A Handsome Flogging: The Battle of Monmouth, June 28, 1778 (Emerging Revolutionary War) (William R. Griffith - WH) June 2021 by Kathy Myers

by Kathy Myers

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A Handsome Flogging: The Battle of Monmouth, June 28, 1778 (Emerging Revolutionary War) (William R. Griffith - WH) June 2021 by Kathy MyersJune 1778 was a tumultuous month in the annals of American military history. Somehow, General George Washington and the Continental Army were able to survive a string of defeats around Philadelphia in 1777 and a desperate winter at Valley Forge. As winter turned to spring, and spring turned to summer, the armynewly trained by Baron von Steuben and in high spirits thanks to Frances intervention into the conflictmarched out of Valley Forge in pursuit of