Battle of Brandywine

Battle of Brandywine is a Pennsylvania historical marker in Chester County, dedicated 1952.

US 1, 1 mile E of Kennett Square

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On Sept. 11, 1777, an American force of about 11,000 men, commanded by Washington, attempted to halt a British advance into Pennsylvania. The Americans were defeated near Chadds Ford on Brandywine Creek by approximately 18,000 British and Hessian troops under Howe.

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1780 · A new and accurate map of the province of Pennsylvania in North America, from the best… (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
1795 · Delaware. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1796 · Delaware. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Delaware, 1796, covering the location of Battle of Brandywine, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Delaware, 1796, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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