Maj. McLane Bridge Lake Como Spillway

Maj. McLane Bridge Lake Como Spillway. . , Major Allen McLane of the village of Duck Creek Crossroads, now known as Smyrna, Delaware, was one of Delaware's most significant heroes of the American Revolution., McLane volunteered for service in Virginia at the start of the revolution, and in 1775, became a Lieutenant in a Kent County Militia regiment under General Caesar Rodney. He then transferred to the Continental Army under General George Washington near New York City in 1776., McLane distinguished himself at the Battles of Long Island, White Plains, Trenton and Princeton. He continued to distinguish himself throughout the remainder of the war with meritorious service ranging from conventional battles to diplomatic services of crucial importance., General Washington sent McLane to Jamaica as a special envoy to French Admiral Comte de Grasse, and convinced him to send the French fleet to the Chesapeake Bay to help defeat the British army under General Cornwallis at the Battle of Yorktown, a decisive Franco-American victory in the American Revolutionary War.