On Dec. 23, 1777 there were "2,873 men in camp unfit for duty" here "because they are barefooted and otherwise naked"
While 
here they were engaged in several skirmishes with the .... On Dec. 23, 1777, 
Washington wrote: We have this day no less than 2,873 men in camp unfit for 
duty because they are barefooted and otherwise naked.