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Battle of Brandywine (Pennsylvania)
Howe drives Washington's army toward Philadelphia; Congress is forced to flee. -
First Battle of Saratoga
An American victory. -
General Howe occupies Philadelphia
He occupies Philadelphia! -
Battle of Germantown (Pennsylvania)
A costly American defeat, the battle is inconclusive as Howe fails again to finish Washington. -
Second Battle of Saratoga
British are routed and 5,700 surrender. A major turning point for the American cause as Europe is encouraged to aid the revolution, including formal French recognition of American independence. -
Washington's Continental Army enters winter quarters at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, remaining there until June 1778.
The horrors of that winter cannot be told in simple statistics, but an estimated 2,500 soldiers out of 10,000 died during these six months, but it was most often due to American mismanagement, graft, speculation, and indifference. Pennsylvania farmers sold their produce to the British in Philadelphia, and the same was true in New England and New York, where farmers sought hard cash for their crops. https://www.antiwar.com/blog/2007/12/24/george-washington-no-torture-on-my-watch/
