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Glover's Brigade Monument

A large, smooth granite block with a bronze plaque, sides and bottom rough. — The monument's plaque lists regiments in Glover's Brigade.
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Monument Description

This monument, donated by the Valley Forge Park Commission under the jurisdiction of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in 1908, marks the location of the encampment of Glover's Brigade. John Glover of Massachusetts had commanded the famous "Marblehead Regiment," the nineteenth Continental Regiment, which had ferried Washington's troops across the Delaware River prior to the Battle of Trenton in December, 1776. By late 1777, he had been elevated to Brigadier General and commanded a brigade of four Massachusetts regiments at Valley Forge. Though his regiments were encamped here at Valley Forge, Glover himself was not here during the winter of 1777-1778. Glover had been tasked with escorting British prisoners captured at the Battle of Saratoga to Boston, and his brigade marched to Valley Forge under the command of Colonel William Shepard.

Sources:
Dodd, C., Dodd, J. (1981) List of Classified Structures Reports. Volume VI: Monuments. Valley Forge National Historical Park.
“From George Washington to Brigadier General John Glover, 19 November 1777,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-12-02-0312.