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    Fort Mifflin, originally called Fort Island Battery and also known as Mud Island Fort, was commissioned in 1771 and sits on Mud Island (or Deep Water...
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    The siege of Fort Mifflin or the siege of Mud Island Fort, which took place from September 26 to November 16, 1777, saw British land batteries commanded...
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  • Mifflin in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Mifflin may refer to: Fort Mifflin in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Mifflin, Indiana Mifflin, Ohio Mifflin,...
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    Revolutionary War. The fort was built in 1777 by Polish engineer Thaddeus Kosciuszko under the command of George Washington. Along with Fort Mifflin on the Pennsylvania...
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    Deptford Township and is now National Park, New Jersey. The second was Fort Mifflin on Mud Island, in the Delaware River just south of the Delaware River's...
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    and Gov. Thomas Mifflin (1800). Fort Mifflin, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania Mifflin, Pennsylvania Mifflin County, Pennsylvania Mifflin Cross Roads, Pennsylvania...
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    Commodore during the Philadelphia campaign, he also became commander of Fort Mifflin while it was under siege by the British. Throughout the campaign Hazelwood...
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  • Siege of Fort Mifflin in the autumn of 1777. For the period of four days he commanded the garrison until he was compelled to evacuate the fort by the tremendous...
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  • Bibb Fort Bowyer Fort Carney Fort Claiborne Fort Condé, open to the public Fort Crawford Fort Dale Fort Decatur Fort Easley Fort Gaines Fort Glass Fort Hampton...
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    Marcus Hook, and a third line was nearer Philadelphia, guarded by Fort Mifflin and Fort Mercer. Washington unsuccessfully attacked Germantown on October...
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  • Ligonier Fort Loudoun Fort Machault Fort McIntosh Fort Mifflin Fort Necessity Fort Piper Fort Pitt Fort Presque Isle Fort Prince George Fort Robert Smalls...
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    Staten Island Cooch's Bridge Brandywine Clouds Paoli Germantown Red Bank Fort Mifflin Gloucester White Marsh Matson's Ford Valley Forge Conway Cabal Quinton's...
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    Site Elfreth's Alley Fabric Workshop and Museum Fairmount Water Works Fort Mifflin Franklin Institute Germantown White House Glen Foerd on the Delaware...
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  • ISBN 978-0-8050-6099-7. Roberts, Robert B. (1988). Encyclopedia of historic forts: the military, pioneer, and trading posts of the United States. New York...
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    Gardner Swift mentions a fort on the "Pea Patch in Delaware River" among forts that are progressing nicely. The attack on Fort Mifflin during the Revolutionary...
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  • Theatre in Savannah, Georgia April 30, 2022 (2022-04-30) 31 5 "Fort Mifflin" Fort Mifflin in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania May 7, 2022 (2022-05-07) 32 6 "Missouri...
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    Philadelphia were afraid that the British might attack the essentially unmanned Fort Mifflin, the secretary of the Young Men's Democratic Society called a meeting...
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    departed. The explosion of the Greek oil tanker Elias killed 13 people at Fort Mifflin port in PhiladelphiaA U.S. Coast Guard investigation would note that...
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    the summer of 1777, the Continental Army's quartermaster general, Thomas Mifflin, decided to station a portion of the Continental Army's supplies in buildings...
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    attention to clearing the Delaware River of obstacles at Red Bank and Fort Mifflin. After unsuccessfully attempting to draw Washington into combat at White...
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    October 2–4 and 16–21, 1777 Siege of Fort Mifflin Fort Mifflin, Philadelphia site of the Siege of Fort Mifflin, which delayed the entry of the British...
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    Navy to take the forts in the October 20 to 22 Battle of Red Bank failed; a second attack captured Fort Mifflin on November 16, while Fort Mercer was abandoned...
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    Philadelphia in June 1778. Two Revolutionary War battles, the Siege of Fort Mifflin, fought between September 26 and November 16, 1777, and the Battle of...
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    as the Battle of Brooklyn, the Battle of White Plains, the siege on Fort Mifflin and the Battle of Monmouth. He encamped at Valley Forge, witnessed John...
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    between Fort Mifflin and Fort Mercer. Two other lines of chevaux-de-frise were also placed across the Delaware River at Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania and Fort Billingsport...
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  • southern direction into the Schuylkill near what was Mud Island (now Fort Mifflin). Much of its flow is diverted into a channel along Interstate 95 and...
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    York City in 1776 and Philadelphia in 1777. Even after the capture of Forts Mifflin and Mercer, which had previously prevented the resupply of British-occupied...
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    Fort Mercer and its sister, Fort Mifflin in Pennsylvania, defended the river and prevented the British from using it for transportation. The forts successfully...
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  • Staten Island Cooch's Bridge Brandywine Clouds Paoli Germantown Red Bank Fort Mifflin Gloucester White Marsh Matson's Ford Valley Forge Conway Cabal Quinton's...
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    disenchanted group created the philanthropic "Society of Red Men" at historic Fort Mifflin in Philadelphia. The organization grew in the 1820s. Parallel lines of...
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