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James & Ann Whitall House

100 Hessian Avenue
National Park, NJ 08063
United States

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Whitall House, Located next to the Red Bank Battlefield

In 1748, Quakers Ann and James Whitall established a 400-acre plantation at Red Bank along the Delaware River, featuring fruit orchards, a lumberyard, a shad fishery, livestock, and a ferry. In 1777, as British forces warned residents to flee for safety, Ann Whitall refused to leave. Even after a cannonball struck her home, she continued her work, moving her spinning wheel to the basement. That October, Continental forces dealt a severe blow to Hessian troops in battle, during which the Whitall home was used as a field hospital. Ann’s dedication to caring for the wounded and dying earned her the title “Heroine of Red Bank.”

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Fort Mercer
Battle Facts
New Jersey | October 22, 1777
Result: American Victory
Estimated Casualties
554
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40
British
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