Tag: Fort Mercer

Virtual Author’s Talk – A Most Gallant Resistance: The Delaware River Campaign, September-November 1777

By October 1777, British forces occupied Philadelphia. Yet an elaborate American defense of the Delaware River crippled the British supply lines and threatened their ability to hold the city.  Historian Jim Mc Intyre discusses the massive effort by the Crown forces to gain control of the strategic waterway. He highlights the British occupation of Philadelphia, […]