Wednesday, August 5, 2009

The Battle of Morrisania

On this day in 1779,

At the homestead village of Gouverneur Morris (today's Bronx) Lt. Col. DeLancy's Loyalist forces engage with Col. William Hull's Connecticut Brigade. The Patriots take several prisoners and plunder the stores of local Loyalist sympathizers at The Battle of Morrisania.
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