On Camp Linden Road, on the right when traveling east.
September 11, 1777, while on the march
to the Battlefield of Brandywine,
the British Army under Howe
and Cornwallis crossed the
Brandywine at the ford just
south of this point.
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Erected by
The Pennsylvania . . . — — Map (db m198354) HM
On East Baltimore Pike (U.S. 1) 0.2 miles east of McFarlan Road, on the right when traveling east.
On Sept. 11, 1777, an American force of about 11,000 men, commanded by Washington, attempted to halt a British advance into Pennsylvania. The Americans were defeated near Chadds Ford on Brandywine Creek by approximately 18,000 British and Hessian . . . — — Map (db m189469) HM
On East Baltimore Pike (U.S. 1) 0.2 miles east of McFarlan Road, on the right when traveling east.
Howe planned two separate attacks against the American line. In early morning, the British Army divided here. Knyphausen’s troops went east to engage the center of the line at Chadd’s Ford, while a force under Cornwallis marched approximately 6 . . . — — Map (db m189468) HM
