Battle of Paoli

Now in paperback, this first full length treatment of the Revolutionary War battle recounts British general Charles Grey's brutal attack on Anthony Wayne's division of 1,500 Continentals in September 1777.

Thomas McGuire teaches American history at Malvern Preparatory School near Paoli, Pennsylvania, and is the author of Battle of Paoli and Stop The Revolution.

Foreword

xi

Note

xiv

Author's Acknowledgments

xv

Introduction

xvii

Chapter 1 Philadelphia

Friday Morning, September 26, 1777

1

Chapter 2 Philadelphia

Sunday Morning, August 24, 1777

7

Chapter 3 Camp on the Lancaster Road

Sunday, September 14, to Monday, September 15, 1777

13

Chapter 4 Cecil County, Maryland, and Chester County, Pennsylvania

Saturday, August 30, to Monday, September 15, 1777

21

Chapter 5 The Battle of the Clouds

Monday, September 15, to Tuesday, September 16, 1777

28

Chapter 6 Northern Chester County, Pennsylvania

Wednesday, September 17, to Thursday, September 18, 1777

38

Chapter 7 Near the Yellow Springs

Thursday, September 18, 1777

45

Chapter 8 Valley Forge and Philadelphia

Thursday, September 18, to Friday, September 19, 1777

55

Chapter 9 The Great Valley, Chester County

Friday, September 19, 1777

65

Chapter 10 The Great Valley and the Schuykill River, Chester County

Friday Evening, September 19, to Saturday, September 20, 1777

72

Chapter 11 Near the Warren and Paoli Taverns on the Lancaster Road

Saturday Evening, September 20, 1777

82

Chapter 12 On the Lancaster and Swedes Ford Roads

Saturday Night, September 20, 1777

88

Chapter 13 Near the Admiral Warren Tavern

Saturday Night, September 20, 1777

95

Chapter 14 The Paoli Camp

Midnight, September 20-21, 1777

103

Chapter 15 The Paoli Battlefield