphia while Washington and his army suffered at Valley Forge. Every public building was used to house two thousand sick and wounded British and Hessian soldiers. The army was placed on half-rations, and there was a shortage of medical and hospital supplies that caused tension between the British and the Hessians. Unable to obtain supplies, the city became a prison for as many as fifty thousand inhabitants and troops.
Place | City | |
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Colonial Pemaquid State Historic Site | Bristol | Includes unearthed remnants of Fort William Henry and Fort Frederick. |
Fort George | Castine | Built by the British in 1789 and location of the largest American amphibious operation of the war. |
Montpelier – The General Henry Knox Museum | Thomaston | Built in 1794, Montpelier was constructed as the retirement home of Henry and Lucy Knox, and was in use by the family until 1854; it was razed in 1871. The current Montpelier is a recreation built in 1930 and includes some of Knox’s personal effects. |
Sayward-Wheeler House | York Harbor | Well-preserved home of Jonathan Sayward, a merchant and a loyalist, originally built in 1718 and then enlarged. |
The Men Who Lost America: British Leadership, the American Revolution, and the Fate of the Empire (2013)