Philadelphia Campaign (Geographic Keyword)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Andrew M. Outten.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Beyond Battlefields: Culture and Conflict through the Philadelphia Campaign" , at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. On September 11, 1777, General Sir William Howe’s Crown Forces engaged General George Washington at the Battle of Brandywine. Their battlefield, one of the richest agricultural and milling regions in the mid-Atlantic colonies, was dominated by a large and peaceful Quaker population. Following the...