Bitter Winter at Jockey Hollow-by Pamela Patrick White
18" x 12"
$325.00 USD
The Continental Army spent the Winter of 1780 at Morristown, NJ. The blizzards that drove through the Jockey Hollow encampment that January were the most severe on record, blocking roads and ”greatly obstructing the transportation of supplies” (Gen. Washington). This was the only Winter in recorded American history during which the waters around New York City and the Chesapeake Bay were “frozen solid”.
The Continental Army spent the Winter of 1780 at Morristown, NJ. The blizzards that drove through the Jockey Hollow encampment that January were the most severe on record, blocking roads and ”greatly obstructing the transportation of supplies” (Gen. Washington). This was the only Winter in recorded American history during which the waters around New York City and the Chesapeake Bay were “frozen solid”.