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Where did George Washington live after the revolution?

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Where did George Washington live after the revolution?

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He returned to Mt. Vernon, but was selected as President of the US and lived for a while in New York City then Philadelphia. And when he retired he again returned to Mt. Vernon in Virginia. Did any Patriot soldiers desert Valley Forge to return to their families? Some soldiers did desert but George Washington did not approve. He believed in keeping the discipline of the camp. The punishment for desertion was to be hanged and several men are on record for being hanged for desertion at Valley Forge. Because the other men were paraded by the hanging, they learned not to desert so they would not be punished that way. Were there any woman at Valley Forge? Women were with the army pretty much all the time. At the beginning of Valley Forge there were 300 to 400 women who came to camp with the soldiers. When the weather got better whole families visited their soldiers. Mrs. Washington came to camp in Feb. and hel