S8 Ep330: ASSUNPINK CREEK, PRINCETON, AND INOCULATION Colleague Patrick O'Donnell. Following Trenton, many Marbleheaders returned home due to expired enlistments and starving families, but those who remained fought in the pivotal Battle of Assunpink Creek. Here, th

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ASSUNPINK CREEK, PRINCETON, AND INOCULATION Colleague Patrick O'Donnell. Following Trenton, many Marbleheaders returned home due to expired enlistments and starving families, but those who remained fought in the pivotal Battle of Assunpink Creek. Here, the Americans successfully held the bridge against elite British grenadiers before maneuvering to attack Princeton, where Washington bravely rode near the front lines. Recognizing the threat of smallpox, Washington ordered the mass inoculation of the army, a massive logistical feat overseen by Dr. Nathaniel Bond. Tragically, Bond died while performing this service, which O'Donnell views as one of Washington's greatest strategic decisions. NUMBER 7
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0:47.0	Patrick O'Donnell, the book is The Indispensibles.
0:49.9	The diverse soldier mariners who shape the country,
0:52.6	formed the Navy and rode Washington across the Delaware.
0:55.4	Patrick, the marblebleheaders divide.
1:00.0	John Glover leaves one contingent home to Marblehead.
1:01.2	His wife is ill.
1:02.5	They're exhausted.
1:03.2	They're sick.
1:05.9	They're clothes are filled with vermin.
1:12.5	Rubbed raw, you give some brilliantly detailed analysis of how exhausted they are.
1:15.0	But some of the marble headers stay on.
1:17.1	And they stay on to fight.
1:22.7	And I'm looking at 1227, several days later, at Asapunk Creek.
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