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, Containing Maps, Portraits, and Original Documents

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, Containing Maps, Portraits, and Original Documents

This edition features
• illustrations
• a linked Table of Contents

CONTENTS
PART I.
CHAPTER I.
Significance of the Campaign — Plans and Preparations
CHAPTER II.
Fortifying New York and Brooklyn
CHAPTER III.
The Two Armies
CHAPTER IV.
The Battle of Long Island
CHAPTER V.
Retreat to New York
CHAPTER VI.
Loss of New York — Kip's Bay Affair — Battle of Harlem Heights
CHAPTER VII.
White Plains — Fort Washington
CHAPTER VIII.
Trenton — Princeton — Close of the Campaign

PART II.
No. 1. General Greene's Orders — Camp on Long Island
" 2. General Sullivan's Orders — Camp on Long Island
" 3. General Orders
" 4. Washington to the Massachusetts Assembly
" 5. General Parsons to John Adams
" 6. General Scott to John Jay
" 7. Colonel Joseph Trumbull to his Brother
" 8. Colonel Trumbull to his Father
" 9. Colonel Moses Little to his Son
" 10. Lieutenant-Colonel Henshaw to his Wife
" 11. Deposition by Lieutenant-Colonel Henshaw
" 12. Colonel Edward Hand to his Wife
" 13. Major Edward Burd to Judge Yeates
" 14. Lieutenant Jasper Ewing to Judge Yeates
" 15. John Ewing to Judge Yeates
" 16. Colonel Haslet to Cæsar Rodney
" 17. Colonel G.S. Silliman to his Wife
" 18. Colonel Silliman to Rev. Mr. Fish
" 19. Account of the Battle of Long Island
" 20. Journal of Colonel Samuel Miles
" 21. Lieutenant-Colonel John Brodhead to ——
" 22. Colonel William Douglas to his Wife
" 23. General Woodhull to the New York Convention
" 24. General Washington to Abraham Yates
" 25. Colonel Hitchcock to Colonel Little
" 26. Major Tallmadge's Account of the Battles of Long Island and White Plains
" 27. Account of Events by Private Martin
" 28. Captain Joshua Huntington to ——
" 29. Captain Tench Tilghman to his Father
" 30. Captain John Gooch to Thomas Fayerweather
" 31. Account of the Retreat from New York and Affair of Harlem Heights,
by Colonel David Humphreys
" 32. Testimony Respecting the Retreat from New York
" 33. Major Baurmeister's Narrative
" 34. Colonel Chester to Joseph Webb
" 35. Colonel Glover to his Mother
" 36. General Greene to Colonel Knox
" 37. Diary of Rev. Mr. Shewkirk, Moravian Pastor, New York
" 38. Major Fish to Richard Varick
" 39. Surgeon Eustis to Dr. Townsend
" 40. Captain Nathan Hale to his Brother
" 41. Extract from a Letter from New York
" 42. Extracts from the London Chronicle
" 43. Extract from the Memoirs of Colonel Rufus Putnam
" 44. Scattering Orders by Generals Lee, Spencer, Greene, and Nixon
" 45. General Lee to Colonel Chester
" 46. Captain Bradford's Account of the Capture of General Lee
" 47. General Oliver Wolcott to his Wife
" 48. Captain William Hull to Andrew Adams
" 49. Colonel Knox to his Wife
" 50. Colonel Haslet to Cæsar Rodney
" 51. Journal of Captain Thomas Rodney
" 52. Position of the British at the Close of the Campaign
" 53. Narrative of Lieutenant Jabez Fitch
" 54. Extract from the Journal of Lieutenant William McPherson
" 55. Deposition of Private Foster
" 56. Letters from Captain Randolph, of New Jersey
" 57. Extract from the Journal of Captain Morris
" 58. British Prisoners Taken on Long Island
" 59. A Return of the Prisoners Taken in the Campaign
" 60. List of American Officers Taken Prisoners at the Battle of Long Island
" 61. List of American Non-Commissioned Officers and Soldiers Taken Prisoners,
Killed, or Missing, at the Battle of Long Island
Biographical Sketches
The Maps
The Portraits
Index