Local Stories in Chester County
Pennsylvania·3 places
Military
Birmingham Hill Preserve
Birmingham Hill Preserve, 113 acres of hayfield and woodland around Meetinghouse, Birmingham and Wylie roads in Birmingham Township, covers ground where the Continental Army formed its first and second defensive lines at the Battle of Brandywine on 11 September 1777, and where some of the fiercest fighting took place.
Military
Jefferis Ford
Jefferis Ford, a crossing of the East Branch of Brandywine Creek in East Bradford Township, is where the main British army got around George Washington's right flank on 11 September 1777. Sir William Howe sent Wilhelm von Knyphausen's division along the Great Road toward Chadds Ford, exactly where Washington expected the whole British army to attack, while Howe himself marched with Lord…
Military
Sandy Hollow
Sandy Hollow Heritage Park, more than 40 acres owned by Birmingham Township, with a paved walking trail and interpretive signs, holds the ground where the last major fighting of the Battle of Brandywine took place on the evening of 11 September 1777.
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