National War Memorial Registry, War Memorial Catalog Of United States

THE BATTLE OF CROOKED BILLET WAS FOUGHT AROUND THIS SPOT MAY 1, 1778. GENERAL JOHN LACY'S COMMAND OF 400 OFFICERS AND MEN STATIONED AT THE CROOKED BILLET WERE ATTACKED BY A DETACHMENT OF 800 MEN OF BRITISH CAVALRY AND INFANTRY UNDER LIEUT. COL. ABERCROMBE AND MAJOR SIMCOE'S RANGERS. ABOUT 15 AMERICAN SOLDIERS WERE KILLED NEAR THIS SPOT. FIFTEEN WOUNDED, AND A NUMBER TAKEN PRISONERS. TO THEIR MEMORY AND TO THAT OF THE UNKNOWN DEAD THIS MONUMENT IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED.