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James Agnew
Born1719
England
DiedOctober 4 1777 (aged 57–58)
Germantown, Pennsylvania
Place of burial
De Benneville Family Burial Grounds Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
AllegianceGreat Britain
Service / branchBritish Army
RankBrigadier General
Battles / warsAmerican Revolutionary War
*Battle of Long Island
*Battle of Ridgefield
*Battle of Brandywine
*Battle of Germantown

Brigadier-General James Tanner Agnew (1719 – October 4, 1777) was a British Army officer killed by a sniper in the Battle of Germantown during the American Revolutionary War.

Arrival and military service

James Agnew came to Boston in the latter part of 1775, holding the rank of lieutenant-colonel. By 1777 he had been apponted a local brigadier general and commanded a brigade.

General Agnew was engaged at the Battle of Long Island in 1776. In 1777 Agnew accompanied British forces under the command of General William Tryon and General William Erskine on an inland raid against Patriot supply depots in Danbury, Connecticut. After successfully destroying Patriot supplies, the British forces engaged and defeated Continental Army Generals David Wooster, Benedict Arnold, and Gold S. Silliman and Patriot militiamen in the Battle of Ridgefield. Lastly, Agnew was at the Battle of Brandywine, where he was wounded.

While leading his 4th brigade in support of Lord Cornwallis at the Battle of Germantown, General Agnew was killed by a civilian sniper named Hans Boyer. His soldiers brought him back to their headquarters in John Wister's Big House (now called Grumblethorpe) on Germantown Avenue, where his blood is rumored to still stain the parlor floor.

He is buried at De Benneville Family Burial Grounds Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

References

  • "James Agnew". Find a Grave. Retrieved 2009-02-20.
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  • The Battle of Germantown
  • Revolutionary War
  • Danbury raid

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