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Map Description
Historical Map of the American Revolution: the Battle of Harlem Heights - September 16, 1776

Illustrating

- Positions and Movements Howe and Washington

New York City and Vicinity, 1776

New Jersey
Hudson River
Manhattan Island
Harlem Heights
Harlem
Greenwich
New York City
Brooklyn
Bushwick
Astoria
Flushing Bay
Long Island
Bedford
Heights of Guian
Flatbush
New Utrecht
Gravesend
Flatlands
New York Bay
Staten Island
Hackensack River
Paulus Hook

Washington narrowly evaded Howe's effort to trap him in NY City.

After the Battle of Long Island Howe remained inactive until September 15, when he crossed into Manhattan.

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Courtesy of the United States Military Academy Department of History.

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