The+Battle+of+Monmouth

  Washma Anwar & Meisam Khoshnavaz Wiki-Project The Battle of Monmouth The Battle of Monmouth was an important battle of the American Revolution taking place on June 28, 1778 in New Jersey. The Battle was mainly fought between the Army of British and German troops against the American Continental troops and militia. There were 10,000 British troops against 11,000 American troops but the British still gave a difficult fight. The generals of the war were Lieutenant General Sir Henry Clinton, Major General Earl Cornwallis and Major General Knyphausen against General George Washington and Major General Charles Lee. Washington originally planned to attack the British while they were making their journey from Philadelphia to New York, because they had strict orders to evacuate Philadelphia concentrate all troops at British base, because they had all of their weapons and supplies packed, but General Charles Lee, a former prisoner assigned to help Washington with his Battle plan, disagreed with Washington’s plan. He respected Washington ’s authority and went along with the plan anyway. Lee followed Washington ’s orders and told his army to be ready. The British marched 19 miles led by General Clinton and when they moved in, Lee quickly lost control of the situation and told half of his army to harass the British which led his army to flee and run for safety. Washington was making his way through the town when he saw what was happening. He demanded to find out what was happening but when he couldn’t get his answers from Lee, he decided to take matters into his own hands. He quickly gathered Lee’s army and thanks to their vigorous training he got them to fight. Washington ’s army fought them off and protected the town until the British surrendered and never made it to New York. The battle is usually considered a draw. Mary Ludwig was born in 1754 in Trenton New Jersey. At the age of 16 she married a barber names William Hays and moved to Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Her husband later fought in the army and she tagged along in the Battle of Monmouth. When the soldiers got dehydrated and needed water, she brought a pitcher of water to the soldiers. This is where she got the part of the name “Pitcher. Also when her husband was wounded in war, She took his place at the canon. After the battle, General Washington found out about her and her heroic action and named her “Sergeant Molly”, where she got the name “Molly Pitcher”. Unfortunately her husband, William Hays, died from the war in 1789. Molly soon married George Cavley. Today when we think of the Battle of Monmouth we think Molly Pitcher because if it wasn’t for her we could have very well lost the battle which could have led us to losing the war. Works Cited "Battle of Monmouth 1778." //British Battles// N.p., 2007. Web. 3 Dec. 2009. "Molly Pitcher." //Thinkquest.org// N.p., 1998. Web. 9 Dec. 2009. Arnold, James R., and Roberta Wiener. //The Revolutionary War, War of Attrition//. N.p.: First American Edition, 2002. Print. Catel, Franz. //Molly Pitcher at the Battle of Monmouth//. Homemade. Web. Web. 9 Dec. 2009. Glenn, Valis. "The Battle of Monmouth." //www.doublegv.com// N.p., 2001. Web. 3 Dec. 2009. . Hickman, Kennedy. "Battle of Monmouth." //tripod.com// Americanrevolution101, 2009. Web. 8 Dec. 2009. James, Arnold. //The revolutionary War//. Sherman Turnpike: Grolier Publishing, 2002. 50-57. Print. Robinson, John. //Battle of Monmouth//. 2000. Art. private collection. Art. Ward, Christopher. //General Lee's unsuccessful attack//. 2007. Art. Art. //www2.scc.rutgers.edu/./MenOnBattlefield-1.jpg// N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Dec. 2009.
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