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American Revolutionary War History
American Revolutionary War History
1776 - General George Washington arrived at Harlem Heights, Manhattan, and took command of a group of retreating Continental troops. This battle helped restore public confidence in the Continental Army.
| "I am wearied to death all day with a variety of perplexing circumstances, disturbed at the conduct of the militia, whose behavior and want of discipline has done great injury to the other troops, who never had officers, except in a few instances, worth the bread they eat." - George Washington, in a letter to his nephew on September 30, 1776 |
