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Continental Army Encampment Site

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Built
  
1777 (1777)

Opened
  
1777

Added to NRHP
  
18 December 1973

NRHP Reference #
  
73000547

Area
  
3 ha

Continental Army Encampment Site

Location
  
Lovering Ave. near Broom St., Wilmington, Delaware

Similar
  
Brandywine Creek, Winterthur Museum - Garden a, Bellevue State Park, DuPont Building, Holy Trinity Church

Continental Army Encampment Site is a historic site located at Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware. The Continental Army troops camped on the east side of Brandywine Creek, which is now a part of Brandywine Park. An early mill race is still visible, on the site, a reminder of the extensive early milling industry on the Brandywine. The Continental Army camped at the site for a few days before the Battle of Brandywine in August 1777. On December 21, 1777, 1,500 Delaware and Maryland troops under the command of General William Smallwood returned to the campsite. These troops were stationed to prevent occupation of Wilmington by the British and to protect the flour mills on the Brandywine.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.

Continental army encampment site


References

Continental Army Encampment Site Wikipedia