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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.
Fort Washington was a fortified position near the north end of Manhattan Island, ... Carrington, Battles of the American Revolution, (New York, 1876)
Fort Washington, also known as Fort Washington Park, is a historic site at 95 Waverly Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It was built by soldiers of the Continental Army under the orders of George Washington in November 1775. It is the oldest surviving fortification from the American Revolutionary War and the only surviving fortification from ...
Moses Rawlings (1745–1809) served in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, most notably at the Battle of Fort Washington.He attained the rank of lieutenant colonel before leaving the military in 1779.
November 16 – Battle of Fort Washington. From Fort Lee, on west side of the Hudson River, Washington can see the British attack, but cannot risk sending reinforcements on a daylight crossing. He abandons plans for a night crossing when boats of retreating soldiers begin arriving. Peter Zabriskie Mansion 50 Main Street, Hackensack, New Jersey
Margaret Corbin depicted on a mural in the lobby of a building on Fort Washington Avenue in Washington Heights, Manhattan, New York City. Margaret Cochran Corbin (November 12, 1751 – January 16, 1800) was a woman who fought in the American Revolutionary War. [1]
A 1777 map during the Revolutionary War detailing the chevaux-de-frise between Fort Lee and Fort Washington. Fort Lee, originally Fort Constitution, was a Revolutionary War-era fort located on the crest of the Hudson Palisades in what was then Hackensack Township, New Jersey opposite Fort Washington at the northern end of Manhattan Island.
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.