Carroll 250 Speaker Series: The Dark Winter of 1776-1777
Carroll 250 Speaker Series: The Dark Winter of 1776-1777
Presented by John Laycock: It is Christmas 1776, and all is not well for George Washington and his Continental Army. They have suffered a string of defeats and have retreated into New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Fighting through a blizzard and smallpox, Maryland Militia reinforcements start filling the New Jersey countryside. The story of Private Jacob