Battle of Red Bank

Battle of Red Bank
	Part of the Philadelphia campaign of the American Revolutionary War
	; Monument at Fort Mercer commemorating the American victory in the Battle of Red Bank
Date	October 22, 1777
Location	Fort Mercer, National Park, New Jersey39°52′17″N 75°11′22″W / 39.871371°N 75.18941°W
Result	American victory
Belligerents
United States	Great Britain; Hesse-Kassel
Commanders and leaders
Christopher Greene ; John Hazelwood	Carl Donop †
Strength
400 American Patriots	1,200 Hessian troops
Casualties and losses
14 killed; 23 wounded	82 killed; 228 wounded; 60 captured

The Battle of Red Bank, also known as the Battle of Fort Mercer, was fought on October 22, 1777, during the American Revolutionary War. A British and Hessian force was sent to take Fort Mercer on the New Jersey side of the Delaware River just south of Philadelphia, but was defeated by a smaller force of Continental Army troops.

Although Fort Mercer ultimately fell to the British a month later, the victory at the Battle of Red Bank served as a much-needed morale boost to the Patriot cause, delaying British plans to consolidate gains in Philadelphia, and relieving pressure on Washington's Continental Army, which was embedded north of Philadelphia.