Appendix B
Battle Maps
Evans Inn
ON ]
T
G
HIN
WAS
[
Solitude
A
[ W
ú
Fatland Ford
Paoli
Tavern
Spread
Eagle
Tavern
³
²
John Bull
House
Dunwoody
Farm
AV
³
²
47 6
RT
47 6
u
Sp ro
RT
l RD
47 6
Goshen
Meetinghouse
Brigade / Artillery
[ WAYNE ]
³
²
Rea
]
House
Smith
House
³
²
US
Rees
Mill
EN
Hunt
House
Davis-Fuller
Mill
Continental
!
l
³
²
Hessian
Thomas
Lewis
House
E
E
E
E
[ CO
George
Hoopes
House
IS ]
ALL
W
RN Joseph
Garrett
House
²
³ ³
²
æ Goshen
³
²
Meetinghouse
]
British
Lloyd
House
³
²
EAST
GOSHEN
[K
NY
PH
A
E
[ HOW
]
ú
1777 Ford
³
²
ç
Significant
1777 Structure
1777 Ferry
æ
²
³
1777 Church
1777 Road
T
²
³
1777 Tavern
21st Century
Road
°
±
1777 Ironworks
c
H
²
³
British
Headquarters
³
²
British
Quarters
c
H
²
³
Continental
Headquarters
21st Century
Regional Trail
³
²
Terrain
Hill |Upland |Valley
Turks Head
Tavern T
Willistown
Meetinghouse
.
³
²
WEST
CHESTER
E
Engagement
21st Century
Municipality
!
l
[ MATHEW ]
John
Hoopes
House
Troop Positions
T
³
²
Warren
Tavern
Hibberd
House
³
²
WEST
GOSHEN
D
Square
Tavern
2:00 PM
1 Mile
Produced by: Chester County DCIS-GIS
with funding from the American Battlefield Protection Program
WEST
CHESTER
Copyright (c) October 2013. County of Chester, PA. All Rights Reserved
[ CORNWALLIS ]
EAST BRADFORD
Middletown
Meetinghouse
TH O R N BU RY
TH O R N BU RY
MI DDLETOW N
Birmingham
Meetinghouse
BIRMINGHAM
George Gilpin
House
Kennett
Meetinghouse
Ring House
CHADDS
FORD
BATTLE OF THE CLOUDS
September 16, 1777
WEST TOWN
[ KNYPHAUSEN ]
1)
T
²
³
Boot T
Tavern
Daniel
Meredith
House
RT
Joseph Garrett
House
WESTTOWN
te
[ P
OT
R
TE
BATTLE DETAIL INSET
³
²
0
RD
Ke
ou
³
²
³
²
TROOP POSITIONS
Morning
Malin
Hall
E
Turks Head
Tavern
(R
Thompson
House
³
²
[ DUNLAP ]
First
Shots
T
ON
]
September 16, 1777
2:00 PM
White Horse
Tavern
³
²
[ HOWE ]
John
Hoopes
House
SH
G
IN
³
²
E Lanc
as ter
St. Davids
Episcopal
WILLISTOWN
EAST
GOSHEN
Davis-Fuller
Mill
³
²
WEST
WHITELAND
Blue Ball
Tavern
A
[ W
47 6
George
Hoopes
House
!
l
[ MAXWELL ]
Howells
Tavern
Waynesborough
Thomas Lewis
House
Hunt
House
WEST
GOSHEN
Col. Thomas
House and Mill
Great Valley
Baptist
]
GE
Hibberd
House
Rees
Mill
Zook
House
R
roul
D Sp
Smith
House
Inn
RT
Boot
Tavern
Daniel
Meredith
House
Warren
Tavern
³ Fox Chase
²
ul R
Sp ro
Rea
House
Dunwood
Farm
WEST
WHITELAND
Malin
Hall
A
[ B
A
GG
TR E DY FF RI N
Solitude
Farm
³
²
Valley
Friends
Meetinghouse
bur g RD
e
nn
P ike
Red Lion
Tavern
UWCHLAN
Lloyd
House
Thompson
House
John Bull
House
Uwchlan
Meetinghouse
æ
²
³
T
³
²
æ
²
³
EAST
WHITELAND
47 6
Col. Thomas
House and Mill
Zook
House
White
Horse
Tavern
]
YNE
St. Peters
Church
Great
Valley
Presbyterian
Great
Valley
Mills
St Peters
Church
CHARLESTOWN
RT
[ MAXWELL ]
Farm
Fox Chase
Inn
Ford
CHARLESTOWN
EAST
WHITELAND
UWCHLAN
2 Miles
WEST
PIKELAND
Valley
Forge
WEST
PI KELAND
Red Lion
Tavern
1
Pawling's Ferry
SCHUYLKI LL
Hench
Farm
Uwchlan Friends
Meetinghouse
ú
ú
0
Bull Richardson's
Tavern
EAST
PI KELAND
Yellow
Springs
Tavern
BATTLE
DETAIL
(right)
ú
Moore
Hall
Pikeland Friends
Meetinghouse
Vincent
Baptist
Church
William Evans
Hosue
Long Ford
BATTLE
DETAIL
INSET
47 6
John Ralston
House
ú
MORNING
RT
Heimberger's
Powder
Mill
Black Bear
Tavern
Gordon's Ford
ú
WEST
VINCENT
French Creek
Bridge
Continental
Powder
Mill
CONCORD
Concord
Meetinghouse
ASTON
Seven Stars
Tavern
On September 16, 1777, the Battle of the Clouds was fought In Northern Chester County. The battle is named so because it was halted
due to a September Hurricane. The battle represented General Washington’s second attempt to stop the British approach to
Philadelphia through Chester County.
