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Brandywine CreekBrandywine Creek, Wilmington, Del.
Brandywine Creek
stream, Pennsylvania-Delaware, United States
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Also known as: Fiskiekylen, Wauwaset Creek
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Learn how Washington and the Continental Army defended Philadelphia against the British in the Battle of Brandywine during the American RevolutionOverview of the Battle of Brandywine during the American Revolution.
See all videos for this articleBrandywine Creek, stream in southeasternPennsylvania and westernDelaware, U.S., rising in two branches inChester county, Pennsylvania, which join near Coatesville. It flows about 20 miles (32 km) southeast past Chadds Ford and through Delaware to join the Christina River just above itsconfluence with theDelaware River atWilmington. On its banks in 1777 was fought one of the major battles of theAmerican Revolution (seeBrandywine, Battle of the). Theriver, called Wauwaset by the Indians and Fiskiekylen (Fish Creek) by Swedish immigrants, was probably named for Andrew Braindwine, an early settler.