the Campaign 162

" 53. Narrative of Lieutenant Jabez Fitch 167

" 54. Extract from the Journal of Lieutenant William
McPherson 168

" 55. Deposition of Private Foster 169

" 56. Letters from Captain Randolph, of New Jersey 170

" 57. Extract from the Journal of Captain Morris 172

" 58. British Prisoners Taken on Long Island 174

" 59. A Return of the Prisoners Taken in the Campaign 175

" 60. List of American Officers Taken Prisoners at the
Battle of Long Island 176

" 61. List of American Non-Commissioned Officers and
Soldiers Taken Prisoners, Killed, or Missing, at the
Battle of Long Island 180

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES 187

THE MAPS 193

THE PORTRAITS 195

INDEX 197

LIST OF MAPS.

1. NEW YORK, BROOKLYN, AND ENVIRONS IN 1776.

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

3. PRESIDENT STILES' SKETCH OF THE BROOKLYN WORKS.

4. EWING'S DRAUGHT OF THE LONG ISLAND ENGAGEMENT.

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

6. FIELD OF THE HARLEM HEIGHTS "AFFAIR."

PORTRAITS.

1. JOHN LASHER, COLONEL FIRST NEW YORK CITY BATTALION.

2. EDWARD HAND, COLONEL FIRST CONTINENTAL REGIMENT, PENNSYLVANIA.

3. JOHN GLOVER, COLONEL FOURTEENTH CONTINENTAL REGIMENT,
MASSACHUSETTS.

4. JEDEDIAH HUNTINGTON, COLONEL SEVENTEENTH CONTINENTAL REGIMENT,
CONNECTICUT.

PART I.

THE CAMPAIGN.

CHAPTER I.

SIGNIFICANCE OF THE CAMPAIGN--PLANS AND PREPARATIONS.

"Our affairs are hastening fast to a crisis; and the approaching
campaign will, in all probability, determine forever the fate of
America."

So wrote John Hancock, President of Congress, June 4th, 1776, to the
governors and conventions of the Eastern and Middle colonies, as, in
the name of that body, he reminded them of the gravity of the struggle
on which they had entered, and urged the necessity of increasing their
exertions for the common defence. That this was no undue alarm,
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