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The Battle of Fort St. George (or Fort George) was the culmination of a Continental Army raiding expedition led by Benjamin Tallmadge against a fortified Loyalist outpost and storage depot at the Manor St. George on the south coast of Long Island on November 23, 1780, during the American Revolutionary War.
In 1780, Major Benjamin Tallmadge landed his dragoons at Cedar Beach in Mt. Sinai on the north shore of Long Island and led them on a march to the manor. The raid began around 4 a.m., and the Americans under Tallmadge captured the fort relatively quickly. Seven British soldiers were killed, but only one American was injured.
The Boy Scouts of America's Benjamin Tallmadge District serves the north shore of Eastern Long Island. [21] Talmadge, Maine, is named for Tallmadge, who owned the township in the early 1800s. [22] Tallmadge is a main character in the AMC series Turn: Washington's Spies, played by Seth Numrich. [23]
Woodhull would evaluate and comment on it and pass it to Brewster, who would occasionally add an intelligence note of his own, take it across Long Island Sound, and pass it to Tallmadge. [31] Tallmadge would usually add a cover letter with comments [25] and sent and received messages by a relay of dragoons acting as couriers. [24] [25]
Among the vessels built at Setauket were the Adorna in 1870 by David Brewster Bayles, which was the largest square-rigged sailing ship built on Long Island outside of Brooklyn. (At that time Brooklyn was considered part of Long Island, and the largest sailing vessel built at Port Jefferson, the Martha E. Wallace of 1902, was a schooner.)
Financial markets in Taiwan re-opened on Monday after the week-long Lunar New Year holiday. ... which has ramped up military and political threats to assert its sovereignty claims over the island.
The Paumanok Path is a 125-mile (201 km) hiking trail in New York on Long Island that goes from Rocky Point to Montauk Point State Park. [1] [2] It travels through four towns in Suffolk County: Brookhaven, Riverhead, Southampton and East Hampton. It is marked by white trail blazes. [3]
Elon Musk said he is feeding USAID thorugh the wood chipper. The federal agency provides disaster relief across the world and promotes democracy.