By comparison to later wars, the battles of the Revolutionary War tended to involve a small number of troops and took place over a small area. But the fighting was no less intense. The fights at Paoli, PA, and Stony Point, NY, illustrate the brutality of these fights. The “Paoli Massacre” took place on the night of September 20, 1777, during the Philadelphia campaign, which led to the British occupation of Philadelphia and the American army’s wi…
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