Papers of George Washington v.11; Revolutionary War Series;August-October 1777
Papers of George Washington v.11; Revolutionary War Series;August-October 1777 Volume 11 of the Revolutionary War Series contains correspondence, orders, and other documents covering one of the most…
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Papers of George Washington v.11; Revolutionary War Series;August-October 1777
Volume 11 of the Revolutionary War Series contains correspondence, orders, and other documents covering one of the most militarily active periods of the war. Having planned to march toward the Hudson River to engage General John Burgoyne's northern expedition, Washington had to change course when scouts sighted the British fleet carrying General William Howe's army in the Chesapeake Bay on 22 August. The volume begins with Washington's army camped about twenty miles north of Philadelphia.
Having personally led reconnaissance parties quite close to British lines, Washington then positioned his army on Brandywine Creek in Pennsylvania to halt Howe's subsequent march to Philadelphia, but on 11 September the Americans suffered a nearly disastrous defeat. Three days later Washington's troops were at Wilmington, Delaware, when Howe's army began landing at the head of the bay. After another
Papers of George Washington
Papers of George Washington