December seems to have been an important month for most of the years of the Revolutionary War. The following is from the museum at Mount Vernon, Virginia:
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December 1776 – Washington crossed the Delaware River and captured Trenton, New Jersey.
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December 1777 – Washington’s troops entered Winter Camp and Valley Forge, Pennsylvania.
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December 1778 – Britain carried the war to the southern colonies by occupying Savannah, Georgia.
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December 1779 – British General Clinton sailed from New York harbor to Charleston, South Carolina with 50,000 troops.
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December 1783 – General Washington “voluntarily” stepped down as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army.
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Patriot Graves of 1776
