The Battle of Barren Hill was a minor engagement during the American Revolution. On May 20, 1778, a British Army force attempted to encircle a smaller...

dispatched Lafayette with a 2,200-man force on 18 May to reconnoiter near Barren Hill, Pennsylvania. The next day, the British heard that he had made camp...

to sea. New York: McGraw-Hill. ISBN 978-0-07-149389-5. Ketchum, Richard M. (1999). Decisive day: the Battle for Bunker Hill (1st ed.). New York: H. Holt...

Hill. The name “Miquon” is derived from the language of the Lenni-Lenape people, who were the original inhabitants. The notable Battle of Barren Hill...

The Battle of Wyoming, also known as the Wyoming Massacre, was a military engagement during the American Revolutionary War between Patriot militia and...

The Battle of Brandywine, also known as the Battle of Brandywine Creek, was fought between the American Continental Army of General George Washington...

served with distinction in many battles, most notably at White Plains and Fort Washington. The added manpower and skill of German troops greatly sustained...

The Battle of Paoli, also known as the Battle of Paoli Tavern or the Paoli Massacre, was a battle in the Philadelphia campaign of the American Revolutionary...

The Battle of Germantown was a major engagement in the Philadelphia campaign of the American Revolutionary War. It was fought on October 4, 1777, at Germantown...

Philadelphia. the following May, shortly after the Battles of Lexington and Concord, to organize the defense of the colonies as the American Revolutionary War...

the Battle of Pozzolo in 1800. Later, he was aide-de-camp to General Grouchy at the Battle of Eylau, 1807, where he gave up his horse, at the risk of his...

escaped a British ambush at the Battle of Barren Hill. The British sent out a peace commission headed by the Earl of Carlisle, whose offers, which were...

in response to the Battle of Bunker Hill, declaring elements of Britain's continental American possessions to be in a state of what he called an "open...

unsuccessful in trapping Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette, at the Battle of Barren Hill, on 20 May 1778. Lafayette held the position along the Schuylkill...

and the Continental Army were defeated in the Battle of Brandywine, leaving the revolutionary capital of Philadelphia defenseless. The city urgently prepared...

The Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union was an agreement among the 13 states of the United States, formerly the Thirteen Colonies, that served...

almost ended in disaster for him two days later in the Battle of Barren Hill, and only the discipline of his men prevented his entrapment by the British. On...

rights, including a right of revolution. On November 19, 1863, following the Battle of Gettysburg, the bloodiest battle of the American Civil War, Abraham...

Lafayette at Barren Hill. In the oral history of the Oneida people, a prominent Oneida woman named Polly Cooper brought "hundreds of bushels of white corn"...

by two towers of black stone, it was built in the 14th century and was the birthplace of General Lafayette in 1757. In 1916, a group of wealthy philanthropists...

of the Executive Council of Pennsylvania to stop it, ultimately resulted in Congress of the Confederation vacating Philadelphia and the creation of a...

condition, but willing to undertake some form of military diversion. They did this at the Battle of Iron Works Hill the next day, drawing the Hessians at Bordentown...

Clinton and Montgomery in October 1777, the Battle of Crooked Billet in May 1778 and the Battle of Barren Hill later that month. A troop from the 17th was...

elaborate fête given in honor of British General Sir William Howe in Philadelphia on May 18, 1778 Battle of Barren Hill (May 20, 1778) Carlisle Peace...

portal Battle for the Soul of the Nation speech Old City Hall, meeting place of the Supreme Court Scene at the Signing of the Constitution of the United...

troops, and Howe ordered a column out to entrap the marquis. In the Battle of Barren Hill, Lafayette escaped the trap with minimal casualties. On 24 May,...

completed (April 30) Battle of Crooked Billet (May 1) Battle of Barren Hill (May 20) Battle of Cobleskill (May 30) British occupation of Philadelphia (ends...

The Battle of Rhode Island (also known as the Battle of Quaker Hill) took place on August 29, 1778. Continental Army and Militia forces under the command...

The Battle of the Clouds was a failed attempt to delay the British advance on Philadelphia during the American Revolutionary War on September 16, 1777...

Creek May 20 – American Revolutionary War – Battle of Barren Hill May 30 – Benedict Arnold signs U.S. oath of allegiance at Valley Forge. June 24 – A total...