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What Happened After the Ten Crucial Days? - Washington Crossing Historic Park
Understandably, much of the attention around this time of year is focused on the crossing and The Ten Crucial Days, the period surrounding the crossing that turned the tide of the Revolutionary War. But the war didn’t end then and there. So what happened in the days and weeks immediately following the military campaign? After the Second Battle of Trenton, George Washington and his troops withdrew from Trenton and, overnight, marched to Princeton, where they defeated the British and Hessian forces. Their victory in the Battle of Princeton, their third and last of The Ten Crucial Days, occurred on January Read More