The Campaign of 1776 around New York and Brooklyn

The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Campaign of 1776 around New York andBrooklyn, by Henry P. JohnstonThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and withalmost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away orre-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License includedwith this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.orgTitle: The Campaign of 1776 around New York and BrooklynAuthor: Henry P. JohnstonRelease Date: July 3, 2007 [EBook #21990]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK CAMPAIGN OF 1776 ***Produced by Suzanne Shell, Linda Cantoni, and the OnlineDistributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.netTranscriber's Note: In quoted passages and in the documents in Part II of this e-book, spelling,punctuation, capitalization, hyphenation, and abbreviations have been retained as they appear in theoriginal. In the remainder of the text, obvious printer errors have been corrected, but archaic spellings (e.g.,"reconnoissance" for "reconnaissance," "aid" for "aide") have been retained.Hover the mouse over text underlined in red to see a pop-up Transcriber's Note. Hyperlinks are alsoprovided for items mentioned in the original book's Errata page.ContentsTHECAMPAIGN OF 1776AROUNDNEW YORK AND BROOKLYN.INCLUDING A NEW AND CIRCUMSTANTIAL ACCOUNT OFTHE BATTLE OF LONG ISLAND AND THELOSS OF NEW YORK,WITH AREVIEW OF EVENTS TO THE CLOSE OF THE YEAR,CONTAINING MAPS, PORTRAITS, AND ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS.BYHENRY P. ...