The soldiers tried to build huts to sleep in, but many were developing dysentery and pneumonia, and so they didn't get very far. As the days grew colder, men began to desert. Some 2,000 died. At night, Washington retreated to a little stone house. There, by candlelight, he huddled with a couple of military aides. (01:03–01:05)
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Asserts that approximately 2,000 soldiers died during the encampment at Valley Forge.
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