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Primary Files
These comprise the primary narrative of the Philadelphia Campaign
- Background to the Campaign
- Head of Elk, Maryland
- Head of Elk: Page 1 of 5
- Howe's Voyage
- Head of Elk: Part 2 of 5
- The Landing
- Head of Elk: Part 3 of 5
- Washington Watches Howe
- The British Don't Unpack
- Washington Learns Little
- Head of Elk: Part 4 of 5
- A Storm Intervenes
- Surveying the Storm's Damage
- Head of Elk: Part 5 of 5
- After the Deluge
- Young Militiamen Taunt the British
- Head of Elk: Page 1 of 5
- On the March to Brandywine
- On the March to Brandywine: Part 1 of 10
- Moving On Up
- On the March to Brandywine: Part 2 of 10
- Scavenging and Ransacking
- Lodging and Dislodging
- Divide and Forage
- Cornwallis Takes Iron Works
- Howe Moves Things Along
- On the March to Brandywine: Part 3 of 10
- Washington Heads to White Clay Creek
- Organizing and Annoying
- White Clay to Red Clay
- On the March to Brandywine: Part 4 of 9
- Battle of Cooch's Bridge
- Cooch Casualties
- On the March to Brandywine: Part 5 of 9
- Feinting Spell
- On the March to Brandywine: Part 6 of 9
- Back to the British
- On the March to Brandywine: Part 7 of 9
- Spies and Prisioner Exchanges
- On the March to Brandywine: Part 8 of 9
- On the March to Brandywine: Part 9 of 9
- Howe Finally Presses On
- Howe Gets Help
- Might and Wrong
- On the March to Brandywine: Part 1 of 10
- The Battle of Brandywine
- The Battle of Brandywine: Part 1 of 10
- The British...
- The Americans...
- The Battle of Brandywine: Part 2 of 10
- The Morning of the Battle
- A Round of Shots ... A Round of Shots ... and the Battle Begins
- The Battle of Brandywine: Part 3 of 10
- Knyphausen vs. Maxwell
- The Battle of Brandywine: Part 4 of 10
- Washington Receives Conflicting Reports
- Washington Chooses a Course of Action
- The Battle of Brandywine: Part 5 of 10
- Howe Crosses 8 Miles North
- Washington Adjusts His Strategy
- Tea Time for Howe
- The Battle of Brandywine: Part 6 of 10
- Birmingham Meeting House
- The Battle of Brandywine: Part 7 of 10
- The Second American Defense
- Where's Washington?
- The Battle of Brandywine: Part 8 of 10
- "Push Along, Old Man, Push On!"
- The Battle of Brandywine: Part 9 of 10
- Lafayette Is "Honoured"
- Back at Chadd's Ford Kynphausen Launches His Attack
- The Battle of Brandywine: Part 10 of 10
- A Great Save
- Greene's Men Dig In
- Surprise Party
- British Casualties
- American Casualties
- The Battle of Brandywine: Part 1 of 10
- Battle of the Clouds
- The Battle of the Clouds: Part 1 of 5
- The March to the Battle
- The Battle of the Clouds: Part 2 of 5
- Washington's Preparations
- Washington Makes Plans
- The Battle of the Clouds: Part 3 of 5
- Quakers and Locals
- The Battle of the Clouds: Part 4 of 5
- The British
- Howe Come?
- To the Battle of the Clouds
- The Battle of the Clouds: Part 5 of 5
- The Day of the Battle
- The Battle of the Clouds: Part 1 of 5
- Paoli Massacre
- Paoli Massacre: Part 1 of 7
- Morning of the Massacre
- Howe Plans a Massacre
- Paoli Massacre: Part 2 of 7
- Three Hours to Massacre
- Paoli Massacre: Part 3 of 7
- No-Flint Grey
- "Here we are and there they go."
