Trenton, NJ (I) (26 Dec 1776)

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	COMMENTARY
	The battle of Trenton, Christmas Eve, 1776, was the make-or-break operation for the remains of the Continental Army. They had been chased across all of New Jersey, and were discouraged and worn out. If this attack failed, the revolution would not be able to continue, as the fighting men were at the end of their enlistments. Contrary to popular belief today, the Hessians had not been partying that night; they were exhausted from continual guerilla attacks by the New Jersey militia.
	Unit Rosters
	1st Pennsylvania Regiment
	Name   Position   Status   Sergeant Thomas Boyd       Second Lieutenant Thomas Buchanan       Ensign Edward Crawford     Grier's Company   Captain John Doyle   Commander, Independent Company     Captain James Grier       Captain James Hamilton   Company Commander     Sergeant David Hammond     Parr's Company   Third Lieutenant James Holliday     Cluggage's Company   Surgeon William Magaw       Captain Henry Miller       Captain James Parr   Company Commander     Third Lieutenant William Patton       Surgeon's Mate Christian Reinick       Private Isaac Sweeny     Doudle's Company   First Lieutenant William Wilson     Parr's Company   Second Lieutenant David Ziegler   Regimental Adjutant   Ross's Company
	4th Pennsylvania Brigade
	Name   Position   Status   Brigadier General Arthur St. Clair
	9th Pennsylvania Regiment
	Name   Position   Status   Captain Thomas Bartholomew Bowen
	Continental Army
	Name   Position   Status   Brigadier General Thomas Mifflin   Quartermaster General
	Continental Navy
	Name   Position   Status   Captain John Barry       Captain James Nicholson
	German Regiment
	Name   Position   Status   Captain Jacob Bunner   Company Commander     First Lieutenant Bernard Hubley       Captain George Hubley       Sergeant Gottlieb Niebel       First Lieutenant William Rice       Second Lieutenant Philipp Christian Shrawder       Cadet John Stricker       Ensign Christopher Godfried Swartz       Ensign John Weidman
	Pennsylvania Artillery Battalion
	Name   Position   Status   First Lieutenant Worsley Emes       First Lieutenant Francis Proctor, Jr.       Major Thomas Proctor   Commander
	Pennsylvania Line
	Name   Position   Status   Volunteer Richard Fullerton
	Pennsylvania Navy
	Name   Position   Status   Captain Thomas Read
	Philadelphia Militia
	Name   Position   Status   Volunteer George Hunter
	Provisional State Battalion
	Name   Position   Status   First Lieutenant John Clark     Marshall's Company, 2nd Battalion   Ensign Joseph Davis       Second Lieutenant Joseph Lewis Finley     Long's Company   Third Lieutenant George Grant     Weitzel's Company   Lieutenant Alexander Huston, Jr.     Howell's Company   Ensign Andrew Lytle   Quartermaster     Sergeant James McMichael     Marchall's Company   Third Lieutenant William Moore     Grubb's Company   Captain Francis Murray       Captain John Murray   Commander, 5th Company     Chaplain William Rogers
	LINKS
	For More Information On Trenton, NJ (I), click here .     For a British perspective on The Battle of Trenton, click here .