George Washington of Virginia, the commander of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, was elected the first ...

The morning of December 26, 1776, did not start according to plan. The night before, George Washington had led 2,400 Continental Army soldiers across the Delaware River, thinking that two ...

In 1776, as George Washington was leading the Continental Army through some of the earliest battles of the American Revolution, disease posed a greater threat to his forces than British troops.

Army History, No. 62 (Winter 2006), pp. 4-19 (16 pages) The influx of European influences in this period is detailed in Robert K. Wright, Jr., The Continental Army, Army Lineage Series (Washington, ...

When George Washington was offered command of the Continental Army by Congress in 1775, he accepted the role, but not the ...

In response, Gen. George Washington and the Continental Congress sent a new Continental Army south under the command of Gates to retake the southern areas once dominated by patriot sentiment.

“General George Washington requested that chaplains be added to the Army to meet Soldier’s religious and spiritual needs and to support good morals and morale. The Continental Congress ...

The night before, George Washington had led 2,400 Continental Army soldiers across the Delaware River, thinking that two additional troop columns were doing the same at other designated crossing ...