by Bob | Sep 6, 2022 | Hidden History, Uncategorized
Prison ships in New York Harbor. More American soldiers and sailors died in prison ships (primarily Wallabout Bay in the East River, now Fort Greene Park) than in all the battles of the Revolution combined: over 11,500. The conditions on these ships were appalling and...
by Bob | Mar 13, 2022 | Hidden History
George Washington On the Ides of March, 1783 George Washington gives a dramatic speech, halting a coup by his officers against Congress and saving the fledgling United States. The bulk of the Army was encamped in Newburgh, New York. Things were relatively peaceful as...
by Bob | Mar 24, 2021 | Hidden History
Staten Island Peace Conference Could the Revolution Have Ended in 1776? Travel back in time to Staten Island, New York on 11 September 1776 A.D. The day Benjamin Franklin and John Adams meet Admiral Lord Howe to discuss the possibility of peace between Britain...
by Bob | Nov 15, 2019 | Hidden History
Even though I went to West Point, which is just south of Storm King Mountain from Newburgh where Washington the Continental Army was encamped in the winter of 1783, I had never heard of this. We studied the battles of the Revolution but perhaps we should have also...
by Bob | Apr 19, 2019 | Hidden History
Benjamin Franklin, John Adams and Admiral Howe held a meeting on that day on the top of Staten Island to discuss halting the conflict even as George Washington’s troops were retreating after their defeat on Long Island. This little known footnote to history...
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