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

by Henry Phelps Johnston

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Contents

  1. Preface
  2. Chapter I. Significance of the Campaign—Plans and Preparations
  3. Chapter II. Fortifying New York and Brooklyn
  4. Chapter III. The Two Armies
  5. Chapter IV. The Battle of Long Island
  6. Chapter V. The Retreat to New York
  7. Chapter VI. Loss of New York—Kip's Bay Affair—Battle of Harlem Heights
  8. Chapter VII. White Plains—Fort Washington
  9. Chapter VIII. Trenton—Princeton—Close of the Campaign
  10. Notes
  11. Documents (part 1)
  12. Documents (part 2)
  13. Battles of Trenton and Princeton
  14. 1776. [No. 53.] Narrative of Lieut. Jabez Fitch Taken Prisoner on Long Island
  15. Biographical Sketches
  16. The Maps
  17. The Portraits
  18. Errata

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