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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Battles. (search)
8, 1776 Fort WashingtonNov. 16, 1776 TrentonDec. 26, 1776 PrincetonJan. 3, 1777 HubbardtonJuly 7, 1777 OriskanyAug. 6, 1777 BenningtonAug. 16, 1777 BrandywineSept. 11, 1777 Bemis's Heights (first), Sept. 19; (second）Oct. 7, 1777 PaoliSept. 20, 1777 GermantownOct. 4, 1777 Forts Clinton and MontgomeryOct. 6, 1777 Fort MercerOct. 22, 1777 Fort MifflinNov. 16, 1777 MonmouthJune 28, 1778 WyomingJuly 4, 1778 Quaker Hill (R. I.)Aug. 29, 1778 SavannahDec. 29, 1778 Kettle CreekFeb. 14, 8, 1776 Fort WashingtonNov. 16, 1776 TrentonDec. 26, 1776 PrincetonJan. 3, 1777 HubbardtonJuly 7, 1777 OriskanyAug. 6, 1777 BenningtonAug. 16, 1777 BrandywineSept. 11, 1777 Bemis's Heights (first), Sept. 19; (second）Oct. 7, 1777 PaoliSept. 20, 1777 GermantownOct. 4, 1777 Forts Clinton and MontgomeryOct. 6, 1777 Fort MercerOct. 22, 1777 Fort MifflinNov. 16, 1777 MonmouthJune 28, 1778 WyomingJuly 4, 1778 Quaker Hill (R. I.)Aug. 29, 1778 SavannahDec. 29, 1778 Kettle CreekFeb. 14,
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Paoli Tavern. (search)
Paoli Tavern. Near this building, on the Lancaster road, General Wayne lay encamped, with 1,500 men and two cannon, in a secluded spot, on the night of Sept. 20, 1777. A Tory informed Howe of this encampment, and he sent General Grey, with a considerable force, to attack it at midnight. The night was dark and stormy. Grey gave orders to use only the bayonet, and give no quarter. He approached stealthily, murdering the pickets near the highway. Warned by this, Wayne immediately paraded his men, but, unfortunately, in the light of his campfires. Towards midnight Grey's force, in two divisions, crept up a ravine, and at 1 A. M. (Sept. 21) leaped from the gloom like tigers from a jungle, and began the work of death at different points. The patriots, not knowing at what point was the chief attack, fired a few volleys, and, breaking into fragments, fled in confusion towards Chester. The British and Hessians killed 150 Americans, some of them in cold blood, after they had surren
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Revolutionary War, (search)
Vt. Aug. 16, 1777 Gen. Philip Schuyler succeeded by Gen. Horatio Gates in command of the Northern army Aug. 19, 1777 General Arnold sent to relieve Fort Schuyler, invested by British under St. Leger, who retreats and returns to Montreal Aug. 22, 1777 Battle of Brandywine, Washington defeatedSept. 11, 1777 Count Pulaski commissioned brigadier-general by Congress Sept. 15, 1777 Battle of Stillwater, N. Y.; indecisiveSept. 19, 1777 Three hundred of Wayne's troops slaughtered at Paoli Sept. 20-21, 1777 British army occupies PhiladelphiaSept. 27, 1777 Battle of Germantown; Americans repulsed Oct. 4, 1777 Forts Clinton and Montgomery captured by the BritishOct. 6, 1777 Battle of Saratoga, N. Y. Oct. 7, 1777 General Burgoyne's army surrendersOct. 17, 1777 Successful defence of Fort Mifflin and Fort Mercer Oct. 22-23, 1777 Congress creates a new board of war, General Gates presiding Oct., 1777 Articles of Confederation adoptedNov. 15, 1777 Forts Mifflin and Mercer besieged b
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), New Jersey, (search)
winters at Morristown......1777 General Maxwell captures Elizabethtown together with 100 British troops......Jan. 23, 1777 Five vessels, part of a fleet bringing supplies for the British at New Brunswick, are sunk near Amboy......Feb. 26, 1777 General Howe evacuates New Jersey for the purpose of approaching Philadelphia by water, crossing to Staten Island......June 30, 1777 By act of Assembly the word State is substituted for colony in the constitution adopted in 1776......Sept. 20, 1777 Battle at Fort Mercer. Colonel Greene repulses a force of Hessians under Count Donop......Oct. 22, 1777 New Jersey Gazette, the first newspaper in the State, is published at Burlington by Isaac Collins......Dec. 3, 1777 Battle of Monmouth Court-house......June 28, 1778 Isaac Collins prints 5,000 copies of a family Bible at Trenton......1778 Assembly ratifies the Articles of Confederation......Nov. 19, 1778 John Witherspoon and Nathaniel Scudder, the delegates from New J