Princeton Battlefield State Park

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500 Mercer Road
Princeton, NJ 08540
(609) 921-0074
www.state.nj.us/dep/parksandforests/parks/princeton.htm...

Location of the Revolutionary War Battle of Princeton. January 3, 1777.

The Battle of Princeton (January 3, 1777) was a victory for General Washington's revolutionary forces over British forces near Princeton, New Jersey. The site is administered as a state park operated and maintained by the New Jersey Division of Parks and Forestry.

In the night after the Second Battle of Trenton, General Washington led the roughly 6,000 man main body of his army stealthily away from Lieutenant General Charles Cornwallis and his troops. Washington left a small detachment of 500 Pennsylvania militia behind to tend to large campfires and periodically fire volleys from two cannon, to disguise the departure of the American soldiers.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princeton_Battlefield_State_Park
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Coordinates:   40°19'49"N   74°40'29"W

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