Jonas Cattell Plaque

Jonas Cattell Plaque
Corner of Kings Highway and Mechanic St.
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This plaque tells the story of Jonas Cattell at the Battle of Red Bank, "With four cannon and 1600 Hessian troops, Count von Donop camped 300 yards east of here en route to Fort Mercer at Red Bank. A prisoner that night, Jonas Cattell, 18 years old, was released when the enemy moved out before daylight. He ran to warn the fort ten miles distant. Col. Christopher Greene ordered that the cannon commanding the Delaware [River] be repositioned to meet the landward attack. Thanks to the timely warning that day, Oct. 22, 1777, three hundred Colonials defeated the Hessian forces. Count von Donop was mortally wounded in the attack." [9]

Joseph Cattell is buried in the Cattell Cemetery in Deptford NJ.