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Battle Of The Brandywine Research Paper

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Why visit a battlefield? It gives us a sense of the who the people that had lived in a certain place actually were and the causes that they had cared enough about to give their lives for. History connects to the living culture, meaning, history is all around us. It is just a matter of opening our eyes and allowing it to enlighten us. Approximately thirty thousand British and American soldiers fought in the Chadds Ford area in what is known as the Battle of the Brandywine. On that warm August day, musket and cannon fire echoed over the rolling hills of the Brandywine valley and changed the landscape as well as views of its inhabitants for years after the battle and the war had ended. This historically rich environment situated in Delaware County represents many aspects of American life in the 18th century. It teaches visitors, like myself, of the importance of this area in the early days of our nation’s birth. Not only that, it also instills in visitors the ideas that we strive to preserve in todays world. Today, the Brandywine Battlefield historic site sits on fifty two acres of the location that was the location of the encampment of the Continental Army. The historic site offers many …show more content…

Washington had ignored the warning and later on received word from his officers. Washington moved his reserve troops closer to his headquarters north of the area surrounding the Birmingham Meeting House. When Sullivan had moved his men from Brinton’s Ferry, he became positioned left of the American lines and directly into the attacking troops. Since he was the ranking commander, he was obligated to maneuver to the right. His move had created a lot of confusion and heavy losses occurred. The heaviest fighting occurred on Birmingham Hill, around the Birmingham Meeting House, and in Sandy Hollow. In most places around the battlefield, the land changed hands several

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