DescriptionPhotograph of the Historic Marker for the Battle of Springfield taken in April 1975. The marker stands near the Cannon Ball House on Morris Avenue and reads: "Battle of Springfield. Here, June 23, 1789, 1500 Americans, under Greene and Dayton, were attached by 5000 British and Hessians under Clinton and Knyphausen enroute to capture stores at Morristown. The British burned Springfield but were defeated.