BATTLE OF COOCH’S BRIDGE REVOLUTIONRY WAR MEMORIAL

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AMERICAN LIGHT INFANTRY AND CAVALRY UNDER GENERAL WILLIAM MAXWELL ENCOUNTERED ADVANCE GUARD OF BRITISH AND HESSIAN TROOPS UNDER GENERALS HOWE, CORWALLIS AND KNYPHAUSEN IN THIS VICINITY SEPTEMBER 3, 1777. AMERICAN TROOPS WERE EXPERT MARKSMAN DRAFTED BY GENERAL WASHINGTON FROM THE SEVERAL BRIGADES OF HIS ARMY THEN ENCAMPED NEAR WILMINGTON. ONLY BATTLE OF AMERICAN REVOLUTION ON DELAWARE SOIL AND CLAIMED TO HAVE BEEN THE FIRST IN WHICH THE STARS AND STRIPES WERE CARRIED.

Location

Address: OLD BALTIMORE PIKE AND OLD COOCHES BRIDGE ROAD
City: NEWARK
State:
Zip Code: 19702

Details

Memorial Type: Plaques On Stone
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: REVOLUTIONARY WAR
Year Dedicated:
Photograph By: WILLIAM PFINGSTEN
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