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George Washington And The Guns Of Monmouth

Third in a free essay series on the American Revolution - June 28, 1778

Jun 28, 2026
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“Washington Rallying the Troops at Monmouth” by Emanuel Leutze, 1854

Monmouth was not a particularly large battle. In his dispatches to Congress, Gen. George Washington reported 69 dead, 161 wounded, and 140 missing from his army, most of the latter from heat exhaustion. He also reported that 249 enemy officers and men lay dead on the field. Sir Henry Cl…

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