tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945719747276028760.post592108778857011911..comments2024-03-26T10:17:51.566-04:00Comments on The Mill Creek Hundred History Blog: Finding the Nichols House, Part II -- Where were the British and how did they go?Scott Palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10850758840846585533noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945719747276028760.post-29905841660941964012023-09-09T14:02:09.256-04:002023-09-09T14:02:09.256-04:00Is the spot on the Andre map marked "Cornwall...Is the spot on the Andre map marked "Cornwallis' Quarters" the mermaid tavern?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945719747276028760.post-9121794607036184362021-11-29T14:00:36.273-05:002021-11-29T14:00:36.273-05:00I agree, it's fascinating to think about. It&#...I agree, it's fascinating to think about. It's easy to imagine farmers or schoolkids walking across the fields and up the roads, but you usually don't think about an army. It's certainly something that anyone around then would never have forgotten. Those stories were probably told many times around many fireplaces.Scott Palmernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945719747276028760.post-16890108703040938112021-11-24T11:19:21.803-05:002021-11-24T11:19:21.803-05:00Just came across this fascinating research. Just ...Just came across this fascinating research. Just wow! I grew up in Hockessin, played in these fields and forests along Limestone, Valley and Southwood roads, rode my bike through pretty much all the areas and roads mentioned. To imagine thousands of Redcoats camped and marching through this area is simply amazing. Erikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17246945147592653476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945719747276028760.post-65443186504167001652017-08-22T13:03:23.218-04:002017-08-22T13:03:23.218-04:00Good question. I don't think I've ever hea...Good question. I don't think I've ever heard of any, but who knows how many times those fields have been plowed over through the years. Now most of them are peoples' yards.Scott Palmernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945719747276028760.post-59853952068376058832017-08-16T15:49:43.953-04:002017-08-16T15:49:43.953-04:00Wow! Great research and a fascinating read. I wond...Wow! Great research and a fascinating read. I wonder if anyone in the area of the encampment has ever found any artifacts or relics, given the massive amount of soldiers that were there.Delaware21noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945719747276028760.post-56317467653123654912017-08-16T09:42:35.490-04:002017-08-16T09:42:35.490-04:00Could not agree more. Well said. I still have a ha...Could not agree more. Well said. I still have a hard time comprehending what it must have been like for the residents at the time. These weren't "18th Century people", there were people who happened to be living in the 18th Century. No different than us. How would you feel if a foreign army came and camped on your lawn for a day or so? And stole your stuff and damaged more. And like you said, how many people living along the Limestone Road corridor know that British or German soldiers may have camped on their property 240 years ago?Scott Palmernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945719747276028760.post-74631731082343190972017-08-15T15:55:48.354-04:002017-08-15T15:55:48.354-04:00Amazing work, Walt! This is one of those investig...Amazing work, Walt! This is one of those investigations that takes a number of loose threads in our collective knowledge of history, ties them together, and most interestingly (to me, at least) relates a most important event in U.S. history with an area we're all familiar with. To me, this is what makes history so interesting. It's one thing to read a history textbook full of names and maps of places you have no frame of reference for, but it's another thing entirely to be able to go out for a walk or a drive, point at a place (a house, a field, a stream) and tell your passenger, "guess what happened RIGHT HERE 240 years ago!" It makes history much more "real" and meaningful for the average person. Excellent work!Don Pratherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08344097348714852458noreply@blogger.com