Editing Battle of Brandywine (section)

==Aftermath==
Washington had committed a serious error in leaving his right flank wide open and could have brought about his army's annihilation had it not been for Sullivan, Stirling and Stephen's divisions, which bought them time. Evening was approaching and, in spite of the early start Cornwallis had made in the flanking maneuver, most of the American army was able to escape. In his report to the [[Continental Congress]] detailing the battle, Washington stated: "despite the day's misfortune, I am pleased to announce that most of my men are in good spirits and still have the courage to fight the enemy another day."

British and American forces maneuvered around each other for the next several days with only a few encounters such as the [[Battle of the Clouds]] on September 16 and the [[Battle of Paoli]] on the night of September 20–21.  In a matter of days, the [[Battles of Saratoga]], hundreds of miles to the north, provided a victory over a British force which Howe was supposed to join.

In preparation for the fall of Philadelphia, [[Supreme Executive Council of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania's Supreme Executive Council]] ordered that eleven bells in the city, including the State House bell (known today as the [[Liberty Bell]]) and the bells from [[Christ Church, Philadelphia|Christ Church]] and [[St. Peter's Episcopal Church (Philadelphia)|St. Peter's Church]], be taken down and removed from Philadelphia to prevent the [[British Army during the American Revolutionary War|British Army]] from taking possession of them and melting them down to cast into munitions for use in the war. The Liberty Bell was transported to [[Allentown, Pennsylvania|Allentown]], where it was hidden for nine months under floor boards at [[High German Evangelical Reformed Church|Zion United Church of Christ]] in the city.<ref name=WhelanMap2003>{{Citation|last=Whelan|first=Frank|title=New Liberty Bell map traces trip to Allentown|newspaper=[[The Morning Call]]|date=June 20, 2003|url=https://www.mcall.com/news/mc-xpm-2003-06-20-3465715-story.html?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI6POO8tK59QIVCI_ICh1fMQqVEAMYASAAEgLsWvD_BwE|access-date=March 6, 2022}}</ref>

The Continental Congress then abandoned Philadelphia, moving first to [[Lancaster, Pennsylvania|Lancaster]], for one day and then to [[York, Pennsylvania|York]].

On September 26, 1777, British forces marched into Philadelphia unopposed.

Eight Army National Guard units (103rd Eng Bn,<ref>Department of the Army, Lineage and Honors, 103rd Engineer Battalion.</ref> [[First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry|A/1-104th Cav]],<ref>Department of the Army, Lineage and Honors, Troop A/1st Squadron/104th Cavalry.</ref> 109th FA,<ref name=109FA>Department of the Army, Lineage and Honors, 109th Field Artillery.</ref> 111th Inf,<ref>Department of the Army, Lineage and Honors, 111th Infantry.  Reproduced in Sawicki 1981. pp. 217–219.</ref> [[113th Infantry Regiment (United States)|113th Inf]],<ref>Department of the Army, Lineage and Honors, 113th Infantry.  Reproduced in Sawicki 1981, pp. 221–223.</ref> 116th Inf,<ref>Department of the Army, Lineage and Honors, 116th Infantry.  Reproduced in Sawicki 1981, pp. 227–229.</ref> [[175th Infantry Regiment (United States)|1–175th Inf]]<ref>Department of the Army, Lineage and Honors, 175th Infantry. Reproduced in Sawicki 1982, pp. 343–345.</ref> and 198th Sig Bn<ref>Department of the Army, Lineage and Honors, 198th Signal Battalion.</ref>) and one active Regular Army Field Artillery battalion (1–5th FA<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lineages/branches/fa/0005fa01bn.htm |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100106091257/http://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lineages/branches/fa/0005fa01bn.htm |url-status= dead |archive-date= January 6, 2010 |title=1st Battalion, 5th Field Artillery Regiment |publisher=US Army Center of Military History|date=February 17, 2012|access-date=July 5, 2012}}</ref>) are derived from American units that participated in the Battle of Brandywine. There are [[List of Army National Guard and active Regular Army units with colonial roots|thirty current U.S. Army units]] with lineages that go back to the colonial era.