Cornwallis’s Headquarters

Nov. 21-24, 1777, Cornwallis had headquarters opposite the Court House. His troops camped on the Meeting House grounds. Many soldiers carried from the battle at Red Bank were buried here in the Strangers Burying Ground.

Marker is on N Broad Street (County Route 551), on the left when traveling south.

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