Brandywine Quotes

“I propose going up the Delaware, In order to be nearer this place than I should be by taking The course of the Chesapeake which I once intended.”1 — William Howe, July 16, 1777”
― Michael C. Harris, Brandywine: A Military History of the Battle that Lost Philadelphia but Saved America, September 11, 1777

“But nothing could stand before our lads, they routed them from the Meadow, & all afterwards was a mere Chace, so far I saw.”1 — James Parker, September 11, 1777”
― Michael C. Harris, Brandywine: A Military History of the Battle that Lost Philadelphia but Saved America, September 11, 1777

“Townsend watched as the British poured across the Brandywine: “Our eyes were caught on a sudden by the appearance of the army coming out of the woods into the fields belonging to Emmor Jefferis, on the west side of the creek above the fording place. In a few minutes the fields were literally covered with them, and they were hastening towards us. Their arms and bayonets being raised, shone as bright as silver, there being a clear sky and the day exceedingly warm.” The scene was indeed impressive.”
― Michael C. Harris, Brandywine: A Military History of the Battle that Lost Philadelphia but Saved America, September 11, 1777

“Modern perception imagines Washington as a grey-haired old man leading troops into battle, when in fact he pulled his dark red hair (he never wore a wig) pulled back into a queue and powdered it white during the Revolution.”
― Michael C. Harris, Brandywine: A Military History of the Battle that Lost Philadelphia but Saved America, September 11, 1777