Return crossings and captured stores
- When
- Late December 1776
- Where
- Delaware River crossings between Pennsylvania and New Jersey
- Part of
- Crossing of the Delaware
After Trenton, the army recrossed to Pennsylvania with Hessian prisoners and stores, then crossed a third time at the end of 1776.
After prevailing at Trenton, Washington and his troops crossed the Delaware again, returning west to Pennsylvania with Hessian prisoners and military stores taken in the battle. During the return crossing, some troops who had opened captured casks of rum against orders got drunk, probably increasing the number pulled from the icy water. Washington's army crossed the river a third time at the end of 1776 under difficult circumstances owing to the uncertain thickness of the ice.
Sources
- George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-11
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