PART II.
Reading edition
PART II.
List of Documents:PAGE
No. 1.General Greene's Orders—Camp on Long Island5
" 2.General Sullivan's Orders—Camp on Long Island27
" 3.General Orders30
" 4.Washington to the Massachusetts Assembly32
" 5.General Parsons to John Adams33
" 6.General Scott to John Jay36
" 7.Colonel Joseph Trumbull to his Brother40
" 8.Colonel Trumbull to his Father41
" 9.Colonel Moses Little to his Son42
" 10.Lieutenant-Colonel Henshaw to his Wife44
" 11.Deposition by Lieutenant-Colonel Henshaw47
" 12.Colonel Edward Hand to his Wife48
" 13.Major Edward Burd to Judge Yeates48
" 14.Lieutenant Jasper Ewing to Judge Yeates49
" 15.John Ewing to Judge Yeates50
" 16.Colonel Haslet to Cæsar Rodney51
" 17.Colonel G.S. Silliman to his Wife52
" 18.Colonel Silliman to Rev. Mr. Fish57
" 19.Account of the Battle of Long Island58
" 20.Journal of Colonel Samuel Miles60
" 21.Lieutenant-Colonel John Brodhead to ——63
" 22.Colonel William Douglas to his Wife66
" 23.General Woodhull to the New York Convention73
" 24.General Washington to Abraham Yates74
" 25.Colonel Hitchcock to Colonel Little75
" 26.Major Tallmadge's Account of the Battles of Long Island and White Plains77
" 27.Account of Events by Private Martin81
" 28.Captain Joshua Huntington to ——84
" 29.Captain Tench Tilghman to his Father85
" 30.Captain John Gooch to Thomas Fayerweather88
" 31.Account of the Retreat from New York and Affair of Harlem Heights, by Colonel David Humphreys89
" 32.Testimony Respecting the Retreat from New York92
" 33.Major Baurmeister's Narrative95
" 34.Colonel Chester to Joseph Webb98
" 35.Colonel Glover to his Mother99
" 36.General Greene to Colonel Knox100
" 37.Diary of Rev. Mr. Shewkirk, Moravian Pastor, New York101
" 38.Major Fish to Richard Varick127
" 39.Surgeon Eustis to Dr. Townsend129
" 40.Captain Nathan Hale to his Brother131
" 41.Extract from a Letter from New York132
" 42.Extracts from the London Chronicle133
" 43.Extract from the Memoirs of Colonel Rufus Putnam136
" 44.Scattering Orders by Generals Lee, Spencer, Greene, and Nixon141
" 45.General Lee to Colonel Chester145
" 46.Captain Bradford's Account of the Capture of General Lee146
" 47.General Oliver Wolcott to his Wife147
" 48.Captain William Hull to Andrew Adams151
" 49.Colonel Knox to his Wife152
" 50.Colonel Haslet to Cæsar Rodney156
" 51.Journal of Captain Thomas Rodney158
" 52.Position of the British at the Close of the Campaign162
" 53.Narrative of Lieutenant Jabez Fitch167
" 54.Extract from the Journal of Lieutenant William McPherson168
" 55.Deposition of Private Foster169
" 56.Letters from Captain Randolph, of New Jersey170
" 57.Extract from the Journal of Captain Morris172
" 58.British Prisoners Taken on Long Island174
" 59.A Return of the Prisoners Taken in the Campaign175
" 60.List of American Officers Taken Prisoners at the Battle of Long Island176
" 61.List of American Non-Commissioned Officers and Soldiers Taken Prisoners, Killed, or Missing, at the Battle of Long Island180
Biographical Sketches187
The Maps193
The Portraits195
Index197