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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VBI_archaeology-at-red-bank-historical_National-Park-NJ.html
On November 11, 1777, American soldiers at Fort Mercer tested two cannons recovered from the Augusta, a British warship that exploded after running aground the day after the Battle of Red Bank. Both cannons exploded when tested, injuring and killi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VBG_flag-of-fort-mercer-historical_National-Park-NJ.html
The Flag that flies aboveis a reproduction of the Flagof Fort MercerThis flag was the lanyard at the Battle of Red Bank in 1777. There is no known reason the flag was designed in reverse of Old Glory.This flag was donated and maintainedby members …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OPU_the-medicinal-garden_National-Park-NJ.html
"Here was a pitiable sight. About 200 were laying on straw in two large rooms, some without arms or legs and others again with their limbs crushed like mush . . . . some floated in blood and told me that some had died for lack of something to…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OPN_african-american-soldiers_National-Park-NJ.html
In 1819, Prince Bent, "a man of collour," signed a sworn affidavit that he served with Dick Potter (another "man of collour") in Colonel Christopher Greene's Rhode Island regiment and that the two had fought together at Red Ban…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OPD_the-soldiers_National-Park-NJ.html
"This day was especially sad for me. I lost five of my oldest friends . . . . As long as I have served, I have not yet left a battlefield in such deep sorrow."Captain Johann Edward Ewald, Hessian soldierThe Battle of Red Bank pitted the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OOY_fort-mercer_National-Park-NJ.html
"The post with which you are entrusted is of the utmost importance to America . . . The whole defense of the Delaware absolutely depends upon it . . . "General George Washington toColonel Christopher Greene,October 9, 1777As early as th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OOX_the-aftermath_National-Park-NJ.html
"Ye English soldiers came . . . They took two mares from me . . . and while the army was passing they came in and took our bread, pie, milk, cheese, meat dishes, cups, spoons, and then took shirts, sheets, blankets, coverleds, stodking, bree…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OOR_welcome-to-red-bank-battlefield-park_National-Park-NJ.html
Red Bank Battlefield Park is a 44-acre park administered by Gloucester County's Department of Parks and Recreation. Enjoy our scenic walking trails, beautiful views of the Delaware River, and tours of The Whitall House and Red Bank Battlefield.In …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OOP_the-battle-of-red-bank_National-Park-NJ.html
"Fire low men, they have a broad belt just above their hips - aim at that."Colonel Christopher Greene, October 22, 1777On October 22, Colonel Carl von Donop advanced 1,200 Hessians on Fort Mercer. Dramatically outnumbered, American forc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OOJ_the-naval-engagement_National-Park-NJ.html
While the battle raged at Fort Mercer, American and British naval forces engaged in intense fire on the Delaware River. Earlier in the fall of 1777, American forces had sunk chevaux de fries (racks of wooden, spiked spears) in the Delaware River, …