Garret

The garret was used as sleeping quarters for many of the house's inhabitants at various times during the encampment. The free and enslaved servant slept here, but records also show that at times aides-de-camp used this space. There is an account of aide-de-camp John Laurens knocking his head on the low ceiling when rising in the morning.

Photograph by Carol M. Highsmith
Valley Forge National Historical Park