VICTORY AT TRENTON — GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON’S CONTINENTAL ARMY WON ITS FIRST BATTLE OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR AT TRENTON, NEW JERSEY, ON DEC. 26, 1776. Using the element of surprise, exploiting the Hessian army’s drunken revelry on Christmas Day, the Continental Army soldiers quickly overpowered the groggy Hessians, who had grown complacent after successive victories […]
