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By Bill Coughlin, October 12, 2019
Battle of Cooch's Bridge Marker
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1 ► Delaware, New Castle County, Newark, Pencader Hundred — NC-A7 — Battle of Cooch's Bridge —
On South Old Baltimore Pike at (south) Old Cooches Bridge Road, on the right when traveling west on South Old Baltimore Pike.
American light infantry and cavalry under General William Maxwell encountered advance guard of British and Hessian troops under Generals Howe, Cornwallis and Knyphausen in this vicinity September 3, 1777. American troops were expert marksmen drafted . . . — — Map (db m147686) HM
2 ► Delaware, New Castle County, Newark, Pencader Hundred — NC-182 — The Philadelphia Campaign — Battle of Cooch's Bridge —
On Dayett Mills Road south of Old Baltimore Pike, on the right when traveling south.
In August 1777, British forces under the command of General William Howe landed at the Head of Maryland's Elk River. Their goal was the capture of Philadelphia, the capital of the young republic. On September 3, advancing troops were engaged by an . . . — — Map (db m156810) HM
3 ► Delaware, New Castle County, Newark, Pencader Hundred — NC-41 — American Position — Battle of Cooch's Bridge —
On Dayett Mills Road south of Old Baltimore Pike, on the right when traveling south.
On September 3, 1777, an American Light Infantry Corps composed of Continental soldiers from New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Virginia, with militia from Pennsylvania and Delaware, was stationed west of Christina Creek between Aikentown . . . — — Map (db m156783) HM
 
 
  
  
 
 
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