Maps of the Battle of Monmouth

28 June 1778

On 28 June 78 the British and American forces engaged near Monmouth, New Jersey. The battle occurred when Maj. Gen. Charles Lee retreated unexpectedly after briefly engaging with the British as the British removed themselves from the village of Monmouth Courthouse. When Lee's troops retreated towards the main body of the American forces, the British troops under Gen. Sir Henry Clinton followed close behind. Despite the great confusion resulting from the unexpected retreat, the American forces repelled the British advances. The events surrounding Lee's retreat and Washington's reaction to that retreat precipitated Lee's eventual court martial, as the Lee-Washington letters make clear.

	Map of the Battle of Monmouth from The West Point Atlas of American Wars.		Contemporary map of the battle from the Monmouth County Historical Association.
	A map of Monmouth battlefied from History of Old Tennent Church by the Rev. Frank R. Symmers, D.D.		A map of the British and American troop movements before the battle, from Theodore Thayer's The Making of a Scapegoat: Washington and Lee at Monmouth.
		A map of Lee's advance to Briar Hill and Retreat to the Duportail Line, immediately preceding the larger battle, from Theodore Thayer's The Making of a Scapegoat: Washington and Lee at Monmouth.