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how did the continental army transform itself at valley forge?
Valley Forge was where George Washington proved his mettle and transformed a battered Continental Army into a unified, world-class fighting force capable of beating the British.
who helped with the transformation of the Continental Army into a unfied, world-class fighting force at Valley Forge?
former Prussian military officer Friedrich Wilhelm Baron von Steuben
what were the conditions for the Continental Army at Valley Forge?
Conditions at Valley Forger were notoriously cold and harsh and provisions were in short supply
Hwo many people died from the Continental Army at Valley Forge?
By the end of the six-month encampment, some 2,000 men—roughly one in six—died of disease

Question: what were common illnesses?
Self-contained rewrite: what were the common illnesses for the Continental Army at Valley Forge?