Appendix B Battle Maps C H A R L E S T O W N BATTLE W E S T Continental French Creek Gordon's Ford MORNING DETAIL W E S T Powder Bridge P I K E L A N D St Peters æ September 16, 1777 Mill Church ú INSET ²³ V I N C E N T Black Bear Long Ford 0 1 2 Miles C H A R L E S T O W N Heimberger's Tavern ú Powder Mill ú ú TROOP POSITIONS Moore Bull E A S T John Ralston Hall Richardson's Ford Morning House Tavern nestoga RD Uwchlan Co W H I T E L A N D Pikeland Friends Meetinghouse Evans Inn Meetinghouse ú Pawling's Ferry æ BATTLE DETAIL INSET Vincent E A S T ²³ ²³T Baptist P I K E L A N D Red Lion 2:00 PM William Evans Church ú Tavern ²³ Solitude Hosue Fatland Ford White Horse ²³ S C H U Y L K I L L U W C H L A N Farm Tavern Malin Hench Hall ²³T Yellow Farm Valley ²³T Warren Troop Positions Springs Forge ] Tavern Tavern N ²³ ²³ Fox Chase O Hibberd Brigade / Artillery Inn T Valley N G House C H A R L E S T O W N Friends I W E S T H E ] Continental Meetinghouse Zook AS [ W A Y N P I K E L A N D T R E D Y F F R I N House ²³ [ W BATTLE Great l! Lloyd British DETAIL Valley Col. Thomas ²³ House St. Peters Mills Great Valley ²³ House and Mill Hessian (right) Church Great Baptist Thomas ] John Bull Thompson Valley [ M A X W E L L ²³ ²³ ²³ Lewis E A S T House House Rea Presbyterian Howells ] House W H I T E L A N D ²³ House E Engagement Uwchlan Friends ] Tavern R E E G E T Rees ! EE Meetinghouse GA Dunwoody ²³ T Smith l ] A G W E S T PO Mill ON [ B Farm [ House T ²³T Red Lion NG W H I T E L A N D Boot ²³ I 6 ] Paoli 7 4 H IS Tavern S Warren Blue Ball T Tavern L A Tavern R E A S T L Significant U W C H L A N [ W Tavern Tavern Spread WA ú 1777 Ford ²³ Solitude ²³ N ] Malin Eagle G O S H E N OR Joseph 1777 Structure Farm E L C E Hall Tavern ancas Daniel [ Garrett Fox Chase N ter AV [ A Y Meredith K George House æ Inn White [ W NY ²³ ²³ ç 1777 Ferry ²³ 1777 Church Horse House P Hoopes Hibberd St. Davids H Tavern A House æ Goshen House R ²³ Waynesborough Episcopal T U [ M A X W E L L ] 4 Meeting- 7 S 1777 Road T 1777 Tavern 6 E ²³ R N house S T p 4 r 7 Hunt Zook Lloyd o ] u 6 l R R 21st Century House House D T W E S T House 4 S °± 1777 Ironworks 7 p 6 Col. Thomas r Road Thompson o u ²³ l John Bull R House and Mill House Thomas Lewis D G O S H E N House R ] 21st Century T Davis-Fuller British House E 4 c S 7 W Rea p O 6 r H Municipality H o Mill [ ²³ Headquarters u Dunwood l House W I L L I S T O W N R D R Farm T W E S T 4 ! Rees 7 l 21st Century 6 British Regional Trail W H I T E L A N D Mill [ MATHEW ] ²³ Quarters Boot Smith John Tavern House George Joseph Garrett ²³ Square Hoopes Continental Daniel Hoopes House Terrain c Tavern House ²³H Headquarters Meredith House House Goshen Hill |Upland |Valley Meetinghouse Hunt House E A S T W E S T Willistown Turks Head G O S H E N Davis-Fuller G O S H E N Meetinghouse Tavern ²³T Mill W E S T John Hoopes [ H OW E ] C H E S T E R House [ D U N LAP ] 2:00 PM . Produced by: Chester County DCIS-GIS First 0 1 Mile EE Shots with funding from the American Battlefield Protection Program W E S T Copyright (c) October 2013. County of Chester, PA. All Rights Reserved Turks Head C H E S T E R Tavern [ C O R N W A L L IS ] D sburg R W Stra E A S T B R A D F O R D W E S T B R A D F O R D W E S T T O W N BATTLE OF THE CLOUDS RD ph gra Tele SeWpE tS TeT OmW Nber 16, 1777 [ K N Y P H AU S E N ] On