Show January Two battles of importance to Americans fighting for or independence independence in in- dependence occurred on In n Dec 26 1776 and Jan J a 1777 1777 Tl THINGS WERE going badly badly bad bad- ly for the rebels in New Jersey but on Christmas Day 1775 General Washington collected collected col col- col- col about 2000 men crossed the Delaware early next morning and surprised a force t of about 1500 Hessians utterly utterly ut ut- terly routing the entire force killing its commander and taking 1000 prisoners This was a shock to the British who had thought things going well in New Jersey and Cornwallis hurried to Trenton with soldiers Washington was in a poor strategic position outnumbered with an icy river at his back which prevented him from re re- re- re treating He decided to attack attack attack at at- tack and sent out a small force men which encountered encountered encountered en en- countered a British force at Stony Brook Bridge the British charging with bayonets bayonets bayonets bay bay- routed the small American American American Amer Amer- ican force but Washington soon reached the scene and routed the British force HE THEN occupied Princeton Prince Prince- ton seizing British supplies there Cornwallis advanced against him and Washington retired to a very strong position at Morristown Cornwallis Cornwallis Cornwallis Corn Corn- wallis declined to attack Millard Filmore President President President dent was born at Locke New NewYork NewYork NewYork York on the in 1800 JACKSON DAY in Louisiana falls on the in memory of the victory over the British at New Orleans in 1815 General Andrew Jackson later President President President dent attacked the British first but the British held and in turn attacked Jackson on the the American defense wasso was wasso wasso so stout two thousand British soldiers fell in an hour or two including the British commander commander commander com com- mander General Packenham the Duke of Wellington's in brother The Duke had advised against the British campaign and a peace treaty had already al already already al- al ready been signed before the Battle of New Orleans was fought ALEXANDER Hamilton one of the most brillian Americans in the Revolutionary War period period period per per- iod was born on the in 1757 in the West Indies of a Scotch father and French Huguenot Huguenot Huguenot Hu Hu- Hu- Hu guenot mother and Benjamin Franklin another giant of that age was born on the in Boston in 1706 I I. I |