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Part of American Revolutionary War

Battle of Monmouth

June 28, 1778 · Freehold

Result Inconclusive

28 June 1778: Washington's Continental Army faced General Sir Henry Clinton's British forces near Freehold, New Jersey, in the last battle of the Philadelphia campaign. It followed Washington's winter rebuild at Valley Forge and the February 1778 French-American alliance that tilted the strategic balance toward the Americans.

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American

British

United States
Great Britain
Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel
George Washington Charles Lee Major General, commanded the advance guard; court-martialed after the battle
Henry Clinton General, Commander-in-Chief of British forces

Strength and losses

Strength
14,300
Strength
17,660
Casualties
358
Guns
16

Units

Continental Army Aaron Burr Lieutenant Colonel Aaron Ogden Abraham Buford Alexander Hamilton General Alexander McDougall Major General Anthony Wayne Artemas Ward Major General Arthur St. Clair Benjamin Lincoln Major General Casimir Pulaski General Christopher Greene Colonel Daniel Morgan General Edward Hand George Clinton George Mathews Green Clay Henry Dearborn General Henry Knox Major General Henry Lee III Horatio Gates Hugh Mercer Brigadier General Israel Putnam General James Clinton Major General James McHenry James Monroe Major James Wilkinson James Winchester James Wood Jean François Hamtramck Colonel Johann de Kalb Major General John Armstrong Jr. General John Brooks Colonel John Francis Mercer Colonel John Glover John Hardin Colonel John Hoskins Stone John Marshall John Stark Major General John Sullivan Major General John Thomas Major General Joseph Bloomfield Joseph Warren Major General Josiah Harmar Josiah Tattnall (politician) Lachlan McIntosh Brigadier General Levin Winder Marquis de Lafayette Morgan Lewis Nathan Hale Colonel Nathanael Greene Major General Peleg Wadsworth General Peter Gansevoort Major General Philip Schuyler General Pierse Long Colonel Richard Butler Robert Magaw Colonel Samuel Smith Seth Warner Colonel Tadeusz Kościuszko Lieutenant General Thomas Knowlton Timothy Pickering General William Barton William Bradford William Darke William Eaton General William Maxwell Brigadier General William Moultrie Major General William Prescott Colonel William Sanford Pennington Major William Whipple William Woodford Brigadier General Benedict Arnold 1775–1780 Charles Lee 1775–1780 George Washington 1775–1783 William Alexander 1775–present Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben 1778–1783 1st Maryland Regiment
British main army in North America

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