September 16, 1777, the Battle of the Clouds was fought In Northern Chester County. The battle is named so because it was halted Middletown Meetinghouse due to a September Hurricane. The battle represented General Washington’s second attempt to stop the British approach to Philadelphia through Chester County. T H O R N B U R Y N E W L I N T H O R N B U R Y M I D D L E T O W N • Approximate Casualties and Deaths: • After the Battle of Brandywine Washington’s army camped near Germantown D R e l l i - 25 Continentals wounded • Washington marched to the Great Valley on the Lancaster Road on the 15th of v e e r b m - 23 Continentals killed September E E m b D r t R e - 9 Crown Forces wounded • General Howe remained on the field near Chadds Ford for four nights after the ase e w v Wa Birmingham i l le l il e nv nio R U D Meetinghouse - 6 Crown Forces killed Battle of Brandywine D R e l l i v e • The Battle of the Clouds occurred five days after the Battle of • General Cornwallis camped near the Seven Stars Tavern in Aston after the Battle e r b m B I R M I N G H A M E Brandywine and four days before the Battle of Paoli of Brandywine • The Crown Forces had troop strength close to 15,000 men • Both Howe and Cornwallis converged on the Goshen Meetinghouse on the George Gilpin Concord C O N C O R D • The Continental Army’s troop strength was about 11,000 men morning of the 16th House A S T O N Meetinghouse • This was one of the few battles where George Washington • Washington chose the location of the battle based on a desire to protect both the Kennett was the commanding general upper fords of the Schuylkill River leading to Philadelphia, and the military Meetinghouse • The battle was fought three days before the first Battle of supplies stored near Reading Furnace Ring House t RD W Stree Saratoga in New York • The first shots of the battle were fired near the Turks Head Tavern in today’s U C H A D D S Seven Stars n i o n Tavern v i F O R D West Chester Borough l l e R o a d ) 1 te u o ( R K P ike e Baltimore n n e t t P i k e et re St e at St K E N N E T T K E N N E T T S Q U A R E K re P mo alti W B ST K S outh P E S e or U ltim n a i B o W n S T ale RD Hillend K a o l i n R D S t Hw y 72 4 HW 24 HW St Hwy 7 RT 724 R T 3 45 RT 724 RT 7 24 Pottsto wn BP Po ttst own C H A R L E S T O W N BP Po tts tow n B W Schuylkill RD P W Sch uylkil Pot R l RD ll RD E Sch tsto T W Schuylki uylkill RD wn BP 34 5 RT 3 45 16-18, W E S T September 1777 St Peters P I K E L A N D C H A R L E S T O W N Church ²³æ Parker's N O R T H Ford R T 8 TROOP POSITIONS 2 C O V E N T R Y Hopewell E A S T Furnace Parkers Ford Tavern BATTLE DETAIL INSET Uwchlan W H I T E L A N D ú Meetinghouse 3:30 PM, September 16 E A S T ²³æ S O U T H ²³T C O N V E N T R Y Red Lion W A R W I C K C O V E N T R Y Tavern ] ²³ Solitude O N ²³ Brownbacks U W C H L A N Farm G T Malin Rocky Run Church N ²³T Furnace Troop Positions H I Hall Warwick AS ²³T Warren Mines Tavern Brownbacks Brigade / Artillery W White Horse [ ²³ Tavern ²³ Fox Chase Tavern Coventryville E A S T Elverson RD E lvers Hibberd on R Iron Works Inn D John V I N C E N T Continental House Knauer Seven Stars Zion T S Tavern Zook t Mill Luthern [ W A Y N E ] u n t s e House h Church British C ²³ ] N T ON Lloyd E M ain ST I NG l! E L V E R SHOoNu sBe O R O U G H A SH Hockley Mill Vincent Hessian Col.