From the Fields of Valley Forge - American Revolutionary War Veteran Graves on Waymarking.com

From the northeast side of the monument and stated in a brochure available at the sight: "Sacred to the memory of Twenty-two Revolutionary War Soldiers, who in the fall of 1777, when the American Army was encamped at the Valley Forge, were lodged in the German Reformed Church, (in sight) then occupied as a hospital; who there, distant from their homes, uncomforted by friends and kind relations, deceased in the spring of 1778, of a fever then prevailing in the camp; who were interred in this ground and where they slumbered in their peaceful but neglected tomb (except that Mr. Henry Hipple Sr., preserved the ground) until the Union Battalion of Volunteers of Chester County, aided by the generous and patriotic poeple of this vicinity, resolved to have them enclosed and a monument placed over them; the foundation of which accordingly was laid on the 19th of November, 1831, upon which occasion regular military cermonies were observed, and a funeral oration delivered, to perpetuate the profound regard due the individuals who paid the forfeit of their precious lives for our sacred rights, and for privileges which they were never permitted to enjoy, and to contribute to generations unborn, the memory of the precious price of the Liberty & Independence of our happy Union. They have raised this monument on the 25th of October 1833, and which they also dedicate to the memory of a number of other Revolutionary Soldiers who, the same time and same manner, deceased in the Lutheran Church (then used as an hospital and are buried near it and in other places of this vicinity)."

Location type: Revolutionary War Veteran Cemetery Date of Birth: Not listed Date of Death: Not listed Cause of death: Not listed Grave Marker Text: Not listed Ranks: Not listed

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PLEASE NOTE: This category is for American Revolutionary War Veterans only. Veterans of other revolutions are not part of this category.

I have allowed one entry for a grave of British solders, but it was an exception. Please only list graves for Colonial soldiers.

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