The Campaign of 1776 around New York and Brooklyn
Including a new and circumstantial account of the battle of Long island and the loss of New York, with a review of events to the close of the year
The Campaign of 1776 around New York and Brooklyn, published by the Long Island Historical Society in 1878, is Henry Phelps Johnston's account of the first full campaign of the Revolutionary War. The narrative covers the fortification of New York and Brooklyn, the two armies, the battle of Long Island on August 27, Washington's night retreat across the East River, the loss of New York at Kip's Bay, the fight at Harlem Heights, White Plains, the fall of Fort Washington and the recovery at Trenton and Princeton. A second part prints the documents on which the account rests, the orders of Generals Greene and Sullivan on Long Island and officers' letters gathered from their descendants, with maps and portraits. The full text is available to read online in your browser on Vinteuil, and the first chapter is free.
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