This week in Revolutionary War history, let’s check up on what was going on 250 years ago in the Thirteen Colonies. Last week, as Washington and the Council of War debated the proper reaction to the British landing on Staten Island, British ships push up the Hudson, catching defenders off guard and killing multiple, while they themselves suffered no casualties and made it past the weak defenses. Washington scrambles to shore up the city’s defens…
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