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1776 New York Campaign Map

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Staten Island where the British Forces landed in late July and rested after their long voyages from Europe and Canada. Here they prepared for the attack on the American positions on Long Island.
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Staten Island where the British Forces landed in late July and rested after their long voyages from Europe and Canada. Here they prepared for the attack on the American positions on Long Island.
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Landing of British at Long Island, Gravesend Bay on August 22, 1776. The Americans, confident in the strength of their inland positions , did not contest the landing.
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Landing of British at Long Island, Gravesend Bay on August 22, 1776. The Americans, confident in the strength of their inland positions , did not contest the landing.
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Frontal attack by Hessian and British forces on American positions on Heights of Guana, Morning August 27. This attack was merely a feint for the main British column was on a wide flanking maneuver to catch the Americans in a deadly trap.
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Frontal attack by Hessian and British forces on American positions on Heights of Guana, Morning August 27. This attack was merely a feint for the main British column was on a wide flanking maneuver to catch the Americans in a deadly trap.
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Route of British flanking movement
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Route of British flanking movement
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Retreat of Americans from positions on the heights to fortifications along the East River.
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Retreat of Americans from positions on the heights to fortifications along the East River.
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American fortifications along the East River.
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American fortifications along the East River.
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Evacuation point of American forces from Brooklyn to Manhattan under cover of dense fog, August 29.
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Evacuation point of American forces from Brooklyn to Manhattan under cover of dense fog, August 29.
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Author: rgibbs
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Attack of British at Kip's (Kepp's) Bay , Sunday , September 15
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Attack of British at Kip's (Kepp's) Bay , Sunday , September 15
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Washington's Headquarters at Morris Mansion in Harlem Heights in Northern Manhattan
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Washington's Headquarters at Morris Mansion in Harlem Heights in Northern Manhattan
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American sunk vessels here to deter the British from sailing this far, landing troops here and splitting the American forces.

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American sunk vessels here to deter the British from sailing this far, landing troops here and splitting the American forces.

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American sunk vessels here to deter the British from sailing this far, landing troops here and splitting the American forces.

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American sunk vessels here to deter the British from sailing this far, landing troops here and splitting the American forces.

1776 New York Campaign Map

This handsome map, by William Faden, Geographer to the King, shows rich topographical and tactical detail , covering the actions of August -September 1776. Note, for example, the British ships landing the troops on Long Island at Gravesend Bay (lower center) and also the landings at Kepp’s (Kip’s) Bay, located at mid-Manhattan (present day 34th Street) at the East River. / Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division.

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