Valley Forge, a chronicle of American heroism . Washington Inn, A Portion of which was used as an Army Bakery, OriginallyTHE Home of Col. Wm. Headquarters of Brig. Gen. Jed Huntington 52 CHAPTER XIITHE MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE See Notes upon pages 83 and 84 Eight days after the Alliance celebration the General issued an order, whichbegan the active campaign of the year 1778. Major-General Lafayette, a youth ofbut twenty years, was placed in command of a picked force of 2,500 men, infantry,artillery and horse, to proceed in the direction of Philadelphia and observethe enemy. This young Fre
Valley Forge, a chronicle of American heroism . Washington Inn, A Portion of which was used as an Army Bakery, OriginallyTHE Home of Col. Wm. Headquarters of Brig. Gen. Jed Huntington 52 CHAPTER XIITHE MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE See Notes upon pages 83 and 84 Eight days after the Alliance celebration the General issued an order, whichbegan the active campaign of the year 1778. Major-General Lafayette, a youth ofbut twenty years, was placed in command of a picked force of 2,500 men, infantry,artillery and horse, to proceed in the direction of Philadelphia and observethe enemy. This young French nobleman had proven the sincerity of his admiration ofAmerica and advocacy of the struggle, by leaving behind him his young wife, adaughter of the Duke de Noailles, and coming to America at the head of aparty of other foreigners, including Baron de Kalb and eleven other French,German and Polish officers. The leaky ship in which they ventured narrowlyescaped wreck upon the South Carolina Coast. After a long journey through the Southern forests to Philadelphia, Lafayetteand his associates were met with a cold rebuff from a consequential chair
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