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On this day 250 years ago at about 8:00 pm in the village of Flatlands on Long Island in what is now Brooklyn, New York, 4000 British troops with 14 cannon commanded by Generals Sir Henry Clinton and Lord Charles Cornwallis began a flanking march around the 3000 Continental soldiers under Maj. Gen. John Sullivan,…
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On this day 250 years ago near Flatbush village on Long Island (present day Brooklyn), Connecticut militia under Col. Gold Silliman skirmished with the British. To the east of the British Army, Brig. Gen. Nathaniel Woodhull commanded 100 Long Island militia to guard against British patrols and to herd cattle further east on Long Island…
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On this day 250 years ago at Crown Point on Lake Champlain, New York, a flotilla of ten American ships sailed north on Lake Champlain under the command of Brig. Gen. Benedict Arnold to confront the British fleet leading an invasion from Canada. Sources: Nelson, James L., Benedict Arnold’s Navy, The Ragtag Fleet that Lost…
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On this day 250 years ago on Long Island (present-day Brooklyn), New York, Col. Edward Hand’s riflemen drove back a Hessian patrol and captured and burned three houses near Flatbush that Hessians were using as an outpost. The Americans retreated when Hessian reinforcements arrived. The Hessians lost one man killed and at least two wounded…
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On this day 250 years ago in New York, the British landed 15,000 troops at Gravesend Bay and Denyse’s Ferry on Long Island (in modern day Brooklyn). The shore was guarded by 300 Pennsylvania riflemen under the command of Col. Edward Hand but they withdrew and did not oppose the overwhelming firepower of the British…
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On this day 250 years ago in Elizabeth Town, New Jersey, Brig. Gen. William Livingston wrote to General Washington that I sent a Spy last Night on Staten Island to obtain Intelligence of the movements of the Enemy, as many Things apparently new was seen from our Lines—He has this Moment returned in safety—The Substance…
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On this day 250 years ago at his headquarters at Richmond Hill estate located on Manhattan Island then just north of the City of New York (but today at the corner of Varick and Vandam streets in the Manhattan borough of New York City), General Washington issued General Orders to his troops to dispel a…
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On this day 250 years ago in New Ark (now Newark), New Jersey, Brig. Gen. Hugh Mercer was managing intelligence operations for the Continental Army. General Mercer was then in command of the Continental Army’s Flying Camp stationed in New Jersey. He is one of my heroes of the Revolution who would lose his life…
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On this day 250 years ago from Kings-Bridge (now the Kingsbridge neighborhood of the Bronx), New York, Maj. Gen. William Heath reported to General Washington on exchanging cannon fire with the HMS Phoenix and Rose as they sailed down the Hudson River to rejoin the British fleet anchored in New York Harbor. Early this morning…
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On this day 250 years ago, General Washington reported to John Hancock an attack the previous night by American fire ships on the HMS Phoenix and HMS Rose anchored in the Tappan Zee (or Tappan Sea) of the Hudson River that “has not succeeded to our wishes.” Lt. Col. Benjamin Tupper of the Continental Army…
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