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The Battle of Long Island in Hew York History
Samuel Ward JH concludes a discourse on the Battle of Long Island. The narrative recounts Putnam Sullivan and Stirling actions, Grant’s flank, Wasimuetax's retreat, and the British advances while praising American bravery and Washington’s leadership amid a retreat that preserved future resistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knickerbocker
LONG-ISLAND
HEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Putnam
Grants
Lord Stirling
Cornwallis
Flatbush
Green
Brooklyn
Flatland
New Lots
Jamaica
Bedford
Grant
de Heister
trea
New York
Long Island
Woodhull
Fort Greene
Cuan
Wasuimsetax
M’Dougall
Sullivan
Lord Cornwallis
Gordon
Jamaica road
Judge Marshall
Harlem
Leitch
Anowlton
White Plains
Washington
Flis
Princeton
Trenton
York
Gaul