The Battle of Long Island (also known as the Battle of Brooklyn Heights), fought on Aug. 27, 1776, was the first major ...

It was a miracle of deliverance. Orders had gone out to military officers to collect "every kind of watercraft … that could be kept afloat and had either oars or sails," to slip roughly 9,000 men ...

Just two months after the Declaration of Independence was adopted, the American Revolution arrived on Long Island, setting the stage for years of conflict that would leave the island under British ...

The Battle of Long Island took place on Long Island, but (as most Long Islanders know) not exactly. On Aug. 27, 1776, just weeks after the signing of the Declaration of Independence on Aug. 2, the ...