- Paoli Massacre: Part 4 of 7
- The story continues
- Paoli Massacre: Part 5 of 7
- The Charge
- Paoli Massacre: Part 6 of 7
- Next morning
- Paoli Massacre: Part 7 of 7
- Charges Filed
- Paoli Massacre: Part 1 of 7
- The March to Germantown
- The March to Germantown: Part 1 of 4
- The Chess Game
- The March to Germantown: Part 2 of 4
- Washington Defends Reading
- Howe Takes Philadelphia
- The March to Germantown: Part 3 of 4
- Howe Sends 3k to Philadelphia;
Keeps 9k in Germantown - Philadelphia's Tories Prepare
- Howe Sends 3k to Philadelphia;
- The March to Germantown: Part 4 of 4
- The March to Germantown: Part 1 of 4
- The Battle of Germantown
- The Siege of Fort Mifflin
- The Siege of Fort Mifflin
- Life During Wartime
- A Hungry City
- The Pennsylvania Navy
- The Siege of Fort Mifflin
- Whitemarsh
- Whitemarsh: Part 1 of 8
- Background
- Council of War
- Nine Courses Considered
- Whitemarsh: Part 2 of 8
- Drunk During Battle
- "In a Manner Shocking to Humanity"
- Whitemarsh: Part 3 of 8
- Baby, It's Cold Outside
- Whitemarsh: Part 4 of 8
- Congress Complains
- Whitemarsh: Part 5 of 8
- Burning Down the Houses
- Whitemarsh: Part 6 of 8
- Loose Lips
- Whitemarsh: Part 7 of 8
- Skirmishing
- Whitemarsh: Part 8 of 8
- December 7, 1777
- Whitemarsh: Part 1 of 8
- The British in Philadelphia
- The British in Philadelphia: Part 1 of 2
- The British Occupy the Capital
- A City in Turmoil
- The British in Philadelphia: Part 2 of 2
- The River is Opened
- Quakers in the City
- Scrapes and Minor Attacks
- Farewell Howe, Hello Clinton
- The French Alliance
- The British in Philadelphia: Part 1 of 2
- What Happened at Valley Forge
Explanative Files
These are "callout" files. They expand upon topics covered in the primary narrative and define specific terms used in the narrative.
- Ordnance
- John McKinly (1721-1796)
- Howe's Hopes
- Ship-of-the-Line
- The Howe Brothers
- Naval and Army
- 18th Century Guns
- Flatboats
- Where Soldiers Sat
- Horses Pulling Cannon
- Wilmington's Flour Mills
- Twice a Day
- Milk
- Salt
- Debarkation at Head of Elk
- A Dangerous Night
- Howe's Proclamation
- Delaware Militia
- Howe's Orders to Move East
- Exchanges of Gunfire
- Elk Tavern
- Greene's Better Spot
- Troop Array at Red Clay Creek
- Scavenging
- The Column From Head of Elk to Elkton
- Wee Hours
- Caesar Rodney
- Iron Hill
- William Erskine
- White Clay Creek
- Maxwell's Brigade
- Jagers
- Chasseurs
- Amusette
- The Morning of the Battle
- Chadd's Ford, Likely Site of British Attack
- Howe's flanking strategy
- Flanking
- Washington, Flanking, and the Brandywine Fords
- Fording
- An 1825 Interview with Lafayette
- Maxwell Retreats
- Spear - A Traitor?
- Sergeant Tucker
- Philadelphia's Strategic Importance
- Washington Positions His Troops
- Ewald's Orders
- Starved Gut Road
- Bland Saw
- Breastwork
- Report from Spear
- Conflicting Reports
- Theodorick Bland
- Maxwell Probes
- Townsend's Observations
- Battle at Birmingham Hill
- Battle Hill
- The Ferguson Rifle
- Gill of Rum
- Inquiry of Sullivan's Performance
- Warren Tavern
- Ferry Bridge Unmoored Philadelphia
- Washington's Strategy for Protecting Reading and Philadelphia
- The Admiral Wayne Inn
- Letters of the 13th
- Cornwallis Finds an Empty Camp
- Indian Queen Tavern
- The Wounded at Brandywine
- Other Names for the Battle of the Clouds
- Knox on the Clouds
- Pulaski in the Clouds
- Situation Looked Bleak at Clouds
- Videttes
- Wounded at Paoli
- Washington's Orders to Wayne
- Richard Humpton
- Valley Forge Bonanza
- Tempting Reading
- Tempting Reading
- Provisions Are Scarce
- The Pennsylvania State Navy
- Chaveaux-de-frise
- Selections from the Diary of Private Joseph Plumb Martin
- Exchange of Prisoners
- Lydia Darragh
- Plans for Winter Quarters
- Washington's Blanket Statement
- List of Charges Against Stephen
- Stephen Dismissed
- Morgan's Riflemen
- Washington's December 10 Report to Congress
- Major John Andre
- Exchange of Prisoners
- Army Without Shoes & Supplies
- Thomas Mifflin
- Richard Henry Lee
- Fabian
- The Conway Cabal
- Thomas Conway
- Adventurer James Wilkinson
- Conway After the War
- Frederick of Europe
