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Battle of Paoli

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The battlefield and parade grounds include two contributing buildings, two contributing sites, and five contributing objects on its listing with the National Register of Historic Places, including the Paoli battlefield site, the Paoli parade grounds, the Paoli Massacre Monument (erected in 1817), the
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In 1877, a granite monument was erected at the site of the battle to replace an 1817 monument that was in poor condition; the Paoli monument inscription replicates the words of the 1817 monument on one side. It stands 22.5 feet (6.9 m) tall and is inscribed on all four sides and is located in a
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not far from the General Paoli Tavern. Grey's troops included the 2nd Light Infantry, a composite battalion formed from the light companies of 13 regiments, plus the 42nd Royal Highland Regiment and 44th Regiment of Foot. A dozen troopers of the 16th Queen's Light Dragoons were in the vanguard of the
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church. An estimated 71 prisoners were taken by the British, 40 of whom were so badly wounded that they had to be left behind in nearby houses. According to McGuire, a total of 272 men were killed, wounded, or missing from Wayne's division after the battle. McGuire reports that on the day after the
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With only four British killed and seven wounded, the British routed an entire American division. American casualties from the battle are more uncertain. Historian Thomas J. McGuire says that 53 dead Americans were buried on the battlefield but "whether these were all of the American dead or only
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To ensure that the Americans were not alerted, Grey ordered his troops to advance in silence with muskets unloaded and attack with bayonets alone. In the case that loads could not be drawn from weapons, he ordered that the flints should be removed instead, earning the Grey the epithet "No Flint"
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American propagandists succeeded in whipping up anti-British sentiment with false accusations that Grey's men had refused quarter and massacred defenseless patriots who tried to surrender...The "no quarter" charge is refuted by the fact that the British took 71 prisoners. The "mangled dead" is
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The incident gained notoriety partly because of accounts by supposed eyewitnesses, who claimed that the British had bayoneted or mutilated Americans as they were attempting to surrender. Reports included the following:
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battle, 52 dead Americans were buried, and another body was found later. Among the buried, 39 are unnamed. The highest ranking American officer killed was Major Mareen Lamar (sometimes misspelled Marien).
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The Enemy last Night at twelve o'clock attacked...Our Men just raised from Sleep, moved disorderly — Confusion followed...The Carnage was very great...this is a bloody Month:— Col. Thomas Hartley,
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I with my own Eyes, see them, cut & hack some of our poor Men to pieces after they had fallen in their hands and scarcely shew the least Mercy to any...:— Lt. Col. Adam Hubley,
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To show their defiance, the men of the 2nd Light Infantry dyed their hat feathers red so the Americans would be able to identify them. In 1833, the Light Company of the
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The British heard rumors that Wayne was in the area, and Howe dispatched scouts, who reported his location to be near the Paoli Tavern and Warren Tavern in present-day
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those found on the campsite-battlefield is uncertain". Local tradition says that eight more American (and some British) soldiers killed in the battle were buried at
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on September 14 to face the British, who had moved little since Brandywine due to a shortage of wagons to carry their wounded and baggage. After the
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Proceedings on the occasion of the dedication of the monument on the One Hundred Anniversary of the Paoli Massacre in Chester Co PA
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After resting for a full day and refitting, Washington's army again crossed the Schuylkill River at Levering's Ford in present-day
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Wayne assumed that his presence was undetected and camped close to the British lines 2 miles (3.2 km) from Paoli Tavern in
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were authorized to wear red cap distinctions instead of the regulation Light Infantry green in commemoration of this gesture.
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marched his forces from the British camp and launched a surprise attack on Wayne's camp above the Warren Tavern in present-day
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on September 12, bypassing Philadelphia and heading northwest to the Falls of Schuylkill in the present-day
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was not guilty of misconduct but that he had made a tactical error. Wayne was enraged and demanded a full
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Wayne's troops swore revenge and "Remember Paoli!" was used by them as a battle cry at the Battles of
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on September 19. Since his position was just 4 miles (6.4 km) from the British camp in
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The Annals of the Age Cannot Produce such another Scene of Butchery...:— Maj. Samuel Hay,
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led a surprise attack on Wayne's encampment near the Paoli Tavern in present-day
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main British column. Altogether, Grey's force numbered approximately 1,200 men.
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Earlier, Wayne received two warnings of a possible attack and sent out mounted
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urn (erected circa 1946), and caretaker's house and garage (built in 1922).
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At 10 p.m. on September 20, British commander Major General
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explained by the fact that the bayonet is a messy weapon.
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to replenish his ammunition. He left Brigadier General
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Jane L. S. Davidson and Thomas J. McGuire (May 1997).
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Index

Paoli massacre
American Revolutionary War

Willistown Township
Malvern
United States
Great Britain
United States
Anthony Wayne
Kingdom of Great Britain
Charles Grey
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Philadelphia campaign
Bound Brook
Short Hills
Staten Island
Cooch's Bridge
Brandywine
Clouds
Paoli
Germantown
Red Bank
Fort Mifflin
Gloucester
White Marsh
Matson's Ford
Valley Forge
Conway Cabal

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