ARP158 Battle of Brandywine

American Revolution Podcast

Michael Troy

History, Education

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🗓️ 19 July 2020

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

General Washington sets his defenses along Brandywine Creek, hoping to prevent General Howe's advance on Philadelphia. Howe sent his Hessians under General von Knyphausen against the Continental lines. At the same time Howe marched his regulars further north where he crossed the creek and marched against the Continental right flank. The Continentals put up a good fight against the British assault before being forced to retreat. A rearguard action by Nathanael Green allowed the Continental army to make its escape. Visit my site at https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com for more text, pictures, maps, and sources on this topic. Book Recommendation of the Week: Harris, Michael C. Brandywine: A Military History of the Battle that Lost Philadelphia but Saved America, September 11, 1777 Online Recommendation of the Week: Some account of the British army, under the command of General Howe; and of the battle of Brandywine, on the memorable September 11th, 1777, and the adventures of that day, by Joseph Townsend. https://archive.org/details/someaccountofbri00town Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to an Airwave Media Podcast. Hello, and thank you for joining the American Revolution.
0:19.2	Today, episode 158, The Battle of Brandywine.
0:25.2	Last week I left off with the British Army commanded by General Howe,
0:29.6	having landed at Maryland,
0:31.4	skirmished with the Continental's in Delaware, and then moved westward into Pennsylvania in a march toward Philadelphia.
0:39.0	The Continental's under General Washington pivoted from Delaware into Pennsylvania, where they deployed
0:46.0	along Brandywine Creek, prepared to confront the British advance there.
0:51.4	Brandywine Creek is a relatively small waterway that begins with the merger of two
0:56.1	smaller creeks about 30 miles west of Philadelphia. It then flows down into Wilmington, Delaware, before merging with the Christiana Creek and then into the Delaware River. ships, but it was deep enough in most places during this era to prevent men from fording
1:16.2	across. That said, there were a number of fords along the creek where the army could cross.
1:36.7	The Continental's deployed around the enemy fire if they wanted to advance. General Washington believed the most likely crossing point would be at Chad's Ford, a small village in Pennsylvania about two miles north of the border with Delaware.
1:44.5	By September 9th, 1777, his Continental's had secured Chads Ford as well as two other
1:51.3	fords just upstream from Chads.
1:54.0	They also secured Piles ford to the south in Delaware.
1:58.0	This left flank of the Continental Army
2:01.0	included divisions commanded by Major Generals Anthony Wayne and
2:05.6	Nathaniel Green, along with Pennsylvania Militia.
2:09.8	Major Generals John Sullivan, Adam Stephen, and Lord Sterling took command of the Heights above
2:16.0	Chad's Ford where they covered the Army's right flank. Beyond their divisions
2:21.3	further north, Colonel Moses Hazen covered two smaller fords further up river,
2:27.0	Buffington's Ford and Wistars Ford, aka Shunks Ford.
2:31.0	In the event of an enemy movement toward those Ford's, the nearby
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