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A 1776 map of New York and environs (labeled New York Island instead of Manhattan) Early in the summer of 1776, when the war was still in its early stages, British General William Howe embarked on a campaign to gain control of the city and its militarily important harbor.
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.
Gellman, David N. "No Shelter from the Storm: Slavery and Freedom in Early New York City." New York History 103.1 (2022): 23-35. Goodfriend, Joyce D. Before the Melting Pot: Society and Culture in Colonial New York City, 1664-1730 (1994) Harris, Leslie M. In the Shadow of Slavery: African Americans in New York City, 1626-1863 (2004)
The Battle of Long Island, also known as the Battle of Brooklyn and the Battle of Brooklyn Heights, was an action of the American Revolutionary War fought on August 27, 1776, at and near the western edge of Long Island in present-day Brooklyn.
De Lancey, The Capture of Fort Washington, the Result of Treason, (New York, 1877) Dawson, Battles of the United States, (New York, 1858) Carrington, Battles of the American Revolution, (New York, 1876) Fischer, David Hackett (2006). Washington's Crossing. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-518121-2. McCullough, 1776, (New York, 2005) Jenkins ...
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.
1776 David. Montross, Lynn (1967). The Story of the Continental Army, 1775–1783. New York: Barnes & Noble. Schecter, Barnet (2003), The Battle for New York: The City at the Heart of the American Revolution, United Kingdom: Jonathan Cape, ISBN 978-0142003336, archived from the original on 2021-05-01
1867 Stiles Map of Brooklyn, New York City, New York - Geographicus - BrooklynBattle-stiles-1867. On August 27, 1776, during the Battle of Long Island, five cannons, a series of earthworks and a defensive wall were manned by colonials on an island in New York Bay. [2]