The compelling story of the fight for the Continental capital is presented in this examination of the military engagements that resulted in the British capture of Philadelphia, drawing on the eyewitness accounts of soldiers and civilians to offer an in-depth account of the bloody Battle of Brandywine.

"This unhappy country, this country, turned topsy turvy" : northern New Jersey, Winter-Spring 1777 -- "Where the storm will turn now, no one knows as yet" : the Middle Atlantic states, July-August 1777 -- "But is this conquering America?" : Philadelphia and points south, late August-Early September 1777 -- "As heavy a fire from the musketry as perhaps has been known this war" : the Battle of Brandywine, September 11, 1777 -- "Now prepare thyself, Pennsylvania, to meet the Lord thy God!" : the fall of Philadelphia, September 12-25, 1777.

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