Saving Washington's Army
The Brilliant Last Stand of General John Glover at the Battle of Pell's Point, New York, October 18, 1776
Phillip Thomas Tucker
- 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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