The Battle of the Assunpink Creek, also known as the Second Battle of Trenton, was a battle between American and
British troops that took place in and around
Trenton, New Jersey, on January 2, 1777, during the
American Revolutionary War, and resulted in an American victory. Following the victory at the
Battle of Trenton early in the morning of December 26, 1776, General
George Washington of the
Continental Army and his council of war expected a strong British counter-attack. Washington and his council decided to meet this attack in Trenton, and established a defensive position south of the
Assunpink Creek.
Lieutenant General
Charles Cornwallis led the British forces southward in the aftermath of the December 26 battle. Leaving 1,400 men under Lieutenant Colonel
Charles Mawhood in
Princeton, Cornwallis advanced on Trenton with about 5,000 men on January 2. His advance was significantly slowed due to defensive skirmishing by American riflemen under the command of
Edward Hand, and the advance guard did not reach Trenton until twilight. After assaulting the American positions three times, and being repulsed each time, Cornwallis decided to wait and finish the battle the next day. Washington moved his army around Cornwallis's camp that night and
attacked Mawhood at Princeton the next day. That defeat prompted the British to withdraw from most of New Jersey for the winter.
Grace D. Banker (October 25, 1892 – December 17, 1960) was a telephone operator who served during
World War I (1917–1918) as chief operator of mobile for the
American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) in the
U.S. Army Signal Corps. She led thirty-three women telephone operators known popularly as
Hello Girls. They were assigned in New York to travel to France to operate telephone switch boards at the war front in
Paris, and at
Chaumont, Haute-Marne. They also operated the telephone switch boards at
First Army headquarters at
Ligny-en-Barrois, about 5 miles (8.0 km) to the south of
Saint-Mihiel, and later during the
Meuse-Argonne Offensive. After her return to civilian life, Banker and her team members were treated as citizen volunteers and initially not given recognition as members of the military. In 1919, Banker was honoured with the
Distinguished Service Medal for her services with the First Army headquarters during the
St. Mihiel and
Meuse-Argonne Offensives, with a commendation. (Full article...)
... that when the
FBI celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2008, Walter Walsh, its oldest living former agent, was one year older than the agency itself?
Image 8The original provinces of West and East New Jersey are shown in yellow and green respectively. The Keith Line is shown in red, and the Coxe and Barclay Line is shown in orange. (from History of New Jersey)
Image 14The
Atlantic City boardwalk, as seen from
Caesars Atlantic City, opened in 1870, as the world's first
boardwalk. At 5+1⁄2 miles (8.9 km) long, it is also the world's longest and busiest boardwalk. New Jersey is home to the world's highest concentration of boardwalks.
Image 26Michael Schleisser and the "Jersey man-eater" as seen in the Bronx Home News (1916) (from History of New Jersey)
Image 27Modern map which approximates the relative size and location of the settled areas of New Netherland and New Sweden. (from History of New Jersey)
Image 39Nassau Hall at
Princeton University, an
Ivy League university and one of the world's most prominent research institutions, served briefly as the U.S. Capitol in the 18th century. (from New Jersey)
Image 43Paterson, sometimes known as Silk City, has become a prime destination for an internationally diverse pool of immigrants, with at least 52 distinct ethnic groups. (from New Jersey)
Image 49New Brunswick, nicknamed the Hub city and the Healthcare City, is a focus city for academia,
healthcare, and culture in New Jersey. (from New Jersey)
Image 50The Province of New Jersey, Divided into East and West, commonly called The Jerseys, 1777 map by
William Faden (from History of New Jersey)
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