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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.
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.
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 .
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.
May 25–30, 1778: Rhode Island: British victory Battle of Cobleskill: May 30, 1778: New York: British-Iroquois victory 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 ...
The Craig House is the name of a restored colonial era farmhouse in western Monmouth County, New Jersey, which was located on the site of the Battle of Monmouth during the Revolutionary War in June 1778. Utilized during the battle by the British Army as a hospital, it is one of many 18th century farmhouses that have been preserved at Monmouth ...
Directly across the Route 33 entrance to Monmouth Battlefield State Park in Manalapan, four 48,140-square-feet industrial buildings have been proposed ... the Battle of Monmouth on June 28, 1778 ...
At the Battle of Monmouth in June 1778, Mary Hays attended to the soldiers by giving them water. Just before the battle started, she found a spring to serve as her supply, and two places on the battlefield are now marked as the "Molly Pitcher Spring." She spent much of the early day carrying water to soldiers and artillerymen. [6]