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RED BANK CHAPTER, NSDAR

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The members of the Red Bank Chapter, NSDAR, welcome you to attend our meetings whether you are a visitor or a prospective member.
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THE BATTLE OF RED BANK

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"Late in September 1777, Philadelphia was captured by British General William Howe, with a serious disadvantage. Extensive American river defenses blocked the shipping of food and supplies to the British army and citizens of Philadelphia. A major attack was planned against the garrison at Fort Mercer. A British brigade of about 1,200 Hessians under Colonel Carl Emil Ulrich Von Donop was ferried over to Coopers Ferry (now Camden), spending the night in Haddonfield. On the morning of October 22, 1777, Colonel Von Donop and his brigade marched on Fort Mercer. Young Jonas Cattell, an apprentice blacksmith, alerted Colonel Christopher Greene that a surprise attack was imminent. Around 4 pm, the attack began. Quickly gaining the old northern section of the fort, the Hessians faced another 10 foot wall and abatis [a line of defense consisting of a barrier of felled or live trees with sharpened branches toward the enemy]. The disordered Hessians tried to move forward, but the Americans gained the advantage and held the fort. Hessian casualties amounted to over 500, including the mortally wounded Von Donop, while Americans counted 14 killed and 23 wounded out of 600. Many of the wounded, including Von Donop, were taken to the Whitall House where they were tended by American doctors and Ann Whitall, who had remained in her home. Count Donop, the Hessian commander mortally wounded at the battle, was subsequently removed to the farm house of Joseph Low where he died. He was interred with remains of his brigade on the battlefield. The Battle of Red Bank resulted in heavy losses to the British and was a much-needed morale builder to Washington's army, giving new hope and rallying the spirits of the soldiers. This victory, coupled with the British defeat at Saratoga, New York, resulted in the French decision to enter the war against Great Britain."
*History of the Battle of Red Bank," by Frank H. Stewart, Gloucester Co. Historical Society, Pub.
​Board of Chosen Freeholders of Gloucester Co., Woodbury, New Jersey, 1927

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William Allen
Benjamin Andrews
Thomas Austin
Joseph Avis
B
Elihu Benham
Samuel Bertold
Samuel (Bartley) Bertolet
William Bird/Byrd
Thomas Blackburn
George Blake
John Blount
Phillip Blount
John Boardman
John Bodine
Jesse Bowling

Michael Hall Bonwill
Samuel Bowlsby
George Bradley
Jacob Brown
William Bryan
Zephaniah Bryan
​Micajah Bullock

Thomas Burrough
Solomon Butt
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James Cain
William Cain
Daniel Carter
Jonas Cattell
Daniel Champion
Elihu Chilcott
Benjamin Clark
Vachel Clark
Robert Cloud
Thomas Corbett
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Francis Davis
George Denison
Robert Denison
John Dent, Jr.
Jacob Detwiler
James Devane
John Devane, Sr.
George Drum
Thomas DuBois
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George Edwards
David Eldridge
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Jacob Fisler
John Fleetwood
Elisha Fuller
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William Gallup
John Garrett
Nathaniel Gates
John Frederick Gaumer
Daniel Gillespie
Thomas Glascock
​Samuel Greeley

William Griffith
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Andrew Hake
​Edward Hancock

Nicholas Harris
Jesse Heath
Jeremiah Hess
Nathan Hoopes
Elijah Horton
Ebenezer Howell
Bernhard Hubley
Samuel Hughes
Ebenezer Hurd
Justus Hurd
Thomas Hyde
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Jacob Idol
Japhet Irelan
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Mathias Johnson
Abraham Jones
Moses Jones
​Nathaniel Jones

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John Kinney
George Michael Kraft
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David Lanning
Michael Lindenmuth
Martin Longsdorf
Joseph Low
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Jacob Madara
Robert Maddox
​Robert Majors

Jacob Manley
William Markwell
John Marshall
William Martindale
John Maull
John Mears
Ephraim Mills
Archibald Moffett
Josha Monday/Munday
Thomas Moore
Samuel Moore
Randal Morgan
John Morrison
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Daniel Nantz/Nance
Silas Newcomb
Cornelius Newkirk
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Peter O’Neal
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Francis Parker
John Parker
Adonijah Peacock
William Peckham 
Erastus Phelps
Nathaniel Pinkham
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John Rambo
Joseph Reagan
Ralph Reagan
William Redfield
David Reed
John Register
David Richards
Joseph Richards
Huston Reuben
Jacob Rickenbach
Nicholas Rihl
Benjamin Robinson
​Hugh Rogers

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Thomas Scrivens
Thomas Sayre
Joseph Sharp
Charlton Shephard
Thomas Shores, Sr.
Christopher Gotthard Sickler
Griffith Smith
Peter Sones
Jacob Spears
Joseph Sterling
Luke Swetland
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Richard Tatum
John Thorn
James Tomlinson
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Jonas Vaneman
Abraham Van Horn, Jr.
William J. Van Vredenburg
James VanSant
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Isaac Webber
Hieronymus Weller
Richard Westcott
Isaac Wheeler
James Whitall
Benjamin Whitecar
Hubbard Williams
Jonathan Williams
William Williams
George Willis
Ludwick Wisinger
Phillip Wotring
​Y
Joseph Young

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