Thousands of British and Hessian soldiers flanked the Marylanders. Few Americans would survive. Cornwallis’s men trained a light cannon and musket fire on the advancing Marylanders, who mounted ...
By Henry HoweDirector, Fort Jackson Museum CommunityWhen the American Revolution began on April 19, 1775, the colonies relied on local militias to ...
Washington then decided after capturing 900 Hessian soldiers he needed to find a place for the prisoners so he crossed the river a third time: putting the Hessians in Newtown. The website states ...