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Christmas Night, 1776: How Did They Cross? The Horses:
Part II. Part 1 of this article showed that a total of 23 ferry trips were required to move all of Knox’s artillery men, guns, horses, and carts across the Delaware River. In addition, there were other horses needed for … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Emerging Revolutionary War, Northern Theater, Revolutionary War
Tagged 1776, American Revolution, Battle of Trenton, Christmas 1776, Crossing the Delaware, Emerging Revolutionary War, Henry Knox, Karl Elsea, Trenton, William Welsch
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Christmas Night, 1776: How Did They Cross? The Horses:
Emerging Revolutionary War welcomes guest historians Karl G. Elsea and William W. Welsch. Short bios of both historians are at the bottom of this part. Part I: The purpose of this article is to further investigate General George Washington’s Christmas … Continue reading
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Tagged American Revolution, Christmas 1776, Crossing the Delaware, Emerging Revolutionary War, General George Washington, Karl Elsea, William Welsch
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Christmas 1776
In preparation for an upcoming publication by Emerging Revolutionary War’s historian Mark Maloy, I was doing some light reading about the Battles of Trenton and Princeton. That is when I came across the following quote by the late Albert Chestone; “The … Continue reading
Posted in Battles, Campaigns, Memory, Northern Theater, Personalities
Tagged 1776, Albert Chestone, American Revolution, American Revolutionary War, Battle of Princeton, Battle of Trenton, Christmas, Christmas 1776, Crossing the Delaware, Emerging Revolutionary War, George Washington, Mark Maloy, Trenton, Washington Crossing the Delaware
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James Monroe at the Battle of Trenton
One of the iconic images of the Revolutionary War is Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze’s 1851 painting, Washington Crossing the Delaware. It is the night of December 25, 1776. The Continental Army is being transported across the Delaware River to attack a … Continue reading
Posted in Battles, Campaigns, Common Soldier, Continental Leadership, Monuments, Northern Theater, Revolutionary War, Uncategorized
Tagged 1776, American Revolution, American Revolutionary War, Battle of Trenton, Christmas 1776, Crossing the Delaware, Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze, George Washington, Hessians, James Monroe
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