Jason melton King Professor Name Ela 7th hour Subject Name The battle of trenton The battle of trenton,was the battle that the americans had lost their lifes too,but won the battle.Gen.Washington ignored halt in fighting. To begin with the battle of trenton had several causes. Washington’s plan was to cross the Delaware. According to Mackenzie, at three points with a force commaine along …show more content…
president, from 1789 to 1797.The son of a prosperous planter, Washington was raised in colonial Virginia.General George Washington’s army crossed the icy Delaware on Christmas Day 1776 and, over the course of the next 10 days, won two crucial battles of the American Revolution. In the Battle of Trenton (December 26), Washington defeated a formidable garrison of Hessian mercenaries before withdraw. (according to Mackenzie) Colonel Rahl Johann Gottlieb Rall was a German colonel, best known for being in command of Hessian troops in Trenton, New Jersey at the Battle of Trenton during the American War of Independence. In December of 1776, Rall was given command of the Hessian garrison at Trenton despite protests about his exposed position. Rall’s concern was affirmed when Washington attacked and captured most of Rall’s command at Trenton on December 26. During the battle Rall was mortally wounded, dying later that …show more content…
Despite the large number of Hessians that escaped Trenton, Washington still won a crucial strategic and material victory. In only one hour of fighting, the Continental Army captured nearly nine hundred Hessian officers and soldiers as well as a large supply of muskets, bayonets, swords, and cannons. When the Continental Army returned to camp on the Pennsylvania side of the Delaware River, soldiers were exhausted. They had marched and fought for two straight days through rain, snow, sleet, and hail. Washington knew that his army had far exceeded expectations at Trenton and that they faced many more challenges going