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The Battle of Germantown was a major engagement in the Philadelphia campaign of the American Revolutionary War. It was fought on October 4, 1777, at Germantown , Pennsylvania , between the British Army led by Sir William Howe , and the American Continental Army under George Washington .
The Battle of Germantown on 4 October 1777 pitted a 9,000-man British army under General William Howe against an 11,000-strong American army commanded by General George Washington. After an initial advance, the American reserve allowed itself to be diverted by 120 British troops holding out in the Benjamin Chew House .
Battle of Thomas Creek: May 17, 1777: East Florida: British victory Meigs Raid: May 24, 1777: New York: American victory Battle of Short Hills: June 26, 1777: New Jersey: British victory Siege of Fort Ticonderoga: July 5–6, 1777: New York: British victory Battle of Hubbardton: July 7, 1777: Vermont: British victory Battle of Fort Ann: July 8 ...
October 4 to 8, 1777 The Army camps on the east side of the Perkiomen Creek, at Pennypacker Mills. [76] October 8 – Expenses paid "at Picaomin for necessaries used in the house–bread; potatoes–Milk–fouls–&c. & trouble" – £5. [77] Demolished in 1834. Frederick Wampole (Friedrick Wamboldt) House Detwiler Road, Towamencin Township ...
October 7 – American Revolution – Second Battle of Saratoga: Battle of Bemis Heights: British General John Burgoyne is defeated by American troops. October 16 – American Revolution: Burning of Kingston. October 17 – American Revolution – Battle of Saratoga: British General John Burgoyne surrenders to the American troops.
September 11, 1777, Battle of Brandywine Creek in Pennsylvania; October 4, 1777, Battle of Germantown in Pennsylvania; June 28, 1778, Battle of Monmouth in New Jersey; March 28 to May 12, 1780, Siege of Charleston 1780 in South Carolina; August 11, 1780, Little Lynches Creek (SC) (1 unit) in North Carolina
The regiment's field officers were Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Henderson who served from 12 January 1777 to October 1777, and Major William Harrison who served from 1 May 1777 to 1 July 1778. [5] David Forman. Forman's Additional Regiment was recruited in the spring of 1777 from men of southern New Jersey and Maryland.
When it assembled at Middlebrook, New Jersey in late May, 1777, nine companies comprised the regiment, including one independent Continental company raised in Pennsylvania. [2] Spencer's Regiment was assigned to Brigadier General Thomas Conway 's 3rd Pennsylvania Brigade in late May 1777 [ 3 ] and was engaged at the Battle of Short Hills late ...