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  2. Battle of Long Island - Wikipedia

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    Battle Hill was the site of especially brutal fighting, with the Americans inflicting the highest number of casualties against the British troops during the entire Battle of Long Island. Among those killed was British Colonel James Grant, which led the Americans to believe that they had killed General James Grant.

  3. List of American Revolutionary War battles - Wikipedia

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    Battle of Lindley's Fort: July 15, 1776: South Carolina: Patriot victory: Native Americans attack repulsed [30] Battle of Long Island: August 27, 1776: New York: British victory: in the largest battle of the war the Patriot army is outflanked and routed on Long Island but later manages to evacuate to Manhattan Landing at Kip's Bay: September 15 ...

  4. Battle of Long Island order of battle - Wikipedia

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    The Battle of Long Island. Brooklyn: The Long Island Historical Society. p. 1. OCLC 3633542. battle of long island. Fischer, David Hackett (2004). Washington's Crossing. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-517034-4. OCLC 186017328. Gallagher, John J (1995). The Battle of Brooklyn 1776. Edison, New Jersey: Castle Books.

  5. Maryland 400 - Wikipedia

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    The Maryland 400 were members of the 1st Maryland Regiment who repeatedly charged a numerically superior British force during the Battle of Long Island during the Revolutionary War, sustaining heavy casualties, but allowing General Washington to successfully evacuate the bulk of his troops to Manhattan.

  6. List of battles with most United States military fatalities

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    The definition of "battle" as a concept in military science has varied with the changes in the organization, employment, and technology of military forces. Before the 20th century, "battle" usually meant a military clash over a small area, lasting a few days at most and often just one day—such as the Battle of Waterloo, which began and ended on 18 June 1815 on a field a few kilometers across.

  7. United States military casualties of war - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list of wars caught by number of U.S. battle deaths suffered by military forces; deaths from disease and other non-battle causes are not included. Although the Confederate States of America did not consider itself part of the United States, and its forces were not part of the U.S. Army, its battle deaths are included with the ...

  8. List of battles by casualties - Wikipedia

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    Battle Year Conflict Casualties Battle of Megiddo: 1457 BC Thutmose III's first campaign in the Levant: 16,000+ Battle of Kadesh: 1274 BC Second Syrian campaign of Ramesses II: 30,000+ Battle of Qarqar: 853 BC Assyrian conquest of Aram: 24,000+ Battle of Thymbra: 547 BC Lydian–Persian War: 100,000 [163] Battle of Marathon: 490 BC Greco ...

  9. Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Order of ...

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    Wikipedia: WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Order of battle of the Battle of Long Island