Battle of Cooch’s Bridge

Battle of Cooch’s Bridge is a Delaware historical marker in Newark, New Castle County, dedicated 1932.

New Castle County · dedicated 1932 · 961 Old Baltimore Pike, Newark

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American light infantry and cavalry under General William Maxwell encountered advance guard of British and Hessian troops under Generals Howe, Cornwallis, and Knyphausen in this vicinity September 3, 1777. American troops were expert marksmen 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. Erected by the patriotic societies and citizens of the State of Delaware, September 3, 1901. Inscription revised by Historic Markers Commission – 1932.

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Cooch's Bridge Historic District (Boundary Decrease)250 ft

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