Keywords: Merry Christmas, 1776. DA Poster 21-37.jpg en Trenton New Jersey 26 December 1776 General Washington here matched surprise and endurance against the superior numbers and training of the British and the Continental Army won its first victory in long months of painful striving Trenton eliminated 1 000 Hessians and drove the British from their salient in New Jersey It saved the flagging American cause and put new heart into Washinton's men Alexander Hamilton's Company of New York Artillery now 1st Battalion 5th Field Artillery opened the fight at dawn blasting the bewildered Hessians as they tried to form ranks in the streets 2016-11-12 US Army Center of Military History DA Poster 21-37 other versions PD-USGov United States Army American Revolution American Revolutionary War Battle of Trenton 5th Field Artillery Regiment Heraldry Alexander Hamilton Washington's crossing of the Delaware River New Jersey History of the United States Christmas |