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Captain Johann Ewald, later in life This map was created by Sean Moir for the Pencader Heritage Area Museum in Newark, DE. A small company of Hessian dragoons led by Captain Johann Ewald headed up the road from the tavern toward Cooch's Bridge as Cornwallis's advance guard. These were struck by a volley of fire from an American ambush and many ...
The fact that the circle extends into the Delaware River makes for an unusual territorial possession; within the 12-mile circle, all the Delaware River to the low-tide mark on the east side is territory of the state of Delaware, leaving the river - and bridges - in sole possession of Delaware.
Cooch's Bridge is a historic district located at Old Baltimore Pike, Newark, Delaware, and is the site of the 1777 Battle of Cooch's Bridge.While there are several modern bridges near the site of the battle, the original bridge was in poor shape in 1777, and did not survive the American Revolution.
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Newark (/ ˈ nj uː ɑːr k / NEW-ark) [note 1] is a city in New Castle County, Delaware, United States.It is located 12 miles (19 km) west-southwest of Wilmington.According to the 2010 census, the population of the city is 31,454. [5]
His 1763–1764 survey of the Delaware–Pennsylvania border was a 12-mile (19 km) circle about the Court House in New Castle, Delaware, to define the northern border of Delaware. Rittenhouse's work was so precise and well-documented that it was incorporated without modification into Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon's survey of the Pennsylvania ...
A satellite image of Delaware Bay, January 2011. Delaware Bay is a major estuary outlet of the Delaware River on the Northeast seaboard of the United States whose fresh water mixes for many miles with the waters of the Atlantic Ocean. The bay, as an estuary, forms a transitional zone between the river environment provided by the Delaware River ...
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