Monmouth County, New Jersey
Monmouth Battlefield State Park
Monmouth was not a clean American victory, and that is why the battle matters. This guide follows the failed morning attack, Washington's confrontation with Charles Lee, Perrine Hill and the Molly Pitcher tradition, the enormous artillery duel, brutal heat, civilian farms and the British night withdrawal to explain how the Continental Army emerged from Valley Forge able to stand against British regulars.
Stories in Monmouth Battlefield State Park
- Combs Hill: Why Monmouth Was More Than a Draw
- The Morning Attack: Washington Tries to Hurt a Moving Army
- Washington and Charles Lee: The Famous Confrontation Without the Clean Dialogue
- Perrine Hill: Molly Pitcher, Mary Hays and the Woman Behind the Legend
- The Artillery Duel: Three Hours of Noise, Smoke and Mathematics
- The Heat: When Weather Became a Combatant
- The British Counterattack: Why Professional Soldiers Were Still Dangerous
- Point of Woods: Terrain Creates Command Problems
- Craig House: A Battle Crosses Someone’s Farm
- The British Leave at Night: Winning the Field Is Not Destroying the Army
- A Working Battlefield: Preservation Means Keeping the Fields Alive