Crossing the Delaware: A Battle of Trenton Map

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Image via the Library of Congress. Christmas came a bit late for the earliest members of the United States Army. In the early days of the Revolutionary War, the rough-and-tumble Colonial army defeated unsuspecting Hessian soldiers in a surprise attack in Trenton, New Jersey. Still dazed (and, by some accounts, hungover) from Christmas celebrations the View Website VIP Subscription

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