Battle: Princeton
War: American Revolutionary War
Date of the Battle of Princeton: 3rd January 1777
Place of the Battle of Princeton: Princeton in New Jersey, United States of America
Combatants at the Battle of Princeton: Americans against the British
General George Washington at the Battle of Princeton on 3rd January 1777 in the American Revolutionary War: picture by Charles Willson Peale: click here to buy this picture
General George Washington at the Battle of Princeton on 3rd January 1777 in the American Revolutionary War: picture by Charles Willson Peale
Generals at the Battle of Princeton: General George Washington against Major General Lord Cornwallis
Size of the armies at the Battle of Princeton: 7,000 Americans against 8,000 British and Hessians, of whom 1,200 British troops were principally engaged.
Uniforms, arms and equipment at the Battle of Princeton:
The British wore red coats, with bearskin caps for the grenadiers, tricorne hats for the battalion companies and caps for the light infantry. The Highland Scots troops wore the kilt and feather bonnet.
The two regiments of light dragoons serving in America, the 16th and 17th, wore red coats and crested leather helmets.
