**The Battle of White Plains and the Fight for American Independence**
PEOPLE

George Washington
Commander-in-Chief, Mount Vernon Planter, Enslaver

General William Howe
British Commander-in-Chief in North America, General, Admiral's Brother
Alexander McDougall
Continental Army General, New York Militia Leader, Son of Liberty
John Glover
Continental Army Colonel, Marblehead Amphibious Regiment Commander, Massachusetts Fisherman
KEY EVENTS
STORIES
HISTORICAL VOICE
Four Regiments Against Four Thousand
John Glover stood at the top of a low ridge near Pell's Point on October 18, 1776, and watched 4,000 British soldiers coming off their boats. He had 750 men in four regiments. The question was not whe...
MODERN VOICE
The County That Chose Both Sides
Westchester County during the Revolution was one of the most politically divided places in colonial America, and I think that story is just as important as the battle itself — maybe more so. People t...