Thomas Trimble

Ghost of Trimble's Ford Thomas Trimble

September 11, 1777, Lieutenant Thomas Blakley and his eight-man squad are defending the critical north end of a line of Continental Army troops under General George Washington. These men are defending the multiple river crossings or Fords on the Brandywine River. However, Generals Howe and Cornwallis take a surprise route across Trimble's Ford to come in behind Washington's troops. Six of his men were killed immediately by this massive British force. He and two of his men were wounded but went back across the ford and died later in a nearby Tavern. Now their spirits are trapped there. He has become the Ghost of Trimble's Ford.