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THE BATTLE OF THE CROOKED BILLET WAR MEMORIAL

THE BATTLE OF THE CROOKED BILLET WAR MEMORIAL
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Location: JACKSONVILLE ROAD

City: WARMINSTER

State: Pennsylvania

Zip Code: 18974

Type of Memorial: Plaques On Stone

Year Dedicated: 1928

Access: Public

Wars Commemorated: REVOLUTIONARY WAR

Photograph By: ROBERT C. GOODYEAR

Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org

THE BATTLE OF CROOKED BILLET WAS FOUGHT AROUND THIS SPOT MAY 1, 1778. GENERAL JOHN LACY’S COMMAND OF 400 OFFICERS AND MEN STATIONED AT THE CROOKED BILLET WERE ATTACKED BY A DETACHMENT OF 800 MEN OF BRITISH CAVALRY AND INFANTRY UNDER LIEUT. COL. ABERCROMBE AND MAJOR SIMCOE’S RANGERS. ABOUT 15 AMERICAN SOLDIERS WERE KILLED NEAR THIS SPOT. FIFTEEN WOUNDED, AND A NUMBER TAKEN PRISONERS. TO THEIR MEMORY AND TO THAT OF THE UNKNOWN DEAD THIS MONUMENT IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED.


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