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Osborne's Hill at top of the stone steps image, Touch for more information
By Keith S Smith, December 15, 2011
Osborne's Hill at top of the stone steps
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1Pennsylvania (Chester County), West Chester — Osborne's Hill
On Birmingham Road at Country Club Drive, on the left when traveling south on Birmingham Road.
Osborne's Hill From this ridge General Howe directed the movements of the British Army during the Battle of Brandywine, September 11, 1777. __________ Erected by The Pennsylvania Historical Commission and the Chester and . . . — Map (db m51472) HM
2Pennsylvania (Chester County), West Chester — Battle of BrandywineSept. 11, 1777
On W Street Road (State Highway 926) at South Birmingham Road, on the right when traveling west on W Street Road.
The British attack on the American right wing began here late in the afternoon. After heavy fighting, the defense line which Sullivan formed hastily near Birmingham Meeting House was forced to retreat to Dilworthtown, 2 miles SE. Reinforcements from . . . — Map (db m39590) HM
3Pennsylvania (Chester County), West Chester — First Defense LineAmerican Army
On S. Birmingham Road, on the right when traveling north.
To mark the site of the first line of defense of the American Army at the Battle of the Brandywine 11 September 1777 — Map (db m41300) HM
4Pennsylvania (Chester County), West Chester — SconnelltownCornwallis stopped here in 1777
On Birmingham Road at Squire Drive, on the right when traveling south on Birmingham Road.
Cornwallis’ division of the British Army halted here September 11, 1777, on its march to the Battlefield of Brandywine — Map (db m50107) HM
5Pennsylvania (Delaware County), Chadds Ford — John Chad's Housec. 1725 — National Register of Historic Places —
On Creek Road, on the right when traveling north.
JOHN CHAD’S HOUSE Proctor’s American Artillery Occupied Several Redoubts Near This House at the Battle of Brandywine, September 11, 1777 — Map (db m50112) HM
 
 
 
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