Here in the house of
Alexander Douglass
Washington
called a council of war
on the evening of
January 2, 1777
when the
flank movement to
Princeton
was decided upon — — Map (db m3787) HM
Circa 1766, Home of Alexander Douglass, Quartermaster in Washingtons Army, who fought in the Battle of Assunpink, Jan. 2, 1777.
Here on that date General Washington held the Council of War. Washingtons idea was to leave campfires burning on . . . — — Map (db m3746) HM