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The Battle of Staten Island was a failed raid by Continental Army troops under Major General John Sullivan against British forces on Staten Island on August 22, 1777, during the American Revolutionary War.[1]

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  1. 50 relations: American Revolutionary War, Battalion, Battle of Brandywine, Battle of Trenton, Boston, Cantonment, Carteret, New Jersey, Charleston, South Carolina, Chesapeake Bay, Continental Army, Cortlandt Skinner, Court-martial, Delaware River, Edward Antill (soldier), Elizabeth, New Jersey, Forage War, Fortification of Dorchester Heights, Fresh Kills, George Washington, George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River, Grapeshot, Hanover Township, New Jersey, Henry Clinton (British Army officer, born 1730), Hessian (soldier), Horatio Gates, Hudson River, John Burgoyne, John Campbell, of Strachur, John Sullivan (general), Kingdom of Great Britain, Loyalist (American Revolution), Maryland Line, Matthias Ogden, New Jersey, New Jersey Volunteers, New York and New Jersey campaign, Philadelphia, Philippe Hubert Preudhomme de Borre, Principality of Ansbach, Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Regular army, Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe, Rossville, Staten Island, Saratoga campaign, Staten Island, Trenton, New Jersey, William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe, William Smallwood, 2nd Canadian Regiment, 52nd (Oxfordshire) Regiment of Foot.

  2. 1777 in New Jersey
  3. 1777 in New York (state)
  4. 1777 in the United States
  5. Battles involving Ansbach-Bayreuth
  6. Battles of the American Revolutionary War in New York (state)
  7. Battles of the Philadelphia Campaign
  8. Conflicts in 1777
  9. History of Staten Island

American Revolutionary War

The American Revolutionary War (April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783), also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was a military conflict that was part of the broader American Revolution, in which American Patriot forces organized as the Continental Army and commanded by George Washington defeated the British Army. Battle of Staten Island and American Revolutionary War are 1777 in the United States and conflicts in 1777.

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Battalion

A battalion is a military unit, typically consisting of up to one thousand soldiers commanded by a lieutenant colonel and subdivided into a number of companies, each typically commanded by a major or a captain.

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Battle of Brandywine

The Battle of Brandywine, also known as the Battle of Brandywine Creek, was fought between the American Continental Army of General George Washington and the British Army of General Sir William Howe on September 11, 1777, as part of the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783). Battle of Staten Island and Battle of Brandywine are 1777 in the United States, battles involving Great Britain, battles of the Philadelphia Campaign and conflicts in 1777.

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Battle of Trenton

The Battle of Trenton was a small but pivotal American Revolutionary War battle on the morning of December 26, 1776, in Trenton, New Jersey.

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Boston

Boston, officially the City of Boston, is the capital and most populous city in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States.

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Cantonment

A cantonment is a military quarters.

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Carteret, New Jersey

Carteret is a borough in northeastern Middlesex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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Charleston, South Carolina

Charleston is the most populous city in the U.S. state of South Carolina, the county seat of Charleston County, and the principal city in the Charleston metropolitan area.

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Chesapeake Bay

The Chesapeake Bay is the largest estuary in the United States.

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Continental Army

The Continental Army was the army of the United Colonies representing the Thirteen Colonies and later the United States during the American Revolutionary War.

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Cortlandt Skinner

Cortlandt Skinner (December 16, 1727 – March 15, 1799) was the last Royal Attorney General of New Jersey and a brigadier general in a Loyalist force, the New Jersey Volunteers, also known as Skinner's Greens, during the American Revolutionary War.

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Court-martial

A court-martial or court martial (plural courts-martial or courts martial, as "martial" is a postpositive adjective) is a military court or a trial conducted in such a court.

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Delaware River

The Delaware River is a major river in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States and is the longest free-flowing (undammed) river in the Eastern United States.

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Edward Antill (soldier)

Lieutenant Colonel Edward Antill (April 11, 1742 – May 29, 1789) was an American soldier from New Jersey who served in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.

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Elizabeth, New Jersey

Elizabeth is a city in and the county seat of Union County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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Forage War

The Forage War was a partisan campaign consisting of numerous small skirmishes that took place in New Jersey during the American Revolutionary War between January and March 1777, following the battles of Trenton and Princeton. Battle of Staten Island and Forage War are 1777 in New Jersey, battles involving Great Britain and conflicts in 1777.

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Fortification of Dorchester Heights

The Fortification of Dorchester Heights was a decisive action early in the American Revolutionary War that precipitated the end of the siege of Boston and the withdrawal of British troops from that city. Battle of Staten Island and Fortification of Dorchester Heights are battles involving Great Britain.

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Fresh Kills

Fresh Kills (from the Middle Dutch word kille, meaning "riverbed" or "water channel") is a stream and freshwater estuary in the western portion of the New York City borough of Staten Island.

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George Washington

George Washington (February 22, 1732, 1799) was an American Founding Father, military officer, and politician who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797.

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George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River

George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River, which occurred on the night of December 25–26, 1776 during the American Revolutionary War, was the first move in a complex and surprise military maneuver and attack organized by George Washington, the commander-in-chief of the Continental Army, which culminated in their attack on Hessian forces garrisoned at Trenton.

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Grapeshot

In artillery, a grapeshot is a type of ammunition that consists of a collection of smaller-caliber round shots packed tightly in a canvas bag and separated from the gunpowder charge by a metal wadding, rather than being a single solid projectile.

