![]() ![]() What they got was indefatigable leadership and a last chance at redemption. ![]() Their commander in chief, George Washington, is decidedly at the lowest point of his military career–certain to be relieved of his command. They’re physically and morally defeated, barely equipped or expected to survive the frigid winter ahead. The beleaguered troops stagger into a small Pennsylvania encampment 23 miles northwest of British-occupied Philadelphia. King George III’s army has pummeled the Continental Army into submission, the Continental Congress is in exile, and the American Revolution appears to be lost just 18 months after the signing of the Declaration of Independence. ![]()
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