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Oh Wait. What? We Won a Battle? (opens the original)
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Following the Americans’ evacuation of Long Island in late August of 1776, about 22,000 British and Hessian troops would chase the scattered rebel forces throughout the sixteen miles of the island of Manhattan. It was the beginning of the cat-and-mouse game, and George Washington was the prize.General William Howe and his brother Admiral Richard Howe both hoped for reconciliation between the empire and her rebellious colonies. On September 11, Lord Howe tried to negotiate an early end to the war
The Choice Is US (opens the original)
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Only one peace conference between Great Britain and America occurred, and it happened on Staten Island on September 11, 1776, soon after America’s defeat at the Battle of Long Island. The victorious brothers General William Howe and Admiral Richard Howe took advantage of the pause in fighting, and their decisive victory, to negotiate an end to the war.General John Sullivan of New Hampshire had been captured during the battle. While imprisoned, Sullivan was persuaded by the Howe brothers to serve
All but Over After America Had Barely Begun (opens the original)
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The first half of 1776 was busy. Thomas Paine’s Common Sense published in January. In March, fortifications on Dorchester Heights drove the British out of Boston. And on July 4, Congress adopted the finalized draft of the Declaration of Independence.When news of the Declaration reached Washington in New York City on July 9, he ordered it to be read out loud. The city ne
The Conflict Moves South and Becomes a Civil War (opens the original)
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After the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel, there were no more tolls. Gas was cheaper (or, rather, not as bad). The drivers were not too reckless, but the scariest, heaviest rain I have ever driven through fell near Columbia. Wipers set to their fastest. Hazards on. Still, cars twenty feet in front of me were shrouded by the downpour. I pulled off at the next exit to find dinner because my nerves were shot, and afterward, I passed at least four accidents in probably less than ten miles. Cars were fa
No One Would Replace Him (opens the original)
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Losses at Brandywine and Germantown. Philadelphia captured by the British. These disasters stalked the Continental Army when it entered winter quarters at Valley Forge in 1777. Many in Congress were questioning if George Washington was the right man for the job.Washington still remained popular among his officers, so much so that Congress was wary of how much they idolized him. The legislative body worried the balance of power would tip, if the military forgot it was subservient to civilian auth
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