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Colonel Rall Headquarters Site (Stacy Potts House)

About This Place

The Stacy Potts House on King Street (now Warren Street) served as Colonel Johann Rall's headquarters during the Hessian occupation of Trenton in December 1776. Rall was sleeping in this house when the American attack began on the morning of December 26.

Revolutionary Significance

Colonel Rall commandeered the Stacy Potts House as his personal quarters during the occupation. According to multiple accounts, Rall was asleep in the house on the morning of December 26 when the sound of musket fire alerted him to the attack. He emerged to organize his troops but was unable to establish a coherent defensive position before being mortally wounded. The house was later demolished, but the site is historically significant as the location where the Hessian commander was caught off guard.

Location

Approximate location: Warren Street near State Street, Trenton, NJ 08608

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Events at This Location

  1. 1758

  2. 1776

    Fall of Fort Washington

    Johann Rall, Nathanael Greene

  3. 1776

    Continental Army Retreats Through Trenton

    George Washington, Nathanael Greene

  4. 1776

  5. 1776

    Intelligence Gathering Before the Crossing

    John Honeyman, George Washington, Johann Rall

  6. 1776

  7. 1776

  8. 1776

    Hessian Garrison Established at Trenton

    Johann Rall, Abraham Hunt, Phillis

  9. 1776

  10. 1776

    Washington Crosses the Delaware

    George Washington, John Glover, Henry Knox

  11. 1776

    Battle of Trenton

    George Washington, Johann Rall, Henry Knox

  12. 1776

  13. 1776

    Hessian Surrender at Trenton

    George Washington, Johann Rall

  14. 1776

  15. 1776

  16. 1776

  17. 1776

  18. 1776

  19. 1777

    Night March from Trenton to Princeton

    George Washington, Henry Knox

  20. 1777

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