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A 1777 British map of Fort Mifflin Military operations on the Delaware River in October and November, 1777 A 1777 Hessian map showing the campaign against Fort Mifflin and Fort Mercer. Following the adoption of the Declaration of Independence, Benjamin Franklin headed a committee to provide for the defense of the revolutionary capital of ...
English: A map of that part of Pennsylvania now the principle [sic] seat of war in America, wherein may be seen the situation of Philadelphia, Red Bank, Mud Island, & Germantown. Date 1777
The siege of Fort Mifflin or the siege of Mud Island Fort, which took place from September 26 to November 16, 1777, saw British land batteries commanded by Captain John Montresor and a British naval squadron under Vice Admiral Lord Richard Howe attempt to capture an American fort in the Delaware River that was commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Smith.
English: A survey of the city of Philadelphia and its environs shewing the several works constructed by His Majesty's troops, under the command of Sir William Howe, since their possession of that city 26th. September 1777, comprehending likewise the attacks against Fort Mifflin on Mud Island, and until it's reduction, 16th November 1777.
An enlargeable map of the 67 counties of the Commonwealth of ... Cities in Pennsylvania. ... October 4, 1777; Siege of Fort Mifflin, September 26 to November 16 ...
A 1777 British operational map of Philadelphia, including detail of Fort Mifflin, showing the several works constructed by British troops, since its possession on 26 September 1777 and capture of Fort Mifflin on Mud Island on 16 November 1777 The March to Valley Forge, an 1883 portrait by William B. T. Trego Battle of Germantown snapshot
A 1777 Hessian map showing the military campaign against Fort Mifflin and Fort Mercer (Redbank) British map of Fort Mercer on the Delaware River. Von Donop, whose attack had been repulsed at the Second Battle of Trenton, was eager to avenge what he considered to be a humiliation. He declared to his men: "Either that will be Fort Donop or I ...
The Red Bank Battlefield is located along the Delaware River in National Park, Gloucester County, New Jersey. It was the location of the Battle of Red Bank in the American Revolutionary War on October 22, 1777. Fort Mercer and its sister, Fort Mifflin in Pennsylvania, defended the river and prevented the British from using it for transportation ...