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For the actual event, see George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River. Washington Crossing the Delaware is an 1851 oil-on-canvas painting by the German American artist Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze. It commemorates General George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River on the night of December 25â26, 1776, during the American Revolutionary War. That action was the first move in a surprise attack against the Hessian forces at Trenton, New Jersey, in the Battle of Trenton on the morning of December 26.
Crossing the Delaware River. General George Washington. knew there was a group of British. soldiers in Trenton, New Jersey. He also. knew that the soldiers were likely to. attack the city of Philadelphia. Washington had an idea that could. save the city and the people that lived. there. On Christmas night, in 1776, Washington and 2,500 of his men. boarded small boats and crossed the. Delaware River. It was a snowy day, the.