. Historical collections of the state of New Jersey: past and present:. itish troops had ta-ken possession of Philadelphia. The fortification at Red Bank was little more than an embank 27 210 GLOUCESTER COUNTY. ment of earth and a ditch filled with brush and sharj)ened timberWe annex the account of the attack on Fort Mercer, given by theMarquis de Chastellux in his Travels in North America. This PLAN Of Fort Mercer, at Red Bank, N. J.* REFERENCES. A End of the fort at which the Hessiansentered. B Small ditch, cross embankment and lo-cation of the masked battery. C Remains of the hickory-tree u
. Historical collections of the state of New Jersey: past and present:. itish troops had ta-ken possession of Philadelphia. The fortification at Red Bank was little more than an embank 27 210 GLOUCESTER COUNTY. ment of earth and a ditch filled with brush and sharj)ened timberWe annex the account of the attack on Fort Mercer, given by theMarquis de Chastellux in his Travels in North America. This PLAN Of Fort Mercer, at Red Bank, N. J.* REFERENCES. A End of the fort at which the Hessiansentered. B Small ditch, cross embankment and lo-cation of the masked battery. C Remains of the hickory-tree used daringthe battle as a flag-staff. D Ruins of a brick wall in the middle ofthe artificial bank.—Gateway. E Count Donops grave. F Louis Whitalls Monument, erected in 1829. H Pleasure-house. I Marks of the trenches in which the slainwere deposited. K Road the Hessians marched to the at-tack.—Reeves old road. L Tenant house. M Road to Woodbury. N Direction of Fort Mifflin O Farm road. Note.—The works represented extend about 350 yards in a riglit %Fort I
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