Washington and His Generals at War

Where Washington and his inner circle of generals wrote from, month by month, 1775–1783

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Each portrait marks where that general was writing from in the selected month. Only located letters count, so a general drops off the map in months where he cannot be located by his letters. When several generals share a camp (Valley Forge, Yorktown), their portraits fan out around the spot. Drag across the chart to scrub by month, or press Play.