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
1758
Old Barracks Built for French and Indian WarJohann Rall
1776
Fall of Fort WashingtonJohann Rall, Nathanael Greene
1776
Continental Army Retreats Through TrentonGeorge Washington, Nathanael Greene
1776
1776
Intelligence Gathering Before the CrossingJohn Honeyman, George Washington, Johann Rall
1776
1776
1776
Hessian Garrison Established at TrentonJohann Rall, Abraham Hunt, Phillis
1776
1776
Washington Crosses the DelawareGeorge Washington, John Glover, Henry Knox
1776
Battle of TrentonGeorge Washington, Johann Rall, Henry Knox
1776
1776
Hessian Surrender at TrentonGeorge Washington, Johann Rall
1776
Death of Colonel RallJohann Rall
1776
1776
Washington's Re-enlistment AppealGeorge Washington
1776
Enlistment Crisis and Re-enlistment AppealGeorge Washington
1776
1777
Night March from Trenton to PrincetonGeorge Washington, Henry Knox
1777
Cornwallis's March to TrentonGeorge Washington