10 Days Campaign: Battle of Princeton

At a critical moment, with the fight for independence hanging by a thread, General Washington risked it all with a daring campaign to cross the Delaware River in the dark, strike the German garrison at Trenton, and then confront and outmaneuver British Commander Charles Cornwallis in the follow-up Battle of Princeton. All of the major figures of the American Revolution were on Washington’s team in what came to be called the “10 Days Campaign.”

Join historian Ralph Siegel on Saturday, May 30th at 11 a.m. as he illustrates the movement of forces over the 10 days culminating in the climactic fight on the William and Thomas Clark farms south of the British stronghold at the Princeton College’s Nassau Hall. It was a victory that saw the death of Brigadier General Hugh Mercer, the death of the first U.S. Marine killed in action in a land battle, and the triumph for the colonial regiments that saved the Revolution from being extinguished.

Tickets are free for Gettysburg History members and $10/general admission.