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The Battle of Monmouth, also known as the Battle of Monmouth Court House, was fought near Monmouth Court House in modern-day Freehold Borough, New Jersey, on June 28, 1778, during the American Revolutionary War.
The Battle of Monmouth on June 28, 1778, saw a colonial American army under Major General George Washington fight a British army led by Lieutenant General Sir Henry Clinton. After evacuating Philadelphia , Pennsylvania, on June 18, Clinton intended to march his 13,000-man army to New York City .
Battle of Monmouth: June 28, 1778: New Jersey: Draw: British break off engagement and continue retreat to New York Battle of Alligator Bridge: June 30, 1778: East Florida: British victory Battle of Wyoming: July 3, 1778: Pennsylvania: British-Iroquois victory First Battle of Ushant: July 27, 1778: Bay of Biscay: Indecisive Battle of Newport ...
A closer look at 'Washington Rallying the Troops at Monmouth' and the (multi) million-dollar question that has local historians on edge. Historic painting, heated debate: Why Battle of Monmouth ...
Monmouth Battlefield State Park is a 1,818-acre (7.36 km 2) [4] New Jersey state park located on the border of Manalapan and Freehold Township, in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. This park preserves the historical battlefield on which the American Revolutionary War's Battle of Monmouth (1778) was waged.
Later that year, he was captured by British cavalry under Banastre Tarleton; he was held by the British as a prisoner until exchanged in 1778. During the Battle of Monmouth later that year, Lee led an assault on the British that miscarried.
Two historians of the 1778 Battle of Monmouth say a developer who wants to build industrial buildings south of the state park twisted their views.
The church served as a hospital during the Battle of Monmouth in 1778, and legend has it that one of the wooden pews retains a bloodstain from that time. The Patriot privateer Joshua Huddy, known ...