• Approximate Casualties and Deaths:
- 25 Continentals wounded
- 23 Continentals killed
- 9 Crown Forces wounded
- 6 Crown Forces killed
• The Battle of the Clouds occurred five days after the Battle of
Brandywine and four days before the Battle of Paoli
• The Crown Forces had troop strength close to 15,000 men
• The Continental Army’s troop strength was about 11,000 men
• This was one of the few battles where George Washington
was the commanding general
• The battle was fought three days before the first Battle of
Saratoga in New York
• After the Battle of Brandywine Washington’s army camped near Germantown
• Washington marched to the Great Valley on the Lancaster Road on the 15th of
September
• General Howe remained on the field near Chadds Ford for four nights after the
Battle of Brandywine
• General Cornwallis camped near the Seven Stars Tavern in Aston after the Battle
of Brandywine
• Both Howe and Cornwallis converged on the Goshen Meetinghouse on the
morning of the 16th
• Washington chose the location of the battle based on a desire to protect both the
upper fords of the Schuylkill River leading to Philadelphia, and the military
supplies stored near Reading Furnace
• The first shots of the battle were fired near the Turks Head Tavern in today’s
West Chester Borough
September 16-18,1777
RT
WEST
PIKELAND
Uwchlan
Meetinghouse
³ Solitude
²
UWCHLAN
Farm
A
[ W
Brigade / Artillery
Inn
Zook
House
Hessian
E
ú
ç
!
l
Col. Thomas
House and Mill
1777 Ford
³
²
Significant
1777 Structure
1777 Ferry
æ
²
³
1777 Church
1777 Road
T
³
²
1777 Tavern
21st Century
Road
°
±
1777 Ironworks
c
H
²
³
British
Headquarters
³
²
British
Quarters
c
H
³
²
Continental
Headquarters
21st Century
Municipality
21st Century
Regional Trail
Terrain
Hill |Upland |Valley
Hibberd
House
Elverson RD El
vers
on
[ WAYNE ]
³
²
RD
Lloyd
H
[ WAS
E Main ST
³
²
³
²
WEST
WHITELAND
John Bull
House
Dunwoody
Farm
³
²
Thompson
House
³
²
³
²
O
[ P
TT
³
²
Rea
House
]
E RBoot
Smith
House
Tavern
³
E²
E T
³
²
[ DON OP ]
³
²
[ MATHEW ]
³
²
Rees
Mill
AU
SE
Hunt
House
WEST
GOSHEN
Thomas
Lewis
House
!
l
Davis-Fuller
Mill
³
²
N
George
Hoopes
House
]
N
Ma
no
rR
.
