# A quick survey: What do you know about the Battle of Monmouth? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 12, 2007, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-quick-survey-what-do-you-know-about-the-battle-of-monmouth/418965 "2007-09-12T20:15:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![SmackFu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@SmackFu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmackFu)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2007, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-quick-survey-what-do-you-know-about-the-battle-of-monmouth/418965/101 "2007-12-16T19:32:47Z")
I went to elementary school in NJ in the 80’s, and we had that class on NJ History. I also remember having to memorize all 20-something NJ counties for that class, for no apparent reason. ---
**Author:** ![psycat90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@psycat90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psycat90)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2007, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-quick-survey-what-do-you-know-about-the-battle-of-monmouth/418965/102 "2007-12-16T22:41:55Z")
[QUOTE=SmackFu] I went to elementary school in NJ in the 80’s, and we had that class on NJ History. I also remember having to memorize all 20-something NJ counties for that class, for no apparent reason. [/QUOTE] Yep, me too. I can still recite them all, in alphabetical order. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2007, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-quick-survey-what-do-you-know-about-the-battle-of-monmouth/418965/103 "2007-12-17T00:30:49Z")
**Did you learn about it in history class?** No. **Can you please tell me what state or country you were in school in?** Georgia **Do you remember any of the details of the Battle?** Extreme heat. Probably more lost to heat prostration than gunshot wound. Charles Lee panicked. Washington rallied. **Do you know which War it took place in?** American Revolution. **Do you know what State the Battle of Monmouth took place in?** New Jersey. Of course, I learned all of that _after_ high school. On preview: I didn’t realize that was the battle with which Molly Pitcher was associated. I do seem to recall reading _something_ about Molly Pitcher when I was in high school, so maybe we did learn about the battle and I just forgot. ---
**Author:** ![Leiko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Leiko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leiko)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2007, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-quick-survey-what-do-you-know-about-the-battle-of-monmouth/418965/104 "2007-12-17T05:09:06Z")
It sounds slightly familiar, but I cannot remember ever being taught about it. I just looked it up and I know we were taught about Molly Pitcher, but that may very probably have been part of the folklore and tall tales unit of fifth (elementary) or seventh (middle school) grades. Educated in a private elementary and public middle and high schools in Western Washington. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2007, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-quick-survey-what-do-you-know-about-the-battle-of-monmouth/418965/105 "2007-12-17T05:32:24Z")
The details of the battle ring a vague bell but the name, Momnmouth, did not. I’ve also never heard of Molly Pitcher. I was educated in a number of different states and countries. None of them were New Jersey. ---
**Author:** ![sreeja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@sreeja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sreeja)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2007, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-quick-survey-what-do-you-know-about-the-battle-of-monmouth/418965/106 "2007-12-17T09:55:23Z")
It was a battle of the American Revolution fought in Monmouth New Jersey. About the most famous aspect of it was the story of Molly Pitcher. She got the nickname because she was the wife of one of the soldiers on the American side. She was delivering water to the troops working the cannons and when one of the soldiers fell, she took up his position at the cannon. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-quick-survey-what-do-you-know-about-the-battle-of-monmouth/418965.md?page=5)