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Photographer: Benjamin John Lossing
Caption: Donop's Grave
Additional Description: “At the southern line of the fort, close by the bank, are the remains of the hickory-tree which was used as a flag-staff during the battle; and near it are traces of the gateway of the fort. A little below, and in the path leading to the house of Mr. Whitall, is the grave of Count Donop, marked by a small, rough sandstone, about fourteen inches in height. Vandal fingers have plucked relic-pieces from it, and so nearly was the rude inscription effaced that I could only decipher a portion of the words, ‘Donop was lost’, as seen in the sketch. Even his bones have not been allowed to molder in his grave, but are scattered about the country as cherished relics, his skull being in possession of a physician of New Jersey”. — Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Fieldbook of the Revolution, 1852, Vol. 2, Page 290.
Submitted: January 15, 2024, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p769919
File Size: 0.152 Megabytes

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