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imironman2018 t1_j1ruz9n wrote

little did I know that GW was crossing over the Delwaware River into NJ to fight at Trenton. I always thought it was in another state.

Fun fact, Washington's second crossing back to Pennsylvannia was even more treacherous because his men raided the Hessian supplies/rum and were drunk. they kept falling into the icy waters and had to be fished out.

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syncomatic_columbia t1_j1u1fcq wrote

Arguably this battle at Trenton is the better turning point of the war than Saratoga which was the next battle At this time the continental army was losing bad and hard most of the time, given they were fighting the British empire as a bunch of random dudes. So morale was really low and Washington was a few weeks away from not having an army at all. This battle was such a victory, a sneak attack on Christmas against a bunch of drunk Germans, that it reinvigorated the continental army to keep fighting which brought them onto Saratoga where they were able to secure French support and the rest is history

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imironman2018 t1_j1u92a6 wrote

yes. one would argue that if not for this battle, Continental army would've likely disbanded and the US would've remained a colony. it was one of the first victories after strings of defeat.

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