The situation is dire due to the defeats washington has suffered. His recruitment is almost nonexistent. They need a victory. They need something positive going. Washington, certainly, is well aware and desperate for it. The victory at trenton, when they get it, will be a huge morale boost, confidence builder. The result will be recruitment. It will encourage men to come forward to join the army. This is the site where general washington on christmas night, and the continental army, landed. Boats would have been landed up and down the bank for some distance. The army crossed during the darkness, during the night. Washington had about 2400 men, 18 cannons, 100 horses. Washington was hoping to have everybody across by midnight. It wasnt until about 4 00 the next morning on december 26, the army was across and ready to march to trenton. The prelude to our story is the new York Campaign in the summer and fall of 1776. The british landed an army on Staten Island shortly after the declaratio
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