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- GLC#
- GLC02437.00713-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 29 June 1778
- Author/Creator
- Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
- Title
- to Lucy Knox
- Place Written
- Monmouth, New Jersey
- Pagination
- 4 p. : docket ; Height: 24.1 cm, Width: 19.6 cm
- Primary time period
- American Revolution, 1763-1783
- Sub-Era
- The War for Independence
Describes the Battle of Monmouth (28 June 1778) in detail. As the British marched away from Philadelphia toward Shrewsbury, New Jersey, Continental troops under General [Charles] Lee attacked the British rear. In the ensuing battle, "My brave Lads behaved with their usual intrepidity & the Army give the Corps of Artillery their full proportion of the Glory of the day. Indeed upon the whole it is very splendid- the Capital Army of Britain defeated, and oblig'd to retreat before the Americans who they despise so much." Estimates the number of British casualties to be three times the number of Americans who were killed. Because the British intend to depart from Sandy Hook, New Jersey, Knox's troops are marching toward the North River (the Hudson). Remarks that Sir Henry Clinton is "very ill calculated in my opinion to be at the head of a large Army." Relates that his friend Harry, possibly Colonel Henry Jackson, participated in the battle.
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