Chadds Ford

PA · American Revolution

The Battle of Brandywine (September 11, 1777) was Washington's largest and most costly single-day defeat, yet the Continental Army survived to fight on.

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Battle of Brandywine — Washington's Largest Defeat

Sep 1777

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Lafayette Wounded at Brandywine

Sep 1777

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Knyphausen Pins Washington at Chadds Ford

Sep 1777

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The Ford Nobody Told Him About

Washington had his maps wrong. His scouts told him there was no ford to the north that Howe could use to cross the Brandywine. A local farmer named Thomas Cheney rode into Washington's headquarters du...

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