“The Battle of Germantown” by Xavier della Gatta

Stephen R. Gilbert, “An Analysis of the Xavier della Gatta Paintings of the Battles of Paoli

and Germantown, 1777: Part II,” Military Collector & Historian, vol. XLVII, no. 4

(Winter 1995), 146-162.

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The Cliveden mansion, owned by Benjamin Chew at the time of the Germantown battle.

See also, Thomas J. McGuire’s The Surprise at Germantown , October 4

th 1777

(Gettysburg, Pa.: Thomas Publications, 1994)

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(Above) Lt. St. George being carried off the field by Corporal Peacock.

Ens. Richard St George Mansergh St George, 4

th Regiment of Foot, 1776

Enlargement of the wounded light infantryman, showing nicely the uniform and equipment,

including the blanket rolled around the soldier’s necessaries and carried on a sling. For more

details see, "`Necessarys … to be Properley Packd: & Slung in their Blanketts’: Selected

Transcriptions 40th Regiment of Foot Order Book,” http://revwar75.com/library/rees/40th.htm

One of a series of drawings thought to have been executed by Lt. Richard St George Mansergh St

George. He is possibly the figure in the blue cloak with a head wound.

Richard St George Mansergh St George, as an ensign in the 4

th Regiment of Foot, 1776. In

December 1776 St. George purchased a lieutenant’s commission in the 52d Regiment, and served

with the light company until wounded at Germantown, 4 October 1777.

(Painting by Thomas Gainsborough.)

(Following page) “The Attack upon the Chew House” by Howard Pyle (1898).