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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. BY HENRY P. JOHNSTON.

PREFACE.

LIST OF MAPS.

PORTRAITS.

PART I.

THE CAMPAIGN.

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.

THE RETREAT TO NEW YORK.

CHAPTER VI.

LOSS OF NEW YORK—KIP'S BAY AFFAIR—BATTLE OF HARLEM HEIGHTS.

Battle of Harlem Heights . [194]

CHAPTER VII.

WHITE PLAINS—FORT WASHINGTON.

Fort Washington.

CHAPTER VIII.

TRENTON—PRINCETON—CLOSE OF THE CAMPAIGN.

NOTES.

PART II.

DOCUMENTS.

[No. 1.] GENERAL GREENE'S ORDERS CAMP ON LONG ISLAND [ Colonel Little's Order Book ]

[No. 2.] MAJOR GENERAL SULLIVAN'S ORDERS CAMP ON LONG ISLAND [ Colonel Little's Order Book ]

[No. 3.] GENERAL ORDERS

[No. 4.] GEN. WASHINGTON TO THE MASSACHUSETTS ASSEMBLY

[No. 5.] BRIG. GEN. PARSONS TO JOHN ADAMS PHILADELPHIA

[No. 6.] BRIG. GEN. SCOTT TO JOHN JAY WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.

[No. 7.] COL. JOSEPH TRUMBULL TO HIS BROTHER LEBANON, CONN.

[No. 8.] COL. TRUMBULL TO HIS FATHER LEBANON, CONN.

[No. 9.] COL. MOSES LITTLE TO HIS SON NEWBURYPORT, MASS.

[No. 10.] LIEUT. COL. WILLIAM HENSHAW TO HIS WIFE LEICESTER, MASS.

[No. 11.] DEPOSITION BY LIEUT. COL. HENSHAW

[No. 12.] COL. EDWARD HAND TO HIS WIFE LANCASTER, PENN.

[No. 13.] MAJ. EDWARD BURD TO JUDGE YEATES

[No. 14.] LIEUT. JASPER EWING TO JUDGE YEATES

[No. 15.] JOHN EWING TO JUDGE YEATES

[No. 16.] COL. JOHN HASLET TO HON. CÆSAR RODNEY PHILADELPHIA

[No. 17.] COL. GOLD S. SILLIMAN TO HIS WIFE FAIRFIELD, CONN.

[No. 18.] COL. GOLD S. SILLIMAN TO REV. MR. FISH STONINGTON, CONN.

[No. 19.] ACCOUNT OF THE BATTLE OF LONG ISLAND

[No. 20.] JOURNAL OF COL. SAMUEL MILES

[No. 21.] LIEUT.-COL. DANIEL BRODHEAD TO ——

[No. 22.] COL. WILLIAM DOUGLAS TO HIS WIFE NORTHFORD, CONN.

[No. 23.] GEN. WOODHULL TO THE NEW YORK CONVENTION HARLEM.

[No. 24.] GEN. WASHINGTON TO ABRAHAM YATES, NEW YORK CONVENTION

[No. 25.] COLONEL HITCHCOCK TO COLONEL LITTLE CAMP ON LONG ISLAND.

[No. 26.] MAJOR TALLMADGE'S ACCOUNT OF THE BATTLES OF LONG ISLAND AND WHITE PLAINS.

[No. 27.] ACCOUNT OF EVENTS ON THE 15 TH AND 16 TH OF SEPTEMBER, 1776, BY PRIVATE JAMES S. MARTIN, OF COL. W M . DOUGLAS' REGIMENT

[No. 28.] CAPT. JOSHUA HUNTINGTON [236] TO ——

[No. 29.] LIEUT. TENCH TILGHMAN [237] TO HIS FATHER, PHILADELPHIA

[No. 30.] CAPT. JOHN GOOCH TO THOMAS FAYERWEATHER, BOSTON, MASS.

[No. 31.]

ACCOUNT OF THE RETREAT FROM NEW YORK AND AFFAIR OF HARLEM HEIGHTS, BY COLONEL DAVID HUMPHREY

[No. 32.]

TESTIMONY AT A COURT OF INQUIRY RESPECTING THE RETREAT FROM NEW YORK [238]

[No. 33.] MAJOR BAURMEISTER'S NARRATIVE OF THE CAPTURE OF NEW YORK, SEPTEMBER, 1776 [239]

[No. 34.] COLONEL JOHN CHESTER TO JOSEPH WEBB WEATHERSFIELD, CONN.

