Battle of Springfield

Battle of Springfield
"Give 'em Watts, boys!" - Presbyterian clergymen James Caldwell giving Continentals Isaac Watts' hymn books for wadding
Date June 23, 1780 Location Springfield Township, Essex County (present day Union County), New Jersey Result American victory[1]
Belligerents
United States	Great Britain Hesse-Kassel
Commanders and leaders
Nathanael Greene	Wilhelm von Knyphausen
Strength
1,500,[2] reinforced by undetermined number of militia[3]	6,000[4]
Casualties and losses
Continentals 13 killed; 49 wounded; 9 missing[5] Militia: Including June 7 10 killed; 40 wounded; 10 captured[6]	Including June 7 25 killed 234 wounded 48 missing[7]

The Battle of Springfield was fought during the American Revolutionary War on June 23, 1780, in Union County, New Jersey. After the Battle of Connecticut Farms, on June 7, 1780, had foiled Lieutenant General Wilhelm, Baron von Knyphausen's expedition to attack General George Washington's army at Morristown, New Jersey, Knyphausen and Lieutenant General Sir Henry Clinton, British commander-in-chief in North America, decided upon a second attempt.^[9] Although the British were initially able to advance, they were ultimately forced to withdraw in the face of newly arriving rebel forces, resulting in a Continental victory. The battle effectively ended British ambitions in New Jersey.^[10]