Saving Washington's Army

The Brilliant Last Stand of General John Glover at the Battle of Pell's Point, New York, October 18, 1776

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  • Learn
  • the
  • little-known
  • history
  • of
  • the
  • forgotten
  • American
  • Revolution
  • Battle
  • of
  • Pell's
  • Point
  • and
  • the
  • heroism
  • of
  • John
  • Glover.General
  • William
  • Howe
  • and
  • the
  • mighty
  • British-Hessian
  • Army
  • possessed
  • the
  • golden
  • opportunity
  • to
  • cut-off,
  • trap,
  • and
  • then
  • destroy
  • General
  • George
  • Washington’s
  • Army
  • before
  • he
  • could
  • retreat
  • north
  • and
  • escape
  • from
  • Harlem
  • Heights,
  • New
  • York,
  • when
  • he
  • landed
  • his
  • army
  • at
  • Pell’s
  • Point
  • north
  • of
  • New
  • York
  • City.
  • Howe’s
  • bold
  • amphibious
  • operation
  • north
  • of
  • Washington’s
  • Army
  • threatened
  • to
  • end
  • the
  • life
  • of
  • the
  • Continental
  • Army
  • and
  • the
  • revolution.
  • However,
  • the
  • brilliant
  • delaying
  • actions
  • of
  • Colonel
  • John
  • Glover
  • and
  • a
  • small
  • force
  • of
  • New
  • England
  • Continental
  • troops
  • saved
  • the
  • day
  • and
  • Washington’s
  • Army
  • by
  • preventing
  • Howe’s
  • advance
  • inland
  • to
  • intercept
  • Washington’s
  • route
  • of
  • retreat
  • to
  • White
  • Plains.Employing
  • brilliant
  • delaying
  • tactics
  • when
  • outnumbered
  • by
  • more
  • than
  • five
  • to
  • one,
  • Glover
  • inflicted
  • heavy
  • losses
  • on
  • the
  • attackers
  • to
  • ensure
  • that
  • Washington’s
  • Army
  • survived
  • to
  • fight
  • another
  • day.
  • Ironically,
  • the
  • Battle
  • of
  • Pell’s
  • Point
  • has
  • been
  • perhaps
  • the
  • most
  • important
  • forgotten
  • battle
  • of
  • the
  • entire
  • American
  • Revolution.In
  • Saving
  • Washington's
  • Army,
  • renowned
  • historian
  • Phillip
  • Thomas
  • Ticker,
  • PhD,
  • recounts
  • the
  • little-known
  • story
  • of
  • the
  • Battle
  • of
  • Pell's
  • Point
  • and
  • the
  • heroism
  • of
  • Colonel
  • John
  • Glover
  • with
  • the
  • care
  • and
  • attention-to-detail
  • for
  • which
  • he
  • is known.
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