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Central New York's Military Tract townships. Map from the original by Simeon De Witt. The Military Tract of Central New York, also called the New Military Tract, [1] consisted of nearly two million acres (8,100 km 2) of bounty land set aside in Central New York to compensate New York's soldiers after their participation in the Revolutionary War.
The New York and New Jersey campaign in 1776 and the winter months of 1777 was a series of American Revolutionary War battles for control of the Port of New York and the state of New Jersey, fought between British forces under General Sir William Howe and the Continental Army under General George Washington.
New York Armory Raid* April 23, 1775: New York: Patriot victory: Sons of Liberty capture muskets, bayonets and cartridge boxes from the armory at City Hall [citation needed] Capture of Fort Ticonderoga: May 10, 1775: New York: Patriot victory: Patriots capture British posts at Ticonderoga and Crown point [5] Battle of Chelsea Creek: May 27–28 ...
This is a list of Historic Sites on the Revolutionary War Heritage Trail in the American state of New York.The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation and the office of Heritage, New York, [1] the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, Brooklyn College and the City University of New York, and a local not-for-profit organization, Brooklyn Heritage, Inc ...
List of American Revolutionary War battles; American Revolutionary War §British New York counter-offensive. The 'Battle of Long Island' placed in overall sequence and strategic context. Dr. John Hart, Regimental Surgeon of Col Prescott's Regiment who was stationed at Governor's Island; Long Island order of battle; New York and New Jersey campaign
New York: University of California. Battle of Pell's Point. Billias, George Athan (1960). General John Glover and his Marblehead Mariners. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston. McCullough, David (2006). 1776. New York: Simon and Schuster Paperback. ISBN 0-7432-2672-0. 1776 David. Ward, Christopher (1952). The War of the Revolution, Volume 1 ...
The site of modern New York City was the theater of the New York Campaign, a series of major battles in the early American Revolutionary War. After that, the city was under British occupation until the end of the war and was the last port British ships evacuated in 1783.
The Landing at Kip's Bay was a British amphibious landing during the New York campaign in the American Revolutionary War on September 15, 1776. It occurred on the East River shore of Manhattan north of what then constituted New York City.