A Handsome Flogging: The Battle of Monmouth, June 28, 1778 Griffith William R.
A Handsome Flogging: The Battle of Monmouth, June 28, 1778 Griffith William R. June 1778 was a tumultuous month in the annals of American military history. As winter turned to spring, and spring…
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A Handsome Flogging: The Battle of Monmouth, June 28, 1778 Griffith William R.
June 1778 was a tumultuous month in the annals of American military history. As winter turned to spring, and spring turned to summer, the army--newly trained by Baron von Steuben and in high spirits thanks to France's intervention into the conflict--marched out of Valley Forge in pursuit of Henry Clinton's British Army making its way across New Jersey for New York City.What would happen next was not an easy decision for Washington to make. Somehow, General George Washington and the Continental Army were able to survive a string of defeats around Philadelphia in 1777 and a desperate winter at Valley Forge.
And if so, how? Should he attack the British column? "People expect something from us and our strength demands it," Gen.
Nathanael Greene pressed his chieftain. Against the advice of many of his subordinates, Washington ordered the army to aggressively pursue the British and