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  2. Battle of Long Island order of battle - Wikipedia

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    The Battle of Long Island, August 27, 1776, was a significant British victory in the early stages of the American Revolutionary War over American forces under the command of General George Washington, and the opening battle in a successful British campaign to gain control of New York City in 1776.

  3. 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.

  4. Washington (miniseries) - Wikipedia

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    In the first major battle of the war, Washington's army gets crushed during the Battle of Long Island and he plans an audacious escape in the night. After losing Manhattan, he moves into New Jersey with 6,000 remaining soldiers.

  5. List of American Revolutionary War battles - Wikipedia

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    Battle of Lindley's Fort: July 15, 1776: South Carolina: American 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 American army of George Washington is outflanked and routed on Long Island but later manages to evacuate to Manhattan Landing at ...

  6. Daniel Hitchcock - Wikipedia

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    Hitchcock's next battle was the Battle of Long Island. The British landed in Long Island on August 22 ready to attack American troops. [6] Hitchcock's Regiment had 368 men. He and six other Regiments were sent to Long Island on August 25, when it was clear that was the British target. [7] The battle took place two days later, and the British ...

  7. Fort Defiance (Brooklyn) - Wikipedia

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    The cannons at Fort Defiance fired, as did the cannons at Governor's Island and at Fort George. The ships survived, bombarded the city and went on to blockade the crossings at Tarrytown, N.Y. Map marking British and American positions at the Battle of Long Island. Roebuck is shown bombarding an American battery at Red Hook

  8. Maryland 400 - Wikipedia

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    At the Battle of Long Island, the 1st Maryland Regiment was under the command of Colonel William Smallwood. [1] This unit anchored the right against British General Grant's diversionary attack. [2] Lord Stirling ordered all of his troops, except a contingent of Maryland troops under the command of Major Mordecai Gist, to cross Gowanus Creek ...

  9. Nathaniel Woodhull - Wikipedia

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    In October 1775, he was made brigadier general of the Suffolk and Queen's County militia. In August 1776, on the eve of the Battle of Long Island, Woodhull's militia was detailed to drive livestock east to prevent its falling into British hands. Woodhull's troops had driven 1,400 cattle out onto the Hempstead Plains and with 300 more ready to go.

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