Images of Thompson-Neely Grist Mill
Thompson-Neely Grist Mill and its collection
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The Thompson-Neely House and grounds served as an encampment site for part of the Continental Army in December 1776. Many soldiers were sick or injured and though never officially designated a hospital, the Thompson-Neely house served as a place for soldiers to convalesce while awaiting their next orders. Throughout the American Revolution, as the Army moved through an area, they descended on the homes and properties of local residents. Houses became lodging for officers, and the grounds became campsites for soldiers and burial grounds for soldiers and officers alike. Among the soldiers that camped on the property prior to Washington’s famed crossing of the Delaware were two Virginia officers who would later be wounded in the Battle of Trenton – future United States President James Monroe and William Washington, distant cousin of the Commander-in-Chief. Captain-Lieutenant James Moore of the New York Artillery died here Christmas day and is buried in what is now known as the Soldiers’ Graves area, along with other men who died during the encampment.
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