[No. 35.] COL. JOHN GLOVER TO HIS MOTHER MARBLEHEAD, MASS.

[No. 36.] GENERAL GREENE TO COLONEL KNOX WHITE PLAINS.

[No. 37.] DIARY OF REV. MR. SHEWKIRK, PASTOR OF THE MORAVIAN CHURCH, NEW YORK [240]

1775.

1776.

1777.

[No. 38.] MAJOR NICHOLAS FISH TO RICHARD VARICK

[No. 39.] SURGEON WILLIAM EUSTIS TO DR. TOWNSEND BOSTON, MASS.

[No. 40.] CAPTAIN NATHAN HALE TO HIS BROTHER

[No. 41.] EXTRACT FROM A LETTER FROM NEW YORK

[No. 42.] EXTRACTS FROM THE LONDON CHRONICLE SEPT.—OCT. 1776.

[No. 43.] EXTRACT FROM THE MEMOIRS OF COLONEL RUFUS PUTNAM [243] WRITTEN BY HIMSELF

[No. 44.] SCATTERING ORDERS BY GENERALS LEE, SPENCER, GREENE AND NIXON [ Colonel Little's Order Book ]

[No. 45.] GENERAL LEE TO COLONEL CHESTER

[No. 46.] CAPTAIN BRADFORD'S ACCOUNT OF THE CAPTURE OF GENERAL LEE [244]

[No. 47.] GENERAL OLIVER WOLCOTT TO HIS WIFE LITCHFIELD, CONN.

BATTLES OF TRENTON AND PRINCETON.

[No. 48.] CAPTAIN WILLIAM HULL TO ANDREW ADAMS LITCHFIELD, CONN.

[No. 49.] COLONEL KNOX TO HIS WIFE

[No. 50.] COL. HASLET TO CÆSAR RODNEY

[No. 51.] JOURNAL OF CAPTAIN THOMAS RODNEY [247]

[No. 52.] POSITION OF THE BRITISH AT THE CLOSE OF THE CAMPAIGN

RETURNS AND STATEMENTS OF PRISONERS.

1776.

[No. 53.] NARRATIVE OF LIEUT. JABEZ FITCH [248] TAKEN PRISONER ON LONG ISLAND.

[No. 54.] EXTRACT FROM THE JOURNAL OF LIEUT. WILLIAM McPHERSON [249] TAKEN PRISONER ON LONG ISLAND.

[No. 55.] DEPOSITION OF PRIVATE FOSTER TAKEN PRISONER ON LONG ISLAND.

[No. 56.] LETTERS FROM CAPT. NATHANIEL FITZ RANDOLPH, OF NEW JERSEY WRITTEN WHILE PRISONER. [250]

[No. 57.] EXTRACT FROM THE JOURNAL OF CAPT. JAMES MORRIS, PRISONER AT FLATBUSH, L.I. [251]

[No. 58.] BRITISH PRISONERS TAKEN BY THE AMERICANS ON LONG ISLAND

[No. 59.] A RETURN OF THE PRISONERS TAKEN IN YORK DURING THE CAMPAIGN 1776

[No. 60.]

LIST OF AMERICAN OFFICERS TAKEN PRISONERS AT THE BATTLE OF LONG ISLAND [252]

[No. 61.] LIST OF AMERICAN NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND SOLDIERS TAKEN PRISONERS, KILLED, OR MISSING, AT THE BATTLE OF LONG ISLAND

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

THE MAPS.

PLAN OF THE BATTLE OF LONG ISLAND AND THE BROOKLYN DEFENCES.

THE STILES SKETCH OF THE BROOKLYN WORKS.

EWING'S DRAUGHT.

MAP OF NEW YORK CITY AND OF MANHATTAN ISLAND, WITH THE AMERICAN DEFENCES IN 1776.

FIELD OF THE HARLEM HEIGHTS AFFAIR.

NEW YORK AND BROOKLYN WITH THEIR ENVIRONS IN 1776.

THE PORTRAITS.

INDEX.

A.

B.

C.

D.

E.

F.

G.

H.

I.

J.

K.

L.

M.

N.

O.

P.

R.

S.

T.

V.

W.

Y.

ERRATA.