Victory or Death: The Battles of Trenton and Princeton

Great presentation. I live only 20 minutes away from McKonkey's Ferry and have read Mr. Maloy's book twice over the years. Also nearby is the Quakerbridge Road used by Washington to march to Princeton the night of Jan 2-3 1777. I sometimes wonder if folks around here even know the significance of that road.

Great history. So fun to learn about 245 years later, and grateful for Washington’s victories at Trenton and Princeton!

I drive these roads and streets everyday. I live near the orchard and pass the Trenton monument every morning. Nice to know the history behind the spaces that I move through everyday.

When are you guys gonna come to my neighborhood and show the world Monmouth battlefield? The main part is wonderfully preserved.

Robert Morris is the unsung hero of this campaign as he is the one who got Washington the money to continue the fight.

Alexander Douglass is my (?) 9th great grandfather so cool to see the Douglass house, always on the look out for more information about his life as General Washington’s Quartermaster!!

Awesome work great detail in the old maps!

Mark has some nice visuals 👍. The suffering by our military troops has continued down through the generations. From a drafted disabled Republic of Vietnam combat veteran '68. Eaglegards...

Thanks for sharing!

Thank you for the history lesson

Very enjoyable and informable

I just finished reading the books Lexington to Concord and 1776 so this presentation is perfect timing for me. This will need to be my next book. Thanks, great presentation.

Fabulous video. I grew up in Chatham NJ and was always under the impression that it played a crucial role in Washington slipping South to Yorktown. There were baking ovens along the Passaic River which were busy baking, giving the impression that the Continental forces were preparing for New York….

More Rev War videos please!

Thanks for an informative and well done video. However, I was disappointed in the description of the Second Battle of Trenton. Success in that battle was absolutely critical to the success of the follow on, Battle of Princeton. In the Second Battle of Trenton the American Army stood toe to toe with the British and beat them as the Brits attempted to cross the bridges across the creek. The Colonial Army used a combination of excellent cannon support alone with heavy musket fire to beat back the British assaults. Then that evening Washington put together a great deception plan by leaving a small number of men behind to build fires and make digging sounds to deceive the British into thinking the Colonial Army was digging in for a fight the next day. In the meantime Washington pulled nearly his entire Army out of the line and marched them to Princeton without the Brits ever knowing what happened until it was too late. I suspect, and can easily imagine that when Cornwallis found our Washington completely fooled him, that he was probably furious. It makes me smile to picture Cornwallis discovering he had been snookered! 😂

This is excellent!

Great history, thanks!

Hamilton was a personal friend of Washington to a point. Hamilton and Washington had many meetimgs amd nights together at the 1777 headquarters at Preakness which is the Dey mansion in Totowa Bergan County.

I live there and yes we have markers but its not loud. Theres spots all over the county that id love to point out actions made. The crossings at assumpink and the shabakunk in Lawrence was the tell to the British that they were coming and then you walk up 206 to Princeton on the western flank. If you take the east you come from duck island throgh Crosswicks( you need to talk about crosswicks and the lost cannons) up through Whitehorse Hamilton and north to Princeton.

Lol at the madeira comment. One of the best books on this topic is Washingtons Crossing by David Hackett Fischer, I highly recommend it.