Washington's winter encampment 1779–1780

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Continental Army winter quarters event of the American Revolutionary War military encampment

Washington's winter encampment 1779–1780 was the Continental Army’s harsh Revolutionary War winter quarters at Morristown, New Jersey, where George Washington directed military operations while headquartered at the Ford Mansion.

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Label	Occurrences
Continental Army winter encampment of 1779–1780	1
Washington's winter encampment 1779–1780 canonical	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Continental Army winter quarters ⓘ event of the American Revolutionary War ⓘ military encampment ⓘ
commander	George Washington ⓘ
coordinateLocation	approximate coordinates 40.78°N 74.48°W ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
endTime	1780 ⓘ
followedBy	Continental Army spring 1780 campaigning season ⓘ
hasCause	need for winter quarters for the Continental Army ⓘ strategic need to guard approaches to New York City ⓘ
hasEffect	caused supply shortages for the Continental Army ⓘ suffered severe winter weather ⓘ tested discipline and morale of Continental soldiers ⓘ
hasPart	Ford Mansion ⓘ surface form: Ford Mansion headquarters Jockey Hollow encampment area ⓘ artillery park ⓘ officers' quarters ⓘ soldiers' log huts ⓘ supply depots ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Ford Mansion ⓘ
heritageDesignation	part of Morristown National Historical Park ⓘ
locatedIn	Morristown, New Jersey NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Morris County, New Jersey NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
locatedNear	New York City ⓘ
locationStrategicImportance	controlled routes between New England and the Middle Colonies ⓘ protected interior of New Jersey ⓘ threatened British positions in New York City ⓘ
militaryBranch	Continental Army ⓘ
notableFor	Washington's maintenance of army cohesion ⓘ being one of the harshest winters of the Revolutionary War ⓘ proximity to British forces in New York ⓘ severe shortages of food and clothing ⓘ
partOf	American Revolutionary War ⓘ
pointInTime	winter 1779–1780 ⓘ
precededBy	previous Morristown winter encampment 1777 ⓘ
presentInWork	Revolutionary War histories of the Continental Army ⓘ
significantPerson	Alexander Hamilton ⓘ Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben ⓘ surface form: Baron von Steuben George Washington ⓘ Henry Knox ⓘ Nathanael Greene ⓘ
significantPlace	Ford Mansion ⓘ Jockey Hollow ⓘ Morristown National Historical Park ⓘ
startTime	1779 ⓘ
topicOf	exhibits at Morristown National Historical Park visitor centers ⓘ
usedBy	Continental Army ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ford Mansion headquarters → significantEvent → Washington's winter encampment 1779–1780 ⓘ

subject surface form: Ford Mansion

Morristown National Historical Park → significantEvent → Washington's winter encampment 1779–1780 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Continental Army winter encampment of 1779–1780