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Subject: Aug 27,1777- Sept 17,1777 British military invasion
Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 09:05:18 EST

The British surprized several ships at anchor at Head of the
Elk,Maryland,Aug
27,1777 with their own 260 ships of Gen Clinton's wing of the British
military moving from
New York city. The British lost,or sickened their own horses en route. They
had a bit of
resistance at Cooch's Bridge,s e Newark,Delaware Sept 3rd,1777. [Newark is
not Val
Hollingsworth's New Ark,which changed to Kennett Quaker meeting.]
Sept 17,1777,was the Battle of Brandwine. They pillaged,and they
forraged,and they took
horses from the locals. [Did they set off a migration westward by the very
NW Delaware,
ne Md, S pA people left pennyless by their passing?]

I live in sw Ohio near the route of Confederate Calvery raiderGen George [?]
Hunt Morgan's 1873 raid. They took horses,and burnt covered bridges, and
pillaged stores and farms for food
,shoes,and clothing. Behind them was a Union army chasing them,and also
being supplied by the counrtyside. I grew up in the 1950 era hearing tales of
that raid of 2days 90 years before. Dad's uncle was the local Provost
Masrhal,who had the job of attempting to get the
correct horses back to their original owners.
Claims were filed vs the government for damages,but were unpaid .We have a
paper trail
of the damages printed on 3 pages of our 1880 'History of Clermont
Co,Ohio",by Eerts.
Was there a source with more detail of the passing of the British
military,and George Washington's men thru New Castle.?
Did you know Laurence Washington was a Loyalist?

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