Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Daga Disamba 19, 1777 zuwa Yuni 19, 1778, babban rukunin Sojojin Nahiyar (kimanin sojoji 12,000) sun yi zango a Valley Forge. An zabi wurin ne saboda yana tsakanin wurin zama na Majalisar Dinkin Duniya ta Biyu
A lokacin da sojojin Amurka suka yi ta fama da rashin lafiya a birnin York, da wuraren ajiyar kayayyaki a Reading, da kuma sojojin Birtaniya a Philadelphia, wanda ya fadi bayan yakin Brandywine, inda aka ji wa sojojin Amurka da dama rauni, ciki har da Marquis de Lafayette. Wannan lokaci ne na wahala ga sojojin, amma kuma lokaci ne na sake horarwa da kuma sake farfadowa. Matsalolin da jami'ai da sojoji na rundunar suka yi, tare da shirin horar da sojoji na Baron Friedrich von Steuben, ana daukar su a matsayin mabuɗin nasarar da Sojojin Nahiyar suka samu daga baya kuma ya nuna juyi a cikin Yakin Juyin Juya Halin.