Harlem Heights, NY
2 first-person accounts from the Revolutionary era.
Historical Voices
Thomas Knowlton
The Fox-Hunt Call
Thomas Knowlton did not need to volunteer for the flanking movement at Harlem Heights. He was a lieutenant colonel, one of the senior officers present. He could have directed the operation from a dist...
Modern Voices
What the Army Needed to Learn
People want the Battle of Harlem Heights to be a turning point, and I understand why. After the string of disasters in August and September 1776 — Long Island, Kip's Bay, the loss of New York City — t...
