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Philadelphia campaign1777–1778. The Battle of Monmouth, also known as the Battle of Monmouth Court House, was fought near Monmouth Court House in modern-day Freehold Borough, New Jersey, on June 28, 1778, during the American Revolutionary War. It pitted the Continental Army, commanded by General George Washington, against the British Army in ...
The Battle of Monmouth on June 28, 1778, saw a colonial American army under Major General George Washington fight a British army led by Lieutenant General Sir Henry Clinton. After evacuating Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on June 18, Clinton intended to march his 13,000-man army to New York City. Washington sent 6,400 troops commanded by Major ...
Monmouth County Courthouse. Coordinates: 40°15′51″N 74°16′42″W. The front of the courthouse taken in 2006. The Monmouth County Courthouse is in Freehold, the county seat of Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. [1] It was designed by James W. Mancusa and built in 1954. [2] The Battle of Monmouth Monument stands before the ...
Washington Rallying the Troops at Monmouth, a portrait by Emanuel Leutze. In 1777, the British retreated to New York City to protect it from an expected French attack. Washington quickly ordered his soldiers to march towards the British and met them at the Battle of Monmouth, fought near Monmouth Court House in present-day Freehold Borough.
May 27, 1971. Monmouth Battlefield State Park is a 1,818-acre (7.36 km 2) [4] New Jersey state park located on the border of Manalapan and Freehold Township, in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. This park preserves the historical battlefield on which the American Revolutionary War 's Battle of Monmouth (1778) was waged.
Battle of the City of the Legion (9th battle) Hypothesized sites for this battle include: Caerleon, also, according to Geoffrey of Monmouth, the site of Arthur's court and Guinevere's convent; Carlisle; Chester; York; Battle of Tribruit (the 10th battle), possibly the mouth of the river Avon near Bo'ness, Scotland, or near Dumfries.
The Philadelphia campaign (1777–1778) was a British military campaign during the American Revolutionary War designed to gain control of Philadelphia, the Revolutionary-era capital where the Second Continental Congress convened and formed the Continental Army and appointed George Washington as its commander in 1775, and authored and unanimously adopted the Declaration of Independence the ...
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