1 / 9

Battle of Fort Washington

Battle of Fort Washington. November 16 th , 1776. By Sean Vitti. Belligerents and Defenders. American Continental Army defending Fort Washington British and Hessian troops attacking the Fort. Location. Last remaining American position in Manhattan Commanded by Colonel Robert Magaw.

lilike
Download Presentation

Battle of Fort Washington

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Battle of Fort Washington November 16th, 1776 By Sean Vitti

  2. Belligerents and Defenders • American Continental Army defending Fort Washington • British and Hessian troops attacking the Fort

  3. Location • Last remaining American position in Manhattan • Commanded by Colonel Robert Magaw

  4. British Plan • General Howe proposes three pronged attack of the Fort. • General Percy would attack the Fort from the South • General Matthews would attack via amphibious landing towards the east across the Hudson River • Main attack on American forces under Rawlings by Hessian troops under the command of General Von Knyphausen

  5. Hessians • Mercenary units hired to fight along side British Regulars. • In this engagement, General Von Knyphausen commanded a unit ofHessian soldiers. General Von Knyphausen – New York Public Library – Digital Library

  6. Day of Attack • Hessian troops, under General Von Knyphausen attack first. • American retreat back to Fort. • Fort encircled by British troops under General Percy, General Mathews, and the Hessians • Americans within Fort Washington forced to surrender

  7. Result • Fort Lee deemed “untenable”; Washington pulls remaining supplies from base. • Last of American forces removed from Manhattan Island. • British casualties: 84 dead, 374 wounded • American casualties: 59 dead, 96 wounded, 2,837 captured.

  8. Fort Washington Today • Park managed by City of New York Parks & Recreation. • Located Riverside Dr., Hudson River, W. 155 St. to W. 179 St. Manhattan

  9. References • http://www.britishbattles.com/fort-washington.htm • http://www.uswars.net/revolutionary-war-battles/761116-fort-washington/ • http://www.theamericanrevolution.org/battledetail.aspx?battle=13 • http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/h?ammem/gmd:@field(NUMBER+@band(g3804n+ar115700)) • http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchdetail.cfm?strucID=1027552&imageID=1551293 • Continental Soldier http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchdetail.cfm?trg=1&strucID=697752&imageID=831330&word=Continental%20Army%20soldiers&s=1&notword=&d=&c=&f=&k=0&lWord=&lField=&sScope=&sLevel=&sLabel=&sort=&total=12&num=0&imgs=20&pNum=&pos=3 • Hessian Soldier http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchdetail.cfm?trg=1&strucID=697120&imageID=830689&word=hessian&s=1&notword=&d=&c=&f=&k=0&lWord=&lField=&sScope=&sLevel=&sLabel=&sort=&total=17&num=0&imgs=20&pNum=&pos=3 • Fort Washington • http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchdetail.cfm?trg=1&strucID=118263&imageID=54209&word=battle%20of%20fort%20washington&s=1&notword=&d=&c=&f=&k=0&lWord=&lField=&sScope=&sLevel=&sLabel=&sort=&total=11&num=0&imgs=20&pNum=&pos=3

More Related