Washington's Revolutionary War Itinerary
and the Location of His Headquarters, 1775-1783
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Introduction | Full Itinerary | 1775 | 1776 | 1777 | 1778 | 1779 | 1780 | 1781 |1782 | 1783
Year |
Time |
Place |
Headquarters |
| 1777 | 3 January | Victory at Princeton, New Jersey | |
| 4-5 January | Pluckamin, New Jersey | ||
| 6 January-28 May | Morristown, New Jersey | Arnold's Tavern | |
| 29 May-24 June | Middlebrook, New Jersey | ||
| 25 June | Quibbletown, New Jersey | Drake House | |
| 26 June-2 July | Middlebrook, New Jersey | ||
| 3 July | Morristown, New Jersey | ||
| 11 July | Pompton, New Jersey | ||
| 13 July | Pompton Plains, New Jersey | Van Aulen's | |
| 15 July | Suffern's Tavern, New York | ||
| 20 July | Smith's Clove, New York | ||
| 21-23 July | 11 Miles in the Clove | Galloway's | |
| 24 July | Ramapo, New Jersey | ||
| 25 July | Pompton Plains, New Jersey | ||
| 26-27 July | Near Morristown, New Jersey | ||
| 28 July | Flemington, New Jersey | ||
| 31 July | Coryell's Ferry, New Jersey | Holcombe House | |
| 1 August | Chester, Pennsylvania | ||
| 2-5 August | Philadelphia | Colo. Henry Hill's at Roxboro on 4 August | |
| 6 August | Germantown, Pennsylvania | ||
| 7 August | Schuylkill Falls, Pennsylvania | ||
| 9 August | Germantown, Pennsylvania | ||
| 10-23 August | Neshaminy Camp near Hartsville, Pennsylvania | Moland House | |
| 23 August | Germantown, Pennsylvania | Stenton | |
| 25 August-5 Sept. | Wilmington, Delaware | 303 West Street | |
| 5 September | New Port and Wilmington, Delaware | ||
| 10 September | Chadd's ford, Pennsylvania | Benjamin Ring's House | |
| 11 September | Battle of Brandywine, Pennsylvania | ||
| 12 September | Derby, Pennsylvania | ||
| 13 September | Schuylkill Falls and Germantown, Pennsylvania | ||
| 15 September | Buck's Tavern, Pennsylvania | ||
| 16 September | Near White Horse Tavern, Pennsylvania | Joseph Malin's | |
| 17 September | Yellow Springs & Pottsgrove, Pennsylvania | Pottsgrove Manor/Red Lion Tavern | |
| 18 September | Warwick Furnace, Pennsylvania | ||
| 19 September | Parker's ford, Pennsylvania | ||
| 21 September | Pottsgrove, Pennsylvania | Pottsgrove Manor | |
| 22 September | Camp 28 miles from Philadelphia on Reading Road | ||
| 22-25 September | Camp 34 miles from Philadelphia on the Schuylkill | ||
| 26 September | Pottsgrove & Yellow Springs, Pennsylvania | Henry Keely's | |
| 27-29 September | Pennypacker's Mill, Pennsylvania | Pennypacker's Mansion | |
| 30 Sept.-2 October | Shippack, Pennsylvania | Peter Wentz's | |
| 4 October | Pennypacker's Mill, Pennsylvania | ||
| 5 October | Pennypacker's Mill, Pennsylvania | Pennypacker's Mansion | |
| 6 October | Pawlin's Mill, Pennsylvania | ||
| 9-15 October | Towamencin, Pennsylvania | Frederick Wampole's | |
| 16-20 October | Worcester, Pennsylvania | Peter Wentz's | |
| 21 October-2 November | Whitemarsh, Pennsylvania | Dawesfield (James Morris' House) | |
| 4 November-11 December | Whitemarsh, Pennsylvania | Emlen House | |
| 12 December | Swede's ford, Pennsylvania | ||
| 14-17 December | Gulph Mill, Pennsylvania | ||
| 19 December-18 June 1778 | Valley Forge, Pennsylvania | Deborah Hewe's House |
Introduction | Full Itinerary | 1775 | 1776 | 1777 | 1778 | 1779 | 1780 | 1781 |1782 | 1783