Paoli Battlefield Marker Tells the Story

The Marker Tells the Story

Paoli Battleground Marker on Memorial Day

Grave Site of the Massacred

The Paoli Massacre. a sneak nighttime bayonet attack of immense cruelty, took place just a few miles from Anthony Wayne’s home on the night of September 20, 1777. “I with my own Eyes, see them, cut & hack some of our poor Men to pieces after they had fallen in their hands and scarcely shew the least Mercy to any…”  Lt. Col. Adam Hubley, 10th PA Regiment