Battle of Brandywine
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The Battle of Brandywine, also known as the Battle of Brandywine Creek, was fought between the American Continental Army of General George Washington and the British Army of General Sir William Howe o
Washington and Lafayette at the Battle of Brandywine John Vanderlyn, c. 1825
Sketch of the battle made by a British Army ensign
Nation Makers by Howard Pyle depicts a scene from the battle. The painting hangs in the Brandywine River Museum.
Birmingham Friends Meetinghouse in 2017
Philadelphia campaign
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The Philadelphia campaign was a British military campaign during the American Revolutionary War designed to gain control of Philadelphia. Philadelphia was the Revolutionary-era capital where the Secon
Battle of Brandywine
…Revolution. It was also the second longest single-day battle of the war, after the Battle of Monmouth, with continuous fighting for 11 hours. As Howe moved to take Philadelphia, then the American capital, the British forces routed the Continental Army and forced them to withdraw, first, to the City of Chester, Pennsylvania…
1776 portrait of George Washington, commander of the Continental Army
Lord George Germain, the British Secretary of State for the Colonies
British Army General Sir William Howe