WEST
VINCENT
EAST
NANTMEAL
Black Bear
Tavern
John Ralston
House
EAST
PI KELAND
Evans Inn
Vincent Baptist
Church
William Evans
House
Hench
Farm
Yellow Springs
UPPER
UWCHLAN
W E S T Tavern
PI KELAND
Daniel Evans
House
HONEY BROOK TOW NSHIP
CHARLESTOWN
Springton
Forge
³
²
Ho
rs e
Turks Head
Tavern T
sh
oe
P
St. Peters in
the Great Valley
K
EAST
WHITELAND
³
²
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with funding from the American Battlefield Protection Program
Copyright (c) October 2013. County of Chester, PA. All Rights Reserved
BATTLE
DETAIL
INSET
WEST
CHESTER
Uwchlan
Meetinghouse
3:30 PM
0
0.5
1 Miles
UWCHLAN
BATTLE OF THE CLOUDS
Red Lion
Tavern
Solitude
Farm
Col. Thomas
House and Mill
September 16-18, 1777
Downings
Tavern
WEST TOWN
Philadelphia Campaign Timeline, 1777
W Kings HW
- August 25, Howe arrives near Elkton, Maryland
- September 11, Battle of Brandywine
- September 16, Battle of the Clouds
- September 20, Battle of Paoli
- September 26, British occupy Philadelphia
VAL L E Y TO W NS HI P
- October 4, Battle of Germantown
COAT E S V I L L E
- December 19, Valley Forge Encampment established
NF
irs t
N Fi rs
t AV
D
ll
Va
ey
RD
E A S T FA L L O W F I E L D T O W N S H I P
2 Miles
]
Boot
Tavern
BATTLE
DETAIL
(left)
Turks Head
Tavern
Doe
Ru n
RD
ú
Hibberd
House
Warren
Tavern
Lloyd
House
Rea
House
Smith
House
Rees
Mill
Hunt
House
Davis-Fuller
Mill
John
Hoopes
House
September 16 - 18
1
[ H
E
OW
WEST
GOSHEN
CIT Y
• In addition to George Washington, future founding fathers
SOUTH COATESVILL E BOROUGH
Alexander Hamilton and James Monroe also fought in the
Philadelphia Campaign
MOD ENA BOROUGH
• Three days after the battle, the Continental Congress
0
evacuated Philadelphia to reconvene in Lancaster
Thompson
House
Daniel
Meredith
House
W
ol n H
AV
yR
WEST
WHITELAND
de
Stro
Va lle
nc
E Li
John Bull
House
Dunwoody
Farm
Ship
Tavern
AV
Malin Hall
White Horse
Tavern
Fox Chase
Inn
Zook
House
EAST BRADFORD
• 16-year old Jacob Nagle and African American teamster, Ned Hector,
helped to haul artillery up and down the Great Valley ridges for
Proctor’s Artillery before and after the battle
• Immediately after the battle, the Continental Army moved to Yellow
Springs
• Two days after the battle, the main army marched to Reading Furnace
while General Wayne remained near Yellow Springs
• The Crown Forces camped on the field of battle and then moved
to Tredyffrin Township on the 18th
• While the British were camped in Tredyffrin General Wayne took his
division behind the Paoli Tavern, setting the stage for the Paoli
Massacre
• On the week of September 15th, the Continental Army marched
passed the Whitehorse Tavern four separate times
• The Crown Forces also marched passed the Whitehorse on their way to
Tredyffrin
French Creek
Bridge
Heimbergers
Powder Works
Conesto ga RD
E ]
Zion
Luthern
Church
Continental
Powder Works
D
Garrett
House
Goshen
Meetinghouse
EAST
VINCENT
Vincent
Forge
Hockley Mill
Farm
!
l
John
Hoopes
House
Seven Stars
Tavern
N ]
INGTO
²
³ ³
²
æ
³
²
W
[ HO
Brownbacks
Tavern
Coventryville
Iron Works
John
Knauer
Mill
Warwick
Furnace
Warwick
Mills
Reading
Furnace
[ CORNWALLIS ]
EAST
Joseph
GOSHEN
[K
NY
PH
Daniel
Meredith
House
Thomas
Bull House
E Co
nestog
a RD
Brownbacks
Church
Rocky Run
Furnace
Warwick
Mines
E L V E R SHouse
ON BOROUGH
[ MAXWELL ]
Engagement
³
²
T
³
²
Warren
Tavern
N
British
T
²
³
ú
EAST
CO N VE N T RY
SOUTH
COVE N T RY
WARWICK
Malin
Hall
Parker's
Ford
Parkers Ford
Tavern
³
²
White Horse
Tavern
³ Fox Chase
²
Continental
E
SH
G
IN
]
N
TO
BP
NORTH
COVE N T RY
Hopewell
Furnace
Ch
es
t nu
tS
T
Tavern
Troop Positions
æ
²
³
EAST
WHITELAND
æ
²
³
T
³
²
Red Lion
to wn
St Peters
Church
CHARLESTOWN
82
3:30 PM, September 16
Po tts
W Schuylkill RD E Schuylkill RD
34
5
RT
TROOP POSITIONS
BATTLE DETAIL INSET
Sc huylk
ill RD
34
5
ú
RT
Thomas Lewis
House
Joseph
Garrett
House
George
Hoopes
House
Goshen
Meetinghouse
EAST
GOSHEN
WEST
CHESTER
WESTTOWN
ú