NO. 18. ARMY BURYING GROUND, 1779-80.

On the south side of the Cemetery-Wick House Road, at the point where it

joins the Grand Parade Road, is the traditional site of the Continental

Army Burying Ground in Jockey Hollow. Here are said to lie the remains

of between 100 and 150 American soldiers who failed to survive the

terrible winter of 1779-80.

[Illustration: _Army Burying Ground in Jockey Hollow._]

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