Battle of Princeton
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The Battle of Princeton was a battle of the American Revolutionary War, fought near Princeton, New Jersey on January 3, 1777, and ending in a small victory for the Colonials. General Lord Cornwallis had left 1,400 British troops under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Charles Mawhood in Princeton. Following a surprise attack at Trenton early in the morning of December 26, 1776, General George Washington of the Continental Army decided to attack the British in New Jersey before entering the winter quarters. On December 30, he crossed the Delaware River back into New Jersey. His troops followed on January 3, 1777. Washington advanced to Princeton by a back road, where he pushed back a smaller British force but had to retreat before Cornwallis arrived with reinforcements. The battles of Trenton and Princeton boosted the morale of the patriot cause, leading many recruits to join the Continental Army in the spring.
The Battle of Princeton by James Peale
Captain Andrew Porter attends George Washington, Battle of Princeton
George Washington congratulates Captain Porter at Princeton, January 3, 1777
Charles Peale Polk (1767-1822) - George Washington at Princeton
Charles Willson Peale - George Washington after the Battle of Princeton - PP218 - Princeton University Art Museum
Washington Rallying the Americans at the Battle of Princeton.
Death of Captain William Shippin at the Penn Street Massacre
The Douglass House from Battles of Trenton 1898
Battle of Princeton by Kurz & AllisonBattle of Princeton by Kurz & Allison- Plan of the Operations of General Washington, against the Kings Troops in New Jersey, from the 26th. of December, 1776, to the 3d. January, 1777 - map of military operations during the American Revolution by William Faden
- The Battle of Princeton - painting by James Peale
- Princeton Battle Monument - sculpture commemorating the Battle of Princeton in Princeton, New Jersey
- The New International Encyclopædia/Princeton, Battle of -
- Washington at the Battle of Princeton January 3, 1777 - painting by William Ranney
- The American Cyclopædia (1879)/Princeton, Battle of -
- Washington Rallying the Americans at the Battle of Princeton - painting by William Ranney
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