THE BATTLE OF GERMANTOWN REVOLUTIONARY WAR MEMORIAL
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Listing Details
Type of Memorial: Plaques On Stone
Year Dedicated: 1907
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: REVOLUTIONARY WAR
Photograph By: RICHARD DWORKIN
Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org
ON THE MORNING OF THE BATTLE OF GERMANTOWN, OCTOBER 4, 1777, THE PENNSYLVANIA MILITIA, UNDER GEN’L JOHN ARMSTRONG, OCCUPYING THE HIGH GROUND ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE CREEK OPPOSITE THIS POINT, ENGAGED IN A SKIRMISH THE LEFT WING OF THE BRITISH FORCES, IN COMMAND OF LIEUT.-GEN’L KNYPHAUSEN, WHO OCCUPIED THE HIGH GROUND ON THE EAST SIDE, ALONG THE SCHOOLHOUSE LANE.
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