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Title: The American Revolution
Year: 1891 (1890s)
Authors: Fiske, John, 1842-1901
Subjects: United States -- History Revolution, 1775-1783
Publisher: Boston, New York, Houghton Mifflin and Company
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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5,000 men, under Putnam, into NewJersey, where they encamped near Hackensack;he sent Heath up to Peekskill, with 3,000 men, toguard the entrance to the Highlands ; and he leftLee at North Castle, with 7,000 men, and orderedhim to cooperate with him promptly in whateverdirection, as soon as the nature of Howes plansshould become apparent. As Forts Washingtonand Lee detained a large force in garrison, while_ ,. . , thev had shown themselves unable to Washingtons ^ . , . orders in view prevent ships from passing up the river,gency. tlicrc was uo lougcr any use in holding them. Nay, they had now become dangerous, astraps in which the garrisons and stores might besuddenly surrounded and captured. Washingtonaccordingly resolved to evacuate them both, while,to allay the fears of Congress in the event of adescent from Canada, he ordered Heath to fortifythe much more important position at West Point. Had Washingtons orders been obeyed and hisplans carried out, history might still have recorded
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OPERATIONS IN NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY 1776-77 .THE NEW YORKPUBLIC LIBRARY ASTOJ?, FIRST BLOW AT THE CENTRE. 219 a retreat through the Jerseys, but how differenta retreat from that which was now ^ Congnress med- about to take place ! The officious in- ^)S^ Y-^^^ ^^t i situation and terference of Congress, a venial error ^^^^^^ it-of judgment on the part of Greene, and gross in-subordination on the part of Lee, occurring all to-gether at this critical moment, brought about thegreatest disaster of the war, and came within anace of overwhelming the American cause in totaland irretrievable ruin. Washington instructedGreene, who now commanded both fortresses, fcowithdraw the garrison and stores from Fort Wash-ington, and to make arrangements for evacuatingFort Lee also. At the same time he did not givea positive order, but left the matter somewhatwithin Greenes discretion, in case military cir-cumstances of an unforeseen kind should arise.Then, while Washington had gone up to recon-noitre t

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