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Hanover Township, New Jersey

Hanover Township is a township in Morris County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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Henry Clinton (British Army officer, born 1730)

General Sir Henry Clinton, KB (16 April 1730 – 23 December 1795) was a British Army officer and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1772 and 1795.

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Hessian (soldier)

Hessians were German soldiers who served as auxiliaries to the British Army in several major wars in the 18th century, most notably the American Revolutionary War.

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Horatio Gates

Horatio Lloyd Gates (July 26, 1727April 10, 1806) was a British-born American army officer who served as a general in the Continental Army during the early years of the Revolutionary War.

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Hudson River

The Hudson River is a river that flows from north to south primarily through eastern New York, United States.

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John Burgoyne

General John Burgoyne (24 February 1722 – 4 August 1792) was a British general, dramatist and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1761 to 1792.

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John Campbell, of Strachur

General John Campbell, 17th Chief of MacArthur Campbells of Strachur (1727 – 28 August 1806) was a Scottish soldier and nobleman, who commanded the British forces at the Siege of Pensacola, and succeeded Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester as Commander-in-Chief in North America in 1783 following the end of the American War of Independence.

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John Sullivan (general)

Major-General John Sullivan (February 17, 1740 – January 23, 1795) was a Continental Army officer, politician and judge who fought in the American Revolutionary War and participated several key events of the conflict, including most notably George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River.

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Kingdom of Great Britain

The Kingdom of Great Britain was a sovereign state in Western Europe from 1707 to the end of 1800.

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Loyalist (American Revolution)

Loyalists were colonists in the Thirteen Colonies who remained loyal to the British Crown during the American Revolutionary War, often referred to as Tories, Royalists, or King's Men at the time.

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Maryland Line

The "Maryland Line" was a formation within the Continental Army, formed and authorized by the Second Continental Congress, meeting in the "Old Pennsylvania State House" (later known as "Independence Hall") in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in June 1775.

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Matthias Ogden

Matthias Ogden (October 22, 1754 – March 31, 1791) was an American soldier and politician.

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New Jersey

New Jersey is a state situated within both the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States.

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New Jersey Volunteers

The New Jersey Volunteers, also known as Jersey Volunteers, "Skinners", Skinner's Corps, and Skinner's Greens (due to their green wool uniform coats), were a British provincial military unit of Loyalists, raised for service by Cortlandt Skinner, during the American Revolutionary War.

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New York and New Jersey campaign

The New York and New Jersey campaign in 1776 and the winter months of 1777 was a series of American Revolutionary War battles for control of the Port of New York and the state of New Jersey, fought between British forces under General Sir William Howe and the Continental Army under General George Washington.

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Philadelphia

Philadelphia, colloquially referred to as Philly, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the sixth-most populous city in the nation, with a population of 1,603,797 in the 2020 census.

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Philippe Hubert Preudhomme de Borre

Philippe Hubert, Chevalier de Preudhomme de Borre (17 September 1717 in Liège – 30 May 1789 in Brussels) joined the French Army in 1740 and served in the War of the Austrian Succession.

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Principality of Ansbach

The Principality or Margraviate of (Brandenburg) Ansbach (Fürstentum Ansbach or Markgrafschaft Brandenburg-Ansbach) was a free imperial principality in the Holy Roman Empire centered on the Franconian city of Ansbach.

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Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont

The County of Waldeck (later the Principality of Waldeck and Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont) was a state of the Holy Roman Empire and its successors from the late 12th century until 1929.

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Regular army

A regular army is the official army of a state or country (the official armed forces), contrasting with irregular forces, such as volunteer irregular militias, private armies, mercenaries, etc.

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Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe

Admiral of the Fleet Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe, (8 March 1726 – 5 August 1799), was a British naval officer.

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Rossville, Staten Island

Rossville is a neighborhood of Staten Island, New York, on the island's South Shore. Battle of Staten Island and Rossville, Staten Island are History of Staten Island.

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Saratoga campaign

The Saratoga campaign in 1777 was an attempt by the British high command for North America to gain military control of the strategically important Hudson River valley during the American Revolutionary War. Battle of Staten Island and Saratoga campaign are 1777 in New York (state) and conflicts in 1777.

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Staten Island

Staten Island is the southernmost borough of New York City, coextensive with Richmond County and situated at the southernmost point of New York.

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Trenton, New Jersey

Trenton is the capital city of the U.S. state of New Jersey and the county seat of Mercer County.

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William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe

William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe, (10 August 1729 – 12 July 1814), was a British Army officer who rose to become Commander-in-Chief of British land forces in the Colonies during the American War of Independence.

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William Smallwood

William Smallwood (1732February 14, 1792) was an American planter, soldier and politician from Charles County, Maryland.

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2nd Canadian Regiment

The 2nd Canadian Regiment (1776–1783), also known as Congress's Own or Hazen's Regiment, was authorized on January 20, 1776, as an Extra Continental regiment and raised in the province of Quebec for service with the American Continental Army under the command of Colonel Moses Hazen.

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The 52nd (Oxfordshire) Regiment of Foot was a light infantry regiment of the British Army throughout much of the 18th and 19th centuries.

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See also

1777 in New Jersey

1777 in New York (state)

1777 in the United States

Battles involving Ansbach-Bayreuth

Battles of the American Revolutionary War in New York (state)

Battles of the Philadelphia Campaign

Conflicts in 1777

History of Staten Island

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Staten_Island