Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
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.
Manhattan, New York City, New York September 13 to 14, 1776 Mott's Tavern 143rd Street & 8th Avenue Manhattan, New York City, New York (now Hamilton Heights, Manhattan) September 14 to 15, 1776 [10] [11] Roger Morris House, also known as Morris-Jumel Mansion: Jumel Terrace & West 160th Street, Manhattan, New York City, New York
The Battle of Fort Washington was fought in New York on November 16, 1776, during the American Revolutionary War between the United States and Great Britain. It was a British victory that gained the surrender of the remnant of the garrison of Fort Washington near the north end of Manhattan. It was one of the worst Patriot defeats of the war. [5]
The conference took place on September 11, 1776, a few days after the British had captured Long Island and less than three months after the formal American Declaration of Independence. The conference was held at Billop Manor, the residence of loyalist Colonel Christopher Billop, on Staten Island, New York.
During the New York campaign he was in command of the U.S. garrison at Fort Washington. He was forced to surrender it, and became a prisoner on November 16, 1776. Based on his parole he was set at liberty in New York City, but could not leave the city until he was exchanged. This did not happen until October 1780.
New York: British victory Siege of Fort Stanwix: August 2–23, 1777: New York: American victory: British fail to take Fort Stanwix Battle of Oriskany: August 6, 1777: New York: British victory Second Battle of Machias: August 13–14, 1777: Massachusetts (present-day Maine) British victory Battle of Bennington: August 16, 1777: New York ...
For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us
In August 1776 the British army began a campaign to gain control over New York City, which was defended by George Washington's Continental Army. Over the next two months, General William Howe quickly gained control of New York, pushing Washington into New Jersey. [3] He then chased Washington south toward Philadelphia.