Battle of Princeton
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The Battle of Princeton was a battle of the American Revolutionary War, fought near Princeton, New Jersey on January 3, 1777, and ending in a small victory for the Colonials. General Lord Cornwallis h
The Death of General Mercer at the Battle of Princeton, January 3, 1777 John Trumbull
General George Washington at Trenton on the night of January 2, 1777 by John Trumbull (1792)
The Battle of Princeton by James Peale (1782), depicts Washington and his headquarters flag.
Site of Joseph Moulder's battery. Mawhood's British troops attacked uphill toward this position.
Battle of Trenton
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The Battle of Trenton was a short but pivotal American Revolutionary War battle on the morning of December 26, 1776, in Trenton, New Jersey. After General George Washington's crossing of the Delaware
Battle of Princeton
…General Lord Cornwallis had left 1,400 British troops under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Charles Mawhood in Princeton. Following a surprise attack at Trenton early in the morning of December 26, 1776, General George Washington of the Continental Army decided to attack the British in New Jersey before entering…
Battle of Trenton, a 1975 portrait of the battle by H. Charles McBarron Jr.
The Hessian Sketch of the Battle of Trenton
The Passage of the Delaware, an 1819 painting by Thomas Sully now housed at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston
Cannon at Washington's Crossing Historic Park