Battle of Long Island
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The Battle of Long Island, also known as the Battle of Brooklyn and the Battle of Brooklyn Heights, was an action of the American Revolutionary War fought on August 27, 1776, at and near the western e
2004 painting of the battle
General William Howe
General George Washington
The British fleet in the lower bay, published in Harper's Magazine in 1876, depicts a Royal Navy fleet amassing off Staten Island in the summer of 1776
Israel Putnam
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Israel Putnam, popularly known as "Old Put", was an American military officer and landowner who served in the French and Indian War and American Revolutionary War. He was an officer in Rogers' Rangers
Battle of Long Island
…only sent 1,500 more troops to Brooklyn, bringing the total number of troops on Long Island to 6,000. On August 24, Washington replaced Sullivan with Israel Putnam who commanded the troops on Long Island. Putnam arrived on Long Island the next day along with six battalions. Also that day, the British troops on…
Engraving of Putnam
Israel Putnam's birthplace, Danvers, Massachusetts; the house still stands and is owned by the Danvers Historical Society.
Birth room of General Putnam in Danvers, Massachusetts
Major Israel Putnam in colonial uniform, 1758