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Paoli Battlefield Historical Park

Battlefield

Preserved site of the Paoli Massacre (September 20–21, 1777), where British Major General Charles Grey launched a surprise bayonet attack on Anthony Wayne's brigade encamped near Paoli Tavern. Grey ordered his men to remove their musket flints to prevent accidental firing that would alert the Americans, earning him the nickname "No Flint Grey." Approximately 53 Americans were killed and 150 wounded or captured in the night assault. The site contains a mass grave of the American dead and is one of the best-preserved Revolutionary War battlefields in Pennsylvania.

Visiting Today

Address

45 Monument Ave, Malvern, PA 19355

Hours

Daily dawn to dusk

Admission

Free

Connected Events

Sep 1777
Sep 1777
Grey Issues the "No Flint" Order

Major General Charles Grey

Sep 1777
Grey Plans the Paoli Night Assault: The Flintless Order

Anthony Wayne, Major General Charles Grey, Jane Wayne

Sep 1777
The Paoli Massacre

Anthony Wayne, Major General Charles Grey, Jane Wayne

Nov 1777
Nov 1777
Wayne's Court-Martial and Acquittal

Anthony Wayne, Jane Wayne

Jul 1779
Wayne's Bayonet Assault at Stony Point

Anthony Wayne, Major General Charles Grey, Jane Wayne