After the hurricane, comes the rainbow...

Valley Forge

The struggle continued, the remarkable army faced a very difficult winter from 1777 to 1778, the scenario was on Valley Forge(outsides of Philadelphia). George Washington reported Congres that 1/3 of 10,000 soldiers had no warm clothing and no shoes. Washington was worried for his army, he only saw 3 possible ways out: 1. Starve to death 2.Army would dissolve 3.Army would disperse. But never lose hope, Friedrich Wilhelm August Heinrich Ferdinand von Steuben (born Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin von Steuben; September 17, 1730 – November 28, 1794), also known as Baron von Steuben, he was a Prussian born military officer, he was a volunteer that offered to train the Continental Army. In June 1778, the British evacuated from Philadelphia through New Jersey into New York, they retreated due to the Battle of Monmouth, in this Battle the Continental Army showed all the skills they've been learning at Valley Forge, and demonstrated their huge improvements. Still, the British had nothing new to show, how boring... they only had New York as a stronghold and that was it. The war began moving South. 

Baron Von Steuben