A summary talk presented 11 June 2008
by Ed Greenawald at the WTHS Annual Meeting
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The American Revolution in Context for BucksCounty: A timeline
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CAMPAIGN
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MAJOR ENGAGEMENT
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1776 late spring
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PA ASSOCIATORS (“FLYING CAMPS”) TO NEW YORK
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New Jersey Campaign
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1776 Dec 8
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CONT ARMY ESCAPES TO PA SIDE DELAWARE RIVER
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1776 Dec 25-26
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Trenton, NJ
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CROSSING AT CORYELL’S FERRY
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CROSSING AT McKONKEY’S FERRY (Washington)
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CROSSING AT SOUTH TRENTON FERRY (Ewing)
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CROSSING AT DUNK’S FERRY (Cadwalader)
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1777 Jan 2-3
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Princeton, NJ (starting with the 2nd face-off at Trenton)
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DELAWARE RIVER CROSSING at 8 points
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Stony Creek Bridge, NJ
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1777 Apr 25
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PA Supreme Executive Council calls out 1st Class PA militia
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1777 May 18
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1ST CLASS MILITIA GATHERS AT BRISTOL, PA
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1777 early June
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PA MILITIA AT FERRIES ABOVE BRISTOL SENT TO REINFORCE WASHINGTON;S CONTINENTAL ARMY
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1777 June 13
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REST OF 1ST CLASS PA MILITIA TO GUARD FERRIES
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Philadelphia Campaign
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1777 July - August
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2nd classs Bucks Militia at Billigsport, NJ
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1777 July 19
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British army demonstrates at [Perth] Amboy, NJ
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1777 July 24
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British “Fleet left Sandy Hook,” NJ yesterday
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1777 July 31
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British fleet off Capes of the Delaware on 30 July at 5 am
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1777 July 31 - Aug 1
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MAIN CONTINENTAL ARMY CROSSES DELAWARE RIVER
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1777 Aug 1
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“Enemy’s fleet sailed out of the Capes in an Eastward course” on 31 July at 8 am
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1777 Aug 2-9
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Cont. Army camps at Falls of Schuylkill / Germantown
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1777 Aug 9
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“Reports” from 1-2 Aug of British fleet off MA coast (false)
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1777 Aug 10
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British“Fleet was seen off Sinapuxon,” a MD inlet, on 7 Aug
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1777 Aug 10-23
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CAMP AT NESHAMINY CREEK [Hartsville, PA]
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1777 Aug 21
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Enemy “Fleet of ships was off the Capes of VA” on 14 Aug
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1777 Aug 25
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“Enemy began to land this Morning Six Miles below Head of Elk” in MD [Elkton, MD]
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1777 Sept 3
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Cooch’s Bridge, DE (south of Newark, DE)
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1777 Sept 11
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Brandywine Creek, PA [Chadd’s Ford, PA]
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1777 Sept 16
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“Battle” in the Clouds [Frazer, PA]
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1777 Sept 20/21
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Paoli Massacre [Malvern, PA]
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1777 Sept 26
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Philadelphia occupied by British forces
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1777 Oct 2
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British capture Fort at Billingsport, NJ
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1777 Oct 4
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Germantown, PA
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1777 Oct 22-23
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Fort Mercer / Red Bank, NJ (land & river)
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1777 Oct 10-Nov 15
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Fort Island (Mifflin),PA (land & river)
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1777 early Dec
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BUCKS MILITIA UNDER LT.COL.LACY TO WHITEMARSH
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1777 Dec 5-8
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Whitemarsh (Edge Hill), PA
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1777 Dec 19
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Cont.Army enters Winter Quarters at Valley Forge, PA
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1778 Jan - May
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LAND BLOCKADE OF PHILADELPHIA (GEN’L LACEY)
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1778 Feb 19
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LOYALIST DRAGOONS RAID MILL IN NEWTOWN, PA
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1778 Feb 24
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DRAGOONS INTERCEPT 130 OXEN BEING DRIVEN TO V.F.
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1778 May 1
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BATTLE OF CROOKED BILLET (LACEY & PA MILITIA)
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1778 June 15
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Philadelphia abandoned by British
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1778 June 20 or 21
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Portion of CONT ARMY ENCAMPS IN DOYLESTOWN, PA
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1778 June 21 or 22
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Portion of CONT ARMY CROSSES AT CORYELL’S FERRY, PA
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1778 June 28
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Monmouth Courthouse, NJ
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1781 Sept 1-3
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FRENCH & CONTINENTAL ARMIES MARCH THROUGH SOUTHEASTERN BUCKS COUNTY, PA
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1781 Sept 28–Oct 19
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Siege at Yorktown, VA
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