On May 1, 1778, British soldiers under Major John Simcoe surprised sleeping and outnumbered patriots under Brigadier General John Lacey with a dawn attack near the Crooked Billet Tavern, forcing the patriots to withdraw.
Greene's NY Brigade, Gettysburg Battlewalk (2011)
Nathan Baxter, U.S. Army, Harrisburg
John Harris, Jr.: Founder of Harrisburg