It's December 19, 1777, 12,000 soldiers march into Valley Forge accompanied by 400 women and children. Having been defeated at the Battle of Brandywine and the Battle of Germantown, the Continental Army are in desperate need of proper supplies and discipline. Our army are volunteers who have never had prior military experience. The one thing they do have is spirit. They believe in the cause. Washington takes his troops to Valley Forge, where he assigns the task to German General Baron von Steuben. Despite the language barrier, von Steuben train these soldiers to be even better than the British Army, which is the most powerful army in the world.

Upon arrival, soldiers build what becomes the fourth-largest city in the United States. 1,500 log huts are built surrounded by two miles of fortifications. During one of the harshest winters, the encampment face a lack of clothing, starvation, and disease, which results in the death of 2,000 people.