TUESDAY, JANUARY 2, 1877
1877: SANDTOWN - REVOLUTIONARY WAR - QUAKER BRIDGE
TRENTON DAILY STATE GAZETTE
The citizens of Sandtown will feel slighted if the Continental troops do not march through that place some time during the night preceding the battle of Princeton. Elias Phillips of Lawrenceville, Patrick Lamb of Quaker Bridge, and Ezekiel Anderson guided the patriot army from the banks of the Assanpink at Trenton through Sandtown and over the Quaker Bridge to Princeton on that dark night before the battle of Princeton.
1877: SANDTOWN - REVOLUTIONARY WAR - QUAKER BRIDGE
TRENTON DAILY STATE GAZETTE
The citizens of Sandtown will feel slighted if the Continental troops do not march through that place some time during the night preceding the battle of Princeton. Elias Phillips of Lawrenceville, Patrick Lamb of Quaker Bridge, and Ezekiel Anderson guided the patriot army from the banks of the Assanpink at Trenton through Sandtown and over the Quaker Bridge to Princeton on that dark night before the battle of Princeton.
Tom's note: I have heard that a lady by the name of "Ginny Jackson" also guided the Continental troops to Princeton. Can any reader clarify?
1 comment:
Don't know of Ginny Jackson as a guide, but it would be really interesting to find out more about this possibility. I know over 3,000 women were ad hoc members of the Continental Army, and their help in preparing meals and other assistance was invaluable.
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