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Battle of Brooklyn Marker

JX67+C7F New York, NY, USA

New York

state

NY - Kings

county

NY - Brooklyn

city

MARKER

TICKETED:

NO

PARKING:

NO

RESTROOMS:

NO

On August 27 George Washington’s young army of 9,000 faced an attack by over 20,000 well-armed and experienced British and Hessian troops. Outnumbered and outmaneuvered, the American resistance was overpowered.

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BATTLEFIELD

Aug 27, 1776

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HISTORIC PEOPLE

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George Washington

Commander-in-Chief

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Charles Lee

Major General

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John Sullivan

Major General

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Nathaniel Greene

Major General

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William Alexander

Major General

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Thomas Mifflin

Major General

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Adam Stephen

Major General

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John Cadwalader

Colonel

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John Haslet

Colonel

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William Smallwood

Major General

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Henry Knox

Major General

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Mordecai Gist

Brigadier General

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Thomas Knowlton

Colonel

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Alexander Hamilton

Lt Colonel

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Robert Magaw

Lt Colonel

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Joseph Reed

Delegate

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William Stephens Smith

Lt Colonel

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William Howe

Lieutenant General

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Henry Clinton

Lieutenant General

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Charles Cornwallis

Major General

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Francis Smith

Major General

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William Erskine

Brigadier General

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Hugh Percy

Brigadier General

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James Grant

Colonel

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Charles Mawhood

Lieutenant Colonel

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Robert Abercromby

Lieutenant Colonel

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